20 April 2019 – “Speaking with the Stars”: Bright Venus shows herself in East an hour before sunrise gracing the predawn sky as the rosy glow heralding the Sun’s arrival grows brighter. About an hour after dark, the Pointer stars forming the end of the Big Dipper’s bowl point straight down toward Polaris. Face north and look way up. Polaris is about three fists at arm’s length from the Pointers.
The Ecclesiastical Holy Saturday: Christ’s Hallowing of Hell
1232 – Pope Gregory IX introduces the Inquisition
1314 – Death day of Pope Clement V – who abolished the Templar Order in 1312 – Interesting to note that the Grand Master of the Templars Jacques de Molay, Not to mention the countless women accused of being a witch, were all burnt at the stake outside of Notre Dame Cathedral.
Vädersoltavlan
1535 – Sun Dog sighting, observed over Stockholm, an atmospheric optical phenomenon depicting a halo display.
1586 – Birthday of Saint Rose of Lima, patroness of the Americas, of indigenous people of the Americas, especially of Lima, Peru, of Sittard in the Netherlands, of India, & of the Philippines. St. Rose’s skull, surmounted with a crown of roses, is on public display at the Basilica in Lima, Peru, along with that of Saint Martin de Porres. It was customary to keep the torso in the basilica and pass the head around the country.
1889 – Birthday of Adolf Hitler (which BTW: was also Holy Saturday in that year)
1898 – U.S. President William McKinley signed a joint resolution to Congress for declaration of War against Spain, beginning the Spanish–American War.
1999 – Columbine High School massacre: Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold killed 13 people and injured 24 others before committing suicide at Columbine High School in Columbine, Colorado.
***
A few more thoughts to ponder about the burning of Notre-Dame:
This powerful Cathedral is considered to be in the very heart of Paris – the ‘zero point’ – at the center of a powerful vortex of interlacing ley lines.
And of course, as we know, most Churches are built on the sacred grounds of former temples or mystery centers. Beneath ‘Our Lady’ lay the ruins of a Temple to Isis. The Templars built this Cathedral in the 12th century, in honor of Mary Magdalene, personified as the Black Madonna, symbol of the secret Wisdom of the Divine Feminine. And so, the former Egyptian Isis had been renewed & crowned by them: ‘Queen of Paris’.
You can see a statue of Saint Mary Magdalene outside the Western door, to the right of the Portal of the Virgin, between the Main Entrance & the Portal of the Last Judgment.
The statue of Saint Joan of Arc inside on the South wall of Notre Dame, features a key symbol linking her to Saint Mary Magdalene – a distinctive pouch hanging from her belt, mirroring the iconographic item traditionally depicted on the belt of Mary Magdalene.
By the Middle Ages the Goddess ‘Cybele’ had become another name for the Divine Feminine, ‘Our Lady of Wisdom’, or ‘Lady Philosophy’ of the French alchemists.
“Cybele, as Goddess of philosophy” is also portrayed on the Western portal of Notre-Dame. She has her feet on the earth & her head in the heavens. She holds two books, one open & one closed – symbols for exoteric & esoteric knowledge. Leaning on her breast is “Jacob’s ladder”, which represents the gradual path of knowledge, leading to her scepter of wisdom, in divine union.
Perhaps with this burning, the ‘point zero’ of Ile de la Cité – the Island that Notre-Dame sits on – is in the throes of a fiery re-birthing…
And let us not forget that many people have been burnt at the stake in front of Notre Dame – Notably the Grand Master of the Templars himself, Jacques de Molay. Not to mention the countless women accused of being a witch.
Interesting to note that the relic of the Crown of Thorns is housed there.
Could it be that the Divine Feminine, buried beneath Notre-Dame, is awakening once more, surging up thru all that is falsely imprisoned. Could it be that with this burning & unholy inscription into the ethers, the New Isis will rise & open a path like a fiery phoenix, to a true Resurrection, reborn out of the flames of the divine Feminine reclaimed..?
Is ‘Our Lady’ trying to get our attention, just as the nationwide ‘Gilets Jaunes’ or ‘yellow Jacket’ protests have been vying for recognition, amid growing anger over rising fuel taxes & the high cost of living…?
And/or is this an example of a “Reichstag fire” – a false flag facilitated by an authority to promote their own interests through popular sympathy?
Dorte Schweitz
So much to ponder on this Holy Saturday, when, in the words of the Creed in the Christian Community, The Christ “was lowered into the grave of the Earth…to rescue the souls of the dead who had lost their divine nature…” A sacred spot which thousands of years before had been experienced as the center of the Earth – which the ancients called the grave of Adam – A primeval gorge, which splits Jerusalem into two parts, believed to be the gate of the Underworld. The Good Friday earthquake tore open this original fissure, so that The Christ could make His Descent into Hell.
20 April 2019 – “Speaking with the Stars”: Bright Venus shows herself in East an hour before sunrise gracing the predawn sky as the rosy glow heralding the Sun’s arrival grows brighter. About an hour after dark, the Pointer stars forming the end of the Big Dipper’s bowl point straight down toward Polaris. Face north and look way up. Polaris is about three fists at arm’s length from the Pointers.
The Ecclesiastical Holy Saturday: Christ’s Hallowing of Hell
1232 – Pope Gregory IX introduces the Inquisition
1314 – Death day of Pope Clement V – who abolished the Templar Order in 1312 – Interesting to note that the Grand Master of the Templars Jacques de Molay, Not to mention the countless women accused of being a witch, were all burnt at the stake outside of Notre Dame Cathedral.
Vädersoltavlan
1535 – Sun Dog sighting, observed over Stockholm, an atmospheric optical phenomenon depicting a halo display.
1586 – Birthday of Saint Rose of Lima, patroness of the Americas, of indigenous people of the Americas, especially of Lima, Peru, of Sittard in the Netherlands, of India, & of the Philippines. St. Rose’s skull, surmounted with a crown of roses, is on public display at the Basilica in Lima, Peru, along with that of Saint Martin de Porres. It was customary to keep the torso in the basilica and pass the head around the country.
1889 – Birthday of Adolf Hitler (which BTW: was also Holy Saturday in that year)
1898 – U.S. President William McKinley signed a joint resolution to Congress for declaration of War against Spain, beginning the Spanish–American War.
1999 – Columbine High School massacre: Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold killed 13 people and injured 24 others before committing suicide at Columbine High School in Columbine, Colorado.
***
A few more thoughts to ponder about the burning of Notre-Dame:
This powerful Cathedral is considered to be in the very heart of Paris – the ‘zero point’ – at the center of a powerful vortex of interlacing ley lines.
And of course, as we know, most Churches are built on the sacred grounds of former temples or mystery centers. Beneath ‘Our Lady’ lay the ruins of a Temple to Isis. The Templars built this Cathedral in the 12th century, in honor of Mary Magdalene, personified as the Black Madonna, symbol of the secret Wisdom of the Divine Feminine. And so, the former Egyptian Isis had been renewed & crowned by them: ‘Queen of Paris’.
You can see a statue of Saint Mary Magdalene outside the Western door, to the right of the Portal of the Virgin, between the Main Entrance & the Portal of the Last Judgment.
The statue of Saint Joan of Arc inside on the South wall of Notre Dame, features a key symbol linking her to Saint Mary Magdalene – a distinctive pouch hanging from her belt, mirroring the iconographic item traditionally depicted on the belt of Mary Magdalene.
By the Middle Ages the
Goddess ‘Cybele’ had become another
name for the Divine Feminine, ‘Our Lady of
Wisdom’, or ‘Lady Philosophy’ of the
French alchemists.
“Cybele, as Goddess of philosophy” is also portrayed on the Western portal of Notre-Dame. She has her feet on the earth & her head in the heavens. She holds two books, one open & one closed – symbols for exoteric & esoteric knowledge. Leaning on her breast is “Jacob’s ladder”, which represents the gradual path of knowledge, leading to her scepter of wisdom, in divine union.
Perhaps with this burning, the ‘point zero’ of Ile de la Cité – the Island that Notre-Dame sits on – is in the throes of a fiery re-birthing…
And let us not forget that many people have been burnt at the stake in front of Notre Dame – Notably the Grand Master of the Templars himself, Jacques de Molay. Not to mention the countless women accused of being a witch.
Interesting to note that the relic of the Crown of Thorns is housed there.
Could it be that the Divine Feminine, buried beneath Notre-Dame, is awakening once more, surging up thru all that is falsely imprisoned. Could it be that with this burning & unholy inscription into the ethers, the New Isis will rise & open a path like a fiery phoenix, to a true Resurrection, reborn out of the flames of the divine Feminine reclaimed..?
Is ‘Our Lady’ trying to get our attention, just as the nationwide ‘Gilets Jaunes’ or ‘yellow Jacket’ protests have been vying for recognition, amid growing anger over rising fuel taxes & the high cost of living…?
And/or is this an example of a “Reichstag fire” – a false flag facilitated by an authority to promote their own interests through popular sympathy?
Dorte Schweitz
So much to ponder on this Holy Saturday, when, in the words of the Creed in the Christian Community, The Christ “was lowered into the grave of the Earth…to rescue the souls of the dead who had lost their divine nature…” A sacred spot which thousands of years before had been experienced as the center of the Earth – which the ancients called the grave of Adam – A primeval gorge, which splits Jerusalem into two parts, believed to be the gate of the Underworld. The Good Friday earthquake tore open this original fissure, so that The Christ could make His Descent into Hell.
Blessings my dear friends on this Ecclesiastical Good Friday –
In our exploration of the Easter
Paradox of both 2019 & 1924, here is my synopsis of the last lecture Rudolf
Steiner gave to the Anthroposophical Society 22 April, 1924- The Mysteries of
Ephesus. The Aristotelian Categories: The Mysteries have played an
important part in the whole evolution of humankind. The Easter Festival grew
out of the principle of initiation. Humankind is predestined to evolve to
spiritual freedom. We know that human individuals return to the Earth again
& again in their repeated earthly lives, carrying with them experiences of
former epochs into later ones. The environment created by the Mysteries is an
important factor in the progress of carrying from one age into another what
human beings experienced & what they experience again in other forms of
knowledge.
When that spiritual impulse which
has gone forth from the Goetheanum thru the Christmas Foundation meeting,
really finds its way into the life of the Anthroposophical Society it will provide
the foundation for the Mysteries of the future. The future life of the
Mysteries must consciously & deliberately be planted by this
Anthroposophical Society.
In the burning of the 1st
Goetheanum, the Anthroposophical Society has ever before it an event which can
be turned to good will in future evolution just like the burning of the Temple
of Ephesus.
Both seem a tragedy on the outside, but on the various planes of existence
these things appear in different ways, & only in the freedom can we turn to
good will that which on one plane is so wrong, for it is just thru these
terrible events that a real evolution can be achieved.
To enter into these things with sympathetic understanding we must grasp
them, as intimately as possible. How did the spiritual life of the world live
in the Mysteries? Steiner talked about the how the yearly Easter Festival
proceeds for the Earth from the constellations of the Sun & Moon, & how
the other planets are seen from the standpoint of the Moon.
And he relates that never did human hearts & minds partake so
intimately in these Northern Mysteries,
this descent from the pre-earthly into the earthly life as in the Mysteries of
Ephesus, devoted to Diana or Artemis, enabling her initiates to experience &
enter into the spiritual life & movement within the ether of the Cosmos.
A deep impression was made on those present when the Temple Goddess
expressed her joy in all things growing, springing, sprouting in the far-spread
ether of the world; a feeling that wafted thru the spiritual atmosphere of the
Sanctuary as a magic breath.
And as a consequence a certain instruction could be given with great
clearness in these Ephesian Mysteries, whose aim was to bring the secret of the
Moon forth in the human soul, creating one’s being out of the Sunlight that
wove around the Moon.
Verse Steiner gave to Ita Wegman: The Sun, in me, my King, Leads me into the world. The Moon, in me, maintains My shape, she keeps my form. Mercury holds, in me, The Sun and Moon in one. Venus in me is all, Nothing without her love. When she and Mars are one, He speaks me as a Word, So Jupiter can shine All through me wisdom’s rays, And Saturn, ripe, can beam Through me the colours that I am.
The spiritual life in Ephesus was
filled with a radiant inner light – the true dignity of the Cosmic human being,
a prefiguring of the Easter thought.
All these things bound up with the
Temple Sanctuary went up in the flames lit by the hand of a criminal.
Then Steiner goes on to reference: World History in the Light of Anthroposophy,
which he gave during the Christmas Conference.
Telling how “two Initiates of these Mysteries were reincarnated in
Aristotle and in Alexander. “
And “When the Temple of Ephesus was burning it was the hour of Alexander’s
birth. But as the Temple burned something was powerful taking place…all that
had gone on in these Temple spaces was communicated to the cosmic ether.
So
we may truly say: The continuous Easter Festival at Ephesus which had been
contained within these Temple spaces has since been written in the great orb of
the ethereal heavens.
The
human wisdom which was enclosed in Temple walls escaped & was written in
the cosmic ether & is visible to spiritual Imagination, the interpreter of
the starry script.
The
stars must mean more to us than something merely to be calculated mechanically,
or mathematically.”
For Alexander & Aristotle, there came the moment when thru the
influence of the Mysteries of the Kabiri there arose something like a memory of
the old Ephesian time which both of them had lived thru before. But in this
remembrance of an ancient time, there was a certain power to create something
new.
When the cosmic sounding in the Moon was there again & Aristotle & Alexander recognized what the fire at Ephesus had signified, when they saw how this fire had carried forth into the far ether of the world the content of the Mysteries of Ephesus, then there arose in these two the inspiration to be found the Cosmic Script written down by Aristotle, known as the Categories of Being:
Quantity Quality Relation Space Time Position Activity (or Action) Passivity (or Suffering)
Steiner asks us to take these
concepts which Aristotle first expounded to Alexander, & learn to develop
them like we did as children with the alphabet, then we will learn to read in
the Cosmos.
So we see, what was a mighty revelation of instinctive wisdom thru
thousands of years flowed into concepts with an inner force of life &
strength which must once more be revealed in time to come.
We must find again what is resting
in the grave, we must find the Sophia, the cosmic wisdom & the cosmic
light. We must learn to read once more in the great universe to experience the
resurrection of what lies hidden.
We are here to create an Easter Festival as an experience for all
humankind. “Anthroposophy in all its working, is an Easter experience, an
experience of resurrection bound up with the experience of the grave.”
It is important just at this
present Easter paradox for us to feel, the full festivity of Anthroposophical
striving. Can we open ourselves to feel how once upon a time humankind was
blessed with a divine-spiritual revelation which shone most radiantly in
Ephesus. But now all this lies buried.
How can we set free from the grave
what lies buried? And then listen to hear the words spoken on that Easter morn
2000 years ago: “That which you seek is no longer here.” Can we find it in our
hearts, & open minds, in true active way?
Then in full consciousness, not instinctively as in ancient time, we are
led forward into the new mysteries of Easter.
This too must be united with the
impulse of the Christmas conference, which must not remain a merely
intellectual, theoretic & abstract past deed. It must be an impulse of the
heart, it must not be dry & matter-of-fact. It must be sacred, solemn,
joyful.
Then just like Aristotle & Alexander, who used the fire of Ephesus
when it flamed forth like a forge in their hearts, when it flamed forth in the
Cosmic ether & then bore down to them new secrets that were gathered up
into those simple concepts.
Will we take it upon ourselves to
use what has also been carried out into the ether with the death of the 1st
Goetheanum, into a resurrection of Anthroposophia?
Can we awaken to the new dawn, shining in the far & wide ether, where
the spirit-filled wisdom of the world dwells, to fill ourselves with impulses
coming in towards us from the Cosmos?
The Anthroposophical Easter mood
must hold to this Spirit that arises ever & again out of eternal
foundations. Let us receive this as an Easter thought – as an Easter feeling
into our hearts, as we experience Good Friday anew, as Love’s Sacrificial Death
– even as we acknowledge the rending of the Temple Veil, to bring the
transformation of the Venus-principle, thru the Sun-principle of Christ.
with humble respect ~hag
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19 April 2019 “Speaking with the Stars”: The Pascal Full Moon, became exact at 6:12 am CDT. This evening look
for Spica to the upper right of Bella
Luna & brighter Arcturus to Her
upper left.
Feast Day of the Holy Lance – the spear of Longinus
1054 – Feast Day of Leo IX, pope of the Catholic Church. Leo IX is widely considered the most historically significant German Pope of the Middle Ages; he was instrumental in the precipitation of the Great Schism of 1054, considered the turning point in which the Catholic & Orthodox Church formally separated.
1775 – The American Revolution begins at Lexington
Henry Pierce Bone
1824 – Deathday of Lord Byron, English-Scottish poet & playwright, who Steiner refers to as “a seeker after the Palladium” in his Karmic Relationships lecture 1/11.
1882 – Deathday of Charles Darwin, English biologist & theorist, who Steiner refers to as “a seeker after the Palladium” in his Karmic Relationships lecture 1/11.
1960 – Students in South Korea hold a nationwide pro-democracy protest against president Syngman Rhee, eventually forcing him to resign
1995 – Oklahoma City bombing: The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, USA, is bombed, killing 168 people including 19 children under the age of six
2005 – Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is elected to the papacy and becomes Pope Benedict XVI.
2011 – Fidel Castro resigns as First Secretary of the Communist Party
of Cuba after holding the title since July 1961.
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POD (Poem Of the Day)
~Look, she said, leaning out the window To wave at the stream of the Pascal Moon See how the reflected Easter light rises… Mirroring strident spirals of the New Sun Calling: Become The Chalice of victory & see thru soul eyes To speak deeds clothed in spirit-light… But 1st You must drink from the cup of crucifixion ~hag
***J
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(1st Class is on Holy Saturday 20 April 2019)
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18 April 2019 – “Speaking with the Stars”:Venus rises above the eastern horizon about an hour before sunrise. The brilliant planet of Love dominates the predawn sky as the rosy glow heralding the Sun’s arrival grows brighter.
The Full Wind Moon arrives at 6:12 am CDT on Good Friday morning. She rises in the east shortly before the Sun sets this evening & reaches her peak in the south around midnight. Bella Luna is in her Easter place in the constellation of Virgo, with bright Spica heralding the harvest of the Resurrection.
1506 – The cornerstone of the current St. Peter’s Basilica is laid.
1521 – Trial of Martin Luther begins its second day during the assembly of the Diet of Worms. He refuses to recant his teachings despite the risk of excommunication.
1775 –The British advancement by sea begins; (The midnight ride of) Paul Revere and other riders warn the countryside of the troop movements.
1857 – “The Spirits Book” by Allan
Kardec is published, marking the birth of Spiritualism in France
1902 – The 7.5 Mw Guatemala earthquake shakes Guatemala with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing between 1800–4,000.
1906 – An earthquake and fire destroy much of San Francisco, California.
1909 – Joan of Arc is beatified in Rome.
1955 – Deathday of Albert Einstein
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POD (Poem Of the Day)
~The mist has one last dance In the slanting rays of the sun rise The birds proclaim the resurrection The tender tendrils tease The daffodils, the hyacinth Scent the dew The porch is swept The old wood waits to burn Make way for the new ~hag
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Margarita Woloschina
On this Ecclesiastical Maundy
Thursday we continue with the synopsis of the lectures Rudolf Steiner gave
during the Easter Paradox of 1924:
The day after the ecclesiastical Easter 21 April, 1924, The Moon Secret. Spring & Autumn Mysteries. Steiner again indicates the cosmic aspect of the Easter Festival. And as a way of deepening understanding he touches upon some of the facts relating to the so-called secrets of the Moon.
In effect, all the light that rays forth from the Full Moon into the
Cosmos contains the forces that the human being when descending into
incarnation needs to form the outer aspect of the etheric body.
On the other hand all that rays forth spiritually from the New Moon, out
into the Cosmos, contains the forces which the human being needs to form the
inner aspect of the etheric body.
This rhythm, of the external shining of the Moon & of its darkening,
enables the human being to connect with what Steiner called, the Primal
Teachers, which work from the moon.
Steiner tells us that the spiritual Beings of the Moon turn their gaze to
begin with on what is most important for them – the wandering stars that belong
to our planetary system, in order that humanity may properly receive the forces
needed.
Knowledge of this was contained in certain ancient Mysteries. This knowledge is seen in the days of the week. This brought home the planetary system to the consciousness of humanity in relation to space & time – on the one hand, thru the rhythmic course of the Moon around our Earth thru light & darkness, & on the other hand, we see an imprint in the consciousness of humanity the whole succession of the planets. The initiate in the Mysteries could free themselves from the physical body & live in the formative forces of the etheric body, to experience:
Monday Tuesday: Speech Wednesday: Movement Thursday: Wisdom Friday: Love, Beauty Saturday: Inner warmth of soul Sunday: Protecting forces (reflected from the Moon)
The initiates knew that the Sun cannot influence the forming of the
etheric body directly, but only thru the reflection from the Moon.
The initiates knew that for the full inner force of the astral body, &
the Ego, of the “I am”, they must go to the Sun., to become the Christophoros,
the Sun-bearer –
this inner human Easter experience of former times transformed into a
cosmic Festival. In later times humanity forgot that such a thing could happen.
They no longer knew they could go forth from the earthly realm, unite
themselves with the Moon nature, & from the Moon behold the Sun. But a
certain remembrance of this has been preserved in the Easter Festival.
Our present spiritual Festival of Easter represents an event in the
Mysteries which was enacted 1st in the Autumn, & then later in
the Springtime
In later days man was no longer able to penetrate the living reality of
this his relationship to the Spiritual in the Cosmos. And at length things went
so far that the Autumn Mysteries of resurrection were simply superimposed on
the Springtime Mystery of the descent. The confusion that arose in the course
of human evolution shows how deeply materialism worked in the course of time.
For it not only created false opinions but brought humankind into real
confusion with regard to those things which were once in sacred, holy order in
the course of human earthly life.
Once upon a time there was a sacred order in these things. As Autumn came
near, humankind celebrated a Cosmic Festival, a Festival which pointed to a
real process of the Mysteries. Nature, they said, is fading & dying away,
Nature is laid waste. It is like the gradual death of a human beings physical
life. But when we look at Nature we see only the transitory at work in her, in
the human being we see the Eternal,
which we must now behold apart from what takes place in outer Nature, for we
must behold it in the spirit as that which is resurrected after death in the
spiritual world.
And through the Mysteries of springtime it was made clear to humanity that
the spiritual works in again from the Cosmos, the physical springs &
sprouts forth from the Earth, because it is impelled by the Spiritual. This
however was to lead humanity to remember, not how they passed through death
into the Spiritual, but how they have come from & descended out of the
Spiritual.
When Nature is springing & ascending, the human being was to remember
their descent into the Physical; & again when Nature is declining the human
being was to remember his ascent, his resurrection into the Spiritual.
Infinitely deepening the life of the soul to experience how the human being is
related to the Cosmos.
“These things varied according to the different regions of the Earth. We can say that there are Autumn people , & Springtime people”.
For the Autumn people there were the Mysteries of Adonis, the Southern
Mysteries, of death & the after-life; the shining of the spiritual Sun in
the beginning of the night of Winter; & for the Springtime people there
were other Northern Mysteries related to the life before birth as seen from the
secret of the Moon initiation.
In ancient times folks stayed within their stream, which was appropriate
for their time, & only great initiates like Pythagoras, who traveled from
place to place taking in the various mysteries underwent the true initiation of
human experience, paving the way for our time now, when we are called to embrace
both streams.
So you see our Easter Festival holds many components, 1st we meet the planetary Beings
revealed in the days of Holy Week, then we experience the mystery of death, the
entombment, The harrowing or redeeming
of hell & then the resurrection. And of course Easter-Tide continues
thru the secret teachings given to the apostles during the 40 days between the
Resurrection & the Ascension & then after 10 days, the mystery of
Pentecost.
May we take to heart the truth behind the original Maundy Thursday, ever enacting the Last Supper as if it was the 1st – Striving to ‘wash the feet of the other’, – recognizing that we owe our life to those around us & to the plant & animal worlds which give us a foundation for life. Let us administer to all the new sacrament in remembrance of King Jupiter’s benevolence made new by Christ’s deed.
Tomorrow we turn again to our Easter Paradox research…
Until soon
~hag
Ecclesiastical Holy
Week Kaspar Hauser Study 14 – 18 April 2019,
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The work is such that you can jump in anytime. I recommend this powerful book: ‘Kaspar Hauser: The Struggle for the Spirit’ byAnthroposophical researcher Peter Tradowsky
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(1st Class is on Holy Saturday 20 April 2019)
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When my friend Robert posted these pictures of the Gargoyles of Notre Dame, my 1st thought was that now, upon the burning of the Cathedral, these gruesome protector beings are inscribed on the ethers. But then I woke up this morning thinking, what does it mean that at the same time the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem also had a fire, & wondering what was being inscribed there?
My friends, it seems to me that these burnings, arethe antithesis of what occurred with the burning of the Temple of Ephesus – sacred to the Goddess Diana, along with the future image seen in the burning of the Goetheanum, the Johannasbau inspired by the Templars thru Goethe. These burnings inscribed into the ethers the potent powers of the ancient & the new mysteries, enriching the starry script, furthering & potentizing our true human evolution.
We need to remember that what is now occurring is happening during the Ecclesiastical Holy Week – between Holy Moon-day, with its cursing of the fig tree, symbol of the old clairvoyance, & the cleansing of the Temple, & Holy Mars-day, Christ’s conflict with the High Priests , & his telling of the ‘Little Apocalypse’ to his disciples (Luke 21)
Could it be that this Holy Week burning , on the 1 hand, of an important seat of the Catholic Church, during the time when a Jesuit Pope sits on the Vatican throne, & on the other hand, the 3rd holiest site in Islam – central to the ongoing Arab-Israeli conflict, is a signal of the materialistic etherization of the spirit? – A fall of something spiritual – leading to the rise of the spirits of darkness…?
May we be awake to the signs of the times; ever striving to participate in the appearance of the Christ in the etheric realm.
Blessings dear ones & peace ~hag
***
As you
can see dear Friends, I have diverged from my usual format -the History
connected to the Calendar of the Soul is at the bottom of this missive- so as
to continue with the synopsis of the lectures Rudolf Steiner gave during the
Easter Paradox of 1924:
Ecclesiastical Easter Sunday 20 April, 1924: Moon-birth & Sun-birth. Necessity and
Freedom. Stages of the ancient Easter Initiation: The original idea of any sacred
festival is to make the human being look upward from his dependence on earthly
things to those things that transcend the Earth.
During the last centuries humanity has
undergone an evolution which has lead farther & farther away from the
connection with Cosmic powers & Cosmic forces. Humanity became more
restricted to the Earthly powers & forces.
Humanity today does not conceive the
forces spiritually connected with the Sun or what these forces are doing within
the human being.
Julian the Apostate, the last of the
pagan Caesars, still received instruction in what was left of the ancient
Mysteries, concerning these forces of the Sun. He wished once more to make this
knowledge an influence in the world, & for this very reason was murdered on
his campaign into Persia. The powers in the first Christian centuries which
intended that all knowledge of such things should disappear was all prevailing.
No wonder this knowledge is so hard to conceive of
Steiner goes on to describe the
various degrees in the ancient mystery schools;
and concludes with the statement that
to become aware of the content of the Easter Festival we must call this ancient
sacred history to life again, in a new way.
Then we can understand why even today
we must look upward to the Sun & Moon which determines from their mutual
constellation, the time of the Easter Festival. For this truth must still
remain. We calculate Easter as the first Sunday after the first full Moon after
the Spring Equinox. The Easter Festival is something that must be determined
from above, out of the Cosmos. This must be regained. And it can only be
regained by looking back to the ancient Mysteries, where the human being was
made aware by seeing the cosmos within themselves. The ancient practices
receded in the age when the free development of humanity had to take place. But
now the time is come when these mysteries must be found again. Of this, my dear
friends, we must be fully conscious. Institutions must be created today to find
the Mysteries once more.
Steiner goes on to say it is Out of this consciousness which we held our Christmas Foundation Meeting. For it is an urgent necessity that there should be a place on Earth where the Mysteries can once more be founded. The Anthroposophical Society in its further progress must become the path to the Mysteries renewed.
Natalya Yeshchenko
And so it is that with these thoughts
we remember that today in 2019 we are experiencing the Ecclesiastical Holy
Wednesday, revealing the 2 sides of Mercury: Healer /Thief – on
the 1 hand: Mary Magdalene’s pre-burial anointing, & on the other: Judas’s
betrayal.
485 – Death-Day of Proclus – dubbed ‘The Successor’ – a
Greek Neoplatonist philosopher. He studyed mathematics & the works of
Aristotle under Olympiodorus the Elder. As a gifted student, he eventually
became dissatisfied with the level of philosophical instruction available in
Alexandria, & went to Athens, the pre-eminent philosophical center of the
day, to study at the Neoplatonic successor of the famous Academy founded 800
years earlier (in 387 BC) by Plato; there he was taught by Plutarch of Athens,
Syrianus, & Asclepigenia; he succeeded Syrianus as head of the Academy, &
would in turn be succeeded on his death by Marinus of Neapolis.
He lived in Athens as a vegetarian
bachelor, prosperous & generous to his friends, until the end of his life.
He was not appreciated by the Christian rulers; he spent time traveling &
being initiated into various mystery cults. He was also instructed in the
“theurgic” Neoplatonism,
as derived from the Orphic & Chaldean Oracles.
His house has been discovered recently in Athens, under the pavement of Dionysiou Areopagitou Street, south of Acropolis, opposite the theater of Dionysus. He had a great devotion to the Goddess Athena, whom he believed guided him at key moments in his life. Marinus reports that when Christians removed the statue of the Goddess from the Parthenon, a beautiful woman appeared to Proclus in a dream & announced that the “Athenian Lady” wished to stay at his home. Proclus died aged 73, & was buried near Mount Lycabettus in a tomb. It is reported that he was writing 700 lines each day.
1622 – Birthday of Thomas Vaughn, a Welsh philosopher, famous for his
writings in the area of natural magic, with his book Anthroposophia Theomagica, a magico-mystical work. (Some say Rudolf Steiner got his idea for to name the AS from this treatise)
Although he did not practice medicine,
Vaughan sought to apply his chemical skills to preparing medicines in the manner
recommended by Paracelsus. Vaughan was also the author of tracts published
under the pseudonym Eugenius Philalethes.
Vaughan was unusual amongst alchemists of the time in that he
worked closely with his wife Rebecca Vaughan. He was a self-described member
of the “Society of Unknown Philosophers”, & was responsible for
translating into English in 1652 the Fama
Fraternitatis Rosae Crucis, an anonymous Rosicrucian manifesto first
published in 1614 in Kassel.
He placed himself in the tradition of the Rosicrucian reformers of education, &of Johannes Trithemius, his teacher Libanius Gallus, and Pelagius of Majorca.
1787 – Goethe’s experience of the archetypal plant in Palermo – “Goethe narrates a conversation that once ensued between Schiller and himself after they had both attended a meeting of the Society for Nature Research in Jena. Schiller was dissatisfied with the results of the meeting. He had found there a most disintegrating method for the study of Nature and he remarked that such a method could never appeal to a layman. Goethe replied that “possibly this method was cumbersome for the initiated also and that there might well exist yet another way of portraying Nature active and living, struggling from the whole into the parts, and not severed and isolated.” And then Goethe evolved the great ideas which had arisen within him concerning the nature of plants. He drew “with many characteristic strokes, a symbolic plant” before Schiller’s eyes. This symbolic plant was intended to give expression to the essential being lying in every single plant, whatever particular form it assumes. It was intended to demonstrate the successive development of the single portions of the plant, their emergence from each other and their mutual relationship. In Palermo, 17th April, 1787, Goethe wrote these words in reference to this symbolic plant form: “There must be such a thing; if not, how could I recognise this or that structure to be a plant if all were not moulded after one pattern?” Goethe had evolved in himself the conception of a plastic, ideal form that was revealed to his spirit when he surveyed the diversity of the plant forms and observed the element common to them all.” Rudolf Steiner Goethe’s Conception of the World: Chapter I: Goethe and Schiller
1790 – Death-Day of Benjamin Franklin, one of the Founding
Fathers of the United States. Franklin was a renowned polymath & a leading
author, printer, political theorist, politician, freemason, postmaster,
scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, & diplomat. As a scientist,
he was a major figure in the American Enlightenment & the history of
physics for his discoveries & theories regarding electricity. As an
inventor, he is known for the lightning rod, bifocals, & the Franklin
stove, among other inventions. He facilitated many civic organizations,
including Philadelphia’s fire department & the University of Pennsylvania,
an Ivy League institution.
Benjamin Franklin, then 21, created
the Junto, a group of “like minded
aspiring artisans and tradesmen who hoped to improve themselves while they
improved their community.” The Junto was a discussion group for issues
of the day; it was modeled after English coffeehouses that Franklin knew well, &
which became the center of the spread of Enlightenment ideas in Britain.
Franklin became Grand Master of the
Freemasons & published the first Masonic book in the Americas, a reprint of
James Anderson’s Constitutions of the Free-Masons. Franklin remained a
Freemason for the rest of his life
Franklin earned the title of “The
First American” for his early & indefatigable campaigning for colonial
unity, initially as an author & spokesman in London for several colonies.
As the first United States Ambassador to France, he exemplified the emerging
American nation. Franklin was foundational in defining the American ethos as a
marriage of the practical values of thrift, hard work, education, community
spirit, self-governing institutions, & opposition to authoritarianism both
political & religious, with the scientific & tolerant values of the
Enlightenment
Franklin became a successful newspaper
editor & printer in Philadelphia, the leading city in the colonies,
publishing the Pennsylvania Gazette at the age of 23. He became wealthy
publishing this & Poor Richard’s Almanack, which he authored under the
pseudonym “Richard Saunders”. After 1767, he was associated with the
Pennsylvania Chronicle, a newspaper that was known for its revolutionary
sentiments & criticisms of the British policies.
He pioneered & was 1st president
of The Academy & College of Philadelphia which opened in 1751 & later
became the University of Pennsylvania. He organized & was the first
secretary of the American Philosophical Society & was elected president in
1769. Franklin became a national hero in America as an agent for several
colonies when he spearheaded an effort in London to have the Parliament of
Great Britain repeal the unpopular Stamp Act. An accomplished diplomat, he was
widely admired among the French as American minister to Paris & was a major
figure in the development of positive Franco-American relations. His efforts
proved vital for the American Revolution in securing shipments of crucial
munitions from France.
He was promoted to deputy
postmaster-general for the British colonies in 1753, having been Philadelphia
postmaster for many years,& this enabled him to set up the first national
communications network. During the Revolution, he became the first US
Postmaster General. He was active in community affairs & colonial & state
politics, as well as national & international affairs. From 1785 to 1788,
he served as governor of Pennsylvania. He argued against slavery from an
economic perspective & became one of the most prominent abolitionists.
His colorful life and legacy of scientific and political achievement, & his status as one of America’s most influential Founding Fathers have seen Franklin honored more than two centuries after his death the $100 bill.
1907 – The Ellis Island immigration center processes 11,747 people, more than
on any other day.
1912 – Russian troops open fire on striking goldfield workers in northeast Siberia, killing at least 150
1961 – Bay of Pigs Invasion: A group of Cuban exiles financed & trained by the CIA lands at the Bay of Pigs in Cuba with the aim of ousting Fidel Castro.
1969 – Sirhan Sirhan is convicted of assassinating Robert F. Kennedy.
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Ecclesiastical Holy Week Kaspar Hauser Study 14 – 18 April 2019, Special Event for GOOD FRIDAY 19 April 2019, 7 pm – 9 pm ‘O Man (or Woman) Know YourSelf: A Glimpse at the Human Double’
We have found this Study of Kaspar Hauser so intriguing that we wish to continue it for our Ecclesiastical Holy Week.
The work is such that you can jump in anytime. I recommend this powerful book: ‘Kaspar Hauser: The Struggle for the Spirit’ byAnthroposophical researcher Peter Tradowsky
Join us: 14 April Palm Sunday 2 – 4 pm, then Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs. of Holy Week 15-18 April 7 – 9 pm
Special Event for GOOD FRIDAY 19 April 2019, 7 pm – 9 pm- ‘O Man (or Woman) Know YourSelf: A Glimpse at the Human Double’ a workshop with biography worker Paulette Arnold
(1st Class is on Holy Saturday 20 April 2019)
$10 – 20 or pay what you can + Snacks to Share Encouraged
