"My Soul and the World are but One." – Rudolf Steiner
Dear friends,
We live in a world of diffused light. The air we breathe, the water we drink, everything awakens us to greater consciousness. As the barriers between inner and outer break down, we can begin to hear our heart’s voice speak. The realm of the heart is entered first with dimness and tiredness, often obscured by our own lingering struggles; only gradually can we focus the inner light as the soul ripens to meet its spirit. Together, we help one another kindle this light of the heart.
Every year, our Renewal Courses are created with these soul needs in mind. This year, we are glad to welcome MariJo Rogers who, together with Torin Finser, will offer a multi-faceted course in Anthroposophy focusing on contemporary issues, vocation, karma, reincarnation, and meditation. Chris Bamford’s course on preparing ourselves for the sixth epoch is certain to inspire soul searching. Michael Spence joins us from the UK to share a lifetime of research on social renewal and the spiritual significance of money. The well-known actor Glen Williamson is bringing a life-changing course drawing on imagination and movement. Patrice Pinette with Susan Quaglia Brown and Thomas Moore are offering a course on poetry and creativity as a path of living and teaching. We are grateful to Connie Helms and Hanneke van Riel who will be sharing their deep experience of “The Extra Lesson” for grades 1 through 12. Chris Korrow will bring us a long-awaited course on biodynamic gardening. We are glad to feature a Collot-inspired veilpainting course for the first time!
In addition we are offering a host of practical courses this summer, all with artistic components, from physics to projective geometry, from handcrafts and work with the grades to movement, painting, drawing, modeling, and language teaching. We are thrilled to have Janene Ping back with her ensouled marionettes to support our understanding of the difference between archetype and stereotype. Finally, we have courses for grades and high school teachers, parents, friends, artists, and philosophers alike.As in previous years, it is our hope to stir a sense of joy and participation in life, qualities that pulse at the core of these Renewal Courses.
This year, the remodeling of our summer campus at High Mowing will have been completed, and we will once again be able to relish our beautiful hill with its mountain vistas, gardens, and swimming pool. As always, we will enjoy superb food and rich evenings of lectures, poetry, music, and dance. We hope that you will make Renewal a time of retreat, a time of reunion or discovery of kindred spirits, a time for your heart’s light to be kindled.
See you this summer!
Karine Munk Finser
Coordinator for Renewal Courses
