
August 2013
Make the Village Whole: The Gold of Elders in Our Midst
Storied Learning to Conjure the Capacity for Human Culture in Village Life with Stephen Jenkinson & Nathalie Roy, Founders of the Orphan Wisdom School When young people gather now, why are there so rarely Elders among them? For all those who have awakened to the futility of the status quo, who have begun to see the cracks opening in the mansion of the way it is, an invitation: From the desolate debris of this house that must fall, let us…
Find out more »July 2014
Getting Human: The Hard Alchemy of Initiation
Saturday, July 26 10am- Sunday July 27 11am, 2014 Getting Human: The Hard Alchemy of Initiation by Stephen Jenkinson What would a culture look like if it didn’t have authentic initiation for its young people? Well, look around, friends. This is what it looks like. Initiation coalesces a person’s kinship with humanity, with creation, with the other world. Well understood, well done and well lived, initiation happens half a dozen times in someone’s life, ever deepening their humanity on the way towards…
Find out more »April 2016
People of the Big Tent meet People of Mountain Longing
PEOPLE OF THE BIG TENT GRADUATES ONLY: Old Woman's People, Old Man's People, River's People, Red Sand White Sand People, People of Silver & Salt, People of the Western Tent and People of Mountain Longing. Should we all be spared and blessed, we'll meet twice in 2016: April 20-24, 2016 and again September 7-11, 2016. REGISTRATION (BALANCE: Early-bird rate expires Jan 10th, 2016.) contact us When first we contemplated the making of a school for learning in real time, for elders in training, for…
Find out more »People Calling Called and Come 1/4
This class is full. SESSION 1 of 4 contact us Should we all be spared and blessed, we'll meet twice in 2016: 1 of 4: April 27 at 7 PM - May 1 ends at noon 2 of 4: Sept 28 at 7 PM - Oct 2 ends at noon I would not have guessed it, years ago, but the longer the Orphan Wisdom School is up and running the more that people with undiagnosed, undisclosed and indefensible proneness to learning…
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People of the Big Tent meet People Gathered by the Storm
PEOPLE OF THE BIG TENT GRADUATES ONLY: Old Woman's People, Old Man's People, River's People, Red Sand White Sand People, People of Silver & Salt, People of the Western Tent, People of Mountain Longing and People Gathered by the Storm. REGISTRATION (BALANCE: Early-bird rate expires June 7th, 2016.) contact us When first we contemplated the making of a school for learning in real time, for elders in training, for those who will despite all cyphering fail to live forever, we laughed…
Find out more »Orphan Wisdom School ~ People Calling Called and Come ~ 2/4
This Class is Full. SESSION 2 of 4 September 28-October 2nd (Early-bird rate for balance expires June 7th, 2016.) contact us I would not have guessed it, years ago, but the longer the Orphan Wisdom School is up and running the more that people with undiagnosed, undisclosed and indefensible proneness to learning unwelcome things about what they know, and to life, appear. Now they are scholars. They have provoked weddings and offspring and ceremonies of real grandeur, and they are everywhere…
Find out more »August 2017
Orphan Wisdom presents Gregory Hoskins and Band
TICKET LINK Concert & Farm Dinner $40 (dinner at 6pm, concert at 8pm) or Concert & Farm Dinner and Shared Accommodation incl. breakfast on Monday Aug 28th: $120.- (limited to 20 spaces) Facebook link
Find out more »October 2017
Orphan Wisdom presents Ian Tamblyn
TICKET LINK Sunday October 8th Concert & Farm Dinner $40 (5pm dinner - seating at 4:30pm, concert at 7pm) or Concert Only $20 (register by 6:30pm) Host Contact: Orphan Wisdom - Facebook link IAN TAMBLYN - MUSICIAN/ ADVENTURER/ PLAYWRIGHT - Since 1972 Ian has released 38 albums and has acted as producer for dozens of artists. Ian says he has written too many songs over the years and has given up on counting them. He has also written fourteen plays and over…
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