The Flow Opens New Horizons
The Flow of Presence Academy (FPA) is an independent non-profit agency that supports fundamental research in all disciplines concerning the experience-symbolization of the divine Presence. The aim of the FPA is deepening the awareness about God, man, society and the world. As our human understanding of the divine grows, so does the quality of our lives. Research, study and meditation prepare the way for new developments and insight. Science approached from the perspective of the human search for the transcendent extends the boundaries of our knowledge. By trusting and being in the flow of presence innovation takes root, and the search opens us to new horizons, to human growth and well-being.
Secretary General FPA
Dorothea Coetsier-Fuhrmann, Dipl.Theol., is a German theologian and secretary general of the Flow of Presence Academy. In 2007 she finished her Dilpomstudiengang Theology in Frankfurt/Main at the Philosophisch-Theologische Hochschule Sankt Georgen. She specializes in the original experiences of the Presence found in Biblical writings and in the three monotheistic religions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Her interests include the Biblical Scriptures; Ancient History; Spirituality; Women’s and Gender Studies; creative writing, poetry and Etty Hillesum Studies.
Founder FPA
Dr. Meins G.S. Coetsier is a Dutch philosopher and founder of the FPA. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy and a Master of Arts degree from the Milltown College of Theology and Philosophy, Ireland, and a PhD in Philosphy from Ghent University, Belgium. He enrolled for a second PhD at the Etty Hillesum Research Centre (EHOC) of the Department of Languages and cultures of the Near East and North Africa, Ghent University. His current research is an analysis of The Letters and Diaries of Etty Hillesum 1941-1943 in the light of Eric Voegelin, Martin Buber, Emmanuel Levinas en Dietrich Bonhoeffer. In the context of studies in culture, mysticism, religion, ethics and political philosophy, he is studying human consciousness in the concrete.