What’s On

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

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 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

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.

An introduction to the modern spiritual path of Anthroposophy. Taking 10 areas of Anthroposophy and explaining them through a combination of lectures and activities.

This series has been designed by Alex Wright as a course with the knowledge building week on week, so regular attendance is advised. Alex has an MA in Law from Oxford University and is a graduate of the three-year Emerson Visual Arts Course.

Each evening cost £10 or £7 students, pay 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 at Emerson College, Forest Row, East Sussex, RH18 5JX www.emerson.org.uk/introtoanthro

Enquiries please call 01342 827967.

Next courses:
4 December
9. Sleep, Dreams and the Afterlife
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.

11 December
10. How to Make Progress
Anthroposophy is a Spiritual Path which can lead to very significant human development. A practical guide to making that a reality.

with Andrew Welburn

Modern life is powerfully driven: but is it not by an underlying panic terror? People often seem desperate to get more out of life, but are baffled how to reach it. We may clutch at idols, or else the openness of the future confronts us where we have least defences, but to believe in it – and in our modern situation – is the only way to divine the light, and our angel-destiny.

Andrew Welburn 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 Steiners’ philosophy, esotericism, and Christianity, and on the prophet Zarathustra.

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

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 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

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 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

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.

An introduction to the modern spiritual path of Anthroposophy. Taking 10 areas of Anthroposophy and explaining them through a combination of lectures and activities.

This series has been designed by Alex Wright as a course with the knowledge building week on week, so regular attendance is advised. Alex has an MA in Law from Oxford University and is a graduate of the three-year Emerson Visual Arts Course.

Each evening cost £10 or £7 students, pay 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 at Emerson College, Forest Row, East Sussex, RH18 5JX www.emerson.org.uk/introtoanthro

Enquiries please call 01342 827967.

Next course:
11 December
10. How to Make Progress
Anthroposophy is a Spiritual Path which can lead to very significant human development. A practical guide to making that a reality.

with Andrew Linnell

Breathing is a feature of all living beings. Before we became upright human beings, what did we breathe? What will we inhale and exhale in the future? How far away is that future? We will explore what Rudolf Steiner called “Refined Breathing” and the yoga of the near future.

Andrew Linnell is a co-founder of MysTech, an Anthroposophical organization seeking to realise Rudolf Steiner's indications on Mechanical Occultism. He serves as president of the Boston branch of the Anthroposophical Society.

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

Events are not recorded and zoom meetings are limited to 100 participants.

Zoom link : https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82632129836
Meeting ID: 826 3212 9836, Passcode: 755359

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

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 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

with Alex Wright

Anthroposophy is a Spiritual Path which can lead to very significant human development. A practical guide to making that a reality.

An introduction to the modern spiritual path of Anthroposophy. Taking 10 areas of Anthroposophy and explaining them through a combination of lectures and activities.

This series has been designed by Alex Wright as a course with the knowledge building week on week, so regular attendance is advised. Alex has an MA in Law from Oxford University and is a graduate of the three-year Emerson Visual Arts Course.

Each evening cost £10 or £7 students, pay 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 at Emerson College, Forest Row, East Sussex, RH18 5JX www.emerson.org.uk/introtoanthro

Enquiries please call 01342 827967.

with Andrew Wolpert

What choices do you have when the inherited political, economic and social structures are so degraded and entrenched that you feel unfree and unable to effect any real change in the world?

Andrew Wolpert is an adult educator and art historian. He is the coordinator in Great Britain of the Humanities Section of the School of Spiritual Science.

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.

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 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

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