COST: $85/$20 AUD
WHEN: 2-5PM AEDT, 12 DECEMBER and 4.00PM AEDT, 13 DECEMBER ONLINE

An artistic contemplation for Christmas

‘We must learn to understand Isis when we look out into the Cosmos; we must learn to see this Cosmos in an aura of shining colours.’ (Rudolf Steiner)

The Divine Sophia been a central part of the Christmas Mystery even before Christ was born. We find aspects of her in the Egyptian goddess Isis, in Mary, the mother of Christ Jesus, and in Raphael’s Sistine Madonna. She is the heavenly wisdom we once had, and then became earthbound. Now, we must seek her again both in the heavens and in our souls.

The enigmatic Diving Sophia will only be truly recognised again in our far future, just as the twelvefold colour circle is a future perception. Today we only have seven colours, colours of nature around us, but the colours of the soul are the ethereal five colours we have yet to truly perceive. This is a future task, but we can start now, both in our search for the Sophia and for the etheral colours. The twelvefold circle will serve as our foundation for exploring the theme of the Mary Sophia, the divine Isis-Sophia reborn, through painting or pastels.

Art-making is a way of knowing, of understanding through doing and creating. Working together, we seek to find answers to the enigma, while preparing ourselves for the coming Christmas festival.

This work and study will serve as the foundation for a Christmas contemplation on the reborn Sophia the following afternoon.

You are welcome to join us for either or both sessions. Please book below.

Saturday artistic workshop

Fiona will lead you through the process of creating the 12fold colour circle in pastels or wet-on-wet, before we create a free imagination in veil or wet-on-dry painting of the Divine Sophia as a picture of cosmic wisdom reborn in the soul.

Fiona provides expert guidance in how to create this future-oriented colour circle, and how to develop it into an artwork for a Christmas contemplation over the Twelve Holy Nights.

Painting experience recommended.

Sunday contemplation on the theme

A contemplation on the Divine Sophia, past, present and future, with paintings and meditative verse.

Dates

Workshop: 2.00 pm – 5.00 pm AEDT Saturday 12th December, 2026 with short break
Contemplation: 4.00 pm- 5.15 pm AEDT Sunday 13th December, 2026

Preparation

Materials: Paints, preferably watercolour, or soft chalk pastels. papers, brushes, etc. A full list of recommended materials will be sent on payment.

Reading: The Quest for Isis-Sophia, GA 202 24 December 1920, Dornach

Cost

Saturday workshop
$85.00 includes video recording for three months.

Sunday Contemplation
$20.00 donation includes video recording for three months.

^{Feature image: © Fiona Campbell}

Bookings

For the Sunday contemplation only, please book here

For the Saturday workshop and Sunday contemplation
Please complete this form to book for this afternoon workshop. You will be sent the payment details after booking, workshop details and a list of suggested materials after payment.