ANTHROPOSOPHY NYC: HOLY NIGHTS 2021-2022
DECEMBER 25 – JANUARY 6
DECEMBER 26: LUCAS DREIER
Harkening to the Messages of Mother Earth: The Kogi Way of Knowing
The Kogi people of Colombia cultivate a living relationship with Mother Earth that enables them to understand what she is saying. In a world beset by a range of ecological, moral, and epistemological crises, how can the wisdom of the Kogi help orient us toward the development of a living, earth-centered, spiritually-engaged way of knowing?
Originally from Massachusetts, Lucas Dreier has been working for over a decade with the Kogi people of Colombia, conducting anthropological research and collaborating on projects to protect their territory and share their message.
DECEMBER 27: MICHAEL VODE
Meditation and Prayer
Have you ever considered how prayer and meditation differ from one another, yet also seem at one, with aspects in common? In tonight’s presentation, Michael takes up this subject, sharing his own insights and those from the work of Georg Kühlewind before inviting a conversation among those who wished to give voice to insights and experiences.
Michal Vode taught high school English at Regis High School for four decades. He has been a student of anthroposophy for many years, as well as a member of The Christian Community.
DECEMBER 28: PAUL LYNCH
The Festivals and Their Meaning
Paul Lynch, a long-time Anthroposophy NYC and School of Spiritual Science member, offers a reading of a Rudolf Steiner Christmas Lecture (The Festivals and their Meaning: Christmas THE THIRTEEN HOLY NIGHTS, Hanover, 26 December 1911), and invites meaningful discussion.
The transcribed lecture, translated into English, can be found here: https://wn.rsarchive.org/Lectures/Christmas/19111226p01.html
DECEMBER 29: LARRY YOUNG
Portrait of an Artist: Kathie Young (1949-2021)
When Kathie Young was 41 years old, she saw an exhibit of children’s art and crafts at the Princeton Waldorf School. Inspired by that first-time encounter with the ideas of Rudolf Steiner, she immediately formed a study group on “Knowledge of the Higher Worlds” I came into her life shortly afterwards. We fell in love, married and co-founded the Phoenix Group, a non-profit art center that o!ered art classes to children and adults. During the next ten years Kathie painted a large number of watercolors that were packed away in boxes when we moved to Canada in 2001. I rediscovered her paintings two months ago.
This presentation hopes to lift those watercolors into the light again, and in the process shine some light on the life of the remarkable human being who created them.
DECEMBER 30: FRED DENNEHY
Beginning after 60
Fred Dennehy: “When I was 61, I stepped onto a stage for the first time. This presentation is about what it’s been like and how acting has changed me.” The event consists of Fred’s recently recorded presentation to the Arts and Humanities Section of the School of Spiritual Science (Fair Oaks California), and a real-time follow-up conversation.
Fred Dennehy, an anthroposophist for many years, is a former attorney and a current actor and playwright.
JANUARY 3: GISELA WIELKI
The Light of the World
Gisela describes progress from fallen light to the conception of the resurrected light. Her inspiring talk is an exploration of light, not as a scientific matter, but as matter of body, soul and spirit.
Rev. Gisela Wielki, priest Emeritus of the Christian Community, was ordained in 1970 in Germany. Gisela was sent to the congregation in New York City in 1972 and was one of the founding directors of the Christian Community seminary from 2002- 2013 until her return to the New York congregation.
JANUARY 4: JOYCE REILLY
Janus Workshop
In this workshop, we recognize that we stand at the moment of the Turning of the Year, a unique opportunity to form a picture or embody a gesture of the past twelve months and imagine ourselves into the hope for what comes next.
We use some of the principles of Psychosynthesis, a psychology of the human being which embraces the spirit, to guide our self-examination. Participants were invited to use paper or clay, colored markers, pencils or whatever artistic tools we enjoy, to make an individual and personal representation of 2021 and 2022.
Joyce Reilly is a lifelong student of Anthroposophy and the struggle of the human spirt to be recognized and supported in our times. She has been a Waldorf administrator and a therapeutic teacher, a Psychosynthesis therapist and now, a life coach.
JANUARY 5: JONATHAN HILTON
The Golden Star of Kings: Epiphany Reflictions out of a New Star Wisdom
The Magi or Three Kings came to the house where the Child was, guided by a star. What was this star and how can we relate to it now based on a new wisdom of the stars?
Jonathan Hilton has been a student of anthroposophy and astrosophy since the 1970’s. He has served twice as the NY Branch Council President.