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The Temple and the Treasury
from being human spring-fall 2019 by John Bloom How is it that high-profile banks have managed to perpetuate their mythic images as temples of finance? Despite the revelations of wrong-doing, ethical breaches, and market manipulation, banks are still keepers of our money. The language of trust is brandished amidst the marble columns and promises of security,…
Read MoreThe Challenges & Spiritual Gifts of Aging – Webinar
Our new June-July webinar series is available now recorded in the store—The Challenges and Spiritual Gifts of Aging with Dr. David Gershan, Dr. Renee Meyer, and Dr. Pat Hart. Visit the store to get the recording of this important webinar series. June 5 with Dr. David Gershan Aging and the Life Cycles of Human Development…
Read MoreFrom the General Secretary: from Goetheanum spring meetings
May 3, 2019A Brief Report from the Spring Meetings at the Goetheanum Dear Members and Friends,Spring greetings. As I did last year, I am writing this brief report following the spring meetings at the Goetheanum in Dornach, Switzerland. Most public of those meetings is the Annual General Meeting at which business of the General Anthroposophical…
Read MorePhases of Life webinar: The Human Being Between Earth & Cosmos
A biography and social art webinar with Patti Smith and Chris Burke “The human life unfolds gradually over time, moving through a series of phases. While all of us carry these archetypes within us, we each experience and express them in unique ways. Learning to let your life speak through the phases is an intimate, revealing,…
Read MoreThe Story in Our Stars for 2019
Look ahead at the year in the stars with Mary Stewart Adams, Star Lore Historian. The Story in Our Stars for 2019 – now available recorded in the store! Recorded: Wednesday, March 6 from 7:30-8:30 pm Eastern Where: Available in our store Why: “The year 2019 started with the crescent Moon waning past the planet Venus at dawn…
Read MoreFrom the General Secretary: “the spirit world – a true commons”
From the General Secretary February 2019 Walls, great and small, are a sensitive topic these days, and even more meaningful are the boundaries that walls make visible. Physical boundaries separate us: rivers, mountains, or coastlines, and each one of us is apart from the others. Boundaries may also be negotiated delineations, in essence territorial, recorded…
Read MoreThe Character of Capitalism, Capital, & Money
from being human spring issue 2019 by John Bloom Given how enmeshed politics have become with our economic and cultural life, I probably ought not to be surprised that capitalism, or what it has come to represent, is frequently disparaged as the bearer of illness in the body social. I have found myself reminding others when…
Read MoreTraute Page & the White Rose
from being human spring issue 2019 This article include a book review, a reminder of the resistance group “The White Rose,” and appreciations of Traute Lafrenz Page, MD, at her 100th birthday. Dr. Page was a General Secretary of the Anthroposophical Society in America in the 1990s. Long Live Freedom! Traute Lafrenz and the White Rose,…
Read MoreNew Sacred Gateway Webinars – II
Available March 4, recorded in the store! $40 Suggested Donation The Sacred Gateway Conference: Conscious Living, Conscious Dying, and the Journey Beyond took place April 26, 27, 28 in Ghent, NY. To add to the experience, if you attended, or participate in a growing community, you can enjoy the second installment of the Sacred Gateway Webinar…
Read MoreThe Sacred Gateway: Conscious Living, Conscious Dying, and the Journey Beyond: Creating Death Caring Communities
Are we not all woven like bright blossoms With strands of light into one flowering wreath – Those of us who breathe the breath of heaven And those who breathe the naked air beneath. So like one unfading cosmic garland, So firmly, ever newly intertwined, We weave the life-web of the seamless garment Of the…
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