Wind in the Nest

POD (Poem Of the Day)

~I call the Doves to come & nest in my hair
So that I may spit fire from my head.
All the while my heart beats like a bee tongue among the new roses.
As I await the Avatar Winds of Sophia
I warm my will & open
To receive
Wisdom into my bones
~hag

The Season of the Epiphany – Saint Charbel Church

Prepearing for Whitsun Contemplation

At the Turning Point of Time the ego or “I” of Zarathustra had to leave the body of Jesus right before the Baptism, to allow the Christ Being to enter; appearing 1st like a dove above the head of John the Baptist as the voice of the father god was heard. Only the “I” of the Nathan Jesus, which was pure, could bear the Christ, & only for 3 years.

Knowing this we may ask: How can The Christ live in us without driving out our “I” or completely extinguishing our individuality with its cosmic forces?

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We are able to strive to live into the ideal of ‘Not I, but Christ in me’, only because Christ sent the Holy Spirit, which enables the human “I” to receive the Christ Being fully. Rudolf Steiner tells us: “Christ wanted to dwell amongst humankind, but He did not want to obscure the emerging ego-consciousness of human beings. He had done this once in Jesus, in whom from the Baptism onwards a consciousness of the Son lived in place of his ego-consciousness. But this was not something that was to take place in people of future times. In the case of such people the ego was to be able to rise up in full consciousness, and yet the Christ could dwell with them…so Christ sent that divine being who does not extinguish ego-consciousness, that humanity might be able to retain their ego-consciousness and have the Christ dwell within them.” (GA 214, 30 July 1922) 

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In the ‘Farewell Discourses’ from St. John’s Gospel, Christ Himself characterizes this coming of the Spirit of Truth: “But the Comforter, the Holy Spirit Whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and awaken your memory of all that I have said to you” (John 14:26)

In the 5th Gospel, Steiner talks about how for 40 days after the Resurrection, The Christ was able to provide secret teachings to the disciples about the mysteries of the spiritual world, together with its significance not only for the evolution of the human & earthly world, but also for the world of the gods. But that the disciples were in a sort of mystic state of mind, not fully conscious.

The ‘Farewell Discourses’, also tells us that the Holy Spirit comes to reach right into the inner being of the disciples in order to dwell there as Wisdom, leading to a clear & conscious understanding of these essential secrets of the Mystery of Golgotha.

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And so it is that this promise comes to fulfillment 50 days after the Resurrection, on that 1st Whitsun morning, amidst the surging winds, that the disciples might become apostles, taking up their individual tasks; speaking from the heart -the language that all may understand.

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As spirit-pupils in the School of Spiritual Science striving to make the content of the Michael School alive within us, bringing us to the Cosmic Realm of the Holy Spirit of Truth, the source of the Paraclete; we can achieve a reality where a renewed Whitsun is possible, now & in the times to come.

~hag

Good tango: what is it? – Argentinietiško tango pamokos

(Join our Whitsun ecclesia 23 May 2021, see zoom details below)

20 May 2021 – “Speaking with the Stars

Saturn in front of the constellation Capricornus and Jupiter in front of Aquarius in May 2021 morning sky.
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Rudolf Steiner’s Lectures on this day (Help support the RSarchives!)

ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY (resourses include The original Calendar of the Soul by Rudolf Steiner, Anthrowiki, Wikipedia, Skyandtelescope.org)

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World Bee Day – Birthday in 1734 of Anton Janša, the pioneer of beekeeping.The purpose of this international day is to acknowledge the role of bees & other pollinators for our ecosytem

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325 – The First Council of Nicaea is formally opened, starting the first ecumenical council of the Christian Church. Its main accomplishments were settlement of the Christological issue of the divine nature of God the Son & His relationship to God the Father, the construction of the first part of the Nicene Creed, & establishing uniform observance of the date of Easter, & the promulgation of early canon law.

1497 – John Cabot sets sail from Bristol, England, on his ship Matthew looking for a route to the west.

1498 – Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama discovers the sea route to India when he arrives at Calicuta India.

1570 – Cartographer Abraham Ortelius issues Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the first modern atlas

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1609 – Shakespeare’s sonnets are illicitly published in London, by Thomas Thorpe.

1631 – The city of Magdeburg in Germany is seized by forces of the Holy Roman Empire & most of its inhabitants massacred, in one of the bloodiest incidents of the Thirty Years’ War.

1645 – Yangzhou massacre: the 10-day massacre of 900,000 residents of the city of Yangzhou, part of the Transition from Ming to Qing.

1802 – By the Law of 20 May 1802, Napoleon Bonaparte reinstates slavery in the French colonies, revoking its abolition in the French Revolution.

1813 – Napoleon Bonaparte leads his French troops into the Battle of Bautzen in Saxony, Germany, against the combined armies of Russia and Prussia. The battle ends the next day with a French victory

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1859 – Birthday of Eliza von Moltke – wife of Helmuth Johannes Ludwig von Moltke,  Chief of the Great General Staff in command of the 1st Division of the Guard Corps for the Kaiser at the start of the world war. Eliza was a student o Rudolf Steiner & cured herself from a strangle disease thru meditations given by Steiner.  She wrote the’ “Post-mortem-Mitteilungen” after her husband commander Molke died from taking on the war guilt falsely heaped on him. The two volumes of these after death communications shed illuminating light on the events immediately before & during the First World War and on the person of the emperor. These communications were later published as: Light for the New Millennium: Rudolf Steiner’s Association with Helmuth & Eliza von Moltke –

Amazon.com: Light for the New Millennium: Rudolf Steiner's Association with  Helmuth & Eliza von Moltke (9781855840515): Steiner, Rudolf, Von Moltke,  Helmuth, Von Moltke, Eliza, Meyer, T. H., Davis, Jan: Books

“This collection of previously unpublished letters and documents deals with themes that are of tremendous significance for our time: the approaching new millennium; karma and reincarnation; life after death; the workings of evil; the destiny of Europe; and the hidden causes of the First World War. It also tells the story of the meeting of two great men: Rudolf Steiner and Helmuth von Moltke (1848-1916), Chief of the general staff of the German army during the outbreak of the First World War, who was dismissed from his post in 1914 following disagreements with the Kaiser.

Moltke first came into contact with Steiner through his wife Eliza, who was one of Steiner’s esoteric pupils. Steiner’s connection to Moltke included personal meetings, letters, and clairvoyant messages after the General’s death. These communications are reproduced here in full, along with a key interview with Rudolf Steiner…” ~Amazon books

1862 – U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signs the Homestead Act into law

1883 – Krakatoa begins to erupt; the volcano explodes three months later, killing more than 36,000 people.

1891 –The first public display of Thomas Edison’s prototype kinetoscope.

1902 – Cuba gains independence from the United States.

1940 –The first prisoners arrive at a new concentration camp at Auschwitz.

1956 – In Operation Redwing, the first United States airborne hydrogen bomb is dropped over Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean

1983 – First publications of the discovery of the HIV virus that causes AIDS in the journal Science by Luc Montagnier.

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1989 – The Chinese authorities declare martial law in the face of pro-democracy demonstrations, setting the scene for the Tiananmen Square massacre.

Sangraal: A Pentecost Pilgrimage & Whitsun Festival with the Central Regional Council an experiential ‘Pageant’ written by Hazel Archer, taking us on a Quest from The Cauldron of Ceridwen, to The Holy Grail, & into The Sacred Vessel of the Sophia.

with Special Guests: Mary Mertz, Camille VettrainoEurythmy with Elizabeth Carlson, & Music with Ultra-Violet Archer

Join us on Whitsunday 23 May 2021, at 11 am PT / 12 noon MT / 1 pm – 2:30 pm CT / 2 pm ET / 8 pm CET

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Bio – Elizabeth Carlson – I was born and grew up in upstate [Woodstock] New York. I completed the eurythmy training at Eurythmy School Zuccoli in Dornach, age 24, and studied again later at Eurythmeum Stuttgart for two years. I have worked in Waldorf education since, in eurythmy, (in USA, SA and UK) for 16 yrs, in Early Years for five years, and intermittently in care for the elderly and learning disabled. I completed an MA in eurythmy (education) with Alanus University (Germany, but in the UK)  in 2016. I have lived in the UK, presently in Cardiff, Wales, since 1992. My son is 26.

Music by Ultra-Violet Archer – Here’s her solo stuff https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkdsh6zXYxE74LLlDiBE3uQ

The discography https://soundcloud.com/ultra-violet-archer

Bandcamp has all the lyrics & you can ‘buy’ the album to show support for ‘In Case of Emergence’ by ‘Circles Edge’ her new band with Morgan Vallet

https://circlesedge.bandcamp.com/album/in-case-of-emergence

Ayse Domeniconi

After working with Karma & Reincarnation for 3 years the CRC has chosen a new Theme: ‘The Mysteries of the Holy Grail, from Arthur and Parzival to Modern Initiation’

The Mysteries of the Holy Grail: From Arthur and Parzival to Modern  Initiation: Steiner, Rudolf, Barton, Matthew: 9781855842342: Amazon.com:  Books

You are also invited to get the Book & Join us for study sessions through out the year as well. contact Alberto Loya aloyavaca@utexas.edu for more info.

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Sophia Community Circle – WEDNESDAY 2 JUNE 2021

We are She – She are We – Embodying Love in Wisdom with Hazel & Ultra-Violet Archer

9:30 am PT / 10:30 am MT / 11:30 am CT / 12:30 pm ET / 5:30 pm GMT / 6:30 pm CET

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Invitation to a Summer Practice and Research Group

You are invited to join with a group of friends as we explore Rudolf Steiner’s 6 Essential Exercises alongside the Eightfold / Daily Exercise Path.

We will have a daily 15-minute Zoom meeting for 6 weeks. Beginning on Saturday June 12, 2021 and ending on July 24, 2021. This group will meet every day for 42 days, for 15 minutes each day.

9 am ET / 10 am MT / 11 amCT / 12 ET / 5 pm BST / 6 pm CET

The schedule each day (based on Eastern Time (ET) Please check your time zone):

12:00 Thought of the Day for the Six Basic Exercise (changes weekly)

12:05 5-minute Individual Practice Space

12:10 Thought of the Day for the Daily Exercises (8FoldPath)

12:15 Close the space

Everyone is invited to participate. Come when you can and will. Free of charge.

We intend to stay as close to time as possible. Saturdays after the close of the call, there will be an optional conversation space hosted by Elderberries. Visit our padlet for updates: https://padlet.com/programs4/6BE

This is a practice group AND a research group. We are experimenting with weaving our attention with weekly rhythm of the 6BE and the daily rhythm of Eightfold Path/ Daily Exercises.  You are encouraged to bring a journal to make notes and keep track of your progress.

Week One: Clear Thinking

Week Two: Control of Will

Week Three: Equanimity

Week Four: Positivity

Week Five: Open Mindedness

Week Six: Harmony

Saturdays: Right Opinion

Sundays: Right Judgement

Mondays: Right Word

Tuesdays: Right Deed

Wednesdays: Right Standpoint

Thursdays: To Become Habit

Fridays: Right Memory

Thinking artistically is fun!

One playful way to think of this group is that we will cultivate a summer garden. With your attention and devotion each week, you might grow a seven petaled daisy:

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3 thoughts on “Wind in the Nest

  1. Truly it is the Spirit of God, as you’ve pointed out in the excerpt from GA 214, that we need to transform us into the new being. Read this morning in 1 Samuel 10, when Israel’s first king, Saul, had just been anointed to be king:

    “6 Then the Spirit of the Lord will come upon you, and you will prophesy with them and be turned into another man.”

    1. Hi Maverick,

      It is very insightful that you point out this reference from 1st Samuel, concerning Saul, who becomes the first king of Judea, after the era of the Judges, who are nothing less than the Hierarchies working through certain human beings, like Elimelech, Boaz, and Jachin. Thus, the Book of Ruth is juxtaposed in such a way as to indicate how much the eastern world needs a king. Yet, Ruth, a Moabite woman, of Arab descent, follows a woman who is Jewish, back to Bethlehem of Judah, in order to support the cause in every way. This is the crossover event. Ruth, acknowledged by Boaz as a “Woman of Excellence”, causes the transition to the era of kingship seen in 1st and 2nd Samuel, and 1st and 2nd Kings.

      Ruth and Naomi’s legacy would find them incarnated at the time of Christ, and wherein He heals them both, one after the other, as described in Matthew, Mark, and Luke. The later provisions come from Steiner’s course on “Occult History”, GA 126, concerning Joan of Arc and her relationship to Charles VII, finally acknowledged as the King of France, c. 1428. The characterization of excellence on both parts is overwhelming.

      1. Thanks Steve. History seems like an interwoven tapestry of sorts, when you point out those intricacies.

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