The Lantern Community

FULL TIME ESTATE AND GARDEN WORKSHOP CO-ORDINATOR NEEDED

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000

We are looking for a full time, employed, workshop co-ordinator to lead the Estate and gardens workshop.

"SPEAK TO US OF WORK"

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Then a ploughman said, "Speak to us of Work."

THE LANTERN BAKERY WHERE CREATING OUR DAILY BREAD MEANS MORE THAN JUST BAKING A LOAF

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000

The following article has been taken from "True Loaf.....Sowing the Seeds of Loaf", the quarterly magazine for the Real Bread Campaign members ~ Issue 10. There are many more articles to enjoy in the magazine or on their website www.realbreadcampaign.or

LANTERN WORKSHOP CO-ORDINATORS: VISION BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000

All the workshop coordinators met on Friday 6th January to travel to Gaunts House in Wimborne for a day away.

BAY TREE COTTAGE TRIP TO LONDON DECEMBER 2011 ~ JANUARY 2012

Sat, 14 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Dear Lantern Weekly, Happy New Year to you all! Just before Christmas, Bay Tree Cottage

�IS A NEW DOWNWIND BLOWING?�

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000

2012 seems to have the promise in it of many exciting developments. I would say, that a new downwind is blowing! When we were preparing for Christmas Eve, at some point it looked as if a lot of the companions would be elsewhere so why celebrate it?

ADDRESS OF A CANDLE

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000

You have lit me. Thoughtfully you look at my light, perhaps enjoying it. For my part, I am happy to be alight. If I were not lit, I would be lying in the box-like any other candle - with no purpose. Only now, burning bright, do I have a purpose.

VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION FROM THE LANTERN MANAGEMENT GROUP

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Readers of the Lantern Weekly may be interested to know more about another side of life at The Lantern Community as well as the many celebrations and social news. The letter below is part of a long discussion about costs which are affecting people.

CELTIC LIGHTS GUIDE PEOPLE HOME

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Every Celtic country has its faeries, its little people. In Ireland they are leprechauns, in Cornwall they are pixies, in Scotland they are redcaps or brownies, while in Brittany they are corrigans.

THANKSGIVING IN THE USA

Fri, 25 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000

The American Thanksgiving holiday began as a feast of thanksgiving in the early days of the American colonies almost four hundred years ago.

MARTINMAS CELEBRATIONS

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Last week was very special. Every morning we enjoyed a different contribution about "Lanterns".

THE MEANING OF LANTERNS IN DIFFERENT CULTURES : HINDU FESTIVAL OF DIVALI

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Leading up to Martinmas, we are using morning gatherings to look at the meaning of Lanterns in different cultures.

MARTINMAS: AN IMPORTANT FESTIVAL IN THE LANTERN

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Martinmas has always been a very important festival in the Lantern. It was on a Martinmas day that the diggers came to start the Lantern Centre and a year later to the day, it opened.

FROM LAST WEEKS MORNING GATHERINGS WITH THE THEME OF "CHANGE"

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0100

It is said that the only thing certain in life is change, and with this seemingly immense period of change that we all experience, to one degree or another

FROM A MORNING GATHERING

Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0100

Ever since Adam and Eve were living in the Garden of Paradise the image of the apple tree ~ or the Tree of Good and Evil ~ has played a great part in mankind's history;

OUR SINCERE CONDOLENCES

Thu, 06 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0100

We are very sorry to announce that Dr Hugh Gayer, after an accident on Friday 30th September crossed the threshold at 10:00pm on Sunday 2nd October.

A YEAR'S SPIRAL OF FESTIVALS AT THE LANTERN

Thu, 29 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0100

Last week in the morning gatherings we asked ourselves the question; "Why do we celebrate festivals?"

A PLAY FOR MICHAELMAS FROM A STORY BY LEO TOLSTOY

Thu, 22 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0100

The new volunteer co-workers at the Lantern are preparing for their first festival in Camphill by rehearsing a play to share with everyone. The play begins with these words of the Storyteller

MICHAELMAS FESTIVAL

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0100

At the end of September, the 29th, like every year at the Lantern, we celebrate Michaelmas, the Feast of St. Michael. Some of us might wonder: What exactly is Michaelmas, and why do we celebrate it?

A WET AND WINDY 6th OF SEPTEMBER

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0100

Tuesday the 6th September has been an important date in John Harris's diary for weeks as he planned to use one of his many skills and show around the Ringwood Town Council and the Councillors of St Leonards and St Ives as they came and officially handed over care of the Folly Farm Lane Land to the Sheiling Trust and the safe hands of Chris Hudson and the Companions of the Lantern.