As Above - So Below

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	Forwarded this email? Subscribe here for more Lifting the Temple Stone As Above - So Below Hazel Archer-Ginsberg Apr 5   READ IN APP   We were in the living room of the family home, which stood alone in the forest. There were about 24 people present. Rudolf Steiner stepped in front of the table, behind which we were standing, with the document he had written. First he explained the sign of the macrocosm, which he had drawn on it with simple lines. Around the six-pointed star formed by two intersecting triangles, two dragons closed, biting each other's tails. Above was a white, winged dragon, below a dried-up, dark one. On the right were the words, one above the other: “Above all as below,” and one read, starting from the left, going up: “Below all as above.” Then we all signed the document, which Rudolf Steiner rolled up and placed in a bottle under the foundation stone. It was late in the evening, but Rudolf Steiner wanted to wait for the moon to rise before we followed him outside to a forest ravine where the small, open-topped building lay. “Dear sisters and brothers,” Rudolf Steiner began. We were standing close together in front of him, filling the small space. First he spoke of the laying of the foundation stone in ancient times, when a priest voluntarily allowed himself to be walled into the ground, and of the slave whom the Romans forced to do so. Human skeletons have been found among the ruins of many sacred sites. The reason for this is that people used to know that a temple had to develop an inner life. Originally, in its pure form, this meant imbuing the architecture with a ritualized spiritual life, which must flow through every building if it is to bring blessing. But with the decadent Roman time, this came to mean something external, manifesting as the custom of walling a slave alive under the building. Then Dr. Steiner spoke about the true meaning of the foundation stone appropriate to our present age - that what should really be buried with the foundation stone are the feelings and thoughts and blessings of those who create the building, and those who want to use it. He then performed the laying of the foundation stone himself. ~Recollection by Max Gümbel-Seiling & Hilde Stockmeyer. Here is an extract from Steiner’s address given by Bernard Lievegoed in his book ‘About the Salvation of the Soul’: “We wish to sink the foundation stone of this temple into the lap of our Mother Earth, beneath the full moon’s rays which shine on us within the sprouting green plant-world that surrounds the building. And just as the moon reflects the bright sunlight, we wish to reflect the light of divine-spiritual beings. We want to trustfully turn to our majestic Mother Earth, who lovingly supports and protects us, and confide to her the building’s charter (the reading of the words of the charter followed) Together with the charter, we wish to sink our blessing, all of us assembled here, who will often remember this moment which made our souls and hearts glow. Then our sentiments will continue supporting and protecting this temple and the existence of the Malsch lodge. We also wish to entreat for this stone and the Malsch Lodge the benediction of the Masters of Wisdom and the Harmony of Feelings, and the benediction of all the Higher Beings, all the spiritual hierarchies who are connected to the earth’s evolution. We also entreat that they stream their forces into this Foundation Stone, which continue to act in order that everything thought, felt, willed and done is consistent with them and is penetrated with their spirit. May the light of the East Radiate over this building; May the spirits of the West reflect it back. May the spirits of the North condense it And the spirits of the South make it warm, So that the spirits of the East, West, North and South stream through the building. Our Mother Earth was condensed in pain. Our mission is to re-spiritualize her, release her, in that we by the strength of our hands transform her into a spiritual work of art. May this Stone at the same time be a first foundation stone for the freeing and transformation of our planet Earth, and may the force of this Stone increase thousands of times over. When we were still resting in the lap of the Godhood, lovingly cared for by divine forces, the all-embracing, penetrating Father-Spirit weaved in us. But we were still unknowing, not yet possessing independence. So we descended into matter in order to learn here how to develop self-consciousness. Then came evil, then came death. But Christ was also active in matter and helped us to triumph over death. Therefore when we die in Christ, we live. We will overcome death and spiritualize matter, make it divine through our great force. In us will awaken the force of the Holy Spirit. Thus resonate and hear these words: Ex Deo Nascimur, In Christo morimur, Per Spiritum sanctum reviviscimus. Out of the Godhead we are born. In Christ death becomes life. In the spirit’s cosmic thoughts the soul awakens”. This amazing structure can still be visited today, built by student E. A. Karl Stockmeyer using indications from Rudolf Steiner. In the Temple are 14 columns that support an oval-shaped cupola. The capitals form a row of carved images depicting the planetary metamorphosis of the earth’s evolution – these images are drafts used later in the First Goetheanum. And so it is that this weekend we can connect to this powerful ritual deed performed 5-6 April 1909, 116 years ago - when Rudolf Steiner laid the foundation stone for the Rosicrucian Temple of the “Frances of Assisi” Lodge in Malsch, a small village in the district of Karlsruhe, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, at the eastern border of the Upper Rhine Plain. Read the further address from Steiner in The Principle of Spiritual Economy, GA 109, VI. On the Occasion of the Dedication of the Francis of Assisi Branch, Malsch, April 6, 1909 And thoughts by E.A. Karl Stockmeyer from Images of Occult Seals and Columns, GA 284 May the Christic force planted in the Earth resonate out to bring healing to all worlds ~hag Jerry Greene Pod ~Sip from the cup of heaven – She told me Let grace roll down your head like the blessings of baptism Drink in the Earth to let the young sprouts unfurl within According to their purpose… Drink in the light & praise the spectrum That spills out the threads of eternity… …Then you may Be the fire fed with breath Begotten… ~hag 5 April 2025 – “Speaking with the Stars”: ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY 2005 – Deathday of Saul Bellow – Born in a suburb of Montreal, in 1915, Bellow was raised in Chicago. He attended the University of Chicago, received his Bachelor’s degree from Northwestern University in 1937, with honors in sociology and anthropology. While writing he regularly attended study groups on Anthroposophy. He kept a photo of Steiner on his desk, practiced Steiner’s meditation exercises, bought his books by the bagful, and pursued the Steiner scholar Owen Barfield for further illumination. Charlie Citrine, the Bellowish protagonist of the future Nobel laureate’s next novel, Humboldt’s Gift, could be found intently studying Steiner’s Knowledge of the Higher Worlds and Its Attainment in a Madrid hotel room. Bellow wrote a foreword to The Boundaries of Natural Science, a book of Steiner’s lectures, and often spoke warmly of Anthroposophy, remarking: “It puts back into life a kind of magic we’ve been persuaded to drop…When Steiner tells me I have a soul and a spirit, I say, yes, I always knew that.” Share 8-14 April 2025 - Temple work with Mysteria Mystica Americana - Ozarks Mystery Tour with Grand Master RC (Invitaion only) Enjoy our many free on-line Seasonal offerings HERE 23-27 - Anthroposophical PsychoSophy Retreat at Camphill Kimberton where my New Mystery Drama: Soul Excursion - makes its premier as a Readers Theatre - Thursday 24 April 2025 in Rose Hall starting at 7pm with original Harp music by Jessica Schaeffer. ~Rachel Steele. 30 April - 1 May - Beltaine Song-Circle (email for dets) 3 May - UNION w/ ~hag at the Bridget Center This indoor and outdoor celebration offers the opportunity to learn about how ancient traditions honored this season of greening, bird song, plantings, birth and fertility, and how our old and new traditions and actions can align and contribute to the healing and abundance of the natural world. Learn from storyteller-wisdom keeper-interdenominational minister Hazel Archer Ginsberg about the Celtic tradition of Bealtaine and how other ancient cultures revered these seasonal markers in the Cycle of the Seasons. We will offer gratitude and blessings to the land, soil, plants, and all those that care for and steward the earth and its animals by making and applying biodynamic farm preparations to enliven and restore the soil. We will learn about Bridget’s Gardens, its permaculture design plans and participate in planting perennial native wildflowers, black currants, red osierdogwoods, willows, and elderberries. Come plant with us and take some home too! Clark Stamm (Acting Director of Bridget Center, Permaculturist, and Artist), and Angela Curtes (Grounded LLC and fellow Bridget Center Mission Circle member) will facilitate these activities. 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