What’s On
All Friday Seminars & Lectures Events
Online events are highlighted in blue.
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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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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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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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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