Signs of the Times
with
Astrid Schmitt-Stegmann
October 21-24
Branch Library, 5415 SE Powell Blvd
$20/Session or $60 all Four
Friday (10-21), 7 pm: Threshold Consciousness Astrid will begin with looking back at the Corona time experiences and how we can work with them to (hopefully) gain self understanding, and above all to wake up (which is what Steiner implores us to do again and again). This will lead to the main point: the awakening of natural forces that have lead, and will lead, to a crossing of the Threshold unconsciously during this Michael rulership. What are the great possibilities and the challenges of the crossing? These new capacities are to awaken in us because of the Reappearance of Christ in the Etheric realm.
Saturday (10-22) 9:30 am-12 pm: The Mystery of Evil, and the Attack on the “I”. Steiner speaks about Michael tossing down the Ahrimanic spirits in the 19th century, to clear the etheric realm. The Ahrimanic Spirits are now here on earth with us. What is their effect on us? How do we see that presently? This experience with the destructive forces can lead us into the abyss. What is the purpose of these forces? How can a Micha-el festival take its place in the year with Christmas, Easter, and St. Johns?
1:30-3pm: Anthroposophical Work in Germany and in Portland – a presentation and conversation exploring present and future directions.
Sunday (10-23) 10 am-12 pm: Awakening to the Other –Our consciousness has to change. It is now all about working together and working more consciously with the Spiritual world. The difference between the ritual in the Christian Community and the Reverse Ritual. We have to realize that through our birth and upbringing we are human beings with prejudices in our thinking. We have to develop inner tolerance and strong social interest in order to overcome this gradually in life. That is today the path to the Christ Being.
