December 26-27 – Pisces Now follow the 3 nights of the white lily. The soul recognizes that it cannot stay above but must come down again because in it, it possesses too much earthly weight. The conscious mind begins to purify the earthly body and assumes that each food is... Read More
Holy Night 2 December 25-26 – Aquarius Night of John. The Eagle of the soul circling high on its wings and looking back from a great height, observes its own life. And now the man recognizes the Laws of Karma. The Mystery: Choosing the narrow and difficult path or the... Read More
Indications given by Rudolf Steiner to Herbert Hahn for the Twelve Holy Nights On December 24th the 12 holy nights begin. The 12 holy nights are symbols for the 12 forces of the soul that live in us. And so this indication is valid forever, not only for the 12... Read More
We stand before the mightiest event in the universe, a God becomes a man. We can’t possibly comprehend how this came about but we can show deep gratitude to the whole Celestial Hierarchy for making it possible. And, we can bow before the tenth Hierarchy, mankind, for being ready to... Read More
As we draw a step closer to the Christmas event, we move down to the third group of ‘Celestial Intelligences’ as Dionysius refers to them at times. These are the Archai, Archangels, and Angels. Angels, as mentioned last week, can be a generic term referring to all the beings in... Read More
In sacred writings, the word ‘Angel’ can refer to any of the beings in the Celestial Hierarchy. It is by their activity that we can know which one is at work. These beings sustain the Cosmos in which we live, without them we cannot live. They weave into all things... Read More
St Paul’s pupil, Dionysius the Aeropagite, is said to be the first person to write about the Celestial Hierarchy. This Hierarchy consists of nine kinds of Angelic Beings operating between man and God. Each one is a veil or mask for the next one. If we understand something of the... Read More
January 4-5 – Sagittarius During the 12th night the crowns won are placed at the feet of the divine, because we have struggled against ourselves, but what we have wrung from it is grace, is the law of the spirit. Because grace is a stream from a source that a... Read More