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Newsletter 12: Sunday 23 March 2025Anthroposophy in Hawkes BayCalendar of Coming Events-- Diary Dates In the Rudolf Steiner Centre, 401 Whitehead Road, Hastings
~~~~~~~AUTUMN-MICHAEL FESTIVAL, Saturday 5 April
CORRECTION: Reading will be at 1pm not 10 am.
~~~~~~~ Kolisko Conference Tickets“Great Expectations”'Meeting the Challenge of Expectations of Self, each Other and of Life.'Friday 11 to Monday 14 April in the Taikura School, Nelson Street North, Hastings. For those who are unable to attend full-time, it is possible to attend the Keynote presentations. There are a limited number of tickets to the 6 Keynote presentations available. This is for lectures only - specifically excludes the Morning Teas or refreshments. The Keynote Lectures are: A Fri 11 at 11:30am Dr Adam Blanning TICKETS For those unable to attend the conference in full but would like to hear the Keynote Lectures, tickets must be purchased in advance via the Hawkes Branch. Some tickets are available for each lecture. If you wish to hear any or all of the lectures, please email treas@anthrohb.nz giving
When your payment has been received, you will be sent (a week before the Conference) a personal Lecture Only Admission Ticket to show the person with a checklist at the door, and you will be shown to specially reserved seats. Some seats will be on the Balcony/mezzanine, others on the Ground/lower floor, so please indicate which level you prefer. PRICES: There is a discount for pensioners with Gold Cards (quote your Client Number), and for more than one lecture..
~~~~~~~ Biography Three Day workshopTaruna College is delighted to extend a warm invitation to you for a special event at Taruna – the Biography Workshop - 'Wait a minute where did the fun go?' - with Anne de Wilde and Chris Burke, happening from the 15th to the 17th of April. This three-day workshop coincides with Anne and Chris’s time here as key international contributors to the Kolisko Conference, offering a wonderful opportunity to explore the profound work they do in the field of life story biography. Through their guidance, participants will gain tools to discover fresh certainty and ignite new creativity, enabling meaningful contributions in both work and life. In this workshop, you will have the chance to deepen and extend the themes of biography, artistic exploration, nourishing your soul and helping you come closer to your true being. It's a chance to strengthen your sense of self and find guidance as you navigate the journey of life. Whether you're looking to reconnect with your inner purpose or seeking new insights into your life story, this workshop promises to be a truly enriching experience. We warmly invite you to join us, share in this exploration, and discover new pathways for meaningful growth and connection. Please look at our website for further details: https://www.taruna.ac.nz/wait-a-minute-where-did-the-fun-go/ or to have a conversation to find out more call the office 06 877 7174 or email info@taruna.ac.nz ~~~~~~~~ The Great World of Angels - a study
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DEATH WITHOUT DEBT Funeral Workshop The only funeral workshop in NZ that fully addresses the paperwork issue is coming to town. The average cost of a N.Z. Funeral is $10,000. Depending on whether you use cremation or burial, that’s up to ten times more than you need to spend. This workshop combines short presentations with sessions where you start taking practical steps to plan end-of-life care and avoid funeral debt – for yourself, family
Hastings: Saturday 29th March, 11am - 3pm Venue: Age Concern Hastings, 415 Heretaunga St East, Hastings Cost $40 per person or by donation, Includes cost of a 60+ page booklet Afternoon tea and snacks served Death Without Debt is a national organisation campaigning and educating around funeral debt and dignity. Register via website: www.deathwithoutdebt.org.nz ~~~~~~~~ ThreefoldnessOver the next weeks before the talk commemorating the 100th anniversary of Rudolf Steiner’s death on 30 March, we will explore some aspects of threefoldness which particularly occupied Rudolf Steiner from 1917 (in the middle of WW1) in his exposition of Anthroposophy.
More next week. Robin ~~~~~~~ EclipsesLike many cosmic things, there are various rhythms connected with Eclipses. They occur twice a year: once as the Moon ‘ascends’ from south of or below the sun at its zenith to north or above [from Northern Hemisphere perspective] then nearly half a year later ‘descends’ in the other direction. However, the eclipses do not happen at the same time every year but about 20 days earlier – that is the Moon nodes position precesses [move] around the orbit of the Moon. This means that after between 18 and 19 years the eclipses return to the same part of the year. This is one of the calculable aspects of our Cosmos: the time is 18 years 7 months 9 days. Just as the Day, Month, Year rhythms can be seen to relate to rhythms in our lives, we can look [research for ourselves] for any rhythm in your own life (or of someone that you know well) that may correspond to the Lunar Node Precession. For example: at the time of our birth, eclipses happen at a certain time of the year – within 17 days either side of the moon ascending or descending through the node. After 18.6 years (when we are 18years 7months 9days old) the sequence of eclipses return to the same position on the orbit as at our birth. What do you, each person, notice happening at about that age? Typically one is completing one’s secondary education, and in many situations being acknowledged as an adult. It is a special threshold, a stepping away from “home” into independent life. So what do you notice about your life, any threshold at 37.2 years. Typically, but not always, those souls that come into the world by your agency as parents, have arrived. Care-free youth has metamorphosed into the responsibility of family life. What happened in your life around that age {it is not a sharp boundary). Again, examine what happened in your life at ages 55.8 years, 74.4 years and 93 years – what influences came to bear? If these ages are in your future, then you may look ahead with interest to a new threshold in your life. (Personally I have noticed a slightly shorter rhythm of 17 years in my biography.) Next week the fascinating Saros cycle. Robin
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