News - March 2009

 

Anthroposophical Society in Canada 

In This Issue
Upcoming Events
Mot du Secr�taire g�n�ral
Letter From Philip Thatcher
Anthroposophy Worldwide #2
Mise � Jour...: Congr�s Lumi�re Bor�ale
Encircling Light Conference Update
Preparing For The Northern Conference
Tips For Readers
CONTACT US
Mark McAlister
Administrator
Anthroposophical Society in Canada 
416-892-3656
877-892-3656
 
COUNCIL
Philip Thatcher
(General Secretary)
(President)
(Treasurer)
(Secretary)
 
Membership Update
 
 GULISTAN SHARIFF (West Vancouver) died on Febraury 24, 2009.  For Monica Gold`s contribution about her life, click here.
 
The passing of DOUG CASS was mentioned in a previoous issue.  For more about Doug's life, including the bit about running around in an Indian headress,  click here.
New Members 
 We have receieved a membership application from:
 
PATRICIA LAVERTY-ROLF, Kelowna BC
 
WELCOME!
News 
Treasa O'Driscoll
 
Book launch at St. Michael`s College, Toronto, on Thursday, March 26 at 5:30pm, featuring recitations by the author.  RSVP Treasa O'Driscoll
 
Rudolf Steiner Institute  will be at a new location this year: Stonehill College in Easton, Massachusetts, from July 5-25.
 
Waldorf program approved in Edmonton.  See Journal article
 
ROSE BOYKO has been appointed to a seven-year term as a Judge at the UN Appeals Tribunal in New York City.  Congratulations Rose!
INTERESTING
LINKS 

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FAVOURITES 
 
Here  is a list of the most popular articles from the previous issue:
 
 1. Anthroposophy Worldwide
2. Internet Stew
3. Zajonc podcast
4. Eurythmy in Canada
5. Article by Don Cruse
Greetings! 
 
It seems that we may be settling into a rhythm.  After sending out three issues of the monthly News by email, it is time to roll everything together into the edition which we send out to members who prefer to receive the material in print.  We are trying our best to keep everybody happy!
 
The image depicts a scene from the 1980s, with our Newsletter Mail Crew getting the job done.
 
Sincerely,
 
Mark
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PRACTICE SAFE SURFING - STAY CONNECTED TO LIFE!
EVENTS
Steinerbooks Spiritual Research Seminar in New York City.  "Esoteric Christianity and the Inner Life of the Earth".  March 13/15.
 
Foundation Stone Meditation performed by the Northern Star Eurythmy group at the Toronto Waldorf School.  Sunday April 5 at 2:00 pm. Call Maria Helms at 905-883-0323.
 
Art and the Search For Truth.  Presentation by Larry Young at the Rudolf Steiner Centre, Thornhill on Sunday April 6 at 2:30pm (following the eurythmy performance). Call the Centre at 905-764-7570.
 
Thomas Meyer
in Vanvouver, April 24-26, and in Duncan BC, April 28-29, 2009.  Call Anne Watson 250-653-4184.
 
Annual Meeting and Conference, Toronto Waldorf School (Thornhill), May 15/16, 2009.  Contact Monique Walsh
 
Sergei Prokovieff in Montreal, July 29/30, 2009.  Contact Arie von Ameringen
 
Encircling Light, Expectant Silence, Whitehorse, August 1/8, 2009
 
Confronting The Future, Templar Impulses in the 21st Century, Emerson College UK, August 16-22, 2009
 
 
Mot du Secr�taire g�n�ral
Philip Thatcher
Chers amis,
 
En janvier, nous avons entam� notre rencontre des membres du Conseil avec les responsables de Classe en abordant le th�me et l'ambiance de l'intervalle.  L'espace entre deux notes de musique, entre les vers d'un po�me, entre les courbes d'une sculpture, ou encore les espaces qui font d'une œuvre d'architecture un lieu humain - c'est l� o� la vie et l'art naissent, o� la substance terrestre se retient pour qu'une substance spirituelle puisse entrer.  Et l'espace n'est jamais seulement de l'espace, mais toujours simultan�ment du temps qui se retient ou bien de l'espace en voie de devenir mouvement.  Comme porteur de ces qualit�s d'espace-temps, l'intervalle permet la naissance d'une r�elle vie entre deux �tres humains...Lisez plus

Letter From Philip Thatcher
Philip ThatcherWe began our January weekend meeting of the Council and Class Holders by taking up the theme and mood of the interval. The space between the notes in a piece of music, between the lines in a poem, between the curves in a piece of sculpture or the spaces that make a work of architecture a human place-these are where art and life happen, where earthly substance holds back and spiritual substance can enter in. And space is never space only, but also time holding back or space at the edge of movement. Bearing these qualities of space and time, the interval is where life between human beings can come to birth.  Read more...
 
Anthroposophy Worldwide # 2

Goetheanum

From Cornelius Pietzner: 
This issue of Anthroposophy Worldwide once again includes a broad spectrum of reports-- as indicative of  what takes place every day in so many regions of the world. We also share our suggestion for the Theme of the Year, which can serve as a unifying thread that unites the focus of groups, branches and study groups.  Read more...
 

Click here for the link to the current issue.  For a complete archive of previous issues, go to the Goetheanum site, click "English" (top right) and then click "login" (bottom right) (user name: awmail, password: darwin09)
Mise � Jour : Congr�s Lumi�re Bor�ale
Brenda
Au moment de cette mise � jour, un total de 123 participants provenant de 12 pays se sont inscrits au congr�s.  Parmi ce nombre se trouvent 87 participants du Canada : de la Colombie Britannique, de l'Alberta, du Manitoba, de l'Ontario, du Qu�bec et de la Nouvelle �cosse en plus de 3 participants du Yukon...Lisez plus
Encircling Light Conference Update
Brenda
As of this update there are 123 participants in total, from 12 countries. Included in this number are 87 participants from across Canada: British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, and Nova Scotia, with 3 participants from the Yukon.   Read more...

Preparing For The Northern Conference
Saul
One of those rare convergences takes place when the last arrangements for this conference are on the way and a book appears that is a wonderful preparation for it: A Fair Country by John Ralston Saul...Read more of Ute Weinmann`s article...
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