~Today: The Sun is mellow upon the land - deep yellow dust on the head of a bee. The field is pregnant & still - & the belly of the sky is cozy in my garden. ~hag
Today as we slide into the St. John’s-Tide after the height of Summer Solstice, I ponder: Who is this ‘John’ called the Baptizer? – I consider how his name, Johannes, is actually a mystic title, indicating a high a grade of initiation – & thru Spiritual Science find indications connecting his individuality to the 1st man - Adam. And … Christ Jesus Himself tells us “And if you have ears to hear, John is Elijah, whose return men were expecting”. JC also says “there is no one greater than John”. In the 3rd ‘Mystery Drama: ‘The Guardian of the Threshold’, by the Rosicrucian Initiate Rudolf Steiner, we are given a mighty clue as to the various incarnations of the individuality we know as John the Baptizer, in the stage directions for Scene 1:
References to Elijah appear in the Old & New Testament, the Talmud, the Quran, the Book of Mormon, & Bahá’í.
Elijah & Isaiah were Old Testament prophets, & John the Baptist was called the Last of the great prophets - Both were painted by Raphael, along with many portraits of JB, young & old - with hints as to that Divine part of Adam that stayed behind in the ‘Mother-Lodge’ so as not to experience the fall from paradise, until coming into incarnation for the first time as the Luke Jesus to reunite with Adam, who was reincarnating as John.
(Interesting to note that the painter Raphael = Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino - was born & died on Good Friday)
Elijah & John were both called ‘The Forerunner’. JB was born 6 months before his cousin Jesus, who was born just after the Winter Solstice.
From the ‘5th Gospel’ we know that after his beheading, JB became a sort-of Guardian Angel inspiring the disciples from the Spiritual World, working especially with his name-sake, Lazarus-John - ‘The One Whom Jesus Loved’ - who, after his initiation became, John the Evangelist - or St. John the Divine - writer of the Gospel of John & the Book of Revelation - & since then he is known as, Christian Rosenkreutz, but that’s another story ;)
Like the call of conscience from John the Baptizer, echoing the earnest gaze of Uriel Archangel of Summer, we can recognize the need that arises in this Season to let the light of the Higher “I” shine into our being, knowing that the union of Creator & created is affected by how we are in the world - How we think - & feel - & what we do - by our selfless love - & also by the disharmony when we miss the mark.
What is Conscience?What will Conscience Become?We can regard it as a seed that will make it possible for us to understand our karmic consequences. This will come as a result of the soul standing in the light of a true spiritual morality – which is not merely a social construct, but a relational measure. Morality is having the discernment & integrity to be in right relationship – with Self, with others, & with the world !
We are being asked to respond to the Summertime call for a yearly ‘Metanoia’ - this Greek word - meta = “beyond” - & nous = “mind”– literally means beyond thinking. In the Bible, this term is most often used as a call to repent, to atone – a call to conscience – a call to ‘Make straight the path’, as John the Baptist thunders to us – then & now – Metanoia is a transformative change of heart & mind, as well as a spiritual conversion. We can take this up by using this time when the in-breath of the harvest season begins, to review our deeds of the past 6 months, (like we do on NYE & in the Holy Nights, which stand at the opposite Solstice)
Now as the physical light of the sun decreases - the Spiritual Sun will increase -
The message from John the Baptizer, given at the ‘Turning Point of Time’ is also a prophecy for the future - which is now - The metamorphosis of our conscience, can allow us to see the Cosmic Being of Love, who has become the essence of Earth evolution, as the Second Coming of Christ in the Etheric. Can we learn to be still enough to hear the voice of conscience - & let it inspire our second sight? ~hag
Tune in to the Cosmic & Earthly energies with these Seasonal offerings: 
a storytelling tale for St. John’s-Tide
St. John the Baptist & Uriel the Archangel of SummerAn Experiential Festival with Mysteria Mystica Americana (MA) Leading Thoughts & Images by ~hag as a member initiative for MA 
“The Forerunner & the Archangel Uriel”Musical Performances w/ Lucien Dante Lazar; Speech w/ Geoffrey Norris; Eurythmy w/ Elizabeth Carlson; Practicum w/ Lisa Dalton; Leading Thoughts by hag
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