Dear Friends, At the beginning of September, Christiane Haid, head of the Section for Literature and the Humanities at the Goetheanum, paid a visit to Montreal. She gave two lectures, one on Faust and the second on the role of the Section for Literature and the...
An Attempt at a Narrative Account of a weekend meeting of Class Holders, Council and Collegium Members Community Room, Hesperus, Thornhill, ON Friday 13 - Sunday 15 October 2017 Can spiritual work be written about satisfactorily? I’m very doubtful that I can do it. I certainly cannot...
Martin Driehuyzen died in White Rock BC on November 9, 2017. He was a long-time member of the Anthroposophical Society and the Christian Community and a pillar of the Vancouver community. Because of his tall, distinguished presence, he was the obvious choice to play Father God...
On September 29th, 2017, Northern Lights School held the official opening of its kindergarten with a small group of 7 students, a Waldorf-trained teacher Vicki McQueen, a group of dedicated parents and a motivated Board. Our mission is to re-imagine education in Thunder Bay, a...
Part 1 One individual can create ripples. Arlene Thorn is an individual who creates ripples in the lives of many who have studied with her over the years, through many initiatives that support what is whole and well and full of wonder in our world. I have...
TQuest productions wrapped up their final two performances, including the Canadian premiere, of Rudolf Steiner’s first mystery drama, “The Portal of Initiation”, October 27-29 and November 4th in Thornhill. Both performances were sold out in advance. For many in the troupe, it was the culmination of...
It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of a humanitarian, devoted husband, caring father, loving Opa and friend. Roland passed away at home on Thursday 9th, November with his loving family by his side. Roland is survived by his dedicated wife Marja of...
[caption id="attachment_3757" align="alignleft" width="224"] Mary at her 90th birthday 23 May 2013![/caption] Mary Carmack Whybray was born in Basingstoke Hampshire, England 23/05/1923. The middle child of Robert and Alberta Jane Dudman, she received her early education in the county that she so much loved, frequently at...
Snapshots from "EverythingFlows", A Water Conference held in North Vancouver BC at Cascadia in September 2017 Jennifer Greene opened the conference by showing us her many-times-taped-together copy of “Sensitive Chaos: The Creation of Flowing Forms in Water and Air” by Theodor Schwenk, an anthroposophist, engineer and pioneering...
Last September there was a short report in “Glimpses” and e-News about “The Canadian Folk Spirit”. In the meantime this was a topic in the annual joint meeting of our Council and the Canadian Class Holders of the School for Spiritual Science. As a result a number...