Rainbow* over the Centre. 
By Boats sail on the rivers,
And ships sail on the seas;
But clouds that sail across the sky
Are prettier far than these.
There are bridges on the rivers,
As pretty as you please;
But the bow that bridges heaven,
And overtops the trees,
And builds a road from earth to sky,
Is prettier far than these.
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News 50: Sunday 15 December
Anthroposophy in Hawkes BayNewsletter 50 for Sunday 15 December 2024 Calendar of Coming Events-- Diary Dates In the Rudolf Steiner Centre, 401 Whitehead Road, Hastings
The Committee ask that visitors to events in the Centre pay a contribution into the Koha box in the Foyer, as we we have regular bills for electric power, city rates, insurance, and maintenance for an aging building. FLORIAN Dear friends of Florian Roger ��✨ You are all warmly invited to join Florian's family for a potluck morning-tea at the Rudolf Steiner Centre in Hastings at 10am on Wednesday 18th December. Please bring something tasty to share for morning tea. Where: Rudolf Steiner Centre Hastings (401 Whitehead Road, Hastings.) When: 10am Wednesday 18th December After morning-tea all are welcome to join Rachel Pomeroy and Hamish MacDonald in the garden to plant a rose for Florian, to give thanks for the time he shared with us, and to celebrate the things he loved in life. Florian's sister Elodie, as well as mother Laurence, father Jean-Pierre and father's wife Chantal, will be in New Zealand from the 12th to the 31st of December, and in Hawkes Bay from the 14th to the 21st of December. Elodie and her family have expressed a warm interest to meet the people who Florian shared his life with here in New Zealand, and to see and experience where and how he lived here. In addition to this morning-tea, Elodie has accepted invitations to visit the Christian Community church Rangimarie, the Weleda farm, Taruna College, Hohepa Clive and Poraiti, and the peak of Te Mata. For some people this morning-tea may be the only opportunity to meet Florian's family. So please share this invitation far and wide! All friends of Florian are warmly welcome. For anyone unable to attend, we invite you to join with us in spirit on the day, by finding a place to plant something that you love, and to remember Florian with us. (If you have any questions please either email Robin Bacchus at robin@bacchus.co.nz or call Hamish on 022 617 8577.) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SUMMER FESTIVALSummer_Festival_2024_Overview..png Summer_Festival_Evening_2024.png ********************************************************************** The Rainbow
Lightning, Rainbows, AuroraRainbows: Rainbows are personal - everyone sees their own rainbow - it moves with you, it is a relationship between you, the sun and the rain [this not the case with Lightning or Aurora]. The shadow of your head is the centre of the rainbow arc, so you see the rainbow when you are looking away from the sun. The radius of the arc is 41 to 42 degrees, so when the sun is more than 42 degrees above the horizon [during the middle of the day; more in summer and in the tropics] we do not see any rainbows - they are morning and evening phenomena. They happen when the sun can shine under a raining cloud onto the rain, and its light is refracted and internally-reflected by the spherical raindrops falling gently from the cloud. On rare occasions one can see a full circle rainbow - when in an aeroplane in the right place and circumstances - the centre of the circle is the shadow of the aeroplane in which you are sitting. I saw most of one on my last flight (coming home from India). The red light of the outer edge is deviated least by refraction; and the blue-violet light (inner edge) is deviated the most. This characteristic relates to the redness of sunsets - Goethe calls it the "suffering of the light" - where white light is darkened to red - we could also say red light has the strength to penetrate the haze of air pollution. Secondly it relates to the blue sky we see during the day - Goethe's "the deeds of the light" - where the blackness of outer space seen during night-time is lightened to various shades of blue by the scattering of blue light. In high mountains, where the atmosphere above is thin, the blackness is only lightened to a deep violet. Harald Falck-Ytter, a Norwegian anthroposophist, in his book "Aurora: the Northern Lights in Mythology, History and Science" makes some interesting observations about, and comparisons between, three atmospheric light phenomena. Aurora are strong when Sunspots are most active [11-year cycle] and the associated solar wind is more intense. The Earth's magnetic field diverts this radiation to the magnetic poles, thus protecting the heavily inhabitated regions of the earth from this potentially damaging radiation.
This is just a planar view - you need to imagine this rotated 360 deg around the centreline going to the sun. The first reflections contribute to the brighter light under the rainbow. The transmitted rays are the source of haloes around the sun and moon. Robin Bacchus ~~~~~ Reader's comments and contributions for this section of the Newsletter below the ***** line are warmly invited. Contact the Editor
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