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Why Evil?

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Looking at the human being as the battlefield

for the future of humanity

Tuesday March 26, 2024 at 7:00 PM
 Resource Center for Nonviolence
612 Ocean St, Santa Cruz, CA



Please join us in a salon-style conversation led by Penelope Baring, Co-founder and Vice President of Camphill Academy
Penelope Baring was born in Nova Scotia and has spent most of her life involved with Camphill in Ireland, India, and the United States. She has served the Anthroposophical Society on both the Eastern Regional and National Councils, the Asia-Pacific Initiative Group, as well as the Collegium of the School for Spiritual Science in North America. Currently concentrating locally on teaching Anthroposophy at Camphill Academy, she has lectured and led workshops for the past forty years.
We request our usual donation of $20
or $10 for current paid branch members.

Writing About Dying and Returning

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Robert McDermott
On his forthcoming book:Writing about Dying and Returning

Tuesday February 27, 2024 at 7:00 PM Resource Center for Nonviolence

Several months after the start of my retirement from the California Institute of Integral Studies in June 2022, and the simultaneous death of five of my closest friends,* all deep anthroposophists, I began research for a book tentatively entitled Dying and Returning. 


Early chapters will cover karma, the evolution of consciousness, Hindu, Buddhist, Chinese, and Amerindian contributions, followed by two chapters on Christian teachings on the afterlife. The entire book will be based on the research of Rudolf Steiner concerning the process of death of the physical, etheric, and astral bodies, and the journey of the “I” toward rebirth. Using Christopher Bamford’s book, Staying Connected, the concluding chapter will summarize Steiner’s teachings and practices.

*Patti Smith, Gertrude Hughes, Gene Golligly, Christopher Bamford, and David Gershan, M.D.

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.