Introduction Fifty years ago this year a group calling themselves the School of Philosophy bought a property near Otaki and called it Strathean.  There were over one hundred of them. They were young, and they were exploring themselves and the world around them.  Many years later...

Since the early 1970's, the WSG has encouraged its members to record things of interest and inspiration in a Newsletter that was posted and distributed in various ways to other members. These Newsletters were also used for conveying administrative information, such as a date...

27th March to 1st April 2017 John Druce, a well wisher who had spent time on the property with a hiring group, arrived on the Wednesday prior to the Harvest Weekend, with his partner Adrian. They felled two pine trees, with the help of Yvonne’s husband John, Leigh Corner, and...

Introduction In my annual report last year, I concluded by asking the question – “Can we simplify how the group works so we have less demands on the separate activities and more time and energy for the exploration?” Since then the separate activities of the Study...

As many are aware, we’ve been cooking some chickpeas this past month. For those less familiar with the turning tradition, this is what we say when we are training new turners, following from a poem by Rumi.  We are planning Mukabelehs additional to those in the WSG term calendar...

I wondered if you’d like to include this little ditty (with apologies to Paul Simon). The Green Room group is currently looking at the Shankaracharya’s teachings on Freedom and Bondage. In my reflections part of this song came to mind so I looked it up. It lends itself well to being...