Fairy Tales for the Spirit

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Federica
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Re: Fairy Tales for the Spirit

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AshvinP wrote: ↑Sun Dec 10, 2023 10:33 pm Here is a great series of videos on Goethe's fairy tale, the Green Snake and the Beautiful Lily - which some rank among the best that were ever imaginatively condensed - that goes through it with quality illustrations. It is fundamentally an 'alchemical' allegory for the marriage between the purified soul and the higher Spirit.


Thanks!
I've watched part 1. I can't say I understand much, I will let it sit :) I really enjoyed the tale nonetheless, and the beautiful drawings!
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Re: Fairy Tales for the Spirit

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Federica wrote: ↑Tue Dec 12, 2023 12:41 pm
AshvinP wrote: ↑Sun Dec 10, 2023 10:33 pm Here is a great series of videos on Goethe's fairy tale, the Green Snake and the Beautiful Lily - which some rank among the best that were ever imaginatively condensed - that goes through it with quality illustrations. It is fundamentally an 'alchemical' allegory for the marriage between the purified soul and the higher Spirit.


Thanks!
I've watched part 1. I can't say I understand much, I will let it sit :) I really enjoyed the tale nonetheless, and the beautiful drawings!

It could help to also peruse these lectures by Steiner on its occult significance - https://rsarchive.org/Lectures/SerpLily ... 04p01.html
"They only can acquire the sacred power of self-intuition, who within themselves can interpret and understand the symbol... those only, who feel in their own spirits the same instinct, which impels the chrysalis of the horned fly to leave room in the involucrum for antennae yet to come."
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