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Beltane Lore & how we can renew it thru Spiritual Science

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https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/9mbOnNex68At_mVwi9yBZK_yBJy6B_PJcfabc35zYY4q35NNGgfVaXWfnkjDmH7Y.WoM55QOcwGGcwQZS

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Flower Crown for May with long stemmed dandelions or other long stemmed flowers.
To close the crown permanently, intertwine the last stems into the first for several inches. Even stronger and adjustable is to wrap ribbon around and between each flower, keeping the length open at each end and fastening ribbon with a simple knot. Use 1 yard of ribbon or more. Now the crown is adjustable and the long ribbons hang down the back. A simple and strong greenery crown can be made for Morris dancers. All crowns can benefit from green florist wire wrapped under the final to help hold the stems.

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Hazel, you said at the last session that you would be posting about Marie Steiner on your I Think Speech podcast on Monday, 3/14, her birthday. I tried to find it on your podcast but was unsuccessful. Please let us know when you'll post it and how to find it. Thanks.

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Marie Steiner-von Shivers - 'A Cosmic Being'

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Marie Steiner-von Shivers - 'A Cosmic Being'

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Marie Steiner-von Sivers: 'A Cosmic Being'

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♦️ The Three Questions - Storytime with Daddy | Children's Books Read Aloud

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A little party favor from our Birthday Celebration of Rudolf Steiner

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Outline of Rudolf Steiner's Biography for his Birthday

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I'm sharing the lyrics to the chorus of a song that's been in my head all week! So it's serendipitous that "Rocky Road" was mentioned today in our group. It comes from my Shape Note Singing group (Sacred Harp), which is "Four-Part Christian Harmony." We sing everything a cappella and pitch it to the singers present. (It's all sight reading...)

"It's a mighty rocky road, I'm almost done traveling, A mighty rocky road, I'm almost done traveling, A mighty rocky road, I'm almost done traveling, I'm bound to go where Jesus is."

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On 24 February 10:30 am EST, the Thursday Chrysalis Group ‘The Cycle of the Year as a Path of Initiation’ will be celebrating Rudolf Steiner’s Birthday with an outline of his biography. All are invited to bring their favorite Steiner quote to share. For more info. contact Hazel@ReverseRitual.com 

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On 24 February 10:30 am EST, the Thursday Chrysalis Group ‘The Cycle of the Year as a Path of Initiation’ will be celebrating Rudolf Steiner’s Birthday with an outline of his biography. All are invited to bring their favorite Steiner quote to share. For more info. contact Hazel@ReverseRitual.com 

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Our Festival for the New year of the Tree 17 February 2022

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Our Festival for the New year of the Tree 17 February 2022

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The Origins of Valentine's Day 10 February 2022

sorry friends for some reason our conversation after the breakout session was not recorded...

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For our 10 Feb. 2022 session Please Bring paper, 2 colored pencils, & scissors - See you at 9:30 am CST

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For our 10 Feb. 2022 session Please Bring paper, 2 colored pencils, & scissors - See you at 9:30 am CST

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‘Candlemas’ Festival with Hazel Archer-Ginsberg & Nancy Melvin      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsC74Wa-OuA   

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‘Candlemas’ Festival with Hazel Archer-Ginsberg & Nancy Melvin      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsC74Wa-OuA   

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‘Candlemas’ Festival with Hazel Archer-Ginsberg & Nancy Melvin

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Any chance we have a recording from last week? 

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Any chance we have a recording from last week? 

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https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/Nr5_R0-Lbkv1vrO1E9BlAknRJtsugd--IWBkYXN7seHqvpPf7QJgEYKVFtzUAFNb.wa-NJn2eMZ8wKZP2

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Here is my gift to you dear friends -Even though we didn't have time to go over this material, there are many resources complied on these slides for your contemplation... Enjoy...Blessings as we take this next step on the path of initiation in the Cycle of the year -Happy Advent, Merry Christmas, perhaps we will see each other during the Holy Nights... Until Soon...xox~hag

Here is the link to the ASA Holy Nights Storytelling Event: www.anthroposophy.org/holynights

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Soul Passage Recording from 18 Nov. 2021

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Soul Passage Recording from 18 Nov. 2021

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Soul  Passage "The Cycle of the Year as a Path of Initiation" with Hazel Archer

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Hello Hazel,  I am very interested in the Chicago Study Group.  Would you please send me the information?  I've also written Elizabeth and Sandra (with the email address provided in the chat during our group today), but the messages bounced back saying that their email addresses could not be found.
I currently facilitate two online study groups (Speech and Drama following on my training in Creative Speech in New Zealand and another an inquiry into the role of the actor in our times).  These have international membership, but Core and Applied Anthroposophy learning-opportunities are lacking.
My email address is karenholmeseducation@gmail.com
Thank you for your beautiful work and teaching.

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I found it! It was only one man and only one wish...

A good man was granted one wish by God. The man said he would like to go about doing good without knowing about it. God granted his wish, and then God decided that it was such a good idea, he would grant that wish to all human beings and so it has been to this day.

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I couldn't find the parable of the third wish that I spoke about. I did find this beautiful story of wishes and freedom and gifts. Enjoy.
https://www.btboces.org/Downloads/4_The%20Third%20Wish%20by%20Joan%20Aiken.pdf

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I forgot to share that today is also Single Persons Day. Or "Singles Day." I think it had to do with all the 1's. It is a big deal in certain parts of the world. Started in China. A day to celebrate being single. Single people splurge on themselves today. They treat themselves to nice dinners and other shopping treats. It's the biggest shopping day in the world! More than Black Friday! Wow! I'm happily single, so maybe I'll treat myself to something delicious today :-)

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I forgot to share that today is also Single Persons Day. Or "Singles Day." I think it had to do with all the 1's. It is a big deal in certain parts of the world. Started in China. A day to celebrate being single. Single people splurge on themselves today. They treat themselves to nice dinners and other shopping treats. It's the biggest shopping day in the world! More than Black Friday! Wow! I'm happily single, so maybe I'll treat myself to something delicious today :-)

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“Women With Fabulous Shawls, Rejoicing “

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Hazel’s comment reminded me I’d forgotten to share this one too…
While their arms are no longer coming from their waists, they still do not appear to me as angels, and~ honestly art gone wrong is my new favorite medium. If nothing else it gives me lots of material for the 6BE of Positivity… but there is SO much more. I’ve been making myself engage with art supplies regularly now for a week or so. Churned out lots of really unattractive “pictures”, and then suddenly something evocative occurs and I’m looking at something that has a “feel” to it. It’s like how writers commit to 8 pages of nonsense to prime the pump for what really wants to come. I’m on the verge of a precipice where something significant is about to happen because this door has opened. Thanks to Nancy for bringing the art elements, to Hazel for reflecting me, and the group for holding a space for us all to grow into this rich time of year.

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Don't know where to put this question, but wonder if anyone is aware of Steve Taylor. He is quite popular and has a new book "Spiritual Science & The Fall" (among others in the genre of his 'new' idea of spiritual science).  I emailed him after listening to a talk  to see if he was aware of Steiner's work since he failed to mention him. He said he was, vaguely, but that it wasn't really applicable.(?)

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Don't know where to put this question, but wonder if anyone is aware of Steve Taylor. He is quite popular and has a new book "Spiritual Science & The Fall" (among others in the genre of his 'new' idea of spiritual science).  I emailed him after listening to a talk  to see if he was aware of Steiner's work since he failed to mention him. He said he was, vaguely, but that it wasn't really applicable.(?)

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcRMSA_gYIk

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“Beefy Angels All Akimbo, With Chess Piece”

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Just wanted to share this because it led to an insight (and some giggles).
Because I was never “skilled” at the visual arts, could never make the image in my mind’s eye appear on paper or canvas, I was for years limited to wordsmithing for my mode of expression.
Today, making chunky angels with questionable limbs caused a significant recognition ~ when I HAVE allowed myself to engage with art supplies, I see my hesitation and frustration melt away when I let myself get childlike… to play in the colors and textures just for the experience and not to create some ideal thing. In fact, some of the most rewarding moments have been in finding a new way when something goes “wrong”.
Today when this “angelic mishap” confronted me I was reminded of a young relative at Christmas time years ago, when it was discovered that the gingerbread house kit the kids were building was in fact missing the decorative candy that was shown on the box. Two kids were crestfallen and one fell to sulking, while Casper positively LIT UP and started skipping around, singing, “we get to use our imaginations!”.
This memory, evoked by the combination of hand-work and our discussion of the so-called dead, has given me a new place to stand in myself as I approach an art-based inquiry into a fraught situation- and it feels like a significant “seed” to plant at exactly this time of year. Thank you Hazel and Nancy, more than I can say!

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“There is nothing more important for life, than the strong and sure realization of communion with the spiritual world. If modern humans had not lost their relationship with spiritual things to such an extent, these grave times would not have come upon us.

Only a very few today have insight into this connection, although it will certainly be recognized in the future.  Today people think: When a human being has passed through the gate of death, their activity ceases as far as the physical world is concerned.  But indeed it is not so! There is a living and perpetual association between the so called Dead and the so-called Living.  Those who have passed through the gate of death have not ceased to be present; it is only that our eyes have ceased to see them.  They are there in very truth. Our thoughts, our feelings, our impulses of will, are all concerned with the Dead.

We should not seek for the Dead through externalities but become conscious that they are always present.  All historical life, all social life, all ethical life, proceed by virtue of co-operation between the so-called Living and the so-called Dead.

The whole being of man can be infinitely strengthened when he is conscious not only of his firm stand here in the physical world, but is filled with the inner realization of being able to say of the Dead whom he has loved: They are with us, they are in our midst.” ~ Rudolf Steiner – GA 182 – The Dead Are With Us  – Nuremburg, 10th February 1918

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The Creation of A Michael Festival Out Of The Spirit

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The Creation of A Michael Festival Out Of The Spirit

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“For in the past, festivals used to bind human beings strongly together. Just think, for instance, of all that has been done and said and thought in connection with festivals for the whole of civilisation. In our epoch, Western man’s development has again reached a point where he is confronted with the necessity of bringing forth new forms of the venerable, sacred ideals of religion, art and science. This is what can enter physical life through the establishment of festivals directly out of the spirit –to do something that connects the earth with the heavens, that reconnects physical with spiritual conditions.

If to-day one could see the working of the whole universe when autumn approaches, if one could decipher the whole face of the universe, and acquire creative force out of it, then the establishment of such a festival would reveal, not only the will of human beings, but also the will of Gods and Spirits. Then the Spirit would again be among mankind!” ~Rudolf Steiner – Michaelmas VII: The Creation of A Michael Festival Out Of The Spirit

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tq2i06RIdT0

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Here are some images for our next session 28 October 2021

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Here are some images for our next session 28 October 2021

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Cycle of the year AAC2 Michaelmas 28 Oct. 2021

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Recording of the Overview session 21 Oct. 2021

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Recording of the Overview session 21 Oct. 2021

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Sorry folks , we are still learning the best way to record, for some reason the video stayed on Nancy the whole time ;) Anyway the slides are there, although they are edited. You can find all the charts in the pdf in an earlier post.

Our next offering with center on Michaelmas & we will make a beginning to All Souls...

Blessings friends

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I was sorry to miss yesterday’s launch. I heard there was a recording- will it be posted here?

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I was sorry to miss yesterday’s launch. I heard there was a recording- will it be posted here?

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I'd like to share two of my "season" poems:

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I'd like to share two of my "season" poems:

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Spring is protecting, summer erecting.
Fall is collecting, winter reflecting.

Springtime's dawning
Summer's glory
Autumn's yawning
Winter's story

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“For in the past, festivals used to bind human beings strongly together. Just think, for instance, of all that has been done and said and thought in connection with festivals for the whole of civilisation. In our epoch, Western man’s development has again reached a point where he is confronted with the necessity of bringing forth new forms of the venerable, sacred ideals of religion, art and science. This is what can enter physical life through the establishment of festivals directly out of the spirit –to do something that connects the earth with the heavens, that reconnects physical with spiritual conditions.

If to-day one could see the working of the whole universe when autumn approaches, if one could decipher the whole face of the universe, and acquire creative force out of it, then the establishment of such a festival would reveal, not only the will of human beings, but also the will of Gods and Spirits. Then the Spirit would again be among mankind!”

~Rudolf Steiner – Michaelmas VII: The Creation of A Michael Festival Out Of The Spirit

For this we strive & for this we have served –

Blessings & thanks to all who make our Michaelmas Season come alive!

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Michaelmas and the Soul-Forces of Man - Anthroposophy and the Human Gemüt

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Michaelmas and the Soul-Forces of Man - Anthroposophy and the Human Gemüt

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In these lectures Steiner shows us the need to “expand the horizon of life into the breadth of the world” so that we can overcome the contemporary “hermit existence.” This volume along with Cycle of the Year completes the entire German volume GA 223.

The four lectures in this volume were given in Vienna, September 27 to October 1, 1923. In the Collected Edition of Rudolf Steiner's works, the volume containing the German texts is entitled, Der Jahreskreislauf als Atmungsvorgang der Erde und die vief grossen Festeszeiten

https://wn.rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA223/English/AP1946/MiSoul_index.html

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The Cycle of the Year as Breathing-Process of the Earth

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The Cycle of the Year as Breathing-Process of the Earth

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These lectures focus on the four Christian festival seasons, elaborating on the complementary nature of Christmas with Midsummer and Easter with Michaelmas. The esoteric realities behind the festivals are discussed in relation to sub-earthly and super-earthly powers, the equinoxes, the ancient Mysteries, Michael's activity, morality, and the musical-poetic and visual arts. This volume along with Michaelmas and the Soul-Forces of Man completes the entire German volume GA 223.

In the collected edition of Rudolf Steiner's works, the volume containing the German texts is entitled Der Jahreskreislauf als Atmungsvorgang der Erde und die vier grossen Festeszeiten.

https://wn.rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA223/English/AP1984/CyYear_index.html

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Four Seasons and the Archangels Experience of the Course of the Year in Four Cosmic Imaginations

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Four Seasons and the Archangels Experience of the Course of the Year in Four Cosmic Imaginations

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These lectures contain profound descriptions of the experience of the year in four Cosmic Imaginations. The activities of four mighty Archangels are described: Michael in autumn at Michaelmas, Gabriel in winter at Christmas, Raphael in spring at Easter, and Uriel in summer at St. John's Tide. These Imaginations provide material for endless meditative study. Included are 5 color plates of Steiner's blackboard drawings.

These five lectures were given by Rudolf Steiner at Dornach in October of 1923. The are from the lecture series entitled, The Close Experiencing of the Running of the Year in Four Cosmic Immaginations published in German as, Das Miterleben des Jahreslaufes in Vier Kosmischen Imaginationen.

https://wn.rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA229/English/RSP1968/ForSea_index.html

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Dates: Oct 21, Oct 28, Nov 4, Nov 11, Nov 18, and Dec 2, 2021 (Skip Thanksgiving week)

The Festival life opens us to powerful spiritual events that manifest in seasonal rhythms, commemorating great historical events, cosmic truths and traditions; deepening the development of human evolution, renewing ourselves and the world. Activities will engage our thinking, feeling and willing.

No prerequisite reading required, but The Festivals and Their Meaning by Rudolf Steiner is recommended as are posts on Hazel’s website https://reverseritual.com.