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Prelude

The Challenge of Our Times

Technology’s Role in Human Evolution in the Light of Spiritual Science

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10

12 NOON - 5PM Eastern Time

Tintagel Castle, North Cornwall, United Kingdom

Featured Speakers

Angus Jenkinson

Patrick Dixon

Paul Levy

Andrew Linnell

With Special Guest Apperrence by Omer Eilam

What You Will Learn

What is Technosophy and the future of morality?
Will human thinking be affected by Artificial Intelligence?
Is Technosophy part of humanity’s future?
Digital Technology and Spirituality
The meaning of our technological age in the light of Anthroposophy
Facing the challenges of our times

Why This Conference

Throughout Rudolf Steiner’s years of lecturing, he warned about the dangers as well as the necessary role of technology in our evolution. In his last Letters to Members, he explained how evolution has brought us to a mastery of the physical, of Nature, and how technology will pull us down into the realm of sub-nature. This is unavoidable and throughout his lectures where he discussed the dangers of technology, Steiner offered us counterbalances. We’ll explore these and how to balance our exposure to sub-nature by consciously entering the realms of super-nature (the etheric and astral realms). Eurythmy, a movement artform first developed by Rudolf Steiner, will be shown to be an important counterbalancing activity. How to bring Christ into our work in the transformation of technology’s elementals.

There are certain tasks to be fulfilled by the peoples of specific geographic regions of the Earth. Steiner described some of these tasks in lecture 3 of The Challenge of the Times where he discussed three distinct streams of occultism: Eugenic in the East, Hygienic in the Middle, and Mechanical in the West and in North America in particular. He indicated that America has a defined role for the 7th Post-Atlantean Cultural Age for which our technological developments play a key preparatory role. MysTech’s purpose is to help realize this Mechanical Occultism in the West. The Middle has inherent skills to find the Hygienic, the counterbalances and ways to heal such as offered by Eurythmy. It is therefore essential for Eurythmy Therapists to recognize the polarity of Eurythmy to technology and to consciously work with it to counterbalance our descent into the sub-nature upon the back of technology. The Eugenic Occultism apparently has yet to commence.

You are invited to participate in this series of lectures and workshops where we will explore technology from a spiritual scientific perspective. We will discuss the role of elementals, Vulcans, and adversarial beings that shape human evolution. We will engage in Eurythmy Therapeutic work that can help counterbalance the adverse effects of technology. We will offer other exercises and practices that can help you understand, manage, and transform your relationship to technology and to modern life. We hope that by the end of our work together, you will feel better resourced to understand the role of technology in human evolution and thereby to contribute to the future for the good of humanity and the world.

MysTech is a not-for-profit Anthroposophical organization devoted to cultivating a relationship between
Mankind and machine that will be healthy and helpful for future evolution. MysTech hopes to attain ‘critical mass’ whereby it can support research and development. Towards this goal, MysTech offers numerous study groups, webinars, and an annual conference.

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Conference Schedule

12:00 – 12:30

Welcome

12:30 – 13:15

Mechanization of the Mind: Machine-mediated Worlds

13:15 – 13:45

Special Guest: Omer Eilam on The Youth Section’s Conference: Digital Technology and Spirituality

13:45 – 14:00

Break

14:00 – 14:45

Transformation through Technosophy

14:45 – 15:30

Meeting Artificial Intelligence with Freedom and Equanimity

15:30 – 15:45

Break

15:45 – 16:15

Why Now, Dear God?

16:15 – 17:00

Forum

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Angus Jenkinson

Mechanization of the Mind

Machine-mediated worlds

We will explore how the idea, image and practice of machine technology has impressed (so impressively) the working of society, science, and individual life. This is a foray into the inner organization of machine thinking through signatures of technology today. It asks if there is not an organic ecological model for our world? Beyond that, is there a moral order of nature to be set against the current scientific order?

About the Presenter

Angus Jenkinson has worked as a tech designer, business leader, professor, and organization adviser. He is a Fellow of the Cybernetics Society and three other professional bodies. His present field of work is the transition in agriculture from technology to technique and the development of healthy companies and towns. Angus has multiple published papers and textbooks. Here are some:

Valuing your Customers (Out Of Print)
From Stress to Serenity, Gaining Strength in the Trials of Life
Liquidity, Flowing Forms in Water and Money, with Stephen Briault
Harvest, Poems & Images

Patrick Dixon

Transformation through Technosophy

The sunset of technology will come when human consciousness perceives the activity of forces at present imperceptible to the human being and the instruments of magnification they are using. Technosophy will then dawn bringing about a completely new way of working with Nature, out of Supernature and transforming Sub-nature.

We ‘age’ from the minute we take on a physical human body at birth to the minute we discarnate. The physical effects of ageing are clear to us all – but what of the spiritual? Do we actually get younger as we approach the threshold of physical death? And how can we best prepare for that great adventure in the spiritual world that is the ‘afterlife’ and repair for our next physical incarnation. Reincarnation is the epitome of metamorphosis which is about transformation of forms in which all hangs whilst maintaining a thread of absolute identity.

About the Presenter

Patrick Dixon trained at RADA and is an actor, writer, poet and performer. He lives in London and gives frequent lectures, seminars, and one man shows. You may view some of Patrick’s podcasts here:

Paul Levy

Meeting Artificial Intelligence with Freedom and Equanimity

Does artificial intelligence offer humanity any genuine benefits? What are the risks and dangers to our inner and outer freedom of computer systems potentially aiming to ape, augment and even usurp humanity?

Drawing on recent experiments in the field of Generative AI (the world of ChatGPT and Large Language Models, as well as over twenty-five years’ research in the field of technological innovation, this talk and discussion, explores the impact that these developments are having on our complex natures – physically and spiritually. The more harmful side of technology in our age involves an attack on the strength of the human will. How do we counter this? How do we meet AI with poise, equanimity and self-discipline?

About the Presenter

Paul Levy is a writer and researcher in the field of technology. He is a senior lecturer at the University of Brighton, an associate at Warwick Business School, a technosopher, and author of the books Digital Inferno and The Poetry of Change. He is Design Advisor for MKAI, a development agency working in the field of AI Ethics. Paul’s work, The Digital Deep Dive, can be viewed here: https://thedigitaldeepdive.wordpress.com/.

Andrew Linnell

Why Now, Dear God?

Andrew will act as moderator and offer a closing summary where he will weave in Rudolf Steiner’s thoughts about why technology is looming in our times and what this challenge means for human evolution. Might there be a divine purpose to such challenges?

About the Presenter

Andrew Linnell is co-founder of MysTech and serves on its various committees to bring educational events such as this mini-conference. He is the author of eight MysTech Study Guidebooks as well as two children’s books and three on art history. In his 42-year professional career, Andrew served as lead solutions architect, VP, and CTO. He has served as president of the Boston Branch of the Anthroposophical Society for a decade.

Special Guest

Omer Eilam

Report on The Youth Section’s Conference: Digital Technology and Spirituality

About the Presenter

Originally from Tel Aviv, Omer Eilam holds university degrees in Neuroscience, Computational Biology and Music. In 2014 he moved to The Netherlands to study electronic music in The Institute of Sonology, focusing on the music of Karlheinz Stockhausen and working as a sound projectionist and synthesizer creator. At the same time he became active in the environmental movement, co-founding Extinction Rebellion’s online activist radio and writing extensively on the topic. Since 2021 he lives in Falkensee (Germany) and continues to explore the many facets of the human condition through music, activism, writing and Anthroposophy.

Purchase Your Ticket Today

Essential Tour Package

$49

Premium Tour Package

$79

Exclusive Bundle Package

$129

WE WANT YOU TO ATTEND

If you need assistance with the cost of the conference, please write us and let us know how we can help.