eNews - November 2011 

 

Anthroposophical Society in Canada

 

 

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Contact Info
Anthroposophical Society in Canada 
*** NEW ADDRESS***
# 131 - 1 Hesperus Rd.
Thornhill, ON
L4J 0G9

Mark McAlister
Administrator
416-892-3656


Council
BC (President)
NS (Secretary)
Douglas Wylie ON (Treasurer)
Jean Balekian QC
QC (General Secretary)

School For Spiritual Science 

For list of Class Holders, click here.

Membership Update 


ROBERTA CAMPBELL (Mill Bay BC) died in September 2011. 

WOLFGANG KUEHN (Montr�al) died on October 2, 2011.

SEBASTIAN BILBAO (Toronto) and VICTORIA PONCE (Toronto) have joined the Society.  WELCOME!

SPECIALTY CHANNELS 

Michael

Schmidt  

Update

Schmidt
See Michael's video message on Day 25 of his hunger strike.

Michael has met with the Premier and ended his hunger strike.  Read latest updates on The Bovine blog. 
LOCAL ACTIVITIES

Thornhill Campus Bulletin 


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PLINTH

Non-Sense

Department   


A elderly person asked a wise anthroposophist, "When I die and lose my body, what can I do to keep busy?"

The anthroposophist thought for a moment, and decided that a simple answer would be best:
"Plan a head," he replied.

Eurythmy Gifts In Ottawa 
 
Ottawa workshop
- by Sylvie Richard

This past summer the sixteenth week in Ottawa took on a deeper meaning. A guest eurythmist from Dornarch, Monika Pudelko, in collaboration with Brenda Hammond and myself, led a 3 day summer intensive on the Calendar of the Soul. Six participants joined the work. The mornings were devoted to eurythmy (tone eurythmy and speech eurythmy) and, in the afternoons we were led by Brenda into creative writing based on what had been brought into movement in the morning. The idea of bringing creative writing into a eurythmy workshop was successfully done the summer before but now we had the gift of a professional writer leading it.
..Read full article

Workshop piece # 1 by Cameron MacInnes
Workshop piece # 2 par Claire Mattar (en fran�ais)
Workshop piece # 3 von Johannes Weber (auf Deutsch)
Workshop piece # 4 by Sylvie Richard
Upcoming Events
 
FROM ORALITY TO LITERACY:  Best Practices for Mastery
Early Childhood to High School.  RSC Development Conference With Linda Williams Ph.D.  4-5 November, ThornhillDetails.

FELLOWSHIP OF PREPARATION MAKERS ANNUAL CONFERENCE.
1-4 March, 2012, Hotchkiss Colorado.  Details.

LIVING GOLD.
5th Christian Community North-South Conference, 21-29 July 2012, Vancouver Island.  Conference website


Mystery Drama Project 
 

mystery dramaBarbara Renold (Threefold Community) is leading an ambitious project with the Mystery Dramas.  She is offering the  following opportunities  to  those  who would  like  to  deepen  their  work and  understanding  of  these  amazing  plays, which  were  given to humanity  one  hundred  years ago  and  are now more relevant  than  ever:

  •  Lectures  on  various  topics  found  in  the  Mystery  Dramas
  • Workshops  on  the  various  characters  within  the  Mystery  Dramas
  • Coaching  scenes  from  the  Mystery  Dramas  with  groups  of  people,  who  might  wish  to  present  them.
  • Reading  the  plays  (with  commentary)  with  branches  or  Groups
  • Speaking  the  various  spiritual  beings  in  the  dramas
  • Introducing  these  dramas  to  those  unfamiliar  with  them

 Please  contact  her  if  your  Branch or Group  is  interested  in  one  of  these activities.  She  can  be  reached  at:  845-�356-0674  or barbararenold@yahoo.com  

 

Read the Brochure 

CAPITAL MATTERS

Bank Transfer Day - November 5         
RSF Blog

   

November 5 is Bank Transfer Day, an initiative asking motivated individuals to move their funds from large commercial banks to community banks and credit unions.

 

We're excited to see a grassroots movement like this, reaching tens of thousands of people (over 70,000 people posted on Facebook that they are 'attending' this event) that calls to action anyone truly frustrated with the challenges of the current banking system, and who seeks a real economic change...Read the full post on the Reimagine Money Blog. 

 

INTERNATIONAL MOVEMENT

S�rie radiophonique Suisse sur Rudolf Steiner         
         
Une s�rie d'�missions sur Rudolf Steiner sera pr�sent�e par la RSR dans le cadre de l'�mission "A vue d'esprit".  Il para�t que des podcasts de ces �missions seront disponibles sur le site d'Espace 2. (voir le lien ci-dessus)  Nous vous encourageons � nous envoyer vos r�flexions et/ou commentaires sur ces �missions, et nous nous ferons un plaisir de les faire para�tre dans notre prochain num�ro d'eNews. -  �diteur 
Emerson College Update        
Click here to read a recent newsletter, written by Fumiko Chikami on behalf of the Emerson trustees.
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