JB: How did you meet anthroposophy?

I was privileged in that respect; my mother, Huguette Chaurette, had become interested in what anthroposophy had to say about the education of the child. She had met Madeleine Simons, who wanted to open a Waldorf kindergarten. That is how Huguette discovered the works of Rudolf Steiner and became the first French-speaking anthroposophist in Quebec. Huguette would travel from Quebec City to Montreal (260 km) to attend the members’ meetings of the Anthroposophical Society. Huguette brought in guest speakers from Europe such as René Querido, Francis Edmunds, and Dr. Mees. Meeting these individuals touched me deeply. I was impressed by their erudition, their inner strength, their ongoing research, and their desire to fully understand things and to see them in a new light. When I reached the age of 18, my first moon node, I had a decisive experience. I had arrived at a threshold. It was as though my life no longer had meaning, and I had a deep felt need to change the direction of my existence. Huguette gave me books on Celtic mythology and Parsifal, and as I read Parsifal, I had the impression that I had found myself; I felt the urge to become actively involved in life’s practical matters and work towards bringing about change. I gave up attending college and took advantage of the opportunity I had to travel with friends. We visited Emerson College and its biodynamic farm, the Goetheanum and a Camphill village. In these centres, the staff and the students convinced me that an anthroposophical world outlook could be applied to concrete practical activity. I was on the right track. In 1970, I travelled to Winnipeg with Jacques, who was to become my husband and the father of our 4 children; there we worked with Dr. Grussendorf, a German biodynamic farmer. At a location about a hundred kilometres from Winnipeg, he had turned what was