Rudolf Steiner’s View of Sub-Nature and the Etheric
2019-11-24 00:00 UTC
Recorded live November 24, 2019HOSTED BY Andrew Linnell ABOUT THIS LECTUREA live-streamed talk by Johannes KuhlCLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Translocation or Transformation of the Ahrimanic and Luciferic – Access On Demand
2020-04-25 00:00
HOSTED BY Andrew Linnell
ABOUT THESE WEBINARS
Are will continue from his last webinar in describing his training methods towards enactment of the Translocation, Transformation, or hiding of spiritual entities, especially the ahrimanic and luciferic entities related to electromagnetic radiation (EMR). In this webinar, you will learn his technique to neutralize the pathologic effects of EMR. Are will offer exercises to develop such capacities.
Are Thoresen is the author of these two recent books you can purchase now through Rudolf Steiner Bookstore:
Demons and Healing: The Reality of the Demonic Threat and the Doppelgänger in the Light of Anthroposophy: Demonology, Christology and Medicine.
Experiences from the Threshold and Beyond: Understood through Anthroposophy
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The ‘Heresy’ of Leonardo’s Virgin of the Rocks
2020-05-22 00:00
Webinar was given on May 22, 2020

ABOUT THIS WEBINAR
Through the Platonic Academy of Florence, Leonardo was aware of the ‘heresies’ of Early Christianity. Andrew will speak about his 35 years of research that has led to his forthcoming book, The Hidden Heretic of the Renaissance, Leonardo.
What was Leonardo really depicting in his original Virgin of the Rocks? Get ready for an entertaining art history journey exploring paintings by several Renaissance artists who supported this ‘heresy.’ Andrew has been a featured speaker at the Springfield Art Museum and for other cultural organizations in numerous cities. Art historians and Walter Isaacson fans alike will enjoy this talk.
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The IRON NECESSITY of Our Technological Age – A 3 Part Series
2020-06-05 00:00
These Lectures were given between March 20 – 21, 2020

IRON NECESSITY
Steiner used the words “iron necessity” when discussing an apparent dire future. We will explore changes coming to our lives by technology and the activity of various spiritual beings. Along with the usual suspects Ahriman and Michael, we’ll explore the role of the elementals, the Vulcans, and others. Drawing from the depths of Occult Science, Andrew will explain how Steiner foresaw our future. In the workshop we will explore the cosmic role for our Ahrimanic double and find counter-balances for a healthy social life.

Evening Lecture

1. The Iron Necessity of Our Technological Age
In this lecture, Andrew Linnell will focus on Steiner’s descriptions of past planetary conditions and their recapitulations to form a surprising view of mankind’s future with machines.
“That which must be acquired by mankind — freedom of the will — can be acquired only during Earth-evolution. In the Jupiter, Venus, and Vulcan stages men will need this freedom of will.” –The Occult Movement in the Nineteenth Century, lecture 5, Oct. 18, 1915, GA 254
Rudolf Steiner’s words might sound like transhumanism:
“…the welding together of Mankind with Machines will be a great and important problem for the rest of the earth-evolution.” – The Wrong and Right Use of Esoteric Knowledge, Lecture 3, Nov. 25, 1917
“As earth evolution progresses, human beings will be less and less able to develop their souls parallel to their bodies. Why, then, should it not be possible for an individual to incarnate in a body, the whole constitution of which destines it for evil? The individual can still be good inside such a body, for the connection with the physical has become less close.” –The Fall of the Spirits of Darkness, lecture 5, Oct. 7, 1917, GA 177
“Only those human beings, however, in whom are incarnated human souls that have developed in a manner possible through the influences of the Greco-Latin and the subsequent 5th, 6th, and 7th Cultural Ages of evolution will be able to cope with the future earth conditions.” –Outline of Occult Science

Day Lectures
In these 2 Lectures, Andrew Linnell will elaborate on Steiner’s surprising view of mankind’s future with machines. As time permits, we can examine things we can do now to deal with the impacts of technology (EMR/5G, addiction, virtual reality, AI) both in our daily lives as individuals, as families, and as groups striving to nudge the development of new technologies in a healthy threefold direction.
2. The Human Double and Its Future
3. The Three Occultism’s, State of MysTech, Social MysTech

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MICROTONAL MUSIC AND THE THIRD FORCE – Lindsay Cole
2020-10-05 00:00
Musical intervals less customary to the West offer humanity a window for peering into the inner workings of the molecular world and its subtle forces. Take a tour through microtonal instruments of ancient cultures and more recent electronic developments, as we uncover what these instruments can tell us about vibration and inner correspondence.CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

SPIRITUAL SCIENCE, DEMONS, AND ELEMENTALS – Are Thoresen
2020-10-05 00:00
How are we to meet, live with, deal with, and transform demonic entities or forces, especially those found in technology?CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

HEGEL’S REDEMPTION OF LOGIC AND THE LIFE OF RIGHTS – Daniel Perez
2020-10-05 00:00
“Hegel always stood completely within his milieu. The riddles of his surroundings worked deep within him… Out of this spirit too arose Hegel’s Logic – no ordinary logic, but something entirely different… One is moved to say that the most singular of all kinds of human striving on the highest-level manifests itself in this Hegelian logic … understood as logos or universal reason.”[Spiritual Science as a Foundation for Social Forms, lecture 9, 27Aug1920, GA 199]About 100 years ago a confluence of events unfolded in Europe. Steiner was giving lectures on the Threefold Social Order and central to this series was a lecture on Aug 27th 1920 to mark Hegel’s 150th birthday. Around that time, it was also nearing the end of the Spanish Flu epidemic, where similar to today the world was thrown into chaos. This summer will mark the 250th anniversary of Hegel’s birth and 100 years’ time from the recognition afforded by Steiner of the lasting deeds of Hegel’s profound work on logic.
Within Hegel’s Logic is a method of perceiving how a synthesis of knowledge and experience brings us into the spiritual. Rather than get pulled into one extreme, or one aspect of reality, we rise above these forces of opposition to live with a higher consciousness. The polarities of East and West, Capitalism and Communism, Cultural life vs Economic are all balanced in the middle region, in the breathing space of the rhythmic system.
We will elaborate an understanding for Hegel’s Science of Logic, and come to understand how his work on the ‘objective spirit’ envisioned the life of rights into the future. The expression of rights, morality and justice are all to be managed within the political domain. This domain is the middle of the three spheres of Threefolding and is the most connected to the earth. It is in many ways the least spiritual. For this reason, extra effort must be exerted to redeem the earthly Ahrimanic logic and raise this life of rights to the spirit.
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THE EFFECT OF TECHNICAL DEVICES ON THE WORLD OF HUMANS- Frank Burdich
2020-10-05 00:00
All processes in the physical world are constituted out of the supersensible. There is an intentional relation from the spiritual world and realizing forces on the level of the elemental beings. We humans take part on these levels – consciously or unconsciously – in a reciprocal interaction. Indications are given in the lecture as to how these relationships can be grasped and formed more consciously.
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APPLIED RADIONICS: IN BIODYNAMIC AGRICULTURE BY HUGH LOVEL
2020-10-05 00:00
What is radionics? Transfer of patterns via quantum non-locality and entanglementHow is this helpful in Biodynamic farming?Examples of Using biodynamic preparation patterns for:Frost protectionFruit set and sizingRipening wine grapesPreventing pests and diseases CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

MysTech Conference 2020
2020-10-08 00:00 - 2020-10-09 00:00
SCIENCES & TECHNOLOGY AT THE THRESHOLD
Broadcasting (Right Here) LIVE! – August 13th – 16th
Find out more about the conference and register at:
MYSTECH.ORG/CONFERNECE-2020

The Mysteries of Technology in the Light of Spiritual Science – Access On Demand
2021-03-12 00:00
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What you will learn…
Overcoming our fears of the future and artificial intelligence in particular are important for a healthy confrontation with Ahriman. Here you will learn about Rudolf Steiner’s vision of the future in regards to technology.
After attending these three webinars you will know:
What indications Rudolf Steiner gave to technology and how to rightly understand them.
What will be unavoidable for our future and how we can rightly accept these things out of freedom.
Sexual procreation will be replaced but how and with what? Some possibilities will be explored.
How to rightly understand and confront the adversarial powers behind technology and to transform it to the good!
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About your presenter…
Andrew Linnell is president of the Boston Branch and co-founder of MysTech. He is a veteran of the computer industry and a longtime member of the School for Spiritual Science and part of the planning group for the Natural Science Section.
About these webinars…
Webinar 1: The Cosmic Necessity of Our Technological Age
Rudolf Steiner distinguished between freedom and necessity for humanity. He explains how our current fifth Post-Atlantean Epoch will come to an end. Andrew will outline the role technology must take in our human evolution. This includes roles in the lead-up to Ahriman’s incarnation, then towards the end of sexual procreation, and finally to the return of the moon.
Webinar 2: The Welding Together of Man and Machine
In this webinar, we continue our study of the role of technology through the rest of Post-Atlantean Cultural Ages. As the physical body withers, humanity will seek technological solutions that will further hasten the body’s demise. We’ll look at how prosthetics work today and how they will work in the future. We will explore foundations for a Mechanical Occultism.
Webinar 3: Maintaining Our Humanity Through the Challenge of Our Times
It may feel like an impossible future, but don’t underestimate our human capacities. We’ve not been abandoned by the spiritual world! We’ll examine the offered help from spiritual beings and the Christ. Lastly, we look at contemporary issues and their counterbalances in this light.
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AI-Enabled Attention Management in Machine Gambling and Social Media and Ways to Overcome it.
2021-09-30 00:00
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This talk was based on work I did with a young man suffering from severe digital addiction. Since I have practiced user experience design for web sites for 26 years, I understand how users can be “hooked”, as we say in the business, to a particular platform such as Facebook. While working with the young man, I studied the techniques for forming online user habits in detail.
For both gamblers and social media users, researchers have found the science of behavioral modification is being applied at scale to ensure a steady flow of profit for their parent companies.
This talk examines the techniques used to gain control over user attention and autonomy and their effects on young people in particular.
The talk ends by providing specific techniques based on anthroposophical principles to overcome online behavioral conditioning through smart social media usage.
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Star Wisdom & Technology
2021-09-30 19:00 - 2021-10-28 19:00
Individual Creativity & the Future of CultureFour interactive presentations exploring the forces of technology as they have arisen in human culture and its impact upon it. We will follow the mythic story of Cain and Abel, Cain the practical one and Abel the dreamer closer to Divinity. How do their streams intertwine through history? We will explore their work through architecture, the rise of scientific discovery, and through the insights and voices of those confronting the trends of contemporary human culture.
Each 2 hour session will begin at 7 PM Mountain time starting on Sept. 30, and continuing October 7, 21, and 28, 2021
These sessions will be recorded and available in your personal “library” at the StarHouse site. You can access them at any time. Additional documents that we will provide, will also become part of your library.
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Four Sessions
September 30
Temple Architecture: Shaping the Human Archetype through History
We begin with the mythos of Cain and Abel, and follow their relationship through cultural epochs. Cain is the practical and technical of the pair, who has become the master builder of our civilization. Solomon called upon Hiram, of the Cain stream, to build the Temple of Solomon in Jerusalem. Down through history, these two streams can be followed, through the sacred architectures of all cultures. “The temple becomes the human being.” (Rudolf Steiner, 1911)
“We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us.” (Winston Churchill, 1943)
Bring paper and pens (and coloring tools if you have them)
October 7
The Fall of Spirits of Darkness and the Rise of Science and Technology
Anthroposophy describes particular times where spiritual beings have had an especially strong influence on the development of humanity. We will examine one of these times, in the 19th century, when out of the development of scientific inquiry technology began to arise. We will examine three scientists who lived and worked at this time. Through what they discovered or invented, our lives have been immensely changed. We will use astrological charts, to assist us in understanding the significance of this time, and the challenge that the rise of technology represents to human culture. We will demonstrate how we read these astrological charts, focusing particularly on the importance of the recently discovered “outer planets,” Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto.
October 21
From Science to Spiritual Science: Rudolf Steiner, the Renewal of Temple Architecture, and a Path of Meditation Envisioning Our Human Future
We will examine the life of Rudolf Steiner, the Austrian philosopher and inspirer of Waldorf education, biodynamic farming methods, and much else. We will see how the timing of his birth moment related him to the major challenges that Humanity must face, then and now. We will investigate his birth chart to identify the gesture he brought from the stars to confront the rise of technology and its consequences for nature and human culture—technology’s excesses and its promises.
A major achievement by Rudolf Steiner was the design and construction of the Goetheanum building in Switzerland. We will explore the revolutionary architecture of this modern temple. After this largely wooden structure burned, it was replaced with a second concrete Goetheanum. He also metamorphosed the original building’s forms and essence into mantric thoughts composed in four verses: Laying it as a new spiritual Foundation Stone, in human hearts, to strengthen the core of individual human beings to encounter the future.
October 28
Cultural Creatives in our Time: Three Michaelic Leaders in Modern Culture
How can we manage the challenges of the rise of technology and transhumanism in our time, so that the essence of humanity and the natural world is not lost? We will look at the lives and astrological charts of three powerful young women living today—”three Graces”—who have already had immense impacts on our culture. The three are Greta Thunberg, Amanda Gorman, and Malala Yousafzai. From them, as forerunners, we can learn how to face the forces and challenges arising in our ever-more technological world-order
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The Turing Machine and what computers can and cannot do.
2021-11-14 00:00
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Our general theme will be on the mysteries of technology as seen in the light of spiritual science. While a foundation in Anthroposophy is helpful, it is not required for participation.
This will be a 2-part series that includes:
The Turing Machine and what computers can and cannot doArtificial Intelligence or Automated Imbecility? Can machines think and feel?
What you will learn: Overcoming our fears of the future and artificial intelligence in particular are important for a healthy confrontation with Ahriman. Here you will learn about Rudolf Steiner’s vision of the future in regards to technology from a professor of computer science.
Can machines think and be intelligent? We have the Turing Test and its extensions – is this adequate? Can machines have sensations and feelings? Prof. Valdemar Setzer will answer these questions by exploring the Turing Machine, the Decidability Problem, and the Halting Problem. He will lead us to the issues of the “singularity”, man-machine symbiosis, and transhumanism. How can something non-physical act physically without violating physical laws? Is the human being a machine?
More About the Speaker
Valdemar Setzer is an Anthroposophist and a retired professor of computer science at the Institute of Mathematics and Statistics of the University of São Paulo (USP) where he continues to supervise theses, research, and teach. He was Visiting Professor at the Universities of Texas in Austin and at Stuttgart in Germany. He received his doctorate from USP in 1967. He was founder and Director of the Electronic Computing Center at USP, head of the departments of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science at IME, President of the Undergraduate Committee of IME, and active in his profession in numerous ways. He has published 12 books (see list on his website) and has published numerous technical articles in national and international magazines and congresses. He has been an invited speaker for events that the Goetheanum.

MysTech Study Groups forming now for January through March
2021-12-03 00:00 - 2021-12-31 00:00
Start 2nd week of January and run for 12 weeks using Zoom. Each class has a study guidebook consisting of passages from Steiner lectures and books. Each session has a theme with study questions and commentaries. Feedback has been 5-star. Sign up at https://mystech.org/study-courses/.Courses:
Beginners (NA, EU, Asia, and Aus/NZ)Intermediates (a) Mondays 5 pm ET or (b) Wed 8 pm ET or (c) ?Light & Electricity TBDDestiny of the Human Body TBDRefined Breathing TBD
You can sign up for any but it works best if you take the Beginners course first. The lecture material is often surprising and commonly challenging. You can work on it by yourself, but the group perspective certainly is very helpful. Groups have bonded and look forward to meeting each week.
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