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° The Dream Song Holy Nights online art retreat.
º ASA Presentations Holy Nights daily experience
º Lelan Harris Online Presentation December 27
° Rudolf Steiner Branch (Chicago) Holy Nights Presenters List
° Faust Branch, Sacramento, CA Holy Nights Gospel of John lectures |
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| All of a Feather
The idiom "birds of a feather flock together" appears in literature at least as far back as 1545 AD, but as a proverb and metaphor it likely goes back much farther in history. It seems fitting to use Feathers as the name for our newsletters highlighting events sponsored by other organizations. It reminds us that there are other "flocks" worth getting to know, building relationships with, and learning from.
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| | The Dream Song of Olaf Åsteson:
A Nordic Initiation Story
A 13-day dream & art online self-study video course that accompanies you through the 12 Holy Nights.
Kristena West, M.A.
The Dream Song of Olaf Åsteson is an ancient Norwegian folk song that Rudolf Steiner spoke about with great appreciation and insight. It was lost in time, but a clergyman named Landstad rediscovered it one night when he heard it in a winters-deep valley in Telmark, Norway. The song tells us Olaf falls asleep on Christmas eve and "sleeps" through the Holy Nights, waking on January 6th, Epiphany. While "sleeping" Olaf experiences secrets of the human being and cosmos. The dream-song gives us the "spiritual" pictures in poetic form of his initiation journey. As Joseph Campbell reminds us, the hero's journey is found in myths, legends, and poem-songs.
The 13 Holy Days have been called "time outside of time" or "sacred time." It's a wonderful way to end the year and begin the new.
Registration closes: December 22, 2021 Cost: $75 Program schedule: December 24, 2021 through January 6, 2022 Every night, a part of the dream-song is revealed along with dream techniques, virtues to ponder, a journey through the zodiac, and art. After registration: You will receive an email with a link on December 24 for this online self-study video course.
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The Epic of Gilgamesh:Story Telling During the Holy Nights
Hosted by the ASA, Hazel Archer Ginsberg, and Friends.
The Epic of Gilgamesh is perhaps the oldest written tale on Earth. It is the “Hero’s Journey” of human evolution – a story of friendship, and a quest for the meaning of life – revealing Rudolf Steiner’s core mission of bringing a renewed understanding of karma and reincarnation to the west.
Dates: December 24, 2021 - January 5, 2022 Time: 12:00 PM Eastern Time in the US and Canada (UTC -5) Daily: 22 minutes long
Registration closes: Monday, December 20 Each gathering will be recorded. |
| | | Combining the Most Genuine Inward Esotericism with the Greatest Conceivable Public Openness and Deeds
Presented by Lelan Harris
Rudolf Steiner’s vision was that everything we externally do and publicly say should manifest the truth and reality of our inward esotericism. He said that as anthroposophists, spiritual scientists, and esoteric Christians, we will only be taken seriously in all the varied realms of public life if we follow, moment by moment, the impulses and guidance that come from the spiritual world. He emphasized that we must develop the perceptive capacity and moral strength to both know and implement what the spiritual world wants to achieve in and through us for the redemption, healing, and transformation of Humanity, Earth, and Cosmos.
Date: Monday, December 27 Time: 2:00 - 4:00 PM Central Time, US and Canada (UTC -6) Cost: Free
Suggested donation: To the Chicago Branch: $15.00
Sponsored by the Rudolf Steiner Branch (Chicago) For more information, contact Andrei Onegin at aonegin@rschicago.org
Live online presentation that will be recorded.
Meeting ID: 879 9750 7434
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| | The Rudolf Steiner Branch (Chicago) Holy Nights Offerings
Schedule of Online Presenters
Sunday, December 26
2:00pm Ross Rentea, MD - The Threefold Door to the Christ Being
Monday, December 27
2:00pm Lelan Harris - Combining the Most Genuine Inward Esotericism with the Greatest Conceivable Public Openness and Deeds
Tuesday, December 28 Not yet finalized.
Wednesday, December 29
1:00pm Tatiana Pavlov - Cosmic Cult
Thursday, December 30
1:00pm Matthias Girke - The Warmth for Health, Community Building, and the Meditative Path in Anthroposophy
Friday, December 31
No online meeting.
Saturday, January 1
2:00pm Daniel Hafner - The Guardian of the Threshold
Sunday, January 2
2:00pm Andrew Wolpert - From Jesus to Christ, From Bethlehem to the River Jordan
Monday, January 3
2:00pm Andrew Linnell - Breathing Raphael’s Madonnas
Tuesday, January 4
2:00pm Craig Wiggins - From Bethlehem to Golgotha: Birthing Christ at Epiphany
Wednesday, January 5
1:00pm Johannes Kuhl - Humanity as an Ideal: a Gift of Christmas
For more information
Meeting ID: 879 9750 7434
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| | Faust Branch Holy Nights Online Presentations on:
The Gospel of St. John and Its Relation to the Other Gospels
Tuesday, December 28 Brian Gray - Lectures 3 & 4
Thursday, December 30 David Gershan - Lecture 6
Saturday, January 1 Penelope Baring - Lecture 7
Sunday, January 2 Afshin Jalalian - Lecture 8
Monday, January 3 Betty Staley - Lecture 9
Time: 7:00 PM Pacific Time - US and Canada (UTC -8) |
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Passcode: 568377
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| For more information on Wise Cosmos Educational Initiative, please visit our website where you may:- Register for Human Being and the Stars, an online course by Brian Gray.
- Register for Parzival, an online course by Brian Gray.
- Register for The Lord's Prayer, an online course by Lelan Harris.
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- Donate to support the production of more courses.
- Volunteer as a typist, transcriber, or translator.
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| Images
Feather Passage by Nico Frey on Unsplash.com
Olaf Åsteson Image on https://www.kristenawest.com/
Cuneiform Tablet https://secure.anthroposophy.org/np/clients/anthroposophy/event.jsp?forwardedFromSecureDomain=1&event=568&publicNologin=1
Lighted Candles in Glass by Anthony Delanoix on Unsplash.com |
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