Kairos is a foundation for the recovery of traditional values in Art and Science
Kairos continues its work as requested by Keith Critchlow one of our founders before he passed away in 2020. We are making the publications available again, the first 9 worksheets are available as downloadable pdfs here. We are working on more material that is in the Kairos archives and will let everyone know when these are available by email.
We are also running workshops at our new base at Dartington Hall, Devon. We have run some one-day geometry classes in our lovely room there. These will continue to be exclusive classes of limited numbers, and will include classes for both beginners and more advanced levels.
We will be running our Summer School Retreat in September 2026 in Cambridge UK. Please see the upcoming events page for more information.
We invite you to sign up with your email address below and you will be the first to be informed of the latest developments.
We are also working in collaboration with the Critchlow Family who hold lots more of Keith’s work, library and artefacts. The new CIC is now called the Keith Critchlow Collection: KCC. It was called Keith Critchlow Legacy. If you are interested in what is happening there please check out the KCC 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.
