Catalog of Classes of the Living Light Philosophy 

Richard P. Goodwin was the youngest of seven children, reared by a mother who supported her family by giving spiritual counseling to those in need. Mediumship and spirit phenomena were no stranger to Richard. He first demonstrated his ability as a medium at the age of fourteen. Since that time and until his passing, he was an instrument through which spirit has been able to communicate to those who sought his help.

As a young adult, Richard became convinced that being a medium, through which spirit was able to manifest, brought only temporary solace to those who were witness to it. He observed that people soon became fascinated by the phenomena and ignored the help that spirit was trying to impart. It was then that Richard began to pray in earnest for a teacher from the realms of Light. One who could bring through teachings that would benefit any soul who was seeking a path to greater awareness of himself and of God, who is the source of all life.

It was in the year 1964 that the teacher Richard had prayed so earnestly for, came through for the first time. Richard was at first apprehensive about what this new teacher had to impart. Richard, for the first time, was taken into deep trance and not able to control what was being revealed through him. It was only after the sitting concluded that he was able to listen to the recorded message. He would not take for granted the validity of the message brought through him and determined to test this new teacher before giving way in deep trance to further communication. It was not long before Richard became convinced of the good­ness of the teacher and of the simple and beautiful teach­ings he had to impart, so began the Living Light philosophy.

Serenity takes great pleasure in publishing this catalog of the Living Light philosophy. The numerous classes described within these pages represent the fruits of many years of serving the Spirit.

The Living Light philosophy, patterned after Life herself, is the understanding developed over centuries of study by a humble Teacher from the higher realms of Light; identified only as the Old Man, or Wise One, as the students prefer to call him. The first of these teachings were received through trance mediumship by Richard P. Goodwin from his Teacher during classes for spiritual unfoldment, which Mr. Goodwin was conducting.

The Old Man reminds us that the student’s journey is his own. The Living Light philosophy is one of individual responsibility and awareness. Any student of life will find in this philosophy, through the classes offered, the teachings necessary for the mind’s awakening to the truth of the soul’s eternal expression. The teaching in and of itself is a continuous flow. The Old Man speaks of the neutrality of God, evolutionary incarnation, soul faculties and sense functions and their corresponding locations in the anatomy. The power of peace, the law that whatever happens to us is caused by us and many other personal demonstrable laws which will constantly expand the student’s consciousness. A casual glance through the descriptive listings of the spiritual awareness classes should convince the reader of the unusually broad spectrum of topics covered.

These Serenity classes are invaluable as tools to further your knowledge of the universal laws of Life. The methods and discourses given therein are useful, practical and pertinent to your everyday living as well as to your higher aspirations.

The Discourses

In this category are the discourses from which the text of The Living Light, brought to press by Richard P. Goodwin in 1972, was comprised. The listener will be privileged to share with the original, private students of a small unfoldment group the discourses given by the Old Man through the mediumship of Mr. Goodwin. Inasmuch as The Living Light has been widely distributed and is available, we have not described the content of the discourses in this series. The number of discourses included on each recording varies according to the length of each discourse. It is interesting to note that these recordings reflect the evolving trance mediumship of Mr. Goodwin.

Consciousness Classes  (CC)

These classes are the actual spiritual awareness classes conducted by Richard P. Goodwin. They follow a question-and-answer format and cover a wide range of subjects. The main topics considered are included in the individual descriptions. It should be noted that each class is a unit in and of itself. The first tapes in this category present the Living Light philosophy in somewhat simpler terms, however. These classes are invaluable to the student seeking an expansion of the basic teachings contained in The Living Light, or their recordings, as points are clarified, expanded, and new teachings are given.

Approximately 36 classes were offered to the public each year at Serenity, each varying in content, depending upon the students’ questions. All the recordings are available, but not all have been published. Most classes run approximately one hour, though some are longer.

Semester 1 CC 1 - CC 10      Semester 2 CC 11 - CC 21     Semester 3 CC 22 - CC 32

Semester 4 CC 33 - CC 44    Semester 5 CC 45 - CC 56     Semester 6 CC 57 - CC 68

Semester 7 CC 69 - CC 80    Semester 8 CC 81 - CC 92     Semester 9 CC 93 - CC 104

Semester 10 CC 105 - CC 116  Semester 11 CC 117 - CC 128  Semester 12 CC 129 - CC 139

Semester 13 CC 140 - CC 151   Semester 14 CC 152 - CC 163  Semester 15 CC 164 - CC 175

Semester 16 CC 176 - CC 186  Semester 17 CC 187 - CC 197  Semester 18 CC 198 - CC 207

 Semester 19 CC 208 - CC 218   Semester 20 CC 219 - CC 229  Semester 21 CC 230 - CC 240

Semester 22 CC 241 - CC 246

Serenity Church Lectures (CL)

This Church Lecture category—the “CL” recordings—presents the ever-popular monthly lectures delivered at Serenity Church through the mediumship of Richard P. Goodwin. Many of these lectures have been printed in the Serenity Sentinel, our monthly magazine. While each appears to bring progressively higher teachings, each lecture, nevertheless, stands by itself and is attuned to both the beginning, as well as the advanced student. Statements have been excerpted to give you a small fraction of the wealth of philosophy to be found in each lecture.