The Esoteric Connection

Holy Nights Introduction

24 Dec 2022

“For one whose eyes of spirit are opened the Thirteen Days and Thirteen Nights between the 24th of December and the 6th of January are a time of deep spiritual experience. Parallel with the experience of the plant-seed in the depths of the natural earth, there is a spiritual experience... Read More

Advent Week 4

17 Dec 2022

Love Being able to experience joy leads to an experience of the highest love. Hope, peace, joy, and love are the steps we take each year to the ultimate experience of the birth of Christ Jesus within us. This is a continual birthing process not bound by our idea of... Read More

Advent Week 3

10 Dec 2022

Advent Week 3 – Joy After allowing hope and peace to live in our hearts over the last two weeks, we now come to joy. Chara is the Greek word for joy. In chapter 15 of St John’s Gospel are the words, “that my joy may be in you, and... Read More

Advent Week 2

10 Dec 2022

Advent Week Two – Peace During the second week of Advent we can focus on peace. In the Greek language, peace is eirene, probably from a primary verb eiro which means to join; in Hebrew it is shalom, signifying wholeness. This idea of joining that which is not joined; and... Read More

Advent Week One – Hope

26 Nov 2022

Traditionally, the Church focusses on the themes of hope, peace, joy, and love consecutively during the four weeks of Advent, which is the preparation for the birth of Christ at Christmas. This birth happens within us, each year enhanced by our inner work. If we look at the word hope,... Read More

Holy Night 12 applied to December

21 Nov 2022

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

Holy Night 11 applied to November

21 Oct 2022

January 3-4 – Scorpio The eleventh night: the struggle with the Guardian of the Threshold. Mystery: building up the Grail Castle in ourselves. Confessing ourselves more and more in faithfulness to the highest! Rudolf Steiner’s indications for the Holy Nights given to Herbert Hahn Translation from German by Laura Zanutto... Read More

Michaelmas

29 Sep 2022

The purpose of Michaelmas is to Awaken us to the Presence of Christ. September 29 is the day we acknowledge the presence of the Archangel Michael in evolution. This Archangel has been present down the ages in the story of St George and the Dragon. Whenever stories like this accompany... Read More