The Esoteric Connection

Eighth Holy Night applied to August

01 Aug 2016

Holy Night 8 December 31 – January 1 – Leo The cross on the pommel (the counterweight at the end of the hilt): Sacrifice. The tongue, girded with the sword of Christ Power, speaks the truth without being able to hurt. It is the night of the Ent-setting.* Mystery: The... Read More

The World Priest

09 Jul 2016

An excerpt from the Introduction of The World Priest by Michael Maciel “As you get more comfortable in your inner space, you begin to judge outer sources of wisdom by how closely they resonate with this inner light, by how well they help to strip away the distractions of the... Read More

4. Self-Sacrifice of Selfishness

26 Jun 2016

Now Christ enters, not into an Archangel but into the human being known to us as Jesus of Nazareth. This sacrifice took place because Lucifer and Ahriman threatened to create confusion about the human ‘I’. It is the ‘I’ that makes us human and gives us great power in the... Read More

3. Resisting Selfishness in our Soul Keeps us Sane

24 Jun 2016

The third sacrifice Christ made on his journey into the body of Jesus took place in the last part of the Atlantean period when humanity faced a third danger. Lucifer and Ahriman intended to disturb the activity in our soul by creating disorder in our thinking, feeling and willing. This... Read More

2. The Purpose of Resisting Selfishness

16 Jun 2016

There is a clear connection between selfishness and evil and they are part of our life for our own good. Understanding this brings the freedom to achieve our highest potential. In his lecture “The Four Sacrifices of Christ” 1 June, 1914, Rudolf Steiner speaks of the astonishing story of Christ... Read More

1. Origin of Selfishness

12 Jun 2016

We misunderstand the being of Christ if we think that he appeared on this earth without any preparation. In June 1914 Rudolf Steiner spoke of four stages of preparation for Christ and for us. The first one took place aeons ago in the Lemurian period as the human race separated... Read More

Sixth Holy Night applied to June

02 Jun 2016

The three nights of the sword. December 29-30 – Gemini Peter’s night. Night of the sword consecration. Everyone needs to forge by her or himself the sword of discernment. With increased willpower everyone needs forge together (unite) the two pieces; the deathless, the eternal and the ephemeral, to discover the... Read More

Ascension to Pentecost, the Festivals of Self-birth

08 May 2016

We experienced the Ascension of Christ on May 5, 2016 and we are now preparing for Pentecost on May 15. These are invisible events to the physical eye but need not be invisible to us if we penetrate into them with some spiritual insight. This is how St Luke describes... Read More