At the ‘Turning point of Time’ around the time of the Fall Equinox, the Sun stood in the constellation of Libra; the sign of the scales, & human beings were indeed weighed on that stern measure. And even today we can ask ourselves: Can we find our balance? Will our inner strength hold up, when the support of nature is withdrawn?
Liane Collot d’Herbois.
But we also have a new question that comes with what is referred to as ‘The Precession of the Equinoxes’ which spans a period of 25,920 years – a cycle termed a ‘Platonic Year’ – over which time the constellations appear to slowly rotate around the earth. Each sign of the zodiac stands behind the rising sun on the vernal equinox for about 2,000 years. At the Time of Christ the Sun rose in Aries on the 1st day of Spring. And in our time now at the Vernal Equinox it is the constellation of Pisces, with Virgo behind the sun starting at the time of the Autumnal Equinox & all thru the Michaelmas season.
Merry Chantel
My point is that now standing with Michael, we need to look for the Divine Feminine, to reveal not only the secret of a bountiful harvest, but the archetype of the Virgin, representing true wholeness, who waits to be recognized in the heavens & honored on the earth -Leading us to the unveiling of the New Isis-Sophia which gives us the wisdom to understand the Christ Impulse.
Johfra Bosschart
During the growing season nature supports our human consciousness, it is a gift given to us from the cosmos. But for the harvest we must work, not only to sow the fields on earth but also to fashion our own self-consciousness, if we are to remain inwardly awake during the dark of the year.
So as we’ve seen, & as Spiritual Science tells us – human consciousness is ever evolving, & around 1879, humanity experienced a huge shift in consciousness, & the fixed date of September 29th came to be called: The Feast Day of St. Michael & All the Heavenly Hosts. The old legends always preface the famous story of the battle against the dragon, with an enumeration of the 9 Angelic Realms, & there in the center is Michael, standing before us as the King & herald of all the hierarchies.
And so as we strive to create this festival of the future, now; we are
invited to contemplate the Angelic Choirs – that we may look to our future
selves – that we may think, here & now, that step by step, we can
courageously build our own strong & steady rung on the ladder of evolution,
teaching us to count the human being as the 10th hierarchy. It is to this that the mighty Sun-being
Michael directs our gaze, so that we can become once again beings of the
cosmos.
Great Platonic Year = 25,920 years
The human being takes 18 breaths a minute
One hour 18 x 60 = 1080
24 hours: 1080 x 24 = 25,920
72 (the life span of the human being) x 360 = 25,920
Let us stand in unity with our Time-Spirit Michael, along with the wisdom
& wholeness of the Virgin, as we put heart-thinking into practice in our
every thought word & deed.
~Hazel Archer-Ginsberg
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Frank Agrama
Dear Friends,
Below is an Overview as well as the Full Schedule of Activities for ourMichaelmas Festival Weekend. Calling to those who would take up the spirit of Rudolf Steiner’s last address:
…You, disciples of Spirit-Knowledge,
Take Michael’s Wisdom beckoning,
Take the Word of Love of the Will of Worlds
Into your soul’s aspiring, actively!”
Our work begins at the Branch with World Eurythmy Day Tuesday 24 September 2019 With Therapeutic Eurythmist & President of Athena, Mary Ruud7PM-9PM $10 Donation
Weekend Overview:
“The ‘I’ Awakens” a Michaelmas
Festival for ALL…Saturday, 28 Sep. 9 AM – 6 PM at Urban First Aid Chicago – Art As
Medicine & the Rudolf Steiner Branch of the Anthroposophical Society in
America 4249-51 N. Lincoln Ave. Chicago.
Bonfire 7:30 pm – 9 pm at the
Archer-Ginsberg home
$25 – $100 Donation (or pay what you
can) to support the Elderberries Initiative Potluck Snacks, Lunch & Dinner,
Encouraged!
6 AM – Sunday 29 Sept. Sunrise Gathering at Montrose Beach Bird Sanctuary “The
Magic Hedge”
8 am – Field trip to Angelic Organics Biodynamic farm 1547 Rockton Road, Caledonia, IL 61011 (Contact Hazel if you want to carpool)
Bring food & drink to share & a donation to support the farm
29 Sept. Working with Michael in Heaven and on Earth –An Upper Midwest Michaelmas Festival 10 AM – 6 PM
$25 – $100 Donation (or pay what you
can) to support Angelic Organics
The ‘I’ Awakens” a Michaelmas
Festival for ALL…(come & go as you will)
9 AM
Singing with Nancy Melvin
Eurythmy
with Sea-Anna Vasilas, Eurythmist
from Spring Valley, NY
Check-in
Speech
Work on the Foundation Stone Meditation
Biography
Work with Sea-Anna Vasilas
12 PM – 1:30 PM Potluck Lunch
Singing
with Nancy Melvin
Eurythmy
with Sea-Anna Vasilas
At 2pm We will gather in the Upper
Room of the Branch for:
‘The Evolution of
the Michael Principle Throughout The Ages’ – Original art collages &
Leading Thoughts with Hazel Archer
Ginsberg. Synopsis of Indra with Felicia
White, Mithras with Elisabeth
Swisher, Marduk & ‘The Babylonian Creation Myth’ with Jonathan Hadley, & ‘The Epoch of
Gilgamesh’ with Mary Spalding
Speech
Work on the Foundation Stone Meditation
3:30 PM – 4 PM
Break
Singing
Nancy Melvin
Eurythmy
& Biography Work with Sea-Anna
Vasilas
Soul
Art with Frank Agrama Verse 26 for
Michaelmas:
‘Starry
World Movement’ (based on the Michaelmas Verse ) with Dottie Zold, Felicia White & Nancy Melvin
Speech
Work on the Foundation Stone Meditation
6 PM – Potluck Dinner
7:30 PM – Bonfire
Sunday 29 Sept. 6 AM – Sunrise at the
‘Magic Hedge’ Bird Sanctuary
Speech Work on the Foundation Stone Meditation
Thoughts from the Night Check-in
Eurythmy & Biography Work with Sea-Anna Vasilas
Potluck Breakfast
8 AM –Carpool to Angelic Organics Farm 1547 Rockton Road, Caledonia, IL 61011 (Contact Hazel if you want to carpool, meet us at Montrose Harbor no later than 8AM)
Working with Michael in Heaven and on Earth – An Upper Midwest Michaelmas Festival Sunday, September 29th from 10 AM to 6 PM (with potluck lunch & catered dinner) at
Angelic Organics Farm
Schedule:
9:30 am – Arrive and settle in, coffee and rolls served
10 am – Songtrail – This walking tour of Angelic Organics Farm will integrate: • Stories from John Peterson’s life on the farm and his efforts to imbue the farm and its buildings with spiritual, social and artistic impulses inspired by his love of the first Goetheanum • Singing and poetry led by Joen Delande • Movement and biography exercises led
by Robert Karbelnikoff
PLEASE BRING A POEM OR SONG TO SHARE DURING THE SONGTRAIL
1 pm POTLUCK LUNCH, please bring a dish to share
2:00 pm – Chorus of the Elementals (from Rudolf Steiner’s Symphony of
the Creative Word) with Hazel Archer
Ginsberg
2:30 pm – Working with Michael in Heaven and on Earth How are the adversaries working in the realm of food and agriculture? Who is Michael and how do we
strengthen his presence in our lives, our food, our farms, our families? Leading
thoughts from Walter Goldstein, Bente
Goldstein, John Peterson, and Robert
Karbelnikoff, interspersed with poetry and music from Joen Delande and followed by conversation and work in small groups
5:00 -Closing Reflections
5:30 – Catered supper prepared with
food from the farm,
Directions • Exit I-90 East on Rockton Road • Drive 4 1/4 mi until road turns to gravel. • Once Rockton Road turns to gravel, drive another 1/4 mi east. • You will come upon a small, old cemetery on your right, and a converted limestone schoolhouse on your left (Haidy and John’s home.) • Just past the cemetery, turn right into the 1/4 mi long driveway to the Angelic Organics farmstead. • Turn right off the driveway onto the service drive just north of the farmstead. • Park along the fenceline. • Enter the big barn through the milkhouse. Come to the kitchen.
3 July 2019 – “Speaking with the stars”: Arcturus, the brilliant yellow-orange star high in the southwest after dark, is the leading light of Bootes the Cowherd. The constellation’s brightest stars form a kite shape extending up from Arcturus. The kite is rather narrow, bent a bit left at the top, about two fists at arm’s length.
While
evening twilight is still fairly bright, the thin waxing crescent Moon guides
the way to the low line of Mercury,
Mars, Pollux, & Castor
disappearing into the sunset, .
Tomorrow, the 4th of July
2019, the Earth is at aphelion,
its farthest from the Sun for the year.
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Looking at the past to see the present,
co-creating the future:
Those who work with the Original indications in the Calendar of the Soul know that Rudolf Steiner lists the birth & death days, as well as other significant occurrences of various individualities, along with the dates in the calendar. He said of this: “What is presented here can be useful to those who wish to follow the path of mankind’s spiritual development” ~Rudolf Steiner
CGerbrand van den Eeckhout
Deathday
of Cornelius – a Roman centurion who
is considered to be the first Gentile to convert to the faith. Cornelius
receives a vision in which an angel who instructs Cornelius to send the men of
his household to Joppa, where they will find Simon Peter.
The conversion of Cornelius comes after a separate vision given to Simon Peter (Acts 10:10–16) himself. In the vision, Simon Peter sees all manner of beasts & birds being lowered from Heaven. A voice commands Simon Peter to eat. When he objects to eating unclean animals, the voice tells him not to call unclean that which God has cleansed. When Cornelius’ men arrive, Simon Peter understands that through this vision the Lord commanded the Apostle to preach the Word of God to the Gentiles.
283 – Deathday of Anatolius. Prior to becoming one of the great lights of the Church, he enjoyed considerable prestige at Alexandria, & was credited with a rich knowledge of arithmetic, geometry, physics, rhetoric, dialectic, & astronomy. He was one of the foremost scholars of his day in Aristotelean philosophy.
Deathday
of St. Norbert of Xanten, who
avoided ordination to the priesthood & even declined an appointment as
bishop. One day as he rode to Vreden, a thunderbolt struck him off his horse.
After this near-fatal accident, his faith deepened, he renounced his appointment
at Court & returned to Xanten to lead a life of penance. St Norbert was a
great devotee of the Eucharist & Our Lady.
1035 – William the Conqueror becomes the Duke of Normandy
1863 – The U.S. Civil War Battle of Gettysburg, PA, ended after three days. It was a major victory for the North as Confederate troops retreated
1940 –In order to stop the ships from falling into German hands the French fleet is bombarded by the British fleet causing the loss of three battleships, 1,200 sailors die.
1944 –Minsk is liberated from Nazi control by Soviet troops during Operation Bagration
1988
– United States Navy warship USS Vincennes shoots down Iran Air Flight 655 over
the Persian Gulf, killing all 290 people aboard.
1988
– The Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge in
Istanbul, Turkey is completed, providing a connection between Europe & Asia
over the Bosphorus.
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As the power of ‘Independence’ reverberates in our collective consciousness…Can we rise in our thinking to meet “Freedom, Equality, & Fraternity”…While imagining that the “bombs bursting in air” are beautiful, gentle fireworks of realization & enlightenment, going off like light bulbs in American minds…
Working towards a Global Interdependence Independence Day. A mutual dependency upon the independence of every nation & its people…Imagine everyone celebrating our differences with great admiration & respect…
We have all heard of Betsy Ross right? I just love this enterprising woman who led a very interesting life. She was actually disowned as a Quaker because she married an Episcopalian, who was later ironically killed while guarding a munitions dump. So here she was a young widow, telling George Washington that she thought the 5 pointed Star would look much better on the flag then his idea of having 6 pointed stars, true story.
I can just picture her sitting in the back room of the small upholstery business she ran by herself, with this mighty symbol that she helped design, laid out on her sweet lap, sewing away.
Now I’m not much for nationalism with all its borders & power over others kind of patriotism, but I must admit I love to see a well-made flag flapping in the breeze. All flags are cool – Crests with their ancient symbols, & especially those colorful banners you see on the porches of houses, shaped like butterflies or autumn leaves. I’m just a sucker for a glyph in the wind.
We all know what we’re talking about when we say ‘the 4th’ right…But when was the last time you stopped to think about what ‘the 4th’ is really all about. When I looked on the internet it gave me hit after hit on picnic ideas, & recipes for apple pie, hints on BBQ techniques, free patriotic screen savers, many downloadable versions of the “rockets’ red glare” with animated fireworks displays; & yet somehow they forgot to mention the fact that fireworks were a Chinese invention, an ancient art form that we took & made into gun powder. I’m serious, is baseball & burnt wieners all there is?
Does anyone want to give us some history here, or a brief overview of the meaning of Independence Day? I was never much good with all the details, the dates & names & such, so history isn’t my strong point, but I’m always able to get the big picture, & it seems to be about freedom from oppression… ‘No taxation without representation’…& all that…the center point being the Declaration of Independence.
When was the last time you read this important document of our countries origin? You can print it off the net. “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all people are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are, Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness…”
The rest of the document goes on to give a laundry list of the crimes against the colonists by the king of Great Britain, whose name happens to be George the 3rd…(who says history doesn’t repeat itself, many of these same crimes were perpetrated not so long ago by George Bush & his dynasty)
Have we gained independence from one tyranny all those years ago, only to allow it to happen again on a world scale? Maybe it’s time to open our eyes & read the fine print of our birthright, reclaim our rights & go forward as a united community of World people, in peaceful justice, in equity, in reason, with compassion, having come through so much pain, to really start to, not just declare our independence, but to really live it…As individuals, as well as with the united community of the whole planet…
We have a strong voice…this is our world…our sacred space & we can sing any reality we want to…& I don’t know about you, but I’d rather sing ‘America the Beautiful’, or even something like, ‘It’s A Small World After All’, then the war worshiping ‘Star Spangled Banner’ any day…
America Guided By Wisdom, 1815 (litho) engraved by Benjamin Tanner (1775-1848)
So for our next song, I’ll get off the soap box, & let the power of our united heart-beats, our collective rhythm be our anthem…to bring healing & forgiveness to the old wounds & hope for the future… blessed be…
‘We can rise with the fire of freedom Truth is the fire that burns our chains & you can stop the fire of destruction Healing is the fire running through our veins’.
19 June 2019 – “Speaking with the Stars”: Here it is two days from Summer Solstice, & the conspicuous Summer Triangle asterism dominates the eastern sky in late evening.
325 – 1stCouncil of Nicea concludes & promulgates the Nicene Creed
1566 –
Birthday of James VI of Scotland & I of England, son of Mary, Queen of Scots. He sponsored the translation of the Bible into English
that would later be named after him: the Authorized
King James Version. Sir Anthony
Weldon claimed that James had been termed “the wisest fool in Christendom”. He was the patron of Frances Bacon, William Shakespeare, Joacob
Boehme & Jacob Balde.
James’s visit to Denmark, sparked an interest in the study of witchcraft, which he considered a branch of theology. He attended the North Berwick witch trials, the first major persecution of witches in Scotland under the Witchcraft Act 1563. Several people were convicted of using witchcraft to send storms against James’s ship, most notably Agnes Sampson. James became obsessed with the threat posed by witches & wrote Daemonologie in 1597, a tract opposed the practice of witchcraft & that provided background material for Shakespeare’s Tragedy of Macbeth.
1623 – Birthday of Blaise Pascal, French mathematician, physicist, inventor, philosopher & child prodigy.
1844 – Deathday of Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, defender of Goethean science, a French naturalist who established the principle of “unity of composition”. His scientific views had a transcendental flavor.
1862 – The U.S. Congress prohibits slavery in United States territories, nullifying Dred Scott v. Sandford.
1867 –
Deathday of Maximillian I. Seeking
to legitimize French rule in the Americas, Napoleon III invited Maximilian to
establish a new Mexican monarchy for him. Many foreign governments refused to
recognize Maximilian’s claim or regime. His self-declared empire collapsed, &
he was executed by the Mexican government.
1917 – The solar eclipse of June 19, 1917
1936 – The solar eclipse of June 19, 1936
1953 – Julius & Ethel Rosenberg are executed at Sing Sing, in New York
1964 – The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is approved after surviving an 83-day filibuster in the United States Senate
2012 –
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange requests
asylum in London’s Ecuadorian Embassy for fear of extradition to the US after
publication of previously classified documents including footage of civilian
killings by the US army
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Weltenwärme (World Heat) Summer – In radiant heights where, Glistening in the sun, The friendly dragonflies are Flitting out rays of warmth Which blend into the space around. There, tarry thou, my soul; For, thinking of me, they weave From sadness, strength. Already I can feel How they are sensing me; How warmth streams from them, Permeating me. The spirit dissolves In cosmic interweaving, The earthly heaviness Into light of the future. ~Rudolf Steiner
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In our time now at the Summer Solstice, the Sun enters the
fixed stars of Gemini, the Twins; which puts the Earth in the opposite stars of the Archer; the constellation which is
associated with the Winter Solstice.
This is the vertical axis of the
life of Sun & Earth.
The equinoxes of Spring & Autumn hold the horizontal axis, forming the great cross of nature, the seasonal life & symbol of Earth. Upon this cross we have the Christian festivals, with St. John’s & Christmas coinciding with this vertical axis, & Easter & Michaelmas along the horizontal axis.
Judith Pillar
When
thinking about the the in-breath & out-breath, the living cycle of the soul
of the Earth, we learn from Rudolf Steiner, that at Summer Solstice the Earth
soul & spirit (which is now the Christ) are fully exhaled out to the
periphery of the cosmos, to become intermingled with the grandeur of the
highest cosmic mysteries, where the true forces of life exist among the stars.
The soul of the Earth is dreaming now in the heights. The forces which live in
the seeds are held now in these summer dreams of the Earth in union with the
hierarchies, & it is this dreaming which is brought back into the Earth to
become assessable during the sacred time of the Holy Nights.
The summertime union between the sun & earth is actually a re-union between the spiritual beings of the sun & their human offspring. Through ‘the great window of heaven’ we experience this interaction which helps us develop an awareness of our higher “I”. We can contemplate this dynamic & bring it to life in our soul most strongly at this time of year.
Rudolf Steiner tells us that at
midsummer the Trinity reveals itself out
of the heart of this cosmic activity. A sounding, like the music of the
spheres, that calls us to explore our own inner harmony with the cosmos. To
answer the echo that unites us to the eternity of the Trinity.
Also important: Can we learn, to be still & small enough to hear the voice of conscience?
Bruce Rimell
At the fullness of Summer, the light is so bright that it leaves no room for the shadow to hide. High Noon is the hour of judgment – a good time to remember what John said “Then you shall know the truth, & the truth will set you free.”
Metanoia by Botticlelli
This is true if we respond to the summertime call for a ‘metanoia’- a review of life that brings us to want to engage in repentance, a call to ‘make straight the path’
The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (1824–1898)
For when our ‘little ego’ decreases, we grow in Christ. The true power of our higher “I” will increase like Christ increases in earth existence. Just as John the Baptist, 1st had to decrease, then after the beheading, he was able to distillate his Spirit-Self to become the guardian angel of the apostles, especially Lazarus John, his name sake.
Da Vinci
Johannes E – O – Ah – nes…Following this archetypal gesture we can see that John the Baptist has become one of the main
impulse givers towards group work -guiding community life for us even today.
~hag
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29-30 June 2019 Biography Work. Your Unique Life, Your Unique Path by Thania Keppel Coaching LLC
Everybody’s life is UNIQUE!
We are all at different stages in our lives and we are all unique individuals. That’s why there is no “one size fits all” solution to our issues.
We all have the frustrating experience of events in our lives that keep repeating themselves (challenging personal or professional relationships, accidents, failures, illnesses, etc.) That’s because the school of life doesn’t allow us to skip important lessons. Only when we have completed our “homework” or overcome a certain challenge will we be able to move to the next level.
In this two-day Biography workshop you’ll learn how to live in harmony with yourself. You’ll develop a personal roadmap to your life through immersion into the rhythms and cycles of your life, supported by hands-on activities. You’ll understand how to best connect with those around you: Your clients, your spouse, your partner, your children, your employees and the entire community!
If you are tired of going in circles and are ready to take control of your life this workshop is for you!
3 June 2019 – “Speaking with the Stars”: The New Moon near the horns of the sidereal Bull occurred predawn, at 4:02 am. CDT. In Her New phase, Bella Luna crosses the sky with the Sun veiled by our Day Star’s glare & so remains hidden, or as the ancients liked to say: The goddess is taking Her monthly initiation in the Underworld.
This is the time of year when Leo the Lion walks downward toward the West, on his way to departing into the sunset in early summer. Right after dark, look for Regulus, his forefoot, & Denebola in the Lions Tail. (featured at the Spring Equinox Full Moon)
“Greek philosophy beautifully compared the human soul with a bee. The world of colour and light offers the soul honey which it brings with it into the higher world. The soul must spiritualize sense experience and carry it up into higher worlds.” ~Rudolf Steiner 1906
545 – Deathday of Saint Clotilde – patron saint of Les Andelys, Normandy. Wife of the Frankish king Clovis I, & princess of the kingdom of Burgundy. In 511, the Queen founded a convent for young girls. The natural spring there is known for healing skin diseases.Queen Clotilde’s cult made her the patron of queens, widows, brides & even those in exile. In Normandy she was venerated as guarding the lame & those who suffered violent death from ill-tempered husbands.
1924 – Deathday of Franz Kafka a German novelist & short story writer, widely regarded as one of the major figures of 20th-century literature. His work, which fuses elements of realism & the fantastic, typically features isolated protagonists faced by bizarre or surrealistic predicaments & incomprehensible social-bureaucratic powers, & has been interpreted as exploring themes of alienation, existential anxiety, guilt, & absurdity. His best known works include “Die Verwandlung” (“The Metamorphosis”), Der Process (The Trial), & Das Schloss (The Castle). The term Kafkaesque has entered the English language to describe situations like those in his writing. Kafka was born into a middle-class, German-speaking Jewish family in Prague, the capital of the Kingdom of Bohemia, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, today part of the Czech Republic. He trained as a lawyer, & after completing his legal education he was employed with an insurance company, forcing him to relegate writing to his spare time. Over the course of his life, Kafka wrote hundreds of letters to family & close friends, including his father, with whom he had a strained & formal relationship. He became engaged to several women but never married. He died in 1924 at the age of 40 from tuberculosis.
1943 – The founding of the Nachlassverein by Marie Steiner
1989 – Deathday of Ayatollah Khomeini, Iranian religious leader & politician
2013 – The trial of United
States Army private Chelsea Manning
for leaking classified material to WikiLeaks begins in Fort Meade, Maryland
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Jenn Nelson
POD (Poem Of the day)
~Look, I have light In my eyes & on my skin… The star is warming… And everything alive is turning Into something else Deep in the alchemical Heart Of some annihilating Ever creative fire That is burning unnoticed Waiting to touch Me & you… ~hag
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Hanns Memling
In the
10 Days…
Dear friends, as seekers on the
path, have you ever felt utterly alone, overwhelmed, or even a bit lost? Rudolf
Steiner speaks of this in ‘How to know Higher
Worlds’ & in the ‘5th
Gospel’.
We have an opportunity, especially at this time of year, to recognize & acknowledge that uncomfortable feeling of isolation that can come from our striving; a mirroring of the experience of the disciples those 10 days between Ascension & Whitsun, when waiting feels like wrestling.
ITHELL COLQUHOUN
Since the time of Christ’s Ascension,
humanity can now follow in the expansion of the one who has ascended to heaven.
A path up to the heights has been prepared for us to tread. There, we grow wings. For this to happen we must let the ground of
our soul become warm. Just as air only
rises when it becomes warm, so it is with our inner being. If our soul does not become warm with enthusiasm,
it does not rise to meet the heights.
Meditation & prayer are
ways of warming our “I” so that our soul can carry out its own ascension.
Not the type of prayer consisting of mere words recited by rote from the head—which does not warm the soul’s ground—& not the kind of prayer into which all sorts of wishes & desires make an appeal ‘for something.’
But a meditation, like the Foundation
Stone, spoken from the heart, from the feeling human nature, which not only
warms the soul of the individual, but adds light to the community of other
souls who are also working to build the ‘Dodecahedron of Love’ with unselfish
feeling. This allows our soul to ascend to where our True Self exists.
The soul’s union with the spirit then comes to be; & only in this way does the human being become complete. Our “I”, which until it is cultivated, merely hovers above us, but with this kind of warmth, we then become filled with the Higher Self. In this way during the 10 days, we can do our part to approach that sphere out of which the flames of Whitsun descend.
Umberto Boccioni
On the one hand, the Whitsun flames have warmth, & on the other hand, they possess light. Their warmth must arise out of human hearts like a fire. Then the Spirit responds out of the sphere of the Father, where The Christ & the Father are One. The light flame of the Spirit sinks down, joining the warmth flame of the praying heart. The light flame from above answers to the warmth flame from below. Only when we actively strive, with sufficient patience & endurance, working to become warm, may we hope for illumination. Becoming warm is our task, then illumination is the answer from heaven.
Dana Burk
As the gifts of light from a
higher realm come towards us, Whitsun expands into the world – But only if our thinking
can change into heart-thinking; which will have an effect on the whole activity
of human life, softening the prevailing intellectual forces which are so rigid
& dark, with a cold hard cleverness.
Once the human being begins to truly think with warmth, then the Holy Spirit enters our heart-thinking, for then our True Higher Self thinks in us.
Jane Spakowski
Let us sit in the loneliness together
during days, feeling the blessing of Christ’s Grace bestowed on us thru the Ascension.
Knowing that in the future, which we are creating in each moment even now, a new
thinking, a new culture, can finally come into being from the breath that
touches us out of the Spirit of the coming Pentecost.
Food For Thought @ Elderberries Sunday 9 June 2019, 6 pm – 8 pm
You’re invited to the first ever FOOD FOR THOUGHT – an evening for inter-generational connection and community re-forming with food and live music!
Join us for a POTLUCK DINNER & OPEN CONVERSATION
Sunday, June 9th, 6-8 pm, Elderberries Chicago 4251 N. Lincoln Ave
As our community grows and changes, we invite you to come reconnect and reflect on how we will continue to create meaningful relationships. Join us in a space striving to become a community cultural hub for social and creative experiences that are inclusive, wholesome and healing. Elderberries 3Fold Cafe needs our support to raise the rent and carry this mission forward into reality — will you stand with us, as a growing generation, and as a community in transition?
RSVP to uvarcher@gmail.com
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The ‘Easter Paradox’ Workshop
The 2nd Coming leading to a “World Whitsun”
Eurythmy: A – I stand for myself, U- I stand for humanity, M – I stand for Life
Social Sculpture: Are you an ‘Autumn Person’ or a ‘Spring-time Person’? Through Art, the bridge between science & spirit, we warm the ‘I’, to open the heart, in support of healthy community.
What are my gifts-What are my tools? How can I place them in right relationship within the social realm? How can I hone them to strengthen and enhance the world? Leading Thoughts & original art-collage projections with Hazel Archer-Ginsberg
Enter the Labyrinth of Vitae Sophia – Human hearts, once warmed, can rise up to meet the source of wisdom, like flowers turning toward the sun.
Eurythmy: Living into the Foundation Stone of Love – How can we take our individual Inner Whitsun & expand it, into what Steiner calls the “World Festival of Knowledge” a path leading from ‘Sprit Recollection’, to ‘Sprit Sensing’, to ‘Sprit Beholding’?
10 am – 1 pm Saturday 8 June 2019 -4804 Sewanee Road, Nashville, TN 37220. for more info. contact Cathy Green cgreen@grasslandaquatics.com
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‘Preparation, Illumination & Initiation’ – The Rosy Cross
Incorporating ‘The Golden Legend’, & the Plant vs. Human Kingdoms, To enliven our work with ‘The Rose Cross Meditation’.
Using our head, hands & heart we will enact this powerful Rosicrucian tool given to us by Rudolf Steiner, as a soul path of initiation, using imaginative cognition to build spiritual etheric forces; a Metamorphoses of Self & of World.
Friday 7 June 2019, 7-9pm4804 Sewanee Road, Nashville, TN
also:
Sunday, June 9, 2019, Bonnie and Bill Rogers’ house, 12:00pm – 1:00pm Pot Luck lunch, 1:00pm – 5:00pm Presentation
Hazel Archer-Ginsberg – Founder of Reverse Ritual Understanding Anthroposophy through the Rhythms of the Year. Essayist, Lecturer, Poet, Trans-denominational Minister, Anthroposopher, working as the Festivals Coordinator & Council Member of the Chicago Rudolf Steiner Branch, The Traveling Speakers Program, & the Central Regional Council of the Anthroposophical Society.
