Anthroposophical Society in Australia

Parzival and Feirefiz: Co-Creating a New Grail Ritual
2023-05-26 03:00 - 04:30 (Australia/Sydney) | Online
Exploring the Grail mysteries over the course of three workshops (plus a bonus performance session!). We will hear presentations on themes of colour, tone, sound, ritual and more. We will also have the opportunity to explore our biographies and converse in pairs and groups. See below for the schedule and more details!
About the series
The medieval initiation story of Parzival (also written Percival, Perceval, Parsifal and Peredure), a knight who goes in search of the Holy Grail, has been an archetypal and spiritual inspiration for many great thinkers, including Rudolf Steiner. There are several retellings of this story, most famously Wolfram von Eschenbach’s medieval epic poem and Richard Wagner’s opera Parsifal.
Wagner’s Parsifal does not include Feirefiz, the Black brother of Parzival, as Eschenbach’s story does. Why is this? It appears to be the tragic outcome of a worldview that places the white European narrative first – at the cost of other experiences, cultures, and races.
Using the Parzival narrative as a foundation, and an exploration of themes of light and dark within music and art, this workshop series will explore questions around brother and sisterhood, inclusion, and race. We will also explore how ritual can be a healing structure to connect with the ostracised Other and build wholeness and inclusion in our society. Seen through this lens, the story of the quest for the Holy Grail can be reimagined more as a collective or collaborative social process, a journey to the Other, than as a singular quest for individual enlightenment.
Cost
Suggested: $60
Youth & Equity: $30
Supporter: $95
When
May 21, June 4, and June 18, at 3am Sydney/10 am Pacific for 75 min. via Zoom
Registration
Register here!
Then check your inbox for a confirmation email with all links and resources.
Each gathering will be recorded and posted in our Participant Portal (link emailed upon registration).
For more information
Detailed information about the program and the presenters.

This series of webinars is hosted by the Anthroposophical Society in America

There is a knighthood of the 21st century whose riders do not ride through the darkness of forests, but through the forests of darkened minds. Out of them shines healing. They must create inner justice, peace, and conviction in the darkness of our time.
~ Karl König

Image credit: courtesy of the ASA

Whitsun Festival and AGM of the Vic Brancn
2023-05-27 10:00 - 13:30 | Aurora Australis, 2 Union Street, Kew, Vic, 3101, Australia
Invitation to members and friends of the Anthroposophical Society Victorian Branch

You are warmly invited to attend the 2023 Whitsun Festival and the Annual General Meeting of the Victorian Branch of the Anthroposophical Society on Saturday 27th May 2023, 10am—1.30pm at Aurora Australis, 2 Union Street, KEW.
Program
The program of the day will include;

10 am—11.30 Whitsun Festival
Starting with Eurythmy presentation, followed by a lecture by Lukas Ryan, then Eurythmy or Speech presentation to conclude around 11.30.
11.30—12 pm Coffee Break
12 pm – 1.30 pm Annual General Meeting of the Victorian Branch. We will keep the business part short and leave some time for member discussion.

Secretary’s report
You can read the Secretary’s report on the activities of the Vic Branch over the past year here.
For more information
Please contact Branch Secretary Birgith Lugosi for AGM documents.

Bridging the Temple Between: A Whitsun Festival
2023-05-28 02:30 - 04:00 | Online
This Whitsun, let us bridge the temple between and celebrate our shared strivings towards the Spirit.
In partnership with the World Social Initiative Forum (WSIF), we warmly invite you to a Zoom festival spotlighting five anthroposophical organizations working internationally. Join us as we celebrate these initiatives from Nepal, the Philippines, Kenya, Argentina, and the UK. This program is free with the opportunity to donate and support this work and the organizations represented.
For more information and registration
Check here
Not able to attend in person? We will record this event and send it out within 24 hours

This webinar is hosted by the Anthroposophical Society in America

The human being is a bridge between the past and the future.
The present is a moment-moment as bridge.
Spirit grown to soul in matter’s husk
comes from the past:
soul growing to spirit as seed encased
journeys toward the future.
Grasp future things through past ones:
hope for evolving things through what has evolved.
So grasp existence in evolving growth:
so grasp what will be in what exists.
~Rudolf Steiner

Image credit: courtesy of the ASA

What is Phenomenology? And is it time to consign 'subjective/objective' to the past?
2023-05-31 18:30 - 20:00 | Online
Stream of Life Research Studio presents
A webinar discussion
on consciousness and the nature of being

This webinar is the 4th in our popular ongoing series. Join us again! or join us for the first time. All welcome!
This series of webinars aims is to provide an interdisciplinary view of how different professions understand and implement phenomenology, including how this form of research supports professional practice. Through sharing our collective experience of working phenomenologically, we address the questions: what is phenomenology? and how do I practice it?
Program
We have another exciting program to share with you:

Robin Steele presenting her hermeneutic research into therapeutic change through psychophonetics.
Kate Sharp sharing her methodology as an art therapist.
then, an open discussion on the thorny question of subjective vs. objective.

Subjective vs objective
This dichotomy has been the bedrock parameter for judging research in the past, but is it time to consign this dualistic way of perceiving the world to history?
The modern desire for absolute and certain knowledge, what the philosopher John Dewey called ‘the quest for certainty’,* is foundational to this attitude. In the past, scientifically-rigorous, valid and reliable outcomes replaced the unknowns of opinions, beliefs and ‘supernatural’ experience with known facts. And despite qualitative research’s increasing acceptance, this mentality is still shaping our response to phenomenological research, to our understanding of human consciousness and indeed, to Anthroposophy itself,
This question will be the theme up for discussion and questioning in the second part of the webinar.
When will this webinar take place?
6.30 pm AEST Wednesday 31st May 2023 online.
Cost
$20 donation or whatever you can afford to support us.
Registration
To register
How to join the webinar
After registration, 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 Martin Samson

Who are the Stream of Life Research Studio?
Stream of Life is a fluid, collective group of researchers and practitioners who are interested in exploring Anthroposophy with open and inquiring minds and hearts. The founding members of the Studio are Dr Fiona Campbell, whose core research work concerns consciousness, cognition and creativity; and Dr Martin Samson, who studies how the spiritual and physical work in union with each other in the starry realms.

Different members have different fields of expertise but all are working out of Anthroposophy and use some form of phenomenology as their primary research methodology, in an approach that stretches beyond the world of natural science into the arts, humanities and human sciences.

Phenomenology concerns how a phenomenon is experienced, as it is experienced, and aims to describe those experiences, rather than theorise or explain them. Moreover, in studying the experience, phenomenology opens the way to understanding our consciousness of that experience. In turn, this can change our way of seeing the world (Campbell 2018*).

*John Dewey, (1930). The quest for certainty: A study of the relation of knowledge and action. The Journal of Philosophy, 27(1), pp.14-25
*Fiona Campbell (2018), ‘Flow, resistance and thinking : a phenomenological study of creativity‘ Doctoral thesis, UTS Digital Thesis Collection.

The Riddle of the Labyrinth
2023-06-04 13:30 - 15:30 | Online
And the Mystery of the Maze

What is the origin and meaning of the Labyrinth?
Why is it found in so many cultures around the world?
How is it different from a Maze?
Why are these forms so popular today?
What is its significance for us?

Let’s explore together the mystery and magic of these forms in a two-hour, online artistic course with artist and educator Van James.
When
Sunday 4 June from 1.30pm to 3.30pm AEST
Cost
$US20
Register here!
Presenter
Van James is an artist, author, Steiner-Waldorf educator and international advocate for the arts. A longtime teaching-artist in Hawai’i and a mentor for Gradalis Teacher Education.

Van is a council member of the Visual Art Section of North America, a mentor with the Academy of Himalayan Art and Child Development, editor of Pacifica Journal, and an award-winning author of numerous books on culture and the arts including Drawing with Hand, Head and Heart, The Secret Language of Form: Visual Meaning in Art and Nature and the recently published Teaching Art History: Engaging Adolescents in Art, Cultural History and the Evolution of Consciousness.
Click here for Van’s YouTube Channel on painting

From Wasteland to Grail Castle: the Soulscapes of Parzival
2023-06-24 17:00 - 18:30 | Online
An imaginative soul journey through the Parzival legend
This lecture and artistic presentation follows the journey of the young Parzival soul from his beginnings in the Waste Forest, through his trials of the spirit, to the culmination of his quest at the Grail altar.
Parzival is a story that takes place of different levels of reality, and should be understood as such. He wanders through soulscapes that are like dreams, but living dreams. He moves through shifts in consciousness into liminal spaces, but spaces that act as windows opening into the spiritual world, from which he can learn wisdom.
When
Date: 24th June 2023
Time: 5.00pm – 6.15pm AEST
Cost
$20 donation or amount of your choice is much appreciated.
For more information
Please contact Fiona Campbell
How to register
REGISTER HERE
After registration, 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.
About the presenter
Dr Fiona Campbell is an artist, lecturer and phenomenologist.
She specialises in the study of evolving consciousness through artistic media and has lectured extensively on the Arthurian, Grail and Parzival themes for almost 30 years. She currently researcher and creative consultant for the Parsifal Project.
She has an PhD on creativity and thinking, and runs masterclasses in the anthroposophic approach to painting and drawing.
Fiona’s artworks can be seen at Painted Space; she also is a founding member of the Stream of Life Research Studio, which promotes the phenomenological way of seeing the world.

Three Sisters of the Threshold - Death, Sleep and Meditation
2023-06-25 19:00 - 2023-07-02 20:00 | Online
A mid-winter series of contemplations
on aspects of death and the threshold

Learning what to expect when we cross the threshold of death. How sleep and meditation prepare us for the journey in the spiritual world.
This is a 45 minute contemplation taking place each day from 7.00 pm -7.45 pm AEST (with fifteen minutes conversation at the end of each evening.)
In each session there will be a 45 minute consideration of the themes, which will complement each other and set a mood of soul for participants to work with over the ensuing night and day. The final minutes of the session will be for any further considerations and nuances that will help grow the work over the mid-winter season to prepare our inner transformation to the threshold. The hope is that each day will have the nurturing aspect of a retreat for resetting our soul for the rest of the year.
When
Eight Days: Sunday 25 June 2023 – Sunday 02 July 2023 (Inclusive)
Cost
Recommended Donation: $55 for the eight presentations.
To register
Register here!
Once registered the recurring zoom link will be sent out two days, two hours and ten minutes before the first session. The same link will be used every day.
Please login via your Zoom app. You will also receive a link to the archive folder for viewing the recording. Please use this as a study resource and do not share it with others.
Recommended reading
The Imaginative Life Tableau
For more information
Enquiries directed to Martin Samson

Picture credit: Pity by William Blake (1795)

Palliative Care and Preparing for Death Workshop
2023-07-01 09:00 - 2023-07-02 17:00 | The Links, 631 Hogbin Drive, Toormina, NSW, 2452, Australia
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.

When
Saturday and Sunday July 1st and 2nd 2023
Venue
The Link, Toormina, 631 Hogbin Drove Toormina 2452
Cost
$260 full, $160 concession card holders
Register here

For more information
For enquiries call Rosi on 0431 135 769

Saturday Program

9.00 am Acknowledgement to Country and Introduction to Dadirri, creating a deep listening space for the dying and community of carers including family and friends, presented by Beth Wrigley.

9.30 am 9.45 am 10.30 am 11 am 11.30am 12.15 pm 12.45 pm 1.45 pm 2.30 pm 3.30 pm 4 – 5 pm

History of the three day vigil presented by Charlotte Rogers. Preparing for end of life – presented by Lisa Harris.
Morning tea
Spiritual care perspectives, ritual and ceremony by Lisa Devine
Anthroposophical nursing care perspectives presented by Charlotte Rogers.
Facilitated family conversations and a guided visualization, presented by Wendy Harfield.
LUNCH
Metamorphosis of the life forces – presented by Lisa Harris. Art pastel work led by Charlotte Rogers.
Afternoon tea
Circle reflection – creating a safe space and questions presented by Wendy and Beth.

Sunday Program
9 am Check in, questions & answers/conversation and introduction to sessions;
9.30 am Practical Demonstration – Laying out of the body: washing and anointing/oiling the body, clothing and shrouding and attendance to the body during the three day vigil by Charlotte and Beth.

11.00 am
11.30 am 12.15 am
1 pm LUNCH 1.30- 3 pm

Morning Tea
Staying connected and end of life care planning led by Lisa Harris.
Sharing lived experiences of pre and post-death care led by Wendy and Beth.
Questions & Answers/Conversations and Closing Ritual of honouring and reflection.

About the Presenters
Charlotte Rogers: Anthroposophic nurse consultant, Anthroposophical massage and art therapist. Lisa Devine: Ordained Priest of the Christian Community, Master of Psychology (Counselling).
Wendy Harfield: Trauma therapist, Counsellor, Death Doula. Facilitator of Grief Tending Rituals.
In Wendy’s counselling practice she works very deeply with individuals using image-work, inner journey and sensorimotor psychotherapy, assisting people to find where trauma sits in their body, how it impacts their life and facilitating them towards self-awareness and change. wharfield@hotmail.com
Dr Lisa Harris: GP Proceduralist in Palliative Care with Anthroposophical Integrative medical training. ANTHROPOSOPHICAL INTEGRATIVE PALLIATIVE CARE
As an anthroposophical palliative care circle our mission is to deliver holistic palliative care that encompasses the body, soul and spiritual aspects of the human being. We are a collective of human beings who have our spiritual home in the path of Anthroposophy*, and who work in various professional modalities at the threshold of death. This circle forms a source from which we draw, and to which we contribute in order to support each other and our work, and deepen and refine our understanding of care of the threshold of death.
What We Do
Find out more about the Palliative Care Circle

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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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.
Join our mailing list!
For future news and events

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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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
