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Friends,
Here is the final episode (for now!) in my series of episodes on occult & esoteric christianity, an evolving tradition that offers vitalizing insight into how to move forward.

Across the episodes, I’ve talked about various streams and fruits of occult & esoteric christianity, as well as some of its key figures. Rather than presenting the typically dogmatic, dominating, and totalizing christianity — which is always in danger of being seized by people, especially conservatives, with power — this series presented a different and truer form. Open, wounded, individuated, and powerless; a tradition that relates to other spiritual paths without seeking to control or diminish them.

The other episodes included:

• AEWCH 220 with Rev. Jonah Evans on WHY esoteric christianity
• AEWCH 221 with Rev. Patrick Kennedy on whether or not esoteric christianity was different (or the same!) as a religion
• AEWCH 222 on Bulgarian spiritual teacher Peter Deunov (Beinsa Douno) with spiritual researcher and writer David Lorimer
• AEWCH 223 a discussion on Cypriot esoteric teacher and healer, Daskalos, with Daniel Joseph and Aki Toshimitsu (which concluded with a beautiful meditation from Aki)
• AEWCH 224 with Lisa Romero on the new christian Mysteries of the heart

To conclude the series, I knew I needed to talk about a pivotal figure in my own life, Rudolf Steiner, and his esoteric christian offering of encounter and understanding; anthroposophy. So I invited on another pivotal figure in my life; someone I’ve known for a long, long time… my sister!

Laura Scappaticci is an educator, organizer, and the host of the podcast That Good May Become, a heartfelt podcast about spirituality in everyday life. She has been the program director of the Anthroposophical Society in America, and also worked at Rudolf Steiner College. Like me, she didn’t encounter anthroposophy until later life.

Obviously, Rudolf Steiner comes up a lot on the show, so I’m happy to have a chance to talk about his efforts and anthroposophy directly, And I’m so happy to do this with my sister!

SHOW NOTES

WHAT SHOULD YOU READ?
To get started with Steiner, there is no better book that Start Now!: A Book of Soul and Spiritual Exercises which is edited by Christopher Bamford. Rather than encountering Steiner via information, it’s good to take his work in through experiencing the effects of meditative and contemplative exercises and action. If you want the exercises in the context of lectures, then you might also want to check out Anthroposophy in Everyday Life: Practical Training in Thought – Overcoming Nervousness – Facing Karma – The Four Temperaments; a collection of lectures with practical application by Rudolf Steiner.

WHAT OTHER AEWCH EPISODE SHOULD YOU LISTEN TO?
One episode of the show that’s I’m so happy to have shared is sort of a solo episode: AEWCH 126. I write “sort of” here because it’s all about the Archangel Michael – one of the key spiritual beings for Steiner’s worldview – and my hope that the presence is apparent in the episode.

MORE ON LAURA
For more on my sis, check out her wesbite. And you can also listen to the episodes of her podcast that I’ve been on, On current trends vs truth and that my brother in law has been on, talking about art! (PS: Upcoming episodes will be about Steiner’s How To Know Higher Worlds.)