Anthroposophy in Hawkes Bay
Rudolf Steiner Centre, 401 Whitehead Road, Hastings
Events over next 2 weeks
[2 to 16 November]
- Friday 7 November. 7:30 pm. Talk* by Iain Trousdell
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Friday 14 November. 7 pm. [ and 2nd and 4th Fridays of each month] Friday Study Group has finished the Leading Thoughts and will be embarking a study (read and discuss) of Karmic Relationships (Vol VIII), 6 lectures that Rudolf Steiner gave (in Torquay and London) on his last visit to England, when he also visited King Arthur's Tintagel and a Druid centre in Penmaenmawr, North Wales. New members are welcome to join us. There are copies of the text in the Library.
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Sunday 16 November. 10 to 3pm. Taikura Fete. We have a stall selling second-hand books to raise funds for our library. Helpers [Contact Angela, 027-4436737] and buyers needed.
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Thursday, 20 November, 7.30 pm Lecture by Thomas Mayer,
"Living with the Deceased and the effects of materialism on the afterlife"
Rudolf Steiner Center, Independent of the workshop. Entry by Donation.
- Friday 21 to Sunday 23. Meditation Workshop. [see note below]
- Saturday 6 December, 9:30. School of Spiritual Science. General discussion on issues concerning members. There will not be a reading of a lesson. The cycle of 19 lessons will begin again in February next year.
Reminder:
Some of the people who indicated they would attend the Anthroposophical Meditation Workshop from 21st to 23rd November have not yet enrolled.
If you intend to come, could you please enrol as soon as possible?
Thank you,
Gerrit
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2026
- Weekend17-18 January. 'Deepening Course' at Titirangi RS School**
- Saturday 28 February. Van James from Hawaii: "I would like to offer a lecture-demonstration-drawing-experience". [see note below]
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*KNOWING REALITY - Iain Trousdell
Talk invitation - 7.30 pm, Friday 7th November.
"I have been working for many years on modernising the language of Anthroposophy presented as an intuitive way of knowing multidimensional reality in an effort to make it attractive to a wide range of people.
I would like to share how this is progressing, both with my nearly complete book and more than 40 seminars to more than 1000 participants in China, Britain, Eruope, NZ and Australia.
best wishes
Iain
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Meditation workshop
This meditation workshop will take place in Hastings from Friday 21st to Sunday 23 November 2025.
Thomas Mayer will also give a talk on Thursday evening:
"Living with the Deceased and the Effects of Materialism on the Afterlife"
Thursday, 20. November 2025, at 7:30 pm.
It is independent of the workshop - all welcome.
Donations please.
Venue for both events is the Rudolf Steiner Centre in Hastings.
The link below includes all the details, including an email address for enrollment.
So, if you would like to attend, please use the email in the flyer to enrol, do not reply to me.
Thomas and Agnes are asking if anyone could host them for four nights, i.e. Wed 19 to Sun 23 November.
The person hosting would attend the workshop for free.
If you are able to host Thomas and Agnes, please indicate this in your registration/enrolment email.
Gerrit
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About Thomas Mayer:
THOMAS MAYER, author, meditation teacher and civil rights activist, was born in southern Germany. He is co-founder of More Democracy, an association in Germany to further direct democracy or participatory politics, particularly through referenda (of which he has organized many). He has lectured widely on the subject of regional currencies and initiated pilot projects to introduce them. He organized a referendum in Switzerland in 2018 called sovereign money regarding the question of who should have the right to create money: private banks or public institutions? Since 2004 he has been teaching anthroposophical meditation, together with Agnes Hardorp. He is the author of eleven books, including Answering the Call of the Elementals (2021).
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Art in the Foyer
The display this month is a selection of paintings by Albert Steffen, who was an artist, poet, writer and Anthroposophist.
Albert Steffen (1884 - 1963) was born in Switzerland and kept comprehensive diaries, many of which are included in his book, Meetings with Rudolf Steiner*. The following details about his life, including some quotes, are from this book, and begin with his time as a student in Berlin.
“In order to penetrate life in all its depths, I moved into a street where squalor and misery ruled.” ( screeching and howling of guests from the tavern rose up incessantly).....
One evening, “In full consciousness and clearest judgement, I saw a spirit-form rise up from the black, narrow courtyard. It was shaped out of lust, desire for destruction, and woeful self-torment. … Out of this inner sound I heard a soul’s downfall. It was like a cry for help… a violent, urgent warning to find the word of redemption.”
“I recounted this experience to a friend, who directed my attention to Rudolf Steiner.”
Several months later, in spring 1907, Albert Steffen attended a lecture and talked with Rudolf Steiner, who spoke of the years as an apprentice, a journeyman and a master.
Albert Steffen wrote, “Here is the master and here is the apprentice. For me, the time to wander has come…. While he spoke, I resolved to become worthy of this meeting by transforming myself.”
So began Albert Steffen’s life’s path in anthroposophy. He attended as many lectures as possible; helped carve the architraves and capitals at the first Goetheanum; continued writing poems, plays and novels; he attended the early mystery dramas; studied Goethe’s theory of colour; practiced art; moved to Dornach; and accompanied Rudolf Steiner on many occasions, becoming a trusted friend. He was invited by Rudolf Steiner to become editor of the magazine, 'Das Goetheanum'; witnessed the burning of the first Goetheanum and the laying of the foundation stone for its successor; was a member of the original Vorstand and was with Rudolf Steiner in his last months and days.
Albert Steffen continued his life, dedicating it to the arts and Anthroposophy. In 1960, 3 years before Albert Steffen’s death, the English translation of Meetings with Rudolf Steiner was published to commemorate the centenary of Rudolf Steiner’s birth.
The paintings displayed in the foyer are selected from sets of Steffen’s paintings in the Centre’s library, and some that Rita Brent has donated.
*Reference: "Meetings with Rudolf Steiner", by Albert Steffen, Verlag für schöne Wissenschaften, Dornach/Switzerland (Copy in the Centre's library)
Diana
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Bookstall at Taikura's Fete
REQUEST:
If you have any anthroposophical or related books on your shelves that you have read sufficiently and would like to make available to other readers, please box them up and bring them to the Library by 12 November. Fran will look to see if there are some suitable for the Library; the others will be offered for sale on our stall in the Taikura Fete on Sunday 16 November.
Volunteer helpers needed for this.
Proceeds from the Fete will be used to purchase new publications for the Library. If you have suggestions for purchases please send a note to info@anthrohb.nz
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Future Events Regular Groups
Items, Notices, Letters, or articles of interest to the Hawkes Bay Anthroposophical community
ARE MOST WELCOME
Please email your text by midday Saturday to the Editor at info@anthrohb.nz
with "For AnthroHB News" in the subject line.
Diagrams and pictures need to be in .jpeg (or .jpg) format.
Robin Bacchus, Editor
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An interesting new book!
