How To Know Higher Worlds — Next dates: 3/22, 4/26, 5/24, 6/14. An ongoing study group is underway, reading Rudolf Steiner's book about personal development on the way to an awakened Intuition. We meet once a month at the Hartsbrook School, Hadley, MA at 1:00–3pm on Sundays. For more information, please contact John White at  johnr.white3@gmail.com — or send an email via this website.

"We live and act within a world whose deeper aspects are hidden from our physical senses. Yet each of us possesses other faculties which, when cultivated, can lift the veil that separates us from spiritual knowledge. In this book, Rudolf Steiner charts a meditative path that leads both to inner peace and to enhanced powers of soul, and finally to the lifting of that veil. [The] fruits of inner serenity, strength, and wisdom benefit not only the seeker but others as well, and certainly the world stands more than ever in need of insights and actions that are born of the spirit. How to Know Higher Worlds is, therefore, not only a personal guide to the spirit, but also a path through self-knowledge to compassionate action in the world." — Arthur G. Zajonc, from the Foreword

Where: 26 Parker Rd, Brookline, VT

When: Wednesdays from 7-8, arrive by 6:50

Contact: Katherine Stewart; coulditbekatherine@gmail.com

Together, over the course of three months, we will explore Rudolf Steiner's lecture cycle The Kingdom of Childhood. Given in 1924 in England, it is considered one of his most accessible and clear introductions to the rich tapestry of his pedagogical insights. We will begin each session with a light snack and then open the study with singing, eurythmy or another artistic activity before diving into the reading. We hope that these eight conversations will deepen our understanding of:

• teaching as we consider numerous examples of classroom practice informed by children as spiritual and earthly beings;

• the importance of the arts, which contribute to embodied, flexible, and open engagement with the curriculum;

• the role of child observation to inform our teaching;

• the importance of wonder and reverence;

• children's engagement with the concrete, the practical, and the whole;

• the need for critical engagement with Rudolf Steiner's work and its relevance for teaching today.

The diversity of children's experiences and resources will inform our explorations.  

This study is offered by Prof. Maria José Botelho, College of Education, UMass Amherst, current Hartsbrook School board member, and Hartsbrook alumni parent. She will be joined by several experienced Waldorf teachers in our community.

Eight Thursdays, 3:45 - 6:00 // January 8, 22, 29; February 5, 12, 26; March 12, 19, (26, snow date)

at the Hartsbrook School (exact location TBD)

Please let us know if you would like to join, even after we have begun: botelho.mariajose@gmail.com

Co-sponsored by:
The Sojourner Branch & The Hartsbrook School