Spiritual ecology

The summer week on«Spiritual Ecology» is about light and shadow over the White Sea, sound space and the stream of time, and about the Nordic mysteries.

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Between Karelia, the land of the Kalevala, in the west and the Russian Arkhangelsk region in the east lie the mysterious Solovetsky Islands with their enigmatic stone labyrinths. The ancient Greeks spoke of them: from there – from the land of the Hyperboreans – the sun god Apollo travelled every spring to Delos and Delphi. Humans accompanied his journey on ships, bearing offerings across the Baltic Sea, the Dnieper River and the Black Sea. Druids guarded the hidden Drotten mysteries here.

Rudolf Steiner associates this archipelago with Skythianos, the teacher of humanity. In this place, where the purest sun forces prevailed, nature’s clairvoyance was to be preserved in its purest form: through the darkening of Atlantis, the Kali Yuga and the intellectual age - until a future time when cultural ties can evolve between Europe and Siberia. The first Gulag labour camp was established on these islands under Lenin and Stalin, its dark shadows still tangible today.

Because of this multifaceted past, a small group of geomancers will carry out some «energetic tidying up» on the islands. This will be followed by a St. John’s festival under the midnight sun, with new musical instruments. The retreat will include perception exercises and excursions. This gathering is about the dialogue with the life forces through the deepened observation of nature, and about research into generative forces and the use of biodynamic preparations and mistletoe-blossom-essences for healing the landscape. Will the unification of druidic schooling and modern natural science – assisted by angels and elemental beings – succeed?

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