Dear Members and Friends of The Christian Community,
I would like to make you aware of two current offerings from the Karl König Institute.
The first, entitled “An Inner Journey Through the Year”, is an online series on the “Calendar of the Soul”. It features two introductory talks and 52 weekly 20-30 minute talks by Richard Steel, founder and CEO of the Karl König Institute. The talks about each verse of the Calendar are presented through the lens of Karl König’s accompanying meditative, richly colored drawings, and also through the way that each verse is part of a “cross” of 4 related verses (as R. Steiner indicated). Richard has worked with these verses and drawings for over 50 years. I experience his talks as coming from a deep heart-understanding, and think they could be a great help in furthering our understanding of the Christian festivals in relation to the soul’s journey through nature’s yearly cycle. The talks are continually available via password and so one needn’t start with week #1 and can always go back for review. I very strongly recommend them.
The second offering arises from a festival held at Camphill Triform this spring: “Kaspar Hauser and the Apocalypse”. This festival was recorded so that people could experience it later in video format. The importance of coming to understand the being of Kaspar Hauser was emphasized by Rudolf Steiner: “If Kaspar Hauser had not lived and died in the way that he did, the connection between the human being and the spiritual world would have been completely severed.”1 And Karl Koenig wrote: “Kaspar Hauser is the protector of the image of God.”2 Among the many excellent contributions made in this festival, of particular interest for us might be the very detailed lectures by Eckart Böhmer, who has spent years researching both the earthly documented historical information about Kaspar Hauser’s life as well as the statements by both Rudolf Steiner and Karl Koenig about his spiritual significance for humanity.
The contribution for each event is $50; or $40 for students and where support is needed. If you cannot give this much, please give what you can. Pay for the Calendar of the Soul talks and/or for the Kaspar Hauser Festival videos at: https://camphillfoundation.org/donate/ and choose Karl König Institute in the box that says: “My Donation is for.” Then designate either COTS (Calendar of the Soul), or KHF (Kaspar Hauser Festival) – or both, if you are signing up for both events. Then be sure to email Deborah Grace and tell her the event(s) for which you want to receive the link and password: deborahgrace@karlkoeniginstitute.org
All the best,
Peter Skaller (on behalf of Deborah Grace and The Karl Koenig Institute)