Karl Koenig (1902-1966) was an Austrian paediatrician who founded the worldwide Camphill movement of therapeutic communities for those with special needs. Ita Wegman, an Anthroposophic physician, invited him to work closely with her at her institute for people with disabilities. The Cascadia Society for Social Working...
The human encounter is a place where we can begin to experience three-folding. In the last newsletter Jef Saunders, as ‘Star over Hesperus’, spoke about the evolution from a tribal society to an individualizing process where so much is about ‘me’. So, does this make...
Dear Members, Your Council has been working on ways to bring our membership together in meaningful ways across the miles of our huge Canadian geography. We want to strengthen our work together, build a stronger Community, and also come together out of a shared research. One step...
On Saturday, March 4 council members from the Anthroposophical Society in Canada joined members from the Toronto Branch at the Waldorf Academy for dinner and an evening of open dialogue. The social event was part of a larger three- day council meeting that took place...
[caption id="attachment_3350" align="alignleft" width="333"] L to R: John Glanzer, Ida Liedl, Micah Edelstein, Dorothy LeBaron, Arie van Ameringen, Jef Saunders - missing John Bach[/caption] From Council Meetings March 3 to 5, 2017 Thornhill and Toronto When we meet as a Council, we divide our time between business agenda items,...
The second part of a message from Helga Natoli from Greece through the good offices of Ingrid Krause Athens, 14th of November 2016 In Athens, in a section of the Ellinikos old airport – to be exact – live 300 refugee children from Afghanistan, aged 1 to...
This threefold structure of the social organism is already anchored in the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It is stated in the 1st article: All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and...
A very special and heartfelt ‘thanks’ to all of you who attended last August’s international conference, and contributed to what turned out to be the creation of a truly exceptional event. I believe that, as the week progressed, many people experienced the growing interest and...
The Freedom Mystery Conference 2016 took place October 21 – 23, 2016 at the Christian Community Church in Thornhill, Ontario. The conference was conceived, organised, and spearheaded by Tim Nadelle. Working out of Rudolf Steiner’s book, The Philosophy of Freedom, Tim devised exercises which brought...
Ingrid Krause, a member of the Anthroposophical Society who lives in Quebec, has recently returned from Greece. This is a country she knows well, having explored it for the first time on a motor bike shortly after completing her studies in Germany. Since retiring, she...