6 August is a day filled with potent milestone events: · The Feast of the Transfiguration of Christ · The destruction of the 2nd Temple in Jerusalem · The Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima We may not be able to ‘see into god’s kitchen’ to view the original recipe of Good & evil in the Great Plan of Evolution, but we can learn to recognize this primal polarity in ourselves, & seek to find the Transendent 3rd within us.
The Feast of the Transfiguration of Christ, is a cosmic metamorphosis that prepared the way for the deed on Golgotha, & was a pre-figuring of the Ascension.
The painter initiate Raphael, was still working on his "Transfiguration" when he suddenly died, at the age of 37, on Good Friday, 6 April 1520 - He poured his entire being into it - working on it continuously with his own hand, without assistants, which was unusual. Rudolf Steiner, in his last address before his death, gives us the karmic background of the painter as a later incarnation of Elijah, John the Baptist, & subsequently the poet Novalis. It was reported: "When Raphael lay dead in the hall in which he had been working, the painting of the "Transfiguration" he had done for Cardinal de Medici was placed at his head, and the sight of his dead body and this living painting filled the soul of everyone looking on with grief".
The account of the Transfiguration on Mount Tabor is heard in the Gospels, Matthew, Mark, & Luke. Peter, James, & John witness the luminous transfiguration of Christ Jesus, who suddenly appears before them as a light-filled being, standing between Moses & Elijah. Spiritual Science tells us that the Christ-Sun itself — permeates the etheric body of Jesus - His vital body of formative forces – his aura - is transformed radiating light. Going down the mountain, Jesus instructs them, speaking of the imminence of the crucifixion, to tell no one of what they had seen "until the Son of Man be Risen from the dead". The disciples then ask him about Elijah, who was to come first, & Jesus indicates that he has already come in the person of John the Baptist. In Jesus' journey to Golgotha - the Hill of the Skull – for the fulfilment of His mission - the Incarnation completed thru his Death, Resurrection & Ascension - the Transfiguration marks a pivotal moment. First there is the Baptism in the Jordan by John, when “the Spirit of God descending like a dove, remained alighting on him” – Then there is the Temptation in the desert - when the Spirit purified & permeated his astral body. In the Transfiguration, the Spirit permeates his etheric body.
Founding Christian Community Priest Emil Boch, gives us these insights: "One should not think of the incarnation of Christ in Jesus of Nazareth as a monetary occurrence...It is a process that fills the whole of Christ's life. Christ becomes fully human only at the death on the Cross. The death is the culmination of the birth. At the Transfiguration, the miracles begin to cease, and cease entirely at the entry into Jerusalem. The miracles were the overflow of Christ's cosmic divine powers, which were far too great for the human vessel. At the Transfiguration, Christ's being was entirely drawn into the etheric body of Jesus of Nazareth, which shone forth before the eyes of the souls of the disciples as a white garment glistening like the sun. From that time on, the being of Christ withdrew itself entirely into the physical body, dived into it. Here what before revealed itself as a wonder-working, etherically-shining, cosmic fullness is transformed into the compelling power of the will".
Today in 70 AD- The Second Temple of Jerusalem is destroyed by Roman legions under Titus. For 420 years, the 2nd Temple constituted a divine presence – the point where heaven & earth met. The Gospels contain prophecies attributed to JC foretelling the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple (Mark 13, Matthew 24, Luke 21). The ‘Epistle of Barnabas’ framed the destruction as evidence that God had rejected the physical temple in favor of a new, spiritual one.
6 August in 1945 is also the anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima - an act of genocide thru US President Harry Truman’s orders. I think of all those many souls who crossed the threshold together, at that time, or in agony soon after. How will their sacrifice bear fruit…?
This line from the Hindu sacred text the Bhagavad Gita, has come to define Robert Oppenheimer: “We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried. Most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita; Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty, and to impress him, takes on his multi-armed form and says, 'Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.' I suppose we all thought that, one way or another.”
Krishna with Aruna in the Bhagavad Gita:
Interesting to contemplate these pivotal events occuring around the astrological cross-quarter date of Lughnasadh (Loaf-mass) when the Sun enters 15 degrees of fiery Leo the Lion (in the tropical zodiac) – the exact midpoint between Summer Solstice & the Autumnal Equinox – a time of harvest, when the plant is sacrificed to make the bread. “The king is dead, long live the king”. Here are some photo highlights from our Grain Harvest Festival at Zinniker Farm
Together we can redeem & transfigure the fallen light of nuclear death, into the light of Wisdom & Love. Blessings & Peace – ~hag
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Here is an interesting piece about the Transfiguration by Edouard Schure –
French philosopher, poet, playwright, novelist, music critic, & publicist of esoteric literature – collaborator with Marie & Rudolf Steiner. “In every great moment of his life, we see Christ Jesus withdrawing to the mountain to pray. Did not the Vedic sage say, “Prayer sustains heaven and earth and rules the gods?” Jesus knew this power of powers. Usually he did not allow any companion to share the times when he descended into the arcanum of his consciousness. However, on one occasion he led Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, John and James, to a high mountain in order to spend the night there. Tradition has it that the place was Mount Tabor. There that mysterious scene which the Gospels describe under the name The Transfiguration took place between the Master and his three most initiated disciples. According to Matthew, the Apostles saw the luminous, diaphanous form of the Master appearing, in the transparent shadows of an oriental night, his face shining like the sun, his garments radiant as light. Then two forms, which they took for those of Moses and Elias appeared beside him. Trembling they came out of their strange prostration, which seemed to them like both a deep sleep and an intense waking state. Beside them they saw the Master, who touched them in order to awaken them completely. The transfigured Christ was never erased from their memory. But what had Jesus himself seen, what had he experienced during that night which preceded the decisive deed of his prophetic career? He passed through a gradual disappearance of earthly things under the fire of prayer and an ascension from sphere to sphere on wings of ecstasy. Slowly it seemed to him that through his deep consciousness he was returning into a previous existence, which was entirely spiritual and divine. Far from him were the suns, worlds, earths, whirlwinds of painful incarnation, while in a homogeneous atmosphere was a fluid substance, an intelligent Light. In this radiance legions of heavenly beings formed a moving canopy, a firmament of ethereal bodies, white as snow, from which emanated gentle rays of light. On the shining cloud where he himself was standing, six men in priestly clothing and of powerful stature are lifting a gleaming Chalice in their united hands. They are the six Messiahs who already have appeared on earth; the seventh is he himself, and this Cup signifies the Sacrifice which he must experience by becoming incarnate on earth in his turn. Beneath the cloud the thunder rolls, a black abyss opens, the circle of generations, the gulf of life and death, the earthly hell appear before him. With a supplicating gesture the Sons of God elevate the Cup. Heaven waits motionless … With a gesture of acceptance Jesus spreads his arms in the form of a cross, as though he embraces the world. Then the Sons of God kneel, faces to the ground; angels with long wings and lowered eyes carry the shining Chalice upward into the vault of Light. Hosanna! rings out from heaven to heaven, melodious and ineffable . . . But without even hearing it, he plunges into the abyss … This is what once took place in the world of Archetypes, in the Bosom of the Father, where the Mysteries of eternal Love are celebrated, and where the movements of the stars pass in waves of living Light. This is what Jesus had sworn to fulfill; this is why he was born, this is why he had struggled upon earth. And now the mighty promise gripped him again at the end of his work, through the fullness of his spiritual consciousness, by means of which he had entered into the revelation of a divine ecstasy. Deep vow, dread Chalice! Nevertheless, it was necessary to drink from it. After the rapture of ecstasy, he awakened in the depths of the abyss, at the brink of martyrdom. There could be no further doubt; the time had come. Heaven had spoken, earth cried aloud for help. Then, slowly retracing his steps, Jesus again went down to the valley of the Jordan and took the road to Jerusalem.” ~Edouard Schure
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Wednesday, 6 August 2025
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