A living tree cannot sing, but a violin can.

Scorpio is the most esoteric sign of the zodiac, and this module goes into its house. It begins among the goddesses of Egypt and Greece — and ends, without warning, in Mexico.

The five lectures

The Goddesses of the House Scorpio. First, where these teachings come from and how a revelation of this kind arrives. Then the pit of vipers; Rudolf Steiner on Isis; Typhon and Set; the Egyptian, Greek and Roman Pharaohs. Venus and Aphrodite — the evolution of the being-nature of Venus, Venus among the German Romantics, Botticelli’s Venus, the chaff of the seed and the naked seed. Mother nature and the messages of the Sibyls, with Virgil’s Aeneid. Then Paris and Helen: the choice of Paris, Paris out of time, the death of Paris — and Helen becoming a priestess of Isis. Closing on Hermione, daughter of Helen and Menelaus, the beautiful and mortal queen.

Scorpio at the Change of the Age. Scorpio and the substances of time; the form of Scorpio and the impulse of rising; the crossing of the fields of death and life. Nature spirits and thought consciousness — reflective consciousness, formative consciousness, and the fields in which spiritual substance moves. The birth cycles of Nut: the space of the light, and the belly of Nut and the night. The sun nature and the self of focus. And the sound relationship — the conception of the verb and the reverb, and how it stands to sunlight, day and night.

Secrets of Scorpio-Isis and the Path of Spiritual Nature. Seventy-five minutes, the longest here. Design and nature; mothers and nature; mothers and Scorpio. The mystery of Isis, her mate and her child — the veils of the goddess, her secret fertility, and the hidden animal nature. Isis as a mortal woman: her mating, and her place as wife and mother of the Pharaoh. Then the sinful woman who comes to Jesus in Luke 7:36. And the water signs — Pisces and the Gospels, Cancer and Atlantis.

The Spirit-fire of the Book of Life and the Spirit Nature of Isis-Scorpio. The substance of thought, and one’s own substance. The Magic Apple — the ‘taste’ of one’s being, the apple of the Garden, and the confusion of the disciples at the sayings of Jesus. Then the turn: the Secret of the Ball of Feathers, and the fertilisation of Coatlicue, goddess of the Moon. The path of sacred fire, Horus or Aura, the hidden eagle, the Virgin of the Moon. The Aztec Calendar and the forming of the Tilma cloth — the Virgin of Guadalupe, and the Aztec prophecy of 1531. Cortez and Quetzalcoatl. And the coming on Good Friday, and the forming of a name-less people.

Isis Enters the House of Glory. The coming of the Soul-spirit into the temple. The dead child in the temple. The flames of the souls, the assembly, and the sounds of the souls of the soul-nature. The breath and the creation of joyous aether — the crossing from physical nature to spiritual nature, and the stages by which the breath is transformed. Then the secrets of fire: the two fire natures, the impregnating power of fire, moisture and fire, fire and the voice, winged creatures. It closes on the fruits of the spirit — the taste of wisdom, and the immortal and mortal substances of the soul.

This last lecture shares its name with module 110, Isis and the House of Glory, which precedes it.

Also in this module: the Aztec Calendar, and the Virgin Tilma.

Two weeks with it. Long enough to go through the whole module more than once, which is how these are usually taken.

The White Room comes with it, and does not expire. One key, used once, and the room stays open — no renewal, no second charge, no end date. It is the one room here that isn’t a lecture, and the students who already began are in it.