Hello everyone I hope you are enjoying the fall colours. The yellow and orange leaves make up a bit for the lack of sunshine. The glow comes from the trees and ground, rather than the sky. However, the weather is supposed to get better on Sept...
The Foundation Stone Meditation was the subject of a workshop led by Arie van Ameringen, General Secretary of the Anthroposophical Society in Canada, on Saturday, March 10, 2018. The workshop was held at the Montreal Rudolf Steiner School and was attended by 11 participants. The...
In April 1922, Walter Johannes Stein asked Rudolf Steiner: "What will remain of your work thousands of years from now?" He replied: "Nothing but The Philosophy of Freedom.” Rudolf Steiner wrote and spoke repeatedly throughout his life about the importance of the Philosophy of Freedom. For...
Introduction to exercises In the course of our work in anthroposophy, the impulse to do primary spiritual research can naturally awaken. Yet our own limitations immediately confront us. “I am not an initiate. What could I possibly bring to the world which Steiner has not already presented...
Dear Friends, During the week of March 19, the Executive Committee, Section Leaders, General Secretaries and Country representatives met to exchange ideas together on the theme of the year and the three points contained in the future development plan. These include the strengthening of the School...
Michel Dongois, in collaboration with Denis Schneider [caption id="attachment_4033" align="alignleft" width="210"] Denis Schneider[/caption] The Atelier d’art social de Montréal has just celebrated its 33rd year of existence. Thirty-three years, the great death-resurrection cycle… Since its beginning on May 28, 1984, the Atelier has touched hundreds of individuals...
On the West Coast of Canada we are on the verge of forming a Branch of the Anthroposophical Society in Canada. It was Steven Roboz's intention to create a Branch here in BC more than twenty-five years ago. I feel his presence restarting the process. ...
In Vancouver Marie-Reine Adams, a coworker at Cascadia (our urban Camphill), has been working with an enthusiastic group to perform the medieval scenes ( 6, 7, 8 and 9) from Steiner’s second mystery drama, The Soul’s Probation. This group has been practising twice a week...
On the eve of the anniversary of Rudolf Steiner's birth, we'd like to share with you a story and an interview conducted recently at the University of Calgary, featuring Canadian architect Douglas Cardinal. Mr. Cardinal, considered to be Canada's most important and celebrated Indigenous architect,...
April Quan: AHWS parent and former Facilitator: Many of us in the Waldorf school community, downtown and in Thornhill, are grieving the loss of D’Arcy Mackenzie. He passed away peacefully in the hospital, surrounded by his family, close to a year after his diagnosis of brain...