Subject: Feathers Update: 6BE, Brian Gray, Nurturer'Studio, Spiritual Science

This season is full of opportunities . . .
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In This Newsletter

°  Six Basic Exercises Practice Group
    Begins September 19, 2022
    
º  The First Goetheanum
    Brian Gray Zoom Presentation
    October 19, 2022

º  Deepening our Understanding of
    Twelve Senses in Early 
    Childhood Work
    September 10, 17, 24, & 
    October 1, 2022

°  Introduction to Spiritual Science
    October 4, 2022 - 16 Sessions
All of a Feather

The idiom "birds of a feather flock together" appears in literature at least as early as 1545 AD, but as a proverb and metaphor it likely goes back much farther in history.

It seems fitting to use Feathers for 
our newsletter that highlights events sponsored by other organizations.  It reminds us that there are other "flocks" worth getting to know, building relationships with, and learning from.



Six Basic Exercises Practice Group

You are invited to join with a group of students and friends who have created an online practice group to support our personal transformation and world healing.  Each weekday we meet for 15 minutes to turn our attention to developing our highest selves in a supportive community.

Meetings begin Monday, September 19, 2022, and run until Good Friday, April 7, 2023.

Meeting days and times are based on Eastern Time (GMT -4)
We’ll meet every weekday for 15 minutes.
Our schedule will be:
12:00 - Opening thought/reading
12:05 - 5-minute individual practice space
12:10 - Journal time
12:13 - Closing thought/reading
12:15 - Close the space
The First Goetheanum
A Zoom presentation by Brian Gray

Wednesday, October 19, 2022
7:00 PM Pacific Time (GMT -7)

Zoom link available on FaustBranch.org a few days before the presentation.  
Admission for lectures: Faust Branch members $5 or non-members $10.  
Donate at FaustBranch.org.
Biography of Brian Gray

Brian Gray is a musician, teacher, lecturer, and writer on many topics drawn from Anthroposophy – the work of Rudolf Steiner.  He loves to share research from the realms of star wisdom, biography, cosmology, Waldorf Education, sacred architecture, and esoteric Christianity.  Brian was core faculty at Rudolf Steiner College in Fair Oaks, California from 1981-2016. He also served as RSC’s Director of the Foundation Program from 1991-1998, and again from 2006-2016.

Brian earned a BA in Architecture from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a Master of Landscape Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania.  Inspired in 1979 by René Querido – one of his master teachers at RSC – Brian completed a certificate in Waldorf Teacher Education in 1981.  Brian has helped lead tours through Europe, Egypt, and the Holy Land exploring sacred architecture, sacred sites, and Parzival’s quest for the Holy Grail.

Brian is a founding member of Wise Cosmos Educational Initiative and is the President of the Board of Directors.

Deepening our Understanding of Twelve Senses in
Early Childhood Work

Dr. Lakshmi Prasanna 
Developmental Pediatrician
Teacher Educator & Author 
(India/Australia) 

Nancy Blanning
Early Childhood Educator
Therapeutic Educator & Author
(USA)
Presentations from an experienced Early Childhood Educator and a Developmental Pediatrician with open discussions.

We are now living in a post-pandemic world, coming out of the darkness that has hung over us the past few years.  Everyone’s senses have been deprived of healthy stimulation and activity.  In this study we will come together to reawaken and nourish our senses – and the senses of the children who are the future of our planet.  As we study to understand the senses, we will move, breathe, and laugh with practical examples and imaginative ideas for implementing this work with children.

This is going to be a very open session, like a flowing river with our two highly experienced mentors shaping the two sides of the banks.  On one side, Nancy Blanning will shape this river through Waldorf Education, while Dr. Lakshmi Prasanna will inform us from the Healing/Medical side.  You are warmly invited to come flow with Nancy and Lakshmi at Nurturer’Studio and become a part of this river that is designed for inculcating understanding, growing, and warmth.


September 10, 17, 24 & October 1, 2022, Saturdays (In Asia)
7:00 AM – 8:30 AM India Standard Time (GMT +5:30)

Introduction to Spiritual Science
A course by Michael Fuller

During 16 sessions, spread over two terms, we will learn about the core ideas of Rudolf Steiner, the founder of Spiritual Science (Anthroposophy).  In this wide-ranging reading and guided discussion group, we will study the spiritual background to all we experience on earth – ourselves, our environment, our relationships.  We will learn about life after death, karma and reincarnation, world evolution, Waldorf education, biodynamic gardening, and more.

This course is intended for those newly acquainted with Spiritual Science; no previous knowledge or experience is necessary!
 
In-person (Forest Row, England): 
Monday mornings, 8:45 - 10:30 AM (UTC +1)
Autumn term begins Monday, October 3, 2022

Online (Zoom): 
Tuesday evenings 7:00 – 8:45pm (UTC +1)
Autumn term begins Tuesday October 4, 2022

Fees: 
The courses are donation-based with a suggestion of £75 per term. If you are financially insecure, please don’t give more than you can afford; equally, if you can offer more, it is received with gratitude.

To inquire about registration for this course, please email Michael: 
contact@michaelfullergardens.co.uk.
For more information on Wise Cosmos Educational Initiative, please visit our website where you may:
  • Register for Astrosophy and Birth Charts, an online course by Brian Gray.
  • Register for Philosophy of Freedom, a free online course by Brian Gray.
  • Register for The Lord's Prayer, an online course by Lelan Harris.
  • Investigate all of the free resources available.
  • Donate to support the production of more courses.
  • Volunteer as a typist, transcriber, or translator.
Images
Feather Passage by Nico Frey, Unsplash.com
Present Earth, Future Earth by Rudolf Steiner (translation and reproduction artist unknown), www.michaelfullergardens.co.uk
Wise Cosmos Educational Initiative is a world-wide community that welcomes all who, in the words of Rudolf Steiner, are endeavoring to unite the spiritual element within the human being to the spiritual in the universe.

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