The Esoteric Connection

St John’s Day

23 Jun 2021

The Four Sacrifices of Christ and St John’s Day As we celebrate the birth of John the Baptist each year on June 24, we recognize his role in the entrance of Christ into this earth. This is not usually given the recognition it deserves. This is perhaps because Christ’s role... Read More

Holy Night 7 applied to July

21 Jun 2021

Holy Night 7 December 30-31 – Cancer The serpent on the sword pommel: wisdom. We should busy ourselves with uplifting readings. It is the night of the great command. The mystery of activity: who exercises command over our soul? Who is the master of our soul, the doer of our... Read More

Why do we need to connect with Christ on this earth?

24 May 2021

“The Christ life is such that one must first establish a connection with it on earth in order to understand it in the spiritual world. If one does not gain such a connection and one is nevertheless initiated, one can behold many things, but one cannot see the Christ if... Read More

Pentecost 2021

22 May 2021

Pentecost Thoughts on Love When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among... Read More

Effects of Criticism

20 May 2021

Learning to be the interested observer is an important task for us at this time. Rudolf Steiner states this clearly: “But every criticism, every adverse judgment passed, disperses the powers of the soul for the attainment of higher knowledge in the same measure that all veneration and reverence develops them.... Read More

Ascension

13 May 2021

Today is Ascension, an important festival for Esoteric Christians. THE FESTIVALS OF SELF-BIRTH We experience the Ascension of Christ forty days after Easter, and then we prepare for Pentecost ten days later. These are invisible events to the physical eye but need not be invisible to us if we penetrate... Read More

Becoming conscious of our I Am

11 May 2021

It is not unusual to hear those on the spiritual path say that we are part of the All. For them, the highest point of spiritual development means to lose our ‘self’ in the All. We experienced this condition a very long time ago and we are moving away from... Read More

Holy Night 5 applied to May

21 Apr 2021

December 28-29 – Taurus Consciously purify the body of thought. Discipline thinking. Concentrating on the positive. Converting the black doves of thought into white doves, because our thinking is, until it is not consciously conducted with discipline, like a dovecote! Keep this dovecote closed against foreign, negative thoughts. Mystery: The... Read More