Upcoming events

Here, study, art, and conversation meet in lectures, workshops, and seasonal festivals that bring Rudolf Steiner’s insights into the pulse of city life.

Spiritual Science in Metamorphosis, A Workshop with Robert Karp and Michael Howard
Aug
2
Hawthorne Valley Waldorf School

Spiritual Science in Metamorphosis, A Workshop with Robert Karp and Michael Howard

This workshop is being held at Hawthorne Valley Waldorf School, 330 County Route 21C, Ghent, NY

All movements and institutions, including anthroposophical ones, partake in the laws of metamorphosis, and in the forces of growth and decay, health and illness, hardening and dissolution.

How do we experience these polar forces working in the anthroposophical movement at this time?

The spiritual breakdown in all spheres of human life, in all corners of the globe–sometimes referred to as the meta-crisis–calls for a profound metamorphosis of how we collectively cultivate and embody spiritual science. But this renewal of anthroposophy will require conscious intent, openness to new ways of working, heightened discernment of the working of evil, and a commitment to a profound transformation of our own shadow nature and the collective shadow forces of our movement.

As we move toward the pivotal year of 2033, many questions press upon us:

Can we learn to work with the metamorphic, upward-striving forces at the heart of spiritual science so they can more widely serve the cultural and social needs of our time?

Do we have the will, vision, social, and soul capacities necessary to bring spiritual science to a new octave of potency?

What is the unique contribution of the anthroposophical community to the deeper penetration of the Christ Impulse within humanity so urgently needed at this time?

These are some of the questions we will explore through conversation and artistic exercises, in this highly interactive, half-day workshop.

Cost: Sliding Scale $10 to $50 no one turned away

To Register: please follow this link or contact Robert at

robert.karp@newspiritventures.com. Space is limited; pleaser register early.

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Waiting for Godot, Act 1
Jun
27
Performance

Waiting for Godot, Act 1

A preview of the iconic tragicomedy by Samuel Beckett, where enduring endures, and holding out lasts.

Performed by the Threefold Acting Troupe: Carley Horan, Berenika Lehrman, Adeline Lyons, and Brendan Oswald

Suggested donation $10 or more at the door

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Twelve Goethean Characteristics of the Consciousness Soul Age
Jun
27
Special Events, Donations-based Event

Twelve Goethean Characteristics of the Consciousness Soul Age

  • HYBRID (in person at 138 West 15th Street, and on Zoom) (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Each historical age or epoch presents humanity with unexpected social and spiritual challenges. And Half way through the present Consciousness Soul Age, and before the beginning of the Sixth Epoch, we can now begin to identify some of the features of this age. And knowing this may begin to give us confidence and direction for the future.

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The Soft Will
Jun
25

The Soft Will

The Soft Will

A guide to a creative life

“For the soft will to become self-conscious, we have to use the hard will first.”

-Georg Kúhlewind


In this paraphrase from a lecture on “The Soft Will” given at Anthroposophy NYC in 1999, Georg pointed to the unique paths and doorways through which human artistic and spiritual capacities may be cultivated.

In this Zoomed session, members of Anthroposophy NYC’s study groups (Walter Alexander, Fred Dennehy, Dan Rabin, Robert Shinerock, Rosalind Stevenson, Joyce Reilly, and others)  will share how they have worked with the themes of this talk, which Georg further elaborated in his 2011 book The Gentle Will. Conversation will follow. The link below connects to transcripts and recordings of Georg’s presentation.

Zoom only

Zoom Link

This is a donations-based event 🙏


Georg Kühlewind (born György Székely, March 6, 1924 – January 15, 2006) was a Hungarian philosopher, writer, lecturer and meditation teacher. For many who experienced Georg’s meditation retreats and/or his lectures during his frequent US visits, his influence was powerful and remains enduring. His early interests in careers in music and psychology were stymied by the onslaught of World War II. Georg survived imprisonment at Buchenwald and then Aschersleben (an unheated aircraft factory), pursuing post-war a professional career as a physical chemist while continuing spiritual search primarily out of anthroposophy.

In his own words (1984): “From the beginning my interest in anthroposophy has been in the study of consciousness and related themes.”

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Nicole Cooper Opening: The Mothers in Me Will Meet You There
Feb
14
Arts

Nicole Cooper Opening: The Mothers in Me Will Meet You There

The Mothers in Me Will Meet You There features Nicole Cooper’s figurative oil paintings exploring Active Hope and our emotional and spiritual relationship with Earth amid climate crisis. Weaving human figures with elemental landscapes, Cooper reveals our deep-rooted belonging and interconnection, honoring emotions as pathways toward connection and transformation.

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Recurring Events

Qigong classes, every Tuesday 6:00pm-7:30pm

Qigong classes, every Tuesday 6:00pm-7:30pm