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Michael Celebration in San Francisco

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You are warmly invited to join us in a festival celebration to honor the spirit of Micha-el. The Bay Area Eurythmy Ensemble has been inspired to work with the Michael Imagination by Rudolf Steiner in preparation for this festival and aims to trace he arc or Rudolf Steiner’s last address (given September 28, 1924) as a centenary tribute. Through eurythmy, speech and visual art we offer an artistic experience of the individualities R.Steiner mentions in this final talk.

Bruce Donehower will follow with a talk addressing the significance of Novalis and connect this to the festival of Michael.

We hope to welcome you at 2938 Washington Street, Dakin Hall* at 3 pm for this special event. Doors open at 2.30 pm.

Parking in the neighborhood is very limited and SFWS requests that you consider taking public transport or ride share as much as possible. If you come in your own vehicle please plan for ample time to find legal parking.

For more information contact Monika Leitz, through skyleitz@gmail.com

*please note this is the Grade School campus of SFWS

Lecture by Tomáš Zdražil

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Please join us for the unusual opportunity in hearing Tomas Zdrazil present from his original research into the beginnings of Waldorf education. He is currently on the faculty of the College for Waldorf Teacher Training in Stuttgart. Mr. Zdražil has published several books and his most recent one is based on findings of undiscovered archives in the basement of the first Waldorf School. He will introduce and guide us toward an understanding of Rudolf Steiner’s work and relationship to the teachers and students at the school.

The talk will be presented in German and translated into english by Dorit Winter.

Sunday March 24, 3 pm @ 470 West Portal Ave. San Francisco Waldorf High School Eurythmy Room

Donations are gratefully accepted at the door.

Reminder; A Grain or an Egg?

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After a story by Leo Tolstoy

Eurythmy Performance for all ages by the Bay Area Eurythmy Ensemble at SFWS Dakin Hall

this Friday, January 5 from 6-7pm

This Sunday Nov. 5, Where the two worlds touch

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Above all, we learn that we do not live– or love or experience – for ourselves alone. All our experience feeds the universe. We are the books the dead read. Our thoughts and feelings are the works of art that brighten and instruct their lives. When we meditate (or pray) and do our spiritual practice, when we organize our lives to serve and make manifest the good, the true and the beautiful, then we are doing so not only for ourselves but for all beings of all worlds.

Christopher Bamford

Room opens at 3 pm for quiet seating, event starts at ~3.15 pm. Please note the switch from day light savings time:)

Where the two worlds touch

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An All souls day gathering with music poetry eurythmy and lighting of candles

November 5, 2023 3-5 pm @ SFWHS 470 West Portal Ave

Contact: skyleitz@gmail.com for more information

Mystery Drama weekend reminder

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Please note that this weekend events are at the SFWS Grade School location

2938 Washington Street (between Broderick and Divisadero), allow time for parking and arrival

The Mystery Dramas by Rudolf Steiner

A case study of Lucifer and Ahriman in human biography

Evening presentation and workshop with Marke Levene

Friday March 3, 7.30 pm Lecture

@SFWS Campus, 2938 Washington St.

An introductory evening lecture and Saturday workshop for deepening an understanding of Rudolf Steiner’s Mystery Dramas.

Marke Levene is a co-founder of Portal Productions and has been connected to the production and performance of the four Mystery Dramas in the english speaking world.

This lecture and workshop is intended for people with interest in anthroposophy, who wish to get to know and deepen their understanding of the plot and character of the Mystery Dramas first published and performed in german and available in a variety of english translations.

Marke will introduce the characters of the play and the underlying questions explored in the plot guiding us to an understanding of the relevance of the plays in our present age.

This lecture and workshop is co-sponsored by AnthroposophyBayArea.org and the Wednesday evening study group and we hope to welcome many interested people to this wonderful opportunity. The event is free and open. Donations are welcome.

Kindly contact Monika Leitz at skyleitz@gmail.com with questions and registering your interest for attending the Saturday, March 4 workshop from 10-4 pm.

Mystery Drama

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-a reminder-

The Mystery Dramas by Rudolf Steiner
A case study of Lucifer and Ahriman in human biography
 
Evening presentation and workshop with Marke Levene
 
Friday March 3, 7.30 pm Lecture
@SFWS Campus, 2938 Washington St.
 
An introductory evening lecture and Saturday workshop for deepening an understanding of Rudolf Steiner’s Mystery Dramas.
Marke Levene is a co-founder of Portal Productions and has been connected to the production and performance of the four Mystery Dramas in the english speaking world.
This lecture and workshop is intended for people with interest in anthroposophy, who wish to get to know and deepen their understanding of the plot and character of the Mystery Dramas first published and performed in german and available in a variety of english translations.
Marke will introduce the characters of the play and the underlying questions explored in the plot guiding us to an understanding of the relevance of the plays in our present age.
This lecture and workshop is co-sponsored by AnthroposophyBayArea.org and the Wednesday evening study group and we hope to welcome many interested people to this wonderful opportunity. The event is free and open. Donations are welcome.
Kindly contact Monika Leitz at skyleitz@gmail.com with questions and registering your interest for attending the Saturday, March 4 workshop from 10-4 pm.

Mystery Drama Lecture

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The Mystery Dramas by Rudolf Steiner

A case study of the presence of Lucifer and Ahriman in human biography

Evening presentation and workshop with Marke Levene

Friday March 3, 7.30 pm Lecture

@SFWS Campus, 2938 Washington St.

An introductory evening lecture and Saturday workshop for deepening an understanding of Rudolf Steiner’s Mystery Dramas.

Marke Levene is a co-founder of Portal Productions and has been connected to the production and performance of the four Mystery Dramas in the english speaking world.

This lecture and workshop is intended for people with an interest in anthroposophy, who wish to get to know or deepen their understanding of the plot and character of the Mystery Dramas first published and performed in german and available in a variety of english translations.

Marke will introduce the characters of the play and the underlying questions explored through the dramas guiding us to an understanding of the relevance of the plays in our present age.

This lecture and workshop is co-sponsored by AnthroposophyBayArea.org and the Wednesday evening study group. We hope to welcome many interested people to this wonderful opportunity. The event is free and open. Donations are welcome.

Kindly contact Monika Leitz at skyleitz@gmail.com with questions and registering your interest for attending the Saturday, March 4 workshop from 10-4 pm.

New Nightingale, New Rose

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A benefit concert @ White Feather Ranch Saturday January 28 in Placerville

Velsum presents: 
‘New Nightingale, New Rose’

A Benefit Concert to support Nancy Jewel Poer
and the amazing community events at White Feather Ranch

Saturday, January 28th, 2023, at 2 pm PT
In the Peace Garden at White Feather Ranch, Placerville, CA

~ All Ages
~ All Love Donations Appreciated

Come join Velsum’s for their West Coast Debut!
 
Dress in warm clothes for a hearty heart-filled afternoon of music and celebration.
We will have an outdoor fire. If it is too chilly we can meet in the Ranch House.
Pack your own picnic lunch or dinner.
 
Can’t make the concert? You can still Donate to 
White Feather Publishing 

RSVP to receive directions to White Feather Ranch hazel@reverseritual.com

‘Velsum‘ is a musical initiative formed through Lucien Dante Lazar and Ultra-Violet Archer. Celebrating harmony, rhythm, prayer, and the human voice, Velsum’s songs are inspired to develop our human capacity for Love and Logic. Each song is permeated with a sincere interest in the other, the self, the world, and the cosmos. Velsum’s music is a product of listening – we hope that by listening to these songs, you feel heard!
 
Lucien and Ultra met as children at the Chicago Waldorf School, and became friends and collaborators as young adults. They now write, record and perform original music through the initiative Velsum. They debuted the show ‘New Nightingale, New Rose’ last winter at Angelic Organics Farm, and have performed it throughout the Midwest. Through weaving harmonies, poetic recitations, and movement, ‘New Nightingale, New Rose’ invites the audience on a quest for love and wisdom.  A joyful experience awaits young and old! 

Here is a short video clip of Velsum,
and here you can find their link to all links! https://linktr.ee/velsum
 
Ultra-Violet Archer – (b. Chicago, IL, 1999) is a songwriter and music producer, exploring music as a tool for healing and storytelling. After studying at Oberlin College & Conservatory and spending a year in Järna, Sweden, at the International Youth initiative Program, she currently studies music at Columbia College Chicago. She strives to make music that invites people to honor the parts of themselves they feel but can’t yet put into words. https://linktr.ee/UltraVioletArcher

Lucien Dante Lazar (b. Chicago, IL, 1994) is an interdisciplinary artist whose praxis is founded in the intersections of art, science, and spirituality. He received his BA from Bard College (2016), his MFA from California College of the Arts (2020), and is currently working on his PhD in the Philosophy, Cosmology and Consciousness program at California Institute of Integral Studies. His dissertation will concern the pedagogy of spiritual development through the diversity of the arts.

The Portal of Initiation

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The Portal of Initiation

A reading group has formed to share the first Mystery Drama by Rudolf Steiner. Come and join into this endeavor.

The cycle of four Mystery Dramas will be performed summer 2023 in Dornach, Switzerland at the Goetheanum. There is a worldwide initiative to read the plays in as many languages and settings as possible to prepare the ground in support for this event.

It is not too late to join! We are having great fun reading in parts and pondering the questions and mysteries of these plays together.

Our regular time is Wednesdays from 7.30 to 9 pm. (For those who wish there is a light potluck supper from 6.30 onward)

Please contact our host James Nunemacher, jn@vanguardsf.com if you would like more information and address. Or contact skyleitz@gmail.com