Brunnen von Christus Group

Introduction

The Brunnen von Christus Group work began in the autumn of 2006. It is anthroposophical work in direct spiritual perception and the discernment or assessment of what has value and truth in revealed experience and what does not - processes referred to by Rudolf Steiner as The Thinking of the Heart. The work is primarily in Imagination and Imaginative knowledge, but spiritual scientific research is also part of the group work because the development of thinking and the deepening of anthroposophical knowledge never cease. The Brunnen von Christus Group work began shortly after the publication of the dramatic trilogy Southwest Journey and the article Rudolf Steiner Returns (see the Resources and Links page). Regarding the origin of the name Brunnen von Christus, this is described on The Three I's page. The name Brunnen von Christus serves to facilitate consciousness of the distinct difference between the historical Rudolf Steiner and the new activity of Rudolf Steiner and also refers to the source or fount within each individual. Thus, this site can serve as a vehicle for the sharing of
1.) Spiritual Scientific Research, and
2.) The "Three I's", Imagination, Inspiration and Intuition, conveyed through writing.

There is a discussion forum for preliminary work on these and related topics at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/brunnenvchr.

David E. Franck Photography

Some guidelines for contributions are suggested below:

The contributions should be as concise as possible, written either informally (such as a correspondence) or as an abstract or synopsis. Some sharings may require greater length; in that case they may be able to be included in the planned Brunnen von Christus publications which will be available online.
Anthroposophists especially, but not exclusively, are invited to share spiritual experiences and research. These collective sharings are intended to reveal a picture of the Spiritual World now; they can potentially shed further light on what Michael and the Michael School intend now and in the future.
Experiences of the Being who was Rudolf Steiner are welcome from Anthroposophists, especially those in older years who are ready to share their experiences but can find no sympathetic vehicle or means. According to Rudolf Steiner, "mystical experiences, like intellectual experiences, must [at the correct time] become the common heritage of mankind. It would be sheer egoism if anyone wished to have [the experiences] for himself alone."
Contributions from those who combine Buddhism and other Eastern spiritual studies with Anthroposophy will also be very welcome.
As a general rule, the more time given to retrospection in regard to spiritual experiences, the better. Also, a person who has studied Anthroposophy for 20 or 30 years is ideal for this kind of work. However, there will always be exceptions to both of these general rules.

There will be no group approval of contributions; there is no authority that oversees this work. Each person is fully responsible for his/her own sharing, in keeping with the spirit of the "Philosophy of Freedom," by Rudolf Steiner.

"The content of what is spiritually perceived can only be reproduced in pictures (imaginations) through which inspirations speak, which have origin in spiritual entity intuitively perceived." Rudolf Steiner, Outline of Occult Science.

"...I do regard it as my own personal task to say nothing that is given by the intellect as such but to take things in the way they are directly and immediately given to occult vision. Only afterward are they permeated with the power of understanding. ...We must learn to take a different attitude toward the great riddles and secrets of the cosmos, to approach them...with all the faculties of our soul. Then we shall ourselves become partakers in the whole of human evolution. It will be for us like a fountain of sublime all-human consciousness. We shall have fullness of soul." Rudolf Steiner, Occult Significance of the Bhagavad Gita.

A Conference with the Brunnen von Christus Group
The Writing of the Heart:
Recognition and Communication of Spiritual Experience
April 7 - 11, 2010, in Albuquerque, Old Town, New Mexico
(There are no fees. More information will be provided here later.)

Intuitive Meetings Book II, and additional articles of the Brunnen von Christus Group:

Intuitive Meetings, Book II, Intuition, Inspiration, Imagination

Atlantean Cataclysms and the Ages Following, by Martha Keltz

Celebrating the Year in the Day, "soulscapes" by James Gillen

The Epic of Gilgamesh, a study; complements "Atlantean Cataclysms."

How do I join your Brunnen von Christus group?

Contact: Martha Keltz

"Much wisdom often goes with brevity of speech." ~ Sophocles

"Too great length and too great brevity of discourse leads to obscurity." ~ Pascal

"I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in me, and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing." ~ John 15:5