I was first introduced to anthroposophy while volunteering at a small Waldorf school initiative, Sisonke School in the village of Port St. John’s, in the Transkei region of South Africa when I was 19 years old. The agricultural lectures were my first Steiner readings as...
Once upon a time, a very long time ago, I met a classmate at nursing school in London, England whose education had been very different from mine. I was fascinated and learnt about Waldorf education for the first time. Fast forward 21 years, I was...
An Interview with Adola How did you meet Rudolf Steiner's work? Anthroposophy came with my mother's milk and my father's sunshine; I was surrounded with books by Steiner and Tomberg. My father could have met Steiner and was devastated that he didn't, his friend, Dr. Karl Konig,...
At the Encountering Our Humanity conference in Ottawa in 2016, a small group of members gathered with the intention to share research and experiences from our meditation. Beginning in early 2017, this group of 9 members from across Canada met regularly until August 2021, when...
Dear members, As an infectious disease, Covid-19 is more than a medical phenomenon. Because of its pandemic spread special laws pertaining to pandemics were activated across the world, gradually transferring the power to act to state governments. At the highest level of urgency, the power to...
Hello — my name is Eric Tardif, anthroposophist, multidisciplinary artist and independent researcher. A few years ago during my studies in theology I discovered the existence of a group of heretics whose works of art immediately appealed to me. The group in question were the Bogomils....
Members of the Anthroposophical Society in Canada may be interested in a new biography of the painter and anthroposophist Gerard Wagner. Gerard Wagner came to the Goetheanum in 1926, intending to stay for a week before moving on the France for a painting sojourn. However, he...
“Where does the road wend?” (Nova Scotia!) What a wonderful feeling to stand with others in a circle again! Eurythmy can bring such warmth and strength; our separateness becomes a wholeness…an image of Eternity! “Eternity” is the name of the artistic program which Marjorie Taliano-Nordas (eurythmist) and Richard Lalonde...
Interview with Raun Griffiths, Steward and Director of APOC In November of 2020, Raun Griffiths agreed to take over the stewardship of APOC. Since then, Raun has been very active, corresponding with prisoners as well as prison librarians and chaplains, sending newsletters and books. Here’s my...
In her beautiful backyard in London ON, Agnes Schneeberg hands me a dark blue book, hand-bound in linen and leather, the ivory-coloured pages smooth to the touch. It is part of the Chadwick Library Edition of Selected Written Works by Rudolf Steiner. For this exquisite...