What’s On

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

Join us at Rudolf Steiner House, the only example of expressionist architecture in London, for Open House London.

Free admission and drop-ins between 9.30am and 1.30pm

https://programme.openhouse.org.uk/listings/1571

www: https://openhouselondon.org.uk/

Lecture by Thomas Mayer

At every moment we are surrounded and permeated by angels of the nine hierarchies.

How can we differentiate the nine angelic hierarchies?

How do the angels work in our lives and in our aura?

How does our angel accompany us in our sleep and after death?

What is a landscape angel?

How do angels express themselves in families or social communities?

How do angels experience us humans?

Thomas Mayer is a Meditation teacher, civil rights activist, and author of “Answering the Call of the Elementals” published by Findhorn Press, “Overcoming Fear - Exercises for Spiritual Self-Defense” and “Covid Vaccines from a Spiritual Perspective”.

https://www.anthroposophische-meditation.de/english

£15 cash on the door.

For further information please call Alex Wright on 01342 827967

Thomas will be leading a workshop on Anthroposophical Meditation focussed on connecting to the Angelic World, at Emerson College from 7pm Friday 26th September to 12.30pm Sunday 28th September.

Please see https://emerson.org.uk/course/thomas-mayer-workshop-connecting-to-the-angelic-world/ for full details.

Talk and Book Launch with Julie Lam

Join us in Rudolf Steiner Bookshop for an inspiring evening with Julie Lam as she shares insights from her new book exploring how childhood development shapes our lifelong capacity for authentic connection.

About the Book:

From The Heart of Childhood takes readers on a profound journey through the three phases of childhood development: Truth in the Body (0-7 years), Beauty in the Soul (7-14 years), and Goodness in the Spirit (14-21 years). Drawing from decades of experience, Julie reveals how understanding these stages can heal the wounds and patterns that hold us back, transforming our relationships with ourselves and others. Blending personal stories, practical reflections, and guided meditations, she offers a pathway back to presence, wonder, and the art of deep listening.

Julie Lam

Julie Lam is a mother of four, grandmother, mentor, and founder of Highgate House School in Hong Kong, where she pioneered a nurturing approach to early childhood education that honours each individual’s unique developmental journey. She is trained in Steiner Waldorf education, Pikler approaches, therapeutic play, and counselling, as well as in Compassionate Inquiry developed by Dr. Gabor Maté. Julie also guides people in finding their authentic voice through listening and speaking circles, creating spaces for deep presence and truth-telling.

With over four decades supporting hundreds of families and individuals, Julie now focuses on creating Listening Sanctuaries—sacred spaces where anyone seeking deeper connection can return to their inner wisdom and live more joy-filled, wholehearted lives. Her passion is to pass on these skills of deep listening and presence so that this healing art continues to grow in the world.

This evening offers an opportunity to rediscover childhood’s essential wisdom and deepen your capacity for presence, wonder, and genuine human connection. Julie will be available to sign books at the event.

Books will also be available for purchase.

Free entry. Limited places. To book a place in advance please email Rudolf Steiner Bookshop at rsh-bookshop@anth.org.uk or ring the bookshop on 0207 724 7699. Spaces are also availabe on the night.

with Dr Sue Peat and Douglas Davidson 

Biodynamics is an organic method of cultivation arising out of Rudolf Steiner’s Spiritual research. It was his response to questions from farmers who were unhappy with ‘chemical’ agriculture. Biodynamics works with the rhythms of the movements of the Sun, Moon, planets and stars, to which the plants respond. The workshop will cover the background of the biodynamic planting calendar and using the biodynamic preparations. It’s Autumn, a time to harvest, enjoy the changing colours and plan for next year. The workshop will include presentations of research that demonstrate the benefits that biodynamics brings to the environment, the soil, the plants and to improvements in food quality.   

For the last hour, we’ll stir the horn manure preparation (known as 500), so bring an empty screw top bottle if you would like to take some home. A 500ml bottle is enough for an average garden. The workshop is suitable for those new to biodynamics and for anyone who would like to give their garden, window boxes or house plants a winter treat!  

Sue and Douglas are enthusiastic gardeners with lots of practical experience in biodynamic gardening.  

All are welcome, no need to book.  

Full £10, Concession £5

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

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

Movement and Meditation

with Sara Hunt

These classes are designed to embrace the wholeness of being human. We will start each session with a gentle physical warm-up, involving some stretching and loosening to enliven our bodies.  We will then awaken to our creative selves through eurythmy, an art of harmonious movement, including poetry and music. We will conclude with a meditation.

These drop-in classes are for everyone and anyone, with no prior experience needed.    

Please wear loose fitting comfortable clothing and soft soled shoes.

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. She is presently a freelance personal coach.

Price per class: £10 Full/£8 Concession

No prior booking, payment in the bookshop upon arrival. Please show your receipt to the facilitator at the session. 

with Peter van Breda

August Make and Franz Marc were close friends in a new artistic endeavour at the turn of the 20th century. In their work they brought colour and form to life with an unforgettable radiance. They both tragically died in the 1st World War and leave us an astonishing legacy with which to work.

History of Art has remained an innovative companion for Peter for over 50 years. A course given by William (Mucky) Mann, at Emerson College led him to recognise that art through the ages can offer a direct indication of the phases of consciousness through which we have evolved.    

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As part of the Friday Seminars and Lectures: Towards Tomorrows

A series of alternating zoom and face to face seminars and lectures exploring the future, led by speakers working out of insights offered by 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

Lecture and Performance by Steffen Hartmann

What can we make of spiritual experiences? Do they happen to us, or are they invented by us? How can we distinguish between reality and illusion in such perceptions? Can there be a scientific basis for approaching this issue?

Steffen Hartmann has addressed this question directly and will show how the anthroposophical path of personal development begins with pure thought and meditation, and ends in spiritual experience - the ability to access, as conscious, mindful individuals, the realm of angelic beings.

Steffen Hartmann (b.1976) has accompanied Elisabeth Schwarzkopf on the piano, and worked closely with the soprano Marret Winger. In 2007 he founded the MenschMusik Insitute in Hamburg with Matthias Bölts. He has followed an inner meditative path based on anthroposophy since 1997 and has worked as a teacher of meditation. He founded the publishing house Edition Widar with Torben Maiwald, and has led the Rudolf Steiner Haus Hamburg branch of the Anthroposophical Society since 2012. He is also the author of many books including “The Michael Prophecy and the Years 2012-2033” (2020), and holds lectures and conducts seminars and concerts worldwide.

£15 cash on the door.

For further information please call Alex Wright on 01342 827967

On this UK mini-tour Steffen will lecture at Emerson College on the evening of Saturday 11th October, and both lecture and perform at the Christian Community in Stroud on the afternoon of Sunday 12th October.

His new book, “Angel Thinking - Consciousness, Meditation and Human Destiny” will be published by Temple Lodge on 21st April 2025.

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

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

with Sarah Kane

WORKSHOP 1

Friday 17 October 19.00 – 21.30 & Saturday 18 October 10.00 – 17.30

Exploring the Play: Developing the Feeling of the Whole

October – December

How does the acting technique developed by Russian actor Michael Chekhov work in practice? If you have had a go at working with atmospheres or gestures or a character’s imaginary body in a workshop and want to see how creatively inspiring and liberating working with the technique can be when looking at a whole play, come and find out!

We will focus on using the technique to open up one particular play, Russian author Yevgeni Schwarts’s satire (disguised as a fairy tale) The Dragon, written in 1944 and banned from the stage after the opening night.

Starting on Friday evening and running through Saturday all day, the three workshops are designed to build from one to the other but can also be taken individually.  

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WORKSHOP 2

Friday 31 October 19.00 – 21.30 & Saturday 1 November 10.00 – 17.30

Opening the Play: Discovering the Polarities and Climaxes

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WORKSHOP 3

Friday 19 December 19.00 – 21.30 & Saturday 20 December 10.00 – 17.30

Deepening the Play: Scoring the Atmospheres

These workshops are intended for those with some acting experience looking to deepen their skills through working with Chekhov’s technique in bringing a text alive.

Fee

Each workshop (Fri – Sat): £65

Three sessions paid upfront: £165

 Booking: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/rudolf-steiner-house/e-pbpoxo

Telling a Story

What tools does an actor need to do a story justice? Please bring a brief story, such as a fable, or an excerpt from a longer one that you wish to work on. 

Fee: £30.00 per session or £75.00 for all three.

Book via: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/rudolf-steiner-house/e-qmzxdo

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SUNDAYS 10.00 TO 13.00 

Three explorations into aspects of artistic speech for stage and screen. 

OCTOBER 19 2025 

TELLING A STORY 

What tools does an actor need to do a story justice? Please bring a brief story, such as a fable, or an excerpt from a longer one that you wish to work on. 

2 NOVEMBER 2025 

THE WORDS OF A MONOLOGUE  

Exploring exactly what words a character uses for a monologue: what do they say about how to speak the monologue? Please bring your own monologue to explore. 

21 DECEMBER 2025 

THE MONOLOGUE’S CHARACTER 

Who speaks the monologue? What impact does this have on how the actor speaks the monologue? Please bring your own monologue, and if you are attending all three sessions, please continue your work on the one used in the previous session. 

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    

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

This seminar will be an opportunity to explore Hilma af Klint’s destiny with anthroposophy. Her tireless search and what she encountered in Dornach are easily overlooked in the popular acclaim her work has had in several recent publications and exhibitions. After meeting Rudolf Steiner and encountering the wet-on-wet painting technique, Hilma af Klint embarked on a new direction, both in content and style. This last phase of her tireless exploring opened a new dimension for her continuing striving. The many diverse fields of Hilma af Klint’s artistic endeavours, the changing collaborative constellations, and the different sources of her inspiration were all integral to the questing of her free and honest spirit. Anne Weise from The Rudolf Steiner Archive in Dornach will give two illustrated lectures on this development in Hilma af Klint's work, and Mary-Anne Paterson will offer a painting workshop on the wet-on-wet technique.

10.30 Welcome and Introduction Andrew Wolpert
11am Exploration of The Swan Sequence and beyond Anne Weise
12.30 Lunch break
1.30 Painting Workshop Mary-Anne Paterson
3.30 Tea break
4pm Discussion
4.30 Hima af Klint’s destiny with anthroposophy Anne Weise
5.30 Closing

For more information and to reserve a place please contact Andrew Wolpert andrewjwolpert@gmail.com

£25 (concessions £15)

This event is organised by the Humanities and Visual Arts Sections of the School of Spiritual Science

with Sarah Kane

WORKSHOP 2

Friday 31 October 19.00 – 21.30 & Saturday 1 November 10.00 – 17.30

Opening the Play: Discovering the Polarities and Climaxes

October – December

How does the acting technique developed by Russian actor Michael Chekhov work in practice? If you have had a go at working with atmospheres or gestures or a character’s imaginary body in a workshop and want to see how creatively inspiring and liberating working with the technique can be when looking at a whole play, come and find out!

We will focus on using the technique to open up one particular play, Russian author Yevgeni Schwarts’s satire (disguised as a fairy tale) The Dragon, written in 1944 and banned from the stage after the opening night.

Starting on Friday evening and running through Saturday all day, the three workshops are designed to build from one to the other but can also be taken individually.  

WORKSHOP 1

Friday 17 October 19.00 – 21.30 & Saturday 18 October 10.00 – 17.30

Exploring the Play: Developing the Feeling of the Whole

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WORKSHOP 3

Friday 19 December 19.00 – 21.30 & Saturday 20 December 10.00 – 17.30

Deepening the Play: Scoring the Atmospheres

These workshops are intended for those with some acting experience looking to deepen their skills through working with Chekhov’s technique in bringing a text alive.

Fee

Each workshop (Fri – Sat): £65

Three sessions paid upfront: £165

 Booking: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/rudolf-steiner-house/e-pbpoxo

The Words of A Monologue 

Exploring exactly what words a character uses for a monologue: what do they say about how to speak the monologue? Please bring your own monologue to explore. 

Fee: £30.00 per session or £75.00 for all three.

Book via: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/rudolf-steiner-house/e-qmzxdo

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SUNDAYS 10.00 TO 13.00
Three explorations into aspects of artistic speech for stage and screen.

OCTOBER 19 2025
TELLING A STORY
What tools does an actor need to do a story justice? Please bring a brief story, such as a fable, or an excerpt from a longer one that you wish to work on.

2 NOVEMBER 2025
THE WORDS OF A MONOLOGUE 
Exploring exactly what words a character uses for a monologue: what do they say about how to speak the monologue? Please bring your own monologue to explore.

21 DECEMBER 2025
THE MONOLOGUE’S CHARACTER
Who speaks the monologue? What impact does this have on how the actor speaks the monologue? Please bring your own monologue, and if you are attending all three sessions, please continue your work on the one used in the previous session.

FEE: £30.00 PER SESSION

Talk by Karsten Massei

Sophia is a guardian of the Earth, she has left many traces in the history of humanity; Isis, Athena and Persephone all bear unmistakable traits of Sophia. There have also been numerous people who have borne witness to her. Karsten would like to ask about Sophia's current presence and impact. The focus is on the inner paths that lead to an encounter with and understanding of Sophia. We are looking for Sophia's significance for today.

Sophia surprises us. She reveals herself in a way that often contradicts our usual ideas, opinions and convictions. One can get the impression that a new way of listening is needed to understand her language and messages and to experience her presence. She reveals herself to everyone in an individual way.

£10 cash on the door.

For further information please call Alex Wright on 01342 827967

Karsten’s new book on Sophia, “Sophia, Goddess of Wisdom and Guardian of the Earth” will be published by Temple Lodge in October 2025.

Karsten was born in Berlin in 1963 and has worked as a curative educator in Switzerland for the last 30 years. He developed his clairvoyance through spending time with medicinal herbs in their natural environment, and has written six books on Nature Spirits, including “The School of the Elemental Beings”, his latest book is “Connecting with Nature – Earth and Humanity what unites us?” published by Temple Lodge. He was a keynote speaker at the “Nature Spirits and Humans” conference in 2019 and gave a workshop in the Weleda herbal medicine garden.

Karsten will lead 3 day seminars on Sophia in May 2026 at Emerson College (2-4 May), near Stroud (8-10  May) and Sheffield (23-25 May). To be kept informed of these events please e-mail spiritinaction2017@gmail.com

Talk and Conversation with Erika Žagar

Children who are in touch with dragons, fairies, mermaids and angels can save our world endangered by pollution and war. Erika Žagar, author of spiritual adventure books, portrays young people who travel bravely through enchanted worlds to triumph over evil forces against which adults are powerless. Through their heroic feats, they grow into confident young people after troubled early childhoods. Erika makes a plea for humanity to live on a more spiritual plane. One of her books is on the syllabus of a Waldorf school in her home country, Slovenia.

Join us in Rudolf Steiner Bookshop for a rare visit and talk and conversation with  Erika Žagar.

Erika Žagar writes spiritual adventure books for children. Her young heroes venture into fantastic worlds of enchanted lakes, magic mountains and underwater kingdoms lit by swirling myriad colours. Her young characters have troubled backgrounds, but they find happiness and become heroes by saving the world from human pollution, wars and cruelty. Assisting them are dragons, mermaids, leprechauns, fairies, mysterious guardians of woods and Poseidon, King of the Underwater World. With their capacity to relate to the magic world, children emerge as saviours of our society and our planet. Living in Slovenia, Erika is a doctor by profession, specialising in bio-resonance treatments. Her books are originally in Slovene and the following books are already translated into English - Poseidon's Underwater School; Sleeping Knights; and Itaia and the Fire Dragon.

Free event: To book a place in advance please email Rudolf Steiner Bookshop at rsh-bookshop@anth.org.uk or ring the bookshop on 0207 724 7699. Spaces are also availabe on the night.

Talk and Book Launch with Marko Pogačnik

The power of love is not just a human privilege. It is a universal quality that links together all the elemental beings of nature in a permanent unity and choreography. What are the potentials of the human heart system that would enable us to perceive and join in the dance of universal love instead of resigning ourselves to it or even going to war all the time? The dramatic situation of the present epoch demands that we listen to the subtle shifts within the body of the Earth and within our own bodies. In this talk Marko Pogačnik introduces his experiences of the recent reappearance of the Love Sphere of the Earth, an etheric counterpart to the biosphere.

Join us for this visit from Marko and the launch of his new book, The Love Sphere of the Earth: Awakening the Nuclear Power of the Heart, published by Lindisfarne Books (2025). After the talk there will be the opportunity to purchase the book with a book signing.

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 Gaia’s Quantum Leap, The Universe of the Human Body, Dancing with the Earth Changes, and Creating Gaia Culture. In 2016, he was appointed UNESCO Artist for Peace and is a member of the TRANS-4-M Global Wisdom Council.

Entrance £5 / £3 concession

Please purchase tickets in advance or on the night in the Bookshop.

For more information ring Rudolf Steiner Bookshop on 020 7724 7699

A Symposium Celebrating Owen Barfield

Meaning and imagination are two intertwined themes throughout the writing career of philosopher and poet Owen Barfield, whose ideas inspired the likes of C. S Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien and T. S. Eliot. This symposium will explore these two central themes of Barfield's work, his debt to philosophical and spiritual movements from Neoplatonism to Rudolf Steiner’s Anthroposophy, and his relevance to contemporary issues such as the meaning crisis and the secular age. 

Join authors Mark Vernon and Jeffrey Hipolito together with poets Sir Ben Okri and Hilary Davies for a lively mix of talks, poetry readings and conversations exploring Barfield’s lasting influence, the nature of the imagination and man's eternal quest for meaning.

CONTRIBUTORS:

MARK VERNON is a psychotherapist, podcaster and author. His books include A Secret History of Christianity: Jesus, the Last Inkling and the Evolution of Consciousness and most recently Awake! William Blake and the Power of the Imagination. He used to be a priest in the Church of England.

JEFFREY HIPOLITO is the chairperson of the Owen Barfield Society.  He is the author of Owen Barfield’s Poetic Philosophy: Meaning and Imagination (Bloomsbury 2024) and forthcoming Owen Barfield’s Poetry, Drama and Owen Barfield: Philosopher, Poet, Anthroposophist. He lives in America.

SIR BEN OKRI is a poet and novelist. His poetry books include: A Fire in My Head: Poems for the Dawn, Mental Fight: An Epic Poem and Wild. His latest novel is Madame Sosostris & the Festival for the Broken-Hearted (2025).

HILARY DAVIES is a poet, essayist and translator. Her fifth collection, Compass Light, will be published in September 2025. She is a former Chairman of the Poetry Society and is a Fellow of the English Association and the Temenos Academy.

ADMISSION:

£25 - General admission

£15 – Anthroposophical Society and Temenos Academy members

          + Full-time students with student ID card

ONLINE BOOKING: https://buytickets.at/thetemenosacademy/1810249 

ENQUIRIES: Daniel Samuel, E: temenosacademy@myfastmail.com T: 07513 883 335 or Ilona Pimbert, E ilona.pimbert.rsh@anth.org.uk T 020 7723 4400https://rsh.anth.org.uk/event/poetic-imagination-and-the-rediscovery-of-meaning/

A talk with meditation exercises and discussion by Inessa Burdich

Inessa will share some of her personal journey with meditation and research projects. We will then delve into the crucial challenges of the present, exploring the hidden spiritual battles that underlie the material world, as understood through Anthroposophy. Drawing on the teachings of Rudolf Steiner, the presentation will address the concealed issues between materialism and spirituality, offering insights into how inner development through meditation and “cleansing” of negativity in our personal biography can serve as a powerful tool for personal development. This can enable us to be able to make a practical and positive contribution to transforming the pressing concerns of our time.

Spiritual Science Research represents a further advancement of personal meditative work, distinguishing itself by its systematic investigation.  Research or contemplative inquiry extends into a diligent quest for knowledge of the higher worlds, exploring both the inner self and the external world. Through this relentless pursuit of researching, individuals are empowered to navigate modern problems and contribute meaningfully to the renewal of the world.

Participants will be invited to join in meditative exercise to deepen their understanding of the themes addressed during the presentation. Additionally, an overview of the Spiritual Science Research course will be given. We will conclude with a Q&A session to further explore the insights presented.

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This is an introduction talk to the Spiritual Science Research course which will run on Sundays at Rudolf Steiner House from Sunday 16th November.

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About the facilitator: https://spiritual-science-research.com/about/

£10 cash on the door.

For further information please call Alex Wright on 01342 827967.

Talk & Workshop with Inessa Burdich

TALK – Meditation as a path of spiritual development and as a research method.

Meditation has recently become an increasingly popular subject but is described and applied in many different ways. So what is it? In this talk, we will explore meditation as a way to nourish and train our soul in a similar way that food and physical exercise are daily necessities for us.

Moreover, you will learn that meditation can also be used as a tool for spiritual research over a wide range of areas.

Focusing on an inner core question is the first aspect of spiritual research and creating a clear content-less inner space is a crucial requirement for it. Achieving these aspects gives the higher worlds the possibility to provide clear insights concerning the research topic.

WORKSHOP – How to control your thoughts

In this workshop, we will discover and apply practical exercises to deepen the topic of the talk. This will be a space to explore the value and practice of meditation as a training and research process. Subjects covered include the following.

• Practising thought concentration;
• Experiencing and researching qualities of stability and confidence;
• Exploring the connection between our physical body and our I-presence;
• Weleda products research.

This practical workshop aims to help us to recognise our subtle bodies. The starting point in this is developing the ability to have a clear mind and above all strengthening your “I” (true self) so that it is in control of your mind. Specifically Western methods of strengthening are used rather than Eastern methods of receptivity, and practices are taught which can form the basis of an effective and safe spiritual path.

This day course is theme 1 of a 7 part course, each theme of which can be taken independently. The course has run since 2019, has been taken by more than 400 participants, and is currently facilitated in six languages. At each meeting we immerse ourselves in the world of supersensible ideas, principles, and phenomena that are presented in talks, which are then deepened in workshops where we perform Anthroposophical meditations as well as research and perception exercises.

The Spiritual Science Research course consists of seven themes arranged over seven Sundays. Further themes are:

2: The Etheric realm (vital forces) in human beings and nature (8 March 2026)

3: The Astral realm (emotional forces) in human beings and nature (17 May 2026)

4: Dimensions of the sense of Self (I-manifestation). (t.b.a)

5. The Spiritual parts of the human constitution: Spirit Self, Life Spirit, Spirit Man. (t.b.a)

6. The Soul parts of the human constitution. (t.b.a)

7. Mechanics of the Mind and Empty Consciousness. (t.b.a)

Timetable:

Sundays: 9.30 am – 6.30 pm in the Eurythmy room at Rudolf Steiner House, 35 Park Rd, London NW1 6XT, United Kingdom

Standard price for one theme: £95

The course themes build on each other but can also be attended individually and are self-contained. It is also possible to participate in one, two or several weekends.

For booking and enquiries call Alex on 01342 827967

Feedback from participants: https://spiritual-science-research.com/feedback-in-english/

About the facilitator: https://spiritual-science-research.com/about/

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Before the course, you can watch an online talk:

An Introduction to Anthroposophical Meditation. - https://spiritual-science-research.com/from-self-development-to-world-development/

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

A talk with Inessa Burdich

How do we experience the impulse of Christ? Spiritual science research shows that various manifestations of the Christ impulse are present today in the supersensible worlds. The different qualities of these manifestations are always and everywhere accessible to humanity.

How are we able to become active participants in spiritual work? In our meditation, we can address the different aspects of Christ and their different qualities to bring a positive contribution to humanity and all beings, to our planet Earth, and to the current problems we are all going through.

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This talk is in part an introduction to the 1 day workshop which will run the next day, Saturday 22nd November, though it can be attended without the workshop.

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About the facilitator: https://spiritual-science-research.com/about/

£10 cash on the door.

For further information please call Alex Wright on 01342 827967.

A workshop with Inessa Burdich

How do we experience the impulse of Christ? Spiritual science research shows that various manifestations of the impulse of Christ are present today in the supersensible worlds. The different qualities of these manifestations are within reach for us humans always and everywhere.

How are we able to become active participants in spiritual work? In our meditation, we can address the different aspects of Christ and their different qualities to bring a positive contribution for humans and all beings, to our planet Earth, and to the current problems we are all going through.

This will be a practical workshop starting with meditation and moving on to exercises.

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About Inessa https://spiritual-science-research.com/about/

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Cost £50, must be booked in advance, call Alex Wright on 01342 827967 for booking and further information.

Shakespeare’s play, a meditation for healing relationship

An embodied exploration with Adam Fotheringham

The Winter’s Tale is one of Shakespeare’s last and most moving plays. It shares with the other late plays a preoccupation with loss and redemption. In the story King Leontes, acting out of blind jealousy, tyrannically destroys his family and happiness, but his shattered world is redeemed by time, destiny and a process of inner atonement. In this divisive age of polarising perspectives and conflicting narratives, how can we work to heal the relational rifts that threaten our human fellowship? This deeply spiritual play points both to causes of conflict in human interaction, and to the path of repair and reconciliation available if we choose to take it. Participants will be introduced to the story, which will become a lens for examining their own conduct in relationship. Through dialogue, group reflection and embodied exercises, participants will have opportunities to work with their own relationship history in a context that is strongly held, confidential and holds a possibility for healing.

Adam Fotheringham has a background in theatre as an actor, director and teacher, but now works predominantly in personal and leadership development. He is a Programme Lead and Archetypal Coach with Olivier Mythodrama, using story as a tool for developing individuals in leadership and life.

Cost £65 (£50 concessions)

Book via: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/rudolf-steiner-house/t-krnzkpl

*Originally advertised as 18th May

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

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

Rudolf Steiner and the New Prehistory

A one-day seminar with author Andrew Welburn

Rudolf Steiner is unrivalled for ‘the big perspective’ on human origins – and potential. New revolutionary scientific ideas are just catching up.

The Stone Age no longer stands for brutish cave men, its stunning cave-paintings are now known to be visionary journeys, reflecting a clairvoyant consciousness under whose guidance ours emerged. Spirituality made is human, yet there were other humans, like the Atlanteans mentioned by Steiner. Welburn has argued persuasively that the Neanderthals ­– nowadays acknowledged as highly intelligent, deeply creative and lovers of music – are a humanity of that type. These stages of human origin are richly explored in this seminar centred around Welburn’s new book, After Atlantis.

A distinguished scholar, Andrew Welburn has held fellowships from the British Academy and the Frances Yates Trust at the universities of London and Oxford. Andrew’s wider interests have included spiritual and religious history, especially the deeper roots of Christianity in the evolution of humanity. His most recent books are Neanderthals and Atlantis (2024) and After Atlantis (2025).

Cost £15, £10 conc.

Booking online: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/rudolf-steiner-house/t-avreppk                                                                       

For more information: E: ilona.pimbert.rsh@anth.org.uk T: 020 7723 4400

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

with Sarah Kane

WORKSHOP 3

Friday 19 December 19.00 – 21.30 & Saturday 20 December 10.00 – 17.30

Deepening the Play: Scoring the Atmospheres

October – December

How does the acting technique developed by Russian actor Michael Chekhov work in practice? If you have had a go at working with atmospheres or gestures or a character’s imaginary body in a workshop and want to see how creatively inspiring and liberating working with the technique can be when looking at a whole play, come and find out!

We will focus on using the technique to open up one particular play, Russian author Yevgeni Schwarts’s satire (disguised as a fairy tale) The Dragon, written in 1944 and banned from the stage after the opening night.

Starting on Friday evening and running through Saturday all day, the three workshops are designed to build from one to the other but can also be taken individually.  

WORKSHOP 1

Friday 17 October 19.00 – 21.30 & Saturday 18 October 10.00 – 17.30

Exploring the Play: Developing the Feeling of the Whole

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WORKSHOP 2

Friday 31 October 19.00 – 21.30 & Saturday 1 November 10.00 – 17.30

Opening the Play: Discovering the Polarities and Climaxes

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These workshops are intended for those with some acting experience looking to deepen their skills through working with Chekhov’s technique in bringing a text alive.

Fee

Each workshop (Fri – Sat): £65

Three sessions paid upfront: £165

 Booking: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/rudolf-steiner-house/e-pbpoxo

The Monologue of Character

Who speaks the monologue? What impact does this have on how the actor speaks the monologue? Please bring your own monologue, and if you are attending all three sessions, please continue your work on the one used in the previous session.

Fee: £30.00 per session or £75.00 for all three.

Book via: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/rudolf-steiner-house/e-qmzxdo

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SUNDAYS 10.00 TO 13.00
Three explorations into aspects of artistic speech for stage and screen.

OCTOBER 19 2025
TELLING A STORY
What tools does an actor need to do a story justice? Please bring a brief story, such as a fable, or an excerpt from a longer one that you wish to work on.

2 NOVEMBER 2025
THE WORDS OF A MONOLOGUE 
Exploring exactly what words a character uses for a monologue: what do they say about how to speak the monologue? Please bring your own monologue to explore.

21 DECEMBER 2025
THE MONOLOGUE’S CHARACTER
Who speaks the monologue? What impact does this have on how the actor speaks the monologue? Please bring your own monologue, and if you are attending all three sessions, please continue your work on the one used in the previous session.

FEE: £30.00 PER SESSION

Music Poetry Storytelling

with Louise Coigley

Honouring the centenary of Frida Kahlo’s accident 17 September 1925

Storyteller, speech & language therapist and spinal injury survivor Louise weaves her own fractured journey into a powerful and poetic narrative of perseverance and healing. Born with clubfeet, as a child Louise develops scoliosis.

After years of treatment for her legs & feet and back, being stretched, moulded, winched and strapped, then undergoing spinal surgery, Louise emerges out of the cocoon of a spinning bed. Years later, in extreme pain, she encounters Frida Kahlo’s paintings, learns about her life, her loves. Louise finds recognition and a new way to navigate pain: through creativity. With humour and humanity, tales from these two women’s lives interweave.

Accompanied by Olivier nominated actress Melody Grove and Aly Macrae, actor & musician of stage and screen, “Back to Back” unfolds with poignant, uplifting singing & music. Melody also speaks “From the Frocks”- a powerful new prose poem by Louise.

www.lisntell.co.uk
Book Tickets: £20
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/rudolf-steiner-house/back-to-back/e-ajyrgp

Meeting Pain through Art, Celebrating Creativity

A day of artistic workshops and sharing in the centenary month of the horrific accident and sustained injuries of the Mexican painter Frida Kahlo

‘To be an artist is to believe in life.’ Frida Kahlo

A choice of workshops:

Creative Writing with poet & co-leader of The School of Storytelling Henrietta Bowen

Drama with Olivier Nominated actress Melody Grove

Painting with artist Ilona Pimbert

The Art of Being Present with mindfulness teacher Tamzin Muir

Followed by a sharing from the workshops and conversation

Fee: £40.00 - some bursaries available

https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/rudolf-steiner-house/back-to-back/e-ajyrgp

Contact Louise at: lfc@listntell.co.uk

Banner image: Roots by Frida Kahlo 1943