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Newsletter 11: Sunday 15 March 2026Anthroposophy in Hawkes BayRudolf Steiner Centre, 401 Whitehead Road, Hastings Events in brief over next 2 weeks 15 to 29 March 2026
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One of many Wheat 'corn dollies'.
Bernie
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Autumn FestivalPart I: Saturday 21 March at 3 pm. Stirring Preparation BD500 for the Garden.Jen Speedy and John Jackson invite you to a BD500 stirring at the Rudolf Steiner Centre. Please bring your Michaelic thoughts for an enjoyable and meaningful gathering; and a small container (to take some stirred preparation back home to stimulate your own garden). See you there. John and Jen Part 2 Reading Saturday 28 March at 3 pm.
There will be reading of "The Michael Imagination" from The Four Seasons and the Archangels with John Jackson
Part 3 Evening: Saturday 28 March at 7 pm.
7:00 pm. As usual, we are having a social time in the Foyer, to start the evening. 7:30 pm. – Gathering in the Festival room – ****** Some notes on the programme What is this festival about..? There will be a festival address by John Allison, on the Archangel Michael and his many blessings for us in our time and in the Autumn season – Who is this being? - and what is he asking of us?
In the Southern Hemisphere, we have the showers of meteors also raining down onto the earth at this time, and bringing the inner strength and courage from its iron forces into our blood, to help us meet the challenges or the autumn time, and of our present materialistic time and mentality, and to allow us to realise our Humanity and develop inner freedom... Speech is the art most connected to our ego forces, it gives us the inner strength and courage, as it is also connected to the planetary forces of Mars and the iron, therefore very appropriate for the Autumn season... Here is a verse by Rudolf Steiner which we will be speaking together: Invocation of Michael. Victorious Spirit, There will be Michaelic music... We will also be singing together: the Michael Mood of the Soul’s Calendar by Julian Pook, and we will hear an autumn round sung by a group of singers. Rudolf Steiner tells us that Easter used to be an autumn festival, and the Motto from the Esoteric School was: ‘Look around you’ – when we see the sun-coloured autumn leaves, we can virtually recognise the resurrection forces shown to us by nature, giving us joy and wonder – wandering through an autumn forest is indeed a very special experience... All are Welcome - please bring a friend. Astrid Anderson and John Jackson. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Report from Anthroposophy Hawke’s Bay Committee Meeting on 12 March 2026 Consultation with lawyers regarding rule changes has been postponed until after the ASNZ AGM to see if other changes will be necessary due to ASNZ rule changes. The water pipe between the toby and the house will be protected from cars driving over it. The roadside display cabinet will be replaced with a new, easier to use model. The AHB AGM postponed until after the ASNZ AGM to 25. July 2026, 2.30pm. Financial report to February 2026 Budget (92% of Financial year completed): income below budget at 79%; expenses at 92%. There are still members who have not replied to appeals or financially contributed and we are 2 weeks away from the end of the financial year. Robin to send out another reminder. Autumn Festival: Sat 28 March, John Allison to give a talk on St. Michael, programme details to come. BD Preparation 500 stirring will be on autumn equinox (Sat 21 March). Library Budget to be restored to earlier levels, but purchasing policy remains in place. Please send in new book purchase suggestions to Gerrit gwr@actrix.co.nz by 31 March. Correspondence: Michelle V re. hosting of the ASNZ AGM/Society Day on 13. June 2026. The committee agreed for this event to be held in HB. Insurance premium is due next month. We are investigating alternative, more cost-effective options. Diana and Bernie’s proposal to improve the availability of space in the eurythmy storage room was approved. Clarification of the Role of the Trust. The Trustees will be invited to join our meeting later in the year to discuss this. Reports need to be prepared for our AGM as well as for the Charity Commission. Angela to collate all events etc. for the current year for the annual report; Robin to prepare a DRAFT budget, send out request for anyone active at the Centre to give an estimate of hours worked voluntarily since 1 April 25; and calculate hours we employed contractors. We clarified a procedure for minuting e-mail conversations and decision making in between meetings. Gerrit Raichle For the AHB Committee ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ROOM BOOKINGS For single bookings, please use the website. For any sequence of 2 or more bookings please contact the Treasurer [ treas@anthrohb.nz ] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Leaders?“I hear people everywhere saying that the trouble with our time is that we have no great leaders any more. If we look back, we always had them. But to me it seems there is a very profound reason why there are no great leaders any more. It is because they are no longer needed. The message is clear. You no longer want to be led from the outside. Every man must be his own leader. He now knows enough not to follow other people. He must follow the light that's within himself, and through this light he will create a new community. You see, wherever I go in the world, this to me is a general trend.” Laurens van der Post (1986) in ‘A Walk with a White Bushman’
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