Emerge with Us

The ASA carries its online experience into a year-long course...

Applied Anthroposophy is an online course meeting weekly from September 2020 through May 2021. Experience transformative content with keynote speakers, and the alchemy of deep group and inner work. Join this pioneering course to explore the urgent issues of our time through the lens of a spiritual philosophy that awakens meaning, inner reflection, and outer action. All details are online at appliedanthroposophy.org

Applied Anthroposophy proceeds through four themes: Freedom in Thinking, The Power of Love, Individual Initiative, and Service to Humanity. The course is for beginners as well as those already connected to anthroposophy who feel called to experience it in a new way. Be a part of this diverse community of learners, as we work with our life stories, the deeper meaning in life and current events.

The butterfly you see is created out of light, but light had to first take up matter, form a case and be turned into threads inside the Chrysalis….” — Rudolf Steiner, Oct 8 1923

Course Elements

The course will unfold through a series of four themes: Thinking in Freedom, the Power of Love, Individual Initiative, and Service to Humanity. Each week will alternate between keynote speakers sharing Leading Thoughts, and small discussion meetings called Chrysalis Groups. Each theme concludes with a Full Cohort Meeting where all enrolled participants gather together on one call. Complementary offerings include a two-part Introductory Session prior to the first presentation, and an ongoing meditation practice group on the Six Basic Exercises through Zoom (15 min daily).

Leading Thoughts Presentations

Presentations will take place throughout the course on Thursdays at 4:30 PT / 7:30ET. Leading Thoughts presenters will include Rev. Patrick Kennedy, Lisa Romero, Lakshmi Prasanna, MD, Chris Burke, Ph.D, Anne de Wild, and Linda Bergh.

“The caterpillar completely surrenders to the light, it dies in the light… it spins its own body into these threads and so forms the cocoon…” — Rudolf Steiner Oct 8, 1923

Chrysalis Groups

A Chrysalis Group is a small cohort of the same 12-16 course participants who will meet on the alternate weeks from Leading Thoughts presentations. Each Chrysalis Group will have its own dedicated facilitator and share in conversation, journaling, and artistic practices. The goal is to establish a small learning community that allows you to integrate content from the presentations, expand your understanding of yourself, and work through the bigger questions in life. There will three ninety-minute time slots to choose from based upon time zone and personal schedule. Once each theme (four times for the year), all course participants will come together.

Basic Concepts of Anthroposophy in Seven Steps:

A Crash Course for Beginners is included with full course registration—or may be purchased separately as a stand alone course. Elements covered in the Introductory Sessions:

1. Body, Soul and Spirit

2. The Soul between Body and Spirit, and the Mystery of the Human ‘I’

3. Compare Mineral, Plant, Animals and Human (Four-Fold Human Being)

4. Sleep, Death, Life After Death, and Reincarnation

5. Evolution (Origins and Goals)

6. Evolution of Human Consciousness

7. Representative of Humanity and a new paradigm of Good and Evil

Two Part Introductory Sessions with Sherry Wildfeuer and Alex Tuchman

Daily Meditative Exercise Practice

Every weekday at 12 noon ET, Angela Foster and Friends lead a 15 minute online meditation practice. This practice follows Rudolf Steiner’s six “basic” or complementary exercises. These meetings are optional (and free!) for all Applied Anthroposophy course participants.

“...when you come across a chrysalis you are really seeing pure sunlight spun around this earthly matter in the pattern of the sunbeam. ” — Rudolf Steiner, Oct 8, 1923

FAQuestions

“Is this course flexible enough for my busy schedule?”

A: The course takes place online one night a week for about 1.5-2 hours each session. You can plan on spending about that same amount of time with optional pre-reading and/or journalling each week. All of the Leading Thoughts keynote presentations will be recorded, so if you can’t make one live, you’ll can watch the recording at your convenience!

“I’m completely new to Rudolf Steiner’s work. Is this for me?”

A: Applied Anthroposophy has been designed with beginners in mind and seeks to be widely accessible. The course begins with two introductory sessions for people new to anthroposophy. If you aren’t yet familiar with Rudolf Steiner’s work, please use our Resource Guide to access introductory articles, audio files, plus other web links.

“How will I participate in the Chrysalis Groups?

A: Chrysalis Groups allow for a deeper, more personal exploration of course topics through biography, art, and journaling. You are encouraged to share your thoughts/ ideas in these small groups, but you will never be required to share more than what feels right to you.

The caterpillar…has the time to create this sheath, to hang it up, so the sun forces, imprisoned inside, can now create the butterfly which is then able to fly out and enjoy the activity of a sun-being.” — Rudolf Steiner, Oct 8, 1923

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