Lectures & Workshops

February 2023

Biodynamics, Earth Healing and Goethean Movement: Sensing and Fostering Health
Preconference workshop at the Annual Fellowship of Preparation Makers Conference in Kimberton, PA.  February 23 -26, 2023.In this workshop I will share several strands of research and work I am actively engaged in with colleagues related to biodynamics.The morning session will introduce an approach to bringing the benefits of the biodynamic preparations to larger, non-agricultural landscapes, that I have been pioneering in partnership with the Viroqua Earth Healing Group. This work seeks to address the question of if and how the biodynamic preparations and other BD practices can bring healing to forests, rivers, mountains, and bioregions, as well as to the climate and the greater “immune systems” of the earth.In the afternoon, I will introduce a form of movement-based research that can enhance our ability to sense etheric forces and support the health of the elemental world.  We will also explore the potential for these movements to be applied as a methodology for sensing the qualities and “quality” of the biodynamic preparations. This form of movement, sometimes called Goethean movement, has been developed by Hugh Ratcliffe, a biodynamic vegetable grower and Goethean scientist living in France, with whom I have been studying for several years.

All of the above will be grounded in a deep understanding of the challenges and needs of the elemental beings in our time and their call, if you will, to the heart of every human being, to awaken to our true power as co-creators of the natural world.

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March 2023

Study intensive of Rudolf Steiner’s “Towards Social Renewal”

March 17-19, in Viroqua, WI — Hosted by the Threefold Driftless Working Group and facilitated by Seth Jordan and Robert Karp

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Recent

Earth Healing in the Age of Michael

Presentation for the Front Range Anthroposophical Cafe, September 30, 2022

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How can Culture, Politics, & Business Work Together in the Driftless?

Harmonizing the Whole of Society

Public talks and workshop with Seth Jordan, August 19 and 20, 2022 in Viroqua, WI  Click here for more information

Earth Healing and Biodynamics

Presentation for the Biodynamic Association of Northern California, April 17, 2021

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“In Lights Pure Streaming Let Him Come”

Three Contemplations on the Mysteries of Midsummer and Mission of John the Baptist in our Time

Spikenard Farm and Honeybee Sanctuary, June 20-23, 2019

Renewing Social Life Through Biodynamic Principles

Workshop at 2019 Biodynamic Conference, November 22-24, 2019 Lake George, NY

Spiritual Ecology: Renewing the Earth from the Inside Out

Week long summer intensive organized by Arcturus, Chicago, Illinois

Stories of Renewal from Farm to Altar

St. Sebastian’s Catholic Church and Wauwatosa Presbyterian Church

Understanding the Spiritual Heart of Biodynamics

Workshop at 2018 Biodynamic Conference, November 17, 2018 Portland, Oregon

Earth, Water, Air and Fire: Entering the Temple of Nature

Lecture and workshop at Spikenard Farm and Honeybee Sanctuary, Floyd, Virgina

Collaborative Strategies for the Emerging Food Economy

Workshop at the 2018 Biodynamic Conference, November 15, 2018 Portland, Oregon

Social Life and the Renewal of the Anthroposophical Society

Evening lecture and morning workshop, sponsored by the Rudolf Steiner Branch of the Anthroposophical Society, Chicago, Illinois

Earth, Water, Air, Fire: Exploring the Spiritual Scientific Foundations of Biodynamic Agriculture

Lecture and Workshop at Santa Fe Waldorf School

America’s Spiritual Geography: Tuning in to the Genius of Place

Lecture and workshop for Spikenard Farm and Honeybee Sanctuary

Building Inner and Outer Capacities for Social Change

Workshop for Thoreau College, Viroqua, WI

Spirituality and Sustainable Agriculture: Weaving a New Narrative for the Earth

Lecture sponsored by Practical Farmers of Iowa and the Ames Rudolf Steiner Study Group, Ames, Iowa. Click here to watch a video of this talk.

Waking up from the Sleep of Materialism

Coherence, Consciousness and Life: Exploring the Multi-Dimensional Reality of Nature

Co-evolution of the Earth and the Human Being

Three lectures for the Biodynamic Winter Intensive, Harlemville, NY

Grief as a Doorway to the Working of Christ in our Time

Lecture for the Emmaus Branch of the Anthroposophical Society

In Search of the Heart’s Land: America’s Spiritual Geography

Lecture for Thoreau College, Viroqua, WI

He Must Increase, I must Decrease—Exploring the Mysteries of Midsummer

Lecture for the Rudolf Steiner Branch of the Anthroposophical Society, Chicago, IL

Finding our Sun Task in an Age of Shadows

Lecture for the Rudolf Steiner Branch of the Anthroposophical Society, Chicago, IL

Grief as a Path to Social and Spiritual Renewal

Workshop for the Emmaus Branch of the Anthroposophical Society, Milwaukee, WI

Social Artistry Retreat: Building the Vessel of Relationship

Lecture and workshop for Great Lakes Waldorf Institute, Milwaukee, WI

What is Anthroposophy?

Workshop for teachers, staff and parents of Tamarack Waldorf School

Social Life and the Renewal of the Anthroposophical Society

Threefold Educational Center, Click here to watch a video of this talk