Our 2006 Conference was a rich experience for all involved!

Please stay tuned for our plans for 2007~ a whole new approach to bringing YOU into authentic relationship with the heavens and your own chart!  Email your interest to info@starwisdom.org

Below is our schedule for 2006, for your reference.

Main Conference Daily Schedule

Star Wisdom Immersion- For Self Development and Reading the Signs of the Times

Who is this gathering for? 

It is for teachers, therapists, counselors and astrologers.  It is for anyone who would like to serve their clients better by knowing them more intimately.  It is for Beginners and those with Intermediate Experience in Star Wisdom.

June 21-25, 2006 in Boulder, Colorado
at the Shining Mountain Waldorf School and the StarHouse

Presented By
Robert Powell, Ph.D., David Tresemer, Ph.D.,
Willi Bento, and Robert Schiappacasse

Presenters' Biographies

"Immersion" has the wonderful meaning of dipping into the waters streaming through the heavens, and being surrounded and permeated by them.  Then, as in a baptism, emerging anew.

Charts: Each person could please bring their own chart, and perhaps also the chart of a client.  It is important that these charts be sidereal, and preferably run by the AstroFire program; we can arrange that charts are made for each participant, and ready for the first day.

Detailed Schedule

(Thursday day, 22 June, Friday day, 23 June, Saturday day, 24 June, and Sunday, 25 June, until 12:30 PM)
 

8:30 – 9:15 Chorecosmos (led by Robert Powell), relating to the specific bodies, beings, and dynamics that would be picked up in the subject matter of the day.  This is not a formal training in choreocosmos, which can be had at various places (including perhaps Boulder), though it uses elements of choreocosmos as a resource for the topics of the day. We shall work with the twelve signs of the zodiac, based on Rudolf Steiner's "Twelve Moods."
 
9:30 – 10:45 Foundations (as in a Main Lesson, each one led by one of the StarFire Research Group), the most important foundation points of each pillar of Star Wisdom, tailored to fit the way of working later in the day.  For each topic the presenter would outline the twelve major points of this pillar, and provide a simple bibliography, including one recommended core book and a few other references.

            Thursday – Astronomy - phenomenology of the physical universe, facilitated by David Tresmer, Ph.D. and Sally Nurney
            Friday – Astrology and Astrosophy - the sould and spirit of the universe, facilitated by William Bento
            Saturday – Anthroposophy and Cosmic Christianity - facilitated by Robert Powell, Ph.D.
            Sunday – Overview of the entire field and what we have accomplished and not covered - facilitated by Robert Schiappacasse - review of the three pillars of this work.
 
10:45 – 11:15 Tea interlude
 
11:15 – 12:30 Small group discussions of the theme of the day (planner: Robert Schiappacasse, staff: StarFire Research Group, each leading one of the small groups).  We would have different tracks for beginners and for intermediates.  Here we take the content of the Foundations, and see how they apply to our personal lives.
 
12:30 – 2:15 Lunch on site with emphasis on the embrace of Nature. Rather than leave the area, the luncheon interlude truly breathes the students.
 
2:15 – 2:30 Social re-engagement through social forms (games) with our colleagues in this work
 
2:30 – 3:45 Floor work, including Astrodrama to demonstrate the dynamics spoken of in the mornings – in the group as a whole, and in small groups; e.g., first day, laying out oppositions in students’ charts in the StarHouse star map.  Thus one learns through experiencing the concepts in limbs and heart, as well as in head.
 
3:45 – 4:00 Interlude
 
4:00 – 4:45 Inner development (planner: Robert Schiappacasse, staff: StarFire Research Group), a key part of the immersion, as a means to integrate the content of the day
 
5:00 – 6:00 Plenum for questions (facilitator: rotating, staff: StarFire Research Group all together to answer the questions of the day)
 
8:00 – 9:30 Evening lecture
 

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 Evening Lectures:

The lectures would introduce the foundation theme of the next day so that students could sleep on it, in the following proposed line-up.  Note that Wednesday evening is free, and the other lectures are public lectures at Shining Mountain Waldorf School for a fee, open to the public.
 
Wednesday evening, 21 June, “What does Star Wisdom have to do with my life?” – David Tresemer, Ph.D. Orientation to the upcoming course, as well as introduction to the general community.  Emphasis on astronomy, as well as overview.  Naturally, this would include reference to the solar event of summer solstice and some kind of active working with that fact.

Lecture at Shining Mountain Waldorf School, 7:30 PM, foyer of Festival Hall, free to participants in Immersion, requested donation from others.
 
Thursday evening, 22 June, “What does Anthroposophy Contribute to the Study of Human Destiny?,” Robert Schiappacasse

Lecture at Shining Mountain Waldorf School, 7:30 PM, foyer of Festival Hall, free to participants in Immersion, requested donation from others.
 
Friday evening, 23 June,  “Beingness of the Cosmos - Astro-Sophia,” William Bento on Astrosophia and Cosmic Christianity.

Lecture at Shining Mountain Waldorf School, 7:30 PM, foyer of Festival Hall, free to participants in Immersion, requested donation from others.
 
Saturday evening, 24 June, “Cosmic Christianity and the Earth” Robert Powell, Ph.D.  The intention of the cosmos is the divine human being. 

Lecture at Shining Mountain Waldorf School, 7:30 PM, foyer of Festival Hall, free to participants in Immersion, requested donation from others.
 
Depending on time and weather, star gazing would follow one or more of these evenings.  Naked-Eye Astronomy is a key part of our approach.

Cost: Sliding scale, based on ability to pay. $600 (sliding to $400).  Special prices for teachers in Waldorf schools! Meal plan of very simple and nutritious lunches, would be extra.  Some work exchange possible.

Any questions, please email info@starwisdom.org

This design can be repeated annually, as both beginners and intermediates will find ample teaching to learn from.  That is, each year the structure would be the same, though the particular slant on the presentation would change, so that a person could, in fact, come again as a participant and have a new and wonderful experience.  This is, indeed, how Jean Houston works with her Mystery Schools, and people have repeated many times with her, although much of the design and presentation remains the same.
 

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