Kairos is a foundation for the recovery of traditional values in Art and Science
We are happy to inform you that we have re-ignited Kairos and its work. Not only by making the publications available again, but also running workshops at our new base for Kairos at Dartington Hall, Devon. We are running some one-day geometry classes in our lovely room there, during the spring and summer 2023. These will be exclusive classes of limited numbers, and will include classes for both beginners and more advanced levels.
We are also planning a retreat weekend and probably a week-long event depending on the demand.
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We are also working in collaboration with Keith Critchlow Legacy, now based at Emerson College, Forest Row. This has emerged directly from Keith’s family wanting to share his personal work; library, artefact collection, artwork and writing that was in his garden studio: check out the Keith Critchlow Legacy website.
Working Premise
Kairos is a non-sectarian organisation which takes into consideration all the revealed traditions of mankind; it is founded on the principle of the Unity of Being. This means the intrinsic unity of the viewer and that which is viewed. Krishnamurti summed this up in his phrase "You are the world and the world is you".
Kairos is an educational charity specifically founded to promote the recovery of traditional (perennial) values in the Arts and Sciences. This has deep and complex implications, yet can be simplified into a view which is focused on the Unity of Being and the fundamental inter-relatedness of all things. For the ancient Greeks, the word 'mathema' originally meant 'study', so the four mathematical Arts/Sciences we know as the Quadrivium can be understood as uniting the nature of inner perception by which we 'study' and the nature of the source of our impressions of the outer world. Integrity being the first principle.
The Organisation
Kairos means both proportion and timely, which summarises the four studies of the Quadrivium: Arithmetic, Geometry, Music and Astronomy. It is our aim to make available research material on the Quadrivium and we are pleased to receive any material that pertains to these subjects - from any quarter, or any tradition - particularly where this increases an understanding of the relationships between arithmetic, geometry, music (harmony) and astronomy (cosmology) which are the universal languages of humankind.
The main emphasis of Kairos activities will be publishing research material for extended study. We produce working papers for private study particularly in geometry. Geometry is a hand-craft, basically simple with compass and straight edge.
Details of the occasional seminars, talks, workshops and Summer School Retreats will be listed on the website when relevant.
