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The 13 holy nights (from the 24th December to 5th Jan) are a very special time spiritually speaking. The veil between this world and the spiritual world becomes thinner during this time. This has its positive side and also its negative side as not all spiritual forces/entities have our best interests at heart. Over this time, the human soul actually lives through everything that we’ve experienced through all our incarnations from the time when we were “at one with the Gods”, when we were less individual and at one with the spiritual world. This was the time when we were given the seeds of our freedom and our individuality and also our ability to make mistakes and choose evil over good (referred to as “the fall” in some traditions). Before that time we were so connected that this was not even possible. We live through (unconsciously) everything that the human soul has had to endure from those primordial times up to the present day. Then on the 6th January (Epiphany) we are led to a vision (unconsciously for most of us) of that being who entered earth evolution to enable humans to spiritualise their individuality (or their “I”) and the earth itself. Wishing everyone in this group a peaceful and connected Christmas. Warmly Mick

Hi All, I look for a reference in Steiner's working showing that humanity as a whole started to pass "the threshold' (to the spiritual world) around 1930 (consciously or unconsciously). And I wonder if there is a reference saying that the spiritual battles predicted to find place between 2020 and 2040, may have to do with (the ending of) this process. Jelle van der Meulen, who wrote down Bernard Lievegoeds last book "The battle for the soul" (https://archive.org/details/lievegoed-bernard-the-battle-for-the-soul-the-working-together) writes in his last book about this. Any direct references to Steiner's work would help, or to other writers. Rick

I gave a talk on the Apocalypse of St. John recently (even the word has fearful connotations, doesn't it?!) and I just wanted to share with you a couple of the main points. Firstly, the word "Apocalypse" itself means "revelation", "unfolding" or "unveiling". It doesn't mean "catastrophe" or "end of the world" as some think. So, something is being revealed. Something is unfolding or being unveiled. In this sense, I think we can say that we do live in "apocalyptic times" as it does seem that much is being revealed these days, about the machinations behind the way the world works. It also made me think of how human life itself is an "unveiling". We learn more and more about who we are as we get older. Parts of ourselves are "revealed" by the situations we find ourselves in. Another point was that the book of revelation is not there to scare us, though there are some frightful images therein. So too with the images in Daniel, Ezekial and other prophetic books of the Hebrew Bible. According to Steiner, the purpose of this book of spiritual initiation (written in a strange initiation language, which should not be taken literally or materialistically) is to fire our will to do our best for the "good evolution of humanity". One way to read that is: do everything I can to spiritually grow, spiritually strengthen myself and grow in wisdom and love for my fellow human being and the beings of the earth. Thanks for being a part of this group. Best wishes Mick

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