Anthroposophical Society in Australia

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2019-07-23 17:00 (Australia/Sydney) | Rudolf Steiner House, 307 Sussex Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000
Fortnightly Study Group
Contact: allisonartist@gmail.com
Inner Development for World Development Group
“Inner Development for World Development Group.” We meet 5pm Tuesday fortnightly
at Steiner House
WHO YOU ARE:
* You are aware of a deep longing within that has recently been awoken by the words of Rudolf Steiner. You have lots of questions and are beginning to fill yourself with some of the majestic imaginations of Anthroposophy
or
* You have attended public lectures and read a few books
Steiner wrote. You may already have struggled with doing the exercises or meditations that Steiner recommends for healthy balanced esoteric growth but have not been able to maintain your practice or
* You have realised that you stand in the world as a vessel for Anthroposophia and are interested in supporting others in the deeper work.
INTENTIONS: You will choose your own exercises to work on. You will work at your own pace. Others may make suggestions or give you feedback -but the choice will be yours own and you will hold yourself accountable.
We will witness and support your commitment to yourself.
Steadfastness stands higher than success
RS: Knowledge of Higher Worlds
To encourage an imaginative consciousness within the group we will balance the inner work by engaging in artistic processes led by different people in the group.
During school holidays we will meet 5-8pm where we can share our biographies – to help us become more aware of the divinity within each.
You will be encouraged to embark on spiritual research into your deepest heartfelt questions and share this journey with us.
In the last few years of his life Steiner increasingly spoke of the necessity and great esoteric significance to learn to work in Spiritual Science based groups. Are you motivated to keep coming back when one of us annoys, irritate or offends you; or when life gets demanding, distracting or complicated?
‘Life gets more luminous
Life gets more arduous’ ……when you truly seek your destiny star. RS

Russia and the Arts
2019-07-23 19:00 | Rudolf Steiner House, 307 Sussex Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000
Russia and the Arts. Well, we all know about Tolstoy and Dostoevsky, Chekhov and Turgenev, Pasternak and Solzhenitsyn. We listen to Rachmaninoff and Tchaikovsky. When ballet is mentioned, the first name that may come to mind is Nureyev. And then there are Malevich , Repin and Kandinsky (who wrote the Spiritual in Art). But representatives of the modern Mongol-Tartar stream contradict Sergey O. Prokofiev and Rudolf Steiner, and weigh and measure quantitatively and claim that Russians sleep. And yet the spiritual is apparent in all fields of art. Even the centrality of the omnipresent symbol of Moscow, Saint George, reminds us of the mission of Russia and the coming age. The history of Russia suggests that the people are being prepared to make individual decisions…. Can we as Westerners awaken and experience with clarity the Russian encounter between polarities that makes their arts so unique? In 2013 David Wansbrough was awarded the Russian medal, Man of Peace, by Nikolai Nikolaevich Drozdov. Since being invited to Russia in 1993, he has gone a couple of times each year as a visiting professor. Eleven of his books have been published in the Russian language. Lecture with David Wansbrough at Rudolf Steiner House starting at 7pm.

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2019-07-30 14:00 - 16:00 | Rudolf Steiner House, 307 Sussex Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000
Watercolour painting classes. This is a weekly painting class at Rudolf Steiner House from 2pm to 4pm during school terms and is open to everyone. Paints and paper are supplied, but please bring your own brushes.

Artistic Imagination and Supersensible Knowledge
2019-07-30 19:00 | Rudolf Steiner House, 307 Sussex Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000
Artistic Imagination and Supersensible Knowledge: The art of living a spiritual year. Around the four major festivals that fall on the solstices and equinoxes: Christmas, Easter, St. John’s and Michaelmas there are four ancient fire festivals that mark the transition from one cosmic imagination to the next . They are different in the south to the north and becoming more conscious of the collaborative work of the Archangels in our annual cycle of festivals enhances how we participate in developing the seed cosmic imaginations for the future. This talk, continuing from Martin’s last talk, will introduce the current situation from August to November in our region. The focus this evening will be on how the southern cosmic imaginations lead us to developing both artistic and supersensible capacities. Martin has worked with the southern cosmic imaginations for 25 years and would like to share his research questions with people who are interested in observing and adding their own insights to the community. Lecture with Martin Samson at Rudolf Steiner House starting at 7pm.

Watercolour Painting Classes
2019-08-01 14:00 - 16:00 | Rudolf Steiner House, 307 Sussex Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000

Study Group_Inner Development for World Development Group
2019-08-06 17:00 | Rudolf Steiner House, 307 Sussex Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000

Gary Lachman Lectures- Dark Star Rising
2019-08-06 19:00 | Rudolf Steiner House, 307 Sussex Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000
Tuesday 6th August, starting at 7pm: Dark Star Rising. Did “positive thinking” and “mental science” help put Donald Trump in the White House? And are there other kinds of “occult politics” at work in the world today? In my book Dark Star Rising: Magick and Power in the Age of Trump, I look at the strange magical and esoteric ideas that are informing postmodern politics in the United States and Russia in the twenty-first century. From New Thought to Chaos Magick to the far-right esotericism of Julius Evola and the Traditionalists, a web of connections stretches out across the globe bringing together such disparate characters and phenomena as Norman Vincent Peale, Ayn Rand, Pepe the Frog, the Alt-Right, Vladimir Putin, President Trump, Reality TV, “meme magick” and much else in a weird tangle of postmodern occultism in which reality is up for grabs, facts give way to internet fictions, and truth is a negotiable commodity. My talk will try to find a path through this post-truth alternative fact landscape in reality is what you can get away with.

Gary Lachman Workshop weekend
2019-08-10 09:30 - 2019-08-11 15:00 | Rudolf Steiner House, 307 Sussex Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000
Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th August workshop, starting at 9:30am each day: In search of our other mind through the lost knowledge of the Imagination and the Secret History of Consciousness. When we hear the word “imagination,” what do we think? Mostly we tend to see the imagination as a substitute for reality, as a form of wishful thinking, a pleasant alternative to the hard facts of life. Or we see it as a means of developing novel ideas, of being on the “cutting edge” of technology, a way of making things “bigger and better.” But this is not the only way to understand the imagination. For poets and scholars like Kathleen Raine, Henry Corbin, Owen Barfield, and others, the imagination is not a substitute for reality, but a way of grasping its essence. For them, imagination isn’t a form of “make believe,” but a faculty of cognition, a way of knowing things that would otherwise remain unknown. This knowledge was accessible at an earlier time, but in recent centuries it has been minimized, if not vigorously rejected, by our emphasis on “hard,” scientific thinking. My talk will look at the imagination as a faculty for grasping the invisible realities that surround us and at the tradition of knowledge rooted in it – a knowledge that, if lost, can still be recovered. What is consciousness? For many philosophers, scientists, and neurophysiologists today it is “nothing but” a by-product of processes going on in the brain. As Francis Crick, co-discoverer of the DNA molecule, declared: “You, your joys and sorrows, your memories and ambitions, your sense of personal identity and free will, are no more than the behaviour of a vast assembly of nerve cells and molecules.” Yet while this highly reductive view of consciousness dominates mainstream discussion, there has always been a counter tradition that sees consciousness not as a negligible epiphenomenon of neurons and synapses, but as the very foundation of existence. There has been what we can call “a secret history of consciousness,” a much more meaningful view of our inner world to which many important thinkers have contributed. My talk will look at some of these figures and at how their ideas can influence our world today.

Gary Lachman Lectures-Hypnagogia and Precognitive Dreams
2019-08-13 19:00 | NSW
Tuesday 13th August, starting at 7pm: Hypnagogia and Precognitive Dreams. Twice a day each of us enters a strange altered state of consciousness, that is like a dream but is in many ways different. This is the state hovering in between wakefulness and sleep called hypnagogia. Hypnagogic visions have inspired great artists, poets, and philosophers and for some they have been the gateway into other worlds and weird inner dimensions. From C. G. Jung to the Surrealists, hypnagogia has proved a fertile means of exploring the unconscious while wide awake, of dreaming with our eyes open. My tal with introduce this little known but universally human experience, its history and what it means for us today, and will include some of my own experiences with hypnagogia and the equally fascinating phenomenon of precognitive dreams, when the sleeping mind steps out of time and affords us a glimpse of the future.

Progress meeting for members and friends
2019-08-31 14:00 - 16:00 | Rudolf Steiner House, 307 Sussex Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000
Progress meeting for members and friends. This meeting is especially to review the 2018 financial accounts getting them ready for the AGM. Please have a look here for more details.

Social Initiatives Forum with Joan Sleigh
2019-09-08 14:00 - 16:00 | Christian Community Sydney, 8 Montague Street, Balmain, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Joan Sleigh, member of the Executive Council of the General Anthroposophical Council, will speak and discuss the work of the Social Initiatives Forum.

Poetry and Music of the Romantics
2019-09-13 19:30 | Rudolf Steiner House, 307 Sussex Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000
An evening of poetry and music with Neil Anderson, Manfred Beck, Tim McGovern and Christian Lillicrap.

The musical structure of our humanity
2019-09-14 11:00 - 15:30 | Rudolf Steiner House, 307 Sussex Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000
With Martin Samson
A workshop of art and science guiding to an experience of cosmic experience of cosmic and physical formation of the human being as place of consciousness. The body as the temple of the mind.

What is it to be an artist on the stage informed by Anthroposophy?
2019-09-17 19:00 | Rudolf Steiner House, 307 Sussex Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000
Lecture with Neil Anderson
Drawing on the writings and practices of Rudolf Steiner and Georg Kühlewind, the talk will set out a theory of what is involved in being an artist of our time and then explore the particular demands, creative opportunities of speaking poetry and acting a part. Reference will be made to master performers such as Mechthild and Alan Harkness, and Barbara and Peter Bridgmont, as harbingers of future possibilities.

EQUINOCTAL WORKSHOP “NEW BEGINNINGS"
2019-09-21 09:30 - 14:30 | Rudolf Steiner House, 307 Sussex Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000
21st September: Equinoctal workshop – new beginnings. A workshop on dramatherapy and creative writing with Joanne Strauss and Joanna Jaanista.
EQUINOCTAL WORKSHOP “NEW BEGINNINGS”
Creative writing and dramatherapy with Joanna Jaaniste and Joanne Strauss As the light and warmth increase and the struggles of winter ebb, we can turn our attention again to those unfulfilled destiny tasks and wishes that have been slumbering inside us. Time to warm up our will and imagination to begin again acting on what matters most: finding a new home, career or relationship; creating balance in our lives and/or the world around us; doing and being what we’ve always wanted but perhaps given up on.
Join Joanne and Joanna in simple, fun but profound writing and dramatherapy activities which warm up the body and soul and mobilise creativity.
SATURDAY 21ST SEPTEMBER 9.30AM TO 2.30PM Suggested contribution $25 or $15 concession To register, please contact Annet – annet.vankesteren@gmail.com or 0400301550 Rudolf Steiner House 307 Sussex Street, Sydney

Equinoctal workshop - new beginnings
2019-09-21 09:30 - 14:30 | Rudolf Steiner House, 307 Sussex Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000
A workshop on dramatherapy and creative writing with Joanne Strauss and Joanna Jaanista.
As the light and warmth increase and the struggles of winter ebb, we can turn our attention again to those unfulfilled destiny tasks and wishes that have been slumbering inside us.
Time to warm up our will and imagination to begin again acting on what matters most: finding a new home, career or relationship; creating balance in our lives and/or the world around us; doing and being what we’ve always wanted but perhaps given up on.
Joan Joanne and Joanna in simple, fun but profound writing and dramatherapy activities which warm up the body and soul and mobilise creativity.
Suggested contribution $25 or $15 concession.

The Vortex
2019-09-24 19:00 | Rudolf Steiner House, 307 Sussex Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000
Lecture with Lisa Devine.
When polar streams meet the power to recreate the world becomes available. In the karma lectures Rudolf Steiner described the Anthroposophical Society as a meeting of polar streams. This theme will be presented artistically and conceptually.

The practice of meditation & working with self-development
2019-10-14 08:00 - 17:00 | NSW
The aim of these workshops is for participants to practice meditation; to come to know the various reasons why one meditates; to understand the effects of various meditations and to know the various practices in self-development which help to balance the meditations and our personalities and to develop a proficiency in working with meditation.
For more details

Esoteric Science Study Group
2019-10-15 17:30 | Rudolf Steiner House, 307 Sussex Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000

A healthy social life
2019-10-15 19:00 | Rudolf Steiner House, 307 Sussex Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000
A talk with Brigitta Gallaher

This talk takes as its foundation the verse of the social ethic that was orginally given to Edith Maryon in 1920

Living Soil - Part 1
2019-10-19 10:00 - 17:00 | Marrickville
MA two-day workshop in practical steps to regenerate your garden into living soil. Part 1 of 2.
19th & 26th October at Marrickville
Cost: $11o or $90 Biodynamics Sydney members
Course facilitators: James Bretherton, Karl Sharp, Diane Watkin

Making the “Rolls Royce” BD compost
How and when to use the transformational soil preparation
Convert a sandy, compact ‘dust bowl’ into living soil
Green manure to help along the way
The scientific secrets of vortex stirring
Many garden problems eliminated (pests? weeds?)
James’ popular food foraging
BD seed saving
Soil testing without using pH
Using “nature’s free environmental services”

Pre-booking and payment essential on 9550 1682

Research as a path of professional and spiritual development
2019-10-19 19:00 | Rudolf Steiner House, 307 Sussex Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000
‘Research as a path of professional and spiritual development’ – a talk with Fiona Campbell
Anthroposophy in action
Rudolf Steiner was first and foremost a researcher who saw any limits to knowledge as a challenge for inner growth. But he frequently urged his listeners to conduct their own research, not just follow his. One of the tasks of the School of Spiritual Science is research within the different professions but you don’t have to belong to the School to do research. So if I want to research my professional or personal practice, how do I go about it? Are my experiences valid? And what actually is research?
In this presentation, Fiona Campbell discusses the increasingly critical need for research in the Anthroposophical movement and how to go about it.
But first, the path to becoming a spiritual investigator begins with understanding what is means to be a researcher. Dr. Fiona Campbell has been teaching interdisciplinary research skills and researcher development for 10 years and anthroposophical studies for 25 years. She specialises in learning and teaching development, drawing on her visual arts training, social science degrees and adult education expertise.

Music & poetry of the romantics
2019-10-22 19:00 | Rudolf Steiner House, 307 Sussex Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000
Come and spend a fantastic evening full of poetry and music.

Including works by Robert Schumann, Clara Schumann, Scriabin, Chopin, Greig and Liszt, Blake, Byron, Coleridge, Keats, Shelley and Wordsworth.

A performance with Neil Anderson, Manfred Beck, Tim McGovern and Christian Lillicrap

Living Soil - Part 2
2019-10-26 10:00 - 17:00 | Marrickville
Biodynamic Intensive
A two-day workshop in practical steps to regenerate your garden into living soil. Part 2 of 2.
19th & 26th October at Marrickville
Cost: $11o or $90 Biodynamics Sydney members
Course facilitators: James Bretherton, Karl Sharp, Diane Watkin

Making the “Rolls Royce” BD compost
How and when to use the transformational soil preparation
Convert a sandy, compact ‘dust bowl’ into living soil
Green manure to help along the way
The scientific secrets of vortex stirring
Many garden problems eliminated (pests? weeds?)
James’ popular food foraging
BD seed saving
Soil testing without using pH
Using “nature’s free environmental services”

Pre-booking and payment essential – 9550 1682

The song of the Earth
2019-10-26 16:00 | NSW
“The song of the Earth” – may human beings hear it!
This is a performance of the Light Eurythmy group from Dornach.
They will perform various pieces including the Foundation Stone Meditation.
Followed by soup and socializing
Suggested donations $20/$12

For booking inquiries contact:
Annette 0400 301 550
annet.vankesteren@gmail.com

The Song of the Earth
2019-10-27 14:00 | Warrah, 20 Harris Rd, Dural, NSW, 2158, Australia
Eurythmical Performance by Light Eurythmy group from Arlesheim, Switzerland
Warrah, 20 Harris Rd. Dural 2158
Inquiries and reservations: Jan (02) 9651 2411 jfowler@warrah.org

Peter and the Wolf - Eurythmy Performance
2019-10-28 10:30 | Warrah, 20 Harris Rd, Dural, NSW, 2158, Australia
Peter and the Wolf – Eurythmy Performance by Sergei Prokofiev
This is a performance of the Light Eurythmy Group from Dornach and this performance is especially for those young at heart and will take place at Warrah.

'So the earth may be healed'
2019-10-28 19:00 - 20:30 | Lorien Novalis School library, 456-460a Old Northern Road, Dural, NSW, 2158
‘So the earth may be healed’ with Christo Miliotis
This talk will explore the origins of Biodynamics when farmers asked Rudolf Steiner why the yields are decreasing in generations. He replied ‘because the earth is ageing’.
Entry: Optional donation
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The karma behind the Anthroposophical community's failure to realise a threefold society
2019-10-29 19:00 | Rudolf Steiner House, 307 Sussex Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000
‘The karma behind the Anthroposophical community’s failure to realise a threefold society’
A talk by Gavin Tang
According to Rudolf Steiner himself, it was his specific spiritual task to bring the knowledge of karma and reincarnation to the world. All other major spiritual undertakings of his were things he picked up because others (other initiates) had failed to do so. Among such undertakings was the establishment of a threefold society. In fact the nature of this task is more suited to a Platonist/Arthurian stream than the Aristotlean/Grail stream that Steiner was part of. What is it in the Platonist approach that makes it more suited to bring a threefold society to realisation?

"The Song of the Earth" - I matter to matter
2019-10-29 19:30 | Lorien Novalis School, 456 Old Northern Road,, Dural, NSW, 2158, Australia
“The Song of the Earth” – I matter to matter
Eurythmical performance by Lighteurythmy-Group from Arlesheim, Switzerland.
Lorien Novalis School, 456 Old Northern Road, Dural 2158
Ticket prices: $20/$12 concessions/$40 families
Booking inquiries contact Vivien Sievers (02) 9658 0700 vivients@lorien.nsw.edu.au
