Christ in the Life Between Death and a New Birth, and in
Earthly Life
The Soul’s transformation across its eternal path
A talk presented at various locations during April
He will be speaking from a deeply esoteric perspective to deepen our insight into the cosmic role of the Christ being.
The anthroposophical communities of the greater Bay Area are happy to host James Dyson MD, who will be in the area the week of April 19, speaking in Santa Cruz, Fair Oaks, San Rafael, and San Francisco. This will be our first chance to hear Dr. Dyson speak in person since before the pandemic. Those of us who have had the opportunity to hear him speak before are excited to have him with us again.
Each talk will undoubtedly be unique and emerge from his ongoing encounters with each community. He will speak to general themes that include:
- The connection with Christ in the life between Death and Rebirth, where the karmic structure of our earth life is formed
- How we develop and transform the healing gifts of the hierarchies from our pre-earthly existence through encounter with the Christ in this life
- The possibility of dialogue with the Dead through a new etheric clairvoyance and a strengthening of the Christ power in our lives.
The overall context for these talks as they evolve in the moment will be contained within this purview:
We learn from anthroposophy that during the passage of the eternal individuality into the spiritual world after death, the Christ power gradually leads each of us into the midnight hour of existence, the realm of the Father, the Divine Ground, whence our bodily origins derive.
During the return journey into incarnation, the eternal individuality, with help from hierarchical beings, builds up astral and etheric bodies that carry the imprint of the karmic consequences of former earthly lives as well as gifts bestowed upon us by the hierarchies beyond our strength.
Earthly embodiment is therefore coloured by these limitations and strengths as well as what is found when the soul joins the stream of heredity in selecting its incarnational body.
Inasmuch as a conscious meeting with Christ is possible during earthly life, these potential deviations may become opportunities, seeking their healing through earthly relationships.
Through Christ’s guidance as Lord of Karma, personal karma may be transmuted into human service, allowing our personal journey of karmic reconciliation to also serve the healing of the earth.
The overall thrust will be to see how he healing archetype behind our creation then begins to become available as a power of conscious transmutation, comparable to what otherwise may only be possible after death.
Through holding the dead in our consciousness during earthly life, we facilitate a dialogue that can be mutually reinforcing and sustaining, thereby strengthening the Christ power that ultimately transcends our separation from each other, and invites us to unite as co-creators of Future Worlds.
This happens through an affirmation of the Divine Ground, renewed in its creative potential for humankind through Christ.
Dates and locations as follows
Dr. Dyson will speak ex tempore at each venue; while the talks share a common theme, each will be its own.
| Date | Sponsor | Location | Time |
| April 21 | Santa Cruz and Monterey Bay Branch | Resource Center for Nonviolence 612 Ocean St, Santa Cruz | 7:00 PM |
| April 22 | Faust Branch, Fair Oaks | ||
| April 24 | San Rafael | ||
| April 25 | San Francisco Bay Branch Initiative | Waldorf School |
James Dyson, MD, was a co-founder of one of the few English speaking anthroposophical medical clinics, Park Attwood in the UK, where he worked from 1979 to 2003. He has practiced as a doctor in Steiner Waldorf Schools and in centers for social therapy. His areas of special interest are developmental psychology and adult mental health, and he is a regular contributor to anthroposophic therapeutic trainings in the UK and the USA. More recently, Dr. Dyson has completed a Masters in Psychosynthesis Psychology and is a prolific lecturer of Rudolf Steiner’s body of work in the healing fields.
Dr. Dyson is one of the founders of The Association for Anthroposophic Psychology (AAP), which has the following Mission Statement: Re-Membering Psychology Through Relational Anthroposophia, an image-rich statement describing its aim of bringing a psychology of soul and spirit both to professional counselors, and to the general public, that incorporates the spiritual science of Anthroposophy. It also endeavors to find ways in which Anthroposophic Psychology can be, shared, applied, and integrated with mainstream psychology according to the needs of our times. This mission honors Dr. Rudolf Steiner, founder of Anthroposophy.