Rudolf Steiner's lectures are inspiring and mind-expanding, if nothing else. Putting the science in "Spiritual Science", Steiner explains to us how oxalic acid is worked into formic acid inside the body. Life-essential formic acid is found in humans, ants, wasps and bees and it is absorbed into and emitted from soil. It is in the air as well. When I read these transcriptions of Steiner's speeches, I find myself feeling more connected with nature, and more aware of our spiritual connection with nature and others. Steiner outlines a correspondence between the journey of the human soul and the journey of a swarm of bees. Bees seem to have more analogues with humans than one could ordinarily imagine.

Books
Steiner, Rudolf. (1998). Bees with an Afterword on the Art of Joseph Beuys - Lectures by Rudolf Steiner. Anthroposophic Press.
https://rudolfsteinerbookstore.com/product/bees/
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Steiner says life involves work, not substance. And in this episode, Steiner explains how ant-acid aka formic acid does not provide a direct increase in formic acid, inside the body, to cure illnesses. Steiner explains how the functions of the body require things that promote work and effort. He makes a fine case for oxalic acid (found in leafy wild greens) as the medicine required to increase the life-giving and All-connecting formic acid inside the body. The body wants to work and transform form the foods we give it, it does not want like-for-like or substance-for-substance. The work of bees, ants and wasps comes from wisdom and is life-giving, rather than a perceived thieving from plants and nature. I believe this deep knowing and connectedness that Steiner had, qualified him to make predictions about the future that became true. His premonitions on AI make sense by listening or reading these lectures on bees. AI brings us away from work and wisdom and into a mindset of substance and materialism, where AI provides the answers and we don't need to work for them but just take the information we need.

Books
Steiner, Rudolf. (1998). Bees with an Afterword on the Art of Joseph Beuys - Lectures by Rudolf Steiner. Anthroposophic Press.
https://rudolfsteinerbookstore.com/product/bees/

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Today's episode is a read-through of a lecture by Rudolf Steiner. It was delivered in Dornach on December 15, 1923. Steiner walks us through the wisdom of ants, to an understanding of our connectedness to ants, wasps, bees, the earth and life itself through the substance called formic acid.

Steiner, Rudolf. (1998). Bees with an Afterword on the Art of Joseph Beuys - Lectures by Rudolf Steiner. Anthroposophic Press.
https://rudolfsteinerbookstore.com/product/bees/

Otherworld Connections is live every Wednesday 3.00pm-4.00pm Eastern Time on Revolution Radio (Studio A): https://www.revolution.radio/.

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The recent extreme loss of bee colonies in the USA has sparked inquiry into the effect of EMF and pesticides on bees. Bees symbolise success in achieving goals for the greater good. They symbolise communities operating in harmony for the greater good. There has been a recent explosion of the "Bro-trepreneur", the popularisation of "Anarcho-Capitalism", and the growing dependence on AI. We are now living in a culture that accepts AI as a substitute for creating and working hard on our goals. The idea of freedom without rulers has changed. It has become subjective. the winning freedom culture-du-jour is a sales and marketing culture. Financial success means "freedom for all", thanks to the "creator economy". The concept of freedom is changing. We have accepted the technocracy as a part of life and something we should exploit. We have started to sell out on our values simply because money is more important. Our values have become an accessory, a branded cog in the AI machine. Interacting with others is more about sales negotiations, than community and serving others for the greater good….. are the bees telling us, through die-off, that we are destroying ourselves? This series on bees unpacks this correspondence and looks at solutions.

Books & References
Benvenuti, Anne. (2014). Spirit Unleashed: Reimagining Human-Animal Relations. Cascade Books.
https://www.annebenvenuti.com/publications-1

Farmer, Steven D. (2006). Animal Spirit Guides: An Easy-to-Use Handbook for Identifying and Understanding Your Power Animals and Animal Spirit Helpers. Hay House.
https://archive.org/details/animalspiritguid0000farm

Kracht, Matt. (2023). OMFG, Bees! - Bees Are So Amazing and You're About to Find Out Why. Chronicle Books.
https://www.chroniclebooks.com/products/omfg-bees

Beanz, Tracy and Edwards, Michelle 'Guided by Earth’s Magnetic Field, Bees Suffer Mysterious Catastrophic Loss', The High Wire
https://thehighwire.com/editorial/guided-by-earths-magnetic-field-bees-suffer-mysterious-catastrophic-loss/

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One review of Bernard Roger's The Initiatory Path in Fairy Tales: The Alchemical Secrets of Mother Goose states, "How can a writer transform such an exciting subject into something so boring? It is a mystery in itself. The book deals with something that could have been very interesting. But is written in a way that makes it a pain to read." While I found it a pain myself, it has deepened my reverence for Fairy Tales. Roger's book demanded an understanding of the stages Freemasonry and Alchemy. I felt like there was a pretentiousness through the book and a bit of insider baseball going on as well. Otherworld Connections wants to bring these concepts, found in fairy tales, back to basics and to speak common sense. So, overall this book was a worthwhile read and it broke down common plot devices into sections. We learn that there might be an intuitive aspect to the creation of these "old wives tales". We learn that there certainly is a connection between fairy tales and the ancient mystery school traditions. These secret societies have pull because of hidden secrets of Natural Law, the operating conditions of life. Knowing these secrets empowers us to be successful in life. So what this means is that fairy tales have the secrets too, and they are still around for all of us to bring into our lives and learn about occult knowledge and de-occult it to make it just knowledge that is free for all. Fairy Tales are a tool to level the playing field and take our power back.

Books
Roger, Bernard. (2013). The Initiatory Path in Fairy Tales: The Alchemical Secrets of Mother Goose. Inner Traditions.
https://www.amazon.com/Initiatory-Path-Fairy-Tales-Alchemical-ebook/dp/B00ZPIZTDA
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According to author Bernard Roger, V.I.T.R.I.O.L. (the Door of The Temple) is encoded in fairy tales. It is the underground world found deep in forests, the forest's edge, castles, at the bottom of wells and at the location of a transgression made on one of the characters. The "interior of the earth" is more often visited by girl characters. V.I.T.R.I.O.L. means something like, "go within yourself to find the truth". It's about reflection and being aware of your own mortality. It's about finding what is important in life and what you should do with your own life. It's about trying and it's about being honest. This is why fairy tales, in all their violent and transgressional glory, should be kept alive and read to children.

Books
Roger, Bernard. (2013). The Initiatory Path in Fairy Tales: The Alchemical Secrets of Mother Goose. Inner Traditions.
https://www.amazon.com/Initiatory-Path-Fairy-Tales-Alchemical-ebook/dp/B00ZPIZTDA
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We continue reading Bernard Roger's The Initiatory Path in Fairy Tales: The Alchemical Secrets of Mother Goose. He continues his de-coding of Fairy Takes through the lens of Freemasonry and Alchemy. More often than not, the protagonist sets out on a quest. Roger breaks down the common themes, or plot devices, and connects the symbolism around fairy tale quests. There are universal themes in quest scenes that correspond to The Great Work and the Sacred Masculine. The quests, found in fairy tales, symbolise taking right action in the world and overcoming adversity in the name of good.

Books
Roger, Bernard. (2013). The Initiatory Path in Fairy Tales: The Alchemical Secrets of Mother Goose. Inner Traditions.
https://www.amazon.com/Initiatory-Path-Fairy-Tales-Alchemical-ebook/dp/B00ZPIZTDA
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In Bernard Roger's The Initiatory Path in Fairy Tales: The Alchemical Secrets of Mother Goose, he highlights parallels and pluralities to Freemasonry and alchemy. So we begin to see that the connections are there. The symbols are valid. So what of them and what is the point. We hope to find out toward the end of the book. In this instalment of Otherworld Connections, Bernard Roger points out something important about the symbolism in fairy tales: a vulgar association between a woman and a pile of manure really goes much deeper into associations between femininity, mother earth and the sacred feminine. Moving forward we look to finding out about what to do with all of these observations!

Books
Roger, Bernard. (2013). The Initiatory Path in Fairy Tales: The Alchemical Secrets of Mother Goose. Inner Traditions.
https://www.amazon.com/Initiatory-Path-Fairy-Tales-Alchemical-ebook/dp/B00ZPIZTDA
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Watch out for the loners, the losers, the failures, the rejects and the black sheep. They are being supported by the faery realm who are trying to push the outcasts into The Great Work. Bernard Roger's The Initiatory Path in Fairy Tales explains that the common characters, settings and situations found in found in fairy tales are literal demonstrations of the type of circumstances that are ripe for initiation into becoming a shining light for humanity.

Books
Roger, Bernard. (2013). The Initiatory Path in Fairy Tales: The Alchemical Secrets of Mother Goose. Inner Traditions.
https://www.amazon.com/Initiatory-Path-Fairy-Tales-Alchemical-ebook/dp/B00ZPIZTDA
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The word "initiation" is mentioned a hundred times in this episode. As we continue to read Bernard Roger's book, The Initiatory Path in Fairy Tales, he valiantly explains the origins of Fairy Tales came from the origins of initiation itself. We learn about Bear John and that it is one of the oldest Fairy Tales in existence. The bear itself, corresponds as one of the most ancient symbols of man.

Books
Roger, Bernard. (2013). The Initiatory Path in Fairy Tales: The Alchemical Secrets of Mother Goose. Inner Traditions.
https://www.amazon.com/Initiatory-Path-Fairy-Tales-Alchemical-ebook/dp/B00ZPIZTDA
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