Easter 2015 – Central Regional Council of the Anthroposophical Society in America

Central Regional Council

Central Regional Council of the Anthroposophical Society in America

Greetings Friends in the Central Region –

Spring Blessings!  Here is the Easter 2015 issue of the eCorrespondence from the CRC, where you will find some suggestions for your Lenten and Holy Week activities, including the total solar eclipse on March 20 (vernal equinox) and total lunar eclipse on April 4 (Holy Saturday).  Many groups around the region are planning activities around this time, read details by clicking on the link below:  http://anthroposophy.us8.list-manage1.com/track/click u=4b05ac6744c0dd031b31b8671&id=be68af9a6a&e=fbf6636119

PDF: Easter_2015_e-Correspondence

Sincerely, the Central Regional Council,

Marianne Fieber, Dennis Dietzel,
Mary Louise Hershberger,
Hazel Archer-Ginsberg and
Alberto Loya

 

 

Chicago Event – Rudolf Steiner’s Watercolor Painting

Chicago Event,

Easter, Rudolf Steiner’s Watercolor Painting

Saturdays March 14 & 21 —  10:30 am – 12 noon

A group will meet to read and discuss a book by Angela Lord illustrated in color. Books will be available at the Branch.

In April, we will paint the Easter motif in watercolor,  date(s) and time(s) to be determined  by group (and Branch space) availability.

 

“Real life will only enter their conviction when they unfold a warm interest in all that goes on in the Society.

As they learn of what is being thought and done by active individuals in the Society, they will receive the warmth they need for their own work in it.

We must be filled with interest in other human beings, to meet them in an anthroposophical way.”  ~Rudolf Steiner

Speaking with the Stars – Mercury Retrograde January 2015

Speaking with the Stars

Speaking with the Stars

Tuesday 20 January 2015 –

Sun enters the constellation Aquarius 3:43am CDT

New Moon in Aquarius 7:14am CDT

 

Wednesday 21 January – 11 February 2015 – Mercury retrograde.

A retrograde planet retraces its steps, revisiting territory it covered before, drawing our energy to the past.

In the case of Mercury retrograde, our thinking, communications, day to day activities, are affected.

It’s a great time for reconnecting with our goals – thinking of new ways of putting resources to work.

Use this time to find lost items, get back in touch with old friends or contacts, follow up & reconnect old threads.

You can use Mercury retro. to pick up a project you left unfinished in the past, or review notes from old classes, meetings, or brainstorming sessions. Fill in the frameworks you created in the past, when things were moving along at a faster rate.

This isn’t the time to write the new chapter. It’s time for a round of edits on the ones you have.

Retrogrades draw our energy inward. So it’s a good time to pay attention to more subjective information. Let your meditations inform you.

Look at the deeper issues. Ask the “why” questions. Pay attention to what’s going on in your mind – what’s at the root of thinking?

Walking backwards is more difficult than walking forwards. We have to pay closer attention to what we are doing & where we are going.

But it gives us a new perspective. It uses different neural pathways. So take your time.

Don’t rush to decisions or bang the puzzle piece to make it fit.

If we respect & work with this energy, we can get a lot of insights out of this retro. time.

 

Remembering Sergei Olegovitch Prokofieff

Remembering, , ,

Today, 16 January 2015 would have been the 61stbirthday of Sergei Olegovitch Prokofieff – (16 January 1954 – 26 July 2014)

Born in Moscow, (grandson of the famous Russian composer) he studied fine arts and painting at the Moscow School of Art.

He encountered anthroposophy in his youth, and soon made the decision to devote his life to it.

He wrote his first book, Rudolf Steiner and the Founding of the New Mysteries while living in Soviet Russia; first published in German in 1982,  & then translated into English in 1986. After the fall of communism, he was co-founder of the Anthroposophical Society in Russia,

and at Easter 2001 he became a member of the Executive Council of the General Anthroposophical Society in Dornach, Switzerland.

Sergei O. Prokofieff was a prolific author, whose work focused on developing a deepened understanding for the Christian path of esoteric knowledge based on the foundation of Rudolf Steiner’s spiritual-scientific research. More than 30 of his books have been translated into English.

Sergei Prokofieff passed away in Dornach, Switzerland on 26 July 2014.

Rest in Peace dear warrior for Michael. You work with us now from the spiritual world.

 

Verse for our beloved dead

By Rudolf Steiner

May my heart-love reach to soul-love.

May my love’s warmth shine to spirit-light.

Thus, I draw near to you.

Thinking spiritual thoughts WITH you,

Feeling cosmic love IN you,

Willing in spirit THROUGH you –

Weaving with you

One in experience.