~We are beastly - forms made beautiful in the waning scythe-light - of the Harvest Moon - Held up - By the air streaming from Her full lips – Together - Beheld - We are Twilight & Dawn – I am the left eye – She is the right - Beneath the old man’s eyebrows we make a fine sight... & yet I must call myself - my own - Irradiating the night with an inborn gleam. While Natura dreams, my soul is called, to stay awake - Suffusing Sun-fire into the inundating dark...Do you recognize me...? When I look within, I find - A strong yearning - To bind the jaws of doomsayers - O let me dance on their rotten teeth - Even no-thing - cannot last – A feeling of simply finding - the driving force - present in my soul depths - Gestating future forces I circle the heads of women dancing - My cryptic feathers tremble in their hypnotic fans - Let the fire that banks in my heart - flare out to heat the sacred space - melting the night - to revel your true face... ~hag
4 October 2026 - “Speaking with the Stars”: October is a month of oppositions and squares as well as a significant inferior conjunction of Venus with the Sun. Today Mars in the stars of Cancer comes into opposition to Pluto in the stars of Capricorn and in a 90-degree T-square relationship with Mercury and Venus which are both just transitioning from Virgo into Libra. Mercury and Venus as the T line of the opposition, then become the focus of that opposition, somewhat like the fulcrum of a scales. Also, the Sun in Virgo comes into exact opposition with Saturn in the stars of Pisces below the star Alpheratz in Pegasus and still not far from Neptune. Alpheratz is that star which is both the forehead of Andromeda and the tip of the wing of Pegasus arising from Andromeda. Also Venus changes direction and starts its retrograde movement” ~Jonathan Hilton, Astrosophy.com
ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY “To truly know the world, look deeply within your own being; to truly know yourself, take real interest in the world.” Rudolf Steiner
1582 – Deathday of Saint Teresa of Ávila, a prominent Spanish mystic, Saint, Carmelite nun, theologian of contemplative life through mental prayer & author during the Counter Reformation. Her books, which include her autobiography (The Life of Teresa of Jesus) & her seminal work El Castillo Interior (The Interior Castle), are an integral part of Spanish Renaissance literature as well as Christian mysticism & Christian meditation practices. She also wrote Camino de Perfección (The Way of Perfection). Teresa of Avila was born in 1515. Her paternal grandfather, was a marrano (Jewish convert to Christianity) & was condemned by the Spanish Inquisition for allegedly returning to the Jewish faith. Her father, bought a knighthood & successfully assimilated into Christian society. Teresa’s mother, was especially keen to raise her daughter as a pious Christian. Teresa was fascinated by accounts of the lives of the saints, & ran away from home at age seven with her brother Rodrigo to find martyrdom among the Moors. When Teresa was 14 her mother died; this resulted in Teresa becoming grief-stricken. This prompted her to embrace a deeper devotion to the Virgin Mary as her spiritual mother. Along with this good resolution, however, she also developed immoderate interests in reading popular fiction (consisting, at that time, mostly of medieval tales of knighthood) & caring for her own appearance. Teresa was sent for her education to the Augustinian nuns at Ávila. In the monastery she suffered greatly from illness. Early in her sickness, she experienced periods of religious ecstasy through the use of the devotional book the Third Spiritual Alphabet. This work, consisted of directions for examinations of conscience & for spiritual self-concentration (known in mystical nomenclature as oratio recollectionis). She also employed other mystical ascetic works. She claimed that during her illness she rose from the lowest stage, “recollection”, to the “devotions of silence” or even to the “devotions of ecstasy”, which was one of perfect union with God. During this final stage, she said she frequently experienced a rich “blessing of tears.” The kernel of Teresa’s mystical thought throughout all her writings is the ascent of the soul in four stages (The Autobiography Chs. 10-22): The 1st Devotion of Heart, is mental prayer of devout concentration or contemplation. It is the withdrawal of the soul from without & especially the devout observance of the passion of Christ & penitence The 2nd Devotion of Peace, is where human will is surrendered to God. This is by virtue of a charismatic, supernatural state given by God, while the other faculties, such as memory, reason, & imagination, are not yet secure from worldly distraction. While a partial distraction is due to outer performances such as repetition of prayers & writing down spiritual things, yet the prevailing state is one of quietude The 3rd Devotion of Union, is absorption in God. It is not only a supernatural but an essentially ecstatic state. Here there is also an absorption of the reason in God, & only the memory & imagination are left to roam. This state is characterized by a blissful peace, a sweet slumber of at least the higher soul faculties, or a conscious rapture in the love of God The 4th Devotion of Ecstasy, is where the consciousness of being in the body disappears. Sense activity ceases; memory & imagination are also absorbed in God or intoxicated. Body & spirit are in the throes of a sweet, happy pain, alternating between a fearful fiery glow, a complete impotence & unconsciousness, & a spell of strangulation, sometimes by such an ecstatic flight that the body is literally lifted into space. This after half an hour is followed by a reactionary relaxation of a few hours in a swoon-like weakness, attended by a negation of all the faculties in the union with God. The subject awakens from this in tears; it is the climax of mystical experience, producing a trance. Indeed, she was said to have been observed levitating during Mass on more than one occasion. Teresa is one of the foremost writers on mental prayer, & her position among writers on mystical theology is unique. In all her writings on this subject she deals with her personal experiences. Her deep insight & analytical gifts helped her to explain them clearly. Her definition was used in the Catechism of the Catholic Church: “Contemplative prayer in my opinion is nothing else than a close sharing between friends; it means taking time frequently to be alone with him who we know loves us.” She used a metaphor of mystic prayer as watering a garden throughout her writings. Around 1556, various friends suggested that her newfound knowledge was diabolical, not divine. She began to inflict various tortures & mortifications of the flesh upon herself. But her confessor, the Jesuit Saint Francis Borgia, reassured her of the divine inspiration of her thoughts. On St. Peter’s Day in 1559, Teresa became firmly convinced that Jesus Christ presented himself to her in bodily form, though invisible. These visions lasted almost uninterrupted for more than two years. In another vision, a seraph drove the fiery point of a golden lance repeatedly through her heart, causing an ineffable spiritual-bodily pain. I saw in his hand a long spear of gold, and at the point there seemed to be a little fire. He appeared to me to be thrusting it at times into my heart, and to pierce my very entrails; when he drew it out, he seemed to draw them out also, and to leave me all on fire with a great love of God. The pain was so great, that it made me moan; and yet so surpassing was the sweetness of this excessive pain, that I could not wish to be rid of it… This vision was the inspiration for one of Bernini’s most famous works, the Ecstasy of Saint Teresa at Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome. The memory of this episode served as an inspiration throughout the rest of her life, & motivated her lifelong imitation of the life & suffering of Jesus, epitomized in the motto usually associated with her: Lord, either let me suffer or let me die. Christ has no body but yours,
1669 – Deathday of Rembrandt
As we traverse the Michaelmas Season please avail yourselves to these recordings: Video: Michaelmas Festival w/ Mysteria Mystica Americana Video: Michaelmas: Festival of the Future Video: Michaelmas Musings The Anthroposopher podcast – Preserve the Light RSVP Hazel@CogRite.com
To honor & foster the Christian Community of Southeast Wisconsin, we gather for ‘Devotional Services’ in-between Priest Visits. All are welcome to join in this opportunity to come together for devotion, reflection, & sharing. Sunday 11 October - 29 November - 13 December Please arrive by 10:15 am so that we can be ready to begin promptly at 10:30 am– when the Consecration of the Human Being is being celebrated all over the country 11:30 am - Optional Potluck-Social Time (food contributions welcome) Families welcome - Children can play downstairs during the service. RSVP hazel@CogRite.com
Hello all, We would like to invite you to our fall Preparation Making Day. We will be making one und burying three of the compost preparations. As always this is a hands on work afternoon that will also give the opportunity for conversation, to learn and ask questions. And of course work will be followed by a potluck and bonfire so please bring a dish to pass Date: October 17, 2026Time: 3pmDonations welcome: $20 suggested.Petra Zinniker, Zinniker Farm, N7399 Bowers Rd, Elkhorn, WI 53121 Zinnikerfarm.com
We’re also co-hosting a Wellness Social with The Hive Wellness & Social October 24th at 10am.This will be an unforgettable community gathering bringing together like-minded souls for a day dedicated to holistic wellness, farm-to-table nourishment, and intentional connection. Get registered here! If you are a member, send me an email and I’ll provide you with your code for your complimentary registration. We will be accepting donations at the event as well. The Hive will be bringing their sauna’s and cold plunges to the farm. Here’s what you can expect: ☯️ Tai Chi Flow: Kick off the day with a grounding Tai Chi session led by Brandon LaGreca. Register Here
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