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Saturday 11 January 10am - Saturday 12 April 5.30pm
A sequence of Saturday monthly workshops
with Sarah Kane
These one-day workshops provide an opportunity to explore practically the core elements of the truly artistic acting techniques developed by Russian actor Michael Chekhov in the middle of the twentieth century. Chekhov’s approach aims to inspire and empower actors for their future work by building a living and sensitive bridge between the movement and imagination of an actor and the character to be played.
Although the workshops are designed as a series and build from one to the next, each workshop is an entirety in itself and can be taken individually.
Imagination is the real, eternal world, of which this vegetable universe is but a faint shadow.
William Blake
Saturday 11 January 10am - 5.30pm ~ The Actor’s Imagination
To start the new year, this workshop will explore what imagination is and how an artist can engage with, develop and strengthen it in his or her creative work.Saturday 22 February 10am - 5.30pm ~ Exploring the Psycho-Physical Basics
What is a gesture? And how can gestures make us more creative? Starting with movement this workshop will explore what are called archetypal gestures as tools to express a character’s inner impulses and bring the character to life.
Saturday 8 March 10am - 5.30pm ~ Gesture and a Character’s Objective: The Psychological Gesture
From archetypal gestures we will move on to individual gestures and develop them in relation to text to express the embodied essence of a character, what Chekhov calls the psychological gesture.
Saturday 12 April 10am - 5.30pm ~ Individualising Psychological Gestures: Qualities
The third session on gesture will investigate the final step in the process of individualisation and explore how qualities can enhance and refine any gesture, making them truly specific.Please bring clothes and shoes suitable for the Chekhov workshops as a well as a piece of text such as a monologue or poem known by heart, so that it can be used in the exploration in practice of any aspect of the techniques.
Workshop Fees:
1 workshop day: £55
4 workshops: £195 (Bookable on the first date)
To book: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/rudolf-steiner-house/e-dmmzoq
Sarah Kane trained in Steiner’s approach to speech and voice, then Chekhov’s approach to acting with many of his original students. She now integrates them in her teaching, directing and performing, which takes place internationally.
TO FOLLOW: CREATING CHARACTERApril – July 2025
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Sunday 12 January 10am - Sunday 13 April 5.30pm
A sequence of Sunday monthly workshops
with Sarah Kane
These one-day workshops provide an opportunity to explore practically the core elements of the artistic speech techniques developed by Rudolf Steiner at the beginning of the twentieth century. The approach aims to bring what an actor speaks to life by exploring where we might find the life of words themselves. The approach can inspire and empower actors for their work by building a living and sensitive bridge between an actor’s inner life and the words a character speaks.
Although the workshops are designed as a series and one builds on to the previous one, each workshop is an entirety in itself and can be taken individually.
Sunday 12 January 10.00 - 5.30pm ~ The Role Of The Imagination In An Actor’s Speech
Speech that is alive and embodied is hard to contemplate without engaging the actor’s imagination. We will explore the tools Steiner proposes to use to connect inner pictures with speaking.
Sunday 23 February 10am - 5.30pm ~ Steiner’s Speech Gestures
The art of speaking was close to Steiner’s heart and the speech gestures open a new world, a new way of approaching speech for the actor, connected most emphatically with movement. All the following elements explored in the coming workshops build on these foundations.
Sunday 9 March 10 am – 5.30pm ~ Sounds, Syllables, Words As Gesture
Steiner’s approach offers tools to give life and substance to words that go beyond their meaning: how can gestures contribute to that life, so that they acquire colour, dynamic and rhythm?
Sunday 27 April 10am – 5.30pm ~ Exploring The Individuality of A Character’s Voice
Working with both sound and gesture the workshop will investigate how to create the vocal individuality of the character.
Please bring clothes and shoes suitable for the Chekhov workshops as a well as a piece of text such as a monologue or poem known by heart, so that it can be used in the exploration in practice of any aspect of the techniques.
Workshop Fees:
1 workshop day: £55
4 workshops: £195 (Bookable on the first date)
To book: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/rudolf-steiner-house/e-kozydd
Sarah Kane trained in Steiner’s approach to speech and voice, then Chekhov’s approach to acting with many of his original students. She now integrates them in her teaching, directing and performing, which takes place internationally.
TO FOLLOW: CREATING A CHARACTER IN VOICE AND SPEECHApril – July 2025
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Tuesday 21 January7pm - 8.30pm
with Brendan McQuillan
We will be reading these 10 lectures by Rudolf Steiner from Nov 1912 to Apr 1913 entitled 'Between Death and Rebirth' (GA141).
The lectures deal with the period following Kamaloka during which the soul is open to cosmic influences and is being prepared for its future life on earth. It considers factors from the life just spent on earth that influence these experiences after death as well as those in the spiritual world that will affect its future earth life. It looks also at the significance of our connection with the earth and at the influence the living may have on the souls of the dead.
All welcome but some knowledge would be an advantage.
For further information, contact leejs_72@fastmail.fm
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Thursday 23 January7.30pm - 9pm
With Alex Wright
Our progressively subtle energy bodies which animate our physical body and give us emotion, thought and will. Bodies of soul and bodies of spirit.
Alex has an MA in Law from Oxford University and is a graduate of the 3yr Emerson Visual Arts Course.
Each evening is £10 (£7 student), pay Alex at the door, no cards.
If you would like to be kept informed of when the next course starts, then please email introtoanthro2020@gmail.com
This course will also run one day earlier on Wednesdays in the North Dining Room at Emerson College, Forest Row, East Sussex, RH18 5JX
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Friday 24 January7pm - 8.30pm
with Spencer Christy
As the Sun, moon, stars and planets move through the sky following their individual journeys and marking the days of the year, so does life’s journey in the Social Farming Community at Lauriston Farm move forward from day to day! The farm is on the Blackwater Estuary in rural Essex, where biodynamic vegetables are grown, rare breed cattle and sheep are raised, chickens lay eggs and lots of work is done in the craft room. As well as being a vital part of our biodynamic farming system, the animals produce pasture fed meat, organic undyed knitting yarn and organic sheepskins. Around forty people a week work on the farm. Around two-thirds have special educational needs and co-work alongside our experienced farm team in a safe, supportive and tranquil environment. Those at Lauriston know the value of meaningful work!
Spencer is a real farmer at heart. He was born in Maldon, Essex and begun building the farm business at Lauriston in 2004. Spencer is an active member of the Anthroposophical Society and ACESTA, a former trustee with the Biodynamic Association and a member of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). Visits to the farm are welcome. https://www.lauristonfarm.co.uk
All welcome, no need to book, no charge. Events are not recorded and zoom meetings are limited to 100 participants. Voluntary donations towards costs are gratefully received and can be made by cash donation on the day, transfer to a Nationwide account held for this purpose or via PayPal.
Account name: Adrian Hotten, Nationwide, sort code: 07-01-16 account number: 31466776. Paypal to suejoanpeat@gmail.com
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Saturday 25 January10am - 2pm
Celebrating the New Moon and its Monthly Cycle
with Smadar Bunzl
~ including a bring & share lunch
In this 4 month journey, meeting on the last Saturday of the month, just before the New Moon, we will tune in to the power of the New Moon and observe how the eight phases of the moon present different challenges and opportunities.
Together we will explore how to:
*create a sacred space in our home
*cleanse our internal and external pathways
*acquire tools to reconnect with ourselves
*reflect on the past, let go, and set new intentions
*challenge ourselves to be limitless and try something new
*create a diary to follow our Moon journeyThe sessions will include sound, voice and movement meditations. You will be invited to share your dreams and fears and explore tools to embrace both with grace.
Each session will delve into New Moon rituals and explore two of the eight moon phases.
Smadar is the owner of Life Sense, a company offering seminars on stress management, teamwork and creating listening spaces in communities and families. Trained in Creative Education Smadar went on to become a Eurythmy Therapist, training with Melissa Howard and Linda Nunhofer. She later went on to train as a Management Consultant at the Centre for Social Development. Smadar offers 1-2-1 coaching and therapy working with the 12 senses.
The cost is £40 per month, or £140 for the four sessions.
For concessions, please contact Smadar on 07878918057
To book: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/rudolf-steiner-house/t-jzyarek -
Saturday 25 January10.30am - 12pm
Some Facts of Science Fiction, Fiction of Science Fact
with Patrick Dixon
A place to talk, a place to listen, a place to meet interesting and interested people.
Looking at new ways of thinking and thinking about new ways of looking.
Tickets on the day in the Cafe: £10, including coffee and cake
Patrick Dixon trained at RADA and is an actor, writer, poet and performer. He lives in London and gives frequent lectures, seminars and one man shows.
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Monday 27 January7pm - 8.30pm
With Trevor Dance
These profoundly esoteric lectures examine the laws inherent in reincarnation and karma and explore in detail the incarnations of specific historical figures. The opportunity to study this lecture series in a group affords us a chance to really get to grips with these fundamental issues, which demonstrate the realities of the workings of karma in human life.
For further information: trevordance@hotmail.com
Small donations towards expenses welcome: £3/£2
All the Rudolf Steiner lectures and writings that we are studying are available from the library at Rudolf Steiner House and, in addition, many can be purchased in the Bookshop or accessed online at at the Rudolf Steiner Archive.
For updated news on these and other events please see:www.meetup.com/rudolf-steiner-spiritual-science
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Monday 27 January7.30pm - 9pm
with Paul Webber
Men, you are invited and called to join a new adventure, a weekly men’s circle.
A safe and calming space to come, unpack and trust in the bond of the circle and being with other men.
We will start the evening with a calming and grounding experience based on one of the senses. We will then go on to create a circle and share with one another. To both listen and be heard from our hearts. It will be based on the Way of Council, and my hope is to pass on to others the amazing benefits I’ve felt and experienced from this.
I look forward to having you there,
Paul
Price per session: £15 price band A, £10 price band B
No man will be turned away based on finances, please contact Paul if you need a different pricing: paulwebber81@hotmail.com
Bookings in person on the night, at the door.
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Wednesday 29 January2pm - 4pm
with Trevor Dance
We will be reading and discussing these deeply penetrating but very accessible lectures given in Dornach July-Sept 1916. A wide variety of topics encompassing, ‘the duality of human nature – the heavenly and earthly aspects of human beings’, ‘enlivening the sense processes and ensouling the life processes, aesthetic enjoyment and artistic creativity.’
For further information: trevordance@hotmail.com
Small donations towards expenses welcome: £3/£2
All the Rudolf Steiner lectures and writings that we are studying are available from the library at Rudolf Steiner House and, in addition, many may be accessed online at the Rudolf Steiner Archive. For updated news on these and other events please see: www.meetup.com/rudolf-steiner-spiritual-science
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Wednesday 29 January4.15pm - 5.45pm
with Dagmar Steffelbauer
Occult Science was first written by Steiner in 1909 and after that, three revised editions (1913, 1920 & 1925) followed. Studying the book, a first glance into supersensible worlds is given. ‘One of the fairest fruits of the pursuit of Spiritual Science is that it lends strength and firmness to life. Inexhaustible is the fountainhead from which it draws, giving human being strength for work and confidence in life’ - Rudolf Steiner.
All are welcome!
Further information: d.steffelbauer@gmail.com
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Thursday 30 January7.30pm - 9pm
With Alex Wright
Nature & humanity share certain energies which in nature manifest as the 4 classical elements of Earth, Water, Air, and Fire. In humanity they influence us physically and psychologically bringing both gifts and dangers.
Alex has an MA in Law from Oxford University and is a graduate of the 3yr Emerson Visual Arts Course.
Each evening is £10 (£7 student), pay Alex at the door, no cards.
If you would like to be kept informed of when the next course starts, then please email introtoanthro2020@gmail.com
This course will also run one day earlier on Wednesdays in the North Dining Room at Emerson College, Forest Row, East Sussex, RH18 5JX
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Friday 31 January7pm - 8.30pm
with Geoff Norris
Story telling can transport us to another world and take us on a journey through space and time into imaginations that live with us for our entire lives. During his presentation, Geoff will invite us to experience two dynamically told tales of wonder, mystery, and suspense.
"How The Elephant Got His Trunk" and "Rikki Tikki Tavi" from the "Just So Stories" and the "Jungle Book" by Rudyard Kipling.
Geoff is an Actor, Director, Storyteller, and Speech, Drama, and Movement trainer with over 45 years of experience. He trained at the London School of Speech Formation and Dramatic Art graduating in 1979 and was for many years, amongst others, voice and theatre consultant and teacher at Michael Hall School Forest Row and movement and Speech teacher at High School Helicon-Dance/Eurythmy training In Den Haag/Leiden Holland. He has toured extensively worldwide with many Eurythmy Ensembles, with The Rose Theatre Company, with Portal Productions, Teatro Della Stella and the Speech and Drama Studio, and has given numerous workshops throughout the world. Currently he is engaged in running a bespoke training leading to a Goetheanum recognised Diploma in Creative Speech and Drama and has to date graduated 7 students with many more in process.
All welcome, no need to book, no charge. Events are not recorded and zoom meetings are limited to 100 participants. Voluntary donations towards costs are gratefully received and can be made by cash donation on the day, transfer to a Nationwide account held for this purpose or via PayPal.
Account name: Adrian Hotten, Nationwide, sort code: 07-01-16 account number: 31466776. Paypal to suejoanpeat@gmail.com
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Tuesday 4 February6pm - 7.15pm
with Sara Hunt
Eurythmy is an art of harmonious movement, developed by Rudolf Steiner, which can increase a sense of well-being and a deeper connection to oneself and others.
These open classes are for every and anyone, with no prior experience needed. We will explore ways to connect with our own bodies as well as how we grow comfortable and creative with others in a dynamic space. Poetry and movement will weave together to stimulate vitality and enrich our daily lives. Please wear loose fitting comfortable clothing and soft soled shoes.
Price per class: £10 Full/£8 Concession
Bookings: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/rudolf-steiner-house/e-xjjxyx
or in person on the night in the Bookshop at RSH
Sara Hunt
After many years as a teacher in Canterbury Steiner school, Sara graduated from West Midlands Eurythmy and subsequently completed a Masters in Eurythmy Education with Alanus University. Until recently, she worked as an educational eurythmist in Steiner schools and is presently a freelance personal coach. -
Thursday 6 February7.30pm - 9pm
With Alex Wright
Rudolf Steiner’s revelations from the Akashic record of the journey of what would eventually evolve to become contemporary humanity, and our future stages.
Alex has an MA in Law from Oxford University and is a graduate of the 3yr Emerson Visual Arts Course.
Each evening is £10 (£7 student), pay Alex at the door, no cards.
If you would like to be kept informed of when the next course starts, then please email introtoanthro2020@gmail.com
This course will also run one day earlier on Wednesdays in the North Dining Room at Emerson College, Forest Row, East Sussex, RH18 5JX
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Friday 7 February7pm - 8.30pm
with Louise Sofair
Equality is one of humanity’s deepest desires, for we become a community by its means. Once, in the very early stages of our development, we were part of a ‘feminine’ community and were all identical. We can never go back to that state although many people in the world today, perhaps unconsciously, long to experience the primal ‘oneness’ that constitutes part of our deepest psyche.
On the other hand, human beings are frantically striving to achieve ‘super-human’ power over the physical world through the means of mechanisation and technology. Yet we observe an almost breathtaking disparity in the equality of people around the globe and an advancing disintegration of people-based community.
For example, while strides are being taken in the recognition of the right of women’s equality, in some societies women are still denied the opportunity to even begin that journey.
How do we understand equality in the spiritual sense? We will explore how we might attain a true community of humans, in our earthly lives and in the spiritual world, by journeying on a path of spiritual knowledge and of living with Christ.
Louise was a Waldorf-Steiner upper school teacher for many years and is the author of the book Women with Christ (Temple Lodge Press). She has written several articles and given many talks particularly on the relevance of the women mentioned in the Gospels.
A series of alternating zoom and face to face seminars and lectures exploring ‘Journeying’ led by speakers working with the insights of Rudolf Steiner.
All welcome, no need to book, no charge. Events are not recorded and zoom meetings are limited to 100 participants. Voluntary donations towards costs are gratefully received and can be made by cash donation on the day, transfer to a Nationwide account held for this purpose or via PayPal.
Account name: Adrian Hotten, Nationwide, sort code: 07-01-16 account number: 31466776. Paypal to suejoanpeat@gmail.com
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Saturday 8 February10.30am - 12pm
Created Evolution and Evolving Creation
with Patrick Dixon
A place to talk, a place to listen, a place to meet interesting and interested people.
Looking at new ways of thinking and thinking about new ways of looking.
Tickets on the day in the Cafe: £10, including coffee and cake
Patrick Dixon trained at RADA and is an actor, writer, poet and performer. He lives in London and gives frequent lectures, seminars and one man shows.
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Tuesday 11 February6pm - 7.15pm
with Sara Hunt
Eurythmy is an art of harmonious movement, developed by Rudolf Steiner, which can increase a sense of well-being and a deeper connection to oneself and others.
These open classes are for every and anyone, with no prior experience needed. We will explore ways to connect with our own bodies as well as how we grow comfortable and creative with others in a dynamic space. Poetry and movement will weave together to stimulate vitality and enrich our daily lives. Please wear loose fitting comfortable clothing and soft soled shoes.
Price per class: £10 Full/£8 Concession
Bookings: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/rudolf-steiner-house/e-xjjxyx
or in person on the night in the Bookshop at RSH
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Thursday 13 February7.30pm - 9pm
With Alex Wright
We live under the influence of different spiritual forces which lead to different forms of behaviour. To be truly free it is useful to be able to discern these.
Alex has an MA in Law from Oxford University and is a graduate of the 3yr Emerson Visual Arts Course.
Each evening is £10 (£7 student), pay Alex at the door, no cards.
If you would like to be kept informed of when the next course starts, then please email introtoanthro2020@gmail.com
This course will also run one day earlier on Wednesdays in the North Dining Room at Emerson College, Forest Row, East Sussex, RH18 5JX
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Friday 14 February7pm - 8.30pm
with Peter Van Breda
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio was born on 29th September 1571 and died in July 1610, aged 38 years. He lived a colourful and controversial life and brought a new form of consciousness to art. He carried though within himself the remarkable ability to paint living scenarios, mostly biblical themes, in beautiful but often shocking manner. The events he paints arise out of wells of darkness but are then highlighted by shafts of light; they take place in front of you as if happening on the sidewalks of our everyday life. Guided by Peter we can understand Caravaggio as one of the most revealing artists of our present-day consciousness and the challenges that come with being a modern person.
Peter had the blessing of being introduced to an anthroposophist who became a lifelong friend, Dr Jan C Louw who introduced him to the work of Rudolf Steiner. Peter studied at Emerson College where he felt how a transformative seed of becoming had entered into his destiny. One gift was the two-week-long initial course given by William (Mucky) Mann, a devoted art historian. As the course unfolded Peter began to recognise that art through the ages was, amongst many other things, a direct indication of the phases of consciousness through which we have evolved. History of Art has remained an innovative companion for him for over 50 years.
A series of alternating zoom and face to face seminars and lectures exploring ‘Journeying’ led by speakers working with the insights of Rudolf Steiner.
All welcome, no need to book, no charge. Events are not recorded and zoom meetings are limited to 100 participants. Voluntary donations towards costs are gratefully received and can be made by cash donation on the day, transfer to a Nationwide account held for this purpose or via PayPal.
Account name: Adrian Hotten, Nationwide, sort code: 07-01-16 account number: 31466776. Paypal to suejoanpeat@gmail.com
Zoom link https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82632129836
Meeting ID: 826 3212 9836, Passcode: 755359
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Saturday 15 February10am - 4pm
with Sue Davies
In this one day workshop we will be exploring Shame, the unresolved aspect of ourselves, our Shadow.
Working with pastels and watercolour, we will create a cradle of courage, forgiveness, kindness, trust and hope to enable the possibility of bringing shame compassionately into the light and be given a voice. As you work with your shame you give the wound the air it needs to heal and then it becomes a scar - you can revisit it but the power and pain has gone.
No art experience necessary. Please contact Sue Davies directly on 07849008358.
£95 per person and £15 for art materials.
At Rudolf Steiner House, 35 Park Place, Marylebone, London, NW1
Sue is a BACP accredited Therapeutic Arts Counsellor and Group Facilitator. She has a private practice, designs and runs tailor-made workshops, including for corporate clients, and is a visiting Tutor and Supervisor for students at Tobias School of Art & Therapy.
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Thursday 20 February7pm - 9pm
with Barnaby Tobias and Iaia Chiesa
Join us in Rudolf Steiner Bookshop for a sharing of poems, monologues, stories, parts of plays, and all things creative. A casual event where we celebrate the spirit of creativity. All are welcome and encouraged to share something of their own work or another’s they admire. We will have some discussion around the inspiration for certain pieces, with a main emphasis on the practical sharing of work.
Cash donations are welcome.
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Thursday 20 February7.30pm - 9pm
Lecture by Frank Burdich
Your mobile phone or wifi router might seem devoid of spirituality, yet the working of all technology is based on laws with a spiritual origin. As we interact with our devices we enter into an energetic relationship with them which is not necessarily positive. Frank will explain the subtle dynamics at play in this field and show us how we can enjoy a situation where our devices work for us, rather than us feeling as if we are working for them.
Frank Burdich was for 14 years an Upper School science teacher at a Waldorf School in Germany during which time he pursued an Anthroposophical spiritual path and became clairvoyant. He has been lecturing on supersensible perception since 2007, and in 2012 founded his own supersensible research company Gesellschaft für angewandte Geistesforschung mbH which provides supersensible research services in a range of contexts such as medicine preparation, mistletoe based remedies, oncology, special needs conditions, spiritual audit of buildings and technical devices, as well as lecturing and giving workshops on a variety of spiritual topics.
http://www.spiritual-research.eu/en/
£10 cash on the door.
For further information please contact Alex Wright on 01342 827967
Frank will repeat this lecture at Emerson College the following evening, Friday 21st February, and then give a 1½ day experiential workshop about Spirituality and Technology over the weekend of 22nd - 23rd February. See
https://calendar.emerson.org.uk/events/frank-burdich-workshop-technology-and-spirituality/ for full details.
On Saturday 22nd February, 7.30pm, he will give a lecture at Emerson College on “The Spiritual Science of Homeopathy”.
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Friday 21 February7pm - 8.30pm
with Patrick Dixon
See the creative process in action! Next time we board a car lets think of the word and the process. We ‘inCARnate’. We enter the body of the car and for a short while live inside it as we are transported somewhere. Perhaps we take charge and drive, following the rules of the road, interacting nicely with other cars and their drives. Perhaps we sit there passively on our journey as we get taken somewhere that we do (or do not) want to go. Perhaps something goes wrong, or something goes horribly right and we end up at that (un)expected destination. In the journey of Life we all have our L plates!!
Patrick trained at RADA and is an actor, writer, poet and performer. He lives in London and gives frequent lectures, seminars and one man shows.All welcome, no need to book, no charge. Events are not recorded and zoom meetings are limited to 100 participants. Voluntary donations towards costs are gratefully received and can be made by cash donation on the day, transfer to a Nationwide account held for this purpose or via PayPal.
Account name: Adrian Hotten, Nationwide, sort code: 07-01-16 account number: 31466776. Paypal to suejoanpeat@gmail.com
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Saturday 22 February10am - 2pm
Celebrating the New Moon and its Monthly Cycle
with Smadar Bunzl
~ including a bring & share lunch
In this 4 month journey, meeting on the last Saturday of the month, just before the New Moon, we will tune in to the power of the New Moon and observe how the eight phases of the moon present different challenges and opportunities.
Together we will explore how to:
*create a sacred space in our home
*cleanse our internal and external pathways
*acquire tools to reconnect with ourselves
*reflect on the past, let go, and set new intentions
*challenge ourselves to be limitless and try something new
*create a diary to follow our Moon journeyThe sessions will include sound, voice and movement meditations. You will be invited to share your dreams and fears and explore tools to embrace both with grace.
Each session will delve into New Moon rituals and explore two of the eight moon phases.
Smadar is the owner of Life Sense, a company offering seminars on stress management, teamwork and creating listening spaces in communities and families. Trained in Creative Education Smadar went on to become a Eurythmy Therapist, training with Melissa Howard and Linda Nunhofer. She later went on to train as a Management Consultant at the Centre for Social Development. Smadar offers 1-2-1 coaching and therapy working with the 12 senses.
The cost is £40 per month, or £140 for the four sessions.
For concessions, please contact Smadar on 07878918057
To book: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/rudolf-steiner-house/t-jzyarek -
Thursday 27 February7pm - 8.30pm
Talk and book launch with Marko Pogacnik
It was not that long ago that all of us lived close to the land and had the time – and the silence – to witness the natural processes and the more subtle realms of worldly phenomena. Not that long ago, too, when fairies and elves and spirits of the woods were our companions as much as dogs and cats, for people have always lived through the imagination alongside physical experience. Spirituality is as much part of our nature as is creativity, and we can interpret fairy tales on a much deeper level, to remember that beyond our everyday rational experience there is the steady causal background, the world of ideas and metaphysical truths which give us symbols and archetypes.
Join us for this rare visit from Marko and the launch of his new book which will take place after the talk, Grimm’s Fairy Tales Decoded: precious messages from the past for the future (Feb 2025).
MARKO POGAČNIK is a Slovenian artist and author of international renown. Since 2005, he has dedicated much of his work to creating Geopuncture Circles, a world-wide lithopuncture project to enhance communication with the Earth consciousness that he creates together with his international colleagues. He has written a number of books on spirituality and earth healing, including Sacred Geography (2007) and Gaia’s Quantum Leap (2011). In 2016, he was appointed UNESCO Artist for Peace and is a member of the TRANS-4-M Global Wisdom Council.
Entrance £8 / £5 concession.
To book a place please ring Rudolf Steiner Bookshop on 020 7724 7699 or buy a ticket on the night in the bookshop.
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Thursday 27 February7.30pm - 9pm
With Alex Wright
Many cultures mention the existence of helpful beings with powers superior to those of humans. Rudolf Steiner described them and their activities in some detail.
Alex has an MA in Law from Oxford University and is a graduate of the 3yr Emerson Visual Arts Course.
Each evening is £10 (£7 student), pay Alex at the door, no cards.
If you would like to be kept informed of when the next course starts, then please email introtoanthro2020@gmail.com
This course will also run one day earlier on Wednesdays in the North Dining Room at Emerson College, Forest Row, East Sussex, RH18 5JX
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Friday 28 February 10am - Sunday 9 November 5pm
with Marko Pogačnik and Ying Li
A 9-month programme with 5 weekends: 28 February-2 March, 11-13 April, 13-15 June, 12-14 September and 7-9 November 2025
Geomancy as a creative dialogue with Gaia has made profound developments after entering the third millennium when the intense process of Earth changes started. More than ever, we need a new approach to geomancy with practical experiences and theoretical insights related to the upcoming multidimensional Earth cosmos and the different kinds of beings sustaining its permanent transformations. In this course we will practice methods of Earth healing and subtle perception exercises with special emphasis on the creative language of the body and its artistic expression. Beginners and experienced geomancy practitioners are both welcome.
The training will be led by Marko Pogačnik assisted by Ying Li with fieldwork in the vicinity of London and one residential weekend at Emerson College, Sussex.
28 February- 2 March: In London taught by Marko Pogačnik
11-13 April: In London taught by Ying Li
13-15 June: At Emerson College, Sussex taught by Marko Pogačnik
12-14 September: In London taught by Ying Li
7-9 November: In London taught by Marko Pogačnik
A certificate of completion in Geomancy Updated is given at the end of the training course.
Marko Pogačnik (1944) UNESCO Artist for Peace from Slovenia has developed a method of Earth healing based upon geomantic knowledge, using cosmograms carved in stone. He has led education in geomancy in Germany, England, Hungary, Italy, USA, Switzerland, Austria, Croatia and Slovenia. His latest books: Dancing with the Earth Changes and Creating Gaia Culture. www.markopogacnik.com
Ying Li, originally from Hong Kong and based in London, is a geomancer, bodyworker, inner dimensions guide and facilitator of co-creative meditation and dance alchemy. Ying is part of the organising team of LifeNet, the international network for life, geomancy and transformation. https://embodying.earth
Cost: full price £1375, concessions £1225. Booking deposit: £250
Early booking is advisable due to group size limitations. The course price includes entrance fees to sites. Accommodation, meals and transport are booked separately.
For booking and additional information: https://embodying.earth/events/geomancy-updated
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Friday 28 February7pm
Leon Guallart is an artist from Barcelona, whose sound has been described as 'a warm hug in the middle of a snowstorm.' His current project, the Comfort: Home Tour, aims to bring warmth and comfort to iconic spaces around the world, designed by architects such as Frank Lloyd Wright, Le Corbusier, and Antoni Gaudf.
Ticket price £15, £10 conc.
Book via: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/rudolf-steiner-house/t-ojrnrno
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Friday 28 February7pm - 8.30pm
with Graham Kennish
Graham will suggest different ways of engaging with this and share experiences which will likely resonate with your own and lead to some fruitful exchanges among us.
One question Graham will present is “how much is our experience of the past, actually in the past, and how much is present with us in every present moment, if we can be really present?” (Yes, to any readers who ask, - you did read that correctly!)
Graham has been a Steiner Waldorf science teacher for many years, now a teacher trainer in UK, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Armenia. Graham is a grandfather, living near Stroud with his partner Jane. He is also a driving instructor and a psychotherapist, using Goethean Psychology - see www.goetheanpsychology.co.uk
All welcome, no need to book, no charge. Events are not recorded and zoom meetings are limited to 100 participants. Voluntary donations towards costs are gratefully received and can be made by cash donation on the day, transfer to a Nationwide account held for this purpose or via PayPal.
Account name: Adrian Hotten, Nationwide, sort code: 07-01-16 account number: 31466776. Paypal to suejoanpeat@gmail.com
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Thursday 6 March7.30pm - 9pm
With Alex Wright
Servants of the Angels which both form and maintain the physical planet and nature, they seek a collaboration with humanity, but we need to refine ourselves first.
Alex has an MA in Law from Oxford University and is a graduate of the 3yr Emerson Visual Arts Course.
Each evening is £10 (£7 student), pay Alex at the door, no cards.
If you would like to be kept informed of when the next course starts, then please email introtoanthro2020@gmail.com
This course will also run one day earlier on Wednesdays in the North Dining Room at Emerson College, Forest Row, East Sussex, RH18 5JX
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Friday 7 March7pm - 8.30pm
with Andrew Welburn
Music can catch our deepest emotions; it can express clairvoyant intimations of the harmony of the universe; its magic can stir our limbs to work, to march, to dance. It certainly goes back to the earliest stages of civilisation and the Mysteries which guided them. In fact, it goes back to our very origins as human beings and to forms of humanity that even preceded ours. The Neanderthals, Steiner's Atlanteans, had a musical consciousness that lived in their memories and expressed itself in song-like speech. When they interbred with 'modern humans' in the Stone Age, they gave us an incredible gift. Did they seek us - or did we seek them? Let's try to remember.
Join us from 6.15 pm in the bookshop for a book signing of Andrew's latest book Neanderthals and Atlantis.
Andrew has been an academic in the fields of English Literature and biblical interpretation and history. A life-long Anthroposophist, he has written several books on Rudolf Steiner’s philosophy, esotericism, and Christianity, and on the prophet Zarathustra.
All welcome, no need to book, no charge. Events are not recorded and zoom meetings are limited to 100 participants. Voluntary donations towards costs are gratefully received and can be made by cash donation on the day, transfer to a Nationwide account held for this purpose or via PayPal.
Account name: Adrian Hotten, Nationwide, sort code: 07-01-16 account number: 31466776. Paypal to suejoanpeat@gmail.com
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Saturday 8 March10.30am - 12pm
with Patrick Dicon
Art and the Nature Elementals
A place to talk, a place to listen, a place to meet interesting and interested people.
Looking at new ways of thinking and thinking about new ways of looking.Tickets: £10, including coffee and cake
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Thursday 13 March7.30pm - 9pm
With Alex Wright
Every serious spiritual aspirant is aware of the injunction ‘Know Yourself’, but it’s not so easy to translate this from the ideal to the practical. Tools for getting to grips with our inner life.
Alex has an MA in Law from Oxford University and is a graduate of the 3yr Emerson Visual Arts Course.
Each evening is £10 (£7 student), pay Alex at the door, no cards.
If you would like to be kept informed of when the next course starts, then please email introtoanthro2020@gmail.com
This course will also run one day earlier on Wednesdays in the North Dining Room at Emerson College, Forest Row, East Sussex, RH18 5JX
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Friday 14 March7pm - 8.30pm
with Andrew Linnell
Andrew will centre his talk on Leonardo da Vinci, reviewing the deeper aspects of his life, initiation, paintings and inventions. The world recognises him as a great genius in multiple areas of art and science, but do we really appreciate him and how his work and legacy apply to our lives and our times?
Andrew is co-founder of MysTech, an organization seeking to realise Rudolf Steiner's indications on Mechanical Occultism. He retired from a 42-year career in the computer industry in 2013 wherein he had worked as CTO and VP for various companies. He has served as president of the Boston branch of the Anthroposophical Society and a member of the Natural Science Section. He is the father of three and the author of two children's books, three art history books, and eight MysTech study guidebooks.
All welcome, no need to book, no charge. Events are not recorded and zoom meetings are limited to 100 participants. Voluntary donations towards costs are gratefully received and can be made by cash donation on the day, transfer to a Nationwide account held for this purpose or via PayPal.
Account name: Adrian Hotten, Nationwide, sort code: 07-01-16 account number: 31466776. Paypal to suejoanpeat@gmail.com
Zoom link https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82632129836 Meeting ID: 826 3212 9836, Passcode: 755359
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Saturday 15 March10am - 4pm
with Sue Davies
In this workshop we will explore innate human qualities using the colours of the rainbow, and connecting them to symbols and ideas from the Vedic tradition of the 7 energy centres known as the chakras: Base chakra - Trust; Sacral chakra - Creative Potential; Naval chakra - Courage; Heart chakra - Compassion; Throat Chakra - Truth; Third Eye - Vision; Crown chakra - Creative Spirit.
This workshop is intended to be deeply nourishing, nurturing us through a colour journey.
No art experience necessary,
£95 per person and £20 for art materials. Please contact Sue Davies directly on 07849008358.
At Rudolf Steiner House, 35 Park Place, Marylebone, London, NW1
Sue is a BACP accredited Therapeutic Arts Counsellor and Group Facilitator. She has a private practice, designs and runs tailor-made workshops, including for corporate clients, and is a visiting Tutor and Supervisor for students at Tobias School of Art & Therapy.
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Saturday 15 March10am - 5pm
In this Age of Digital Technology and Artificial Intelligence
A frequently voiced concern is that the development of AI threatens our social, economic, and professional autonomy, and indeed even our continued existence. The naive expectation that these risks can be averted by voluntary restraint within the industry or by compulsory regulation is no less alarming. Should we also consider that such changes may not just be the result of what is being developed, but are actually part of the intention that drives all this, beyond the obvious commercial interests and also beyond any chance of governmental control? The looming spectre of increasing global conflict and social unrest induces a new predisposition to compliance, and that will facilitate with little resistance the already well-publicised transhumanist agenda. But we can claim and affirm our humanity in the face of this ominous prospect.
Is there a way of bringing up children that does not condition them to conform, and does not prepare them merely to survive in the world as it is? Is there an education that supports their intuitive will for change and their vision for a different future? Can we, also as adults discover a creative engagement with language and literature that is more than cultural recreation, and becomes a source of energy and inspiration in our irrepressible human evolution?
Following our weekend conference last October, we are planningthis one-day seminar focussing on these questions. How do we prepare children, not just to cope with but make creative use of the unavoidable technological realities, to develop the skills to be effective and innovative in the real world, and the discernment not to become enthralled by the attraction of the virtual world? And where, for all ages, does the joy and the power, particularly of the of literary and performing arts depend on original participation that cannot be mediated by substitutes for living human engagement? How do we discern the sanctity of language, the effects of AI on literature, and the sovereign experience of the creative word which is not amenable to the supposed benefits of AI?
The aim of this conference is not to deny, avoid, or even disparage the necessary developments of our age, but rather to know them, and recognise how they contribute to and challenge our unfinished evolution. They can awaken us to courageous and creative affirmation of our human potential and the will to freely determine how we want to live.
Andrew Wolpert andrewjwolpert@gmail.com
Coordinator of the Humanities Section of the School of Spiritual Science in Great BritainTom Smith from The Brighton Waldorf Community (beehub) will speak about his understanding of screen time for children and young adults, and share some ideas to help guide them in the use of technology, and the current developments of AI and other digital technologies .
Ariane Eichenberg from The Humanities Section at The Goetheanum will speak about how the spiritual incarnates into language, Rudolf Steiner's approach to reading a literary text, and the effects of voice cloning and ChatGPT.
Rebecca Paten will lead us in an exercise to experience the sounds of speech, physically, emotionally, socially, and spiritually - and the word in a creative process that cannot be captured by technology.
Timetable for the day
10.30 Registration
11 - 12.30 Tom Smith: lecture followed by discussion
12.30 - 1.45 Lunch
1.45 - 2.15 Eurythmy with Rebecca Paten
2.15 - 3.45 Ariane Eichenberg : lecture followed by discussion
3.45 - 4.30 Tea
4.30 - 6 Panel and plenary discussion on developing discernment and discretion, and affirming our human potential
Price £40 (concessions £30)
To book a place: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/rudolf-steiner-house/t-yaxazkd
Or through Ilona at ilona.pimbert.rsh@anth.org.uk or Tel: 020 7723 4400If you wish to attend but have financial restrictions, please contact Adrian at adrian@marylebonetheatre.com.
Rudolf Steiner House 35 Park Road London NW1 6XT
This conference is organised by the Humanities Section of the School of Spiritual Science and the Anthroposophical Society in Great Britain.
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Thursday 20 March7pm - 9pm
with Barnaby Tobias and Iaia Chiesa
Join us in Rudolf Steiner Bookshop for a sharing of poems, monologues, stories, parts of plays, and all things creative. A casual event where we celebrate the spirit of creativity. All are welcome and encouraged to share something of their own work or another’s they admire. We will have some discussion around the inspiration for certain pieces, with a main emphasis on the practical sharing of work.
Cash donations are welcome.
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Thursday 20 March7.30pm - 9pm
With Alex Wright
In both sleep and the afterlife we are prepared for the next day or life by encounters with many beings in soul and spirit lands. As well as how the dead relate to the living.
Alex has an MA in Law from Oxford University and is a graduate of the 3yr Emerson Visual Arts Course.
Each evening is £10 (£7 student), pay Alex at the door, no cards.
If you would like to be kept informed of when the next course starts, then please email introtoanthro2020@gmail.com
This course will also run one day earlier on Wednesdays in the North Dining Room at Emerson College, Forest Row, East Sussex, RH18 5JX
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Friday 21 March7pm - 8.30pm
with Barnaby Tobias
Where do Anthroposophical ideas meet the mainstream theatre scene? How does the imagination manifest on the stage? How does the inner life meet an audience? Barnaby will lead us in an evening of exploration into the world of theatre. His latest play, Deal, is set in 17th century Britain. It explores what happens when we let evil into our lives, and how the soul and spirit reckon with the material. The piece has strong Anthroposophical ideas; evil being something that searches for light. As well as looking at what we hold dear, what is sacred to us and how we cling to it in a violent world he will also be exploring another piece, Putrid Beauty, a play about Lucifer trying to find God. The evening will consist of performances by professional actors, interwoven with a talk around the imagination, the stage and Anthroposophy’s place amongst it all.
Barnaby graduated from the oxford school of drama. He has appeared on stage and television, and you might have met him working in the bookshop at Rudolf Steiner House
All welcome, no need to book, no charge. Events are not recorded and zoom meetings are limited to 100 participants. Voluntary donations towards costs are gratefully received and can be made by cash donation on the day, transfer to a Nationwide account held for this purpose or via PayPal.
Account name: Adrian Hotten, Nationwide, sort code: 07-01-16 account number: 31466776. Paypal to suejoanpeat@gmail.com
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Saturday 22 March10am - 2pm
Celebrating the New Moon and its Monthly Cycle
with Smadar Bunzl
~ including a bring & share lunch
In this 4 month journey, meeting on the last Saturday of the month, just before the New Moon, we will tune in to the power of the New Moon and observe how the eight phases of the moon present different challenges and opportunities.
Together we will explore how to:
*create a sacred space in our home
*cleanse our internal and external pathways
*acquire tools to reconnect with ourselves
*reflect on the past, let go, and set new intentions
*challenge ourselves to be limitless and try something new
*create a diary to follow our Moon journeyThe sessions will include sound, voice and movement meditations. You will be invited to share your dreams and fears and explore tools to embrace both with grace.
Each session will delve into New Moon rituals and explore two of the eight moon phases.
Smadar is the owner of Life Sense, a company offering seminars on stress management, teamwork and creating listening spaces in communities and families. Trained in Creative Education Smadar went on to become a Eurythmy Therapist, training with Melissa Howard and Linda Nunhofer. She later went on to train as a Management Consultant at the Centre for Social Development. Smadar offers 1-2-1 coaching and therapy working with the 12 senses.
The cost is £40 per month, or £140 for the four sessions.
For concessions, please contact Smadar on 07878918057
To book: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/rudolf-steiner-house/t-jzyarek -
Thursday 27 March7.30pm - 9pm
With Alex Wright
Anthroposophy is a Spiritual Path which can lead to very significant human development. A practical guide to making that a reality.
Alex has an MA in Law from Oxford University and is a graduate of the 3yr Emerson Visual Arts Course.
Each evening is £10 (£7 student), pay Alex at the door, no cards.
If you would like to be kept informed of when the next course starts, then please email introtoanthro2020@gmail.com
This course will also run one day earlier on Wednesdays in the North Dining Room at Emerson College, Forest Row, East Sussex, RH18 5JX
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Thursday 17 April7pm - 9pm
with Barnaby Tobias and Iaia Chiesa
Join us in Rudolf Steiner Bookshop for a sharing of poems, monologues, stories, parts of plays, and all things creative. A casual event where we celebrate the spirit of creativity. All are welcome and encouraged to share something of their own work or another’s they admire. We will have some discussion around the inspiration for certain pieces, with a main emphasis on the practical sharing of work.
Cash donations are welcome.
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Thursday 15 May7pm - 9pm
with Barnaby Tobias and Iaia Chiesa
Join us in Rudolf Steiner Bookshop for a sharing of poems, monologues, stories, parts of plays, and all things creative. A casual event where we celebrate the spirit of creativity. All are welcome and encouraged to share something of their own work or another’s they admire. We will have some discussion around the inspiration for certain pieces, with a main emphasis on the practical sharing of work.
Cash donations are welcome.
*Date amended --> initially advertised as 5 September, now scheduled for 19 September
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Thursday 19 June7.30pm - 9.30pm
with Barnaby Tobias
Join us in Rudolf Steiner Bookshop for a sharing of poems, monologues, stories, parts of plays, and all things creative. A casual event where we celebrate the spirit of creativity. All are welcome and encouraged to share something of their own work or another’s they admire. We will have some discussion around the inspiration for certain pieces, with a main emphasis on the practical sharing of work.
Cash donations are welcome.
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Thursday 17 July7pm - 9pm
with Barnaby Tobias and Iaia Chiesa
Join us in Rudolf Steiner Bookshop for a sharing of poems, monologues, stories, parts of plays, and all things creative. A casual event where we celebrate the spirit of creativity. All are welcome and encouraged to share something of their own work or another’s they admire. We will have some discussion around the inspiration for certain pieces, with a main emphasis on the practical sharing of work.
Cash donations are welcome. rsh-bookshop@anth.org.uk