Anthroposophical Society in Australia

Whitsun Celebration
2022-06-04 17:00 - 20:00 (Australia/Sydney) | The Michael Centre, 37a Wellington Park Drive, Warranwood, Vic, Australia
The Michael Festivals Group invites you and your family to a
Whitsun Celebration

You are warmly welcomed to attend the Michael Centre for a celebration of Whitsun evening on Saturday, 4 June from 5pm.

For more information
Please download the flyer for more information about the program and community sharing details.
Or contact Alison 0409 408 309
Online booking Whitsun 2022 RSVP

An introduction to the Anthroposophical Society and the School of Spiritual Science.
2022-06-11 23:00 - 2022-06-25 00:30 (Australia/Sydney) | Goetheanum online
The Goetheanum is inviting new members, friends or anyone interested in finding out more about the Society, to attend an online introduction to the Anthroposophical Society and the School of Spiritual Science.
Program
Please note that the program begins at 11pm AEST (times below are Swiss time).
Module I — 11 June 2022 (CEST)
Topic: The Anthroposophical Society and its School of Spiritual Science as a cosmopolitan impulse – Foundation and activities over the past hundred years
Language English with interpretation into German, Spanish and French.

15:00 – 15:30 h Welcome and contribution by Executive Council member Ueli Hurter
15:30 – 15:45 h Contribution from the Sections of the School of Spiritual Science
15:45 – 16:30 h Questions & conversation, moderated by Johannes Kronenberg

Module II — 18 June 2022 (CEST)
Topic: The Anthroposophical Society and its School of Spiritual Science as a cosmopolitan impulse – Current activities
Language English with interpretation into German, Spanish and French.

15:00 – 15:30 h Welcome and contribution by Executive Council member Ueli Hurter
15:30 – 15:45 h Contribution from Andrea de la Cruz (Youth Section)
15:45 – 16:30 h Questions & conversation, moderated by Johannes Kronenberg

Module III — 25 June 2022 (CEST)
Topic: The Anthroposophical Society and its School of Spiritual Science as a cosmopolitan impulse – Questions and future visions
Language English with interpretation into German, Spanish and French.

15:00 – 15:30 h Welcome and contribution by Executive Council member Ueli Hurter
15:30 – 15:45 h Contribution from the Goetheanum Stage
15:45 – 16:30 h Questions & conversation, moderated by Johannes Kronenberg

To register
Register here.

The Parsifal Project: a community arts project
2022-06-13 - 2025-05-04 | Living Arts Centre, Mt Barker School, 27 Sims Road, Mount Barker, SA, 5251
The Parsifal Project

The Parsifal Project is a community project that aspires towards a contemporary envisioning of the famous medieval legend, one that recontextualises the Parsifal legend for a modern multicultural audience.
What is it about?
Writers, poets, philosophers and artists tell us that myths and legends hold spiritual insights into the sacred wisdom of past cultures, but what about the spiritual insights we need to navigate our current world? Drawing on the cultural heritages we bring with us, the Parsifal Project seeks find meaningful resonance between this medieval myth and contemporary intergenerational audiences.
Using the talents of a diverse cast and a script written by playwright Peter Oswald, the project aims to make a significant contribution to our understanding of the Parsifal legend in light of Anthroposophy, as a cosmopolitan Michaelic impulse and as a metaphor for modern human development. The story is our future; if so, its mythic themes could be critical to today’s youth, to all of us.
Whether your interest is in the spiritual foundations of the legend, the literature, creative writing or performing, there is something here for anyone and everyone fascinated by the whole collection of Grail legends and its interpretations, medieval or modern, book or film.
Timeline for the project
The project has five stages highlighting different arts and media:

June – July 2022: Parsifal Unpacked
Completed. Explored the original story through performance, literary text and thematic discussion.
September – November 2022: Parsifal Reimagined
Completed. A series of writing workshops where we reimagine the story through the lens of current cultural perspectives.
January 2023 – November 2023 : Parsifal Rescripted
Ongoing script development in conjunction with performance-based creative development intensives with on-the-floor exploration on the themes explored in Stages 1 and 2.
February 2024 – February 2025: Parsifal Reinterpreted
Auditions, eurythmy and music workshops from February. Rehearsals begin in April 2024, using the script based on Parsifal Rescripted.
April -May 2025: The Parsifal Project performance
Saturday 26 April at 5.30 pm ACST
Saturday 3rd May at at 5.30 pm ACST
Sunday 4th May at 2.30 pm ACST
Venue: Living Arts Centre, Mount Barker Waldorf School, Mt Barker, SA

Project Director: Jo-anne Sarre, Artistic Director of Ink Pots Arts
Jo-anne Sarre has worked in the performing arts sector as a freelance director, actor, storyteller, playwright and educator since her four-year Speech and Drama training at The Harkness Studio, Sydney in 1986. She has a Diploma of Teaching (Primary 1980-1982), a Diploma of Creative Speech and Drama (The Harkness Studio in conjunction with The Goetheanum School of Spiritual Science 1983-1986) and first-class Honours in Drama (Flinders University 2009). Other trainings include MICHA in the US and various Michael Chekhov practitioners in the UK and Europe (1997-2009).
Jo-anne has performed in local, national and international arenas as an independent performing artist including as a freelance storyteller, with the Aphaia Eurythmy Group (Poetry Recitation), and as an actor with Ink Pot Theatre, The Rose Theatre Company and Portal Productions UK (The Soul’s Awakening). During her career, she has trained Steiner/Waldorf teachers across Australia (Rudolf Steiner College, Sheoak College), in the UK (Emerson College), India and China. This includes supporting teachers in their own artistic development in poetry recitation, storytelling, acting and directing as well as assisting in classrooms, directing plays etc with both primary and high school students. In 2016, she was also Assistant Voice Coach at Flinders University Drama Centre with Dawn Langman.
As co-founder of Ink Pot Theatre (the professional touring company) and founding Artistic Director of Ink Pot Arts Inc (a community arts not-for-profit), she has been actively engaged in bringing high-quality theatre as a catalyst for personal transformation and community cultural development inspired by Anthroposophy.

Feature image credit: Seamus McArdle
Photo credit: Jo-anne Sarre

“Most societies have come to define themselves by their historical myths and national narratives. We are, who we say we are… People grow up believing they live within a story … what is the story we believe we are living within? Where is our narrative going? “
Prof. David Blight, 2009

Parsifal Unpacked: Stage 1 of The Parsifal Project
2022-06-13 19:30 - 2022-07-16 21:00 (Australia/Sydney) | Online
An Ink Pot Arts Inc initiative
Parsifal Unpacked
A series of 6 webinars
introducing the story through image and text
Course Facilitator: Fiona Campbell, with guest artists, courtesy of Ink Pots Arts

What are the myths and legends we live by? Why do the Grail legends still speak to us today? And who was Parsifal? What roles do his sister Dindrane and half-brother Feirefis? What is the significance of the people around him? What might they represent for us in modern, multicultural Australia today?
Immerse yourself in this rich introduction to the Parsifal story. Using drama and image, this online course deconstructs this sacred story using artworks and snapshot performances from the definitive literary texts and clips from modern films.
Tell me more
We unpack the interwoven storylines of four different literary texts concerning Parsifal, touching on key characters of the central Grail and Arthurian cycles.
Later, we explore the story’s spiritual, artistic and cultural traditions to elicit its modern meanings for today.
The themes elicited from this course will form the basis of the Stage 2. Parsifal Reimagined online creative writing course in August – September 2022.
This course is a prerequisite for the Stage 2 creative writing course in Spring.

Stage 1. Program

Week 1: The mythic and historic roots of the story
Week 2: The central plot of Parzival/Perceval
Week 3: The circle of characters around the hero
Week 4: The sacred symbols and artefacts of the story
Week 5: The central role of Nature and environment in the story and its spiritual significance
Week 6: Bringing it all together – how does the story speak to us today?

Source texts may include:

Parzival by Wolfram von Eschenbach,
Perceval le Gallois by Chrétien de Troyes
The Peredur myth
Perlesvaus (The High Book of the Grail)
Artworks from medieval manuscripts and the Pre-Raphaelites
Eric Rohmer’s Perceval le Gallois and Wagner’s Parsifal

How much does it cost?
$200 full course or $160 for students (proof/documentation required)
Where do I register?
Bookings: You can register here
Flyer: Look here and share!
For more information: please contact Jo-anne Sarre

This course is Stage 1 of The Parsifal Project, a year-long multimedia community project.
For more information about the whole project, please look here.

About the facilitator and artists
Fiona Campbell
Fiona Campbell is a visual artist, researcher, lecturer and arts educator. She has an interdisciplinary PhD on creativity and cognition and has been a professional artist, writer and arts educator for 30 years.
She is a member of the Stream of Life Research Studio which explores the phenomenological nature and spirituality in human life; she also teaches research training, cultural and consciousness studies in higher education.
Fiona trained in visual arts at Tobias School of Art, England. As well as her doctorate (UTS), she holds a BA Honours in English & Linguistics (Macquarie University), a MA in Information Science (UTS) and a diploma in Waldorf Education (Emerson College), a diverse range of studies and trainings that inform her teaching and research work. She also has specialist knowledge in Communications, Anthroposophic studies, sacred art and cultural studies, notably the Arthurian and Grail legends.
You can find out more about Fiona at Painted Space, read about her teaching work at Sydney Rudolf Steiner College or listen to an ABC Soul Search interview about her anthroposophic-inspired approach to painting.
Jo-anne Sarre
Jo-anne Sarre has worked in the performing arts sector as a freelance director, actor, storyteller, playwright and educator since her four-year Speech and Drama training at The Harkness Studio, Sydney in 1986. She has a Diploma of Teaching (Primary 1980-1982), a Diploma of Creative Speech and Drama (The Harkness Studio in conjunction with The Goetheanum School of Spiritual Science 1983-1986) and first-class Honours in Drama (Flinders University 2009). Other trainings include MICHA in the US and various Michael Chekhov practitioners in the UK and Europe (1997-2009).
Jo-anne has performed in local, national and international arenas as an independent performing artist including as a freelance storyteller, with the Aphaia Eurythmy Group (Poetry Recitation), and as an actor with Ink Pot Theatre, The Rose Theatre Company and Portal Productions UK (The Soul’s Awakening). During her career, she has trained Steiner/Waldorf teachers across Australia (Rudolf Steiner College, Sheoak College), in the UK (Emerson College), India and China. This includes supporting teachers in their own artistic development in poetry recitation, storytelling, acting and directing as well as assisting in classrooms, directing plays etc with both primary and high school students. In 2016, she was also Assistant Voice Coach at Flinders University Drama Centre with Dawn Langman.
As co-founder of Ink Pot Theatre (the professional touring company) and founding Artistic Director of Ink Pot Arts Inc (a community arts not-for-profit), she has been actively engaged in bringing high-quality theatre as a catalyst for personal transformation and community cultural development inspired by Anthroposophy.

Featured image: Ghost Rider, h. koppdelaney ©flickr
Inserted mage: The Holy Grail is carried in, Arthur Rackham
Photos: courtesy of Fiona Campbell and Jo-anne Sarre

“Most societies have come to define themselves by their historical myths and national narratives. We are, who we say we are… People grow up believing they live within a story … what is the story we believe we are living within? Where is our narrative going? “
Prof. David Blight, 2009

The Human Journey
2022-06-14 - 2022-06-28 | Rudolf Steiner House, 307 Sussex Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000
A mid-Winter experience based on the story of Parzival’s struggles and encounters in life.

Lecture, artistic performances and workshops and an artworks exhibition on three floors for friends and the public. All welcome.
Events are free of charge.
Donations welcome to cover costs.
Materials for the workshops are $10 for the two artistic workshops on Saturday 25 June.

For more information
Please see the flyer for program details.

Winter Warming Life Stories
2022-06-15 18:00 - 2022-08-17 19:30 (Australia/Sydney) | Friends Meeting House, cnr Condamine and Bent st, Turner, ACT, 2612, Australia
Three evenings of sharing
Beginning with a bowl of soup followed by presentation and engaging activity

Canberra Branch members will be sharing some of their work and inviting us into the journey.
Commencing 15th June at 6pm – come share a bowl of soup and be ready for the evening’s activity.

Week 1: Gaia struggles: Finding our resilience in the face of threat, uncertainty and dilemma with Karl-Heinz Finke and Laura Summerfield
Week 2: A Creative Life with Judith Clingan OAM
Week 3: Einstein, Jung and Steiner: Making Science practical on the Threshold with Tim Bourke

A biographical approach using art and small group sharing to enhance our sense of security, connection, and choice with Karl-Heinz Finke and Laura Summerfield.
Find out more
Please download the flyer for more details.

Tas Branch St John's Festival
2022-06-19 15:30 - 17:30 (Australia/Sydney) | Rosehearth, 177 Waterworks Rd, Dynnyrne, TAS, 7005, Australia
The Tasmanian Branch of the Anthroposophical Society in Australia
presents
A St John’s Festival gathering
For details, download this flyer.
Please RSVP to Jane Bradshaw

藝術史教學 Teaching Art History
2022-07-10 - 2022-09-17 | NSW
將內在生命融入以藝術、文化 意識與意識演化
Engaging the Inner Life with Art, Cultural
History and the Evolution of Consciousness
與Van James
This online course will present an overview of Art History in eight sessions particularly designed for educators interested in teaching adolescent students. It will include why this subject is important at this age and how it can be presented in a way that engages the young person at a critical time in their inner development. We will explore the History of Art by looking at painting and sculpture from different cultural periods, its significance for the time and how it expresses the evolving consciousness of its period. We will observe the techniques, methods and materials and discuss the stories contained in the pictures on many levels.
Illustrated lectures, conversations and questions, as well as artistic work will provide the pathway for experiencing how art is the family picture album of humanity and an illustrated glimpse into the evolution of consciousness.
English recording with live Chinese translation
英語演講並提供中文翻譯回放
When?

In USA (English)
July 10,17,31 (Asia) = July 9,16,30 (USA)
August 7,14,21 (Asia) = August 6,13,20 (USA)
September 4,18 (Asia) = September 3,17 (USA)
7:00 – 9:00 AM (Indian Standard Time)

(Click here to know your time zone)

In Asia (English/Chinese)
Thursdays, July 14, 21, August 4, 11, 18, and Sundays, Aug. 28, September 11, 25

亞洲時間(英語/中文)：
(週二)七月14日、21日、八月4日, 11日, 18日
(週日)八月28日、九月11日, 25日

通過精神感知向我揭示的人類進化規律，
在我的腦海中清晰地呈現在藝術的發展過程中。
–魯道夫施泰納，自傳。
Sponsored by NurturerStudio
本活動由NurturerStudio贊助
Contact
For more information, please look here
or download the flyer: English or Chinese)
電郵： nurturerstudio@gmail.com

“What had been revealed to me through spiritual perception
as the law of human evolution appeared in clear
manifestation before my mind in the development of art.”
– Rudolf Steiner, Course of My Life

Save the date! Envisioning the Future, Youth Section online 16 July
2022-07-16 15:00 - 17:00 (Australia/Sydney) | Goetheanum online
Coming together in the spirit of our common work
16 July 2022 online | 21-25 June 2023 at the Goetheanum

Greetings from the Youth Section at the Goetheanum!

We are reaching out to you today to invite you to save the date for two special gatherings.

In preparation for this call, we would like to ask for your help in shaping the content by sending us any questions relating to the Youth Section’s work that are currently living in your local groups.

Envisioning the Future | Youth Section Worldwide Call
The first meeting is an online call via Zoom on Saturday 16th of July 2022 from 15:00 – 17:00 CEST. At this meeting, Constanza Kaliks and Nathaniel Williams together with the Youth Section at the Goetheanum’s team would like to share with you their vision for the Section’s leadership transition period. We hope this will be the first of many moments in which we begin envisioning with you all the foundations of the new period of work that will start in Spring 2023, when Nathaniel Williams will overtake the leadership of our Section.

Some of the questions we would like to touch upon are:

What is the purpose and task of the Youth Section in the context of the Anthroposophical Movement and our present times?

How can we develop an understanding for our foundations, which in 2024 will become 100 years old.

And how can these inform our future steps? How is the relationship of the Youth Section to the rest of the movement, for example the School of Spiritual Science and the other Sections, the General Anthroposophical Society and the local Societies?

Additionally, we will also welcome the recently founded Youth Section in Oceania to our Worldwide Network!

Youth Section Co-Workers Gathering | June 2023 at the Goetheanum

The second save the date we would like to share with you is for a Youth Section Co-Workers Gathering at the Goetheanum from 21-25th June 2023. This gathering will be an opportunity for delegates of each local Youth Section to come to the Goetheanum and work with one another for an intensive week. It would be wonderful if you could already save the date and let us know if you would like to attend this and help shape the program. This event is organised in the spirit of out 2019 meeting “Building Bridges Beyond Borders”.

We hope you are as excited as we are to come together again, first online and then in person in a year’s time! Please let us know if you will be there.

With our best thoughts from the Goetheanum,

Andrea de la Cruz, Gaia Termopoli, Ioana Viscrianu, Jacinta Gorchs and
Johannes Kronenberg with Constanza Kaliks

Youth Section at the Goetheanum

Roots & Renewal
2022-07-22 08:00 - 09:30 (Australia/Sydney) | Online
An online series marking significant milestones in the 100-year renewal of anthroposophy

Hosted by the Regional Councils of the Anthroposophical Society in America
Join the Anthroposophical Society in America (ASA) for a new online series on the 100-year renewal and celebration of anthroposophy. We hope you will join the Eastern, Central, and Western Regional Councils as they host this engaging program of three online session.
SESSION 1: From Artemis to the Representative of Humanity and Beyond
When: July 22, 2022 at 8 am AEST
Exploring the connections between the burning of the Temple of Ephesus, the birth of Alexander the Great on 21 July 356 BC., and the burning of the 1st Goetheanum 100 years ago in 1922. This session will be enlivened with group eurythmy, singing, and break-out sessions. This session will be recorded and emailed after the live presentation.
We will be working with a compilation of Rudolf Steiner’s insights from these lectures:

World History in the Light of Anthroposophy – And as a Foundation for Knowledge of the Human Spirit, GA 233: Lecture IV, 27 December 1923 ~ Lecture V, 28 December 1923 ~ Lecture VIII, 31 December 1923, Dornach
The Easter Festival In Relation to the Mysteries, GA 233A, lecture IV. The Mysteries of Ephesus. The Aristotelian Categories, 22nd April, 1924, Dornach.

How do I register?
Register here!
SESSION 2: 100 years with the ‘Movement for Religious Renewal’
17 September 1922 at 8 am AEST
A panel of Christian Community Priests from the Regions, including Rev. Craig Wiggins
SESSION 3: The Founding of ‘The Esoteric Youth Group’
A snapshot into the biographies of the original members of the Circle. From The Esoteric School – Esoteric Lessons 1913-1923, in the collected works of Rudolf Steiner
October 17, 2022 at 8 am AEST
For more information
You can find more information about this series on the ASA website.

‘You know that among the many clichés which became current in the nineteenth century, it was said that the great pioneer of the nineteenth century closed his life by calling out to posterity: “More light!” As a matter of fact Goethe did not say “More light!” He lay on his couch breathing with difficulty and said: “Open the shutters!” That is the truth. The other is the cliché that has connected itself with it. The words Goethe really spoke are perhaps far more apt than the mere phrase “More light”. The state of things at the end of the nineteenth century does indeed arouse the feeling that our predecessors have closed the shutters. Then came the younger generation; they felt cramped; they felt that the shutters which the older generation had closed so tightly must be opened. Yes, my dear friends, I assure you that although I am old, I shall tell you more of how we can now attempt to open the shutters again.’
Rudolf Steiner, GA 217, THE YOUNGER GENERATION – Lecture 1 – Dornach, 3 October 1922

Palliative Care and Preparing for Death workshop
2022-07-30 - 2022-07-31 | Bellingen Youth Hub, 2 William St, Bellingen, NSW, 2454, Australia
A weekend workshop with the Anthroposophical Palliative Care Circle
30-31 July, Bellingen NSW

Confronting death can be overwhelming if we are not prepared. However, by developing deeper insights, accompanying the dying becomes a unique experience that brings a sense of reverence and fulfilment.
This workshop highlights home nursing care practices throughout the death process whilst creating meaning through ritual. We will consider the planning of after-death care options, including the three day vigil.
The aim of the workshop is to share information so that more informed and personal choices can be made in the emerging field of community death care.
Program and booking form
Download the flyer for information about the program and booking.
For more information
Please contact Charlotte Rogers.

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

Logos: Consecrating Humanity - a callout to artists
2022-08-15 - 2022-09-01 | NSW
Celebrating the 100 years
of the Christian Community in our Melbourne Community

Dear Artistic Community,
You are invited to participate in the forthcoming Christian Community Art Exhibition in Melbourne from 2nd October to 13th November, 2022.
The art exhibition will begin the Melbourne celebrations of 100 years since the foundation of the The Christian Community in the world.
Logos: Consecrating Humanity conference information here.
Our exhibition theme explores the conference theme: Logos Consecrating Humanity.
For more information about art work submissions
We have altered the final date for entry from 1st August to 1st of September 2022 to give you more time to create your works for the exhibition.
Information about submissions
Entry form for artists

Art Exhibition Sub-Committee
We look forward to hearing from you and creating a beautiful exhibition celebrating ‘Logos Consecrating Humanity’.

Cheryl Nekvapil, Katherine Rudolph, Lisa Pearson

Callout for support: the APOAM Australian Post Graduate Orientation in Anthroposophic Medicine
2022-08-20 09:30 - 11:00 (Australia/Sydney) | 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: 520152
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 (Australia/Sydney) | NSW
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

Song of the Lyrebird
2022-08-26 18:30 - 2022-09-08 20:30 (Australia/Sydney) | NSW
Pacifica Eurythmy 2022 Graduation Programme
Song of the Lyrebird
An original tale featuring poetry and music, told through movement and gesture.
Locations & Dates

QLD: Samford Valley Steiner School, Friday 26 August 2022 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM
QLD: Noosa Pengari Steiner School, Sunday 28 August 2022 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM
NSW: Kameroi Rudolf Steiner School, Monday 5 September 2022 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM
NSW: Lorien Novalis Steiner School, Tuesday 6 September 2022 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
NSW: Newcastle Waldorf School, Thursday 8 September 2022 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM

Bookings and information

Book here!
For more information, please contact Pacifica College or Download the flyer here.

Second Annual Erwin Berney Oration Fundraiser
2022-08-27 18:30 - 21:30 (Australia/Sydney) | Rudolf Steiner House, 307 Sussex Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000
“I Will Take It” (Frodo – Lord of the Rings)
Our Sacred Duty to Wrest from Ahriman what the Future Needs

Hosted by The St. John’s Branch of the Anthroposophical Society in Sydney

Are we nearing the end of humanity’s earthly evolution? Have we already succumbed to Ahriman? Can we have enthusiasm for what appears to be a grim future? We will explore Steiner’s counterbalances to live in this Technological Age.
About this event

Program: Live and online
6:30 – 8pm. Refreshments, music & social time
8 – 9pm. Zoom Presentation with Andrew Linnell
9 – 9:30 pm. Q&A

Booking
Book here!

Five Southern Hemisphere Post-Atlantean Cultural Ages
2022-08-31 19:00 - 2022-10-12 20:30 (Australia/Sydney) | Rudolf Steiner House, 307 Sussex Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000
What role do Southern Hemisphere high cultures play in the evolution of consciousness?
This series of lectures is relevant to anyone who wishes to understand the earth as a whole organism, not just people in the southern hemisphere!
Rudolf Steiner’s Seven Post-Atlantic cultural Epochs are located in the Mesopotamian Cradle. There are other cultures in the world that also play a role in guiding humanity. For example the emergence of the Mexican culture. But what of others: Australian, South American, African and Polynesian?
When?
Seven lectures: Wednesday evenings 7 – 8.30pm
August 31; September 7, 14, 21, 28; October 5, 12
Where?
This is a hybrid event, live at Rudolf Steiner House and online via Zoom.
A recurring Zoom link will be sent two days before the first event.
Recordings will be available afterward.
How to register
Register here!
For more information download the flyer or contact Martin Samson

Working with Steiner's Seven School Sketches - further training for the artist
2022-09-02 14:00 - 2022-11-25 16:00 (Australia/Sydney) | Online
A masterclass studio with artist Fiona Campbell
The Seven School (or Friedwart) Sketches motifs were given to the teachers as part of Rudolf Steiner’s new impulse for understanding both Art and Nature, to help students explore objective spiritual laws, where form arises out of colour, not the reverse. The series moves from nature moods through the four elements to culminate in a Madonna and Child motif.

What are the Training Sketches?
Theses sketches are part of a comprehensive portfolio known as the Training Sketches for the Artists. The Nine Training Sketches (Nature Moods) and the Goetheanum epochs motifs form a substantial part of this portfolio.
But these sketches are not images of external natural events; they refer to acts that are effective in nature and human, says Christiane Haid, head of the Visual Arts Section and the Section for the Literary Arts and Humanities at the Goetheanum. She believes dealing with the creative forces can become the starting point for facing tasks in healing the world.
You are invited to join artist and researcher Fiona Campbell for an online masterclass (seven sessions) as she works with these motifs as culmination of a year-long project to bring Steiner’s sketches and motifs to celebrate the centenary of Steiner’s gift to visual artists of the comprehensive portfolio known as the Training Sketches for the Artists.
You don’t have to be a professional artist, or even very experienced, to enjoy this course.
A training for the configuration of the soul
They are 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 people should look like. Rather, they are a training for the soul. What does this mean?
Through working with each sketch, the painted is lead towards an inward experience of the 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.
Historical background
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. Steiner gave a series of motifs to the artists in the form of rough sketches, as a foundation for the renewal of the art of painting. the foundational program for painters seeking to work out of Anthroposophy. This program is comparable to the indications he gave to the eurythmists and has been practiced in different forms in anthroposophic art trainings since Steiner first gave the Nine Training Sketches to artist Henni Geck 100 years ago.
These masterclasses are part of a worldwide movement this year to celebrate Steiner’s artistic impulse, including the Goetheanum motifs, on the centenary of the burning down of the First Goetheanum. They are also offering lectures and courses to help realise Rudolf Steiner’s vision of a new impulse in the arts and make these motifs visible to the wider public.
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
2/16/30 September, 14/28 October, 11/25 November.
Session 1: Sunrise
Session 2: Sunset
Session 3: Trees in Sunny Air
Session 4: Trees in Storm
Session 5: Sunlit Tree by a Waterfall
Session 6: Head Study
Session 7: Madonna and Child
How much does it cost?
Online series: $250 for 7×2 hr masterclasses or $42 for individual sessions.
Where do I register?
Register here!
Please register online. If you are a new participant please also complete the enrolment form.
You can download the enrolment form here (payment details and a list of suggested materials and readings included). The Zoom link will sent to you a few days before class.
Edited versions of the masterclasses are recorded but live participation is preferred, unless your time zone makes this impossible.
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 and her work

https://www.anthroposophyau.org.au/wp-content/uploads/CampbellSunMoonTreesVideoV6.mp4

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.

‘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).

Photo credit: Sunlit Tree by a Waterfall, © Fiona Campbell

Seeking resonance: the life-architecture of Gregory Burgess
2022-09-15 - 2023-01-01 | Dulux Gallery, Masson Road, Parkville, Victoria, 3052, Australia
Two exhibitions of architect Greg Burgess’s lifetime works

Seeking resonance: the life-architecture of Gregory Burgess.
15 September – 19 October: an architecture exhibition at the Dulux Gallery at the University of Melbourne. Please look here for more information or register to attend the opening here.
Gregory Burgess: From the Coalface
July 2022 – January 2023: An archival collections exhibition of Greg Burgess’s work at the Noel Shaw Gallery at the Baillieu Library, University of Melbourne.
Profile
Greg Burgess has been the principal designer for Gregory Burgess Architects, with an emphasis on architecture as a social, healing and ecological art. His international reputation has been established through a body of work including housing, community, cultural (including indigenous), educational, health, religious, commercial, exhibition design and urban design projects.
For more information about Greg Burgess’s practice, look here.

Threefolding - Spiritual Freedom, Social Equality, Associative Economics
2022-09-16 12:30 - 2022-09-18 17:00 (Australia/Sydney) | Kin Kin School of the Arts, Main Street, Kin Kin, QLD, 4571, Australia
In a world of unprecedented challenges & unpredictable changes, how will we thrive?

A highly interactive, thought-provoking and engaging weekend seminar in September

Threefolding is the concrete transformation of the present unitary state. It shifts challenges into opportunities, shapes practical social outcomes, forms healthy communities and reminds us of our spiritual intentions.
What is it about?
In this seminar, we will explore:

why our current cultural, social rights & economic systems are failing,
how this directly impacts on our Freedom to be truly human
and what we can do together to innovate positive change

Using storytelling, creative engagement, board games and a deep conversation.
How much does it cost?
Full price $700
Earlybird $600 (14 days prior to event)
Family/Group/team $600
Earlybird Group $500
When and where?

12.30pm-5.00pm AEST
16, 17, 18 September 2022
Kin Kin School of the Arts (see map below)
Where do I book?
Book here
Like to know more?
Download the flyer and program or contact Iris Curteis or Hamish Mackay.

Featured image: Coming together, courtesy of Iris Curteis

Parsifal Reimagined: Stage 2 of The Parsifal Project
2022-09-17 15:30 - 2022-11-12 17:30 (Australia/Adelaide) | Online
presents
Parsifal Reimagined
A series of 5 creative writing workshops
reimagining the Parsifal legend for today’s world
Workshop facilitator: Fiona Campbell

“A journey of life and transformation
The light and darkness in our souls
The careless hero, the broken sword
The suffering king, the wasteland, the rite of life
The many maidens on the hero’s path
From dullness through doubt to glory”

How can we portray these many forms of ‘Grail’ experiences for our time? What is the story we are telling ourselves? And where will our narrative take us? Through creative writing, we seek to answer these questions for ourselves while also contributing together to the development of a new and original performance artwork.
Participate in this creation of performance art!
Come join our online fortnightly writing workshops to be part of this process as we work towards developing a script for our stage production in 2023. You don’t have to be a writer to enjoy these workshops, just a love of literature and bringing it to life.
Find out what it is like to be part of interactive community building working towards a multicultural, multimedia stage performance, as we explore the themes and our own meanings of the Parzival and Grail legends through the creative word.
A Poetry and Prose Reading
We anticipate the workshops will culminate in a Poetry and Prose Reading event on 26 November for participants to share their works with family and friends. This will be a hybrid event, online and on-the-ground in Mt Barker, SA, hosted by Ink Pots Arts.
Tell me more …
This series of fortnightly workshops builds on the material introduced in Stage 1: Parsifal Unpacked. Having deconstructed the interwoven storylines of the Parsifal, Grail and Arthurian legends, we now use this material as inspiration for reimagining this medieval epic using our own words and cultural contexts.
Each workshop uses one key theme elicited from Stage 1 as a prompt to explore its mood and meaning, using different techniques to evoke poems, short stories and imaginative word pictures.
These workshops will also provide the foundation for the Stage 3 script development.
Who are they for?
For anyone who wants to explore the Parzival legend through the creative word; who would like to deepen their own relationship to this story; or who enjoys being creative through crafting imaginative word pictures in community with others.
You do not have to be a practised writer to enjoy these workshops. The workshops provides both structured and unstructured exercises to help you learn how to craft with words.
Budding writers and poets of all levels of experience welcome!
Participation in Parsifal Unpacked is not prerequisite, but you do need a working knowledge of the story to get the most out of these workshops. Here are some helpful resources.
Readings and resources
Parzival by Wolfram von Eschenbach
Perceval le Gallois by Chrétien de Troyes
Parzival: An Introduction by Eileen Hutchins
The Camelot Project, a digital library guide to people, places and images
Parsifal the opera, an online resources with background notes
Christ and the spiritual world – the search for the Holy Grail, GA 149, a lecture by Rudolf Steiner
When are they on?
Saturday afternoon 3.30-5.30 pm ACST
Webinar workshops: 17 September | 1 October | 15 October | 29 October | 12 November
Poetry and Prose Reading: 26 November, time to yet decided
How much does it cost?
$200 full workshop series or $160 for students (proof/documentation required)
Where do I register?
You can register here

Find out more …
Download the flyer and share!
Find out more about The Parsifal Project here
Contact Artistic Director Jo-anne Sarre

This course is Stage 2 of The Parsifal Project, a year-long multimedia community project.

“Don’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others.
Unfold your own myth.” Rumi

About the facilitator
Fiona Campbell, workshop facilitator and project creative consultant
Fiona Campbell is a visual artist, researcher, lecturer and arts educator. She has an interdisciplinary PhD on creativity and cognition and has been a professional artist, writer and arts educator for 30 years.
Fiona trained in visual arts at Tobias School of Art, England and is a member of the Stream of Life Research Studio which explores the phenomenological nature and spirituality in human life; she also teaches research training, cultural and consciousness studies in higher education.
Fiona has taught writing for audiences and worked on a number of creative writing research projects at the University of Technology, Sydney as well as writing blogs, articles and a descriptive form of characterisation used in phenomenological studies.
As well as her doctorate (UTS), she holds a BA Honours in English & Linguistics (Macquarie University), a MA in Information Science (UTS) and a diploma in Waldorf Education (Emerson College), a diverse range of studies and trainings that inform her teaching, creative work and research work. She also has specialist knowledge in Communications, Anthroposophic studies, sacred art and cultural studies, notably the Arthurian and Grail legends.
You can find out more about Fiona at Painted Space, read about her teaching work at Sydney Rudolf Steiner College or listen to an ABC Soul Search interview about her anthroposophic-inspired approach to painting.

Featured image: In the fog, courtesy Creative Commons (CC)
Inserted mage: Parsifal, Odilon Redon, c. 1891, courtesy of Getty Images
Photos: courtesy of Fiona Campbell

Floriade in the community
2022-09-18 10:00 - 14:00 (Australia/Sydney) | Weston Creek Orchard, Unwin St, Weston, ACT, Australia
Weston Creek Orchard and Southern ACT Catchment Group
presents
Floriade in the community

Enjoy Spring with Floriade flower displays set within a blossoming orchard. Explore, relax, meet local members and other local groups involved in biodynamics, public community parks and gardens.
There is a BBQ from 11am and seeds to take home to plant in your garden.
Find out more
Please contact Petra Cram

With funding form Floriade Community Gardens

Eco-Tourism and Wellbeing Program
2022-09-21 09:30 - 2022-11-16 15:00 (Australia/Sydney) | Claret Ash Farm, 1680 Strathalbyn Road, Flaxley, SA, 5153, Australia
Ink Pot Arts Eco-Tourism and Wellbeing Program 2022

Ink Pot Arts in partnership with Janesce and Brother Bear Café, and supported by Country Arts SA offer this unique Wellbeing Experience for both visitors to the region and local residents, that will refresh & lift your spirits!

Walk through a honeysuckle-covered archway into the Janesce Pavilion and relax… and be nurtured by the natural beauty that surrounds you as you paint or draw, make clay pots, or explore Aboriginal or textile Art. All this is on offer under the skilled guidance of our fabulous team of artists!
Program
Meet the artists and what they are offering by downloading the program here.

When

Wednesdays, 21st September – 16th November, 2022 at various times

Location
The Janesce, Pavilion, Claret Ash Farm, an organic and biodynamic farm near Flaxley in the Adelaide Hills.
Claret Ash Farm
1680 Strathalbyn Road
Flaxley, SA 5153 Australia
Costs
Booking is essential for each workshop and costs vary, according to event. Please check the program for booking details and costs of each workshop.

This event is sponsored by Janesce – organic plant-based skin care & Country Arts SA

The great Luciferic/Ahrimanic face-off
2022-09-24 16:00 - 17:30 (Australia/Sydney) | Online
…and the tragedy of duality in our time
The 1st of 3 practice-based webinars exploring key challenges of 5th epoch, 6th epoch and our cosmic future
as represented in the ceiling motifs of the first Goetheanum
Presenter: Fiona Campbell

We are familiar with the figures of Lucifer and Ahriman as portrayed in Rudolf Steiner’s definitive sculpture, the Representative of Humanity. There, both beings are held in balance by the shining figure of the Christ Being. Yet in daily life, it is the spectre of Ahriman that shadows us continually, through our engagement with technologies that both ease and complicate everyday tasks. Lucifer seems to recede into the background of our consciousness as more an eternal archetype than a current concern, a figure, perhaps, from the Biblical past.

Yet the motif of the Soul of our 5th Post-Atlantean epoch (left) shows both Lucifer and Ahriman irretrievably enmeshed, and not held apart by Christ. So we can ask the question: do we really understand their interwoven relationship and its consequences for us in contemporary life? That where one being is, the other is also always present? As a counterpart?
Rudolf Steiner describes this dual principle as an inescapable tragedy for the modern soul. So, how can we grapple with this? In the motifs that filled the ceiling of the first Goetheanum, we find some answers.

Tell me more …
This is the first of three intensive, practiced-based webinars that aim to deepen the work introduced in the Goetheanum Epoch Motifs series earlier this year. Questions about their relevance to today and how they could guide our future development emerged during this series. Let’s examine these questions further through immersing ourselves in the motifs.
Three webinars on the theme
Each webinars revisit one of the three motifs that embody our present, future and cosmic stage motifs of Steiner’s Goetheanum ceiling sketches. The three webinars concern:

The great Lucifer and Ahriman face-off and the tragedy of duality in our time | The Germanic/Persian motif |
The future of dualism: facing our shadow self | The Slavic motif |
The correlation between the IAO motif and the Foundation Stone Meditation | The IAO motif |

Each motif embodies a soul stage of human development – for the 5th epoch (current), the 6th epoch (future) and for our cosmic, eternal image.
We will explore these three motifs through their gestures, meanings and role in our soul/spiritual evolution using lecture, discussion, contemplation and some drawing.
Who are the webinars for?
For students of Anthroposophy, Steiner teachers, artists and anyone interested in understanding Steiner’s approach to the spiritual evolution of humanity.
You do not need to have attended the first Epochs series, nor do you need drawing skills to enjoy these workshops: the focus is on the experiencing the content through doing, not learning drawing techniques.
When are they on?
Saturday afternoon 4.00-5.30pm AEST
Webinar workshops: 24 September | 22 October | 26 November
Each session will be recorded and will be available for registrants.
Drawing materials list and background reading suggestions emailed at registration.
How much does it cost?
Online series: | $100 for 3 webinars | $40 per webinar | Concessions available – please contact Fiona.
Where do I enrol?
Enrol here!
Then download the payment details, materials list and suggested readings.
The Zoom link will be sent to you upon enrolment. You will be sent a reminder one hour before the webinar starts.
If you lose your email with the link, you will need to register again.
For more information
Please contact Fiona Campbell

About the presenter: Fiona Campbell PhD. is a researcher, lecturer, visual artist and arts educator. The nature of consciousness in our inner and outer development is one of her special interests, a topic she has lectured and researched 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 or listen to a 2020 ABC Soul Search interview with her about the anthroposophical approach to art.
Background notes
2022 marks the centenary of the burning of the first Goetheanum on New Year’s Eve in 1922/23. As part of the 100th anniversary of the fire, artists and members of the Anthroposophical Society around the world have been working with the forms and motifs of the 1st Goetheanum. These three webinars are part of this world-wide activity.
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 1st Goetheanum and 7 Sketches for the small cupola. These motifs map the spiritual history of humanity and were intended to support a training in karmic vision through Art.

‘I must not ever leave you.
You will in future often find me at your side;
I shall not go from you until you find
the power of that which you are to become.’
(The Soul’s Probation, Scene 5)
.
Photo credits: from The Language of Color in the First Goetheanum by Hilde Raske

In the Spirit of Michael Festive Conference
2022-10-02 09:00 - 17:00 (Australia/Sydney) | Aurora Australis, 2 Union Street, Kew, Vic, 3101, Australia
The Victorian Branch of the theAnthroposophical Society in Australia
invites you to their
In the Spirit of Michael Festive Conference

Program
2nd October
9.00 am-10.00 am: “The Creation and Appreciation of Art from the Perspective of Spiritual Science” A lecture by Lukas Ryan

10.30 am-11.30 am: The ‘Lightroot’ as Nutrition towards Michaelic Thinking” A lecture by Atika Rea

12 noon-1.00 pm Lunch

1.00 pm-2.30 pm: “Seeing, Feeling and Following Michael’s Call” A lecture by Stephanie Isvik

3.00 pm-4.00 pm: “The Spirit of Michael” Eurythmy Performance Aurora Australis Performing Group

30th September:
There will also be a First Class, Lesson 17 given by Stephanie Isvik from Southern Highlands Friday at 7pm at 2 Union St, Kew
Location

Aurora Australis – Anthroposophical College of the Arts
2 Union St, Kew
Cost
$100 or $60 concession

For more information
Please RSVP your attendance to Birgith Lugosi Ph: 0448 844 45
Download the program

Sun, Moon, and Tree: An Exhibition of Works
2022-10-18 18:00 - 20:30 (Australia/Sydney) | Rudolf Steiner House, 307 Sussex Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000
Archetypal processes in Nature
Nine Nature Moods following the seasonal shifts
between Earth and Cosmos
An Exhibition

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 the opening of the exhibition of works by artist and researcher Fiona Campbell as part of the celebration of the centenary of the founding of a new direction for artists concerned with exploring the interplay of cosmic and earthly laws through painting.
There will be a short talk at 7pm about the works, followed by a lecture on Steiner’s sketches and motifs, particularly his epoch motifs from the ceiling of the first Goetheanum. This lecture is part of the After The Burning program of events being run by the Sydney Branch.
This series was painted during Fiona’s online masterclass (six sessions) earlier this year and owe a debt of gratitude to the participants in the course for their dedication and inspiration.
Location
The exhibition opens at 6pm Tuesday 18 October at Rudolf Steiner House, 307 Sussex St, Sydney 2001.
How much does it cost?
Entry by donation
For more information about the exhibition
Please contact Fiona Campbell

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).

From the Burning - What lives now?
2022-10-18 18:00 - 2022-12-31 23:30 (Australia/Sydney) | Rudolf Steiner House, 307 Sussex Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000
100 years since the physical destruction of the first Goetheanum
A series of lectures, artistic presentations, exhibitions and workshops commemorating the centenary of the burning of the first Goetheanum in Dornach on New Year’s Eve, 1922.
Dates

Lectures: 7pm Tuesday evenings, 18 October – 20 December 2022
Exhibitions: Opening hours of Rudolf Steiner Book Centre
Workshop: Saturday 12 November
Panel: 7.30pm Thursday 17 November
New Year’s Eve vigil: 31 December
Program
You can download the full program here

Location
Sydney Rudolf Steiner House
307 Sussex Street
Sydney Australia
Please note: most lectures will be live streamed, but not all. Check the booking page for details
Booking
Book here
For more information
Please contact Annet van Kesteran or the Arts Impulse Group

This program is sponsored by the St John’s Group board, Sydney Branch and the ASinA

I would enkindle all human beings
From out of the Spirit of the cosmos
To become a flame
And unfold in fire
The very nature of their being.

Verse excerpt from Truth-wrought-words, Rudolf Steiner 1925

Feature image: The only remaining sketch of the burning Goetheanum, Helmut Lauers © Verlag am Goetheanum, 1993.

Facing Our Shadow Self in the 6th Epoch
2022-10-22 16:00 - 17:30 (Australia/Sydney) | Online
| The Slavic Motif and Our Shadow Self |
The 2nd of 3 practice-based webinars exploring the tragedy of dualism
in the 5th epoch, 6th epoch and our cosmic future
as represented in the ceiling motifs of the first Goetheanum

‘I must not ever leave you.
You will in future often find me at your side;
I shall not go from you until you find
the power of that which you are to become.’
(The Soul’s Probation, Scene 5)

Presenter: Fiona Campbell
Our shadow self is usually seen as being our disowned self, those aspects of our selves we don’t or won’t accept. This shadow is also a development of our innate dualistic nature. So, how can we grapple with this? In the motifs that filled the ceiling of the first Goetheanum, we find some answers.
This is the 2nd webinar in the The Great Luciferic/Ahrimanic face-off . But you don’t have to have attended previous webinars to enjoy the presentation and discussion.

Tell me more …
We use the motif (pictured above) representing the 6th epoch, still far in our future, to understand the nature of our double or shadow as a picture of dualism in our souls.

What really is this shadow?
How will we experience it?
Do all beings have a shadow, even angels?
And how does this affect our future evolution and spiritual development?

We explore these questions through study, discussion, contemplation and a little sketching of the motif.

Who are the webinars for?
For anyone interested in Steiner’s approach to the spiritual evolution of humanity.
You do not need to have attended any previous webinars in this series nor do you need drawing skills to enjoy these workshops: the focus is on the experiencing the content through doing, not learning drawing techniques.
When are they on?
Saturday afternoon 4.00-5.30pm AEST
Webinar workshops: 22 October | 26 November
Each session will be recorded and a video of the event will be available post-webinar.
A list of suggested drawing materials and background readings is also included in the cost.
How much does it cost?
Online series: | $60 for 2 webinars | $35 per webinar | Concessions available on request – please contact Fiona.
Video recording included in the cost
Where do I book?
Book here!
After booking, I will send you a confirmation email containing the zoom link to join the meeting.
Then download the payment details, materials list and suggested readings.
For more information
Please contact Fiona Campbell

Background notes
What exactly is dualism?
The term ‘dualism’ has various characterisations in different cultures and time periods. But in general, it means there are two fundamental kinds or categories of things or principles. In theology, for example, a dualistic principle is Good and Evil or God and the Devil as independent yet equal forces in the world. Light and Darkness is another example of dualism common to most cultures.
According to Rudolf Steiner, dualism in our human evolution is expressed through two opposing yet interdependent entities called Lucifer and Ahriman. Both these names can be found in the Bible and in Zoroastrianism as mighty beings, like fallen angels. But today they are experienced in our soul life as polar-opposite forces that we unconsciously swing between, like a pendulum. The first webinar in this series, The Great Luciferic/Ahrimanic Face-off, explored their influence in our daily lives in some depth. A video of this webinar is available on request.
This webinar considers how this split might evolve into a separate shadow self.
About the first Goetheanum
2022 marks the centenary of the burning of the first Goetheanum on New Year’s Eve in 1922/23. As part of the 100th anniversary of the fire, artists and members of the Anthroposophical Society around the world have been working with the forms and motifs of the 1st Goetheanum. These three webinars are part of this world-wide activity.
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 1st Goetheanum and 7 Sketches for the small cupola. These motifs map the spiritual history of humanity and were intended to support a training in karmic vision through Art.
.
Photo credits: from The Language of Color in the First Goetheanum by Hilde Raske

LOGOS: Consecrating Humanity conference
2022-11-04 - 2022-11-06 | The Michael Centre, 37a Wellington Park Drive, Warranwood, Vic, Australia
Conference of
The Christian Community
in Australia and New Zealand

Celebrating 100 years of Christian Community

4th – 6th November 2022

It is 100 years since the foundation of The Christian Community in 1922 in SwitzerlandCome share in community with all our priests from the Australia-New Zealand Region and Oberlenker Oliver Steinrueck from Berlin, Germany.
LOGOS: Consecrating Humanity program
Download the program here
Where is it being held?

The Michael Centre,
37A Wellington Park Drive,
Warranwood,
VIC, Austtralia

Where do I register?
Download the registration form here
