Interconnected
Japan is strongly affected by Covid-19. The anthroposophical work continues, among other things, through newsletters – without Zoom or Skype conferences.
The epidemic came not only to us but spread all over the world very quickly. By 5 May almost 3.6 million people were officially infected and over 250,000 had already deceased. This means for us a strong warning against the materialism all over the world.
The pain of animals flew into the astral world and comes to the earth as Coronavirus. May the Sun power penetrate the earth! Rudolf Steiner says that ‘bacterial illnesses’ can be traced back to spiritual origins (GA 93a, lecture of 3 November 1905).
Many of our activities, such as the Class Lessons, seasonal festivals, seminars and the eurythmy school have been postponed, as has our annual conference (from St. Johns to Michaelmas). We don’t use Zoom or Skype, since the spiritual reality is lost in them.
At Easter we translated a lecture by Rudolf Steiner and sent it to the members. We have translated articles about Coronavirus written by the Medical Section into Japanese and published them with mantras by Rudolf Steiner in a special edition of our newsletter Anthroposophia.
On 10 April the mantras of the eighth Class Lesson were recited at the same time in Dornach (CH) (11 o’clock a.m.) and in Tokyo (JP) (6 p.m.). In the face of the situation we felt the world as a spiritual circle. We really have a connection with one another.
We are requested to join in the fight between Michael and Mammon for the future of the earth.