Anthroposophy in Hawkes Bay
Events in brief for your diary
Friday 16 October to Sunday 1 November 2026
- Friday 23 October. 7 to 8:30 pm. Friday Conversation Group meets in the Library. (the meetings are held on the second and fourth Fridays of each month). The Study text is Christianity as Mystical Fact. Chap 7. "The Gospels"
- SATURDAY 31 October, (then 14 & 28 November.) 9:30 to noon. Sacred Geometry with Maggie Farr
Later in the year
- First Saturday of every month, from 9:30 am. School of Spiritual Science. 7 November; 5 December.
**SACRED GEOMETRY SATURDAYS
Fundraising initiative to support the Anthroposophical Centre
Dates: October 31, November 14, 28.
Time: 9.30-12.00
Costs. $60 for 3 sessions or $25 per session
Venue: Anthroposophical Centre
500 Nelson Street North, Hastings
Join me ( Margaret-Mary Farr) and have some fun creating Sacred Geometry / colouring in using my hand made mineral and plant paints made from local minerals/ rocks and plants.
This initiative comes out of a need to support the Anthroposophical centre, to encourage the art of sacred geometry and to create a space to create and work artistically in this beautiful space.
Robin Bacchus will also be offering forms in these sessions.
Hope you can make it.
Please contact Margaret-Mary for enrolment
Email: manawastudio@gmail.com
Txt: 0272484193
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GARDENS
Dear HB Anthroposhical Community,
Yours Gratefully
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ESSAYS
I have begun a blog <<www.foundationstonenz.co.nz>> in which I have posted letters about a number of topics connected with the foundation stone verses, or with the First Goetheanum and its design and decoration. Because , in addition, of my years teaching chemistry, I have wrestled with the idea that the world is made of atoms, and struggled to find a view that is closer to Anthroposophy and Rudolf Steiner’s picture of the evolution of the world. In my pursuit of this I have discovered a reason to look at the story of Cinderella in a different light. I have discovered some points of view of the periodic table of the elements. I have been driven by the idea that the atom, as Rutherford describes it, is very clever and inteligent, but not reality. You may find some interesting ideas in my essays.
Christopher Bacchus
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New Zealand, Hastings:
Anthroposophic Meditation Workshop - Connecting to the angelic world
Hastings, Fri. 11. to Sun. 13. December 2026
In the course we will introduce many different approaches to meditation and always share our experiences afterwards. The focus of the weekends is contact with the angelic realm. How do the angels work in our lives and in our aura? What is a landscape angel? How do you connect with the angel of another person? How can we contact the angel of a family or a social community?
Friday, 11. December 2026, 6 pm - 9:30 pm, registration from 5:30
Saturday, 12. December, 9 am - 7 pm
Sunday, 13. December, 9 am - 1:30 pm
Location: Rudolf Steiner Centre Hastings
Corner of 500 Nelson St. N and 401 Whitehead Rd., www.anthrohb.nz
Course leaders: Agnes Hardorp, Thomas Mayer
Course fee: 350 NZD or reduced rate 250
To register: meditation333@protonmail.com
More information about the course in Hastings: https://www.
Flyer is here.
SPRING
"Hence in solitude, or that deserted state when we are surrounded by human beings and yet they sympathize not with us, we love the flowers, the grass, the waters, and the sky.
In the motion of the very leaves of spring, in the blue air, there is then found a secret correspondence with our heart."
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Posted: 15 Oct 2026