Announcing Our Next Reading Group

We'll meet at 10am PT on Nov 29 via webcam to begin reading "Anthroposophical Leading Thoughts" (GA 26) By Rudolf Steiner

We warmly welcome guild members new and old to our next Urphänomen reading group commencing at 10am Pacific on Friday, November 29th and recurring every Friday. As usual, our meetings will occur in the digital ether using Zoom. We welcome anyone with sincere interest in collaborative spiritual scientific research to join us (Zoom link available here). Please leave a comment below or email us at urphanomen@outlook.com if you have any questions.

The Book

With several enticing possibilities in consideration, Ashton and Matt decided to invite a turn of our shared attention to the collection of fragments and letters written toward the end of Steiner’s life and published as Anthroposophical Leading Thoughts (GA 26).

The text is available on RS Archive and as a paperback.

Here is the first page:

Urphänomen could be thought of as part of the “manifold life” of anthroposophy, but we have no official connection to the Society at this time. We are perhaps expressive of the “free play” happening around the edges. We hope you can join us in this effort to become evermore lucid in our thinking, warmer in our feeling life, and awake to the freeing power of the Will.

Below is the schedule for our reading of Anthroposophical Leading Thoughts (CW 26). Rather than page numbers, the “Leading Thought” numbers are indicated (or the title of the unnumbered section). Each week we invite participants to volunteer to briefly summarize and/or reflect on a key theme from that week’s reading.

Session 1 (Fri Nov 29 at 10am Pacific): “Anthroposophical Leading Thoughts” and Thoughts #1-37

Session 2 (Fri Dec 6): “Supplementary..” and Thoughts #38-75

Session 3 (Fri Dec 13): “How the Leading Thoughts Are To Be Used” and Thoughts #76-102

Session 4 (Fri Dec 20): “The Way of Michael…” and Thoughts #103-114

Session 5 (Fri Dec 27): “The Michael-Christ-Experience of Man” and Thoughts #115-123

Session 6 (Fri Jan 3): “First Study: At the Gates…” and Thoughts #124-133

Session 7 (Fri Jan 10): “Third Study: Michael’s Suffering…” and Thoughts #134-139

Session 8 (Fri Jan 17): “Heavenly History…” and Thoughts #140-149

Session 9 (Fri Jan 24): “What Is Revealed…” and Thoughts #150-161

Session 10 (Fri Jan 31): “The Freedom of Man…” and Thoughts #162-173

Session 11 (Fri Feb 7): “Memory and Conscience” and Thoughts #174-185