All Reading Groups Events

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  • Friday 17 October
    7pm - 8.30pm

    with Louise Sofair

    Rudolf Steiner enlightened us about the esoteric, feminine Sophia -Wisdom stream which remains fundamental to spiritual development. We are preparing for a future time when, as spirit beings, we will mirror the true image of the being of God.

    Louise Sofair is a retired Steiner-Waldorf teacher living near London and is a writer and speaker.

    All welcome, no need to book, no charge. 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

  • Wednesday 22 October
    4.15pm - 5.45pm

    with Dagmar Steffelbauer

    Occult Science is not a collection of lectures but a written book by Rudolf Steiner. It is meant as a book to study, to work with. It is composed of VII Chapters and the study group is working on the IV one which has the content of Human and the Evolution of the World. Our present Earth had three previous evolution cycles and the Earth is the fourth . The study group has just begun to read about the beginning of the fourth Earth evolution cycle. It deepens an understanding how the evolution of humanity, nature kingdoms and the heavenly body Earth are intimately connected with each other.

    All are welcome!

    Further information:  d.steffelbauer@gmail.com

  • Wednesday 22 October
    7pm - 8.30pm

    with Adam Slowikowski

    We will be reading the first to the fourth lectures from the Temple Legend.

    All welcome. No previous knowledge or experience necessary.

    For more information: adam.slowikowski69@gmail.com

  • Friday 24 October
    7pm - 8.30pm

    with Howard Smith

    Mention of the mythical ‘Philosopher’s Stone’ goes back at least as far as 300AD, but practical efforts to try and make it began in the Middle Ages. It was a stone yet not a stone, it is nowhere yet everywhere, a tincture, a means of making gold, of healing, of prolonging life. It also figures in Rosicrucian training. What is the truth of this mysterious ‘Stone’?   

    Howard is a life-long student of Anthroposophy and has a PhD in Chemistry and founded the Science Group of the ASGB. He believes that modern chemists are the alchemists of today.

    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

  • Monday 27 October
    7pm - 8.30pm

    with Dr Sue Peat and Adrian Hotten

    We will be continuing to read and discuss Theosophy, which is one of Rudolf Steiner’s fundamental and foundational books, published in 1904.

    It begins by describing the threefold nature of the human being: the body, or sense-world; the soul, or inner world; and the spirit, or universal world of cosmic archetypes. A profound discussion of reincarnation and karma follows, concluding with a description of the soul's journey through regions of the supersensible world after death. The book closes with an outline of the path to higher knowledge.

    Copies of the book are readily available both new and pre-loved, and it is also available on the Rudolf Steiner Archive website.

    All are welcome to join us for any, or all, of these meetings. Previous knowledge of Rudolf Steiners’ work is not expected or required.

    All our meetings are free. Donations towards expenses are gratefully received.

    All our meetings are free. Donations towards expenses are gratefully received.

    Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82632129836?pwd=SDZ3d0kxWk0wNU1uUzN5OStBZmN6QT09

    Meeting ID: 826 3212 9836

    Passcode: 755359

  • Wednesday 29 October
    2pm - 4pm

    with William Bishop

    Self-knowledge is vital in today's world. These 16 remarkable lectures given in Dornach in 1920 convey multiple interconnections between the human and the cosmos to reveal self-knowledge to be inseparable from cosmic knowledge - that macrocosm and microcosm consist in unity.

    All welcome. For further information: williambishop191@gmail.com

  • Wednesday 29 October
    4.15pm - 5.45pm

    with Debbie Elliott

    This book was written by Rudolf Steiner. Steiner wrote about this book; “The title Christianity as Mystical Fact was one I gave to this work eight years ago, when I gathered together the content of lectures given in 1902. It was meant to indicate the special approach adopted in the book. Its theme is not just the mystical side of Christianity in a historical presentation. It was meant to show, from the standpoint of a mystical awareness, how Christianity came into being.”

    Further information: ns118de@yahoo.co.uk

    Previous participation is not necessary and there is no need to book.

    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

  • Wednesday 29 October
    7pm - 8.30pm

    with Adam Slowikowski

    We will be reading the first to the fourth lectures from the Temple Legend.

    All welcome. No previous knowledge or experience necessary.

    For more information: adam.slowikowski69@gmail.com

  • Friday 31 October
    7pm - 8.30pm

    with Michael Merle

    At the end of the Revelation to John we encounter a picture of the New Jerusalem which emerges from the heavens and carries many symbols which speak to the aspects that we are to become in the future. This city stands as the seed of our future development.

    Michaël Merle is an anthroposophist who is active as a Waldorf teacher trainer and serves as the priest of The Christian Community in London (Temple Lodge in Hammersmith).

    All welcome, no need to book, no charge. 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

  • Monday 3 November
    7pm - 8.30pm

    With Trevor Dance

    Knowledge of the Higher Worlds is an essential book for understanding Rudolf Steiner’s ideas. It contains practical exercises to set one on the spiritual pathway advocated by Steiner – a reliable and safe path based on a rational, scientific approach.

    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

  • Wednesday 5 November
    2pm - 4pm

    with Trevor Dance

    In these very accessible lectures, Steiner deals with the subtle effects of spiritual development at every level from straightforward investigations of the effects on spiritual seekers of coffee, tea and foodstuffs through to the universe of anthroposophical spiritual striving and the human being in relation to the forces of Ahriman and Lucifer. 

    For further information: trevordance@hotmail.com               

    Our reading groups provide the opportunity in a very informal setting to explore Rudolf Steiner’s work with others. There is no need for any prior participation or knowledge, and everyone, young and old, is very welcome to join us at any time, just once or as often as it suits. We aim to create a friendly, inviting atmosphere, as good humoured as it is serious. Working together, we share our reflections on the immediate theme and try to pay as much attention to listening as to speaking. We find that studying together provides a wonderful opportunity for the whole group to advance in knowledge and understanding. Members and friends are warmly invited to groups at any time even for one-off visits. Previous participation is not necessary and there is no need to book.

    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

  • Wednesday 5 November
    4.15pm - 5.45pm

    with Dagmar Steffelbauer

    Occult Science is not a collection of lectures but a written book by Rudolf Steiner. It is meant as a book to study, to work with. It is composed of VII Chapters and the study group is working on the IV one which has the content of Human and the Evolution of the World. Our present Earth had three previous evolution cycles and the Earth is the fourth. The study group has just begun to read about the beginning of the fourth Earth evolution cycle. It deepens an understanding how the evolution of humanity, nature kingdoms and the heavenly body Earth are intimately connected with each other.

    All are welcome!

    Further information:  d.steffelbauer@gmail.com

  • Wednesday 5 November
    7pm - 8.30pm

    with Adam Slowikowski

    We will be reading the first to the fourth lectures from the Temple Legend.

    All welcome. No previous knowledge or experience necessary.

    For more information: adam.slowikowski69@gmail.com

  • Friday 7 November
    7pm - 8.30pm

    with Katarina Roberts

    In this talk, we will follow Ita Wegman’s, journey from her birth in Java (1876), through the relevance of the seven-year life cycles to becoming a leading figure in Anthroposophical Medicine and founder of the first Anthroposophical hospital in Arlesheim, Switzerland.  

    Katerina Roberts is a Homeopath and Complementary Health Practitioner who incorporates the principles of Anthroposophical Medicine into her practice.

    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

  • Monday 10 November
    7pm - 8.30pm

    with Dr Sue Peat and Adrian Hotten

    We will be continuing to read and discuss Theosophy, which is one of Rudolf Steiner’s fundamental and foundational books, published in 1904.

    It begins by describing the threefold nature of the human being: the body, or sense-world; the soul, or inner world; and the spirit, or universal world of cosmic archetypes. A profound discussion of reincarnation and karma follows, concluding with a description of the soul's journey through regions of the supersensible world after death. The book closes with an outline of the path to higher knowledge.

    Copies of the book are readily available both new and pre-loved, and it is also available on the Rudolf Steiner Archive website.

    All are welcome to join us for any, or all, of these meetings. Previous knowledge of Rudolf Steiners’ work is not expected or required.

    All our meetings are free. Donations towards expenses are gratefully received.

    Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82632129836?pwd=SDZ3d0kxWk0wNU1uUzN5OStBZmN6QT09

    Meeting ID: 826 3212 9836

    Passcode: 755359

  • Wednesday 12 November
    2pm - 4pm

    with William Bishop

    Self-knowledge is vital in today's world. These 16 remarkable lectures given in Dornach in 1920 convey multiple interconnections between the human and the cosmos to reveal self-knowledge to be inseparable from cosmic knowledge - that macrocosm and microcosm consist in unity.

    All welcome. For further information: williambishop191@gmail.com

  • Wednesday 12 November
    4.15pm - 5.45pm

    with Debbie Elliott

    This book was written by Rudolf Steiner. Steiner wrote about this book; “The title Christianity as Mystical Fact was one I gave to this work eight years ago, when I gathered together the content of lectures given in 1902. It was meant to indicate the special approach adopted in the book. Its theme is not just the mystical side of Christianity in a historical presentation. It was meant to show, from the standpoint of a mystical awareness, how Christianity came into being.”

    Further information: ns118de@yahoo.co.uk

    Previous participation is not necessary and there is no need to book.

    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

  • Wednesday 12 November
    7pm - 8.30pm

    with Adam Slowikowski

    We will be reading the first to the fourth lectures from the Temple Legend.

    All welcome. No previous knowledge or experience necessary.

    For more information: adam.slowikowski69@gmail.com

  • Friday 14 November
    7pm - 8.30pm

    with Patrick Dixon

    What is the true future and what does the False Prophet try to persuade us of ? Here is a true prophecy ‘There will arise soon a Prophetic Science that will challenge and in a sense overturn many of the predictions of mainstream reductionist science and orthodox religious fundamentalism’.

    Patrick trained at RADA and is an actor, writer, poet and performer. He lives in London and gives lectures, seminars, one man shows and leads a regular conversation group at Rudolf Steiner House.

    All welcome, no need to book, no charge. 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

  • Monday 17 November
    7pm - 8.30pm

    With Trevor Dance

    Knowledge of the Higher Worlds is an essential book for understanding Rudolf Steiner’s ideas. It contains practical exercises to set one on the spiritual pathway advocated by Steiner – a reliable and safe path based on a rational, scientific approach.

    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

  • Wednesday 19 November
    2pm - 4pm

    with Trevor Dance

    In these very accessible lectures, Steiner deals with the subtle effects of spiritual development at every level from straightforward investigations of the effects on spiritual seekers of coffee, tea and foodstuffs through to the universe of anthroposophical spiritual striving and the human being in relation to the forces of Ahriman and Lucifer. 

    For further information: trevordance@hotmail.com               

    Our reading groups provide the opportunity in a very informal setting to explore Rudolf Steiner’s work with others. There is no need for any prior participation or knowledge, and everyone, young and old, is very welcome to join us at any time, just once or as often as it suits. We aim to create a friendly, inviting atmosphere, as good humoured as it is serious. Working together, we share our reflections on the immediate theme and try to pay as much attention to listening as to speaking. We find that studying together provides a wonderful opportunity for the whole group to advance in knowledge and understanding. Members and friends are warmly invited to groups at any time even for one-off visits. Previous participation is not necessary and there is no need to book.

    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

  • Wednesday 19 November
    4.15pm - 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

  • Wednesday 19 November
    7pm - 8.30pm

    with Adam Slowikowski

    We will be reading the first to the fourth lectures from the Temple Legend.

    All welcome. No previous knowledge or experience necessary.

    For more information: adam.slowikowski69@gmail.com

  • Monday 24 November
    7pm - 8.30pm

    with Dr Sue Peat and Adrian Hotten

    We will be continuing to read and discuss Theosophy, which is one of Rudolf Steiner’s fundamental and foundational books, published in 1904.

    It begins by describing the threefold nature of the human being: the body, or sense-world; the soul, or inner world; and the spirit, or universal world of cosmic archetypes. A profound discussion of reincarnation and karma follows, concluding with a description of the soul's journey through regions of the supersensible world after death. The book closes with an outline of the path to higher knowledge.

    Copies of the book are readily available both new and pre-loved, and it is also available on the Rudolf Steiner Archive website.

    All are welcome to join us for any, or all, of these meetings. Previous knowledge of Rudolf Steiners’ work is not expected or required.

    All our meetings are free. Donations towards expenses are gratefully received.

    Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82632129836?pwd=SDZ3d0kxWk0wNU1uUzN5OStBZmN6QT09

    Meeting ID: 826 3212 9836

    Passcode: 755359

  • Wednesday 26 November
    2pm - 4pm

    with William Bishop

    Self-knowledge is vital in today's world. These 16 remarkable lectures given in Dornach in 1920 convey multiple interconnections between the human and the cosmos to reveal self-knowledge to be inseparable from cosmic knowledge - that macrocosm and microcosm consist in unity.

    All welcome. For further information: williambishop191@gmail.com

  • Wednesday 26 November
    4.15pm - 5.45pm

    with Debbie Elliott

    This book was written by Rudolf Steiner. Steiner wrote about this book; “The title Christianity as Mystical Fact was one I gave to this work eight years ago, when I gathered together the content of lectures given in 1902. It was meant to indicate the special approach adopted in the book. Its theme is not just the mystical side of Christianity in a historical presentation. It was meant to show, from the standpoint of a mystical awareness, how Christianity came into being.”

    Further information: ns118de@yahoo.co.uk

    Previous participation is not necessary and there is no need to book.

    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

  • Monday 15 December
    7pm - 8.30pm

    with Trevor Dance

    Knowledge of the Higher Worlds is an essential book for understanding Rudolf Steiner’s ideas. It contains practical exercises to set one on the spiritual pathway advocated by Steiner – a reliable and safe path based on a rational, scientific approach.

    For further information: trevordance@hotmail.com

    Our reading groups provide the opportunity in a very informal setting to explore Rudolf
    Steiner’s work with others. There is no need for any prior participation or knowledge, and everyone, young and old, is very welcome to join us at any time, just once or as often as it suits. We aim to create a friendly, inviting atmosphere, as good humoured as it is serious. Working together, we share our reflections on the immediate theme and try to pay as much attention to listening as to speaking. We find that studying together provides a wonderful opportunity for the whole group to advance in knowledge and understanding. Members and friends are warmly invited to groups at any time even for one-off visits. Previous participation is not necessary and there is no need to book.

    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