7 April 2020 – “Speaking with the Stars”: Tonight dear friends, is the Paschal Full Moon; the first Full Moon after the Spring Equinox – herald to the Easter Sun.
The ‘Sprouting Pink Moon’ is near perigee (closest to in her orbit to Earth) bringing high tides, & revelations from the cosmic heights.
Bella Luna shines in the belly of Virgo, next to bright Arcturus & Spica.
The Sun, which reached his Spring place at the Equinox, has been waiting for its reflector to arrive at this moment. They stand together tonight around 7:20 pm CDT, holding open the gate of the horizon.
This Easter alignment –Sun in Pisces, Moon in Virgo, is the key that unlocks the Grail Castle, opening the way to the Resurrection.
The perfect time to ask the Parsifal question…?
Rudolf Steiner’s Lectures on this day
ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY
“Rarely do we find men who willingly engage in hard, solid thinking. There is an almost universal quest for easy answers and half-baked solutions. Nothing pains some people more than having to think”. ~ Martin Luther King
451 – Attila the Hun sacks the town of Metz & attacks other cities in Gaul.
611 – Maya king Uneh Chan of Calakmul sacks rival city-state Palenque in southern Mexico.
1141 – Empress Matilda became the first female ruler of England, adopting the title ‘Lady of the English’.
1614 – Deathday of El Greco, Greek-Spanish painter & sculptor
1724 – Premiere performance of Johann Sebastian Bach’s St John Passion at St. Nicholas Church, Leipzig
1805 – German composer Ludwig van Beethoven premiered his Third Symphony, at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna.
1906 – Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples – Rudolf Steiner is asked: Question: Could we hear something about the origin of volcanoes? Read his answer in The Evolution of the Earth and Man and The Influence of the Stars
1915 – Birthday of Billie Holiday, American singer-songwriter & actress
1964 – A bulldozer kills Rev. Bruce W. Klunder, a civil rights activist, during a school segregation protest in Cleveland, Ohio, sparking a riot
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POD (Poem Of the Day)
~The Shining Ones laughed
Slapping each other on the back:
“Have you forgotten so soon
What you learned in night school?
Go back to the drawing board
Open the blueprint etched in the dome of your head
And writ large in the Starry script
Read the thoughts shining in your heart.”
I looked & I saw…
The Sun & Moon
Together on my horizon
Resurrecting the light
~hag
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Greetings friends – The Central Regional Council welcomes you to a Zoom Study Group Meeting on the Karma of Epidemics
April 8th 2020, 7:15 pm CST
“Imagine a people which was composed entirely of liars, the astral plane would be populated solely by the corresponding demons and these demons would be able to express themselves in a constitutional tendency to epidemics. Thus there is a certain species of bacilli who are the carriers of infectious diseases; these beings are the progeny of the lies told by human beings; they are nothing else than physically embodied demons generated by lies.” (GA 99 – L.6)
Please familarize yourself with the lecture if possible to contrbute to the discussion.
Theosophy of the Rosicrucian
The Law of Destiny
Schmidt Number: S-1539
Lecture VI
https://wn.rsarchive.org/GA/GA0099/19070530p01.html
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Let us stand together with courage in this now, as we look to our future with equanimity, holding all that comes before us as being guided by a divine directive waiting to be revealed by our patient spiritual investigation.
Many of us are doing constructive things like the Hallelujah in Eurythmy, & other hygienic exercises, along with The Foundation Stone Meditation or Rhythms at Sunrise (or anytime) every morning to create a high vibration of Love & Light – Please join us for the healing of all.
Yours in service ~The CRC team: Marianne Fieber, Alberto Loya, Hazel Archer-Ginsberg, David Howerton, Lisa Dalton
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| “The Three Days“ An On-line Easter Festival with the Central Regional Council |
| Good Friday, Holy Saturday and Easter Sunday, all three days: April 10 -12, 2020 from 3 pm – 4:15 pm CDT (4 pm – 5:15 pm EDT) We will apply Spiritual Research, taking inspiration from the ancient Mysteries, indications from Rudolf Steiner and from Emil Bock’s The Three Years, and personal vision, to artistically follow the Cosmic Sun on the ultimate path of human initiation, from the Free-Will Sacrifice, through the Harrowing of Hell, to Conquer Death – into the Resurrection of the New Sun.Please have paper & colored pencils on hand. Artistic activities include: Speech Work with the Calendar of the Soul, Musical interludes, Drawing exercise, Conscious conversation, Participatory Eurythmy, and a Performance with Mary Ruud of the Easter Verse from the Calendar of the Soul. Special Guest Rev. Craig Wiggins, Lanker for the Christian Community, will join us in the pageant readings.How can we as human beings in community bring a practical understanding to these mysteries? Join us as we strive to gain the forces needed to do our part in furthering this impulse in world evolution. FREE – ALL are Welcome |
| The Central Regional Council of the Anthroposophical Society in America invites you to join our on-line Easter Festival, which replaces the original festival with the AAP which has been postponed to a TBD date due to pandemic precautions. This will be a “Zoom” conference call allowing us an opportunity to see one another while conversing (or audio only if you prefer). To connect to the audio/video-conference: Option 1. Click link below if you wish to connect through your computer (a headset is recommended) https://zoom.us/j/9900117223 The required PASSWORD is: 679832 Option 2. Call in using your telephone. United States: +1 669 900 6833 or +1 312 626 6799 Access Code: 990-011-7223 The required PASSWORD is: 679832 Option 3. You can use a combination of Options 1 and 2 (computer and phone). If you use the phone, please turn off the audio on your computer to prevent audio feedback. For more info. contact Alberto Loya aloyavaca@peoplepc.com May Hope Spring Eternal – The CRC – Marianne Fieber, Alberto Loya, Hazel Archer-Ginsberg, David Howerton, Lisa Dalton When out of world-wide spaces The sun speaks to the human mind, And gladness from the depths of soul Becomes, in seeing, one with light, Then rising from the sheath of self, Thoughts soar to distances of space And dimly bind The human being to the spirit’s life. ~Rudolf Steiner, Calendar of the Soul – Spring Verse |
Hazel, you wrote:
“This Easter alignment –Sun in Pisces, Moon in Virgo, is the key that unlocks the Grail Castle, opening the way to the Resurrection.”
How important it is to say that. Most people think the Sun passes into Aries at the first point of the Vernal Equinox, c. 19/21 March. And yet, we know time and again how Rudolf Steiner’s Calendar of the Soul verses do accompany a more precise pathway of Sun through the signs of the Zodiac. For example, the Sun is in the sign of Pisces from 9 March to 13 April, before it enters Aries on the 14th.
As well, we know of the Piscean Initiate, who his own cousin John, an initiate of Aquarius, knew he could not even fasten the sandle of, and yet declares in chapter 1 of the Gospel of John, as Jesus approaches for the baptism , was “The Lamb of God” who takes away the sin of the world. And yet, John admits that he did not know it until just that moment. Then, the next day, after the baptism, his cousin walks by again, and John, standing with two of his disciples, says: “Behold the Lamb of God”. It was only then that they began to take notice.
29 The next day he *saw Jesus coming to him and *said, “Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! 30 This is He on behalf of whom I said, ‘After me comes a Man who has a higher rank than I, for He existed before me.’ 31 I did not recognize Him, but so that He might be manifested to Israel, I came baptizing in water.” 32 John testified saying, “I have seen the Spirit descending as a dove out of heaven, and He remained upon Him. 33 I did not recognize Him, but He who sent me to baptize in water said to me, ‘He upon whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining upon Him, this is the One who baptizes in the Holy Spirit.’ 34 I myself have seen, and have testified that this is the Son of God.”
Jesus’ Public Ministry, First Converts
35 Again the next day John was standing with two of his disciples, 36 and he looked at Jesus as He walked, and *said, “Behold, the Lamb of God!” 37 The two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus. 38 And Jesus turned and saw them following, and *said to them, “What do you seek?” They said to Him, “Rabbi (which translated means Teacher), where are You staying?” 39 He *said to them, “Come, and you will see.”
So, it is could to review how it started when we consider how it came to an end; a glorious end no less. One that continues on and on, no less.
Such powerful mysteries that the seasonal round helps us live into!
xox
beautiful POD. thank you so much!
Ha, you know because you were in the class too!
xox
Good day,
Is there a format for posting questions and thoughts to contemplate prior to the study group?
Yes, there is a fb group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/CRCKarmaProject/
or just come on the call. After the volunteers share we always have discussion
Thank you I will ask to join the fb group …..thank you and I look forward to our sharing in the study group.
‘see’ you in the ethers