Brian Keats
I like to combine science with imagination to investigate the wonders and mysteries of life.
Forces at work in the Antarctic and Australia.
The Sidereal and Tropical Zodiacs — how can we begin to understand them?
History of Astronomy through the biographies of some of its genii.
Deepening an understanding of Biodynamics.
We are what we eat — or is it we are what we sense?
The processes of nutritional intake and digestion are not as they seem on first glance — or even the second and third glances. It is indeed extraordinarily mysterious. With help from the insights of Rudolf Steiner we can restore some wisdom and wellbeing into our family health and personal diets.
Looking at World Evolution through Greek Mythology. These myths help us become conscious of our own soul's life.
Life of Pythagoras and the unfolding of World History. Pharos, the 7th wonder of the Ancient World, and changing human consciousness. Pythagoras and Hypatia — the beginning and end of an extraordinary era in World History.
Over the course of a year every week is subtly and potently different in nature. The soul has a parallel journey which we can get to know and, along with it, grow.
With Greek and Aboriginal myths and legends of the night sky.
No prior knowledge or skills in Astronomy needed. Teaching is done imaginatively, with participants doing a lot of movement, dressed in specifically coloured costumes (if they are comfortable doing so) and emulating the planetary and star movements.
Forces at work in the Antarctic and Australia.
Through an understanding of the weather we can gradually come to know, and participate consciously in, the rhythmic life body of the Earth. Gaia can become more than a concept.
Observations and experiments.
How do we understand them in our diets and in Nature?
Making and investigating the 5 Platonic Solids: Cube, Icosahedron, Octahedron, Tetrahedron and Dodecahedron. Earth, Water, Air, Fire and the Zodiac. Universal Laws of Form. No prior knowledge or skills in Geometry needed.
Ellipses, Parabolas and Hyperbolas — their relationship to the circle and the Universal Laws of movement. No prior knowledge or skills in Geometry needed.
Exploring the shape and boundaries of space. Delving into infinity and stretching your mind! No prior knowledge or skills in Geometry needed.
Investigating Goethe's theory of colour. Colour revelations in Nature. Practical applications on the farm and in the garden.
Brian Keats grew up in Zimbabwe and is now a resident of Australia, still under the southern skies. He has been compiling and producing the annual Antipodean Astro Calendar since 1985, is a founding member of Biodynamic Agriculture Australia, and has given talks and workshops across Australia as well as in the USA, Canada and Japan. His interests range from Pythagoras to weather forecasting, with specialist areas in naked-eye astronomy and the science of the spirit.
PO Box 386, Kingston, Tasmania 7051, Australia
+61 2 6619 1051