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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

Join the talk here

 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

Calendar of the Soul Festival

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The Eurythmy Association of North America EANA is sponsoring a festival celebration of all 52 verses of the Calendar of the Soul by Rudolf Steiner. The festival will conclude with a performance of all verses in eurythmy. For More information go to the website here

Professional Eurythmy Performance 7PM May 2nd Dakin Hall, SFWS

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Please join us for a Eurythmy performance from Sol Metamorfloses at The San Francisco Waldorf School 2938 Washington St. San Francisco, CA

Will the Future takes audiences on a journey to uncover the origin of evil and the power in the human being that can overcome it. We artistically offer the path of initiation toward the birth of the higher self as outlined by Rudolf Steiner through this performance. Eurythmy is performed to poetry and music by: Victor Hugo, Annie Lighthart, Diane Robitelle, Aleksander Solzhenitsyn, Rudolf Steiner, J.S. Bach, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Franz Liszt, and more.

Join us again at SFWS May 3rd at 9:30AM for a performance for children and families: The 3 Little Pigs. Why was this tale chosen for these times? The three little pigs have to leave their mother and build their own houses. Even with their ideal in mind the first two pigs settle for less. Each chooses their own materials and invests more or less of themselves in the process of building their home. Each human being has the task of creating a dwelling for our soul and spirit. The home that each one of us creates for our essential self makes us more or less vulnerable to outer influences (the forces of death) that can destroy our true intentions (the force of birth in the spiritual). Inner tranquility is needed to unfold the creativity that can transform challenges into opportunity. The three little pigs remind us that we build the foundation of our own lives out of the forces of death or of life. We must create strong houses to meet and transform the wolf of our modern time: Materialism

From our audiences:

~Wow, I am speechless…I have seen a lot of eurythmy in my life and this is of such high quality.

~I was deeply moved by how your performance revealed the unseen world. It gives me courage to reach to the unseen in my own work.

~ I have never seen eurythmy before. I was able to see the music in your movement.

~Thank you all so much for this meaningful performance! So heartwarming, funny and thoughtful!

~This performance brought me nourishment, strength, and courage.

~It is not only eurythmy that you are bringing, it is brotherhood.

~ Me encanto mucho.

Sol Metamorfloses is a group of Eurythmists, Musicians, and Speakers who are dedicated to art as a transformative medium for their audiences and themselves.
Lilith & Sebastien Dupuis, Joleen Spratt (Eurythmy)
Isaiah Spratt (Piano, Speech) Contact us at: SolMetamorfloses@protonmail.com

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

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

Saturday, April 25, 2026 , 3-5 pm at the Eurythmy room of the SF Waldorf Grade School, 2938 Washington St, San Francisco CA 94115

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

Sponsored by the San Francisco Bay Branch Initiative

$15-20, at the door, for more information click here

 James Dyson, MD, has co-founded the anthroposophical medical clinic, Park Attwood in the UK, where he worked from 1979 to 2003. He practiced as a school doctor in many 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. Dr. Dyson holds a Masters in Psychosynthesis Psychology and is a prolific lecturer of Rudolf Steiner’s work in the healing fields. He is one of the founders of The Association for Anthroposophic Psychology (AAP)

Iron Swords Prayers

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ANTHROPOSOPHY.SOCIAL ◆ MEET WITH THE AUTHORS

How can the human heart remain alive in times of grief, violence and evil?

With Eytan Bloch and Maureen Amelia Brodie from Israel in the Midst of the War

Presentation, Conversation, Exploration and Contemplations

Dates: The 2nd & 4th Saturdays: April 11th and 25th, May 9th and 23rd, June: 13th and 27th

Start: 9:30 am Pacific,

Bring: A copy of the book, Iron Swords Prayers. The book can be purchased HERE
We also recommend: A candle, a blank copybook and colored pencils or pastel crayons and writing materials.

JOIN IRON SWORDS PRAYERS MEETINGS on Anthroposophy.Social

For questions email Vivianne at vivianne@anthroposophy.social or Sally at supersallyg@gmail.com