Remembering Our Shared Future
To Speak from the Stars
An Inter-Generational Gathering in
Cape Town, South Africa hosted at Monkey Valley Resort in Chapman's Peak
01 - 05 April 2026
The intention of this gathering is to open a doorway through which star wisdom may enter our shared understanding. Our vision is to shape new agreements between human beings and the wellsprings of spiritual traditions, so that life may once again be imbued with meaning. In this work, South Africa may re-member its task of co-hosting the New Mysteries, restoring humanity’s trust for the future.
We are creating a ground in which seeds of imagination may be planted, nurtured, and grown into living possibilities for our shared future. We will weave together two powerful legacies: those of Rudolf Steiner and Sanusi VusamaZulu Credo Mutwa. By bringing their teachings into dialogue, we hope to bridge diverse cultural streams on a shared path toward the spirit.
At its essence, the gathering is an invitation to enter a living process with others, artists, educators, activists, healers, and community builders who share the sense that our times call for something deeper: for connection that goes beyond the surface, for creativity that renews our inner and outer landscapes, and for the courage to act out of spirit. This is not a conference in the conventional sense. Rather, it is a meeting place where listening and speaking, artistic practice and shared reflection, weave together to form a vessel in which transformation may be carried.
The questions we carry into this vessel are not those that demand quick solutions, but those that invite us to walk new paths together. How can we learn to truly live in community with one another and with the earth? How can we carry the wisdom of the past in ways that shed light on the present moment? And how might the unique capacities of each human being, each voice, each gesture, each act of courage, be recognised as essential for the healing of the whole?
Those who come to the gathering will not find ready-made answers. They will find counterparts in the work of re-membering , to begin our task of gathering the scattered fragments of what has been lost, forgotten, or broken, and discovering how these may take on new life when held in community. Out of such a process, something far-reaching may begin to show itself: the possibility of a shared future that is at once truthful, creative, and hope-bearing.
With Orland Bishop, author of The Seventh Shrine,
Joan Sleigh, Ezra Sullivan, Maaianne Knuth, Edgard Gouveia Jr and others.
In Partnership with OASA & The Anthroposophical Societies in South Africa
Flow of the Gathering
Our days together are shaped to hold both depth and rhythm. The programme weaves keynote contributions, conversations, artistic activity, and time for reflection into a living whole. Each part of the schedule is designed to nourish thought, strengthen connection, and allow new imaginations to take root.
Below you will find the unfolding of our shared time, an orientation to the journey we will walk together.
Contributors
This gathering is enriched by the voices and experiences of those who have walked diverse paths of practice, research, and service. Each speaker brings a unique perspective, not as an expert standing apart, but as a fellow traveller contributing to the circle of exchange.
Below you can meet the individuals who will help carry and deepen the conversations we are entering into together.
Orland Bishop
Originally from Guyana, South America, Orland Bishop immigrated to Los Angeles by way of Brooklyn as a teenager. A community organizer, philosopher, healer and teacher, Orland Bishop works within a global social network of individuals and agencies engaged with the Ecology of Nature and Human Consciousness within the realms of life and death. His work in healing and human development is framed by an extensive study of medicine, psychology, naturopathy, phenomenology and indigenous cosmologies, primarily those of South and West Africa.
He is the Co-Founder of Shade Tree Multicultural Foundation, a Los Angeles-based organization dedicated to creating agreements of the heart for societal development where he focuses on mentoring youth and fostering social change through spiritual practices. Orland aims his work toward the development of consciousness and healing of cultures. His approach often involves bridging ancestral wisdom with visions of the future. He is the author of The Seventh Shrine: Heart Cognitions on the African Spiritual Journey.
Maaianne Knuth
Maaianne is the co-founder of Kufunda Learning Village, a learning center and eco-village in Zimbabwe dedicated to cultivating locally rooted pathways to community self-reliance. At Kufunda, communities engage their own imagination, collaboration, and cultural wisdom to meet challenges in education, health, and land stewardship.
Together with villagers from across Zimbabwe, Kufunda has founded a Waldorf-inspired school serving over 140 children from surrounding communities, where learning with head, heart, and hands is foundational. It has deepened into biodynamic farming, working alongside local farmers to restore relationships with the soil. It has also hosted transformative programs for women, men, and youth—nurturing leadership, healing, and community resilience. At the heart of it all is a living commitment to learning our way into the futures we long for. Maaianne is also a teacher of Movement Medicine, a conscious dance practice that supports people in becoming more whole in service of a more just and beautiful world.
She holds a master’s degree in International Business and Finance from the Copenhagen Business School. Early in her journey, she became the first female president of AIESEC International, a global student organization spanning 87 countries. She later co-founded Pioneers of Change, a global learning community dedicated to equipping young changemakers with the courage, capacities, and relationships to step forward with purpose. She now lives between Zimbabwe and Cape Town having followed her children’s Waldorf education to the Cape.
Ezra Sullivan
Ezra Sullivan is based at Threefold Educational Foundation in Chestnut Ridge, New York, where he works in spiritual research, social entrepreneurship, and organizational consulting.
Born in Los Angeles, he spent his early adult years exploring peasant wisdom and the intentional community movement across South America and the Pacific Northwest, including co-directing Sunfield Biodynamic Farm and Waldorf School in Washington State for six years.
After studying at the Goetheanum in Switzerland in 2022, Ezra now focuses on renewing the meaning, legibility, and relevancy of the Anthroposophical Movement.
Joan Sleigh
Born and raised in a Camphill community in South Africa, Joan is the Project Leader of the World Social Initiative Forum (WSIF), a global forum (network) of individuals, NGOs and institutions focussing on research and practice in questions of personal development, social change and human dignity. Joan has a background in Waldorf Education, as pupil, class teacher and teacher trainer in Cape Town, and served as a member of the Executive Council of the General Anthroposophical Society in Dornach for 7 years. She returned to Cape Town, studied an Executive MBA and graduated in leadership research and development. Alongside the WSIF, Joan currently consults in teacher education, adult self-development and authentic leadership practices.
Dr. Nkosenathi Koela
Dr. Nkosenathi E. Koela is a South African scholar, sound artist, and an initiated Gqirha- healer whose work explores the intersection of sound therapy, technology, and cultural practice. Through his innovative sound art practice, Koela investigates how vibrations, both technological and organic, can be harnessed to create new cultural and ritual archives. He is deeply engaged with the ecologies of healing, aiming to rediscover and reimagine traditional healing practices within contemporary contexts by integrating sound as a transformative tool.
His artistic and academic pursuits challenge conventional notions of sound, extending beyond music and auditory experiences to encompass the healing potential embedded in frequencies, rhythms, and vibrations. Koela's work sits at the crossroads of science, spirituality, and social change, positioning sound as a key element in creating new forms of cultural resonance and collective healing.more on his website umnombo-institute.com more on him
Edgard Gouveia Jr
Edgard Gouveia Jr never tires of putting people to play. Architect and Urbanist and Post Graduate in Cooperative Games, he dedicates his career to mobilize children, youth and adults by designing and applying virtual games, scavenger hunts and collective actions that lead to small community revolutions. He is the president of Epic Journey, a company that promotes the regenerative communities in organizations such as companies, schools and NGOs. Co-founder of LiveLab hat specifically acts with the youth leading regeneration in their own communities, highlighting Jornada X and Primavera X
Ashoka, Berkana Exchange and TRIP Transformers Fellow, Professor of Post-graduation Cooperative Games Pedagogy at YIP, MSLS SWEDEN, Knowmads in the Netherlands and Gaia Training in Brazil. He is co-founder or partner of other organizations and programs such as Projeto Cooperação, Elos Institute, Warriors Without Weapons Program and the Oasis Game.
Lecturer in several TEDx and international consultants in countries in Europe, North America and Asia where he applies social technologies such as Cooperative Games, World Cafe, Open Space, Circular Dances, Nonviolent Communication and Jornada X. He is the creator of Jornada X, an online scavenger hunt that challenges children and young people in real-world tasks and aims to engage 2 billion people to restore balance in the Biosphere. He believes that changing the world can be fast, fun and without putting your hand in your pocket.
Anne-Lise Bure
Khalil Rossouw