Socrates Café - 2026

Continue to delve into and practice ‘the Dialectic’ form of enquiry at our 2026 Socrates Café.

Join us for a collaborative philosophical dialogue where we democratically select a central question and gently unpack it together—not as debate, but as a shared journey designed to look beneath surface-level assumptions and burn through rigid mental concepts. Whether you are a seasoned esoteric scholar or a curious seeker stepping into the Melbourne Theosophical Society Lodge for the very first time, please bring an open mind and your sharpest questions.

We will begin the session with a brief review of the Dialectic process; then we will practice in a space where diverse minds can explore together.

"Dialectic, then, as you will agree, is the coping-stone of the sciences; no other science can be placed higher - the nature of knowledge can no further go."
-Plato: Republic VII, 534e

Gunnel Watkins is the current Vice President of the Melbourne Theosophical Society. She is also the co-facilitator and co-creator of the popular and much-loved Spiritual Playgroup along with Emile Sido. Some of her artworks can be found decorating the Theosophical Bookstore and showcase her rich background in Transpersonal Art Therapy along with her lifelong passion for creative and spiritual exploration.

Unless you are a paid MTS Member, these Live at the Lodge events are a $5 donation to be paid upon entry.

The MTS is committed to providing events that align with and further The three objects of The Theosophical Society:

• To form a nucleus of the universal brotherhood of humanity, without distinction of race, creed, sex, caste or colour.
• To encourage the study of comparative religion, philosophy and science.
• To investigate unexplained laws of nature and the powers latent in the human being.

However this being stated, the MTS does not endorse any health, spiritual, science-related, philosophical or theological /other assertions or claims made by any facilitator we host.