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A new comet
from David Adams Comet NEOWISE [technically called “C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)”] was first spotted by NASA’s NEOWISE satellite space telescope on March 27, 326 miles above the earth’s surface. The comet went around the sun, passing within 25.7 million miles of the sun on July 3, and will reach its closet point to Earth in its orbit next week. The comet will…
Read MoreFrom the General Secretary: “the beat of daily news”
June 3, 2020 — Present events and the beat of daily news have kept me in a state of rawness. No one I have spoken with is immune from suffering.
Read MoreFive Good Words; Whitsun Gathering
Five Good Words — Whitsun Gathering with Orland Bishop and Friends (recording available). Why do we celebrate Whitsun and what is its meaning? Rudolf Steiner calls Whitsun the festival of the free Individuality.
Read MoreAn Exploration of the Twelve Senses – May Webinar
This webinar series is now available as a recording. During this time of greater external boundaries, we can come together online to explore a deeper understanding of the way our personal, spiritual and physical boundaries meet the world. It has been eighty years since the founding of the first Camphill community in Aberdeen, Scotland, founded…
Read MoreFrom the General Secretary: “between self and community interest”
From the General Secretary April 12, 2020 Dear Members and Friends, I never imagined writing something to you in the midst of a global pandemic in which sheltering in place, spatial distancing, and fear of being infected or infecting others are a constant and oppressive presence. In a framework of safety, we live in a…
Read MoreOnline Community Gathering ~ If Our Courage Is Not To Fail Us
Dear Community, More than 330 people joined together on Thursday, March 19th, to set aside fear and reaffirm community, connection, meditative practices, and the meaning of our new experiences, with John Bloom, Angela Foster, and Linda Bergh. Here are the recordings so that you can experience after the fact or review the gathering: Video recording…
Read MoreLetter from Virginia Sease
Intro from John Bloom, General Secretary How wonderful, timely and surprising it was to receive a letter meant for all US Society members from Virginia Sease, emeritus member of the Executive Council of the Goetheanum in Dornach, former Council member from the US Society, long-time Waldorf teacher at Highland Hall School in Los Angeles, as…
Read MoreLegacy Circle News: Erika Asten
We are pleased and grateful to announce a very generous bequest to the Anthroposophical Society in America from the estate of a dear bearer of anthroposophy, Erika V. Asten. Erika crossed the threshold on May 5th, 2018, shortly before her 90th birthday. She had been a music teacher in Berlin with a PhD in musicology,…
Read MoreStaying Connected: A Sacred Gateway Community Conversation
Special note: The Sacred Gateway conference took place online, on April 17-19. The full conference (along with the recording of this conversation) is now available in our store. Join us March 4 from 7:30-8:45 pm Eastern Time for an online community gathering with the Sacred Gateway conference planning committee: Linda Bergh, Marianne Dietzel, Maureen Flannery,…
Read MoreThe Alchemy of Gift
from being human – winter-spring 2020 by John Bloom What might an analysis of gift streams tell us about the development of human consciousness in the twenty-first century in the United States? The experience of giving and receiving makes it clear that gifting has profound meaning in and through human connections; these connections constitute culture. Thus,…
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