Newsletter 07: Sunday 15 February 2026

Introduction to the First Class of the School of Spiritual Science.

For at least the last 20 years of his life, Steiner ran trainings for people to learn to see what he saw of the spiritual world.  In his last two years, he ran a course which has come to be called the first class of the school of spiritual science.  

This course introduces the participant to:

• Mantras on which they can meditate;
• What a person experiences as they begin to enter consciously into the spiritual world.

Traditionally, anyone who was a member of the Anthroposophical Society for more than 2 years could apply to join the First Class.  The course is 19 lessons long.  An appointed reader of the Society reads one lesson per month to members of the class in the Anthroposophical centre.  It used to be that the class was completely secret, but for the last few years, the lectures have been published and are thus in the public domain.  Because it is no longer secret, I have given an introduction twice in the last few years to anyone who wanted to attend.

To do that, we would meet, usually in Taikura School Library, for 30 minutes on Wednesdays from 7.30 am to 8 am on 19 occasions, and in those sessions I would read and explain some of the content of those lessons, including the mantras.

Anyone interested in participating, please contact me (David Urieli  06-878 6028 or <davidurieli@gmail.com>) so that I can answer any questions you may have, and that you can decide whether you want to take part in these sessions.  If you want to talk to someone who has participated in these lessons, the last time I ran them, I can suggest someone to you.

David Urieli

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Earth  Radiating  Spirit

Celebrating the Foundation Stone

of the Goetheanum  

Friday 20th, 7.00 p.m. & Saturday 21st, 8.45a.m. February, 2026  
Rudolf Steiner Centre, 401 Whitehead Road, Hastings

There is no charge to attend this event, thanks to a generous donation from trustees of the Brian Butler Legacy, but koha will be appreciated.

To  ENROL, contact Bernie  ( sophia@actrix.co.nz  )

by  SUNDAY EVENING, 15TH FEBRUARY (tonight)

 and give your activity of choice.  The activities now available are -

=   The “I” in the five.  ‘The five and the rose are one’

          with Sue Simpson

=   Exploring the Geometry of the Dodecahedron 

          with Robin Bacchus

=   The Saturday Rhythm of the foundation Stone Meditation

          with Eva-Maria /Steinmetz-Urieli

For further details, press: Brochure

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— Saturday rhythm —

Practise remembering in spirit

Seraphim, Cherubim, Thrones,

Let there ring out from the Heights

What is echoed in the depths.

Practise attending in spirit

Kyriotetes, Dynamis, Exusiai,

Let there be fired from the East

What forms itself through the West.

Practise beholding in spirit

Archai, Archangeloi, Angeloi,

O, let there be called out from the depths

What will be heard in the heights 

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The Trustees of Anthroposophy Hawke’s Bay are pleased to help financially support the Earth Radiating Spirit celebration coming up on 20 and 21 February.

These funds are coming from Brian Butler Fund, a legacy left by Brian for the purpose of cultivating the anthroposophical life in the community. 

Brian was born in Dunedin in 1919.  His cello teacher was Mary Stuckey, an anthroposist. From the age of 19 he began reading Rudolf Steiner's lectures.  

He was a founding teacher, from 1950, of Taikura Rudolf Steiner School, at that time called Queenswood Rudolf Steiner School,

In 1963, Brian was elected General Secretary of the Anthroposophical Society in New Zealand, a role he held for 3 decades.  He was involved in many study groups right up to the time he crossed the threshold in 2015 in Havelock North. 

Fellow readers involved in these study groups are forever grateful to Brian for his careful and steadfast sharing of his knowledge in Anthroposophy and for the time he gave to us all in this.  Sharing and awakening fellow Human Beings to Anthroposophy was of great importance to Brian. 

Mike, Jen & Andrew
Trustees

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