Tagged With: Genevieve Stebbins
Genevieve Stebbins in Boston
Jody Marie Weber’s 2009 study, The Evolution of Aesthetic and Expressive Dance in Boston, was published by Cambria Press. It offers a local Bostonian perspective of the work in which Stebbins was engaged when she married Norman Astley in 1893: It was MacKaye’s student, Genevieve Stebbins, who had the greatest impact on Delsartism in its capacity as an expressive art … Continue reading
Dynamic Breathing and Harmonic Gymnastics available online
Although this important book by Genevieve Stebbins is not available yet on Google books, I did find a copy on Archive.org, which Marc Demarest was able to use to create a Word document. The book will be added to the Recommended Reading list when the document has been stored in an accessible site, but meanwhile the … Continue reading
Hiking the Glen Burney Trail with Norman and Genevieve
A hiking trip I took a week ago inspired some reflections on what constitutes a “sacred place.” One aspect of the Church of Light which distinguishes it from most spiritual groups is the lack of any specific sacred places that are associated with its history. The Coral Street headquarters in Los Angeles was the CofL’s … Continue reading
“My creed”– Genevieve Stebbins System of Physical Training
The 1913 enlarged edition of Stebbins’s guide has been available for some time in electronic format on Google Books, but for those who prefer a physical book, Nabu Press now has reprinted the work which is available through Amazon and other online booksellers. In the appendix, written for this edition, Stebbins summarizes the conclusions reached in … Continue reading
Carolina Connections, Esoteric Historians
The State of Things is heard on North Carolina Public Radio on weekdays, and one of the most interesting interviews I’ve heard lately featured Sally Rhine Feather. The Brotherhood of Light lessons focus on validation of ESP via psychical research, aka parapsychology. Neither Spiritualism nor occult tradition are cited with nearly the same confidence. Yet, … Continue reading