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The After-Image of Easter with Mary Stewart Adams
This is a transcript of a spoken address given on April 2, Rudolf Steiner House, Ann Arbor, MI Thank you so much. I’m going to begin with the same verse that we used when we started on vernal equinox with Brian, when he led us in the drawing of the Sun seal. And you’ll see…
Read MoreFresh Beginnings, New Pathways
Mary Stewart Adams’ Inaugural Address as General Secretary October 9, 2023[1] [1] This is a transcript of a spoken address. Thank you, John, and the entire council. And thank you everyone here in the Ann Arbor, Michigan community and everyone who is online. This is a tremendous moment. And I think it’s not surprising that…
Read MoreClosing Remarks from the AGM, October 9, 2023
Greetings Members, Colleagues, Friends, I am inwardly full from my recent days at the World Goetheanum Conference (1000 people, 50 countries) and my final meetings with General Secretaries and Country Representatives from around the world. These dear colleagues are present for me in my heart along with you members, and the many who have crossed…
Read MoreFrom the General Secretary
Anthroposophy is a path of inquiry, a way of being in the world, and of service to the world. So, it matters how we form social foundations out of interest in matters of the world as well as the beings of the spiritual world. One aspect of this anthroposophical inquiry is that within this inquiry…
Read MoreA Brief Report on the May Meeting of the Movement in North America
John BloomThreefold Education Foundation, Spring Valley, New YorkMay 25-28, 2023 The Anthroposophical Society is fast approaching the one hundred mark of the Christmas Conference of 1923/24. That re-founding of the Society set a newly inspired direction for the individuals who came from various Country Societies, who then brought those impulses back to their respective countries.…
Read MoreFostering Anthroposophy Around the World
Supporting Courage Sarnia Guiton Can you imagine founding a Steiner-Waldorf school without assuming tuition as income? No? Neither can I. And yet… After 40 years in Waldorf education, I retired to Kenya in East Africa. Despite retirement, I still feel connected – does one ever disconnect? I found there are 4 schools here, 3 of…
Read MoreReport from Dornach: Spring Meeting of the General Secretaries & Country Representatives, & the Annual General Meeting
March, 28-April 2, 2023, By John Bloom The spring meeting of the General Secretaries and Country Representatives of Anthroposophical Societies from around the world precedes the Annual General Meeting of the World Society. Such was the case again this year. As a Circle, we have close working relationships that have developed over the years. When…
Read MoreOne Society, Many Groups
One Society, Many Groups By Christopher Houghton Budd 20 December 2022 On a recent visit to the USA, I visited Ann Arbor, the Rudolf Steiner Branch in Chicago and the Los Angeles Branch in Pasadena in my capacity as the ‘flying around the world’ member of the Circle of Treasurers, with a remit to understand…
Read MoreFrom the General Secretary
On the Matter of Matter and Spirit Our Annual Conference in Washington, DC, had a special mood. It was intimate in contrast to the political ethos of our nation’s capital, and reflective in the way of the pool stretching along the Capitol Mall. One end of the pool sits at the foot of the Lincoln…
Read MoreGivingTuesday/End of Year Appeal
Dear Friends, Warm Thanksgiving greetings to you, from all of us here at the Anthroposophical Society in the US. We are so very grateful for you, our members and friends. Thank you for being a bearer of this healing work in the world. In this season of gratitude, we want to say thank you for your interest…
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