Reading The World Script: an introductory webinar
2021-08-14 16:00 - 18:00 (Australia/Sydney) | Online
Exploring the macro-, meso- and micro-dynamics of the World ether in Nature and Human Being
An Etheric Geography Conference pre-conference webinar
Live and online 14 August 2021

What is it about?
Observing the macrocosmic movements of the stars of the season in the Southern Hemisphere, the mesocosmic movements of the phenomena of water and air in Nature, and the microcosmic dynamics of the etheric in the human organs and how medicinal potentization works. Through imaginative picture-building, we will explore the mysteries of the World etheric through the lens of spiritual science.
This 2-hour webinar is a preparatory online workshop for the Etheric Geography Conference 17-19 September 2021. Originally planned as a 1-day workshop in Maitland, the program has been moved online due to lockdown in Greater Sydney/NSW.
But the webinar is also a stand-alone event for anyone who would like to understand how the secrets of the Nature are disclosed through studying the dynamics and patterns of the life force that streams through us and the world, from the circling of the stars, in the movements of the water and air and in the patterns out of which the activities of the organs are formed. We are looking at the archetypal forms of movement and the forms which arise out of these movements.
Presenters
Martin Samson, author, poetic philosopher and theologian
Dr Fiona Campbell, cognition and creativity researcher, lecturer and artist
Irmhild Kleinhenz, Anthroposophic naturopath and integrative health consultant
When: 4.00pm-6.00pm AEDT, Saturday 14th August 2021
Register: Click here to register.
Flyer: click here
Cost: $20 or a donation of your choice would be much appreciated
Enquiries: or Fiona Campbell or Martin Samson

Inaugural Annual Erwin Berney Oration Fundraiser
2021-08-21 18:00 - 19:30 | Online
Building a community of the Spirit, and the Dead’s support in this community
Anthroposophy’s task for the Michaelmas Festival
A presentation by Lisa Romero, international lecturer, author and teacher

Due to the current travel restrictions in Sydney we have decide to change this fundraiser to a two part event.

Part 1: Saturday August 21st 2021 @ 6.00 – 7.30pm
Special fundraiser event suggested donation $55 (other options also available on the webpage)
Donations possible for those who cannot attend via the Eventbrite link below or contact us to make a direct payment.
Part 2: At a date to be determined
Report on the work of the St John’s Branch and in Rudolf Steiner House and musical contribution from Sarah Corbett.

The St John’s Branch and Rudolf Steiner House invite you to the inaugural Erwin Berney Oration Fundraiser. This lecture is part of an annual fundraising event which will contribute to its foundation in the world, and allow it to continue as a living source for the various schools and initiatives in Sydney, and beyond.
Erwin Berney (1922 – 2011) was a founding member of the first ‘Orientation Course’ in Anthroposophy in Sydney, in the early 1980’s, which later became Parsifal College for Adult Education, and now, Sydney Rudolf Steiner College, where he lectured until his mid 70’s. He also founded Demeter Bakery (now closed) and EduCareDo.
Lisa Romero is an author of inner development books, a complementary health practitioner and an adult educator who has been offering healthcare and education enriched with anthroposophy since 1993. Lisa was a student of Erwin’s at Parsifal College and then a custodian of his work at EduCareDo. From 2006 the primary focus of her work has been on teaching inner development and anthroposophical meditation.
Registration and Donations:
Please register here.
Enquiries: Martin Samson or click here for more information.

Five Big Questions about the Tricky Issue of Consciousness: Theme 3
2021-08-25 19:30 - 21:00 | Online
Do I really need to understand Steiner’s philosophy to teach in a Steiner School?
Workshop 3 of a 6-week online course with Sydney Rudolf Steiner College

Join our Steiner Education students as they ponder and debate five big questions about the tricky nature of human consciousness and its effect on the way we understand history, past, present and future.
In the 1st session we unpacked the concept of ‘consciousness’; in session 2, we further explore what is meant by ‘evolving consciousness, and why this concept is central to Steiner philosophy.
Now, in session3, we will follow up this discussion by asking:
Do I really need to understand Steiner’s philosophy to teach in a Steiner School?

We will examine some core principles of Waldorf pedagogy in the context of consciousness and culture. It introduces Steiner’s cultural epochs and outlines their relationship to human development and the Steiner school curriculum. Some core assumptions of the Waldorf curriculum are examined in light of current pedagogical research.

So, if you have ever wondered about ‘evolving consciousness’ in Steiner works, or are involved in a Steiner school, or even just intrigued, join us for our online workshops where we unpack some of the big questions about our past and how they shape the possibilities of our future development. Whether your interest is Steiner Education or Steiner philosophy, come and join in to the conversation.
This online course is led by Dr Fiona Campbell who has researched this topic for 25 years. Fiona has been a lecturer at Sydney Rudolf Steiner College since 1994 and combines her wealth of knowledge and experience in Anthroposophy and visual arts training with her studies about human consciousness and phenomenology.
Book now!
Course Dates: 25th August, 1st September, 13th & 20th October.
Venue/Time: Zoom online 7:30pm to 9pm (Sydney time)
Cost: $200 including GST and reading materials. A little pre-reading is advised. Articles will be emailed to you in advance.
Contact Us
For more information, click here or contact Jing Li on 02 9261 4001

Moral Intuition in Practice
2021-09-04 16:00 - 17:00 | Online
“To be or not to be. That is the question”
A conversation guided by Lisa Devine concerning practical Anthroposophy in our biographies, and using this quote as guide.
Registration
Register for a zoom link here. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Feature image: by Nina Sombart

Gravitas and Grace: Grief as Initiation, Part 2
2021-09-14 19:30 - 20:30 | Online
This is the second in a series of three sessions and part of a larger program of training for pastoral palliative work to be launched in September and co-ordinated by Lisa Devine.
The third session is on 28 September.
Registration
Please register here in advance for this meeting. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Feature image: Engel, oil painting by Ninetta Sombart

Enlivening The Script Within
2021-09-18 11:00 - 17:00 | Online
Developing a salutogenic approach to life through reconnecting to the World ether
The 2nd Etheric Geography webinar presented by the Stream of Life research group

Inspired by our first webinar?
Looking for ways to enliven and strengthen your own inner forces?
To deepen your understanding of the dynamic nature of the World ether?
Then join us for our 1-day intensive continuing the themes introduced in Reading The World Script.
But now we turn to human life: exploring how the forces and patterns of the Script work in our soul life, in our thinking and in our own life body.

What is it about?
This intensive is more practice-based and interactive than the first, as we workshop how to enliven the life forces within so as to be prepared to meet the challenges of today. By bringing the starry imaginations into our picture-making process with Martin, learn how to enliven our thinking through experiential work with Fiona, and then study the effects of these formative forces on our health with Irmhild. We will close the day with a contemplative healing ceremony.
Do I have to have attended the first webinar?
No, the intensive is open to anyone and everyone interested in this theme. There are pre-webinar exercises that will only take a few minutes of your time to practice, and some readings if you would like some background material to help provide you with some context.
Preparing for the intensive – materials, readings, exercises.
So that the intensive can be interactive, ensuring participants get the most out of the intensive, a selection of exercises and readings will be sent out once you have registered. There is also a list of materials you will need to collect in advance, to be used during Fiona’s sessions.
Will the intensive be recorded if I can’t attend that day?
The medical lecture will be recorded. However, the contemplative healing ceremony and experiential work will not be recorded, due to the nature of these activities.
What is salutogenesis?
Salutogenesis is a way of looking at health from the perspective of what does it mean to be a healthy human being, as opposed to focusing on our pathologies. It uses physical, soul and spiritual principles to understand the source of health.
Event details
When: 11.00 am -5.00pm AEDT, Saturday 18th September 2021
Cost: $50 for the day plus registration fee. Fee includes 3 preparatory exercises to practice in advance. Hardship concession on request.
Program
11am-12.00pm Welcome and Theme: Key Elements for a Moon Astrology with Martin Samson
12-1pm Theme: Developing Water Thinking, experiential work with Fiona Campbell
1pm-2pm lunch
2pm-3pm Theme: Developing Water Thinking, further experiential work with Fiona Campbell
3pm-4pm Theme: How do I understand salutogenesis in relation to my own health? with Irmhild Kleinhenz
4pm-5pm Ceremony: Contemplative healing work with Martin Samson
Presenters
Martin Samson, author, poetic philosopher and theologian
Dr Fiona Campbell, cognition and creativity researcher, lecturer and artist
Irmhild Kleinhenz, Anthroposophic naturopath and integrative health consultant
For more information
Enquiries: Martin Samson msamson@email.org.au
Click here for more details about the program and the presenters
REGISTER HERE !

Therapeutic Art Training at Sienna Academy, 2nd module
2021-09-20 - 2021-10-15 | The Sienna Academy, 32 Nimbus Drive, Flaxton, QLD, 4560
The Sienna Academy promotes artistic and therapeutic painting courses that bring healing through working with the spiritual archetypes of light, darkness and colour. Artistic mediums include water colour moist-on-moist and veil painting; charcoal, pastel and pencil drawing.
Courses weave together 3 main strands of teaching: developing the student’s artistic abilities; developing the skills to work therapeutically as a painting therapist and making more conscious the inter-connectedness of inner and outer colour world as a path of self- development.
There are daily lectures and discussion bringing alive insights given by Rudolf Steiner about the Human Being, together with medical lectures and case studies to help each person to go on their own healing journey; a necessary prerequisite for being able to work effectively with others. The students own practise at home involves daily painting, charcoal work, observation exercises, meditation, study and written assignments.
The Post Graduate Training taught in Australia and China takes 3.5 years to complete. Students come together for two 4-week blocks of training a year. In addition, the course includes students’ independent work at home, practicals essays and a Final Case Studies Work.
For more information, see here
Dates for 2021
April 5 – 16 Carmine Red (past event)
April 19 – 30 Cobalt Blue (past event)
Sept. 20 – Oct. 1 Orange
Oct. 4 – 15 Turquoise
Online Modules
(For students unable to travel)
March 29 – 16 Carmine Red (past event)
April 19 –May 7 Cobalt Blue (past event)
Sept. 13 – Oct. 1 Orange
Oct. 4 – 22 Turquoise
The cost for on-site modules
$850 each module (14 Modules)
Materials are not include in the cost.
The Post Graduate Training is accredited by iARTe (International Association of Anthroposophic Arts Therapies Educations – formerly European Academy)

Responsibility and Reciprocity Yarning Circle - postponed
2021-09-23 - 2021-09-26 | Yipirinya School, Lovegrove Drive, Alice Springs, NT, 0871, Australia
Responsibility and Reciprocity Yarning Circle postponed
Imagine a time before Pine Gap, imagine First People holding a corroboree at Jessie Gap to welcome all children born on this continent – no matter where their parents came from – so that they are safe; so that they can belong and the old people can look out for them. Imagine holding this corroboree after invasion, after massacres, after frontier wars. Imagine the high cultural ethics and profound generosity of spirit it takes to carry this – to still welcome, to be willing to share knowledge, and teach ‘right way’
We invite you to the Responsibility and Reciprocity Yarning Circle to meet local families, learn about Arrernte culture from local elders on country and build an authentic understanding of the changes we need to make.
Cost
$400 per adult, $100 for children over the age of 4.
Need more information?
Read the flyer, go to the Heartwood website or contact Iris Curteis

Gravitas and Grace: Grief as Initiation Part Three
2021-09-28 19:30 | Online
This is the third in a series of three sessions and part of a larger program of training for pastoral palliative work co-ordinated by Lisa Devine.
Registration
Please register here in advance for this meeting. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Feature image: Engel, oil painting by Ninetta Sombart

The Nature Of Evil & The Challenge To Be Fully Human
2021-10-02 | Online
1-4 October, an online conference with Heartwood
The face-to-face conference has been postponed, dates to be advised.
Sophia Between Light and Dark, mural painting, ceiling of the Small Cupola, First Goetheanum.

Ongoing lockdowns and restrictions inhibiting free gatherings and travel have made introductory online workshops a temporary option, with the conference to follow later in 2022. With these online sessions, we would like to engage your interest, contribute to your insight and inspire you towards your own research. Out of this cross-pollination and inspiration we hope we can together build deep authentic conversations during our face-to-face conference.
Our focus for the Conference remains on what it means to be truly human. The spiritual challenge of our time includes threats to our psychological, spiritual, social and physical integrity and well-being, at both a personal and a collective level. Our response needs to be born out of creativity, compassion and integrity.
Heartwood’s primary objective is to facilitate growth within individuals, communities and organisations in order to facilitate social change to meet the needs of our emerging future. We believe the living warmth of human encounter is a vital part of this conference and will postpone should COVID restrictions make a face-to-face impossible.
Dates
2nd October, 10.00 – 12.00 and 2.00 – 4.00 AEST
9th October, 10.00 – 12.00 and 2.00 – 4.00 AEST
Cost
Cost per session: $40
Cost for full programme (4 sessions): $140
Please contact Hamish Mackay for concessions:
Program
You can find detailed program notes here and the flyer here
Register here!
For more information
Please contact organiser Iris Curteis 0487719476

The Actuality of Rudolf Steiner: An Interdisciplinary Exploration of Steiner in the 21st Century
2021-10-09 - 2021-10-11 | Online
International Steiner Symposium
Rudolf Steiner wrote and spoke prolifically about a wide range of areas, from social and political theory to philosophy, from spirituality to ethics, and from education to biodynamics. A common thread in this vast corpus of work was Steiner himself pointing out that everything he wrote and said was contextually bound by his experiences and surroundings.
This invites the question: What can be learnt from Steiner’s works which can help us understand today’s society and our role within it?
This online symposium seeks to address this question through an interdisciplinary collection of papers and contributions dealing critically and constructively with Steiner’s work. As such, it sits within the Institute for Education and Social Innovation’s (ibugi) broader research project of the same title: The Actuality of Rudolf Steiner.

What’s it about?
The symposium is part of the broader ibugi project which opens a dialogue with Steiner’s ideas and discourses and investigates where and whether approaches to the topics such as Consciousness and Reality, Gender and diversity, Social justice and social innovation and Ethics can be found in his works.
As part of an interdisciplinary research symposium, the presenters do not claim to provide final interpretations and readings of Steiner. Rather, they are interested multifaceted, individual and creative perspectives in order to promote academic examination of research questions that seem relevant to today.
Local speakers
The symposium is international, with speakers and researchers from round the Anthroposophical world presenting on this theme, through the lens of their own fields of expertise. From our local region, Dr Neil Boland who is well known for his research into Steiner Education in New Zealand has a prerecorded paper titled The actuality of anthroposophy in the 21st century academy, concerning anthroposophy as a path of knowledge which seeks to lead what is spiritual in the human being to what is spiritual in the cosmos, and its visibility and status in the academy; and Dr Fiona Campbell, who researches cognition and creativity, is speaking about Goethean phenomenology as a cultural therapeutic for our times.
Who is it for?
The symposium is for anyone who seeks to understand the challenges that are coming to meet us from the future, for anyone who is open to new ideas, to thinking freely and working together interactively in the fields of education and social innovation.
The symposium is also free and online so accessible to anyone.
When: Oct 9, 2021 – Oct 11. The symposium runs on Central European Summer Time (CET), so the opening lectures on the Friday night are in the middle of the night AEDT but the Saturday and Sunday lectures are accessible in the evenings. E.g. Fiona’s paper will be given at 11pm AEDT.
Where: Online. Holding the symposium online enables international contributions and participation. Recordings of some sessions will be available.
Cost: Free
Registrations now open.
Click here to register

What effect will digital technology have on our future development?
2021-10-13 19:30 - 21:00 | Online
We don’t encourage computer use in Steiner Education – do we need to rethink our stance on this?
Sydney Rudolf Steiner College presents Workshop 5 of this 6-week online course with Fiona Campbell
Join our Steiner Education students as they ponder and debate five big questions about the tricky nature of human consciousness and its effect on the way we understand history, past, present and future.
In the early sessions we looked back to humanity’s far past to understand the concept of ‘evolving consciousness’ and why this concept is central to Steiner philosophy. We then examined its role today in the foundations of Steiner Education.
Now, in session 5, we will follow up this discussion by looking to the future and ask: What effect will digital technology have on our future development? We don’t encourage its use in Steiner Education in primary years – do we need to rethink our stance on this?

In this workshop we will discuss the pros and cons of using digital technology in educational contexts and its implications for human development and our evolving consciousness. When we look to the far future, what could be some of the consequences of our current immersion into the virtual world and our reliance on what it offers?

So, if you have ever wondered about ‘evolving consciousness’ in Steiner works, or are involved in a Steiner school, or even just intrigued, join us for our online workshops where we unpack some of the big questions about our past and how they shape the possibilities of our future development. Whether your interest is Steiner Education or Steiner philosophy, come and join in to the conversation.
This online course is led by Dr Fiona Campbell who has researched the topic of evolving consciousness for 25 years. Fiona also has a Masters in Digital Media and Information Science and has taught digital technology skills for almost ten years. She has been teaching at Sydney Rudolf Steiner College since 1994 and combines her wealth of knowledge and experience in Anthroposophy, information science and visual arts with her studies about human consciousness and phenomenology.
Book now!
Course Dates: 13th & 20th October.
Venue/Time: Zoom online 7:30pm to 9pm (Sydney time)
Cost: For the cost of individual sessions please contact Jing Li
Contact Us
For more information, click here or email Jing Li

What is Transformative Art & Architecture?
2021-10-28 19:30 - 21:00 | Online
A free public lecture introducing The Spiritual Architecture of the Creative Process seminar
The Transformative Art & Architecture (TAA) Professional Development Initiative was founded by Johannes Schuster in 2017.
The aim of this initiative is to develop and promote an Anthroposophically based Theory of Transformative Art & Architecture, which is based on the spiritual view of the human being and universe taught by Rudolf Steiner. The methodology arising from this theory is known as Biosculptural Architecture. Course participants may choose to do further study to qualify as Biosculptural Consultants.
The vision of TAA is for the forms of Art & Architecture to become forces for “Goodness, Truth and Beauty” in the world. This vision takes its inspiration from Rudolf Steiner himself, who in one of his lectures to the workers at the first Goetheanum, spoke of the forms of Art & Architecture of the future as having the power to:

… teach (human beings) how to love,
…. pour a spiritual fluid into hearts and souls…..
…. turn evil into good….
Rudolf Steiner, “Ways to a new style in Architecture”, 1914

How to join the lecture
No need to register in advance. Just join the meeting by clicking the button below

Join the lecture here.

For more information
You can find more information about the course on the flyer. Or visit the Biosculputural Architecture website.
Enquiries: contact Johannes Schuster.

The Spiritual Architecture of the Creative Process
2021-10-30 - 2021-11-14 | Online
How the cosmic creative process is mirrored in nature and the human being. How we can practically use this to transform the world.
A Transformative Art & Architecture (TAA) seminar
An online 6-day seminar over three weekends from Saturday 30th October to Sunday 14th November 2021.

What is it about?
This “Creative Process” seminar begins with the question of how spirit condenses into matter, which is also how nature manifests her forms. From the human perspective however it is the other way round: if we want to transform the world, we must learn how to raise matter up to spirit, which is what the theory of Transformative Art & Architecture (TAA) is concerned with. The archetypal creative process therefore has a downward manifestation phase, as well as an upward transformation phase. This is how spirit and matter interact to become one.
Read the course program here. You can find also more information about the course on the flyer
Presenters
Johannes Schuster has been actively involved with Anthroposophy for over 30 years. He currently works as a Biosculptural-Architectural Consultant and adult education tutor. His special interest has been the study of etheric forces and how these become the mediating link between spirit and matter. This has been the basis of his interest and involvement with art and architecture.
Sue Schuster is an Art teacher with extensive experience in both main stream and Steiner Education, from primary through to senior secondary levels. She has also been active in Adult Education and Steiner Teacher Training programs in Australia and overseas.
You can read more about Johannes and Sue here.
Dates
28 October 2021: free public lecture: What is Transformative Art & Architecture?
Seminar Dates
30-31 October 2021
6-7 November 2021
13-14 November 2021
Cost
There are two rates: a discount rate for the full course and a weekend rate for those who prefer to pay in instalments.
Discount rate for the full course
Professional: $900 (3 x $300)
Concession: $675 (3 x $225)
For Students: $450 (3 x $150)
Weekend rate per weekend
Professional: $350
Concession: $275
For Students: $200
Al payments dues in advance by the preceding Tuesday.
How to enrol
For enrolment form and registration information
Click here.

Or visit the Biosculputural Architecture website.
Enquiries: contact Johannes Schuster.

Image: photo courtesy of Johannes Schuster

Deepening The Script In Daily Life
2021-10-30 16:00 - 18:00 | Online
Finding the path to the future through cosmic & earthly renewal of the Script in ourselves
The 3rd Etheric Geography webinar from the Stream of Life research group.

Looking for forces of renewal as we emerge from lockdown?
Wanting to deepen your connection to the enlivening forces of the World Script?
Then join us for our 2-hour webinar building on the work of Enlivening the Script Within, this time with the Cosmic Sun as our guide to lead us towards Advent, the festival of light.

What is it about?

This webinar returns to the format of the first webinar, Reading the World Script, with visual lectures and some contemplative exercises but now we turn from moon and water look to further possibilities of renewal through deepening the Cosmic Sun forces in our daily life. Continuing the macrocosmic, mesocosmic and microcosmic theme, we will work further with our connection to the salutogenic forces inherent in our thinking and imaginative life. For when we connect to the source of living thought, we ignite the light of the generative forces in our being.
Program
Do I have to have attended the earlier webinars?
No, the webinar is open to anyone and everyone interested in this theme. Recordings will be available for a small donation if you cannot attend.
Cost
$20 or a donation of your choice is much appreciated
How to register
Register here!

Enquiries
Please contact Fiona Campbell or Martin Samson
Stream of Life Presenters
Martin Samson, author, poetic philosopher and theologian
Dr Fiona Campbell, cognition and creativity researcher, lecturer and artist
Irmhild Kleinhenz, Anthroposophic naturopath and integrative health consultant

The Two Marys: a pictorial contemplation for Advent
2021-12-05 17:00 - 18:30 | Online
A pictorial contemplation of the mystery of the Solomon and Nathan Marys
This Advent webinar ponders the mystery of the two picture imaginations given by Rudolf Steiner on the two differing Nativity events, as described by St Matthew and St Luke.
Illustrating the talk with images of the Madonna from the great masters, from Rudolf Steiner and from her own interpretations on this intriguing theme, Dr Fiona Campbell explores the polarity of the old and young souls of the two Marys, wisdom in one, innocence in the other, through colour, mood, gesture and motif.
Registration
Register here!

Cost: $20 or a donation of your choice is much appreciated.
Date: 5.00pm – 6.15pm AEDT, Sunday 5th December 2021
Presenter: Dr Fiona Campbell trained at Tobias School of Art and Therapy in England in visual arts and artistic therapy. She has been painting and pondering the Madonna theme for over 20 years.
For more information
Please see the flyer or contact Fiona Campbell

The Twelve Days of Christmas – Holy Nights Contemplations
2021-12-25 19:00 - 2022-01-05 19:45 | Zoom online events, Australia
The Festival of Christmas as the Renewal of the Faculty of Memory
and
The Inner Structure of the Cycle of the Year Reflected in the Twelve Days of Christmas
Presenter: Martin Samson

This online event will be presented as a contemplation with conversational deepening.
In each session there will be a half-hour consideration of the two themes, which complement each other and set a mood of soul for participants to work with over the ensuing night and day. The final minutes of the session will be for any further considerations and nuances that will help grow the work over the Christmas season in preparation for the coming year. The hope is that each day will have the nurturing aspect of a retreat for resetting our soul for the work in the coming year.
Registration details
Register here
Recommended donation $50
Once registered, you will be sent the Zoom link two (2) days beforehand. Be sure to enter the event via this Zoom link, not via Eventbrite.
The session will start exactly five (5) minutes past 7pm (7.05pm)AEDT and it is recommended that you join the link a few minutes early. The link will be open 5 minutes before 7.00pm.
If there is enough interest there will also be an event at Epiphany on 6th January, to bring the process to completion.
Recommended reading
The section on Christmas in Sergei O Prokofieff’s book The Cycle of the Year.
For those who cannot attend
The contemplations will be recorded for people who have registered but can’t participate in person. They can be accessed and watched later.
For more information
See the flyer or contact Martin Samson

Image credit: William Blake, Illustration 1 to Milton’s “On the Morning of Christ’s Nativity”: The Descent of Peace, 1814-1816., pen and watercolour. (courtesy of The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens)

What is Transformative Art & Architecture?
2022-01-20 19:30 - 21:00 | Online
This online free public lecture by Johannes Schuster introduces the concepts underlying Transformative Art & Architecture and precedes a three-weekend course on this topic.
The question of Transformative Art & Architecture raises questions about the nature of ‘anthroposophical’ architecture:

Does it exist? Some well-known ‘anthroposophical’ architects think it doesn’t.
If it does exist, what are its aims and methods?
Does the Consciousness Soul Age ask us to think differently about future forms of Art & Architecture?
If so, what is the new Element of the Age and how are we to work with it as artists and architects ?

Online link to the lecture
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84860687920?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 848 6068 7920
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For more information
For more information, check the flyer here or for details of the weekend course, here or contact Johannes Schuster.

The Four Ethers and Universal Beauty
2022-01-22 - 2022-02-20 | Online
Universal Beauty has the power to transform
Presenters: Johannes and Sue Schuster
An online seminar over 3 alternate weekends

Great works of art have the ability to affect us on such a deep level that we may suddenly experience tears of joy or even speechlessness. Great works of art all share a quality of timelessness which transcends their Age, with an ability not just to awaken, but with a power to transform us. It seems that when such works of art touch on the good, the true and the beautiful, that they have ‘Universal Beauty.’
This seminar explores the nature of Universal Beauty in connection with Nature’s language of form, through the form signatures of the four elements, the four ethers and the four connected physical forces. Together these form four polarities, which Ernst Marti identified as Nature’s World Formula [1] This ‘world formula’ gives us a profound insight as to how spirit connects with matter, which is the key question for Transformative Art & Architecture.
Program
Over three alternating weekends, we will explore the question of how physical matter can be raised through art, to resonate on a higher etheric level, by employing the same vital life principles which nature uses. The point is not to copy nature’s forms, but rather understanding the form signatures of her underlying forces.
Johannes will explore the theoretic basis of the four ethers in morning lectures and discussions, whilst Sue will take the afternoon art practice sessions in drawing and clay modelling.
Enrolment details
Enrol here!
For more information
You can find more information about this course, including costs and program details, here or contact Johannes directly: 0414 724 587

[1] Marti, E., 2017. The Etheric: Broadening Science through Anthroposophy, Volume 1: The World of the Ethers (Vol. 1). Temple Lodge Publishing.

St John's Gospel monthly study group
2022-01-30 20:00 - 2022-04-24 21:30 | Online
Facilitator: Martin Samson
Working with contemplative phenomenology on the Gospel of John, this ongoing study group will explore an anthroposophical path to awakening the soul and spiritual senses. There will be opportunities for discussion, guidance, and questions around meditation and living a spiritual year.
This study builds on the The Twelve Days of Christmas – Holy Nights Contemplations led by Martin Samson over Christmastide to Epiphany in 2021-22 and isa prototype for five months to see if it works for everyone involved. After the May evening, it will review to assess its continuation.
Program

Understanding methods of Contemplative Phenomenology.
Working with Rudolf Steiner’s approach to the Gospels, starting with the Gospel of John as an esoteric initiation text.
Understanding meditation from an anthroposophical approach and living with the spiritual cycle of the year.

There is likely to be ongoing work to do between meetings. This will be up to the participants how much they undertake the recommendations.
When and where
8.00pm-9.30pm AEDT on the last Sunday of each month (January through to May) to allow for the various time zones involved
Registration details
Please look at the next panel down on this email for registration detail, or click here
One registration will give you access to five events.
Cost
The recommended donation is $50 for the five events.
To register
You will be sent the zoom link in an email two days before the event. Please login via the Zoom app and not Eventbrite.
Register here!

For more information
For more information or to register after 30 January 2022, please contact Martin Samson

Working with Steiner’s Nine Training Sketches for Painters
2022-02-04 14:00 - 2022-04-22 16:00 | Online
A masterclass studio with artist Fiona Campbell
The Nine Training Sketches motifs were given to the painters as a new impulse for understanding both Art and Nature, to help the artist explore objective spiritual laws. They are a training for the soul.
You are invited to join artist and researcher Fiona Campbell for an online masterclass (six sessions) as she works with these nature mood motifs in preparation for an exhibition. Paint alongside her and share in her process as she works through the series of nine motifs from rough sketch to finished artwork.
You don’t have to be a professional artist, or even very experienced, to enjoy this course.
What are the Training Sketches?
Steiner gave a series of nine and seven motifs to the artists in the form of rough drawings, as a foundation for the renewal of the art of painting. They were called training sketches, but sometimes people wonder what it is they are training. They are not guides to technique, nor are they supposed to be copied literally. They are not answers to what artworks of sunrises and trees and angels should look like. Rather, they are a training for the soul. What does this mean?
Theses nature mood sketches lead the painter towards an inward experience of each motif. This opens up the way to true moral and spiritual experiences. By learning to unite herself with the inner essence of these motifs, the artist can reveal through her work traces of her soul experience of the cosmos.
Background information
In June 2022 it will have been one hundred years since the painter and sculptor Henny Geck asked Rudolf Steiner for a course that would bring about a renewal of the art of paining. To celebrate this event, the Visual Art Section will hold an Intensive Week at the Goetheanum from 1-8 August 2022 and has invited artists to submit their work for the conference exhibition. Fiona has been working with the training sketches for 25 years and intends to submit works for the exhibition. You can view some of her previous works on these themes here.
Who are the masterclasses for?
For artists, Steiner teachers, art therapists and art students looking to find a path in soul/spiritual development through the arts; and for anyone interested in understanding more about Rudolf Steiner’s impulse in Art.
To get the most out of this course, it is anticipated that participants work alongside Fiona in-class and on their own between sessions.
Required

familiarity with Steiner’s or Goethe’s colour theories
basic watercolour wet-on-dry skills (you can use wet-on-wet or any other painting media, such as oils or acrylics, if you prefer but technical advice is not directed towards these media)

This is not a step-by-step instructional class so not suitable for beginners.
What dates are the classes?
2-4pm AEDT Friday afternoons
4 /18 Feb, 4/18 Mar, 1/22 April
Studio intensive: there will also be a face-to-face weekend studio 4/6 June for intensive work.
The online masterclasses will continue after April if there is enough interest.
How much does it cost?
Online series: $200 for 6×2 hr masterclasses or $40 for individual sessions
Weekend studio: venue and cost tba.
Where do I register?
Contact Fiona to register
Payment details and a list of suggested materials and readings available upon registration.
For more information
For more information about the masterclass or for any questions, please contact Fiona Campbell
You may also like to share this flyer with others.

About Fiona Campbell
Fiona Campbell is a visual artist, researcher, lecturer and arts educator. She has an interdisciplinary PhD on creativity and cognition. She has been a professional artist and arts educator for over 30 years.
She is also teaches interdisciplinary research training and consciousness studies. She is a member of the Stream of Life Research Studio, where her focus is phenomenology and creative cognition.
You can find out more about Fiona, read about her teaching work at Sydney Rudolf Steiner College (where she has taught since 1994) or listen to a recent ABC Soul Search interview with her about the anthroposophical approach to art.
Fiona is concurrently offering Working with Steiner’s epoch motifs as a training for the ordering of the soul for people interested in the spiritual history of humanity, a topic on which she has been giving lectures and workshops for 25 years.

‘and in the creations of the artist t here will appear to us
the traces of his soul experience in the cosmos’
(Steiner 1-4 January 1915).

Some examples of the process of working with a sketch

Steiner’s Sketch no. 5: Summer Trees

Fiona’s interpretation of no. 5: Summer Trees – in process

Sketch no. 5 Summer Trees – finished work

Featured image: Sketch no. 4: Blossoming Trees, in process
Photos credits: courtesy of Fiona Campbell

Working with Steiner’s epoch motifs as a schooling for the ordering of the soul-life
2022-02-12 16:00 - 2022-05-21 17:30 | Online
They ‘lead us to confront the greatest of riddles – that of human destiny’
A series of 7 experiential webinars + weekend studio

Immerse yourself in this unique journey through our soul/spiritual development! From our primeval beginnings, through Lemuria and Atlantis to today and into the 6th Slavic epoch, we can capture something of the ‘quiver’ of recollections of spiritual history lying deep in our soul-life through working actively with these motifs.

What is it about?
This practice-based course explores Steiner’s Goetheanum ceiling sketches, a sequence given to the painters as a picture progression of the spiritual history of humanity. He described them as a training in karmic vision that could potentially awaken a perception of karma. We will work with selected motifs through lecture, study, contemplative observation and drawing.
Background notes
Rudolf Steiner created a substantial portfolio of drawings, pastel sketches and paintings for the renewal of the visual arts, many destined for the interior of the First Goetheanum, with the purpose of helping us find a new relationship to art as a basis of spiritual awakening. The artforms in the first Goetheanum were intended to support a training in karmic vision through Art.
Art works upon the human soul to awaken in it a feeling, a deep feeling, for the spiritual realities of what is portrayed. By actively working with these motifs, we can approach an inner experience of their truths. Not only through the content but through the inward experience of them. By working actively with their forms and processes, we can learn to transform the soul body so that it can prepare itself for karmic awakening.
For the ceiling of the first Goetheanum, Steiner gave a series of ‘epoch’ motifs to the artists – 12 sketches for the large cupola of the first Goetheanum and 7 Sketches for the small cupola, culminating in the motif of the Representative of Humanity. We will explore these motifs: their gestures, meanings and role in our soul/spiritual evolution.
Program
7 x 1.5hr webinars approx. twice a month on Saturday afternoons, 4.00-5.30pm.
12/2 Workshop 1: The Elohim motif from the Creation trio – completed
26/2 Workshop 2: Lemuria and Atlantis
19/3 Workshop 3: Ancient India – Ancient Greece
2/4 Workshop 4: The IAO motif: the Cosmic Word
23/4 Workshop 5: Faust and his Genius
7/5 Workshop 6: The Germanic and Slavic motifs
21/5 Workshop 7: Lucifer, Ahriman and the Representative of Humanity
Each session includes a short lecture, experiential artwork, contemplation and discussion as the foundation of a schooling for the ordering of our soul life. The series culminates in an optional weekend studio where participants can turn their sketches and studies into artforms that reflect their personal relationship to the evolution of consciousness.
Each session will be recorded and will be available for registrants.
Art material list and background reading suggestions emailed at registration.
Who is it for?
For students of Anthroposophy, Steiner teachers, artists and anyone interested in understanding Steiner’s approach to the spiritual evolution of humanity.
Beginners in drawing are welcome. You do not need technical skills in the visual arts to find these workshops fruitful. These experiential workshops employ the anthroposophic approach to colour and process but the focus is on experiencing, not learning drawing techniques.
What dates are the workshops?
Saturday afternoons 4.00-5.30pm AEDT (until it ends, then AEST)
Webinar workshops: 12/26 February | 19 March | 2/23 April | 7/21 May
Weekend studio workshop: 3-5 June 2022
Missed most of the webinars but want to join individual sessions?
You can still join us and catch up via the video recordings. Just contact Fiona Campbell
How much does it cost?
Online series: | $200 for full 7 webinars | $33 per individual workshop.
Weekend studio: Linuwel School, Maitland NSW, 3-5 June
What’s included in the price?
A video of each webinar, list of suggested readings and a curated selection of copies of the motifs for private study only.
Where do I register?
After registration, participants will be sent the Zoom workshop link and a list of suggested readings and materials. The Zoom link will be sent again one (1) hour before the webinar.
Register here!
Please login for each session via your Zoom app and not via Eventbrite.
For more information
Please contact Fiona Campbell and share this flyer with others who might be interested. Thank you!

About Fiona Campbell
Fiona Campbell is a researcher, lecturer, visual artist and arts educator. She has an interdisciplinary PhD on creativity and cognition.
In this course Fiona is presenting one of her special interests, the nature of human consciousness, a topic she has lectured on for 25 years. Her artistic research on the Goetheanum motifs complements this interest.
Fiona is also a member of the Stream of Life Research Studio, where she focuses on her other two specialisations, phenomenology and creative cognition.
You can find out more about Fiona on her website, read about her teaching work at Sydney Rudolf Steiner College (where she has taught since 1994) or listen to a recent ABC Soul Search interview with her about the anthroposophical approach to art.
Fiona is concurrently offering Working with The Nine Trainings Sketches for the Painters, a masterclass online studio for painters interested in working more deeply with Rudolf Steiner’s training sketches.

‘In the Goetheanum were forms that would awaken a perception of karma’ (April 27, 1924)

Steiner’s Persian Epoch Motif, large cupola, Goetheanum

Steiner’s Egyptian Epoch Motif, large cupola, Goetheanum

Steiner’s Slavic Human Being, small cupola, First Goetheanum

The Zodiac in Acting and Eurythmy
2022-02-19 09:00 - 10:00
An Interview with Dawn Langman

Dawn Langman explores the fundamentals of Chekhov’s psycho-physical technique and the metaphysical principles on which it is based. She examines this technique in relation to the specific challenges and gifts provided by the actor’s constitution of body, soul and spirit, and in the context of humanity’s evolving consciousness.
Theodor Hundhammer is the founder of Eurythmy4you, an organisation that produces and ever increasing number of wonderful online courses and trainings in eurythmy, as well as engaging in extensive research about the therapeutic and health giving benefits of eurythmy. More recently Theodor has begun the Interview Show, either directly or indirectly related to eurythmy. Previous recordings can be found here.

This month Theodor is interviewing Dawn Langman

When?
Saturday 19th February, 2022
9:00am AEDT
8:30am ACDT
8:00am AEST
7:30am ACST
6:00am AWST

About Dawn Langman
Dawn Langman taught Speech Formation for ten years at Emerson College in Sussex. Following this, Dawn trained in Michael Chekhov’s acting technique in New York. Returning to Australia, she continued to research the integration of Speech Formation with Chekhov’s technique. She examines this technique in relation to the specific challenges and gifts provided by the actor’s constitution of body, soul and spirit, and in the context of humanity’s evolving consciousness. She currently teaches this methodology at the Drama Centre, Flinders University, South Australia.
In the interview, Dawn will speak about her new book and explain why we should pay attention to the zodiac in acting and eurythmy. Interested parties simply register and receive the link to the live stream free of charge. Further information can be found here.

Feature image: courtesy of Melbourne Rudolf Steiner Seminar

Understanding Deeper Developmental Needs
2022-03-14 19:30 - 2022-04-13 20:30 | Online
with Dr Adam Blanning
Courtesy of the Pedagogical Section in Australia, a 6-week on-line study preparation and a 4-week online Saturday morning Therapist’s and Doctor’s Course, open to teachers who have committed to the prior study with Dr Adam Blanning.

Study Group preparation sessions
6 Monday evenings 7.30-8.30pm
Working on Dr Adam Blanning’s book Understanding Deeper Developmental Needs with Curative Educator Barbara Baldwin and consultant in special needs in Steiner education, Dr Jackie Cox-Taylor.
Two weeks study on each polarity March 14th, 21st, 28th and April 4th, 11th, 18th

When
4 Saturday Morning Sessions 8 – 9.30 am April 30th, May 7th, 14th, 21st
Enlivening our observation skills allows us to see consistent behavioural dynamics that show up in children’s movement, learning, sensing and memory. Diverse therapeutic indications are given that will encourage children to unfold new growth and maturation, from the inside out.
Bookings
Trybooking
Total Cost: $290 AU
For more information
Contact Peggy Day, Pedagogical Section

2022 AGM of the Anthroposophical Society in Australia
2022-04-16
Hosted by the South Australian branch
A full day hybrid event in Adelaide, South Australia

The 2022 AGM of the ASinA will be hosted by the South Australian branch over the Easter weekend.

The online AGM program (below) is on Holy Saturday, 16 April 2022 from 10.o0am – 3.00pm ACST / 10:30am AEST / 8:30am WST.

Please contact your local state branch coordinator for the Zoom links.

AGM Online Program AEST

10.30am

(Broadcast from Adelaide)

Acknowledgement of Country
Introducing the Youth Section of Oceania

11.00am

2022 Welcome to AGM

Chairperson: Deborah Neale
Verse: Peter Fern
Reports and other business

12.15pm

Acknowledgements and Closing
Verse: Peter Fern

12.30pm
Lunch break

1.30pm

‘If our work on virtue (truth, courage and love) is without a relationship to Christ, is it anthroposophical?’

Thoughts on the relevance of Easter for the Anthroposophical Society today.

Presented by the Stream of Life Research Studio

3.00pm
Closing words from General Secretary Jane Bradshaw

7.30pm
(for Adelaide participants only)

‘Finding a bridge to courage, love and truth’
An evening of poetry, story, eurythmy and music with Jo-anne Sarre, Katrina Stowe and Anna Kotanidis. Special guest David Booth.
Aldinga Arts Eco Village
173 Port Road, Aldinga 5173

For more information
For information about the AGM, please contact Jane Bradshaw

For information about the live events in Adelaide, please contact Lyn Mayblom

The Empty Tomb
2022-04-17 17:00 - 18:30 | Online
An Easter Sunday Pictorial Contemplation
With artist and phenomenologist Fiona Campbell

This Easter Sunday afternoon webinar ponders the significance of the empty tomb for apostles Peter, John and Thomas in light of their special destinies.

St John’s Gospel provides us with unique portrayals of the apostles through descriptive scenes that hold keys to their particular paths through discipleship before and after the Resurrection. There is much about these three individualities that is significant for us today.
Using the paintings of two modern masters, Fiona Campbell will lead us through a contemplation of their artworks using an immersive form of phenomenological observation called ‘beholding’ that allows us to experience an artwork from within it.
Suggested reading: John 20
Registration
Register here!
Payment and Registration Details
After registration, participants will be sent the Zoom link one (1) hour beforehand.
Please login for the webinar via the Zoom app and not via Eventbrite.
A recording of the webinar will be available.
Cost: $20 or a donation of your choice is much appreciated.
Date: 5.00pm – 6.39pm AEsT, Sunday 17th April 2022
Presenter: Dr Fiona Campbell teaches interdisciplinary research training, communications and consciousness studies. She has a special interest in Goethean phenomenology and creative thinking. She is also a professional artist, trained at Tobias School of Art and Therapy in England in visual arts and artistic therapy. She has been painting and pondering the Easter theme for over 20 years.
For more information
Please see the flyer or contact Fiona Campbell

The Heart in a Radiance of Stars
2022-05-13 - 2022-05-15
Presenters: Gillian Rogers, Irmhild Kleinhenz, Iris Curteis
These times present a call to individuals and communities to find new ways of being, to cultivate courage and a deep recognition for the interconnectedness of life in all its visible and invisible forms.
This series of online presentations will explore heart-thinking and the development and evolution of the etheric heart to find greater strength and insight to meet these challenges. Using storytelling, shared research and conversation, we will deepen our appreciation and understanding of the transformative capacity of the heart as an instrument for spiritual perception and heightened social consciousness.

Program
5 March, 2 April, 13-15 May
Over three weekends: two sessions online and culminating in May in a face-to-face three-day seminar in Dorrigo, northern NSW.
Venue
Online, with the seminar venue in Dorrigo, NSW.
Cost

Online sessions $50.00 per session
$80.00 for two sessions
Seminar $300.00 (not including food and accommodation)
To book
Transfer fees to Gillian Rogers
Commonwealth Bank Glebe
BSB 062172
Acc 00652362
Please add your name and the date of the session/s you are booking in to.
For more information
Read the flyer about this course, including program and presenter details, or contact Iris Curteis for more information.

Foundation Course in Holistic Biography Work
2022-08-11 - 2022-08-14 | Online
Foundation Course
Take Charge of your life: Apply the resources of Holistic Biography work.
The Foundation Course is designed to assist with taking charge of one’s life’s journey. It facilitates deeper understanding of the physical, social and mental developmental stages in one’s life.

This course is the pre-requisite for joining our 3-year Online Training Program.
It is also available as a stand-alone course for personal or professional development – either as Learning Pack only, or with optional online real-time sessions.
To receive the preparatory Learning Pack enrol before July 2022
When and how
Thursday 11/08/2022 – Sunday 14/08/2022
Online Sessions, 5 hours/day
Cost
Fee: 470 AUD
For more information
Look here for more information about the course or please contact Karl-Heinze Finke

Callout for support: the APOAM Australian Post Graduate Orientation in Anthroposophic Medicine
2022-08-20 09:30 - 11:00 | Online
National Meeting for advance planning for
the APOAM Australian Post Graduate Orientation in Anthroposophic Medicine

Dear Members,
John and Sarah from the initial working group of the Australian Orientation in Anthroposophic Medicine (AOAM) would like to invite you to a Zoom meeting to share our initiative for this course. The initial inspiration for the course as well as where we are up to and what the next steps are that need to be taken in order for this to come to fruition will all be addressed in the meeting.
We are looking for support in particular areas, to be discussed during the meeting.
Skills required to implement this initiative
These areas include practical and networking skills, for example, finding and managing a venue, accommodation and catering, event management, general website administration, IT administrator for the online modules, marketing and publicity and financial/accounts management.
Agenda

An overview of the proposed course and current working group.
Overview of the curriculum.
Roles we are looking for help in and setting a date to formalise the uptake of roles.
Q & A

How to join the meeting
Time: 9:30 AM – 11 AM Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney
Date: Saturday August 20, 2022
Join Zoom here
Meeting ID: 837 3332 8848
Passcode: [REDACTED]
Want to find out more?
For further information please contact John Holmes

Tranformative Art & Architecture (TAA) Module 3
2022-08-25 08:00 - 2022-09-25 17:00
The Human Being as Measure of All Things
Architectural Form and the Evolution of Consciousness

A Transformative Art & Architecture (TAA) seminar
An online 6-day seminar over 3 alternating weekends and 4 midweek evenings, starting on Saturday 27th August 2022, 9.45 am
What is it about?
To be able to objectively evaluate architectural form we must base our judgements on an objective set of criteria. From a spiritual perspective, the only truly objective criteria we have are those connected with the spiritual and physical nature of the human being.
The human being represents the 4th kingdom of nature, which stands in a close relationship to the three lower, animal, plant and mineral kingdoms . In this module we explore this very relationship between the four nature kingdoms. The progression of consciousness from the mineral – plant – and animal – to the human kingdom provides us with valuable insights as to the hierarchy of form as well as the link between form and consciousness. We conclude with a specific set of evaluation criteria.
Program
Over the three weekends participants will gain practical and theoretic insights into the following questions:

Why and how is the human being a universal point of reference for Architectural Form?
How is the development of consciousness mirrored both in the historic forms of art & architecture and in the forms of the 4 kingdoms of nature?
What relevance does the ascending hierarchy of form have with respect to our modern forms of art & architecture?
What is the Threefoldness of the Human Being and how is this mirrored in Architectural Form?
What is the relationship between the 3 dimensions of space and our faculties of thinking, feeling and willing?
What is the architectural equivalent of the “body” “soul” and “spirit”, of a building?
What objective criteria do we have by which architectural form is elevated to a higher level of consciousness?

Open lecture: Introductory Lecture about the aims and methods of Transformative Art & Architecture
Date: Thursday, 25th August 2022 7.30 – 9 pm (Melbourne Time)
This lecture is open to all and is compulsory for all new TAA students. Dedicated Zoom Link
If you cannot attend the lecture, a recording of a similar lecture is available via this Vimeo link.
Dates

Module 3-Level I will be offered over 3 alternating weekends and 4 midweek evenings, starting on Saturday 27th August 2022, 9.45 am
Cost

Discount rate if paid upfront for the full course

Professional: $900 (3 x $300)
Concession: $675 (3 x $225)
For Students: $450 (3 x $50)
Normal rate if paid per weekend
Professional: $1150 (3 x $350)
Concession: $825 (3 x $275)
For Students: $600 (3 x $200)
All payments dues in advance by the preceding Tuesday/s. The first payment due by Tuesday 23rd August 2022.
How to enrol
Complete this enrolment form and send it to Johannes & Sue
Upon payment you will receive an email the receipt, a more detailed program and the relevant zoom link which will remain the same for all sessions.
For more information
For more information, please visit the Biosculptural Architecture website
