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Anthroposophical Society in Canada
#8 - 9100 Bathurst St.
Thornhill, ON
L4J 8C7
Mark McAlister
Administrator
416-892-3656
COUNCIL
BC (President)
QC (Treasurer)
QC (Secretary)
SCHOOL FOR SPIRITUAL SCIENCE
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Events and exhibits in New York City. Details. |
THORNHILL
CAMPUS
BULLETIN
This email Bulletin gives members of the public in Thornhill a taste of Society life and activities. (Members who have an email address and live in the 416/905 area codes receive it automatically.)
If you would like to discuss how to do something similar for your community, or would like to be added to the list, contact the editor. |
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A "FRIEND-RAISING" event at the Vernal Equinox. Hesperus Village, 6:30pm, March 20. Details. | |
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Background To The English Conference At The Goetheanum
 ...Rudolf Steiner describes how large portions of our civilization will be affected by the transition to the third millennium. He describes that prior to this transition an era of optimism and confidence in technological progress will prevail in humanity - there would be no problem so large that it could not be solved by human ingenuity. This optimism has persisted into the first decade of the third millennium. Yet it is shaken by new and unexpected challenges that touch every country and all peoples. Among these challenges are the distribution of wealth and resources, climate imbalance, the stewardship and ownership of natural resources, population growth, and diseases... Read the full letter from Virginia Sease and Cornelius Pietzner Click here for details about the English Conference.
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All members should now have received their charity tax receipts for 2009, and the contribution form for 2010. Please contact me immediately if you have not received these items.
 If you would prefer to make your contributions using a credit card, please click here and follow the instructions. CanadaHelps will send you your tax receipt directly.
I will soon be sending out the Notices for the Annual Meeting and Conference in Montr�al in May. e-News subscribers will receive their notices by e-mail, rather than by Canada Post.
If you ever have questions or suggestions, please don't hesitate to contact me!
Mark
Mark McAlister
Administrator
877-892-3656, 416-892-3656
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Upcoming Events
LA PIERRE DE FONDATION ET LE RYTHME DES PLAN�TES. 26, 27 et 28 mars 2010, � L'�cole Rudolf Steiner de Montr�al. Contact Arie van Ameringen.
THOMAS H. MEYER visits Western Canada, April 17-29, 2010. For details, call Ann Watson at 250-653-4184.
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AND CONFERENCE of the Anthroposophical Society in Canada in Montr�al, May 21-23. 2010. Contact Arie van Ameringen.
YOU SELF - LEAD YOURSELF, 100 YEARS SINCE RUDOLF STEINER'S OSLO COURSE, "The Mission of the Folk Souls". "Wanderseminar" in Iceland, June 30-July 14, 2010. Details.
RUDOLF STEINER'S MYSTERY DRAMAS with English Translation and Introductions. July 29 - August 1, 2010. (30% discount for Society members.) Details.
ENTERING INTO THE 21st CENTURY SPIRITUALLY. 3rd International English Conference of the General Anthroposophical Society at the Goetheanum. Monday, August 2nd to Saturday, August 7th, 2010. Details.
A VENTURE INTO INNER AND OUTER LANDSCAPES OF SOUTHERN AFRICA, with the School of Nature, 29 August - 18 September, 2010. Details.
150th ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF RUDOLF STEINER. The Council is planning events in 2011 to celebrate the occasion in Canada. For information about plans in Europe, click here. |
Anthroposophical Study in Vancouver -
and a tribute to Steven Roboz
- by Michael Roboz
(Note: In the photo, Steven has just blown out the candle at his 90th birthday celebration in September, 2008.)
 ...Since September of 2009, the theme has been the Opposing Powers. This involved many short cycles relating to the incarnations of Lucifer and Ahriman and their influences on past, present and future culture. The Asuras were also touched upon in context. A couple of evenings were dedicated to the occult background of earthquakes after the one in Haiti in January. Apart from the study group's theme for this year, we also have had special evenings dedicated to Christmas, Epiphany, Easter, Whitsun, and Rudolf Steiner's birth and death anniversaries. While Steven was still working intensively with us, he inspired many of us to connect deeply with the being of Rudolf Steiner... Read full article. |
Guelph Research Group -
100th Meeting!
- by Elizabeth White
...We feel enriched by this work as we study the different topics in preparation for the meetings and have found it to be an inspiring and challenging way to work with anthroposophy. Over the past eleven years we have researched twenty one topics including each member's biography. And so on Friday February 19th 2010 we gathered to celebrate our one hundredth meeting... Read full article. |
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Lament Before Easter
- by Verena Hoffmann, Kingsburg NS, March 30, 2009  I did not know! I cry, How deep the misery would be - Yet I chose to come. All I saw Was darkness; Twisted bodies, distorted minds, Lost souls crying for home. increasingly crucial in our time.
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La Pierre de Fondation
Animateurs : Jean Bal�kian, Andr�e Lanthier, Guillaume Fran�ois et Arie van Ameringen
D�couvrir et partager le travail � l'aide de cette m�ditation donn�e par Rudolf Steiner lors de la Fondation de la Soci�t� Anthroposophique Universelle. Cet atelier permet de suivre les 7 �tapes propos�es pour approfondir ces paroles de v�rit�. Nous aborderons les rythmes par de la r�citation et de l'eurythmie et travaillerons les sceaux plan�taires du premier Goetheanum en modelage.
� notre �poque en pleine mutation des valeurs sociales et morales, cette m�ditation peut �tre un baume pour l'�me et donner la possibilit� de construire son espace int�rieur.
Les 26, 27 et 28 mars 2010, � L'�cole Rudolf Steiner de Montr�al. 4855 rue Kensington, Montreal. Contact Arie van Ameringen |
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Hawthorne Valley Happenings
Introduction by Mark Ross: I suppose you could say we were a snap-shot of the present, moving, motley, towards a future, for which we all, somehow, had a taste of faith for. On February 12, a minivan full of Canadians hurtled themselves, with hope in heart, towards the good ol' US of A; three farmers for "The Art of Mentoring Apprentices" conferenc,e, and four youth, simultaneously attending an anthroposophically enthused conference called 'Think Outward' (also having something to do with 'mentoring' by peers), all at Hawthorne Valley Farm, Harlemville NY.
At the American border, we made curious note of another minivan in the line in front of us, with a Waldorf bumper sticker on it, being pulled over by Customs while we made easy passage. Whatever the chances, we would cross paths with them twice more on the way home; the latest, on a washroom break, finding out that they were from the Allan Howard School in Toronto, and had just attended an education conference at Spring Valley, NY, (a couple hours away from our destination). "There's something happening here..."
The Art of Mentoring Apprentices Conference: Click here for report by Mark Ross
- Photo by Thomas Willington
Think OutWord Conference - "I Give You My Word": Click here for report by Thomas Willington |
Isis Cultural Outreach International - In Siberia
- by Arie van Ameringen
At the beginning of the last century, many Russians were active in the anthroposophical movement. We can still find today, in the center of Moscow, a reminder of this period. On Arbat street, in the museum dedicated to the poet Andrei Belye, there is an exhibition on the first Goetheanum; Belye participated with Assya Turgeniev (his first wife) in the construction work on the building. Since the fall of the communist regime, new anthroposophical initiatives have been founded, mainly in European Russia, with the help of Germany, Holland and the Scandinavian countries. Today, the challenges are great on both the social and economic levels in a country where the state and the orthodox church work hand in hand...Read full article
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Isis Cultural Outreach International - en Sib�rie
- Arie van Ameringen
Au d�but du si�cle dernier, plusieurs groupes d'anthroposophes s'�taient form�s en Russie. D'ailleurs, on peut voir, aujourd'hui, en plein centre de Moscou un t�moignage �mouvant sur cette �poque. Sur la rue Arbat, dans le mus�e consacr� au po�te Andrei Bely�, il y a une exposition sur le premier Goetheanum; Bely� avait particip� avec Assya Tourg�niev ( sa premi�re femme) aux travaux de construction.
Depuis la chute du communisme, des plusieurs initiatives anthroposophiques ont �t� fond�es, gr�ce au soutien venant d'Allemagne, de la Hollande et des pays scandinaves principalement, dans la partie europ�enne de la Russie. Il reste que les d�fis sont tr�s grands autant au niveau social qu'�conomique dans un pays o� l'�tat et l'�glise orthodoxe travaillent main dans la main...Lisez plus |
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Anthroposophy Worldwide # 2
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