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Crossings: Caring for Our Beloveds in Life and Death

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Spiritual content, specifically related to karma and reincarnation (from GA236 to GA240, and others), is linked to the permeability that human beings need to develop in order to grasp it through life experiences, since it is not possible to attain it solely through intellectual thought. The efforts of Crossings as an initiative are specifically aimed at developing this permeability through exercises. These exercises also address two specific recommendations of Rudolf Steiner: strengthening our vital structure under waking consciousness and intensifying our activity during sleep under dream consciousness.

The Planets: our cosmic family

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A Zoom talk by Howard Smith

10 am Pacific Time – Saturday, May 16

Rudolf Steiner often spoke of the planets from different aspects: for example as the homes of spiritual beings, and as physical entities in space. Some of his views were far ahead of his time and many can be related to modern findings.

Modern space research has produced phenomenal insights into the physical aspects of the solar system, and NASA has released many astounding close-up photographs.

In this talk Howard will attempt to bring these two approaches together, to narrow the gulf between natural science and spiritual science.

Howard is a life-long student of Anthroposophy, has a PhD in Chemistry, and founded the Science Group of the Anthroposophic Society Great Britain.https://sciencegroup.org.uk/

Admission $10.
Faust Branch Members $5.
Supporting Members No Charge

You may pay using the donate button on our website faustbranch.org

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 A Mighty Devotion: The Manichaean Path in the Consciousness Soul Age

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A talk with Andrew Sullivan

ZOOM ONLY – May 6th – 7 pm Pacific Time

Andrew Sullivan is a poet, philosopher, educator, and interdisciplinary artist and thinker. He has been connected with the Sacramento Waldorf school for most of his life as a student, high school teacher, and teacher of teachers. He seems to be getting more interested in and devoted to spiritual science as the years and incarnations pile up and feels much that we are experiencing today has been incarnations in the making. He lives in Midtown Sacramento with his wife, Megan, and has two adult daughters, Rosa and Lily.

Join the conversation

Admission $10.
Faust Branch Members $5.
Supporting Members No Charge

You may pay using the donate button on our website faustbranch.org

SCMB Branch Meeting on the Section for Inclusive Social Development

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The Santa Cruz and Monterey Bay Branch
of the Anthroposophical Society
is pleased to present:

Anya Hobley     Gleice Paulino da Silva Natalia Paredes Lopez

An Evening on the Section for Inclusive Social Development 

Tuesday, May 26, 7:00 PM

Please join us for an evening on The Section for Inclusive Social Development, which is a faculty of the School of Spiritual Science (Goetheanum). 

Its core tasks are: 
– research, including through spiritual-scientific methods of inquiry
– personal and professional development, including through inner (esoteric, contemplative) pathways of practice
– building communities of practitioners to facilitate professional exchange
– peer consultation
– research and development in the various professional fields. 

The Section’s context is the interdisciplinary field of supportive education and inclusive social development, encompassing special needs education, early intervention, inclusive education, social work, social therapy, social pedagogy, inclusive community building (through intentional communities and through inclusive processes in the wider community) and related disciplines oriented towards supports for persons with disabilities or otherwise at risk of marginalization. 

We will hear how this work is currently taking place in our community, and in the wider world.

Anya Hobley is the Executive Co-Director of Camphill Communities California, where she has lived and worked for 16 years. She also serves as Director of Development & Outreach and as a member of the organization’s Board of Directors. She is a Waldorf graduate, with studies in Waldorf early childhood education, curative work, Social Therapy. She is a board member of the North American Council for Inclusive Social Development ( NAC), and has served for 8 years as the region’s international delegate to the work of inclusive social development in the world.

Gleice Paulino da Silva is a curative educator, a member of the Academy faculty at Camphill Communities California, and a teacher of professional adult education programs internationally. She particularly enjoys sharing the gift of healing stories and the power of storytelling and imagination to transform human situations. 

Natalia Paredes, originally from Puebla, Mexico, is a Physical Therapist with a degree from Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla. A graduate of Camphill Academy, she has lived and worked as part of the Camphill, CA community since 2019. She was part of the group, as were Anya and Gleice, who attended the opening of the new Section for Inclusive Social Development at the Goetheanum in Dornach.

We request our usual donation of $20
or $10 for current paid branch members.

Susan Cook, Jeanie Elliott, David Eyes, Douglas Wylie 
The Core Group

Visit the Santa Cruz & Monterey Bay Anthroposophical Society website for calendar of latest events

coregroup@anthroposophysantacruz.com 
www.anthroposophysantacruz.com

Please Raise the BAR by purchasing Biodynamic And Regenerative Foods

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Dear Community Members,

Please Raise the BAR by purchasing Biodynamic And Regenerative Foods

Grocery store foods, both Organic & Conventional, are Fossil Fuel Food.

In these chaotic times, I am writing to you to encourage you to lock in Food Security for your family by investing in local, Biodynamic & carbon-neutral food producers like Three Springs Community Farm, and our Farming Friends listed below.… for your safety and security, and the health of the community & planet.

News reports forecast that fuel at the pump could rise to over $8 per gallon this year. Production and distribution in our current unsustainable food system relies heavily on fossil fuels.

Rising gas prices means higher costs at the pump, and the cost of the grocery store FOODS we rely on every day will also rise as a result.

Local, regeneratively-grown foods are orders of magnitude lower on fuel use, insulating them from these effects.

We may not be able to stop the forces that are driving rising fuel prices, but each of us can take steps to create the world we want by investing in our local farms to create a secure food system.

We do have the power to vote with our dollars! 

Checklist for Voting with Your Dollars in Our Community to Source and Support Biodynamic And Regenerative Foods:

1. Join the Three Springs CSA Vegetable Share Membership
We grow 45 different crops throughout the year, bringing LOCAL and IN-SEASON to a new level of nutritional value for your family. Our Members tell us they can TASTE the difference—and I’ll let you in on a secret—FLAVOR=NUTRITION. 

Our vegetables also represent a great value for the cost. They compare well with current organic grocery store prices, and even more so if you factor in the reality of FOOD as MEDICINE and rising food costs. 

We encourage you to take action in 2026 to bring high nutrient-density and food security to your plate. We deliver to locations throughout the Bay Area (San Rafael, SF, Oakland, El Sobrante, West Sonoma County)

2. Create locally sourced meals by also signing up with our Northern California Farming Friends:

A Better World Is Possible… 

Join us in localizing our food system. 

~Thank You, Willow Summer, Three Springs Community Farm

James Dyson: Christ in the Life Between Death and a New Birth, and in Earthly Life

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James Dyson MD will be speaking from a deeply esoteric perspective to deepen our insight into the cosmic role of the Christ being.

More details here.

Requested Donation $15-$20 at the door. You can donate online.

James Dyson in San Francisco

James Dyson: Christ in the Life Between Death and a New Birth, and in Earthly Life

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Saturday, April 25, 2026 3 – 5 pm

SF Waldorf Grade School
2938 Washington St
San Francisco CA 94115

James Dyson: Christ in the Life Between Death and a New Birth, and in Earthly Life

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The Soul’s transformation across its eternal path

Tuesday, April 21, 7:00 PM

Resource Center for Nonviolence
612 Ocean St, Santa Cruz

Dr. Dyson will be speaking from a deeply esoteric perspective to enlarge our insight into the cosmic role of the Christ being.

This will be our first chance to hear Dr. Dyson speak in person since before the pandemic. Those of us who have had the opportunity to hear him speak before are excited to have him with us again.

His talk will explore these themes:

• The connection with Christ in the life between Death and Rebirth, where the karmic structure of our earth life is formed

• How we develop and transform the healing gifts of the hierarchies from our pre-earthly existence through encounter with the Christ in this life

• The possibility of dialogue with the Dead through a new etheric clairvoyance and a strengthening of the Christ power in our lives

The Santa Cruz Branch is coordinating a series of talks by Dr. Dyson, who will also speak in Fair Oaks, Santa Rosa, and San Francisco during the week of April 19. Dr. Dyson will speak extemporaneously to the themes within the overall context described at this detail page. Information about his other appearances in the greater Bay Area is also to be found on the detail page.

Please note that the date of this branch meeting is a week earlier than our usual rhythm of meetings.

The talk will also be webcast using Zoom, you may register for the Zoom meeting here.

James Dyson, MD, was a co-founder of one of the few English speaking anthroposophical medical clinics, Park Attwood in the UK, where he worked from 1979 to 2003. He has practiced as a doctor in Steiner Waldorf Schools and in centers for social therapy. His areas of special interest are developmental psychology and adult mental health, and he is a regular contributor to anthroposophic therapeutic trainings in the UK and the USA. More recently, Dr. Dyson has completed a Masters in Psychosynthesis Psychology and is a prolific lecturer of Rudolf Steiner’s body of work in the healing fields. Dr. Dyson is one of the founders of The Association for Anthroposophic Psychology (AAP), which has the following Mission Statement: Re-Membering Psychology Through Relational Anthroposophia, an image-rich statement describing its aim of bringing a psychology of soul and spirit both to professional counselors, and to the general public, that incorporates the spiritual science of Anthroposophy. It also endeavors to find ways in which Anthroposophic Psychology can be, shared, applied, and integrated with mainstream psychology according to the needs of our times. This mission honors Dr. Rudolf Steiner, founder of Anthroposophy.

We request our usual donation of $20 or
$10 for current paid branch members.

Susan Cook, Jeanie Elliott, David Eyes, Douglas Wylie 
The Core Group

Visit the Santa Cruz & Monterey Bay Anthroposophical Society website for calendar of latest events

coregroup@anthroposophysantacruz.com 
www.anthroposophysantacruz.com

MysTech Study Group Courses – Spring 2026

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Offering free group studies into the Mysteries of Technology and the future of Humanity.
Spring 2026 Program begins the week of April 5th. 12-week courses end in June.

MysTech intends to cultivate the ground both in the human soul and in industry whereby a healthy Man-Machine relationship can be realized. Toward that goal, MysTech intends to establish a research and development center. In support of our research goal, MysTech offers educational programs such as these study courses as well as a newsletter, periodic webinars, and an annual conference in addition to these study groups. 

Each study course intends to build a supportive environment for the study of key lectures given by Rudolf Steiner regarding the future interaction of mankind with machines. Each course has a study guidebook containing lectures by Steiner along with study questions.

Each course is formed around a group whose members can be from anywhere in the world. The courses listed here have a host and will meet weekly. Click on the “+” to see the day and time and host for that course. There is no cost except for the study guidebook. 

Consider forming a group! Reach out to Andrew Linnell at support@mystech.org

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Preparing for The Year 2033

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Robert Karp
April 8 – 7 pm Pacific – Zoom Only

This talk will weave together a number of insights and indications of Rudolf Steiner to explore the significance of the years between 2000 and 2033 for the rebirth of the anthroposophical movement. What is the nature of this rebirth, how is it related to the great developmental crises and processes taking place within humanity in our time, and what are the next seven years asking those of us who would place ourselves in the service of this renewal?

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Meeting ID: 893 4494 2665
Passcode: 198379

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Robert Karp (aka Karbelnikoff) has been a student of anthroposophy, esoteric Christianity and social threefolding for over forty years. For many decades, he has been a leader in the biodynamic, organic and local food movements, pioneering impact investing in organic farmland and starting numerous local and regional food system projects. Robert has a master’s degree in educational leadership, a certificate in anthroposophical psychology and is increasingly focused on teaching workshops on esoteric christianity, social threefolding, goethean movement, and earth healing. Robert lives in Viroqua, Wisconsin. You can learn more about Robert on his Substack at www.robertkarp.net

Thank you for your support.
Your admission fees pay for honoraria for our speakers.
Admission for Faust Branch Members $5
For Non-members $10
Supporting Members and Donors, no fee
You may pay using the donate button on our website faustbranch.org
Or By Check to Sacramento Faust Branch
(mail to Treasurer, Carol Nordaas, 7620 Woodglen Dr, Fair Oaks, CA 95628)

Easter Sunrise Singing

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Sunday, April 5, 6:30 AM 

Capitola bluff (Jewelbox neighborhood), corner Prospect Ave and Opal St

We gather together to sing Easter/spring songs on the bluff overlooking Monterey Bay during Easter sunrise. All are welcome! Armand Ruby provides music and leading tones. Location: same as in recent years; aim your GPS for: 1375 Prospect Ave., Capitola, CA 95010 That spot has a nice southeasterly view, so weather permitting we will be able to see the sunrise, and there is plenty of free parking.

How to read Steiner’s written works

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Jan-Willem Pieterse

Friday, April 10, 7:00PM  

Resource Center for Nonviolence
612 Ocean St, Santa Cruz

Hearing comments about reading Steiner’s texts: “it’s difficult”, “it can hit you”, “needs to be read again”, taking delight in reading it for the umpf time shows the variety of intentions and experiences. Here and there Steiner himself describes the challenges facing smithing words that represent the underlying ideas. So, it is no wonder this induces a remoteness on that path from ideas to words, to text, to a new pair of eyes, through milling it over with new percepts ever trying to reach for these original ideas. And once the idea is reached, there is more, it needs to be placed such that its perspective finds a satisfiable viewpoint among the omni presence of others. 

Steiner found a way such that each reader has the freedom to “read” original ideas again. Not so-much through facts, but let them move, puts them in perspective, addressing a listening individual. The original seed knows it has a future: to become a seed again be it after a full life. During this lecture we will work through a couple of examples by discovering geometry, inversions, enhancement and polarities. Just as a plant is composed of roots, leaves, flower and seed-power, the written text is re-created into a wholesome form. This active approach to find the original idea is then put in perspective. Every plant withers in the fall, likewise the newly discovered ideas find new life. It takes on a new form. Reading Steiner, can be difficult but never boring be it in the words, through the composition, from the ideas, fulfilling to the reader.

Jan-Willem grew up near Amsterdam. As a late bloomer he discovered his talent with fixing things, pursuing an EE degree which soon migrated into optical engineering. Balancing academic dryness, he explored esoteric interests and anthroposophy since ’78. Immigrated ‘temporarily’ to the US, San Jose in 1986. His current interests is in all kinds of transformations and inversion taking place around him.

We request our usual donation of $20 or $10 for current paid branch members.