Anthroposophy in Hawkes Bay
Rudolf Steiner Centre, 401 Whitehead Road, Hastings
Events in brief for your diary
over next 2 weeks: 5 to 21 June 2026
- Friday 5 June. 5 to 6 pm. NZAS Council Consultation meeting with members re proposed changes to NZAS Constitution.
- Saturday 6 June. 9:30 am. School of Spiritual Science meets. Lesson 5.
- Sunday 7 June at 7 pm. David Urieli will give a talk in the Centre on the current science of death and life after death.
- Friday 12 June. Talk by Dr Richard Drexel on "Sleep" at Taruna College.
- Saturday 13 June. ASNZ AGM and Society Day in Hawke's Bay. Please: Click on blue link to Register
- Friday 19 June, 7 to 8:30 pm. Friday Conversation Groups meets in the Library
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Later in the year:
- Sunday 28 June, Midwinter Festival. Details tba.
- Saturday 25 July. Anthroposophy Hawke's Bay AGM. Approving a new Constitution,
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CONSULTATION MEETING
Dear Hawkes Bay Members of the ASNZ
We look forward to meeting with you on June 5th from 5-6 p.m. at the Centre in Hastings. We have a presentation of the changes we are proposing for the ASNZ constitution, and are seeking your response and discussion points on this, before the proposed acceptance of this new constitution at the Saturday, June 13th AGM of the ASNZ.
Please take the time to come and take part.
See you then. June 5th from 5-6 p.m.
Michelle Vette and Nic Parkes
Ngā Mihi // Kind regards
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You may read my commentary for discussion on the proposal here, RB
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Perceptions and Potential
Saturday, 13th June, 2026
from 8:45 a.m. (registration)
Anthroposophical Centre, 401 Whitehead Road, Hastings.
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Members and friends are warmly welcome to participate on this day. The theme of the morning is Perceptions and Potential, which leads on to the
AGM of the Anthroposophical Society in NZ.
As an introduction to the theme, Jane Bradshaw, General Secretary of the Australian Anthroposophical Society, will speak to us from her home in Australia via a video link: "The Anthroposophical Society and the Task of Linking Esoteric and Exoteric Realms."
Discussion time will follow, hosted by Gerrit Raichle and Michelle Vette
All art materials are provided for an artistic activity, led by Rosie Simpson.
Following morning tea comes the AGM, for which separate relevant information is provided by the Council on ASNZ AGM and Society Day in the Members' Section. The Agenda includes the adoption of a new Constitution.
To assist with catering, we would like to know the numbers attending. We would appreciate it if you could let us know by Monday evening, 8th June if you will be attending. Register here: ASNZ AGM and Society Day
We look forward to seeing you on Saturday, 13th June at this gathering, sharing views and encouraging "potential to become manifest."
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Programme
Saturday, 13th June.
8:45 a.m. Enrollment
9:00 Introduction and Verse
9:15 Musical Interlude
Talk: "The Anthroposophical Society - Linking Esoteric and Exoteric Realms"
10:30 Artistic Activity
11:15 Morning Tea
12.00 AGM of the Anthroposophical Society of New Zealand
14:00 Conclusion and Verse.
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In Love lives the seed of truth,
In Truth, seek the root of Love:
Thus speaks the higher Self.
The fire’s glow transmutes
Wood into warming rays.
Wisdom’s resolving Will
Changes the outer work
Into abiding strength.
So let your work be the shadow
Cast by your I
When it is lit by the flame -
Flame of your higher Self.
Rudolf Steiner
Arithmetic Musings #9
Last week we looked at Division of one number (the Dividend) by another (the Divisor) to get a quotient (or share).
This week we consider those occasions where there is no remainder, where the Divisor and Quotient are FACTORS [things are made in factories] of the Dividend. Sometimes, all the factors of a number are called its Aliquot parts. This excludes the number itself, (being the whole, not a part). It, of course, divides just once into itself, so 1 is an Aliquot part.
This was studied by Euclid (325 BC - 265 BC) a famous Greek mathematician best known for his treatise on geometry: The Elements, which influenced the development of Western mathematics for more than 2,000 years.
Aliquot means "some" or "so many". It is a compound of two Latin terms:
alius: meaning "other" or "some"
quot: meaning "how many" or "as many"
Euclid discovered 4 categories of numbers: Prime; Deficient; Perfect; Abundant
Prime means first (best). A Primes only Aliquot part is 1.
The remainder (Deficient, Perfect, and Abundant) are Composite numbers having a set of Prime Factors.
For example, the Prime Factors of 210 are {2, 3, 5, 7}
Other than 1, their Aliquot parts come in pairs that multiply together to make the number.
The Aliquot Parts of 210 are {1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, 14, 15, 21, 30, 35, 42, 70, 105}
Deficient (or Poor) numbers have only a few factors or paired Aliquot parts that when added together, the sum is less than the number itself.
On the other hand, Abundant (or Rich) numbers have many factors or Aliquot parts that when added together, the sum is more than the number itself.
Perfect numbers are on the boundary, the threshold, between the Deficient and the Abundant numbers - their Aliquot parts that, when added together, sum exactly equal to the number itself. Perfect numbers are few and far between. Before the advent of electronic computers, less than a dozen had been discovered.
In the chart below we look at the first 32 numbers, and we can see how very different they are – like a class of children with different qualities, character and temperaments. The Abundant numbers are like sanguines with many friends. The Primes are strong and independent – they are the building blocks or factors making the others, the composite numbers.
Look at the chart and see what other patterns and relationships you can find.
The four perfect numbers 6, 28, 496 and 8128 seem to have been known from ancient times and there is no record of these discoveries.
28 = 1 + 2 + 4 + 7 + 14,
496 = 1 + 2 + 4 + 8 + 16 + 31 + 62 + 124 + 248
8128 = 1 + 2 + 4 + 8 + 16 + 32 + 64 + 127 + 254 + 508 + 1016 + 2032 + 4064
RB
More in the coming weeks
Posted: Thu 04 Jun 2026