ards’ book Sold Out 3 documents many of these effects. So much for fraternity and the economic sphere. Many people who awakened to what stands behind the lies, hatred, and fear of these times sought religious or spiritual sustenance. Sadly, the Anthroposophical Society had little of meaning to say to them, our answers largely irrelevant to their real and immediate experience. And yet, individual anthroposophers did speak out. If you haven’t already, have a look at the excellent book The Contagion Myth4 by Dr. Tom Cowan and Sally Fallon. Dr. Cowan formerly served as vice president of the Physicians’ Association for Anthroposophic Medicine. He has also written a booklet, Breaking the Spell: The Scientific Evidence for Ending the Covid Delusion,5 which responds to his critics among conventional medical doctors and virologists, as well those in the holistic health, anthroposophical, and “anti-vaxx” communities. Thomas Mayer’s book Covid Vaccines from a Spiritual Perspective: Consequences for the Soul and Spirit and for Life after Death6 shares first-hand spiritual perceptions—con3 Portfolio, 2022. 4 Skyhorse Publishing, 2020. Reprinted in 2021 under the title The Truth about Contagion: Exploring Theories of How Disease Spreads. 5 Self-published, 2021. 6 Clairview Books, 2023.
sidered in the light of anthroposophical wisdom, from over fifty contributors with clairvoyant and physic abilities—of the effects of the injections on the human spiritual bodies, particularly among people who died shortly after receiving the injections. The book is disturbing, even alarming. However, it is also hopeful and Michaelic, crying out to us to seek the truth however painful its revelations, and to carry forces of healing to those who have been harmed. Although the Covid-justified assaults are mostly over, their legacy endures. Other transgressions are multiplying in different forms, in government, in educational and cultural institutions, and in business. We can see these early-stage developments as a preparation for the coming incarnation of the Prince of Lies. For our beloved Anthroposophical Society, the question of responsibility for the earth’s future must surely ring forth. What capacities for discernment are we preparing? What wisdom are we cultivating? What redemptive possibilities are we initiating on behalf of future generations, out of the ‘I’-awakening essence of this darkened world moment? Tim Nadelle lives near Ottawa, Canada. He has delivered lectures and written articles on anthroposophical subjects and has led workshops on The Philosophy of Spiritual Activity.
Ethical Individualism as a CounterForce to the Synchronization of All toward the “Good” Roland Tüscher I. The Christmas Conference and the Philosophy of Freedom The Christmas Conference of 1923 was based on Rudolf Steiner’s spiritual research activity. The updated actualization of the Christmas Conference therefore lies in the extent to which its foundational elements can be realized autonomously today. To teach and research autonomously and topically on the basis of spiritual science, it is not necessary to be clairvoyant. All that is necessary is the universally acces-
sible capacity of pure thinking, which is to be acquired through the “right reading” of the Philosophy of Freedom (Spiritual Activity), as Rudolf Steiner explained on February 6, 1923,1 and October 12, 1922.2 At the Christmas Conference of 1923, Rudolf Steiner emphasized the importance of this method of thinking as an impulse that will have to issue forth from the Anthroposophical Society. 1 Awakening to Community (SteinerBooks, 1975), GA 257, p. 58 in the 1983 German ed. 2 Becoming the Archangel Michael’s Companions (SteinerBooks, 2006), GA 217, p. 148 in the 1979 German ed. december 2023 • 67
