Our reading groups provide the opportunity in a very informal setting to explore Rudolf Steiner’s work with others. There is no need for any prior participation or knowledge, and everyone, young and old, is very welcome to join us at any time, just once or as often as it suits. We aim to create a friendly, inviting atmosphere, as good humoured as it is serious. Working together, we share our reflections on the immediate theme and try to pay as much attention to listening as to speaking. We find that studying together provides a wonderful opportunity for the whole group to advance in knowledge and understanding. Members and friends are warmly invited to groups at any time even for one-off visits. Previous participation is not necessary and there is no need to book.
Small donations towards expenses welcome: £3/£2
All the Rudolf Steiner lectures and writings that we are studying are available from the library at Rudolf Steiner House and, in addition, many may be accessed online at the Rudolf Steiner Archive.
Further information also available at: ssatrsh@virginmedia.com
Meetup website: www.meetup.com/rudolf-steiner-spiritual-science
Karmic Relationships, Volume 1
With Trevor Dance
23rd September 7pm-8.30pm
These profoundly esoteric lectures examine the laws inherent in reincarnation and karma and explore in detail the incarnations of specific historical figures.The opportunity to study this lecture series in a group affords us a chance to really get to grips with these fundamental issues, which demonstrate the realities of the workings of karma in human life. This first volume is an essential basis for such a study.
The Temple Legend
With Dr Sue Peat and Adrian Hotten
30th September 7.00 – 8.30pm
We will be continuing with the lectures given to members of Rudolf Steiner’s first Esoteric School between 1904 and 1906. They throw light on the content of the picture-language of myths, sagas and legends. Pictures, Steiner explains, are the real origin of all things – the primeval spiritual causes. In order to work with pictures or symbols today we first need to become acquainted with their esoteric content. He gave these lectures as a necessary preparation for the planned second section of his Esoteric School, which was to deal in a direct way with a renewal of ritual and symbolism. They clarify the history and nature of the cultic tradition including principally Freemasonry and its background, but also the Rosicrucians, Manichaeism, the Druids, the Prometheus Saga, the Lost Temple, Cain and Abel – and much else besides.
The Riddles of Philosophy
With Trevor Dance
25th September 2.00 – 4.00pm
We are studying the final chapters of this seminal work - the chapters in which Steiner explores the ideas of thinkers of his own time and the essential question of how spiritual ideas can prosper in a materialistic society whose thinking excludes the existence of the spiritual world. These discussions are more pertinent than ever in a world where humanity seems so much in conflict with the natural world, which will not be ‘conquered’ by science.
Reading to the Dead
With Iaia Chiesa
Third Thursday of the month from September 7pm–8.30pm
As one of the recognised tasks of Anthroposophy, we will be reading to the so-called dead, to establish and/or re-establish a connection with the dear ones who have crossed the threshold.
For further information, please contact Iaia Chiesa. E: iaiac53@yahoo.com