A Festival for Change - Social Threefolding
2023-07-06 - 2023-07-10 | Samford Valley Steiner School, 5 Narrawa Drive, Wights Mountain, Qld, 4520
Five Creative Days on Sustainable, Social and Organisational Change
6 – 10 July 2023
Social Threefolding works with the recognition that three distinct social spheres operate in all human social organisations. Based on this understanding the coordination of these social life processes are not unitarian or centralised by state or leading elite. Instead, they are self-directed, relatively autonomous spheres that vertically and horizontally balance and enhance each other:

cultural-spiritual life empowers and upholds unassailable freedom, individuality and creativity
social life supports, sustains, and promotes equal justice as its highest aspiration, out of an understanding that we are all equal by virtue of our humanity;
economic life, is balanced by reciprocal interactions between people and people, and people and environment, governed by solidarity with the endeavour to meet human needs and enable individuals to work out of their pre-birth intentions.

With Social Threefolding/Social Sculpture we can build systems that reflect what it is to be truly human.
Find out more
A brief introduction
Threefolding Tho Ha Vinh
Venue
Samford Valley Steiner School, Wights Mountain QLD
Bookings
Bookings close: 28th June
Book here
For more information
Download the flyer or contact Iris Curteis
Presenters
Irmhild Kleinhenz Functional Threefoldness within the Human Body
Hamish Mackay Economy Life
Gillian Rogers Social Rights Life
Iris Curteis Spiritual Cultural Life

‘Where the realm of freedom of thought and action begin, the determination of individuals according to generic laws ends.’

Rudolf Steiner, Philosophy of Freedom

Breathing through the night: a painting intensive for Winter
2023-07-10 17:00 - 2023-07-14 18:30 (Australia/Sydney) | Online
A soul-building activity over five evenings
with artist Fiona Campbell

‘Colours are the breath of the living soul’
Dr Margarethe Hauschka

This online series over 5 evenings brings the health-bringing forces of the harmonious breath into our souls and bodies through painting the cycle of the night.
Based on a classic exercise called Painting as an Exercise for Breathing from the Hauschka art therapy training, we will paint the cycle of light and darkness from sunset to sunrise using colour and verse.
This is a deep breathing activity, an artistic contemplative ideal for enlivening the inner and outer chill of Winter. We breath in colour, and then breathe out its complementary in a transforming process that enlivens both the life body and soul. In this way, we bring our innermost being into connection with nature, moving gently between the two.
Who is it for?
For anyone who feels the need for soul nourishment at this time of year. The exercises support our mental health and overall wellbeing by harmonising the breath, easing our tensions and bringing our polarities into balance.
You don’t have to be an experienced painter to find nourishment in this series. You can use pastels, wet-on-wet or wet-on-dry techniques.
When
10th July – 14th July 2023 at 5.00pm AEST
Cost
$160 for 5 sessions, including video recording.
How to register
Register here
Materials list, payment details and suggested readings will be sent after registration.
The Zoom link for the workshop will be sent two hours beforehand. It will be the same link for each day.
For more information
For more information, please contact Fiona Campbell
About the presenter
Fiona Campbell PhD is a visual artist, muralist, researcher, lecturer and arts educator. She trained in the anthroposophic approach to the arts at Tobias School of Art and Transpersonal Therapy, first as an artist, then as a therapist.
Fiona have been a professional artist for more than 30 years and regularly offers masterclasses in wet on dry painting and art contemplations for festivals. She is also a member of the Stream of Life Research Studio, where her focus is phenomenology and is creative consultant for the multimedia Parsifal Project.
Fiona has been involved with Anthroposophy for over 40 years and brings a wealth of knowledge and experience about the core principles and practice of Steiner’s work to her classes. You can find out more about her, read about her lecturing work at Sydney Rudolf Steiner College (where she has regularly taught since 1994) or listen to an 2021 ABC Soul Search interview with her about the anthroposophical approach to art.

Meditation and Destiny: The Four Mystery Dramas
2023-07-11 - 2023-07-16 | Goetheanum, Rüttiweg 45 4143, Dornach, Switzerland
Meditation and Destiny

The Four Mystery Dramas by Rudolf Steiner
from 11.-16. July 2023

The focus for this year in the dramas and the supporting program is the inner place of meditation and self-knowledge. Through the dramas we experience how there can be a space that I create myself and that can increasingly carry and transform me.
Surrounded by external and internal events, we experience in the drama the progress and the increase in strength of the individual protagonists in their community.
In the working groups and the contributions in the evening, the conference topic is examined from different perspectives, while the morning lectures shed light on the fate of the protagonists.
Like many areas of life, the mystery drama ensemble has faced turbulent and challenging times in recent years. The marks that it left on us, too, prompted us to reassemble the cast. In this way, newly added actors will make new aspects of the drama visible alongside well-known ones. And so we are particularly pleased that the dramas can be performed again.
Conference program

The supporting program

In the period from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. there are various parallel offers:
An introduction by Vicke von Behr to the Mystery Dramas, a discussion group on the theme of the conference with Claus-Peter Röh and artistic courses in eurythmy, speech, sculpture, painting and singing. Lists for the offers are available at the information desk upon arrival.
From 1:15 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. you can get an insight into the creation of the eurythmy costumes and learn about the aspects of their design.
The two evenings with keynote speeches are dedicated to the conference topic from different perspectives and professional fields.

Please note the program is in German.
English translation requests: The organisers would like to clarify whether English-speaking societies or even individuals would like to participate in ensuring that enough English-speaking guests will come so that a translation is worthwhile. If someone or even several would like to contribute to promote, communicate or get in touch with this in your circle with friends, then that would be very much appreciated.
Please contact Francesca Kym-Volpe for English translation requests.
For more information
Check here for information on booking and costs.

Heart in the Radiance of Stars
2023-07-28 - 2023-07-30 | School of Arts, 1 Old Pacific Hwy,, Burringbar, NSW, Australia
The Etheric Heart – An Organ of Spiritual Perception

Presenters: Gillian Rogers, Irmhild Kleinhenz, Iris Curteis
Many of us feel a genuine need to find innovative ways of being, to cultivate courage and a deeper perception and understanding of the interconnectedness of life in all its visible and invisible forms.
With presentations born out of genuine insight, a wealth of practice-based knowledge and creative activities we will explore heart thinking and the development and evolution of the Etheric Heart.
Our intention is to provide you with tools and practices that enable you to find greater strength, clarity and humanity to meet these challenges. Using storytelling, shared research, visual and meditative exercises, and conversations we will deepen your appreciation and understanding of the transformative capacity of the heart as an instrument for spiritual perception and heightened social consciousness.
We will offer our work in a process of Collaborative Knowledge Building, Creative Exercises, Contemplation and Conversation.
Watch a video on the theme here

Where
School of Arts, 1 Old Pacific Hwy, Burringbar, NSW
Cost
Rates: Bare Bones $250; Early Bird $300; Full $350 (further options see booking page)
Bookings
Book here
Bookings close: 20 July
For more information
Inquiries: Iris Curteis

Photo credit: Pillars of Creation Nebula

End of Earthly Life Matters Day Seminars
2023-07-29 | Ballarat Steiner School, 244 Moss Avenue, Mount Helen, Victoria, 3350, Australia
A Day Seminar
on the holistic palliative care approach

When
Saturday 29 July 9.00am – 5.15pm

Where
Ballarat Steiner School, 244 Moss Avenue, Mount Helen.

What is it about?
A holistic palliative care approach, legalities and practicalities, and soul and spirit care at the end of life, with Pippa White, Melinda Whyman and Cheryl Nekvapil.

Cost
Entry by $55 or donation.

To register
Contact Cheryl 0458 124 088, or Pippa 0433 363 041.

Presenters
Pippa White has worked as a Palliative Nurse for 15 years, both in institutional and home based care and for 11 vears as an Anthroposophical nurse both in general nursing and palliative care. She has facilitated many parent workshops for home nursing care for children and on topics of death and dying.
Melinda Whyman is the Community Activator for the not-tor-profit’| tender-funerals-Greater Eastern
Melbourne’ initiative. She has previously worked as a holistic funeral director guiding individuals, families and communities through all aspects of the funeral care process.
Cheryl Nekvapil is a priest of The Christian Community working in Melbourne. Since 2016, she has variously worked in with Pippa and Melinda in offering wholistic care for body, soul and spirit for people at end phase of life and in death care.
Program

Anthroposophical Professional Development Initiative
2023-08-01 - 2023-11-21 | Online
Introducing a new online course
For terms 3 & 4, 2023
What is the Anthroposophical World View?
The aim of these two blocks of lectures and workshops is to present an overview of what is often experienced as an overwhelmingly large and complex body of knowledge, particularly for student teachers and other professionals working in anthroposophically-based groups and organisations.

A closer understanding of how spirit and matter permeate each other lies at the very heart of any truly monistic world view, such as the one Rudolf Steiner gave to the world. It is out of this very understanding that Anthroposophy can be concretely applied in so many practical fields of life.
Lecture series

Term 4 Lecture Series II: An Introduction to Rudolf Steiner’s Cosmology
Download the lecture program

Full course program
Three Worlds – 4 Ethers : Connecting Spirit and Matter
Block 1 (Term 3) explores the links between the physical, astral and spiritual worlds and how nature and the human being are placed within this multi-tiered reality. This also includes the Manifestation process by which spirit incarnates into physical form and substance via the medium of the 4 Ethers, which form the bridge between spirit and matter.

Steiner’s Cosmology: The Cosmic Mission of Humanity and Earth
Block II (Term 4) explores the larger Chronological context, which leads us to the question of humanity’s cosmic origins and future destiny. Where did humanity come from? Where are we going? What is our cosmic purpose and mission on Earth and within the larger spiritual universe? Rudolf Steiner’s surprising answers can throw a profound light on such questions, including the problem of good and evil, human freedom and the longer-term consequences of the seeds we are planting right now, both as individuals and collectively as a humanity. The cosmological picture also provides a context to the currently raging, worldwide battle between Good and Evil and can help us face this battle with renewed confidence and strength in our humanity.

Download the program here.
Cost
Please check the program flyer for fees
Enrolment
Download the enrolment form
For more information

For a 15-minute video introduction
Contact Johannes on: +61 (0) 414 724 587

The Heart in a Radiance of Stars
2023-08-18 - 2023-08-20 | Harmony Centre, 11 Beresford St, Mittagong, NSW, 2575
The Etheric Heart
An Organ of Spiritual Perception
Presenters: Gillian Rogers, Irmhild Kleinhenz, Iris Curteis
Many of us feel a genuine need to find innovative ways of being, to cultivate courage and a deeper perception and understanding of the interconnectedness of life in all its visible and invisible forms.
With presentations born out of genuine insight, a wealth of practice-based knowledge and creative activities, we will explore heart thinking and the development and evolution of the etheric heart. Our intention is to provide tools and practices that enable us all to find greater strength, clarity and humanity to meet these challenges. Using storytelling, shared research, visual and meditative exercises, and conversations we will deepen our appreciation and understanding of the transformative capacity of the heart as an instrument for spiritual perception and heightened social consciousness. We will offer our work in a process of collaborative knowledge building, creative exercises, contemplation and conversation.
Dates
18-20 August
Venue
Harmony Centre, Mittagong
Cost

$250 subsidised
Early Bird $300
For all rates see booking site.

To book
Book here
Bookings Close: 13 August
Find out more
Download the flyer or contact Iris Curteis

About the presenters
Iris Curteis is a storyteller and speech artist with 40 years of artistic experience. Her background includes studies in visual arts, speechformation & dramatic arts (Europe), BA & BA hon. (Creative Writing) and a PhD on Storytelling and Community Building [Australia]. Anthroposophy has been her source of inspiration for 50 years. ‘I will use folktales and storytelling to create an experience of Heart Thinking as they offer immediate, imaginative spiritual perceptions accessed through ‘liminal space’. To face growing social and ecological challenges, we need pictorial, creative thinking found through the folktale and within the liminal space of storytelling. Rather than a disintegration of the world into intellectual fragments, we can uplift it through new human thinking and human acts.
Irmhild Kleinhenz’s background and work include Post Grad. Diplomas in Applied Science and Integrative Medicine, International Post Grad. Cert. Anthroposophic Medicine, Integrative Medicine, Health Consultant, Anthroposophic Naturopath, mentor for International Post Graduate Training in Anthroposophic Medicine, Accredited Fellow of the Australian Natural Therapists Association and on-going research in global health issues. She will invite you to explore with her healing practices for the etheric heart, the separation of the physical and etheric heart; the effects of this separation and the distorted rhythms that arise as a consequence; the heart as a pioneer in embryological development paralleled by the etheric and the astral heart as pioneers for human moral-ethical life, and what impact illness and preventative interventions have on the development of the etheric heart.
Gillian Rogers holds a BA (hon English Lit.), Grad. Dip. Adult Ed., Post Grad. Cert (Professional Learning), MA (Steiner Education). She has worked in Steiner Education for over twenty-five years, most recently as a Steiner high school English teacher, Professional Learning coordinator and Head of Education. Her current interest lies in Community Development using place-based approaches centred on local collaboration and consultation, and on development of leadership attributes aligned to a ‘Steiner context’, but also inspired by Restorative Practices and Positive Psychology. ‘In the Future Waiting to be Born sessions, I will inspire insights into the development of heart thinking, generate experiences through exercises and observations stemming from Steiner’s work, and use the growing body of research on the heart as an organ of perception as a reference point – all of which we will exploration through creative writing and poetry.

Telling the Difference
2023-08-26 15:00 - 2023-11-18 17:00 (Australia/Sydney) | Online
The Oral Art of Telling Myths, Legends,
Sagas, Parables, Fables and FolkTales
An Online Course with Iris Curteis, PhD

Myths, Legends, Sagas, Parables, Fables, & Folktales are often lumped together or confused. They really are very different; they have different relationships to what we could call the sacred-spiritual, they have different social functions, & they require different ‘ways of telling’.
This five-part online course is about getting to know these differences & building practical skills so you can confidently ‘tell the difference’ when you are telling a story. Whether you use storytelling in child or adult education, parenting, community building, social justice, caregiving, or are looking for creative ways to explore your cultural roots, this course will develop storytelling skills, inspire cultural insights and provide a clear, practical introduction to ‘liminal space’, the importance of story openings & closings, why we need them, & how they work.
Seminar Outline
Topic 1 – ‘Liminal Space’; the health and social benefits created through this space for people of all ages; opening and closing the liminal Space; a contract of trust
Topic 2 – Myths; ancient and timeless oral knowledge of beginnings: the sacred that creates the world; divine standards; the foundations of lore and law
Topic 3 – Legends and Saga/Folklore; Actions of demi-gods and human beings placed within human time; a sense of truth; embedded within the ‘culture of place’
Topic 4 – Fables & Parables; the educational, culturising or cautionary tale; the comparison – animals speaking and acting like humans or fictitious people; grasping the unfamiliar idea (compassion for your enemy)
Topic 5 – Folktales: our guide to new ways of thinking; a ‘living experience ‘of expanded reality’, meeting the challenges of the return journey, treasures and new wisdom are gifts gained for the community; wedding the land – the new ancient ecology
Dates
3.00 pm to 5.00 pm 26/8, 16/09, 07/10, 28/10, 18/11
Cost (inc. course material and zoom)

Standard $250;
Individual sessions $50
Prices open to negotiation

To book
Book here!
Find out more
Please contact Iris Curteis
About the presenter
Iris Curteis is a Storyteller and Speech Artist with 40 years of artistic experience. Her background includes studies in Visual Arts, Speech formation [Creative Speech] & Dramatic Arts (Europe), BA & BA hon. (Creative Writing) and a PhD on Storytelling and Community Building [Australia]. Anthroposophy has been her source of inspiration for 50 years.

You and I are we - questions of community
2023-09-01 18:00 - 2023-09-03 22:00 (Australia/Sydney) | Newcastle Waldorf School, 30 Reservoir Rd, Glendale, NSW, 2285, Australia
Hosted by the Oceanic Youth Circle

It is with pleasure that the Oceanic Youth Circle announces its very first conference. Our youth initiative began about a year ago, meeting fortnightly over Zoom, and studying anthroposophy together.
Who is it for?
Consider this a call to anyone who is young (18-35), working in Anthroposophy, or just interested in Anthroposophy to come together for a weekend of learning and connection.

We have three amazing guest speakers, Dr Richard Drexel, Dr Helen Proctor, and Nathaniel Williams PhD. Dr Richard and Dr Helen are both anthroposophic doctors, visiting from New Zealand. Nathaniel Williams is the head of the Youth Section at the Goetheanum in Switzerland.
Our theme You and I are we – questions of community arose from an impulse we collectively share. Spiritually navigating the last three years has been no easy task for anyone, however, the challenges those times brought have given birth to new impulses of change. It is this theme that we would like to explore together.
Venue
Newcastle Waldorf School
30 Reservoir Rd, Glendale NSW 2285, Australia
Date
Fri 1st Sep 2023, 6:00 pm – Sun 3rd Sep 2023, 10:00 pm AEST
Cost
$140 for the weekend, which includes lunch and dinner. There is also accommodation available, just reach out and we can organise something. If you are experiencing finical difficulty, please reach out as we can help with the cost. We don’t want finances to be a barrier for anyone.
Registration
For tickets
Program
Draft Program
Spread the word!
Please feel free to share this announcement with your friends, colleagues, and anyone who might be interested in joining this unique gathering of young anthroposophists. Together, we can create a vibrant and supportive community, empowering each other to explore anthroposophy’s wisdom and apply it in our lives.
We hope to see you at the conference, so that we can embark on this journey together during these challenging times of change. If you have any questions at all, send us an email at youthsectionoceania@gmail.com
Warm regards,
The Oceanic Youth Circle

A Festival of Change - Social Threefolding
2023-09-20 - 2023-09-24 | Harmony Centre, 11 Beresford St, Mittagong, NSW, 2575
Five Creative Days on Sustainable Social and Organisational Change
Social Threefolding is the recognition that three distinct social spheres operate in all human social organisations. Based on this understanding the coordination of the social life processes are not unitarian or centralised by state or leading elite. Instead, these three self-directed, relatively autonomous spheres vertically and horizontally balance and enhance each other:

cultural-spiritual life empowers and upholds unassailable freedom, individuality and creativity;
social life supports, sustains, and promotes equal justice as its highest aspiration, out of an understanding that we are all equal by virtue of our humanity;
economic life, is balanced by reciprocal interactions between people and people, and people and environment, governed by solidarity with the endeavour to meet human needs and enable individuals to work out of their pre-birth intentions. With social threefolding/social sculpture we can build systems that reflect what it is to be truly human.

We use engaging presentations, deep conversations, and some unusual tools: Storytelling, creative engagement, and board games.
Watch a video about social threefolding
Dates
20-24 September 2023
Venue
Harmony Centre, Mittagong, NSW
Costs
Download the flyer for more information about the fees for this event or contact Iris Curteis
Bookings
Book here
Please remember to book your accommodation separately.
Presenters
Irmhild Kleinhenz – Functional Threefoldness within the Human Body
Hamish Mackay – Economy Life
Gillian Rogers – Social Rights Life
Iris Curteis – Spiritual Cultural Life

Where the realm of freedom of thought and action begin,
the determination of individuals according to generic laws ends.

Reshaping a World Movement
2023-09-27 - 2023-10-01 | Goetheanum, Rüttiweg 45 4143, Dornach, Switzerland
Save the Date ➝ September 27 – October 1, 2023
Goetheanum World Conference

A transdisciplinary working conference at which common challenges and questions of our time will be worked through, and artistic interventions, impulses for the future and encounters will be given space.
How can the work of Anthroposophy be renewed and strengthened in a rapidly changing world? After more than 100 years, what are the next steps? Together we want to reshape the world movement that emerged from Anthroposophy!
Find out more here!

What is a lived experience? A deep dive into phenomenology
2023-09-27 18:30 - 20:00 (Australia/Sydney) | Online
The Stream of Life Research Studio presents
A webinar on the activity of experiencing
as central to phenomenological practice

What does it really mean ‘to experience’ something? To ‘have an experience’? And is it different from a ‘lived experience’? We hear this phrase often these days, but is ‘an experience’ different to ‘a lived one’? How important is it to a fulfilled life to be able to live deeply into our experiences, as we are living them?
Let’s clarify!
Phenomenology has been described as the study of the lived experience, as it is lived. In this webinar, we will take a deep dive into the nature of experiencing in the context of phenomenological practice. We will share different ways for learning to ‘capture ourselves in the act’ of experiencing and for recollecting such experiences afterwards so that they both enrich our quality of life and our professional practice.Our study theme will be the work of Arthur Zajonc on meditation and phenomenology.
This webinar is the fifth in our series, What is phenomenology?
Join us again! or join us for the first time. All welcome!
Cost
$20 donation or whatever you can afford to support us.
A reading from Arthur Zajonc’s work will be sent after booking.
Bookings
Book here!
How to join the webinar
Participants will be sent the Zoom link by email two (2) days beforehand, and then again one (1) hour beforehand. Please login for the webinar via your Zoom app and not via Eventbrite.
For more information
Please contact Fiona Campbell

About the Stream of Life Research Studio
The focus of the studio is the study and understanding of the dynamic activity of the etheric or life forces in cosmos, nature and human being. We see phenomenology as central to this study.
Different members have different areas of expertise – spirituality, creativity, cognition, medical/therapeutic – but all are working out of Anthroposophy and use phenomenology as their primary research methodology, in an approach that stretches beyond the world of natural science into the arts, humanities and human sciences.
Founding Members

Dr Fiona Campbell is a researcher, lecturer, visual artist and arts educator. She has an ongoing project called Where Do New Ideas Come From? which investigates and promotes dynamic, enlivened thinking practices, offers arts-based seminars and workshops and lectures on consciousness studies. You can read more about her work here.

Dr Jude Samson, whose life quest is knowing how the world works, explores how the spiritual and physical work in union with each other, and provides opportunities for people to share in his knowledge and guidance. You can read more about Jude here.

Practical and spiritual aspects of dying and death care - a holistic palliative care workshop
2023-09-30 09:00 - 2023-10-01 17:00 (Australia/Sydney) | Harmony Centre, 11 Beresford St, Mittagong, NSW, 2575
The Anthroposophical Palliative Care Circle presents

A weekend practice-based workshop considering death from a deeper aspect than is the norm today.
The inner life of soul and spirit are explained in their role in this transition and in addition, the nursing care of the physical body is considered prior to and after death. We look also in a healthy way, at the possibility of accompanying the human being during this process while full consciousness is carried around the sacredness of this mysterious threshold.
Aim of the workshop: to empower families and communities to take death care back into their own hands, highlighting the three-day, post death, care vigil in the home.
Morning and afternoon tea will be provided and lunches will be self catered.
Date

30th September-1st October 2023
Saturday 9am-5pm & Sunday 9am-3pm

Venue
Harmony Centre, Mittagong NSW
Cost
We are pleased to offer flexible pricing for this enriching event. Please choose from the options at the checkout on the booking site.
Bookings
Book here
For more information
Please download the flyer for program and presenter details
Enquiries: email Rosi for details.
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About the presenters
The Palliative Care Circle is an emerging initiative to establish holistic palliative care services and education in Australia.
Members of the Palliative Care Circle have their spiritual home in Anthroposophy and work in various professional modalities at the threshold of death. This circle forms a source from which they draw, and to which they contribute, through regular meetings for study and sharing. Their collective work supports each individual’s work, deepening and refining understanding of care at the threshold of death. This understanding informs their practice.
Members of the Circle, which includes nurses, doctors, priests, counsellors, naturopaths, death doulas, art and massage therapists, can provide a range of death care services in the home., working as individuals and in teams, professionally and voluntarily.

Image credit: The Swan, The SUW Series, Group IX, No.12, Hilma af Klint, courtesy of Fine Art America

What is veil painting? Exploring the four elements through gesture
2023-09-30 14:00 - 16:00 (Australia/Sydney) | Online
With artist Fiona Campbell
This online workshop uses the four elements – warmth, air, water, earth – to build on the foundations of the wet-on-dry watercolour technique, introduced last April in What is veil painting? And why do we do it?
The workshop teaches classic veiling; participants will create an artwork with a nature theme with guidance from the presenter. The workshop will be recorded and available for three months.
Why we use this technique?
The workshop demonstrates the classic veiling technique, as used in therapy and meditative practices. We use the theme of the four elements to explore how different brush strokes embody different activities and moods, and the effects this has on both painting and painting.
Each element has a different gesture that characterises the phenomenal world of Nature. These gestures provide variations in veiling approaches that go beyond being mere ‘outer’ techniques and point to how we must learn to paint out of our inner soul life rather than out of ‘special effects’.
The workshop also explores the fundamentals of the anthroposophic approach to painting.
Who is it for?
For anyone interested in learning more about this unique watercolour approach to enlivening colour.
For anyone interested in the anthroposophic approach to art, colour and painting.
When
Saturday 30 September, 2023 at 2.00pm AEST
Cost
$65 includes video recording
How to register
Book here
How to join the workshop
The Zoom link and a list of materials will be sent to you after you register.
For more information
Please contact Fiona Campbell

About the presenter
Fiona Campbell PhD is a visual artist, researcher, lecturer and arts educator. She does interdisciplinary research on phenomenology, creativity and cognition and has been a professional artist and arts educator for more than 30 years.
Fiona provides a wealth of professional and teaching practice with this specialist watercolour approach, including 35 years as a professional artist, 10 years art therapy practice and 12 years as a lazure/mural artist.
Fiona has been involved with Anthroposophy for over 40 years and brings a wealth of knowledge and experience about the core principles and practice of Steiner’s work to her classes. She draws on Rudolf Steiner’s Colour lectures, his ‘portfolio’ of training sketches for artists and his numerous references to the role of art and the task of the modern artist.
You can find out more about Fiona here or listen to an 2021 ABC Soul Search interview with her about the anthroposophical approach to art.

“The basis of artistic creation is not what is,
but what might be; not the real, but the possible.
Rudolf Steiner, in The Aesthetics of Goethe’s Worldview

Photo credit: Trees in Sunny Air, © Fiona Campbell

Michaelmas Festival 2023 in Melbourne
2023-10-08 15:00 - 17:00 (Australia/Sydney) | Aurora Australis, 2 Union Street, Kew, Vic, 3101, Australia
The Victorian Branch of the ASinA
would like to invite you to their
Michaelmas Festival 2023

Program

World Conference at the Goetheanum Report by Birgith Lugosi
“Is there a Difference Between Christian and Pre Christian Love?” A lecture by Johannes Schuster
Eurythmy Performance by Aurora Australis Performance Group

Download the program

When and where

Sunday 8th October, 3pm-5pm
Aurora Australis, Anthroposophical College of the Arts 2 Union St, Kew

Cost
$30, Members/Concession $20
Please RSVP your attendance to Jenny Meltzer Ph: 0411273729

We people of today

Need a true ear

For the spirit’s awakening call,

The awakening call of Micha-el.

Knowledge of the spirit seeks

To open the soul

To a true hearing of this awakening call.

(Rudolf Steiner)

Feature image: Byzantine Museum, Athens, St. Michael: 14th century. Photo by Giovanni Dall’Orto, Nov 12 2009

Finding new eyes for the world, seeking new ways of knowing
2023-10-25 18:30 - 20:00 (Australia/Sydney) | Online
The Stream of Life Research Studio presents
A 2nd webinar on the activity of experiencing
as central to phenomenological practice

How do I see with ‘new eyes’? How do I overcome my existing preconceptions and put aside my existing knowledge when encountering the world? “Every way of knowing becomes a way of living” says Parker Palmer. Every new perception or new insight becomes part of our way of engaging with the world. Thus is a process of transformation enacted through learning to see with new eyes, hear with new ears.
This practice-based webinar is the 6th in our ongoing study of the nature and practice of phenomenology. Following on from the last webinar, we continue to closely examine the act of experiencing itself. We will also work with the afterimage of an experience and how this strengthens our capacity for seeing with new eyes.
There will also be a short case study from a guest speaker, tba

Interested to find out more? Join us and share in the conversation.
This webinar is the 6th in our series, What is phenomenology?
Join us again! or join us for the first time. All welcome!

Cost
$20 donation or whatever you can afford to support us.

Bookings
Book here!
How to join the webinar
Participants will be sent the Zoom link by email two (2) days beforehand, and then again one (1) hour beforehand. Please login for the webinar via your Zoom app and not via Eventbrite.
For more information
Please contact Fiona Campbell or download the flyer

About the Stream of Life Research Studio
The focus of the studio is the study and understanding of the dynamic activity of the etheric or life forces in cosmos, nature and human being. We see phenomenology as central to this study.
Different members have different areas of expertise – spirituality, creativity, cognition, medical/therapeutic – but all are working out of Anthroposophy and use phenomenology as their primary research methodology, in an approach that stretches beyond the world of natural science into the arts, humanities and human sciences.
Founding Members

Dr Fiona Campbell is a researcher, lecturer, visual artist and arts educator. She has an ongoing project called Where Do New Ideas Come From? which investigates and promotes dynamic, enlivened thinking practices, offers arts-based seminars and workshops and lectures on consciousness studies. You can read more about her work here.

Dr Jude Samson, whose life quest is knowing how the world works, explores how the spiritual and physical work in union with each other, and provides opportunities for people to share in his knowledge and guidance. You can read more about Jude here.

Now the ears of my ears awake
And now the eyes of my eyes are opened.
excerpt from thank you god for most this amazing by e.e. cummings

Practical and spiritual aspects of dying and death care – a holistic palliative care workshop
2023-10-28 - 2023-10-29 | Casuarina School for Rudolf Steiner Education, 4 Gentle St,, Coffs Harbour, NSW, 2450, Australia
The Anthroposophical Palliative Care Circle presents

Two weekend practice-based workshops considering death from a deeper aspect than is the norm today.
The inner life of soul and spirit are explained in their role in this transition and in addition, the nursing care of the physical body is considered prior to and after death. We look also in a healthy way, at the possibility of accompanying the human being during this process while full consciousness is carried around the sacredness of this mysterious threshold.
Aim of the workshop: to empower families and communities to take death care back into their own hands, highlighting the three-day, post death, care vigil in the home.
Morning and afternoon tea will be provided and lunches will be self catered.
Dates

Coffs Harbour: Saturday 9am to Sunday 3pm – Oct ober 28th/29th, 2023
Hobart: Saturday 9am to Sunday 3pm – November 18th/19th, 2023

Venues

Coffs Harbour: Casuarina School for Rudolf Steiner Education, 4 Gentle St, Coffs Harbour NSW
Hobart: SOHO ARTS, 14 Weld St, South Hobart TAS 7004

Cost

$275-$375 Flexible Full Price

Bookings

For Coffs Harbour workshop
For Hobart Workshop

Book here
Book here

For more information
Please download the flyer for program and presenter details
Enquiries: email Rosi for details or call Rosi on 0431135769
Join our mailing list!
For future news and events

About the presenters
The Palliative Care Circle is an emerging initiative of anthroposopohic doctors, nurses and other health practitioners to establish holistic palliative care services and education in Australia.
Members of the Palliative Care Circle have their spiritual home in Anthroposophy and work in various professional modalities at the threshold of death. This circle forms a source from which they draw, and to which they contribute, through regular meetings for study and sharing. Their collective work supports each individual’s work, deepening and refining understanding of care at the threshold of death. This understanding informs their practice.
Members of the Circle can provide a range of death care services in the home., working as individuals and in teams, professionally and voluntarily.

Feature Image: Hilma Af Klint – The Swan, No. 12, Group IX SUW, 1915

Art in the light of the Christmas Conference
2023-10-31 19:00 - 20:30 (Australia/Sydney) | Zoom online events, Australia
A fundraising lecture by Dr Christiane Haid
Dr Christiane Haid is the head of the Section for Beautiful Sciences (Literary Arts & Humanities) and the Section for the Visual Arts at the Goetheanum in Dornach, Switzerland. She will be live-streaming her lecture from Dornach.

All funds raised on the night will be donated to the Section for Beautiful Sciences and the Visual Arts Section in Dornach.

When
Tue, 31 Oct 2023 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM AEDT

Where
307 Sussex St, Sydney NSW 2001
via Zoom (please register below)

How to register
Register and pay here

For more information
Please contact John Pater

One will strive to make beauty the mediator of truth and through truth to give beauty a permanent foundation and a higher dignity

Friedrich Schiller

Photo credits: courtesy of Sektion für Bildende Künste

Where Dreams are Born...
2023-11-04 17:00 - 21:30 (Australia/Sydney) | Mount Barker Town Hall, 34 Gawler St,, Mount Barker, SA, 5251, Australia
Ink Pot Arts
presents their
2023 annual showcase & fundraiser

This event will bring to you a wonderful array of music, singing, dancing, acting & improv by performers of all ages! Learn about where dreams are born, and how at Ink Pot we support the birthing of new possibilities. Peppered between acts will be interactive games & random prizes, delicious food & drink, plus you can enter into our raffle or silent auction. Check out the amazing silent auction offers via our Facebook page www.facebook.com/inkpotarts. And join the Musical Chairs competition (with a difference) or let your talents shine in our Busking Competition!
Program

SESSION ONE 5.00pm – 7.00pm
The Peter Pan Musical theme song Neverland by the cast, conducted by Lauren Holdstock
Folk music by Maren Yakas & Peter Pan cast members
“Stone Soup” dramatised storytelling by the Performance Deep Dive group with Sonja Zodrow
A surprise performance by some of our Peter Pan cast
Musical Chairs competition with the Singing for Fun group, led by Lynn Bonython
Footloose all-in workshops & performance – singing, dancing and ukulele – with Lynn Bonython, Nat MacArthur & Max Tulysewski

Supper available 6.40pm onwards

SESSION TWO 7.20pm -9.30pm
Song by Kate West & Friends
Improv & Create4Adelaide exciting offer!
Peter Pan Pirates “Hooks Waltz”, choreographed by Nat MacArthur
Busking Competition – 6 performers only!
AHUG & The Leroys ukulele group led by Max Tulysewski
Winners of Busking Competition, raffle baskets & silent auction announced

Date and time
5:00 pm – 9:30 pm ACDT Saturday 4th Nov 2023
Location
34 Gawler St 34 Gawler St, Mount Barker SA 5251, Australia
Bookings
Book here

About Ink Pot Arts
Ink Pot Arts is an award-winning NFP organisation based in Mount Barker. We offer supportive, fun, high-quality opportunities to explore the performing arts through workshops and events. Our workshops are led by creative professionals & provide not only the chance to develop new skills, but great companionship across different generations, cultures & life experiences. Regular programs include drama, improv, creative dance, ukulele, and singing. Specialty workshops are available on request. We are a socially-inclusive organisation who embrace pro-amateur models of engagement.

Supportive therapies
2023-11-11 - 2023-11-13 | Taruna College, 33 Te Mata Peak Road, Havelock North, New Zealand
Taruna College 11-13 November 2023

As a nurse, therapist or caregiver, we invite you to register for this three day workshop focussed on practical, effective care and intervention strategies.  Come and be a part of widening the circle of those offering supportive  therapies in the community. Through our learning process, healing plants  and external treatments will become familiar to you, preparing you to assess  and safely work with the therapies based on a sound rationale.  In addition we introduce

biography work
the inner path of the nurse or therapist, and
casework to help with individualised care across various situations and   settings.

Download the flyer

Cost
$550 all materials, refreshments and lunch included Tutors: Deborah Bednarek RN MN ANS and Michelle Vette RN MN ANS

Registration
Registration via the Taruna website or ring 068777174

Practical and spiritual aspects of dying and death care – a holistic palliative care workshop
2023-11-18 09:00 - 2023-11-19 15:00 (Australia/Sydney) | Soho Arts, 14 WELD STREET, Sth Hobart, TAS, Australia
The Palliative Care Circle presents

Two weekend practice-based workshop considering death from a deeper aspect than is the norm today.
The inner life of soul and spirit are explained in their role in this transition and in addition, the nursing care of the physical body is considered prior to and after death. We look also in a healthy way, at the possibility of accompanying the human being during this process while full consciousness is carried around the sacredness of this mysterious threshold.
Aim of the workshop: to empower families and communities to take death care back into their own hands, highlighting the three-day, post death, care vigil in the home.
Morning and afternoon tea will be provided and lunches will be self catered.
Date

Hobart: Saturday 9am to Sunday 3pm – November 18th/19th, 2023

Venues

Hobart: SOHO ARTS, 14 Weld St, South Hobart TAS 7004

Cost

$275-$375 Flexible Full Price

Bookings
book here

For more information
Please download the flyer for program and presenter details
Enquiries: email Rosi for details or call Rosi on 0431135769
Join our mailing list!
For future news and events

About the presenters
The Palliative Care Circle is an emerging initiative of anthroposopohic doctors, nurses and other health practitioners to establish holistic palliative care services and education in Australia.
Members of the Palliative Care Circle have their spiritual home in Anthroposophy and work in various professional modalities at the threshold of death. This circle forms a source from which they draw, and to which they contribute, through regular meetings for study and sharing. Their collective work supports each individual’s work, deepening and refining understanding of care at the threshold of death. This understanding informs their practice.
Members of the Circle can provide a range of death care services in the home., working as individuals and in teams, professionally and voluntarily.

Feature Image: Hilma Af Klint – The Swan, No. 12, Group IX SUW, 1915

After the afterimage: what comes next?
2023-11-22 18:30 - 20:15 (Australia/Sydney) | Online
The Stream of Life Research Studio presents
A 3rd webinar on the activity of experiencing
Working further with Zajonc’s cognitive breathing exercise.

Our exploration of the lived experience has been a process of learning how to immerse ourselves more deeply in our experiencing. Now we are working with the afterimage of the experience – but what happens when we let go of afterimage? Does this lead us closer to becoming the Other or is it a distraction?
Our 7th and final webinar for the year continues working with Zajonc’s cognitive breathing exercise and where that takes us with the phenomenological process. We will then recap what we have learned from this process with contributions from our regular participants.
Preparatory reading: Creatures that don’t conform

Interested to find out more? Join us and share in the conversation.
This webinar is the 7th in our series, What is phenomenology?
Join us again! or join us for the first time. All welcome!

Cost
$20 donation or whatever you can afford to support our administration and recording costs.

Bookings
Book here!
How to join the webinar
Participants will be sent the Zoom link by email two (2) days beforehand, and then again one (1) hour beforehand. Please login for the webinar via your Zoom app and not via Eventbrite.
For more information
Please contact Fiona Campbell

About the Stream of Life Research Studio
The focus of the studio is the study and understanding of the dynamic activity of the etheric or life forces in cosmos, nature and human being. We see phenomenology as central to this study.
Different members have different areas of expertise – spirituality, creativity, cognition, medical/therapeutic – but all are working out of Anthroposophy and use phenomenology as their primary research methodology, in an approach that stretches beyond the world of natural science into the arts, humanities and human sciences.
Founding Members

Dr Fiona Campbell is a researcher, lecturer, visual artist and arts educator. She has an ongoing project called Where Do New Ideas Come From? which investigates and promotes dynamic, enlivened thinking practices, offers arts-based seminars and workshops and lectures on consciousness studies. You can read more about her work here.

Dr Jude Samson, whose life quest is knowing how the world works, explores how the spiritual and physical work in union with each other, and provides opportunities for people to share in his knowledge and guidance. You can read more about Jude here.

Now the ears of my ears awake
And now the eyes of my eyes are opened.
excerpt from thank you god for most this amazing by e.e. cummings

Livestream lectures from the Goetheanum
2023-11-22 20:00 - 21:30 (Europe/Zurich) | Goetheanum online
Coming up

November 22, 20:00 | Constanza Kaliks: Emmanuel Levinas
November 30, 20:00 | Peter Selg: Paul Celan
December 21, 20:00 | Peter Selg: Rudolf Steiner’s preparation of the Christmas Conference

All times are Central European Time (CET) – Livestreams will appear below at the indicated time / date.
Otherwise, recordings of previous lectures will be displayed.

Find out more
Previous lectures

AnthroArt Training to start in Taiwan
2023-11-25 - 2023-12-01 | Shan Mei Zhen AnthrArt Center, Taiwan
Shan Mei Zhen AnthroArt Centre presents
a new anthroposophic training in Taiwan

The first session of a anthroposophic art training will begin in Taiwan in November 2023 with the theme The Art and Individuality of Color: An Overview of the Painting Indications and Color Theory of Rudolf Steiner. Given in both English and Chinese the three- to four-year course will meet both in-person and online with home projects as part of the program.
Where
Shan Mei Zhen AnthroArt Center in Taichung, Taiwan
When
Saturday, November 25 through Friday, December 1, 2023.
Find out more
Download the flyer or for further information, schedule and timetable contact: albertruby.tai@gmail.com or to register use the QR code (for Chinese speakers only):

Artistic Director
Van James is an artist, author, Steiner-Waldorf educator and international advocate for the arts. A longtime teaching-artist in Hawai’i, he is a council member of the Visual Art Section, School of Spiritual Science, in North America, and an award-winning author of numerous books on culture and the arts including Drawing with Hand, Head and Heart: A Natural Approach to the Art of Drawing (SteinerBooks, 2012), Painting with Hand, Head and Heart: A Natural Approach to the Art of Painting (Waldorf Publications, 2023) and Teaching Art History: Engaging the Adolescent in Art Appreciation, Cultural History and the Evolution of Consciousness (Waldorf Publications, 2022).

Breathing through the Night
2023-11-25 10:00 - 2023-11-26 16:00 (Australia/Sydney) | Armidale, 2350
A Soul-building Art Intensive
With artist Fiona Campbell
This therapeutic painting intensive brings the health-giving forces of the harmonious breath into our souls and bodies through painting through the cycle of the night.
We breathe in colour and then breathe out its complementary in a transforming process that enlivens both our life body and our soul. In this way, we bring our innermost being into connection with the world and nature, moving gently between the two in harmonious rhythm.
What will we do?
Based on a classic exercise called Painting as an Exercise for Breathing from the Hauschka therapy school, we will paint the cycle of light and darkness from sunset to sunrise using colour, accompanied by poetry. On Saturday, we use wet-on-wet painting, then prepare a stretched board for veiling the final stage, the sunrise, on Sunday morning.
This workshop is an immersive experience designed to work deeply into our fourfold being.
Who is it for?
Anyone in need of soul nourishment as we approach the end of another (for many) difficult year. The exercise supports our mental health and physical well-being by harmonising the breath, easing our tensions and bringing our polarities into balance. You do not need to be an experienced painter to benefit from this workshop.
When
10.00am – 12.30 pm, then 1.30-4.00 pm, 25 November, 2023
10.00 am – 12 pm, 26 November 2023
Where: Armidale NSW
Please register as early as you can for this and we will advise you on the venue, which will be determined by the number of participants…..one side of Armidale or the other, depending!
Cost
Full workshop: $225
Saturday only: $165
Concession: $180
What to bring
We will supply paints, paper, boards, water jars and brushes. If you have any brushes please bring them, otherwise everything should be there for you.
How to register
Heather or phone/text 0408 020508
Chris or phone/text 0431 459 109
Payment details, and any further information will be sent on registration.
Please register by FRIDAY 10 NOVEMBER, so we can book the appropriate venue and order your art supplies.

About the Presenter
Fiona Campbell PhD is a visual artist, muralist, researcher, lecturer and arts educator. She trained in the anthroposophic approach to the arts at Tobias School of Art and Transpersonal Therapy, first as an artist, then as a therapist.
As Painted Space, Fiona has been a professional artist at for more than 30 years and regularly offers masterclasses in wet-on-dry painting, pastel drawing, therapeutic painting and art contemplations for festivals. She is a member of the Stream of Life Research Studio where her focus is phenomenology, and she is creative consultant for the multimedia Parsifal Project. Since 1994, she has regularly lectured on evolving consciousness and art at Sydney Rudolf Steiner College. She also has a Diploma in Waldorf Education (Emerson College)
Fiona has been involved in Anthroposophy for over 40 years and brings a wealth of knowledge and experience about the core principles and practice of Steiner’s work to her classes.

‘Colours are the breath of the living soul’
Dr Margarethe Hauschka

Photo credits: courtesy of Fiona Campbell

Vic Branch presents: The Twelve Holy Nights
2023-12-02 10:00 - 12:00 (Australia/Sydney) | Aurora Australis, 2 Union Street, Kew, Vic, 3101, Australia
The Victorian Branch would like to invite you to
How Can We Prepare to Meet the Masters, Teachers of Mankind
and to receive their blessings

Discover the significance and the magic of the Twelve Holy Nights which run from 24th December to Epiphany on 6th January.
Through this dynamic workshop, prepare for the coming year and plant seeds for each month of the calendar. The seed holds the past, present and future. At the event of Christmas and Holy Nights a seed will be planted for all twelve months of the new year.
Let us explore the twelve signs and symbols and plant the seed in our souls through movement, Self Healing Meditation, Eurythmy Meditation, and more. Through these practises we can influence the coming year by working spiritually in a positive and fruitful
way.

Date and Time
10.00 am – 12.00pm, Saturday 2nd December 2023
Cost
$50

Saturday 2nd December, 10am-2pm
Location
Aurora Australis – Anthroposophical College of the Arts 2 Union St, Kew
For more information
Birgith Lugosi 0448 844 453

TAS Branch: Celebrating the Christmas Conference of 1923/24
2023-12-10 14:00 - 17:00 (Australia/Sydney)
On the Right Entry into the Spiritual Realm
The Responsibility Incumbent on Us
Tasmanian Members and Friends are invited to join the Tasmanian Branch for an afternoon of conversation and discussion. The theme is the farewell from the last evening of the 1923 Christmans Conference.
Download the lecture

Please bring a contribution to share for afternoon tea

When
Sunday, December 10th, 2023
From: 2:00 to 5:00 pm
Where
Block A Room A
Kingston Linc,
8 Hutchins Street,
Kingston TAS

For more information
Please contact Jane Bradshaw for more information
Rsvp: Connie Nanscawen

Photo Credit: © David Newbatt 2023

Canberra Branch Christmas Festival
2023-12-10 15:00 - 16:30 (Australia/Sydney) | St. Columba Church, Cnr Fawkner & Farrer street,, Braddon, ACT, 2612, Australia
Dear members and friends of the Canberra Branch of the Anthroposophical Society,

You are warmly invited to share in our annual Christmas festival, to be held at Lewis Hall in Braddon from 3pm to 4.30pm on Sunday 10th December. See attached flyer for details.

Please RVSP to Tim Bourke to confirm your attendance to help us plan the event.

The Two Jesus Children
2023-12-17 17:00 - 18:15 (Australia/Sydney) | Online
A pictorial contemplation of the young Jesus,
as differently described in the Gospels
for the 3rd Sunday in Advent

Presenter: Fiona Campbell

This Advent webinar ponders the mystery of the two different portrayals of Jesus in his youth, as described by St Matthew and St Luke. Illustrating the talk with artworks from the great masters, Fiona Campbell explores the polarity of the old and young souls of the two Jesuses, with indications from Rudolf Steiner.
Cost
$20 donation or whatever you can afford, A video recording will be available after the event.
Time and date
5.00pm – 6.15pm AEDT, 17th December 2023
Bookings
Book here!
How to join the webinar
Participants will be sent the Zoom link by email two (2) days beforehand, and then again one (1) hour beforehand.
Please login for the webinar via your Zoom app and not via Eventbrite.

For more information
Please contact Fiona Campbell

About the presenter
Fiona Campbell is a researcher, lecturer, visual artist and arts educator. She has an interdisciplinary PhD on creativity and cognition and also trained as an art therapist.
She has special expertise in the anthroposophic approach to painting and and teaching painting for 25 years.
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 or listen to a ABC Soul Search interview with her about the anthroposophical approach to art.

Image: Trabzon, Hagia Sophia Ἁγία Σοφία © Creative Commons

Twelve Days of Christmas – Holy Nights Contemplations
2023-12-25 19:00 - 2024-01-05 20:00 (Australia/Sydney) | Online
The Creation of the Etheric Heart and the Future of Humanity
and
The Cosmic Communion of the Human Being

Daily Contemplation and Conversational Deepening Online with Jude (Martin) Neeme-Samson and Craig Logan

In each session, there will be three fifteen-minute considerations of the two themes, which will complement each other and set a mood of soul for participants to work with over the ensuing night and day.
Each day will have the nurturing aspect of a retreat for our soul and our spiritual work in the coming year.

When

25 December 2023 – 5 January 2024
7.00 pm – 8.00 pm Sydney time

Bookings
Book here

Once you are registered the Zoom link will be sent two days (23/12/23) before we start. The session will start 7:05 pm and it is recommended that you join the link a few minutes early. The link will be open from 6.55pm. The link is the same one for each session.
For more information
Download the flyer or contact Jude Samson-Neeme

Feature image: The Sistine Madonna, Raphael circa 1512 and circa 151
