Recent Thoughts & Activities
Intuition & Money 2026
The annual gathering of Intuition & Money was held at Lifebridge Sanctuary, Rosendale, NY in early June. This year was the 15th such gathering. Spirit Matters has served as fiscal sponsor for the last two years. This year’s guiding theme was characterized by four key words: Intuition, Initiation, Interdependence, and Inquiry.
Pathfinding for an Inspired Future 2027
This three-day intensive will develop capacities for knowing oneself as a foundation for leading and serving others. Leading out of one’s intuitive sense for the future, out of a mood of inquiry rather than outcome, brings one, regardless of experience or origin, to a threshold, a gateway to community. This recognition and how to navigate it lie at the heart of this intensive.
The Practice of Governance: Approaching a Deeply Human Imagination
The word governance does not sit well with many people; my sense is that it evokes authority and power both of which carry mixed associated feelings.
Introducing Spirit Matters
So what is Spirit Matters? Hopefully some of the essence of what we do and why we came into being shines through this website. We are a consortium of trustees and practitioners, each of whom has experience and practices that are based in a spiritual view of the human being.
Spirit Matters Innovative Form
Spirit Matters—Serving Anthroposophical Initiative is a California non-profit entity, and an independent IRS Section 501(c)(3) charity that is also a supporting organization to RSF Social Finance, Anthroposophical Society in America, and the Association of Waldorf Schools in North America.
A Brief Report—Pathfinding 2024
The first Pathfinding in Uncertainty was held in February, 2024, at Chadwick Library, Boonville, CA. Leah Walker and John Bloom, conveners, welcomed nine enthusiastic, wondering, and tentative participants to the first Intensive.