Invitation 

In response to the growing activities and needs of the Asia-Pacific region the Pacifica Journal was founded as a result of the first Meeting of General Secretaries and National Representatives of Asia-Pacific Anthroposophical Societies, held in Manila, Philippines on November 1-4, 1996. 

The Anthroposophical Society in Hawai`i publishes this quarterly newsletter to better inform and communicate with those people who live in or feel themselves connected with events in this part of the world and the spiritual scientific endeavors going on here. Individuals are invited to subscribe to the Journal, and National Societies are encouraged to reprint articles from it (giving acknowledgment) with the end that the old and new mysteries of this region may be met with greater understanding. 

As we stand before the threshold of a new millennium, we also see a need for both a deepening and an expansion of our work in a science of the spirit. It is in this spirit that Pacifica Journal is published. 
Me ke aloha no! 

—Van James, Chair 
Anthroposophical Society in Hawai`i 
In the East, the human being in society must be discovered.  
In the West, society in the human being must be discovered.
—Rudolf Steiner 

Review 

This is the Journal to watch! The Pacifica Journal takes in the whole pacific rim, including Australia, the Philippines, Japan and India. It is in this region that Anthroposophy as a world movement (and not just a central European transplant) will meet its test. The task of inculturating anthroposophy into the Asian setting will demand the best thinking we can come up with. Pacifica Journal has clearly taken this challenge seriously. One has to only read Florian Sydow's "The Emergence of World Culture in the Pacific" (which has been running in the last couple of issues) to see this. Along the same line is the article in the Spring 1997 issue by Karl Kaltenbach, "Towards a Universal Human Consciousness." ...If anthroposophy is to fulfill its destiny as a world movement, this little unpresumptuous journal could become a cutting edge. 
—Fred Paddock 
Rudolf Steiner Library Newsletter, Volume 5, 1997


Participants at the November 1-4, 1997 Asia-Pacific Anthroposophical Conference gather on the steps of the Annie Besant Lodge of the Theosophical Society in Mumbia (Bombay), India. Reports on this conference can be found in the recent 4th Quarter 1997 issue (Number 5) of the Pacifica Journal.


 
 
 
Back Issues of the Pacifica Journal Asia-Pacific Region
Initiative Group Contacts

Number 1
  • Anthroposophical Initiative in the Asia-Pacific Region, by the Asia-Pacific Initiative Group 
  • Report from Hawai`i, by Van James, Hawai`i 
  • In Memory of Charlotte Ferreri, by Rudolf Steiner 
  • Anthroposophical Society in America Annual General Meeting Conference: The Recognition and Transformation of Fear, Hatred, and Doubt of the Spiritual, by Van James, Hawai`i 
  • Number 2
  • Towards a Universal Human Consciousness, by Karl Kaltenbach, Australia 
  • Breaking New Ground and Developing Capacities, by Van James, Hawai`i 
  • Developments in Taiwan 
  • Third Annual Retreat in Hawai`i_Finding Our Place in the Pacific: Building a Picture Together, by Helen-ann Ireland, Hawai`i 
  • Asia-Pacific Directory, by Nicanor Perlas, Philippines
  • Number 3
  • Anthroposophy in the Asia-Pacific Region, by Hans van Florenstein Mulder, New Zealand 
  • The Emergence of World Culture In the Pacific—Part I, by Florian Sydow, Hawai`i 
  • Medical and Health Initiative in the Philippines, by Joaquin Tan, Philippines 
  • Island Profile: Kaua`i, the Garden Isle, by Van James, Hawai`i 
  •  Number 4
  • Anthroposophical Initiatives in India, by Aban Bana, India 
  • Japan and Anthroposophy, by R. Ryuhan Nishikawa, Japan 
  • The Emergence of World Culture In the Pacific—Part II, by Florian Sydow, Hawai`i 
  • The Use of Gene Tech Food, by Hendrick van Heek and Dr. Christa van Heek-vanTelligan, USA 
  • Ann Arbor Conferences 
  • Number 5
  • Let There Be Fired from the East What Through the West Is Formed, by Karl Kaltenbach, Australia 
  • Socially Engaged Buddhism in the Light of Anthroposophy, by Ha Vinh Tho, Switzerland/Viêt-Nam 
  • The Crisis of Our Time: East and West in Relation to the Consciousness Soul, by Penelope Roberts, USA 
  • Roundtable Discussion on Waldorf Teacher Training in South-East Asia and the Indian Subcontinent, by Van James, Hawai`i 
  • Pictures of India: Mumbai and Udwada, by Kathryn Perlas, Philippines
  • Number 6
  • Shaping the Future: Globilization, Anthroposophy and the Threefold Social Order, by Nicanor Perlas
  • Working on the Second Goetheanum, by Van James, Hawai'i
  • India—a Western Perspective, by Helga Schulte-Schroer, Canada
  • Kahuna:Ancient Initiation Knowledge, by Winfried Paarmann
  • Number 7
  • Three Weeks in Thailand, by John and Marie-Claire Thomson, England
  • Natural Childhood, Moo Ban Dek, by Hans van Willenswaard, Netherlands
  • An Invitation to the Third Asia-Pacific Anthroposophical Conference, by Dr. Porn Panosot, Thailand

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