September/October 2005 CAMPHILL CORRESPONDENCE

study for altar picture, Almut ffrench A Michaelmas Story Baruch Urieli, Kyle Community, Ireland

nce upon a time there lived a king who ruled over in a stone weir slowing down the waters of the brook Oa very beautiful land. His queen had died in the and in the entrance of a den which was to be a hidden prime of her life but she had left him three sons who treasury of him and his brothers. were the joy of his heart. Now it happened that one autumn day the king stood The fi rst son spent most of the time in his neat room at the window and pondered in his heart what would in the king’s palace for he had many books he liked to become of his land when he would not be there any read and many things he liked to ponder about. Seldom more to rule it. So he called his three sons and said to was he seen outside the palace, for it suffi ced for him them, ‘My dear sons, I have become old and my days to see the world through the small window of his room are counted and thus I wonder what will become of this which was high up in one of the towers of the palace beautiful land after my death. It has been the custom of and offered an eagle’s view wide over the country. my forefathers never to divide the land but to leave its The second son led a very different life for he adored rule to the son who would show himself most worthy of all things beautiful. Sunrise called him out of the palace, this task. Yet I fi nd it impossible to choose one among he followed the motley butterfl y over the meadows, he you, for you share equally the love of your father. But searched for the deer in the forest, he admired foreign since one must be chosen, I command you to build each silks and jewellery in the narrow streets of the nearby one a palace for yourself on one of these three hills that town and the proud ships sailing at sunset into a radiant surround my palace. When a year will have passed I sea. He did not fi nd much time to ponder or to keep his shall go out into the land and see how you have done room neat and tidy but when his heart overfl owed with and the one who will have succeeded best shall become joy or with sorrow he painted and drew and sang. the ruler of this land. The third brother shared his time equally between The three sons set immediately to their task. The fi rst being at home and being outside the palace. But there son withdrew to his room in the palace and began to was not much roaming about in his life, for wherever draw the most magnifi cent plans. The second son went he was he would be very busy. It was hardly possible out to his hill at sunrise and began to build forthwith and somewhat dangerous to enter his room, for it was the most beautiful portal carved out of wood and em- fi lled to the brim with things he had built or had started bellished with gold and precious stones. And the third to build; and outside the palace his traces could be seen son began to cart load after load of heavy stones to the in a mighty tree trunk which was to become a canoe, site of his palace and he set out to build the walls of a palace which would last for centuries. When a year had passed the king went out to see the work of his sons. Coming to the hill of his fi rst son he found no trace of building, but his son was sitting there bent over the most magnifi cent plans for a palace which he still tried to correct and improve. The second son had indeed begun to build a palace; he had completed a most beautiful building with a magnifi cent entrance, an elaborate staircase and many rooms receiving much sunshine through many large windows, but so rich was the embellishment and so many the gates and the

Contents Why worry about visions for the future? Rather learn to see the present! Angelika Monteux. .. 1 Dare to be different Mark Smith ...... 3 Transfi guration 2005 Part Two Michael Luxford .. 4 Village communities: the new old settlements Vivian Griffi ths ...... 6 Rachel, Coleg Elidyr, Birthe Hougaard James Ogden ...... 7 Review: Poems for the Path ...... 9 Obituaries: Irène Durand 10, Nina Oyens 12, Matthew Gankerseer 13 News from the Movement: Anthroposophical Health Care Course 14 The Dorion School of Music Therapy Norma Lindenberg 14 / Experiencing Nonviolent Com- munication Judy Bailey & Dr. Pat Dannahy 15 Celebrating Work—Village Conference at The Grange Judy Bailey 16 / Botton Eurthymy Ensemble Spring Tour Rita Kort 17 / A visit to study for altar picture, Almut ffrench Camphill Svetlana Marcus Tristan Heathcock 18 see artists note on page 3 windows that there was not much strength in the walls light and beauty. On the same day the old king died. and when the autumn winds came most of the building But there was no need any more to ask him who would had cracked and fallen. The third son was the only one rule an undivided land from the palace they had built who had completed the building; it towered on his hill in one accord. in indomitable strength. But alas, there was no door to enter into it, nor staircase to climb up its height, nor windows to behold the world’s beauty. Author’s note: The king returned to his palace and he summoned his This story is not my own. It was told to me over 60 years sons. When they had gathered he gazed at them for a ago by Lotte Marcusi of Tivon, Israel, who introduced long while and with much love. Then he said, ‘My sons, me then into the work of Rudolf Steiner. I have carried you could have done better,’ and left quietly. There was this story with me for all these years and told it now and a long silence among the brothers. They looked startled then to some open ears. No doubt it has changed from at each other, for each one had tried his utmost. But its original form, just as I have changed. But what has not suddenly the face of the second son lit up. ‘Our father changed is my gratitude to the one who told it. I wrote is right indeed, my brothers,’ he cried, ‘we should have down the story in its present form about 30 years ago. done better. Come let us build the palace together.’ Not far from the king’s palace was a wide open space Editor’s note: which had been the childhood playground of the three Readers who have benefi ted from Baruch’s brothers. There they now went. The eldest brother spread contributions to Camphill Correspondence for several out his plans and directed the work; the youngest carted decades will be saddened to know that his health no stone and gravel, timber and steel, to build foundations longer allows him to write. Those who enjoy Baruch’s and fl oors and walls; and the third brother brought mal- wit, will appreciate him saying that his ‘memory which let and chisel and began to shape and to mould with a used to be encyclopaedic is now un-cyclopaedic.’ We song on his lips. extend our gratitude to him and to Tamar, from both After a year and a day the palace was completed. of whom we have heard many inspiring and healing A strong and spacious building had arisen fi lled with stories. — Your editor, Peter.

Why worry about visions for the future? Rather learn to see the present! Angelika Monteux, Camphill Schools, Aberdeen

want to thank Hilary Ruprecht for her inspiring article One great area of concern was that ‘the spirit of anthro- I ‘An alternative vision for the next 50 years’ (Camphill posophy is getting lost in our institutions; people are no Correspondence, May/June 2005) and I know that many longer interested in anthroposophy and the deeper val- people have appreciated her courage to write the way ues of curative education and social therapy’. Or, ‘when she did. students are inspired by the lessons in the seminars and I would like to add some thoughts to the conversation. want to apply what they learned, their enthusiasm is They are coloured by conversations I had this April at the dampened by lack of interest and unwillingness to try annual conference of the International Training Circle for new approaches’. Curative Education and Social Therapy which happens The so-called threat or attack from ‘outside’ did not every year in Kassel, Germany. Many people involved get much of a chance at all, because it seems that any in teaching in anthroposophical seminars and training danger rather comes from ‘inside’, from ourselves. I am courses from all over the world gather there to share reminded of a comment I read recently concerning the experiences and questions and learn from each other. In bombings in London: ‘If you want to fi nd reasons for recent years the earlier group of well established and tra- these terror attacks you must stop looking in Pakistan, ditional seminars from Europe has been joined by more you need to look at home—in your own country!’ and more new and small new institutions from countries So what is happening in our places? Where does the such as Russia, Romania, Georgia, Lithuania, Italy, and experience that it has become so much more diffi cult Argentina. Camphill Seminars are in the minority. to meet or fi nd anthroposophy and ‘real’ curative edu- This year I was chairing a conversation group with cation there come from? Some possible reasons were the theme: ‘Fields of tension relating to curricula’. The discovered: intention was to share our experiences and discuss how • Many people are undertaking other studies/ the perceived threats from new regulations and hostile courses. attitudes towards the essence of our courses and the • There seems to be a lack of conviction and pride in interference of government bodies in our teaching could our own substance. best be met. We were about 15 people, from training • The generation who are now in responsible places as diverse as Brachenreuthe, Argentina, Aberdeen, positions are reluctant to pass on what they learned Siberia and Sweden; some old and established, some from their elders, because they felt overpowered and very new and pioneering. ‘showered’ by often undigested anthroposophical I would like to share some aspects from these conver- concepts when they were young and do not want to sations, because I think that they contribute something do the same to young people now. really important to the questions raised by Hilary and • Anthroposophy and curative educational practice Norbert. (Norbert Kus, ‘A vision for the next 50 years’, are not allowed to develop into new ways, because Camphill Correspondence Nov/Dec 2004). there is still a great barrier to dialogue with other

1 approaches and professionals. Many carrying people of understanding the soul-spiritual condition of rely on what they have learned 30–40 years ago young people in today’s civilisation. We need to and are not informed about new developments and respond to that with new ways of supporting their insights, even within anthroposophical research. learning and development, but also by appreciating • There is still an attitude of perceiving anything that and celebrating their positive qualities. is not anthroposophical as inferior and even hostile. Let us look at the present situation of Camphill, curative Again the question: where does the threat come from? education and social therapy and forget worries about Someone remarked: ‘Is it not interesting that govern- the future for a moment. ments and other professionals ask for anthroposophy Actually we have much to be proud about! Hilary and we seem to lose it?’ mentioned some things in her article and there are It is a fact that we are asked more and more to ‘share our many more. treasures’, to contribute to conferences, workshops, parent I cannot speak for the Villages, but I know that in the groups, to teach in other non-anthroposophical training Schools some excellent work is being done—and this courses. So why are we so defensive when we are asked must be true for places of Youth Guidance and Social critical questions from government offi cials, inspectors Therapy as well. Yes, as Norbert said, we are asked to and others? Do they mean to attack and destroy or do they take more and more children who challenge our way simply want to know? Do some become hostile because of life and traditional teaching methods; but maybe that they get the feeling that we are hiding something? Are we is our task now and a need we are asked to respond to, ‘hiding’—or are we unsure of the answers? as our elders were asked to respond to different needs There was overwhelming consensus that we should in different ways? stop talking about the ‘threat from outside’, because Compared to working conditions in other institutions, every attack is actually a help and a waking up call to schools or homes we have a fantastic possibility to live dare to ask new questions, to become conscious about and work in a way we want to—in spite of annoying our values and practice, to refl ect, to enter dialogue with regulations. Those of us who have work placements others, to open up, to engage in ongoing learning and outside of Camphill usually come back saying, ‘Stop most of all: not to close our doors to those who want to complaining about our life—you have no idea how know about us, even if they seem negative and hostile. lucky we are!’ I have to think of Christ’s advice: ‘If someone wants to Every year we get the most wonderful, hard working fi ght with you and take your coat, let him have your young co-workers who have a natural capacity for em- cloak also. And if someone forces you to go with him pathy much stronger than most of us. one mile, go with him two miles.’ (Matthew 6:40–41) As I said before, more and more professionals from I think that far too often we run away, hold on to our other backgrounds want to learn from us. cloak and hide behind closed doors. Here in Aberdeen we have been helped to establish I also think that another danger lies in constantly look- that partnership with the University to deliver the BA ing back to the past and lamenting everything we have Programme in Curative Education, which has also gained lost—or seem to have lost—or towards the future, in professional recognition, and Aberdeen University is trying to fi nd and formulate new visions for the future of proud of the fact that it is so far the only one worldwide anthroposophy, curative education, social therapy and to offer this innovative programme together with a non- Camphill. What is wrong with the present? There is great academic partner. wisdom in the old saying: ‘Why cry about what happened I wish that all of you reading this would take a moment yesterday—you can anyway not change it; why fear the to add to this list of things we can be proud of, and to future—the future never comes! Make the best of the realize that we can actually be full of gratitude, love and present moment, because that is where you are.’ enthusiasm for what we do right now and for our places— This does of course not mean that the past is meaning- there is no need to be defensive or afraid! I know that not less and that we should not prepare for the future, but everything is perfect, that we also have many weaknesses too often the present is ignored. and problems that need to be tackled. They will not be At the Conference in Kassel, Ruediger Grimm gave a solved by worrying about the future, that is clear, but by talk in which he pointed out the following: building on the good things that are there now. • We need to always be clear about the spiritual I hope that you will also read the article by Mark source of our work and fi nd ways to actively Smith in this issue. He writes on behalf of his students connect to it: to make anthroposophy and Rudolf doing a postgraduate MA in Residential Childcare at Steiner’s Curative Course a living reality in our life Strathclyde University. They are all practitioners as and professional practice. managers, headmasters or inspectors and saw during a • It is important to be aware of how traditions have one-day visit to Camphill Schools what we sometimes developed, how different forms and practices fail to see ourselves. have been created to hold the original impulse. I will close by quoting from a speech given at the gradu- He said something to the effect that ‘traditions ation ceremony at Aberdeen University this year. After are incompletely incarnated spiritual impulses’. receiving their degrees the students were told: I understand that to mean that no tradition is Be aware of the fact that change is the only con- absolute or the only right one, as it captures only stant in our lives. Face it, embrace it, use it, enjoy a part of what is much greater and can appear in it, work with it! many and ever new forms. • It is important to be interested in the present, Angelika has been a teacher and house mother in to take the situation of our time as it is now into Camphill Rudolf Steiner Schools and is now joint account. He related this mainly to the importance leader of the BA in Curative Education in Aberdeen.

2 Dare to be different Mark Smith, Strathclyde University, Scotland

Reprinted from CYC-ONLINE, website of The International seek to pathologise a kid; cognitive, behavioural, social or Child and Youth Care Network, June 2005, Issue 77. sexual and then apply some quick-fi x (ill-conceived and poorly understood) ‘professional’ intervention. Camphill ’m writing this column from the Camphill Community affi rms the dignity of the ‘whole person’ and the potential Iin Aberdeenshire in the North East of Scotland. Two they have for growth alongside others in community. of the Masters students on the course I teach live and Camphill adopts a similarly affi rming view of those who work there. Another’s mum lives and works there and live and work in the community. In this climate where we he himself was brought up in the community so there’s can be led to suspect the motives of anyone who wants to a signifi cant Camphill presence in the current intake. work with children, Camphill assumes a basic altruism Camphill was established in the 1940s by Dr Karl König, and goodness among co-workers. That basic message of an Austrian paediatrician, and a group of pioneers who trusting that workers are motivated to do good seems to together built the community over the years that followed. me to be a far better starting point for the provision of There are now Camphill communities across the world. care than our current fi xation with rooting out bad apples The Aberdeenshire community offers, according to its with resultant climates of fear and recrimination. brochure, ‘an inclusive comprehensive holistic educa- Another aspect of the Camphill philosophy is that it tion programme known as curative education’ for pupils does not expect every co-worker to perform to the same with complex special needs. Curative education simply level. Each brings their own particular gifts and talents means ‘healing education.’ ‘In this sense the pupils’ to the community. Those whose gifts are greater expect whole school life becomes a therapeutic experience. to give more back. One of (its) cornerstones is the belief that no matter how Communities like Camphill will always be open to the great a pupil’s apparent intellectual disability or emotional sceptics who think there’s a ‘best practice’ manual for disturbance, the pupil’s inner being remains unique and providing residential child care; that lofty tome that sits undamaged and is, rather, masked by outward appear- on the shelves of HR people and agency managers and ances. Through curative education the attempt is made regulators but doesn’t really talk to the experiences of to reach the individual behind the disability.’ those giving or receiving care. The more I refl ect on what Camphill challenges many of the assumptions that can residential child care is all about the more I am drawn to be made about residential child care in our modern the conclusion that this ‘best practice’ manual just gets world. Firstly, workers are not paid a salary. The house in the way. Care is something both simpler and more coordinators are given a budget for the running of their profound. It’s about a moral purpose, a general habit of houses, including living expenses of co-workers and mind to do good and to do so within a set of shared values. those of their own families. Co-workers are generally vol- Communities such as Camphill that dare to be different in unteers who come to live and help out in the community rooting what they do within a particular set of values can for a year or so. Many however stay on longer. Much of hold a mirror to much of residential care in Scotland. the produce used is grown on the estate. Bread is baked Mark Smith runs an MA course in the community bakehouse. Considerable attention is in residential child care at Strathclyde University. paid to diet as part of the holistic approach to care. Given its alternative philosophy and lifestyles Camphill Almut ffrench is an artist and art therapist and has lived can be viewed with some curiosity and suspicion by for many years in Camphill Communities, presently the social work establishment. However, for those of us William Morris House, Gloucestershire. who visited, Camphill was a powerful experience. You The picture of Christ can’t be perceived as real with cannot fail to be impressed by the beauty of the setting. the outer eyes, but it must be perceived with an inner However, there is more to it than physical beauty. There is eye. And this inner eye can reveal what has become a particular sense of serenity. One of the reasons for this of the Resurrection of Christ. He has not evaporated is the spiritual dimension that underpins the work. It is anywhere…. The question is: Where is he now? Who- Christian but non-denominational and inclusive of other ever tries to see with the inner eye sees that he has faith systems. When there you quickly pick up a sense been there. No longer is he here in a physical form, of being part of something bigger than yourself. This is but he is found in the moving form of a substance that evident in the rituals such as holding hands and singing is not visible with the outer eye. This means he moves grace before and after meals. Of course rituals like this, through every single space and every single element of as well as affi rming a spiritual dimension to the school’s time. Consequently, he is very near. And he is as lively philosophy also play an important symbolic and practi- as ever, encroaching upon the doorstep of humanity, cal role in marking the beginning and end of mealtimes. like never before in history. What is missing only is the We were discussing how we had lost such rituals in most open invitation to experience that and thus the chance residential facilities. They were considered institutional, for a total change to take place within the person… possibly even religiously divisive or just too diffi cult to The essence of the theme of Christ is that of victory, of struggle to maintain. Mealtimes then stop being part of transforming, of overcoming, and of hope. This is where the community life and become potential fl ashpoints to he saw the actual challenge for the artist: to represent get over and done with as quickly as possible. the spiritual experience and show Christ as the secret Personally I found Camphill to be a welcome and chal- of overcoming death—the representation of the un- lenging antidote to the reductionism that characterizes so representable, fi xing the spiritual. Joseph Beuys much of residential child care. In this managerial age we

3 Transfi guration 2005 — Part Two Michael Luxford, Milton Keynes Camphill Community A Fourth Dimension there is something else which is present all the time and Thoughts in the soul are extraordinarily patient, and which is not easily pinned-down or legislated for. This according to our inner indolence we can hold them. is the area of direct personal relationships. Imaginations on the other hand always lead a life of We may go as far as we can in an organisation or their own: we feel quite clearly that an imagination community in describing the way we want to relate to presents itself to us. Rudolf SteinerMichaelmas each other as co-workers, but this does not mean we are and the Soul Forces of Man Vienna 30.9.1923 going to like each other. In a bus company the priority is that the drivers turn up for work, the mechanics keep he theme of the Youth Conference held in Beaver Run, the vehicles on the road and the managers look after TPennsylvania, USA, in the summer of 1980 was Three the business. On this level it may not seem to matter if Ways to the Christ. The conference took place soon after a percentage of the employees do not get on with each the accident at the close-by Three Mile Island nuclear other, although it will be obvious to everyone that bad power station. In this conference we had discussions in relationships impact on effi ciency, problem solving and what were called Star groups. The one I was in had Peter customer relations etc. Roth present as an ‘elder’. We, I, can decide to do nothing about such obviously Since that time I have retained an idea, which until I unhelpful conditions, ones which everyone will know read the above remark of Rudolf Steiner’s I had always about in the place of work, and of living, in the case of considered to be a ‘thought’. Now, even though I have a Camphill community. This may be because I do not held onto it for twenty fi ve years, I see that it is an im- want to face what is going on, or do not know what to agination, as it did appear to present itself to us. This do about the situation. The latter circumstances can lead imagination can be described in the following way. to resignation, and ‘depression’ may set into the organi- sation or community. Meaning: my resignation and not Horizontal Threefoldness knowing what to do will eventually ‘de-press’ and begin Any enterprise, no matter whether it is a manufacturing to hold back the enterprise. In the area of relationships unit, a service provider or a community, cannot help but within organisations, Margaret Wheatley, in her book be made up of economic, rights and spiritual-cultural Leadership and the New Science, addresses the change aspects. A church needs its building, repairs, insurance in thinking which has taken place in the organisational etc. A car manufacturing plant could not exist success- development sphere in the post-Newtonian quantum fully without a research and development section. A physics era: police force has to have specialist equipment which it In the quantum world relationships are not just in- cannot make for itself. In addition, in all of these envi- teresting; to many physicists they are all there is to ronments those involved as workers will want to know reality. where they stand from the point of view of employment The words of Meister Eckhart echo through the ages! relationships, what is expected of them, and how they Acting on the consequences of Wheatley’s state- might expect to be treated. ment, I would have to become less resigned and more Because of these realities, organisations, even Cam- concerned and engaged with the relationships I need phill communities (often regarded as working primarily to work on. I will know that my relationships affect in the cultural-therapeutic fi eld), can be seen, in the everyone else and all that is going on around me. Not broad meaning of the term, to be part of the economic that I will be able to change things overnight. At fi rst I dimension of society as a whole. may appear to be unable to do anything. But, at least I No matter what happens in an earth-bound and peo- will be occupied with asking myself how I am affecting ple-involved enterprise, economic, rights and cultural these relationships. This constitutes a shift in myself from aspects will be present. Therefore, these three aspects resignation to engagement. I can look for opportunities create a kind of on-the-earth, horizontal economic to deal with things face to face, though I can’t force oth- threefoldness. Economic is stressed because all such ers to do this as well. The least I can do is to try to add activities are of the earth and are productive in one some warmth to reality. way or another. Personal Development Vertical Threefoldness In being part of humanity I cannot avoid being in rela- In our 1980 Star group we saw that this horizontal three- tionship to others, and by being a consuming-producing foldness, could be seen to be the economic dimension entity I am part of the world economy in some way or of a vertical threefoldness. I will explain this, as well another. Am I, therefore, always destined to be caught as showing what it has to do with The Transfi guration. up in the one or other social or working relationship? Two areas need to be looked at: those of Relationships Can I ever be free within the nexus of these connections? and of Personal Development. I would say that in my wholeness as a human being I cannot be free of them otherwise I would not be alive Relationships as a human being on the earth. But, in part of myself, Relation is the essence of all that exists Meister Eckhart I have to live as if I can be totally free. I do this when I Despite being able to identify the need for rights and am able to free myself from the social-economic-sensory working arrangements in a manufacturing or service world, if only for a few minutes in the day in my life of providing activity: be it factory, offi ce or opera company; thought and imagination.

4 Here, personal resolve lives beyond the world of neces- rain of personal development and warmth of co-opera- sity and immediate human relationships. I meet myself, tion if it is not to become drudgery and be carried out for become aware of my tendencies, refl ect on shortcomings personal and family satisfaction only, no matter what the and decide what I am going to do about them. This may cost to long term health and happiness. lead me to taking up spiritual training, an attitude, a spe- Such a Transfi guration imagination can be present in cifi c will exercise. I may decide to resist jumping to con- me when I make myself aware of how my effort at per- clusions about other people, or meditate on some helpful sonal development (True-I-related) rains into and forms words or images. These are only a few possibilities. the basis for a creative cultural life for myself and for The point is: that I ‘see myself’ through myself, and the world around me. It is also warmly present in my act on what I ‘see’. If what is said by quantum physics efforts to face up to how I am getting on with others is right then any change in me will affect all other rela- and how I try to improve my relationships to others (I to tionships beyond myself, out into the world. This is an I-related). Then the ‘horizontal world’ of economic life opportunity which is always there and towards which I (We-related), with its cultural, creative dimensions, and can always respond. It becomes like rain which falls in its social rights aspect, will not be left forlorn and only be the night, adding moisture to what might otherwise be seen to be about work from a survival point of view. a parched landscape. I Global Capitalism What is said above outlines the reasons why a truly free cultural life, in all its aspects, needs to be capitalised adequately and for the right reasons, as in the case of I to I education. Capital should also be available equitably to Vertical every member of society as a matter of human rights, in Threefoldness order that everyone can live a dignifi ed and healthy life. We The emergence of global capitalism becomes a problem C.L. Work when it happens without due regard for promoting the free R.A. creative life of individuals (by pursuing dominant world views, controlling the media and education for example). It is also a problem when individuals and groups have Horizontal Threefoldness within Economic Life, limited or non-existent access to personal capital when which includes C.L. (cultural life), R.A. (rights and trying to gain control and take responsibility for their lives agreements) and Work itself. and those of their families and communities. It needs to be remembered that this cloud of global Individual and World capital is kept afl oat when workers are regarded as ex- Personal development is to do with myself, is I-related. ploitable commodities, and when joint stock holding Awareness of relationships is socially directed, I to I- companies are set up to produce continuous growth in related. Consuming, producing, being active, engages profi ts worldwide. Also, individuals and communities me with the world and is work, We-related. become tied into paying lifelong insurance premiums, In the above abstract, the totality of social life appears as mortgages, and contribute into often ineffective pension a Transfi guration imagination. The social organisation: I- schemes. Thus the profi t resulting from human labour is related; I to I-related; We-related, is transfi gured and seen siphoned off into a Luciferic cloud-like world and is fed differently. It is as if the Transfi guration event suddenly back into the hardening sphere of technological research appears within me, between us, and in the world. and development which today gives to children and adults ever more and more choice in techno-based prod- Christ — The True ‘I’ ucts and solutions to life questions. Hence George Bush The Disciples — ‘I’ relating to ‘I’ at the recent G8 meeting said that the answer to global The People — the ‘We’ of Humanity warming could be found in technological development. He did not say that it might lie in lowering targets for To be transfi gured means to be seen in ones true form. growth and practicing restraint. To do so would have I or we stand out as we truly are, and are seen in this gone against the guiding principles of neo-liberal capital- way by our fellow ‘disciples’. Humanity can also be ism, based as it is on Newtonian thinking. It is yet to be transfi gured, darkly as with Hiroshima 1945, or lightly, realised that the underpinning science which is meant to as with Christ on the mountain top. Christ reveals to hu- provide philosophic certainty, even for economics, has man sight the God-related image of the human being, a moved into a new world: that of relationships—through being who may one day attain to the goal of divine and a quantum leap forward. transcendent love, and the ability to heal. In the above imagination The Three Essentials of Cam- Michaelmas phill written by Karl König becomes a Transfi guration What has been presented here as an imagination, has motif. He writes of the necessity of: attaining perception been related to the growth of the cloud-like spectre of of the eternal image of the human being beyond apparent free global fi nancial capital, and hence to the Hiroshi- distortions (requiring personal development); practicing ma cloud, which, rising 40,000 feet into the air, settled renunciation in daily life (creating peace and order as down over the earth and has ever since pervaded the foundations for healing); and, establishing a working reali- earthly world of economy and fi nancial capital. This sation of the threefold social order (privacy, co-operation, is an imagination. work). It is another way of pointing out that the horizontal, At the time of The Transfi guration imaginations can be economic work life needs the infl uence of the nourishing more readily available to human beings than at other

5 times of the year. If they can be retained until the end of In this situation the Camphill Movement continues to August and the Beheading of John, when the intellect must have a responsibility. This responsibility is to do with be sacrifi ced for the sake of new will-activity, then the having learnt something about how to handle money door will opened to Michaelmas. The human spirit will be in social, spiritual and economic ways, and about the able to steel itself to once more face the onslaught of the importance cultural-spiritual and social relationship ac- dragon. What is safeguarded through this period protects tivities have for the well-being of economically-related humanity from the ‘death before death’ experience. The activities. In my view, working at these matters is a way power and presence of imaginations remains accessible to safeguard the Camphill Movement from ending-up to us, despite all which seeks to eradicate it. seeing itself as solely a profi cient service provider en- Individual efforts in personal development and the terprise. In a quantum world such efforts are not just the creation of institutions in the cultural sphere supported Movement’s internal affair. by gift money, freely given, are anti-dotes to the cloud’s The main effort for the moment is, I believe, to radiating infl uence. As is the presence of genuine strengthen our hold on whatever imaginations might warmth between people, and the care and considera- present themselves, as a counter image, to the damage tion which businesses, employers and social welfare global capitalism is having on the world, and principally structures give to individuals as a matter of right. on human dignity and freedom. Michael holds back the dragon so that the realm of In the August-September period next year, some readers imagination remains available to human striving, to the of these thoughts might like to meet together to build free spiritual life activity of individuals and groups who further on what has been shared here. I would be pleased fi nd each other in discussion and action over the destiny to arrange such an event. and crucial issues facing humanity today. The dragon is Michael Luxford has been a above, on, and in the earth. Yet, work on myself, and Camphill Movement co-worker since 1971, and lives on my relationships is still possible, just about. and works at Milton Keynes Community in England.

Village communities: the new old settlements Vivian Griffi ths, Camphill Houses, Stourbridge, England t is an interesting coincidence that the new book Ecovil- comment and criticism? Why does paradise on earth Ilages by Jan Martin Bang is published by Floris Books at which seemingly is a Platonist Model, fi nd an awkward the 50th birthday of Botton Village. (See review in our last answer to the world’s problems and attract sometimes issue). Botton happens to appear in the book. It asks the envy, sometimes misunderstanding and a fair amount of question, why are these settlements such potent sources accusations of privilege elitism. of interest in our society?—witness the Channel 4 TV When Bourneville was built in the suburbs of Birming- programme screened in June, The Strangest Village in ham it attracted its fair share of comment, of suffocating England. Why also do they have a certain resilience and and overbearing commitment to a paternal hierarchy—to stand as a beacon of how society could be by changing be given a Bible and a scroll at your wedding by the boss the rules and, as in the case of Botton, becoming more seemed to become a symbol of both paternal security than the sum of their parts? The village has a very success- and lack of freedom. When Beryl Bainbridge reviewed ful seed business, a eurythmy school, a garage, over 50 J.B. Priestley’s 1933 book English Journey 50 years after people coming in every day on projects from maintenance it had been written, she said she preferred to be in one to fund-raising, nursing to secretarial work—and all of this of the fast deteriorating high rise fl ats on the link estates is because of the person with special needs. The person of down town Birmingham where she was nobody’s … to be cared for becomes the person who makes things rather than in the suffocating leafy beautiful Bournev- possible, who keeps the projects going. ille estate. Perhaps that says it all—settlements like Botton Village on its 50th birthday is a post-war, Christian/ Bourneville are built as an attempt to recreate paradise spiritual social settlement which is part of a fi ne tradition, a on earth and human beings have to of course ‘fall out’ Platonist ideal to build paradise on earth. Botton takes its of paradise—for some into bedsits in deprived housing place with such examples as Robert Owen’s New Lanark, areas, lonely and unloved. It seems that is what society the Cadbury Brothers Bourneville, the Chartistry settle- wants a sort of hell which is ‘real’ as it awkwardly relates ments like Minster Lovell in Oxfordshire, the Whiteway to its fi ne social history of settlements from the Chartists Colony near Stroud and 20th century social experiments at Minster Lovell and Dodford, to Whiteway Colony in like the Peckham pioneers in south London. Beginning at Stroud, to the garden city movement which is following the same time as Camphill, the Iona Community (George a thread of social renewal trying to re-emphasise a work- Macleod) is part of a newer community movement that ing, social and cultural environment together. does not need bricks and mortar, a chapel, community It is said that Dr. König had a vision of bringing together centre or a beautiful estate to exist. After all Iona Com- the Platonist model of bringing paradise on earth with the munity members make work and prayer commitments, ‘so-called’ Aristotelian model of a disinterest in creating Camphill Community members make study and spiritual these paradise models; rather working out of ideas and inner life commitments. The evolution of the tradition to idealism of the mind, so that the two could work and live live and work on this earth together continues. together. Camphill came into being as a further evolu- Yet the question of paradise on earth and its creation tion of a community that was more than just a physical makes for some complex questions. Why do places model. Garden cities are beautiful places to live and like Botton Village, like Bourneville, attract its share of work. Bourneville is sculptured around a chocolate fac-

6 tory—(a port sunlight around a soap factory)—they would relies on a number of outside elements, not least other seem to be based on an economic model. Yet Camphill’s school and college Camphill places, as well as Camphill villages are build around something more than paradise urban communities that can provide bedsits and fl ats on earth and it is an interesting phenomenon when articles without the loneliness and unloving environment. This is are written about the contented population of Botton’s a constant question which people who approach Cam- people with special needs, which seem to suggest that phill villages like Botton don’t understand, that there is they should be ‘thrown out of paradise’ to ‘real’ modern a pre- and post- existence to the village community. contentment —which is actually a fair degree of suffering And there is a Camphill Community which, as stated, is and diffi culties. Why should you have a better life than a guardian of the human spiritual striving that surrounds I who am over-worked, with average payments and too Camphill. Perhaps we don’t illustrate enough the ele- many mouths to feed? Be like me because you are a threat ments that surround the physical manifestation of such without the familiar struggles of economic instability. places like Botton. If we could do this the place would So if we complete the picture of the village or ‘adult’ seem to have more purpose, more context into which Camphill Community we can see it is part of something we could live and work. Vivian, is a gardener, greater, not just on its own, not just its own organism. It houseparent and administrator.

Rachel, Coleg Elidyr, Birthe Hougaard James Ogden, Bow Street, Wales

achel is our only child. She was born in 1966 at my we met students who were full of enthusiasm for their Rwife’s parents’ house in Whitby, Yorkshire, and was college; Rachel, who had been quiet, became enthusi- their fi rst grandchild. Immediately she was a centre of astic herself. love and affection; family and friends travelled great Rachel decided she wanted to go away to college. She distances to see her. Among many gifts, there were was infl uenced not only by what she had seen when eighteen frilly dresses. Soon she responded with cheerful visiting Coleg Elidyr, but also by what she had imagined noise, energetic movement and contented sleep. After when reading girls’ school stories. We took her down a year, a suspicion of Down’s Syndrome was confi rmed in August 1982 and found that she was to live in Nant by Professor Craig of Leeds University, who saw she Gwyn, an attractive converted farmhouse. We met her was much loved, and wisely advised us to treat her as a houseparents and most of the co-workers and students, normal child. Apart from making us wary of having more and experienced for the fi rst time the diffi culty of know- children, the discovery did indeed make little difference. ing who was supposedly normal and who wasn’t. Rachel There was soon another discovery, that Rachel had a was calmer and more cheerful than we had expected: mind of her own, and a mode of life that was different when we had had a cup of tea she was ready for us to go, and perhaps better. complaining that we were ‘hanging about’ looking after Rachel’s early education was within the state system, her as if she couldn’t look after herself. So we kissed and mainly in the ‘Remedial Unit’ attached to schools in parted, with an understanding that after three weeks we Aberystwyth, where I worked as a University Lecturer. would go down again for a regular parents’ conference. She was taught reading, writing, arithmetic, art, swim- That evening Ceri Leishman phoned to ask how we had ming, and the Christian religion by Miss Leishman and got on; she herself was starting the new school year other gifted and conscientious teachers. When she was ‘with no Rachel’, nobody to stop her getting fl ustered fi fteen we thought about where she should go after leav- and irritable. ing school, and the county education offi cer for children Our fi rst parents’ conference included an ‘International with special needs, Iorwerth Jones, recommended Coleg Harvest Supper’ in the college hall, for which Rachel’s Elidyr. His family came from Rhandirmwyn so he knew house had prepared Indian food and dressed in Indian the college quite well. In September 1981 Rachel, .Miss costume. During the supper there were recitations, songs Leishman, my wife and I made our fi rst visit there. and demonstrations. The next morning Vena and I attend- We took the mountain road from Pumpsaint and saw ed a meeting at which Birthe confessed that the college’s Rhandirmwyn lying in a beautiful fertile valley formed apprenticeship scheme was not working as well as they by the river Towy and tributaries. Birthe Hougaard told us wanted due to a shortage of qualifi ed potters, weavers later that they had meant to site the college nearer large and printers. Parents were sure they could fi nd such centres of population, but when they saw Rhandirmwyn, people, but Birthe emphasised that they must be good they fell in love with the place. both at their crafts and at understanding ‘our youngsters’. We were introduced to Birthe in her offi ce and living I was concerned to know what exactly Rachel was being room in Ty Barnabas. I was impressed by the large col- taught apart from cooking, and eventually I sought an lection of books, many of them on mythology. This was interview with Birthe. She asked how we found Rachel the sort of room I expected but did not always fi nd in and I answered truthfully ‘a bit subdued’. This seemed places claiming to be colleges. Birthe spoke with mod- the wrong answer, so I added that Rachel seemed less est pride about what the college had achieved in a few spontaneous than when she was at home, and we had years, and offered Rachel a trial period. Then Lavinia been relieved when she made a joke about one of the co- Dent took us round rooms for ordinary teaching, wood- workers’ love of blackcurrant jam . ‘Oh well,’ said Birthe, work, making musical instruments, and weaving. Most ‘if you just want her to be a funny creature’. I thought extraordinary was an old-fashioned printing press, and this unhelpful but contented myself with replying, ‘You most pleasing was a lively music rehearsal. Everywhere obviously value humour less than I do’. I asked about the

7 teaching and received a lecture on the need for trust, not from us, and envisaged some of us giving up our homes, an answer to my question. But Birthe did say that if after families and careers to become houseparents in Robert three years Rachel could say what she wanted to do in Owen houses. We put forward schemes which fell short life, they would have achieved their aim. of the ideal, and they were rejected. There was further Towards the end of the fi rst year I wrote to Iorwerth disagreement over ‘registration’ which would bring pub- Jones to say that Rachel liked Coleg Elidyr, and with some lic funding at the cost of government inspection. Parents reservations so did we. As most of her fees were paid by felt there was something to be said on both sides of this the county I wondered if they had received a report on argument, but Birthe was utterly opposed to registration her education. But they knew no more than I did, and for both the college and the Foundation, feeling that in- perhaps as a result of this correspondence Mr Jones and spection would threaten whatever had been or might be Mr Phillips, the Director of Education, visited the col- achieved. Eventually some parents were able to develop lege. In general they were impressed, though surprised to a Robert Owen project in Devon which would probably fi nd themselves holding hands at the blessing of lunch. be registered and employ paid staff, so Birthe and other This ritual, of course, bears witness to our common hu- college people withdrew from the foundation. They felt manity and brings religious awareness to everyday life. that the Robert Owen could not preserve the Camphill Mr Jones said he thought the college could improve its ethos, and they wanted to concentrate on the college’s communications not only with parents but also with own ‘satellites’ at Llangadog and Glasallt Fawr. the local community. I later received a brief report from At one parents’ conference I led a seminar on ‘After the college saying Rachel had had lessons in eurythmy, Coleg Elidyr—What?’ In general, parents wanted com- arithmetic, English and music, and had speech therapy. munities that would sustain the spirit of the college Rachel gave us a vague idea of what eurythmy was, and provide useful work for our youngsters. I could not spoke favourably of her English teacher Chris Walters, report that the Robert Owen had made much progress and denied all knowledge of lessons in arithmetic. Birthe and tried to explain the diffi culties. We had the same had told them about the closing of the Ginnungagap message from our youngsters themselves: they wanted and creation of the world; but Rachel doubted whether their own communities before they could serve the wider Christians should believe such weird stories. community. One or two envisaged marriage, or some During her fi rst year Rachel often changed rooms form of partnership, as a possibility. and room mates. She was not consulted and found Meanwhile Rachel had her first official boyfriend, the changes upsetting, but felt unable to discuss her James, a handsome Down’s boy who was very good at feelings with her housemother. We were glad when at woodwork. They thought they might get married and the start of her second year she moved to Ty Hir with have children, but Rachel was disconcerted when her Bjarte and Machteld Haugen as houseparents. Bjarte mother said you could not guarantee that babies would and Machteld were themselves upset at Christmas when be girls. James had unaccountable bad moods and Rachel Birthe proposed to move Rachel to Ty Barnabas on the could not cope with them, so the relationship cooled. ground that she was ‘intellectual’ but quiet, and would At a game of cricket on the college green James batted receive more stimulus in the larger house. Machteld well but was persistently barracked by Rachel: ‘Give it a successfully resisted the proposal arguing that Rachel good bat James’, she yelled, ‘I can do better than that!’ had only just moved, was happier than before, and was When she batted he insisted on bowling, and the raillery making herself a vital member of the house. Bjarte told continued. She hit one ball a fair distance and as she took me Coleg Elidyr would not have made such progress her runs she laughed and told James, ‘You only loved me without the Downs people, who often helped to resolve for my beauty’. Rachel discussed boyfriends generally confl icts among the students. The episode gave me the with her great friend Susan Lomas: ‘All boyfriends are impression that Coleg Elidyr staff spent too much time different—some are more stupid than others’. talking to each other, and not enough talking to their At Christmas 1984 Chris Walters produced Shake- students. Rachel, had she been asked nicely, might have speare’s Twelfth Night, adapted to ensure as much put most of Machteld’s points herself. reconciliation as possible: Fabian became Fabienne and At the September 1984 parents’ conference, Birthe ad- married the Clown. Rachel’s friend Sasha, whose own dressed us on ‘The All-Wales Strategy for the Mentally life had been disastrous, played the shipwrecked Viola Handicapped’, which had just been announced by the and eventually won her Orsino; happily in real life Sa- social services. She called it ‘The All-Wales Tragedy’. sha is now in a stable relationship. Malvolio was played Its emphasis was care rather than education, and much with great unction but no malice and was a favourite money would be spent in well-meaning but ill-conceived with the audience; it was impossible to believe he re- ways unless the college intervened to give the strategy life. ally meant to be revenged ‘on the whole pack of you’. I During the next year or two she developed a vision of the learned later that the actor Chris was typecast; when he college as a centre for ‘satellite’ houses in various parts of was not fantasising about being a country gentleman, Wales, and when parents wondered how they would be he imagined himself a butler. A co-worker who ran the fi nanced she declared, with characteristic idealism and farm at Glasallt told me that when he came in before shrewdness, ‘If se idea iss aright, se monnay vill com’. supper all muddy and sweaty Chris would greet him But she wanted help from parents, and when her vision with ‘Shall I run your bath now, sir?’ And he would run became known as the Robert Owen Foundation, she vol- it, warm towels, bring a dressing gown, and ask, ‘Would unteered my wife and me for the committee. In 1985 we you like a whisky and soda, sir?’ attended its inaugural meeting where the main business I was surprised to hear that Chris had become Rachel’s was drafting a letter to the Charity Commissioners. At later boyfriend. I had thought the position was occupied by meetings it became clear that Birthe and the parents could Simon, a well-dressed, well-mannered and agreeably not wholly agree. She wanted stronger ‘commitment’ worldly young man; he had asked my permission to take

8 her ‘for a dirty week-end in Paris’ though she had not girlfriend and Rachel thought she would probably stay said she would go. Sitting with the three of them in the single, like Birthe. common room at Noddfa Loan, Glasallt, I asked Rachel Birthe made her last appearance at a parents’ meet- if she had a new boyfriend. ing after the Advent Fair in November 1989, when she Rachel: Well, there is that one over there. spoke about the signifi cance of the Christmas festivals; Chris: Yes Jim, you may well be my future father-in- on such subjects she was always at her best. She was law. My family owns a country house, you know, too ill to attend Rachel’s birthday party on 17th March and we have several servants. 1990, but Rachel stood up and proposed a toast to her. Myself: We could be onto a good thing here, Rachel. Birthe died at Easter and we attended her cremation at Rachel: Well, I won’t marry him unless he provides a Llwydcoed along with about two hundred Coleg Elidyr chambermaid. staff and parents. The service began and ended with ‘A Myself: But if it comes to that, Simon’s mum lives in Song of Joy’ by Ross Parker to the tune of Beethoven’s a castle. I bet she has a butler. ‘Hymn of Joy’. Thomas Koeller reminded us that Birthe Simon: Yes, she has two butlers. was born on 14 July, Bastille Day, and we thought about Chris (moving across): I will sit here by my girlfriend. her belief in liberty, equality and fraternity and her re- Do you know what my great ambition is Jim? lease of many people from psychological prisons. John Myself: No Chris, what is it? Sturgess, one of the fi rst group of Coleg Elidyr parents, Chris: To own a Rolls-Royce. And to have my suits spoke eloquently of her spirit living on in the college made in Saville Row. and in us all. A few days later her ashes were scattered Myself: Chris has very expensive tastes. Rolls-Royces, under trees on the college green. Saville Row suits — Coleg Elidyr did register and submit to inspection, Simon: Marmite. though not to such disastrous regulation as Birthe had Myself: But I fear Rachel and I may not be in the feared. In June 1994 Lavinia Dent and Bjarte Haugen same social class as you, Chris. addressed the parents’ conference on recent inspections Chris: Oh yes, University Lecturers are defi nitely when the inspectors had been puzzled because they middle class. Upper middle class, in fact. could not decide whether the community supported In fairness, I must add that Simon’s mother really did live the students, or the students the community; they came in a castle, seemed to me aristocratic, and was an excel- wrongly expecting the former, and left rightly suspecting lent pianist. The trouble with Chris was that he was twice the latter. Birthe had insisted that we should avoid the Rachel’s size and was apt to be overbearing. Rachel said term ‘handicapped’ and realise that we all have our gifts his hugs were too tight and his kisses too sloppy. ‘When he and limitations, and hence need both encouragement kisses me like that, I can feel my spots coming back’. and support. The college and other Camphill centres Rachel’s last boyfriend was Matthew, a dapper Down’s have a message for inspectors, and there are inspectors boy who was interested in politics. At election times who will grasp it. he supplied Glasallt with Liberal Democrat literature. At an Easter conference the Glasallt parents had an Rachel did not share his political views; she was an agreeable evening in the new community centre there: admirer of Mrs Thatcher or Flatcher as she called her. singing, eurythmy with Charlotte Villeneuve, and a talk In other ways she and Matthew were well matched by dear old Nicholas Joiner. Charlotte had us all miming and shared literary interests. For a time they held their seeds becoming fl owers, and Nicholas spoke of ancient Arthurian Club to which other students were invited, rituals such as the rolling of Easter eggs. There was then in the kitchen at Noddfa Ioan on Sunday afternoons. some discussion in which Rachel rose to say Easter always Rachel was happy to play Guinevere to Matthew’s King reminded her of the death of Birthe, and to urge us not Arthur until he left (he is now at Loch Arthur). They cor- to lose her inspiration. We must not; we must not lose responded for some years, but Matthew found another Nicholas’s either; we must not lose many inspirations.

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9 Obituaries

Irène Durand 16th September 1944 – 13th March 2005 Revd.Walter Wild

Translation of the address given in dancing and singing lessons until she French at Irène’s cremation. is 18 years old. She had parents who guided their children towards beauty, ast Friday, Irène said to me, ‘I was goodness and truth. She remembered Lborn in 1944, in Switzerland, on her father often reading aloud—he the 16th of September. was a pacifi st who impressed her very I wondered at the order she chose: much. His humour comforted her when fi rst the year, then the country — not she was prey to feelings of inferiority, the place—of birth, and last of all the which came, she said, because ‘I have exact date. I asked myself whether always been the daughter of Professor she had wanted to put forward the Junod, or the sister of...and never my- fact that she was born during a war, self.’ The severe dyslexia from which but in a country which had been able she suffered as something which held to stay at peace. Let us bring to mind her back, didn’t help these feelings and the situation of the world at the time school was only suffering until the day when Irène came to earth under the at 18 —better late than never—when sign of the Virgin, already close to she met Professor Berchthold*. In him Libra, the Scales. The Allied forces she met a global vision of the world had landed in Normandy, a glim- and a great humanity. If she had to mer of hope, Germany was calling wait 18 years to fi nd interest in school, to arms all men between 16 and 60, she was quick in fi nding her husband. more and more bombs were falling Her meeting with Patrick Durand took on defenceless targets, total war was place when she was 13—both their raging all-around, but Irène was born mothers were ‘rythmiciennes’ at the and received the name Irène—peace. Jacques Dalcroze Institute. She bore this name consciously, like The Durand family came from the an aim which she sought to achieve: the city of peace, Cevennes, where they spent their holidays. Irène spent the new Jerusalem. fabulous times there. It is in a happy family that she begins her path. Her fa- She characterizes her youth as calm, carefree and ther, Jean Robert Junod, philosopher, professor of French, unconscious of the world. After her baccalaureat in is broad minded and beloved by his pupils. The mother, general culture, Irène does four years of social stud- Pierette Marguerite Junod is a dedicated woman who ies and becomes a youth leader. Meanwhile Patrick is teaches rhythmics. Irène found in this family Anna, her led to a practical course at Aigues-Vertes, a village- elder sister and Nicolas, her brother. Born as the third in-the-becoming which was to welcome mentally child, Irène couldn’t keep herself from feeling that she handicapped people. was the fi fth wheel on the family wagon. This meeting both with anthroposophy and the Cam- At two and a half she was sent to hospital with a seri- phill Movement is decisive for Patrick and the two of ous illness, and felt abandoned as her parents only came them. He begins a course in curative education in to visit her once a week. England while Irène fi nishes her training in Geneva. But there she engraved He returns after one year to celebrate their civil wed- in her being her first ding and they leave together for Scotland, to the source memory: the happy mo- of Camphill where Patrick continues his training and ment when she saw her Irène is soon expecting her fi rst child. Corinne is born parents coming towards in Scotland in 1968. her cot. Irène had followed Patrick to a new way of living in The ‘leitmotivs’ of her community, but at fi rst it was not easy for her. Her family life are hidden in this had not accustomed her to forms and rituals. Now she fi rst memory: re-union, had to face a life given rhythm by the festivals of the day, peace, balance recov- the week and the year. Life was intense, based on the ered, communion be- love of the spirit and the human being. It was Dr. Karl tween human beings. König’s and his co-workers’ response to the horrors of From the age of three, the war and the needs of the most deprived. Irène loved dancing and The artistic life, especially eurythmy which attracted costumes. All her being and impressed her, helped Irène to fi nd her place. She is borne towards move- soon takes great pleasure in the plays celebrating the Around 1967 ment: and she will take festivals.

10 She is deeply touched by the children’s service, during Patrick Durand, from a letter to Friedwart Bock which each child, even the most deprived, recovers his full human dignity. few days before Irène’s passing away, as she was All these seeds cultivated during two years in Scotland Alying in bed in her room, our daughter Corinne was blossomed in the Village Aigues-Vertes where Patrick visiting. I thought I would take a little wooden table and Irène spent the next 20 years of their lives. Antoine inside from our terrace for her. The table was light and was born there in 1970, followed by Gabrielle and we noticed a caterpillar attached to a leg. I took the Frédérique. Irène looked after her four children at the table back outside quickly as we did not wish to harm same time as she cared for the handicapped members any future butterfl y. It may have been on Wednesday 9th of large house communities. March, and Irène was brought to hospital in the night On several occasions she began a eurythmy training of Saturday, 12th. but this dream never came-off. However, her love of Yet, already on the morning of the bright sunny Sun- plays, of costumes, her light step and grace in movement day, March 13th, the fi ve of us—that is Corinne, Anto- had ample opportunity to be called upon in the intense ine, Gabrielle, Frederic and I, plus Kazue, Frederic’s cultural life of the village community. She was made to wife—were busy preparing for Irène’s body to return to play certain roles, women with an inner nobility, or the her bed for the three days’ wake. Not only exceptional angel of the Christmas play. Her children often saw her sunny weather shone in our home for a full week, but leaving for meetings but they did not suffer too much for many friends, parents, and grandchildren came through it for she had the gift of being truly present when she was both the main door and the garden entrance, mostly in there. Whoever the person, she was present in meeting and out of the terrace. them and gave her intuitive discreet attention to each. When I was alone in the house on Friday 17 or Satur- Last Friday she said to me ‘I never saw the advantage day 18, I read a letter from Irène’s friend, calling for a of throwing myself headlong into things, I was looking heightened mood, and it drew my attention to the com- for balance.’ These very lucid words characterize well ing encounter; it contained a metaphor about a chrysa- the part she was keen on playing: Virgin, near Libra, lis... and butterfl y. Seated close to the terrace door, I left the balance. this mov- Her capacity to be attentive to the needs of others was i n g l e t - rooted in a deep veneration and gratitude for the social ter on the organism which Camphill and the Rudolf Steiner schools table and attempt to practice. o p e n e d Irène got to know the Steiner schools more closely the door. after a year in the United States and some time spent I stepped with her mother. She was asked by the school in Geneva o u t s i d e to take on a kindergarten for very young children. This with some invitation set something very old resounding in her: a water left second Parsifal experience of her early childhood. The from lunch fi rst time she had been taken to kindergarten at the age to fill the of fi ve, she had cried all day long and had learned how red water- things should not be done. Rich in this experience of i n g c a n . pain she said Yes and because she wanted to offer the There was With Patrick in 2001 children a more favourable welcome by maintaining one fresh, light yellow butterfl y on the watering can! suffi cient contact with the parents. I said little, worried about pouring in the cool wa- After a short time with the little ones she became aware ter—then it markedly waved its two wings (vulner- of the illness and had to pass on her work to other hands. able ‘arms’ it had held parallel) in quite a determined She had to learn that there was war once again as it had gesture, and stayed nevertheless. I felt I had to answer been at her birth, but now it was war in the innermost Irène’s friend at once. part of her being, in her blood, a war that lasted over four I had not really spoken any other word, audibly, than years. A war with its gleams of light, with the willed de- ‘franchir’, aware of ‘à franchir’ (to cross, to reach). I may struction of her immune forces in order to give a chance have been inspired by the yellow color of the stamps for recovery. The battle was beyond her strength—but on the friend’s envelope (affranchir = to put stamps on she showed through her serenity that she had learned an envelope). in the past that peace is not always synonymous with It is a tale with ‘fantastic’ details—so it looks. But victory and with healing on earth. few days later, I realised again that it all happened on By leaving her body a week before Palm Sunday—the ‘crossing thresholds’. I was startled: the butterfl y had day that Christ entered into the holy city of peace, Jerusa- come from the little table outside, left of the door, and lem, to show that He was not seeking an outer victory but had crossed our many passages in-and-out of the ter- that He intended to bring healing through the sacrifi ce race, to fi x itself on the red watering can on the right of his being—Irène tells us in her noble and honest way side of the door! that she has tried to follow Him on this path. I found another caterpillar later under the wooden Professor Berchtold is a humanist, a cosmopolitan and table, on the left, although it didn’t live...That was the a writer on historians and the great educationalists. He story of those life-hours with the beloved beings. heard Karl König lecturing in Geneva and consulted him This ‘butterfl y-and-light’ visit is as much a vivid ex- concerning his daughter who became a villager in Aigues- perience as a simple, though beautiful, nature-experi- Vertes. In his special capacity Professor Berchtold enriched ence. And it cannot be a story in itself; hopefully the the former cultural life of the Village Aigues Vertes. story goes on...

11 Nina Oyens 25th August 1916 – 11th April 2005 Margit Engel, Öschelbronn, Germany

ho was Nina actually? I have We never met for a real talk I am Wknown her for more than 50 ashamed to say. Serving was her years and still I must confess, I do not attitude and when her fi nal years really know her. Please write, those came and the last strength had left who did know her! her she moved to Ita Wegman House, When I think back she was always the care unit in Vidaråsen. There we busy working, serving as Dr. König’s met quite often; she recognised me private secretary and playing the lyre. and we sang her favourite songs of People say she has been a house- Gustav Mahler or we talked about mother, a matron even of Murtle Dr. König. House, but I don’t remember that. The fi nal departure of Nina took Why did she come to Norway? a long time. Once her brothers When she heard of Camphill starting visited her, from Brazil and from in Norway, she must have been ad- Holland—she was originally Dutch. venturous as she came to have a look. This visit seemed to make her happy And there, in Vidaråsen, walking be- and for a while more awake. But tween the fi rst houses she suddenly she felt more and more tired, she saw Dr. König. This supersensible withdrew and slept, and it took experience must have been a great quite some time even without much surprise to her—she felt it as a call. food until she was at last allowed to Like my best friend Irmgard Lazarus leave her earthly body. Now peace in 1970, Nina packed up her belong- surrounded her. She followed Erika ings in Scotland and moved over to Opitz, who had quickly passed on a Solborg, where at that time there was a need of some few weeks before. Camphill substance. I remember her standing with a I ask myself why have I, the fi rst Camphiller in Norway, huge heap of dishes in front of her. still to stay?

Patrick Durand, Geneva

erhaps Nina could, in her forties, be remembered Nina had two main half-secrets, or tasks. The fi rst one Pas a self-disciplined person. She then acted was the writing of a diary. The second I felt was to be freely, as an artistically gifted co-worker, carried by seen in her acting, on the world-stage, the ‘Sosie’ part a sound enthusiastic spirit. Nina was at home with of Community in Camphill: life and work, people and all cultural manifestations in and out of the Village destiny of this unique, historical somewhat miraculous where she assumed a coaching and serving position. occurrence. No wonder then that she could ‘know These, in one form or the other, accompanied our herself’ well! life every day; just as the weather for instance is in Memories include: an open air performance of Faith- our common experience, both permanent evidence ful John produced by Nina, whose main character is, and vivifying renewal. Naturally, she could at times as you might know, a farmhorse! Among many authors be upset or cross: again, there was enthusiasm to be Nina would recommend for Irene and I, was Konstan- seen in her—in her clear eyes—at being so fired; one tine Paoustovski. But if I had to choose one memory could feel with her! above all others of Nina’s riches, it would be a tour of Nina did not acknowledge any reductionist ideas the South of France with a group in a mini-bus, culmi- such as ‘staff in charge’ at Aigues-Vertes; only people, nating in Arles Roman amphitheatre, to see Moliere’s dear friends, or individuals to meet. Life was a bit of an Amphitryou, with his ‘Sosies’. enchantment for all about her! I thank you very much, Nina..

Morvenna Bucknall, Milton Keynes

ina was very much involved with the life of the socks, sat on their desks and put some paper on their Nchildren in the 1st class of St. John’s School in chairs. They then took a pencil between their toes and Aberdeen in 1947—she gave German lessons to those tried to write their names etc. — an exercise suggested children for whom it was appropriate—and as I was by Rudolf Steiner. their class teacher it fell on me to arrange something Nina took part in all festival occasions as a very lively else whenever she had a migraine!! One exercise to and humourous teacher much beloved by the children remember was that everyone took off their shoes and and by us all.

12 Matthew Gankerseer 16th November 1963 – 21st February 2005 Maren and Mark Thompson, Hapstead Village, Devon

atthew Gankerseer died suddenly on to detail and an ability to see a project M21st February this year from a faulty through to the very end, no matter the hour, heart valve. It came as a shock to everyone, the weather, or indeed the wet and tired as he had recently made a full recovery from co-workers. a severe illness. He became ill in the evening The unique structure of Camphill was with ‘fl u like symptoms’ and was taken to the perfectly suited to Matthew, as he loved hospital next day when his breathing seemed taking part in everything that was going on, impaired. He died in the afternoon. especially festivals and other social events. Matthew arrived in Hapstead in 1988 from More than anything, Hapstead provided a the Hatch. Before the Hatch, he spent some sheltered work environment where he could time in Ringwood. We joined his household do what he loved without the pressures of a in the beginning of 1996. normal working environment. Matthew was a very tall thin man. He suf- Matthew also had a fondness for all things fered from a stutter and many people found German and he often said quietly and per- him diffi cult to understand. This sometimes fectly things like ‘Pendragon House has a led to frustration, and this was probably the reason why German housemother’. he liked quietly watching what was going on around As the community changed over the years, Mathew him rather than participating directly. When he got changed with it. He learnt to ride a bicycle and enjoyed frustrated, however, he could express himself perfectly cycle rides with his friends from Pellinore House. He with no sign of stuttering. Over the years he became a undertook a computer course, and he was about to em- lot more relaxed when within a group, and took part in bark on a pottery course. He joined the woodwork shop things much more readily. and became the restorer of furniture, a job he undertook Above all he loved working on the land. He felt espe- with great care and skill as he wanted his surroundings cially that stones were totally misplaced on paths and as perfect as possible. in fi elds, and he had a continuous issue with the twigs Matthew was cremated at Exeter Crematorium on1st on the forest fl oor. Stones and twigs were routinely March of this year. His ashes are to be scattered on the dispatched over hedges, with no thought for whom or Downs in Sussex, where he used to go for walks with his what might be on the other side. father. We in Hapstead paid our last respects to Matthew Matthew had a very strong will, and this showed in in our Landbarn, attended by Matthew’s parents. Stories the fact that he would usually get what he wanted. He were told, a poem was read, we laughed and we smiled was very reliable in his work showing great attention as memories of Matthew were shared.

Deaths

Laura Chamberland, a villager in Copake, died on in Dingle and was returning to the house after a night Sunday, 12th June. out and collapsed. He was 59 years old and had been Laura was 41 and was the older sister to Christine, also unwell recently. He was in Camphill for eight years a villager. Both their pictures appear in the book Village and was a well known character and well liked in the Life, Laura page 53, Christina page 73 and their mother, local town. a co-worker, page 144. Laura suffered from breast can- cer and it was decided not to operate. She has been an Lesley Nilsson, a co-worker at Sturts Farm for many years, inspiration and was beloved by many, including many passed peacefully over the threshold on 20th August at young co-workers who had to take care of her. her home in Nailsworth, Gloucestershire. Lesley had been unwell for some time following surgery. Julian Mulock, a parent, friend and supporter of many years, and the mother of Richard. Julian lived in Ontario Sheila Brett died on 21st August. Sheila was 72 and she Canada. She was 83 years old on June 28 and died at and John have lived next door to Loch Arthur for the last 1am on the 29th June ! The Mulock family had also lived fi ve years. Before that they were at Garvald Home Farm, in England where they were connected to Camphill and before that at Torphin Holding, Edinburgh, where Scotland because Richard spent his childhood there. John taught at the Steiner School, and many Camphill children boarded with them. Jens Peder Andreasen , died on June 24, St. John’s Day, at 41 years of age. A former co-worker from Beaver Run, Armin Küttner, a family father and senior co-worker Jens Peder met his wife Jennifer there during seminar, from Föhrenbühl died unexpectedly of heart failure on going on to become a Waldorf teacher in Denmark. 24th August. He would have become 45 in October and was on a holiday in the South of France with his family. Dick Power from Camphill Thomastown in Ireland Armin leaves behind his wife Tanja and fi ve children to passed away on Friday 1st July. He had been on holiday whom we offer our good thoughts and prayers.

13 News from the Movement…and beyond

Anthroposophical Health Care Course Judith Jones, Joan Smith, Aslaug Kvarving, Christine Bacher, Eva van Lieshout Simeon Care for the Elderly, Aberdeen

ow shall we cope? Can we cope? These are questions Course in Aberdeen as well as various Anthroposophical Hwhich face us when meeting the heavy demands of Nurses Association workshops. The proposed modular care especially for those in their later years whose needs course will draw on the experience of all these trainings are no longer remedial but ongoing and increasing. and on the shared experience of all who participate. Care needs have become paramount in our time. From We are working together with S/NVQ Assessors and the vulnerability of childhood, through the crises of mid- planners on having it validated by bringing the modules life to the longevity of old age we are all at different times in line with the relevant units at levels 2 and 3. This in need of care. After more than sixty years experience of would make it a helpful course for all seeking this quali- looking after those with special needs our communities fi cation with enhancement from anthroposophy. There are facing the impact of increasing demands in this area. will be seven three and a half day sessions over two The twentieth century saw the rise of the caring profes- years, the fi rst taking place in Aberdeen in April 2006. sions. Nursing as a forerunner has now developed in a Each module will focus on specifi c themes. Alongside number of specialised fi elds whilst Caring has become will be artistic and practical courses in nursing/care a profession in its own right. Those involved in Personal treatments, including Rhythmical ‘Einreibung’. and Home Care are involved in tasks which traditionally Nursing/caring was from the beginning of Camphill belonged to nursing, whilst nurses within and outside recognised as an essential element in community life. hospital settings are more often engaged in carrying out Many skills are still practised and the knowledge of herb specialised procedures for which they have been specifi - teas, compresses and other anthroposophical remedies cally trained. Fundamentally both professions share a and external applications has been passed on from one common concern for well-being, comfort and health. to another, with Beannachar herb workshop providing In our time care standards are regulated and there many centres with ointments, oils and medicines. There are many courses available to help promote its quality. is however the tendency amid the pressures of life to go A group of us would like to offer a modular course in to the chemist for quick acting remedies. Can we help Health Care, exploring the meaning of illness, the heal- one another gain confi dence and enthusiasm for using ing potential of natural substances and their practical anthroposophical home remedies and treatments, place application, based on the insights of anthroposophy. We real value in care, and give one another strength and would welcome as participants those involved in care certainty for the tasks we face? in their daily work in community and home settings, If you would be interested in more details of this modu- and equally any nurses who wish to explore more about lar course please contact: working out of anthroposophy in this area. Judith Jones, Simeon Care for the Elderly In Britain over the past years anthroposophical nurs- Cairnlee Rd. Bieldside, Aberdeen AB15 9BN ing/caring trainings have taken place in Park Attwood Tel: 01224 867393 Clinic and, until 2001, in the two-year Camphill Nurses Email: [email protected]

The Dorion School of Music Therapy Norma Lindenberg, Beaver Run, USA pril 7, 2005 saw the festive graduation of the fi rst in the North American Collegium, gave the graduation Aanthroposophic music therapists in the U.S.A. address, followed by Christof-Andreas Lindenberg, Three years of part-time training followed by a men- the leader of the Dorion School. Gerald spoke of the tored internship, mostly in European clinics or curative need to now educate physicians about the scope and settings, preceded the fi nal workshop. On the evening potential of anthroposophic music therapy working into before graduation the fi fteen students—among them the physical/etheric organisation of the human being six Camphill co-workers—offered a concert to friends, alongside the more widely acknowledged support for family and the local Kimberton Community. Some stu- the soul/spirit well-being of the patient. Christof-An- dent compositions were performed along with a more dreas concluded his address with: ‘Have joy and bring classical repertoire and a C.A. Lindenberg Choir. The balance, these musical qualities the present time needs mastery of new instruments—gemshorn, lyre, chrotta above all!’ The core faculty offered a presentation in —as well as sensitive use of rods and gongs belongs to music, eurythmy and speech of the section from Hymn the Dorion training and were the main instruments used to Apollo, sung by Orpheus which gave the school its in the concert. name and inspiration. Dr. Gerald Karnow, Dorion friend and highly appreci- Both to Winter and Summer ated teacher in the school, as well as being the repre- You offer an equal part, sentative of The Section for Anthroposophic Medicine To Winter the tones of the heights

14 To Summer the sounds of the depths enter their fi eld of work and meet the curative child, Yet to Dorion, the beloved the villager, the patient with cancer or M.S., the client You apportion the blossoms of Spring with depression or severe psychiatric illness; wherever Renewal of Life. their destiny leads them. Some graduates will work in anthroposophical environ- The leading teacher of the course was Christof-Andreas ments, while others are pioneering in mainstream set- Lindenberg around whom the music therapy training tings, including large city teaching hospitals. National came to birth, together with the other core faculty. Guest Music Therapy Board Certifi cation is our next goal physicians from America and Britain and music thera- and seems a hopeful possibility through the help of a pists (faithful friends) from schools and clinics in Europe University Music Therapy Professor connected to the brought their wealth of experience. Beaver Run has been Board. She will help our graduates prepare to apply to a generous host to the Dorion School and many friends take the Board examination. in the Kimberton area supported us and gave ‘student The pioneering group of students brought their en- rate’ board and lodging to the students who travelled thusiasm, openness and deep commitment to Dorion, from all parts of the U.S. and even Vancouver, Canada. as well as their music capacities. It soon became clear We are grateful to these many friends who enriched that students and faculty created and went through Dorion and helped make it possible. the schooling together. To quote one student, ‘Through And Dorion’s future? Encouraged by the enthusiasm of Dorion I discovered new depths of the inner nature of students and friends and the commitment of our guest music, the human being and my own self.’ teachers, we are ready to begin the next course in Sep- There were courses in different fi elds of medicine, tember 2005. Students have begun to apply, also from music in its cosmic widths and creative power within beyond America, and we look forward to hearing from the human being, musical instruments to practice, tone anyone who has the interest to work with music as a eurythmy and other artistic courses, music therapeutic therapeutic, healing art. exercises and composition to learn alongside develop- Anyone interested should contact: ing sensitivity for the therapeutic process. To enhance the latter, the path of self-knowledge was an important Christof-Andreas and Norma Lindenberg morning beginning during the workshops: together Beaver Run, 1784 Fairview Road, Glenmoore students and faculty would turn to basic exercises and PA 19343, U.S.A. indications by Rudolf Steiner, then try to ‘practice’ Tel: 1-610-469-22583, Fax: 1-610-469-9758 them musically. This way of working opened opportu- or: Catherine Read Ph.D., Tel: 1-215-369-8749 nities for all of us and at the same time left space for Email: [email protected] personal freedom in spiritual matters. We called this morning work—‘Creating harmony in the self and the Norma is an experienced curative teacher, therapist surrounding’. A necessary striving as graduates now and administrator, in Scotland and in the States.

Experiencing Nonviolent Communication Judy Bailey, Grange Village, Gloucestershire, and Dr. Pat Dannahy, Oxford

Judy’s tale in line with my values. This may sound strange to the neighbour of mine said, ‘Judy, I would like to share anthroposophist’s ear, so I can translate it into our lan- Awith you what bothers me, but I don’t want to hurt guage, which is: connecting to the ‘Christ in me’, so that you!’ You can imagine how troubled I was hearing this I in turn can connect to the Christ in others and Christ and living with that knowledge. After weeks of mulling working in the world. it over I found myself still all churned up, realizing that The adversary powers are so active in our times: I be- I have some truths to share with her! lieve we need all the help we can get to connect to what So things were bad. I felt unfree. I could tell her what we have come down to Earth to do. NVC is just one of was on my mind, but saying nothing felt safer, and as the resources we can turn to, and I am very grateful to days passed I was outwardly in a perfect relationship, have come across it. but inwardly dealing with ever growing pain, which in turn grew into fear and insecurity to quite an alarming Pat’s tale extent. So I decided something had to be done. Over two years ago I had a phone call from Judy, in- Fate had it that a friend directed me toward the Non- viting me to meet with the Grange Village carrying co- violent* Communication (NVC) organisation. This is workers. Thus a truly enlivening part of my life began: an organisation inspired and set up by Dr Marshall enlivening because I found a community whose mem- Rosenberg. I rang the NVC central offi ce, who gave me bers are truly open to working and grappling with all the telephone numbers of trainers in Oxford, not too far from issues that arise when living and working together. where I live in Gloucestershire. I contacted Pat Dannahy, After an initial meeting for both parties to decide with whom I am in the process of freeing myself from whether we wanted to continue, I ran an NVC Founda- the burdens and responsibilities I impose upon myself, tion course, two days of training, so that we all had a take hold of my ego in regard to the responsibilities I basic understanding of NVC principles. We now use this have so that they are done out of joy as a basis for a variety of work, always with the objectives and not only duty. I am learning to be aware of my of raising the quality of communication and transforming needs, and I am learning to fi nd ways of meeting them any confl ict into deeper understanding.

15 that I have a choice, I am more likely to agree to do Building Community something, and do so willingly.’ ‘The most important thing I’ve learned from NVC is An inclusive* NVC Training and Conference that wanting to change someone else is violent.’ Monday May 22 – Wednesday May 24, 2006 ‘NVC invites us to check our intention when com- Introduction to NVC from Marshall Rosenberg, municating with another: if we are seeking to ‘make’ originator of Nonviolent Communication followed by someone do something, then we are no longer com- workshops on Tuesday and Wednesday. ing from a nonviolent stance.’ Venue to be affi rmed, likely to be ‘I have found NVC useful because it reminds me Stourbridge, England. to come from my needs. This leaves the person I am talking to free to respond and with the opportunity For more details contact Pat Dannahy: to understand me better. I love the concept of leav- Toomy’s Cottage, 49 Wootton Village ing responsibility for action and thought with the Oxford OX1 5HP other person. It makes it easier for me not to respond [email protected] +44 (0)1865 730212 emotionally or to be defensive.’ TOUCHSTONES—engaging heart and head ‘Another NVC premise is that we cannot ‘make’ http://www.touchstones.org.uk anyone feel anything: we may be the stimulus for their reaction, but not the cause.’ I have come to work with three other Camphill Commu- ‘We can only respond to others empathically if we nities in addition to Grange Village. In every case I look have a stock of ‘grace’ ourselves. If we run out of forward with pleasure to my ‘Camphill days’, knowing ‘grace’, we may choose to remove and re-resource that I will fi nd shared values, and a willingness to engage selves before continuing.’ on the issues closest to my heart: relationships character- ‘I feel safer communicating with an NVC under- ised by depth and honesty and ‘walking our talk’. standing.’ What does NVC have to offer? I am reluctant to give I kept this one till last, because I value so highly the a theoretical treatise here. Instead, I will use feedback skills that NVC gives us to keep ourselves safe without from ‘Camphillers’ to give you a fl avour and illustrate resorting to the myriad and usually counter-productive some of the power of NVC: defences that we human beings use. ‘NVC has helped me to understand my role as a We hope we have given you a glimpse of what NVC participant in the issues that we face as a community can offer, and invite you to get in touch if you would rather than as a recipient of them.’ like to hear more. ‘NVC has truly challenged me to take responsibility for what is mine.’ Judy has been a homemaker in Camphill communities ‘NVC starts from the premises that we all share for many years. common needs such as autonomy, community, Pat has been a Certifi ed Trainer of Nonviolent security and creativity, and that whatever any of us Communication since 1997, and sees NVC as a way does, we do in an attempt to meet those needs. When of life; she is a member of the Society of Friends asking something of another person, it distinguishes (Quakers). between request and demand, and invites us to come from request. If we ask as a request, we remember *Notice the spelling, ‘nonviolent’ rather than ‘non- that whatever we are asking, the other person has a violent’. This is because we are seeking to translate into choice. Similarly, it invites us to hear any ‘asking’ as English the Sanskrit word ahimsa, as Gandhi used it: ‘our a request, reminding ourselves that we have choice. natural state of compassion when violence has subsided I have learned that, paradoxically, reminding myself from the heart’.

Celebrating Work—Village Conference at The Grange Judy Bailey, Grange Village, Gloucestershire

005 was the year for the Village conference on The talks were excellent. Linda Thomas, from The 2celebrating work. It took place mainly in Taurus Goetheanum, was a hero giving three talks and running Crafts among the many visitors that arrived daily. Bell fi ve workshops. Some of us have managed to keep our ringing, willow basketry, drama, advocacy, painting and room clean and tidy ever since her talk—she really cleaning—we divided into groups and worked hard. made a strong impression! Cleaning became a pas- The staff in Taurus welcomed us warmly and made us sion, using the right tool and right gesture. The thought feel that we were special guests, providing beautifully alone—‘Linda’—helps to keep an enthusiastic attitude displayed food and drink. towards work. She taught us the importance of disci- One good reason for a conference is meeting people, pline in work; being disciplined and orderly makes it a old friends and new; another reason is it made us feel worthwhile inner experience. appreciated, respected, and free. Matthew for instance Ken Power taught us how each person fi nds the work was a real star; he cleared the basket area and tidied it that is right for them. Being a soldier, or a mother is in such a way that we all admired him for it. ‘work’, just as being a doctor, a farmer, or an offi ce

16 worker; they are different in their orientation. The Ad- The Representative of Man between Lucifer and Ahriman, vocacy group shared the thought that advocacy is also the Representative Image of Man between Learning and work. We were grateful they came to the conference. Work can only nourish us and give us courage to allow Dirk Rohwedder gave a talk showing that work and every individual to fi nd the right balance for themselves, learning are on two opposite sides of the scale; we now. The balance can be found if we understand what need to learn to stand back from work in order to work it means to work, what it means to learn. If we engage effectively. It is important to develop inner fl exibility to with these concepts, the members in our community bring learning to work. would be true individuals, and our committees would The three speakers represented three different expres- be true communities where the needs of the individuals sions of work: Ken Power the teacher, Linda Thomas are met, and the wellbeing of the community can live in the mother/protector and Dirk Rohwedder the potter- the hearts and hands of the individual. producer. Judy has been a homemaker It is important in times when we want to be part of the in Camphill communities for many years. changing world to spend some time connecting to our roots, our spiritual origin. If we trust that Karl König was There will be an International Cleaning Conference with genuinely inspired we open for ourselves a wellspring Linda Thomas at the Goetheanum, Thursday 27th,–Sun- which can strengthen us and open us towards transfor- day 30th April 2006. Talks, workshops, artistic activities, mation of what was into what is to be. and a display of cleaning products.

Botton Eurthymy Ensemble Spring Tour Rita Kort n 19th April eight eurythmists, a speaker, three minibus for endless miles, and Sig Johnson our technician. Omusicians—violinist, cellist and pianist—and a Sig was inevitably to be seen running up ladders changing technician piled into a large minibus and an extra car. infi nite numbers of lighting gels as well as coping with Packed full with suitcases, music stands, instruments, blown fuses at 11pm at night…. Not funny! mummies—these are the packed eurythmy costumes, It was interesting to meet so many different people before you think anything funny is going on!—and large and encounter so many places, to lap up the mood in supplies of food, we set off on a 30 day journey of a little the various Camphill centres, Waldorf Schools and the under 3000 miles to visit over 15 different stages. occasional public theatre. Old friendships were renewed I will attempt to describe a few impressions of the tour: and new ones forged; many conversations about the Thanks to the 5th year working on extra material, it was inspiration provided to others, also impressions of how possible for us to offer three separate school programmes we could improve our own performances. for different ages: Classes 1–4, 5–8 and 9–12. This al- Considering our packed timetable, it was amazing that lowed us to visit many Waldorf schools and as a result none of us became badly ill. Overall the working mood large numbers of children were able to see eurythmy. A was harmonious and we had lots of fun. Food featured number of schools do not have eurythmy, or very little, so particularly strongly! It is amazing what a difference it was interesting to experience how the children reacted. a good meal can make, especially if it contains meat. Memorable impressions are those of the children from the We were wonderfully looked after by many different Glasgow and Nottingham Waldorf Schools. In Glasgow cooks, too many to mention. Also by all the people who there is currently no eurythmy teacher, but the children helped us fi nd beds, made them up, cared for us, helped were a most receptive audience. Their faces indicated with publicity and so on. The whole project involved how fully absorbed they became in our story, one asking the goodwill of many, many people. Of course a huge backstage: ‘Are you a fairy?’ Afterwards we were besieged thank you goes to everyone in Botton for providing in the dressing room with requests for autographs! In Not- beds and wonderful meals, time and space to rehearse tingham the concentration of the children from Classes and generally supporting our effort. Also to the Lantern 5–8 was particularly strong, both for the music pieces and Community in Ringwood who generously gave the use our dramatic ballad. Later we received many colourful of one of their cars for the entire tour, thank you! Finally drawings and lovely letters. Will we get a spate of applica- thanks and appreciation to the Camphill Foundation for tions for the eurythmy training in a few years time? a loan to pre–fund the tour and to the many individuals, Loch Arthur was another interesting experience. Their businesses and Camphill centres who through their ad- hall had a former incarnation as a narrow barn, the rough ditional donations allowed us to balance our books. stone walls now nicely whitewashed. I don’t know how, There is always a large risk involved in touring. From an but somehow we managed to fi t all eight of us into the economic perspective it is always a challenge, but the re- space with only the occasional ‘meeting’. Fortunately actions and feedback we received were ones of gratitude nobody seemed to have noticed how we occasionally and encouragement. The rewards lie elsewhere, maybe ‘patted’ one another! not immediately visible but nevertheless enough of a Our musicians: Sonia Hammond, Jennie Jones and reality to start making plans for the next tour! The tour Rob Hunter, were fantastic. Besides playing beautifully, fi nances have ended with a small surplus. This can be they also turned out to be very good at playing basketball, carried forward as ‘seed money’ for the next project. performing acrobatics on the green, helping with ironing, The 2005 Ensemble consisted of: Bogdan Bucur, Diipali and generally being all round ‘good sports’. Also invalu- Din, Ute Heuser, Rita Kort, Michael Mehta, Evamaria able were Johan Maendl our speaker, who also drove the Rascher, Roman Shinov and Mari Yamaguchi–Allen.

17 A visit to Camphill Svetlana Marcus Tristan Heathcock

hen my friend Selina Steffen suggested that it to me some of the diffi culties of life at Svetlana, and for Wwas about time for me to visit Camphill Svetlana, such communities in general in Russia. There is no state having lived a mere 150km from the place for nearly funding for such initiatives and, as such an enterprise 10 years, I thought that the fact that she was working has no hope of being really self-suffi cient, they depend there for a period of 5 months was the best opportunity on sponsorship from Camphill communities in Western to take up her suggestion. Svetlana Village is situated Europe and the United States. Although Svetlana was about 10km from a railway station somewhat inspiringly initiated by the Norwegian Camphill communities, he called ‘143km’! This in itself is slightly misleading since singled out Camphill in Britain as being one of the most there is a village called Aleksino fairly close by. There is generous. His prediction is that the diffi culties are such only one direct train to and from 143km every day, and that Camphill itself probably won’t spread very much in you leave St Petersburg at 6:15 pm. I arrived at about Russia but on the other hand many people from around 9:10pm and was met in a rather rickety van by Selina Russia have visited Svetlana and have been so impressed and a German fellow called Lukas, whom I was to get that they have gone away and started up small initiatives to know quite well and strike up a friendship with. We of their own. So he sees that Svetlana can maybe act were also picking up a villager called Masha who had as some kind of beacon for a change of attitude in the been into the city to a hospital appointment. I believe country towards people with learning diffi culties. medical services are a bit of a problem for people living Another problem is a cultural one. People from many in Svetlana, since they are a 3-hour train ride away. different countries come to live and work at Svetlana, After a drive of about 10km, I was met in Svetlana by the mixture at the moment being Russian, German, the house parents of the house I was to stay in, Fritjof Norwegian, American and English. Mark felt that since Nansen House. There are four houses in the village. The Western culture is so very different from the Russian New House is still in the process of being fi nished, but one, there is often tension between the Western people a team of workers from Norway is expected at the end and the Russians. At times, he believes, the presence of May, whose task it is to put the fi nishing touches to it. of too many foreign nationals has discouraged Russian It is already a magnifi cent piece of work. These are not potential volunteers from coming to Svetlana. He adds the only buildings on the site though—there is a large that this problem seems to be a diminishing one. This is cowshed, home to about 20 cows and a couple of bulls helped by the fact that every Thursday afternoon, Lukas as well as housing the village cheesery, a combined pig and Selina give a two-hour English lesson to whoever shed and stable for the new village horse, a large tractor wants to attend, with the emphasis on fun and enjoy- shed, and the Russian equivalent of the Finnish sauna, ment. It seems very popular, and any tensions I noticed the banya. But more of that later… between people at Svetlana seemed to be based not on Almost as soon as I had been introduced, the house- nationality but on normal human disagreement. father Alexei asked me if I could tune both of the village In the afternoon, Selina gave me a tour of the village pianos, since Selina had told everyone that I was a com- and I met some people in the other houses. I met Mark’s poser by profession. I explained that both special train- Russian wife Yana, and was able to hear of the more ing and tools were needed, but he said that maybe we personal diffi culties of a young woman living in a remote could fi nd something in the workshop! I liked his spirit community with her very busy husband and her young and determination—these are qualities much needed in son Ivan, who is 4 years old. She said that she fi nds it the village. After introductions were completed, I joined hard sometimes, but she is a young woman with great some of the people from the village around the bonfi re, energy and spirit, so I believe that she has what it takes to played a bit of football and enjoyed the magical scenery surmount the diffi culties. I ended up in the village library that surrounds the village. I was left talking to a young where they have a good selection of books, ranging from Russian woman called Anya, who runs the village bak- Agatha Christie to a fairly comprehensive collection of ery, and learnt a bit more about what life is like in the Steiner’s works, in Russian, German and English. In the village. I fi nally got to bed around 2am! evening, an elderly British/American Camphiller called The next morning after breakfast, I joined Anya and Mark gave a short talk in the Rainbow Room about a Selina in the bakery and I spent the morning helping recent trip he’d made to a conference at a Camphill com- Selina to make bagels. Anya was making some kind of munity in Finland. As there was no bonfi re that evening, chocolate biscuits, and three villagers, Lena, Oksana and I was able to get to bed at a respectable time! Kirill, were engaged in making different kinds of bread. My tour of the village continued on Thursday morning. The bakery is in the basement of Nansen House, but I ended up this time in the cheesery, where I made some as the conditions there are not ideal, being damp and butter under the guidance of Lukas. He has really worked a bit cold, it is soon moving to another location in the wonders in the cheesery, transforming it from a dirty, un- village. 10:30 am is break time and after a bell is rung, cared for and—it must be said—unhygienic place into a bells being the method of communicating mealtimes, spic-and-span work area where it is possible to preserve as many people as want to come to the bakery for tea just the right temperatures for the bacterial cultures to and refreshments. Our bagels and Anya’s biscuits went work well. They now have professional equipment from down very well! Germany too, although this causes problems sometimes It was at break time that I met Mark Barber, one of the when spare parts are needed! As well as excellent cheese longest standing members of the community, who takes a and butter, Lukas, with the help of a villager called Yulia, lot of the responsibility onto his shoulders. He explained makes tvorog (like cottage cheese), smetana (sour cream)

18 and buttermilk too. One of the housemothers makes ex- Ladies went into the banya fi rst, at about 6:30pm and, cellent yoghurt from the farm milk. Lukas is very proud after supper, the men went in at about 9pm. We man- of the fact that none of the milk produced by the village aged, by throwing water onto the hot coals and making cows goes to waste. I came away fi lled with wonder as steam, to get the temperature up to about 90 degrees and to how special a substance milk, which we tend to take we all had a great time. You feel almost as if you have for granted, really is. been born again after a couple of hours in the banya. It Culture takes centre stage on a Thursday afternoon as was also my opportunity to talk with people for the last Daniel, one of the farmers from Germany, has a singing time. Mark invited me to come back with my wife and class with the villagers. Later in the afternoon, a notewor- daughter to help with harvesting hay in June. I enjoyed thy event took place in the village—the slaughter of one myself so much that I am sure we will take him up on of their bulls. Some people come in to do the job, but his invitation. the main butchery work is carried out by Alexei and the The train back to the city goes at 7:15am, so I didn’t pig-man David. Many people from the village watched see anybody except Selina and the village artist, an Ar- the slaughter, but Selina, Lukas and I chose to absent menian man called Hamlet, who was kind enough to ourselves. In the evening we had shashliki (something drive me to the station. It was a good opportunity to talk. like kebabs), made with fresh meat, around the bonfi re. As a friend of the Norwegian lady who set up Svetlana, In respect to German Fathers’ Day, some beer appeared he has been involved since the very beginning and was out of nowhere and we all felt obliged to imbibe! I can’t able to fi ll me in about the historical background. On the quite remember what time I got to bed. Like Thursday, three-hour journey back to the city, I was able to refl ect rain washed our windows all day on Friday and I was on a very enjoyable and informative three-day break supposed to have been helping Lukas to make cheese in away from the hustle and bustle of life in a big city. Out the cheesery but, due to the fact that there wasn’t enough there all the stresses and concerns that crowd in on us in milk that day, I set to work preparing the village banya for a city environment dissolve into nothing, made to seem the evening wash. Nobody likes this job because it takes insignifi cant and artifi cial by the inexorable logic of the all day, but I have done it before and I didn’t mind at all. natural cycles of life. That is not to say that there are no A banya is like a Finnish sauna but the Russian banya is problems there, but the solutions seem to be within the about wet steam whereas a Finnish sauna is about dry grasp of the people grappling with them. In the city, the steam. The process involves chopping up wood as dry nature of our problems and stresses often seem insur- you can fi nd and then keeping the fi re in the stove go- mountable and crush us by their inhuman scale. As the ing and heating up the place until it is about a constant very social fabric of rural life in Russia crumbles away, 70–80 degrees centigrade. Between trips to the banya Svetlana needs to survive, or the future looks bleak for to check on my fi re, I was able to give an impromptu many thousands of people with learning diffi culties, concert on the piano in Nansen House to whoever was especially those in Russian rural communities. around. Due to the weather, my long improvisation on www.camphillsvetlana.org email: [email protected] the George Gershwin melody Summertime went down Marcus grew up close to Camphill Houses, Stour- best, I believe. bridge and now works as a composer in St. Petersburg.

The Thomas Weihs House Team In Camphill Botton Village, a rural community with adults with learning diffi culties, is looking for a longer term co-worker to care for and support those members of the community who are more advanced on their life’s journey and experience a signifi cant change in their relation- ship of body, soul and spirit. You would: • Live in a house community of eleven, including the four co-workers • Take responsibility in managing the household together with others of varying skills, including regular support from anthroposophic and conventional health professionals • And be part of the rich, diverse, social, cultural and spiritual life of the village. It would be desirable that applicants have ac- complished some kind of training, and have some life experience. We require someone to start in winter 2005/6. Please feel warmly welcome to contact Marianne Brasen in Tho- mas Weihs House for further information: Tel. 01287 661253; Camphill Botton Village, Danby, Whitby, North Yorkshire, U.K., YO21 2NJ

19 Indigo Courses William Blake House 13th–15th May 2005 Opportunities for dynamic and creative development in a vibrant and pioneering From Observation To Creation community A postgraduate course with Ale Hesselink St. Luke’s Medical Centre in Stroud Dear Friends, Ale is a Dutch art therapist living in Italy. He The small community of William Blake pioneered an oil painting technique without House has successfully expanded and we the use of brushes. This course will explore now comprise some four houses, provid- guest house bar the therapeutic application of this technique and is open to therapists, artists and teachers. ing life opportunities for young adults with multiple and complex special needs. We 21st–26th August 2005 Basel‛s fi rst backpacker guest house with have been warmly welcomed and com- a cosy atmosphere and friendly service. Art in Education fortably integrated into various villages in Experience Basel and the Gundeldinger- A course for parents, teachers, therapists South Northants, and now we fi nd ourselves and anyone who is interested in working feld estate. needing to contemplate further growth and artistically with children. Get your free mobility ticket for public diversifi cation. St. Luke’s Medical Centre in Stroud transport all around town. Maya is a Swiss art therapist living in In addition to negotiating the purchase of Spain. She has a wide ranging experience a local village shop and through confi rmed Facilities: house bar, internet/tv, kitchen facilities, lockers in the rooms, in working with children and is founder expressions of interest, we are being asked to member of an innovative small school in wheelchair accessible, playground, Southern Spain. consider opening two new houses to accom- Thai take-away. This course will be mainly practical, with modate a total of six young and vulnerable For more information and to book, lots of painting, drawing and clay modelling souls. We are also very keen to consolidate exercises, appropriate for different age groups www.baselbackpack.ch the activities in our new arts and crafts studio, or phone +41 (0)61 333 00 37 and will include a session on assessing which we also intend to open for the benefi t childrens early drawings as refl ections of their or +41 (0)76 538 3719; of a multitude of activities and community stages of development. or email [email protected]; based initiatives with our neighbours. or write to basel back pack guest house, If you are interested in these courses please We would therefore like to invite co-workers Dornacherstrasse 192, CH-4053 Basel, contact Karin Jarman on: to join us to help and guide the community Switzerland. tel. +44 (0)1453 757436 in realising its potential. Experience is not fax +44 (0)1453 757565 email: [email protected] essential and all terms and conditions are ne- A Training in Designing website: www.hibernia.org.uk/indigo.html gotiable. We are supported by a large team of specialists from many exciting and interesting and Facilitating Workshops fi elds, who also provide us with training and Spring 2006 One week and fi ve weekends instruction. Personal and professional devel- Ruskin Mill College This course is for those people who wish opment opportunities may be accessed both to acquire fundamental knowledge, skills An innovative residential specialist internally and through accredited external and attitudes to run biography workshops college inspired by the work of Rudolf courses. If you feel inspired to build commu- in creative ways. Steiner, John Ruskin and William Morris, nity and, with vision and enthusiasm wish to Biography work helps people fi nd the thread providing further education for students rise to a challenge, then please contact: of destiny in their lives and a new meaningful connection to the world. with special learning needs, Clive Denby Tel: 01327 860412 Course co-ordinators are Krista Braun and has a vacancy for a William Blake House Gil McHattie plus contributors. Houseparent couple Farm Cottage, 8 Milthorpe Venue: Forest Row, East Sussex to live in and manage a household. Lois Weedon, Towcester Enquiries to Gilon 01342824817 Mature, responsible couple required Northants. NN12 8PP or [email protected] to create a warm, homely environment for up to three students in one of Ruskin Mill’s houses near Nailsworth. Artemis We provide a programme of training School of Speech and Drama and support within an extended community in the Stroud valleys. Alternative and Wholistic Approach to Drama, Good package of salary and benefi ts. Storytelling and Poetry Recitation Not just a job, but a way of life. 4 Year Training in the Speech Arts For information contact: Richard Rogers Private Speech Lessons Head of College—Residential Workshops Ruskin Mill College Old Bristol Road, Nailsworth, Glos Summer School Courses Tel: 01453 837528 [email protected] Sussex, England: +44 (0)1342.321.330 Ruskin Mill Educational Trust is a Registered Charity No 1053705 www.ArtemisSpeechandDrama.org.uk offi[email protected] Beannachar GARVALD West Linton Newton Dee Beannachar, a Camphill training centre for Garvald West Linton is an established provider of young adults, is looking for a person who would a Camphill Community in the beautiful north residential and day services for adults with learn- like to take on the running of our small farm (3.5 east of Scotland Welcomes Enthusiastic indi- ing disabilities. Care is provided in four houses hectares) and woodlands. We are a community viduals, single or with families, to take part in and there are eight workshop areas as well as of 60 people and are situated just outside Ab- all aspects of our life—in particular: a further education programme and individual therapies. Our work is based on the principles of erdeen in north-east Scotland. We are looking • In our lively cafe and village shop for an enthusiastic person with some farming Rudolf Steiner. We are situated 20 miles south of • In our offi ce Edinburgh in beautiful surroundings. experience who would join our community • In our households and run the farm with a team of coworkers and We are looking for a House Manager to join • On our Biodynamically farmed land our team of committed staff. The post involves students - young adults with learning disabilities. • You will need to be able to work as part of We are looking for either a single person or, as managing one of our residential houses providing a team together with others of varying ability care and support for a group of residents with we are about to build a new house, a family • You will need to be open to taking on varying abilities. who would also like to take on responsibilities responsibility This is a live in position with accommodation in one of our house communities. • You will need plenty of enthusiasm, a good provided. If you do not hold a qualifi cation in You can fi nd out more about us on our website sense of humour and be willing to com mit social care it will be necessary to work towards www.beannachar.co.uk. If you are interested yourself for at least a year. one. Experience of residential care/social therapy • Appropriate training will be provided where in applying please write or email by 1 October is essential.. Salary £14,350.00 per annum. necessary 2005 to: Closing date for applications: • An enhanced disclosure/police check will Elisabeth Phethean Thursday 18 August 2005 be necessary Beannachar Camphill Community For further information and application pack, or South Deeside Road — Are You Interested? — an informal discussion, please contact Banchory-Devenick For more information contact Vibeke Sund- Robert Crichton or Colin Third Aberdeen AB12 5YL dal, tel: 01224 867074, or Maggie Pooler, Garvald, West Linton, Borders, EH46 7HJ Phone: 01224 869138 tel: 01224 869216 or visit our website at Tel: 01968 682211 Fax: 01968 682611 e-mail: [email protected] www.newtondee.org.uk E mail: [email protected]

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