Greetings all! May this day bless you with the Love of the Angels! Check out this piece on Steven McFadden's site:
http://www.chiron-communications.com/michaelmas.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michaelmas Festival Beyond The Balancing Point � - 2002 by Steven McFadden "Festivals are not merely the commemoration of historical events or personalities. They are in and of themselves, each year, spiritual events carrying a significance that grows and deepens with the developing phases of human evolution." � Rudolf Steiner As the Sun constellates itself before the star-speckled backdrop of Libra at the Autumnal Equinox each year, the cosmic scales pause in perfect symmetry � for just a moment. Then they begin to tip. Consciously or unconsciously, each soul has made a free-will decision. Consequences will manifest, perhaps even crystallize. Especially in this cash-short, war-scarred, weather-warped year, as the planets Pluto and Saturn form a portent-laden line in the sky, many people sense that we are in the midst of something momentous. Is it just common chaos, or could it be an intense acceleration of energy, a global quickening of the spirit? Archangel Michael casts the rebel angels into the abyss. Painting by Luca Giordano. The time appears ripe for some pivotal decisions about the way to go, decisions about how to exercise the supreme distinguishing human gift: free will. Eons of human striving have unfurled to bring humanity to this point: poised to take a profound step forward and become responsible agents for working with spiritual forces. Yet at this axis of transition we also run the obvious and widely lamented risk of losing our balance and further convulsing the muddled world of which we are part. The wheel of the seasons turns, and we come again inevitably to a festival time. Rightly understood, festival can become a primary aid to maintaining balance as we pass through ferocious cycles of transition. One festival in particular, autumn, may be a key that can help human beings transcend their self-imposed limitations and establish an epoch of history when daily life and the spirit are connected. Rhythms of Spiritual Growth (continued at http://www.chiron-communications.com/michaelmas.html)
