I rejoice in the publication of an English translation of Michael Schubert's magnificent book, The Isenheim Altarpiece, the original German edition of which was published in 2007 to wide acclaim. The three tiered, winged altarpiece was painted over 500 years ago by an artist of exceptional...
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...
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...
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...
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...
During the twelve Holy Nights, December 25th - January 6th, Regine Kurek's art show Migration - A Grail Journey of Our Time was displayed in the Community Room at Hesperus Fellowship Village. "I would like to share with you a series of paintings that have...
The Michael Hedley Burton play This War is Not Inevitable is coming to North Vancouver on April 2, Easter Monday. It will be shown at the Waldorf School at 1:30 pm.This production is about the Threefold Social Organism or social threefolding, first conceived by Rudolf...
An Interview with Susan Koppersmith Michael Burton, could you say a little bit about your play? I wrote this play in January 2017 in New Zealand, where I live. It is a 90-minute piece of theatre that has been performed 35 times in various countries. It is based...