Connecting with Nature

Earth and Humanity – What Unites Us?

Karsten Massei, Matthew Barton

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Temple Lodge Publishing
31 October 2022

Spirituality & religious experience; Theosophy & Anthroposophy

Earth and humanity are involved in a fragile interplay of physical and spiritual relationships, the full spectrum of which can only be discerned by higher, finer senses. Based on actual, living discernment rather than dogmatic ideas, Karsten Massei reveals how we can unite with nature, supporting our inner development and everyday lives. We ourselves comprise the path leading to the mysteries of the earth. Through delving into nature’s secrets, paradoxically we are brought back to our own being – our soul-gold, our luminosity, but also to our shadow, lower nature. Deep encounters with the earth are thus self-encounters. ---

In a series of concise and accessible chapters, Massei illumines human characteristics – our senses, the quality of our listening, our soul wounds and the possibility for transformation. Likewise, he lights up the natural world – plants and animals, but also elemental beings, spirits of trees, and the great being of the earth, Christ. Amongst a wealth of interrelated themes, the author portrays death as the doorway to a new existence, describing the relationship of the dead with the earth and humanity and speaking movingly of the healing social deed of forgiveness. Founded on first-hand research, this book is full of reverence for the hidden aspects of life and their significance for personal growth.

By: Karsten Massei
Translated by: Matthew Barton
Imprint: Temple Lodge Publishing
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm,
ISBN: 9781912230983
ISBN 10: 1912230984
Pages: 166
Publication Date: 31 October 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. The names – 2. The senses – 3. Listening – 4. Elemental beings – 5. Diverse elemental beings – 6. Messages from the elemental world – 7. The lofty life of the trees – 8. The spirits of the trees – 9. Plants, and trees, and the human soul – 10. Ways to know plants – 11. The nature of certain plants and trees – 12. Animal and human being – 13. Encounters with animals – 14. Christ and the animals – 15. The transformation of the soul, and the animals – 16. The path to birth – 17. Paths into Life – 18. Death as a doorway into new existence – 19. Death as the source of life – 20. The relationship of the dead with the earth and human beings – 21. Soul wounds – 22. Christ in the living earth – 23. The power of forgiveness – Afterword – Notes

KARSTEN MASSEI, born 1963, first studied political science in Berlin, then trained as a teacher for people with special needs in Switzerland. He teaches in a special needs day-school in Zurich and gives courses and seminars on the practice of supersensible perception, the nature of bees, animals, trees and medicinal plants. He also studies pedagogical themes and is the author of several books, including Child of the Cosmos.