In brief
• This week in focus: Rudolf Steiner’s Foundation Stone
Quote of the week:
When a beautiful thought comes to your mind, however small it may be, put it into practice! When a beautiful feeling enters your heart, give it a way to express itself outwardly, to accomplish something! If you wish to do even a small good deed in the physical world, set to work at once.
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This week in focus
Rudolf Steiner’s Foundation Stone
After the first Goetheanum burned (prior to its completion), Rudolf Steiner set to work to create a model for its re-building based on the same inner principles, with different outer form and structure. The first was predominantly of wood - the second, still standing in Dornach, Switzerland, of concrete. Below each of these lies a single Foundation Stone - a double copper dodecahedra (in which resides pyrite):
More importantly, however, Steiner set to work to set as a ‘foundation stone’ an encapsulation of his life’s work in stanza, to be imbued within the cornerstone of one’s own heart in light of the spiritual work to be done.
There are various translations, and the one I reproduce below takes as its base the work of various people, including a fellow traveller I highly respect in Melbourne (thank you Paul!).
Within these words are encapsulated a western esoteric tradition that spans across space and time…
Menschenseele!
Thou livest in the limbs
Which bear thee through the World of Space
Into the Spirit's Ocean Being.
Practice Spirit Recollection
In depths of soul,
Where in the Wielding Will
of World Creating
Thine own I
Comes to being in God's I.
And thou wilt truly live
In Human World Being.
For the Father Spirit
of the Heights holds sway
In Depths of Worlds
Begetting Being:
Seraphim, Cherubim, Thrones!
Let there ring out from the Heights
What in the Depths is echoed.
This speaks:
Ex Deo Nascimur.
The Spirits of the Elements hear it:
In East, West, North, South -
May human beings hear it.
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Menschenseele!
Thou livest in the beat of heart and lung
Which leads thee through the Rhythm of Time
Into the realm of thine own soul's feeling.
Practice Spirit Awareness
In balance of the soul,
Where the Surging Deeds
of the World's Becoming
Thine own I
Unite with the World I.
And thou wilt truly feel
In Human Soul Weaving.
For the Christ Will
in the encircling Round holds sway
In Rhythms of Worlds
Bestowing Grace on the soul:
Kyriotetes, Dynamis, Exusiai!
Let there be fired from the East
What in the West is formed.
This speaks:
In Christo Morimur.
The Spirits of the Elements hear it:
In East, West, North, South -
May human beings hear it.
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Menschenseele!
Thou livest in the resting head
Which from the Grounds of Eternity
Opens to thee the World Thoughts.
Practice Spirit Beholding
In stillness of thought,
Where the Eternal Aims of Gods
World Being's Light
On thine own I bestow
For thy free willing.
And thou wilt truly think
In Human Spirit Foundations.
For the World Thoughts
of the Spirit hold sway
In Beings of Worlds
Beseeching Light:
Archai, Archangeloi, Angeloi!
Let there be prayed from the Depths
What in the Heights will be granted.
This speaks:
Per Spiritum Sanctum Reviviscimus.
The Spirits of the Elements hear it:
In East, West, North, South -
May human beings hear it.
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At the turning point of time
The Spirit Light of the World
Entered the Stream of Earthly Being.
Darkness of Night had held its sway.
Day-radiant Light streamed into human souls:
Light that gives warmth
To simple Shepherds' Hearts.
Light that enlightens
The wise Heads of Kings.
O Light Divine,
O Sun of Christ,
Warm Thou our hearts,
Enlighten Thou our heads,
That Good may become -
What from our hearts we found
And from our heads direct
With single purpose.
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Dive in to your own inner journey
Spiritual Awakening & Formation
Personal Development, Integration, and Personal Healing practices have traditionally focussed on spiritual formation which includes facing and coming to terms with one’s own life-journey.
In the manner that I work, I include practices inclusive of imagery and meditation, the uses of certain extracts such as Blue Lotus and Cacao preparations, and some suggested movements and/or Breathwork. If you are interested in finding out more, please be in contact.
There are two forms this work takes:
a) intense session using ceremonial style Cacao and Blue Lotus (exchange is $590 individuals; $700 couples; $210 pp for groups of between 7 and 15). Each session lasts between 2-6 hours;
b) following an initial consultation, deepening work requires commitment for a once-a-month meeting for either 6 or 12 months (renewable if desired) - exchange is $260 per session, each approximately 1-2 hours.
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Wednesday evening
Meditation
Balingup - Balingup Yoga Studio
opposite Tinderbox on Brockman Street
Wednesdays 6 pm - 7:30 pm - resumes in NOVEMBER
Term 4 2026 - November - December (8 weeks)
Home schooling 12-17 y.o.
Maths: Combinations & Permutations / ART - Virtues
Charge $550 ($350 for morning or afternoon option only)
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Nannup Tuesdays 3rd November - 22nd December
CONTACT Claire [email protected]
Balingup Wednesdays 4th November - 23rd December
CONTACT Jean-Michel 0490770061 / [email protected]
9:30 – 11:30 Mathematics: Combinations and Permutations – please bring a clean notebook and pencils (including at least five different colours)
12:30 – 2:30 ART, with some History and Philosophy – focussed on the Virtues
Permutations and Combinations are important methods used to solve counting problems in combinatorics. Before proceeding further, it is worth setting out what is mathematically pertinent: a permutation concerns the number of ways a set of items may be arranged when the order in which they are taken matters (calculated as nPr = n!/(n−r)!), whilst a combination concerns the number of ways items may be selected when order is immaterial (nCr = n!/[r!(n−r)!]). The latter, in effect, being the former divided through by the redundant orderings within each selection.
We will be working towards an understanding of these differences through beginning with simple visual problems, over the 8 weeks working to understanding the formula used rather than just only able to apply it to specific problems.
Mathematics provides a mean through which to develop precision in thought and logical abilities, in a somewhat analogous manner that various sports provides efficient means to develop bodily strength, flexibility and precision.
In Steiner (Waldorf) education - the methods from which I predominantly work, this distinction is best served by an approach that begins with understanding the abstract formula from a breadth of engagement and later works towards its application. Consonant with the Aristotelean-Steiner principle that each subject has its own appropriate mode of being known at various developmental stages. The adolescent's own emerging capacity for combinatorial and hypothetical thought (itself part of the incarnating faculty of judgement developing during this stage) is a discipline that meets, and in turn strengthens, the teenager's unfolding inner life allowing the abstract world to become fused with developing understanding.
Focussed on the Virtues and the History of Ethical understanding in especially (but not only) Western civilisation, we will travel from Ancient Greece, through the Latin age and into modern transcendental views to especially consider what are referred to as the four Cardinal Virtues, the three Theological Virtues, and the three Transcendentals.
Virtues are key guides to the development of character as well as understanding the ethical content faced in each and every situation we face in daily life.
Focus will be on artistic representation of the Virtues, reflecting some of the ways in which these have been considered and painted or represented, including (for some of these) in figurines or playing cards.
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