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The Alchemical Mandala

By Dennis Klocek | July 31, 2008

The charts for the alchemical journey of self transformation often take the form of a mandala or sacred wheel. This is because the sacred journey never ends. It also usually brings you back to where you started but the second time around you know where you have been. The mandala is a dynamic map of…

Weather and Cosmos

By Dennis Klocek | June 12, 2001

It is hoped that this small book will be a contribution towards the opening of a dialogue for the purpose of studying the ways in which nature and the cosmos interact. It is my firm belief that science must once more be wedded to the arts. So, it is not ultimately for meteorologists that this…

Core Principles of Biodynamics

By Dennis Klocek | July 16, 2011

This course is a survey of the esoteric principles that are the foundation of the Biodynamic practices. Starting with the geological features of pre-cambrian times the ascent of organisms is sketched as a depiction of what Rudolf Steiner has called the world / mineral / plant.

The Prayerful Warrior

By Dennis Klocek | January 22, 2021

The developmental signs of advancement in an alchemical soul practice usually involve some sort of healing crisis brought on by a discharge in the soul of accumulated assumptions and belief structures.  Most often these assumptions are not perceived by the student in a conscious way. They arise like dream fragments in the daily life and…

Metals as Cosmic Sense Organs

By Dennis Klocek | August 24, 2023

Metals are cosmic activities that have come down to live in physical bodies. They are only barely incarnated. Sense organs themselves are very incarnated but the activities of the sense organs are still living in the world of the becomings of things. For this reason, a good linkage can be made between the sense activities…

Tots, Tweens, Teens and Screens: Supporting Healthy Child Development in a Screenwise Way

By Ben Klocek | November 30, 2023

A presentation for teachers & parents to explore how screen technology supports and interferes in child development and what we can do to help our children thrive in a digitally-focused world. Explore how our brains and their development reveal a clear picture about the appropriate timing for screen use. This allows our children to develop…

The Alchemical Wedding – Christian Rosenkreutz, the Initiate of Misunderstanding

By Dennis Klocek | September 7, 2021

Filled with alchemical metaphors, coded words, and images, Dennis Klocek describes—in his inimitable style—much of the profound meaning behind the colorful and surprising events throughout the seven-day “initiation” of Christian Rosenkreutz.

Holy Saturday

By Dennis Klocek | March 24, 2024

Today I will focus on  Holy Saturday, and then the next session will focus on Easter Sunday, the resurrection. We could put a subtitle to this, which would be The Transformation of the Senses. That in my understanding is the central issue in the Rosicrucian work. The new mysteries are based on the transformation of…

Sacred Agriculture

By Dennis Klocek | July 11, 2008

The Agriculture Course of Rudolf Steiner provides a direction that can contribute to a renewal of the sense of the sacred when engaged with the daily work on the land. The key is to be able to transform the concepts in the book into living imaginations that are developed through inner exercises. Through practice, the inner eye of the heart opens to the more subtle forces moving through the spirit of the place in which we work.

Agricultural Alchemy

By Dennis Klocek | January 8, 2008

These lectures address the principles founded by the alchemists that can serve as the basis for a new way of looking at the forces of nature. The mandala of the four elements, the processes of salt, mercury and sulfur and the principles of transformation of the elements are the dynamic backdrop for four lectures on the nature and interaction of minerals, plants and animals as they are encountered in agricultural work on farms and in gardens.