The matter of meaning: an unfolding

The MSc class room at Schumacher College is a small room, fitted under the hundreds of years old beams of the sloping roof of the Old Postern. For almost twenty years, it has been the home of the inquiry into Holistic Science. Every year, 15 or 16 students (for no more will fit) take their place in this space to take up the inquiry (Franses and Wride, 2015). This year, 2015, is no different – there are 15 students and two teachers. Time seems to slow down into a process that has taken on the rhythm of years of study here. The space seems to empty out into a ‘cloud of un-knowing’ to use the term of an unknown 14th century English mystic (Underhill).