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Quest

~I crossed the water, ready - My arms akimbo - Set like a strong sycamore - Hewn for the rowing - Friend to flame & seafoam…In bracken, in swirlings - I am human meeting the sacrifice: of fish, tadpole, crocodile...I am urge, a portent of the impossible - The moment in-between - Patience & idea... ~hag

~katie Semit..

“…All life is a process of breaking down - but the blows that do the dramatic side of the work, ­the big sudden blows that come, or seem to come, from outside - the ones you remember and blame things on - and in moments of weakness, tell your friends about - don’t show their effect all at once … The test of a first-­rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function. One should, for example, be able to see that things are hopeless and yet be determined to make them otherwise…~F. Scott Fitzgerald “The Crack-Up”

Wendy Sharpe

Those of you who venture into the world of the Cognitive Ritual know that I often grapple with the idea of a Question as a Quest…So if you are looking for a solid answer, well then you better have a sense of humor & a taste for bitter-sweet truth-wrought-words…

I have often found that the Quest for ‘answers’ acts like a longed-for life-preserver - but they often end up being a defective pool noodle, a suffocating mind box. In life’s choppy sea the answer might keep us floating for a day, or a lifetime, but ultimately a concrete answer can sink you – it can become like the coffin of Osiris, imprisoning the Sunlight – unless the Wisdom of Isis can open the tomb toward a future horizon dotted with new Questions…

~Pascal Marlin

And remember, the ‘answer’ often comes in disguise - brushing past us like the memory of a scent, wafting in - not only from Spirit, but from our fellow human beings - in the overheard remark of a stranger on the street, or a slap in the face from a friend - answers can also fly in from bacteria & insects & clouds - they can bring us to our knees, or make us get up & dance…

Questions are relational - They involve the other. They weave roots to plants & branches to trees – nourishing bugs & bacilli – feeding the human being - Ever asking: Are we a fit food for the gods? As we co-create a resilient connection between Spirit & Matter.

And so, as I make my return from a trying trip, I attempt, as F. Scott Fitzgerald tells: to be able to see that things are hopeless and yet be determined to make them otherwise - to embrace the break-down & the build-up - the 2 sides of the proverbial coin – a flexible currency in the many realms, to look for the silver-lining in the ever shedding womb of the soul, which if fed by Faith, provides like the ‘Ganganda greida’ — the “circulating cordial” – Mother’s Milk – Manna from heaven – a spiritual food that flows from the Holy Grail, alchemically prepared, when the human being is able to spiritualize their sense impressions, so that the base mineral extracts become so well refined, that they can nourish the noblest part of the soul. Providing a Divine Nourishment, given only to those that journey earnestly on the Spiritual Quest.

A striving for the ever-evolving answer that fills my heart-(w)hole – a sacred Temple gestating miracles I could never have planned without the Great Work of chipping away what does not serve, hewing the Rough Ashlar Stone in the striving to Perfect my soul.

~hag

6 March 2022 – “Speaking with the Stars”: Have you seen Venus (occult Mercury) lately? It’s the brightest planet, now near the sunrise glare. You have to catch it at just the right time, before the dawn light overwhelms it. On the morning of March 7, 2024, the slender waning moon will point toward Venus & much-dimmer Mars. Once Venus goes into the sun, it’ll be gone from our sky for a long time. It’ll pass most directly behind the Sun in June & return to our evening sky in late July or August.

Vinko Hlebs

Rudolf Steiner’s Lectures on this day

ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY

632 – The Farewell Sermon (Khutbah, Khutbatul Wada’) of the Islamic prophet Muhammad

1475 – Birthday of Michelangelo, Italian painter & sculptor

1665 – The first joint Secretary of the Royal Society, Henry Oldenburg, publishes the first issue of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society

1806  – Birthday of Elizabeth Barrett Browning – poet. She campaigned for the abolition of slavery & her work helped influence reform in the child labor legislation. Her prolific output made her a rival to Tennyson as a candidate for poet laureate on the death of Wordsworth.

1888 – Deathday of Louisa May Alcott, American novelist & poet

1943 – Norman Rockwell published Freedom from Want in The Saturday Evening Post with a matching essay by Carlos Bulosan as part of the Four Freedoms series

1975 – For the first time the Zapruder film of the assassination of John F. Kennedy is shown

1986 – Deathday of  Georgia O’Keeffe, American painter

Solar Eclipse Convergence:

‘Piercing the Veil to Resurrect the Grail’

6 – 9 April 2024

This convergence is calling the Spiritual Activist in you! - All creative souls who see the power of applying Art, Science & Spirituality to uphold the light during the Solar Eclipse spanning across America – a once in a life time opportunity to join with other striving human beings in the Quest for the Holy Grail – to make a difference within yourself, for America & for All worlds!

Read more about it HERE

Many folks have been asking about being able to arrive a day early to stay on the glorious grounds of the Saint Raphael Retreat Center in Dallas, TX. And so, our Eclipse Convergence team has made that possible!

After you register, go back to the registration page & select the ala cart option. You can pay for the room, (an amazing bargain!) AND you have the option of ordering homecooked meals as well - selecting your favorite food preferences.

These special orders must be placed before 28 March.

Contact Lisa Dalton with any questions