Fairy Tales for Kindergarten Teachers
To continue our discussion of fairy tales, today we’ll work with the theme of the gemut as a kind of central motif in the problem of initiation. This theme centers on the relationship between day-waking consciousness and dreaming consciousness. There is a threshold between these two states of consciousness that is permeable and fluctuating, but…
Read MoreLung, Liver, and Dew
Learn about the alchemical concept of “dew” and how that may be understood as the becoming of our organs of perception.
Read MoreTransforming Fantasy into Imagination
Dennis takes us on a process of transforming fantasy into imagination, highlighting how imagination is more grounded and intentional, while fantasy often remains disconnected from reality. He explores how this shift can lead to more creative and meaningful ways of thinking, with imagination serving as a powerful tool for personal growth and shaping reality.
Read MoreTechnology: Belly of the Beast – Audio Lecture
Learn to see technology through the perception of will forces and unlock it’s hidden dimensions.
Read MoreSacred Agriculture Keynote Speech at 2012 Biodynamics Conference
This keynote address given in Madison Wisconsin at the National Biodynamic Conference began with an explanation of how numinous experience of the transcendent dimension of nature is transformed into an experience of the sacredness of nature through understanding. The idea was enlarged into a description of the difference between the ancient hunter religion and the…
Read MoreParenting as Initiation
This lecture was given to parents and faculty of the Sacramento Waldorf School in 2012. The topic addresses the original state of consciousness of human beings where the divine consciousness and the personality are mixed in the young child. Then it is necessary for these two outlooks to separate in order for freedom of the…
Read MoreMystery Wisdom Introduction
These presentations form a short course on the fundamental language that composes what Rudolf Steiner called mystery wisdom. Mystery wisdom is the teachings of the perennial philosophy presented in a context that addresses the soul issue present for human beings who are searching in vain for eternal teachings in the present technical world view. The…
Read MoreThe Human in Nature: child, spouse or steward
The subject of this lecture was the changing relationship between human beings and the natural world from Neolithic times until the present age of global environmental awareness. Topics include, something has changed in humans, Zen, Shinto, the oracle and the agent, Paleolithic, Neolithic, bronze age evidence of polarities between technology and religion, is an arrowhead…
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