Esoteric Christianityand the Inner Life

of the Earth

Something is happening in the world. Everywhere,

in all domains, there is an accelerated sense of change

and transformation. It seems a world is ending, while

another is being born, and we are in-between, in an

intermediate state that we can experience either as

chaos and confusion or as a call to change our lives: to

act and know differently.

Our seminar gathers together five spiritual researchers,

each of whom brings a different and unique perspective

to the transformations now occurring in all spheres of

life—cosmic, planetary, and human.

All agree the situation is urgent, and that, as humans,

we are called to respond. All agree that not only our

visible human earthly world is suffering these upheavals.

The inner Earth, the elemental worlds, the worlds of

the nature spirits, the worlds of the ancestors, and the

angelic worlds suffer them in their own way and await

only humanity’s awakening to its true mission to be

healed. All agree that implicit in this call—underlying

our evolutionary moment—is the need to respond

anew to the meaning of the deed of Christ who became

flesh, united with the Earth and the substance of the

Earth, descended into her, and rose again to become the

guide and inner ferment not just of humanity but of the

Earth herself and the cosmic spiritual worlds within and

around her.

Join us for what promises to be an exceptional and transformative experience.

For those who can stay until Sunday, there will be a special event:

Friday March 13 — Saturday March 14

A Workshop With MArko pogAcnik And orlAnd Bishop

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Friday Evening, March 13registration 6:30welcome / Gene GolloGly 6:45the seventh shrine / orland bishop 7:00 break 8:00the etheric christ ~ the interior of the earth / robert powell 8:15 wine and cheese reception 9:15

Saturday, March 14continental breakfast 8:00unconditional hospitality / christopher bamford 9:00eurythmy / rachel ross 10:00break 10:30the Green aspect of christ / marKo poGacniK 10:45lunch 12:00the seventh shrine / orland bishop 1:30 eurythmy / rachel ross 2:30break 3:00the awakening of the divine feminine ~ The Significance of the Year 2012 / robert powell 3:15Panel Discussion 4:15Closing 5:00

CONFERENCE FEE : $200price includes full conference, friday evening wine and cheese reception, saturday continental breakfast and lunch.

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Unconditional Hospitality: Selflessness as the Path to Christ in All Thingsthe mystery of golgotha is not only a unique evolutionary moment, but also a now-and-forever ongoing process of transformation in which the Earth and humanity, the spiritual worlds and the divine, having separated, are potentially made one again. But, as always, what happens is up to us! Faced with the evolutionary demands of our time, I believe there is no better response than the selfless, healing, and redemptive co-working of mary-sophia and Christ as described in the gospels and by anthroposophy that show us a path whereby, if we dare to follow in their footsteps, we can con-tinue their work and bring new life to a dying Earth and a humanity falling ever deeper into egotism.

Christopher Bamford is editor-in-chief of SteinerBooks and Lindisfarne Books, an author and lecturer.

the Seventh Shrine: a New Covenant for the Earththe seventh shrine, the shrine of the Future, is the shrine of Imani, which is the swahili word for faith or the ability to decide for a particular future out of one’s own experience of freedom. Faith is the inner preparation to decide for the best when we are at our best, as givers of the seed thought for what arises as new and free in our world. It is the consequence of the inner certainty of the primal intuitions of truth, goodness, and beauty, when it moves beyond the idea into the human will. we act from this space when we know that what we give supports something greater than ourselves. the seventh shrine has no teaching. Each person must create it. those who do so create a portal of initiation, a covenant

between the Earth and the spiritual world. as initiation, it brings the human being constantly toward the threshold of asking—how must I be in order for you to be free, how do I host the freedom of the other, the development of the other and the greater truth of the other?

Orland Bishop is a lecturer, healer, and spiritual teacher. He founded the Shade Tree Foundation, which works with at risk youth in Los Angeles, and is author of the forthcoming book: The SevenTh Shrine: MediTaTionS on The african SpiriTual Journey froM The Middle paSSage To The dreaM of MarTin luTher King.

the green aspect of the ChristUnder many aspects, the Christ is now appearing to the beings of the Earth. one aspect is the Earth changes that seem so threatening to the rational mind. Perhaps it is time to open our perception to what is truly going on within the pro-cess of planetary transmutation. suppose, for instance, that the process started more than two thousand years ago with the missions of Buddha and Christ. at what stage are we now? Could we translate the dark image of the present Earth Changes into the language of divine revelation? what logic lies behind the broad spectrum of the present planetary transformations? what is the new role of the elemental world—particularly the fairy world—emerging from the Earth’s core? what path should each of us take to meet the source of change and renewal?

Marko Pogacnik leads experiential seminars and is an internationally known conceptual land artist with the goal of healing disturbed landscapes and reawakening the Earth’s power points. He is president of the Hagia Chora School of Geomancy and a faculty member of the Omega Institute. He helped establish LIFEnet, a worldwide network for geomancy and transformation and is the author of numerous books, including Sacred geography: geoMancy: co-creaTing The earTh coSMoS, and Turned upSide down: a worKbooK on earTh changeS and perSonal TranSforMaTion.

the Etheric Christ, the interior of the Earth, the awakening of the Divine Feminine, and the Significance of the Year 2012awareness of the reality of Earth changes is growing. what lies behind this transformation? what is our role in relation-ship to it? what is our responsibility to the Earth? we cannot answer such questions without first understanding certain suprasensible events. to begin with is the event of Christ’s return in the Etheric, whose central meaning is Earth transfor-mation, along with the simultaneous opening of a new relationship between humanity and the interior of the Earth (the mysterious lost paradise, shambhala). accompanying and contextualizing these realities is the awakening of the Divine

Feminine, and it is against this background that the true significance of the year 2012 can begin to emerge.

Robert Powell is a eurythmist, astrosophist, spiritual researcher, and lecturer. He is co-founder of the Sophia Foundation of North America and founder of the Choreocosmos School of Cosmic and Sacred Dance. His books include: chriST and The Mayan calendar: 2012 and The coMing of The anTichriST; The MySTery, biography and deSTiny of Mary Magdalene; eliJah: coMe again; The Sophia TeachingS; and The MoST holy TrinoSophia.

transforming Sub-earthly Energies through EurythmyRudolf steiner created the new art of eurythmy in 1912. It embodies the deepest mysteries of anthroposophy. steiner said the following about eurythmy: “Eurythmy is capable of perfection without limits. For it uses as its instrument the human body itself. the human body is a true microcosm, and when speaking through it, the human soul, manifesting its own inner life, can make visible in artistic form all the secrets of the universe.” During this seminar, we will experience sub-earthly and super-earthly forces through eurythmy, and ourselves as the bridge between the two.

Rachel Ross is an educator, eurythmist, and author. She maintains a practice in therapeutic eurythmy and remedial movement therapy and is a consultant to Waldorf and private schools nationwide. She is codirector of the Waldorf Resource/Remedial Teacher Training Programs in Spain, Brazil, Ireland, and Toronto.