Today is Mary Magdalene Feast day, and we honor a very special woman, Lillian Scott Troy, as the unsung heroine of the American Republic.
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Mary Magdalene Feast Day
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Cat Report
Join Tyla and Douglas Gabriel on a multi-dimensional journey to truth.
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Sophiology and the Children of Wisdom
Triple Goddess – Sophia. Joseph Campbell tells us in Goddesses: “The Goddess is the axis mundi, the world axis, the pillar of the universe. She represents the energy that supports the whole cycle of the universe. People often think of the Goddess as a fertility deity only. Not at all – she’s the muse. She’s the inspirer of poetry. She’s the inspirer of the spirit. So, she has three functions: one, to give life; two, to be the one who receives death; and three, to inspire our spiritual poetic realization.” This change of heart from “the hero” to the “heroine” is beautifully pictured in what Rumi has to say about the divine feminine nature: “Woman is a beam of the divine Light. She is not the being whom sensual desire takes as its object. She is Creator, it should be said, She is not a Creature.” Rumi and Campbell found the path of Wisdom that informed them Sophia is not a creature but a creator who is the axis of the world and works through a Trinity – the ancient Triple Goddess.
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Lifting the Veil of Isis/Sophia
One of the most complex and misunderstood aspects of Rudolf Steiner’s teachings is the mystery of the being of Sophia, the being Steiner calls AnthropoSophia. What is most confusing is that Steiner seems to be describing three separate beings under the name of Sophia. These three beings comprise what could be thought of as the Mother (the Creatrix), the Daughter (the Kyriotetes, the beings of Wisdom), and the being of AnthropoSophia (unique to Steiner’s teachings). Anyone who attempts to do what Steiner gives as an important injunction for the spiritual seeker - discover the Sophia of Christ – may find themselves in a quandary attempting to unravel this mystery.
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Elemental Realms of “The Mothers”
Steiner gave the teachings of wisdom that revealed the most comprehensive cosmology of the Divine Hierarchy, and thus had to reveal the three aspects of Sophia – Mother/Daughter/Holy Sophia. Now is the time for clear thinkers, enriched by spiritual science, to study and embrace Sophia in all Her forms and finally clarify the true nature of the elemental kingdoms and their relationship with The Mothers. Once Anthroposophia is given her rightful place and the “Heavenly Sophia” (the combined beings of the Kyriotetes [Beings of Wisdom] which most Anthroposophists will acknowledge as a key component of Steiner’s cosmology) is added to the overall picture, we are one step away from the dreaded reality that adding The Mothers to Anthroposophia and the Heavenly Sophia then comprise a “Trinity of the Feminine Divine.”
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Anna Kingsford – Meeting the Masculine and Feminine Trinities
The influence of Anna Kingsford goes far beyond Valentin Tomberg and his obvious “courting” of the Divine Feminine Trinity. Unfortunately, Tomberg’s study of Rudolf Steiner did not lead him to the Divine Feminine Trinity concepts that are implicit in Steiner’s Anthroposophy. Steiner tells us about the “Mother” who is the original creatrix of the cosmos. Steiner calls her, “The Mothers”, who are the three great creators of the Saturn, Sun, and Moon incarnations of the Earth. These Mothers are the mothers of creation and were present with the Father from “before the beginning.”
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Wrestling with Ahriman
As I look back, I eventually answered that question 'Is God Dead', but in a much deeper way now, as an older and wiser woman, than I could have as a neophyte in my twenties. If you know Dr. Rubenstein, make sure he gets my answer: God is dead because they killed the Goddess.
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She is a Being Beyond Time and Space
Enjoy Douglas’ lecture on Sophia and then share Wisdom Words with your circle of influence with the short video memes just below Douglas’ lecture, given in Ann Arbor, Michigan at the Rudolf Steiner House on October 8, 2019. Remember to download our books. They are all free and we hope that you will share them generously with others. Download inside.
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Who Were the Maidens of the Wells?
Douglas’ 2019 book is a history of the grail tradition, illuminating the primary importance of the Maidens of Wells and the descent of Grail Queens from the Mother of Jesus to the Spanish infantado queens …
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The Divine Sophia and Russian Icons
The Christ Child is the everlasting ‘Inexhaustible Cup’ and shows the stage when we not only operate out of our higher Spiritual Self but also out of our transformed etheric body that becomes ‘Life Spirit’. This stage of creation is when we become so purified and mature that ‘Love can generate new Life’. This is behind the symbolism of the ‘Tree of Life’ that was withdrawn from our power in the Garden of Paradise until we could grow wise enough to create consciously out of Love.
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