My soul resonated deeply when, for the first time, I read these words of Dr. Steiner.

"In our materialistic age with all its conditions of life, of education and upbringing, a man can only come sincerely to a thing like Anthroposophy [...] through the fact that he bears within him a karmic impulse impelling him towards the Spiritual. Now, my dear friends, when a man is thus strongly united with spiritual impulses which work immediately upon his soul, he will as he descends from the spiritual into the physical worlds, enter less deeply, unite himself less strongly with the external, bodily nature. All those who have grown into the Michael stream [...] were thus predestined to enter into this physical body with a certain reservation, if I may put it so. This too lies deep in the karma of the souls of anthroposophists. In the men of today who turn to that spiritual life which Anthroposophy would give, we find a looser relationship at any rate of the astral body and Ego-organisation with the physical and etheric organisation. Now this means that such a man will less easily come to terms with his life. He will find life less easy to deal with, for the simple reason that he has more possibilities to choose from than other men. And he easily grows out of the very things that other men easily grow into."

In these words, I finally recognized myself. Even as a child, I had wondered why I felt so strangely APART, alienated - even from the people I should have felt closest to. I am now 33 years old and understand the significance of that unsettling feeling that has haunted me for so long. Since March 2010, I have immersed myself in anthroposophical studies and have taken the first few (but solid) steps on the path of initiation. There have been profound challenges, and profound blessings. I am coming to know something about my destiny. It is woven intimately with the teachings of Dr. Steiner and the spiritual stream in which Anthroposophy stands.

I would love to start a study group in San Francisco, where fellow Michaelites can meet to exchange stories, discuss books and lectures, and hopefully, inspire each other to manifest Michael's spiritual impulses in our daily lives and careers.

We meet weekly on Thursday from 7-9pm.

At the home of David and Angelika Randolph
Sundays 7:00 PM
Social Time: 7-8
Reading and Discussion 8-9