Meditation

Date: 1944

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to religion in general, rather than specific faiths]

By: Crusade for World Peace and Brotherhood (Interdenominational)

Reference: Eph-A-RELIGION-1944-01

Description: Card for the advice of soldiers and their families,also containing the Peacemaker's Prayer and some peace affirmations to be memorised. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print on card folded to 124 x 79 mm. Provenance: Donated in 2013.

Date: 1991

Reference: Eph-C-FESTIVAL-Gathering

Description: Includes a songsheet from 1991 and a programme from 1993. Songsheet for 1991 contains 48 songs, covering two sides of a sheet of paper. The 1993 programme is a folded sheet showing a map of the Gathering site, with the Whakapapa River named at lower left. The programme lists events for the weeklong Gathering. Workshops included permaculture, tree planting, alternative power, women's issues, men's concerns, spiritual and religious groups, Maori and indigenous people, Pakehatanga, Gay people, addiction and recovery, mediation and conflict resolution, prisons and justice, alternatives to violence, healing skills. Each day included sessions of meditation, yoga, tai chi, dances of universal peace, Rainbow groups, Grace Circle. This series of Gatherings in the early 1990s were festivals held at Ralph Brock's farm at Owango, Ruapehu district. Quantity: 2 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photocopies, sizes varying Transfers: Other material of the same provenance is housed in the Photographic Archive, and in Manuscripts..

Date: 2002

By: Tremain, Garrick, 1941-; Otago daily times (Newspaper)

Reference: H-675-016/033

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. Comment on New Zealands cancer treatment compared to Australia. Verbal sparring between Helen Clark and Bill English. Helen Clark looking forward to Bill English being plastered in the boxing ring and he referring to her art fraud incident. Comment on rural doctor shortage. Rural famlies resort to taking their children to the local vet. Shows Labour Finance Minister, Michael Cullen, fishing (electioneering) with a tin of fat worms (budget). Shows small boy asking his father to borrow his gun for the nativity scene at school. Cartoonist Tom Scott receives a Doctorate from Massey University. The agitated voice of Rob Muldoon comes from the sky. Shows National Party President, Michael Boag in a box. Bill English asks National Party Divisional Conference delegates to form an orderly queue to try the magic trick of cutting her in half. Comment on Jeff Wilson's retirement from international rugby. Shows Helen Clark and Peter Davis in trenchcoats, hats and sun glasses with an umbrella. Passersby wonder if she's worried about the hole in the ozone layer or the holes in the Kyoto Protocol. Comment on the perceived waste of money within the Maori Television Service. Shows Helen Clark having cut free the Employments Contract Act now has a large cat (wildcat strikes) on her back. Comment on teachers anger and frustration with Labour's Education Minister, Trevor Mallard's dealings throughout the teacher contract negotiations. Shows Helen Clark and her husband Peter Davis in the kitchen, Peter is preparing a picnic as he heard Helen say that once Michael Cullen had presented his budget they would go to the country - i.e. set the date for the election. Comment on so-called 'Maori bashing' of Derek Fox for his handling of the Maori Television Service engagement of Cheif Executive, John Davy. Shows a shearing shed scene. Comment on the popularity of Jim Anderton in the Wigram Seat, one shearer suggests the voters are like sheep in their blind acceptance of him. Shows two older people opening their front door to Bill English who is dressed up as a police officer in boxing gloves carrying his drawn truncheon (law and order). Comment on the clash of traditional Indian past-times of snake charming and lying on beds of nails to intensify the practitioners mental state, with the new order of nuclear weapons. Shows three tables in a restaurant and how they are divided to accommodate smokers, non-smokers and passive-smokers. Quantity: 18 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 size horizontal photocopies

Date: 2010 - 2019

Reference: Eph-B-MEDITATION-Maitreya-2010s

Description: Includes Share International News Vol 33, nos 8-9 (2014) and vol 34 no 1 (Jan/Feb 2015). Also includes a pamphlet on transmission meditation by Benjamin Creme. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset prints, sizes varying up to 330 mm. Provenance: Donated by Helen Smith, Lower Hutt, in 2015.

Date: 1970 - 1985

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to religion in general, rather than specific faiths]

By: Qualityprint (Firm)

Reference: Eph-A-RELIGION-1980s-01

Description: Diary for use in meditation, with quotations grouped into monthly offerings from Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, J Krishnamurti, Plato, Upanishads, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Bhagavad Geeta [sic], Way of the Tao, Pythagorus, Buddha, Ken Keyes jr, Peter Demianovich Ouspensky & Georges I Gurgjieff. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Spiralbound booklet, 150 x 215 mm. Provenance: Donated in 2012.

Date: 1998, 2003, 2005, 2020 and undated

From: Ephemera donated to and collected by the Alexander Turnbull Library from 2020

By: Capital Coast Health; Kiwibank; Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa; New Zealand Mountain Safety Council; New Zealand. Human Rights Commission; Senior Skills Limited; Society of St. Vincent de Paul; Spark New Zealand (2014-)

Reference: Eph-A-JUNE-JULY-2020/5

Description: Ephemera donated to the Alexander Turnbull Library during June and July 2020. Some material is undated. Includes; Fliers, pamphlets, and a bookmark about Society of St. Vincent de Paul; Weet-Bix card featuring picture of Simon Maling (2003); Pamphlets for topics including; A 'Summer Fasting & Rejuvenation Retreat' at Saddle Creek Farm Retreat on Kapiti Coast (27 December 2005 to 8 January 2006); A meditation course in Kelburn, Wellington (February to March 1998); 'Self esteem for Women' Friday morning workshops at Lower Hutt Women's Centre; Atareira 'Children understanding mental health'; Spark New Zealand 'Protect yourself from phone scams'; Kiwi Bank 'Identify and Verify'; 'Keep going for gold. Advice for living well over 65'; 'SuperSeniors', and a flier advertising 'Senior Skills' property maintenance; Outdoor recreation safety advice. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s) containing 24 pieces of ephemera..

Date: 1970-1999

Reference: Eph-A-MEDITATION-1900s

Description: Includes: 1972: Transcendental meditation; films and lectures at Victoria University, 7-8 June [1972]. Pamphlet mentioning Michel Tyne-Corbold as initiator. 1975: ALPA; official organ of the New Zealand Airline Pilots' Association. What is Transcendental Meditation? June 1975 1977: Age of Enlightenment news, November 1977 Auckland Age of Enlightenment news, November 1977 (shows Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on front page) Special bulletin of the Age of Enlightenment news, 8 September 1977. Special meetings to explain the Siddhi programme 1978: Auckland Age of Enlightenment news, [Oct-Dec 1978]. Front cover shows Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, and the words "Jai Guru Dev". Creating ideal society, Wellington. A scientifically validated programme. Transcendental meditation and TM-Sidhi programme 1978. Booklet of 33 pages 1980s: Health happiness success; you owe it to yourself! [1980s] 1982: Lecture. Transcendental meditation. Karori Community Hall, 17 November [1982]. Small flier 1984: Personal growth, meditation & yoga with Ken & Elizabeth Mellor [1984] Raja Yoga Meditation. 4 Heretaunga Street Petone; 2 Moreton St, berhampore [1984] 1990: Meditado Konu Vin Mem. Helpo a vivado. Worldwide Meditation and Relaxation Society, Wellington. 1990 1991: The twenty minutes that can change your life (With recommendations from runner Allison Roe, GP Dr David Lovell-Smith, businesswoman Frances Hollis, actor Jim Moriarty and artist Peter Beadle) (3 slightly differing versions). 1991 1994: 20 minutes that can change your life (With recommendations from Allison Roe who is on the front cover, and from actor Jennifer Ward-Lealand, All Black selector Peter Thorburn, executive Vicki Salmon, and cricket coach John Bracewell. [1994] Wellington's 1994 Meditation Week, 29 May - 2 June [With Sri Chinmoy. 1994]. Pamphlet / programme (2 copies) 1997: Meditation Week 1997; a nationwide event organised by the Sri Chinmoy Centre 1999: Sri Chinmoy Centre. Meditation [1999]. Yellow flier Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset prints, sizes up to 240 mm.

Date: 1970-1999

Reference: Eph-B-MEDITATION-1900s

Description: Includes (among other more general fliers, including some from the Wellington Buddhist Centre): Undated: Zen master Joshu Sasaki returns to N.Z. in November [1980s?]. Flier with portrait 1975: International Meditation Society. [1975]. Yellow flier "TM - new solutuion to perennial problems". New Zealand Commerce, July 1975, vol. 31, no. 12 Wellington Teaching Centre. Students International Meditation Society [1975]. Yellow flier 1978: Borough of Kapiti. [Letter of encouragement for "Ideal Kapiti Campaign". 29 August 1978] 1979: Mantra meditation classes. Crossways, 22 November [1979]. Flier 1982: Lecture: Reversal of ageing medically verified. Conference Room, Town Hall. 27 October [1982]. Flier Mantra meditation; an introduction by George Ormond. Turnbull House Bowen Street, 7 December [1982]. Flier Maharishi College of Natural Law. Conferences 9-31 October 1982. Wellington Capital of the Age of Enlightenment, 21 Manchester Street, Melrose, Wellington. Flier 1983: Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh. For further information contact Prabhat Rajneesh Meditation Centre, 137 Dixon Street, Wellington [1983]. Flier (2 copies) Mantra meditation; an introduction by George Ormond. Turnbull House Bowen Street, 8 April [1983]. Flier Swami Chidvilasananda in Auckland 20 April - 2 May [1983?]. Flier with portrait The way of love; a free public lecture by Swami Shantananda. Turnbull House, Bowen Street, 28 July [1983]. Flier with portrait 1984: T'ai Chi, ancient art of dance and meditation, with leading teacher Peter Chen. Anglican Chinese Hall, 3 December [1984]. Green flier Coming to Wellington. Robert B Stone, Ph.D. Free public lecture. Town House, 73 Roxburgh Street, 10 September 1984. Red flier Trust and opening the heart with Sw Shatam Sugata. Prabhat Rajneesh Meditation Centre, 123 Willis Street, 10-11 March [1984]. Flier with portrait ca 1985: Creative meditation workshops and retreats [with Rahouna; and with Marcia Dale Weiss and Marshall Auspitz]. Flier with portraits Sant Thakar Singh. Spiritual meditation. The natural way. Palmerston North 13-14 January; Wellington 15-17 January [ca 1985]. Flier with portrait 1986: Vimala Thakar meditation retreat. Tauhara Centre Taupo, 4-12 March 1986. Flier with portrait 1988: A weekend with Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan. Karanga Camp, Swanson, 8-10 April [1988]. Flier with portrait 1989: Wellington Buddhist Centre. Learn to meditate; a 6-week course beginning 20 July [1989]. Flier 1990: Wellington Buddhist Centre. Learn to meditate. 18 Lloyd Street (off Pirie St) [1990]. Flier 1991: The expression of creative delight; a special evening of Siddha meditation. Kingsgate centre Ballroom, 7 May [1991]. Flier 1996: Ken Mellor. Freedom from limitation 15-16 March; Oceanic meditations 22-23 March [1996]. Flier 1997: Insight meditation retreat with Jeremy Logan and Hugh Tennent. Tauhara Centre Taupo, 23-27 April [1997]. Flier Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset prints, sizes up to 240 mm.

Date: 2000-2019

Reference: Eph-A-MEDITATION-2000/2019

Description: Comprises ephemera of octavo size relating to meditation, and its techniques and practitioners from 2000 to 2019. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s) containing 30 pieces of ephemera.

Date: 1982

From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988]

By: Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: B-136-085

Description: Shows an M.P. sitting cross-legged on the floor outside Bellamy's. Two onlookers decide the name he is chanting "sounds like someone called 'hic'". In the lower scene Muldoon is sitting cross-legged chanting "think big think big". Extended Title - The public thinks most M.P.s just gaze vacantly into space all the time - but there are some with a positive outlook Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, white gouache, crayon and letratone, 455 x 320 mm.

Date: 1992 - 1993

From: Eales, Stan 1962- :[Art work for front and back cover, and pages 3-32, of "The great New Zealand cartoon book". ca. 1994].

Reference: A-302-078

Description: Shows man in lotus position on his lounge floor with Ban the Bomb sign on wall, buzzy bee and book entitled James K Baxter on floor. Inscriptions: Recto - centre - [Title] Made for "The Great New Zealand cartoon book", published 1993. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing, 145 x 205 mm, backed on sheet, 223 x 300 mm. Provenance: Donated by Stan Eales, London, in 1993.

Date: 1981

By: Bromhead, Peter, 1933-; Auckland star (Newspaper)

Reference: A-336-050

Description: Man sitting on top of mountain in meditating position. Relates to a letter to the editor about spiritual discipline. Negatives at PA Collection 5371 Bromhead Collection Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink and whiteout on card 215 x 150 mm Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.

By: New Zealand Transmission Meditation Network

Reference: Eph-B-MEDITATION-Share

Description: Includes a pamphlet on transmission meditation, map of St Anne's Parish Hall Newtown where Wellington meetings were held, pamphlets issued by the Wellington branch of Share International (centred in California). There is one newsletter from the New Zealand Transmission Meditation Network. Quantity: 7 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset prints on pamphlet and fliers, sizes varying up to 300 mm.

Date: 1976 - 1978

By: Gee, Maurice Gough, 1931-

Reference: Eph-B-MEDITATION-Gee

Description: Includes course notes for a course conducted by Michel Tyne-Corbold, originally in the form of ten "envelopes" that could be opened, one at the time of each lesson attended. Course was attended by a member of Maurice Gee's family. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typscript and photocopy on sheets, sizes varying Transfers: Other material from the same provenance taken as a whole into Manuscripts. Transfers made from there..

Date: 28 April 2019

From: SOS: Stories from the Sisters Overseas Service oral history project

By: McEnteer, Denise Patricia, 1956-

Reference: OHInt-1581-07

Description: Interview with Denise McEnteer by Georgie Craw recorded on 28 April 2019. Topics covered in the interview include: family and childhood; Catholic upbringing and sexism of church; motherhood and death of son; feminism; becoming involved with Sisters Overseas Service (SOS); working as a Social Worker and counselling; protesting the Springbok Tour in 1981; moving back and forth from Australia; Māori background and being part of Māori world; nursing; working as telephone counsellor; dangerous elements of career in refuge services; relationship with police in the 1970s and 1980s and differences between Australia and New Zealand; being a working mother; involvement in Feminist Urban Guerilla Movement (FUGM); making documentary on domestic violence; working at the Centre Against Sexual Assault; being followed by police; career path and future work; meditation; music festivals; 1979 Women’s Convention at the University of Waikato; confidence and skills gained through involvement with SOS; and family heritage. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 Interview(s). 4 digital sound recording(s). 2 Electronic document(s) digital abstract and recording agreement form. 1 printed abstract(s) includes recording agreement form. Search dates: 28/04/2019

Date: 2012

By: Beervana (Festival)

Reference: Eph-E-ALCOHOL-Beer-2012-01

Description: Poster advertising a show featuring a variety of beers and breweries, shows a Buddha figure in a lotus position, his four pairs of arms each holding a glass of beer. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, on poster 840 x 595 mm. Provenance: Donated by Phantom Billstickers Ltd in December 2012

Date: 2007

From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0008416

Description: Shows six people practising different religions - Muslim, Christian, Hare Krishna, Yoga, Mediation, and someone lying asleep on a sofa in front of a television playing sports. Refers to religious freedom. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2005

From: Body, Guy Keverne, 1967-: Digital cartoons published in New Zealand Herald

Reference: DCDL-0013021

Description: Shows a religious hermit, possibly Daoist or Buddhist, sitting on the top of a mountain. He tells a visitor that there must be something to doing nothing as he has lived for 400 years. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1969

By: Brockie, Robert Ellison (Dr), 1932-; Unat-Hogg, J, active 1960s-1970s

Reference: Eph-D-POLITICS-1969-01

Description: Shows Labour Party politician Norman Kirk, in psychedelic-patterned robes, seated in a lotus position, hand raised in blessing. His fingers feature ornated designs using the words "LOVE" and "ANKH". Two copies held. Date taken from a rubber date stamp on the back of one copy held. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on poster.. Physical Description: Photolithograph, magenta, on white poster 560 x 445 mm.