Re-calling the Corona: An exercise for my Sacred Gateway offering
I have been striving to envision Social Unity, fostering a spiritual connection during this time of social exclusion.
I invite you to call up in your mind’s eye someone who has crossed the Threshold, or perhaps you want to connect with someone here on earth that could use an influx of spiritual energy.
Now picture something specific about them, something active, the way they walk, a turn of phrase they use, their hands when they speak, their laughter. Create a living imagination of their individuality.
Now picture a time when they did something courageous, or beautiful, something virtuous or kind.
While recalling this, send out to them a circle of white light from within your heart to illuminate & generate life force, compassion, unconditional love.
See all the details, but, then choose a single word or phrase to encapsulate this experience. Write it in your journal, or maybe you will feel called to reach out to this person to share what came to mind, or perhaps you will draw a picture, or make a color or physical gesture that speaks the feeling of your experience.
Let it radiate out to form a corona of positive, healing energy that expands out from you to the person, whether they are here, or across the threshold.
Let the crown of light expand to encompass the whole earth, the whole universe, every rock, & flower, every crawling, leaping animal, every human being, every spiritual being,
especially the adversarial beings who need it the most.
Fill yourself with this healing, protective light, let it surround you, & bath you, & bless you.
See you in the halo
~hag
Dear friends, I hope you will join me as we work together to co-create the Sacred Gateway Saturday 18 April 10:45 am – 12:15 pm CDT – The Connection between Epidemics, and the Spiritual World. And then on Sunday 19 April 12:15 pm – 1:15 pm CDT – ‘Festivals for the Dead, the Unborn, and the Evolution of Earth – featuring Eurythmy with Raven Garland
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The Tuesday Rhythm of the Foundation Stone:
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31 March 2020 – “Speaking with the Stars”: First-quarter Moon hits her mark early AM tomorrow morning. Waxing Bella Luna is residing in the feet of Gemini. After dark you’ll find Orion far below Her, Procyon off to Her left, & brighter Capella farther to Her right. More or less above the Moon are Gemini’s head stars, Pollux & Castor.
Rudolf Steiner’s Lectures on this day
ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1732 – Birthday of Joseph Haydn, Austrian pianist & composer
1889 – The Eiffel Tower is officially opened
1914 – Deathday of Christian Morgenstern, Rudolf Steiner called him ‘a true representative of Anthroposophy’ – a German author & poet from Munich. He worked for a while as a journalist in Berlin, but spent much of his life traveling through Germany, Switzerland, & Italy, primarily in a vain attempt to recover his health. He had tuberculosis, which he had contracted from his mother. His travels, though they failed to restore him to health, allowed him to meet many of the foremost literary & philosophical figures of his time in central Europe. Morgenstern’s poetry, much of which was inspired by English literary nonsense, is immensely popular, even though he enjoyed very little success during his lifetime. He made fun of literary criticism in “Drei Hasen”, grammar in “Der Werwolf”, narrow-mindedness in “Der Gaul”, & symbolism in “Der Wasseresel”. In “Scholastikerprobleme” he discussed how many angels could sit on a needle. Many Germans know some of his poems & quotations by heart.
• “I shall excavate the strata of my soul.”
• “I’m a man of limits: forever physically, emotionally, morally and artistically on the brink of plunging into the abyss. Yet I manage to keep my balance and possess presence of mind.”
• “I bear no treasures within me. I only possess the power to transform much of what I touch into something of value. I have no depths, save my incessant desire for the depths.”
Morgenstern’s best known works are the Galgenlieder (Gallows Songs, 1905). Christian Morgenstern was also an acclaimed translator, rendering into German various prominent works from Norwegian and French, including the dramas and poems of Henrik Ibsen, Knut Hamsun, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson & August Strindberg.
1918 – Daylight saving time goes into effect in the United States for the first time.
1927 – Deathday of Mabel Collins a British theosophist & author of popular occult novels, & the theses ‘Light on the Path’ (1885). She was also a fashion writer & an anti-vivisection campaigner.
1931 – An earthquake in Nicaragua destroys Managua; killing 2,000.
1959 – The 14th Dalai Lama, crosses the border into India and is granted political asylum.
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Greetings friends – The Central Regional Council will sponsor a Zoom Study Group Meeting for April 8th on the Karma of Epidemics (details below)
ALL are welcome to join us. April 8th 2020, 7:15 pm CST (see audio conference details below)
“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)
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 & the Soul Hygiene exercises in Eurythmy, & The Foundation Stone Meditation 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
art by Daniel Ospina
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‘The Three Days’, an On-Line Easter Festival with the Central Reginal Council
Good Friday, Holy Saturday and Easter Sunday, all three days: April 9-12, 2020 from 3 pm – 4:15 pm CDT
We will be taking up indications from Emil Bock’s ‘The Three Years” to artistically explore the Spiritual Science of ‘The Paschal Triduum’: Following the Cosmic Sun on the ultimate path of initiation, from the Free-Will Sacrifice, through the Conquering of Death, into the Resurrection of the New Sun.
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 – Zoom Call and other details to follow
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
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The Sacred Gateway: Online Conference
Conscious Living, Conscious Dying,
and the Journey Beyond
APRIL 17-19, 2020
- Support those who are crossing and who have crossed over
- Expand your practice and knowledge of working with the dying
- Learn more about the soul’s journey from death to new life
Through interactive workshops, biography work, keynote discussions with Rev. Patrick Kennedy and Dr. Melinda Toney, workshops with Hazel Archer-Ginsberg, Sandra LaGrega Jennifer Fox, and more, as well as experiential and artistic activities, we will consciously explore the spiritual and practical aspect of human life and death.
Conference Fees:
- $200 Supporter ~ Live Event + Recordings and Resources, plus Two Sacred Gateway Webinar Series (You can see those by clicking here and here) + One Recorded Online Community Gathering ($80 value), Podcast Links. This level fully supports this conference and other events like it!
- $150 Resource Package ~ Live Event + Recordings and Resources, plus Two Sacred Gateway Webinar Series (You can see those by clicking here and here) + One Recorded Online Community Gathering ($80 value), and Podcast Links
- $95 Regular Rate ~ Live Event + Recordings and Resources
- $45 Youth Rate (Age 35 and under) ~ Live Event + Recordings and Resources
- $45 Keynotes Only ~ Live Keynotes + Recordings
Financial Assistance Available (Email programs@anthroposophy.org)
Conference Schedule – All start times in Eastern Standard Time
(Note: Workshops Subject to Additions/Minor Changes)
Friday, April 17
7:30pm-9pm Conference Opening and Keynote
True Living is Dying: The Life-Giving Power of Death Keynote Discussion and Q&A with Rev. Patrick Kennedy
Saturday April 18
11:00-11:45am Welcome, Introductions and Biography Work
11:45am-1:15pm Two-Day Themed Workshops (Choose one theme and attend Saturday, and Sunday)
- From Loss to Connection Through Reading for the Dead and Writing with Marianne Dietzel and Maureen Flannery
- The Lemniscate Journey: Exploring the Relationships in Our Lives from Birth to Death and Death to Rebirth Through Biography and Social Art with Sandra LaGrega and Jennifer Fox
- Giving Way to Grace: Chrysalis Emerging from Conscious Living and Conscious Dying with Melinda Toney, MD, Carole Shoaf End-Of-Life Doula and Katherine Blackburn, End-Of-Life Doula and Esoteric Christian Minister
- NEW: The Connection between Epidemics, and the Spiritual World with Hazel Archer-Ginsberg
1:15-1:30pm Break
1:30-2:30pm The Vigil of the Heart with Linda Bergh and Ellen Hufschmidt
2:30-3:00pm Break
3:00-4:30pm Topic Workshops
- Acknowledging the End with Jolie Luba
- After Deathcare as a Healing Art with Tischia Bluske
4:30-5:00pm Break
5:00-6:00pm Proactive Grieving: The Sacred Gateway as a Bridge Keynote Conversation with Dr. Melinda Toney
6:15- 7:00pm Group Reflections and Closing
Sunday, April 19
11:00-11:45am Welcome, Introductions and Biography Work
11:45-12:45 Consecrating our Dying Keynote with Patrick Kennedy
12:45-1:15 Break
1:15-2:30 Two-Day Themed Workshops
- From Loss to Connection Through the Arts: Reading, Writing and Drawing with Marianne Dietzel and Maureen Flannery
- The Lemniscate Journey: Exploring the Relationships in Our Lives from Birth to Death and Death to Rebirth Through Biography and Social Art with Sandra LaGrega and Jennifer Fox
- Giving Way to Grace: Chrysalis Emerging from Conscious Living and Conscious Dying with Melinda Toney, MD, Carole Shoaf End-Of-Life Doula and Katherine Blackburn, End-Of-Life Doula and Esoteric Christian Minister
- ‘Festivals for the Dead, the Unborn, and the Evolution of Earth with Hazel Archer-Ginsberg, Eurythmy with Raven Garland
2:30-2:45pm Break
2:45-3:30pm Sacred Burial Ceremony and Conference Closing with Linda Bergh, Hazel Archer-Ginsberg and Ultra Archer-Ginsberg
Click the photos below to hear leading thoughts from our amazing presenters!
The Connection between Epidemics, and the Spiritual World on Saturday & on Sunday: Festivals for the Dead, the Unborn and the Evolution of Earth -Then and Now with Hazel Archer-Ginsberg
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The Vigil of the Heart with Linda Bergh and Ellen Hufschmidt
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