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Iphigenia he successfully convinces his wife to bring him their daughter. This capacity would also explain why it was he who had to make the sacrifice. On the one hand, his more highly developed intellect raised him to a position above all others; on the other hand, it made him more susceptible to losing his connection with the divine. Perhaps he had killed the deer out of sport rather than because he needed it for food or clothing, thus causing Artemis’ anger. Does the story have a lasting significance in our time? I believe it does. It seems to me that our practice of going to church on Sunday, for instance, is an example of the sacrifice of Iphigenia. We dedicate our soul to the divine when we could just as well have continued our work to make money. We make a sacrifice. Similarly, a daily practice of prayer or meditation also represents such a sacrifice. I also find it interesting to realize that the age-old commandment in the Catholic Church that everyone must attend mass every week stands on the deeply hidden foundation of spiritual truth that such a sacrifice is necessary for the health of the soul. Anselm Feuerbach's Iphigenia (1862, detail). 62 • being human Finally, last but not least, we also have priests; they dedicate their lives to maintaining the connection with the spiritual world as well as helping others do so. Such is the significance of many of the Greek myths. They bring us images of the wrenching transition in human consciousness from the security of a close connection with the divine world to a separation from this world into the doubt and uncertainty of intellectual thinking. As I mentioned above, the great symbol of this evolution is the Trojan War. The memory of this war pervaded all of Greek culture; it was represented in all forms of art through the ages. Yet, never was it shown with the pride a victor might feel in vanquishing his enemy. One has the feeling that the memory of the Trojan War was carried by this culture as a burden, as something that had to happen but was in fact a tragedy. It is as if this people had an intuitive awareness of the immeasurable spiritual loss they had suffered through their victory, a loss they bore in the collective unconscious with grief and a sense of responsibility.
New Members of the Anthroposophical Society in America as recorded by the society from 9/17/2010 to 1/5/2011 Claire Anacreon, Waquoit MA Carol Avery, Demarest NJ Paul Bantle, Chelsea MI Arlen Dale Bell, Ann Arbor MI Steven Bianucci, Wilmette IL Marc Blachere, Copake NY Joseph Bovaird, New Hope MN Laura Bradley, Vershire VT Mark A. Bush, Dover MA Anne Cleveland, Santa Cruz CA Elizabeth Coe, Great Barrington MA Jeanne Crelli, Pittsburgh PA Pamela G. Devaney, Haverhill MA K. Rainer Dornemann, Sarasota FL Jessica Elliot, San Francisco CA Lydia Flynn, Point Lookout NY Greer Galloway, Longmont CO Janet Graaff, Boulder CO Gabrielle Heatherdale, Summerville SC Antonella Henry, Portland OR Helen Henry, Santa Fe NM Eve Hinderer, Newburgh NY Nadja Jiguet, Copake NY Lauren Johnson, Portland OR Maureen Karlstad, Viroqua WI Art Kompolt, Fort Collins CO Rich Kotlarz, Saint Paul MN Laura Kruthaupt, Gunnison CO Oksana Latimer, Sumner WA Ashley Shea Legg, Philmont NY Mimi Lepardo, Randolph MA Theodor Lundin, High Falls NY Amelia MacDonald, Fair Oaks CA Katharein Magdalena, Irving TX Rachel Maldonado, Bronx NY Liane Martindale, Santa Barbara CA Eric Mayo, Fairbanks AK Sandra Mayo, Clinton MD Chris McFee, Philmont NY Debbie S. Natzke, Tempe AZ Breton Nicholson, Fair Oaks CA Lisa Peyser, Waterford MI Melanie Richards, Round Rock TX Christina Rosmarin, North San Juan CA Margaret Schrems, Millfield OH Cecilia Starin, Valley Village CA Jeremy Strawn, Monterey CA Ulrike Stuerznickel, Santa Fe NM Anne Taillefer, South Hadley MA Gabriele von Trapp, Springdale WA Anne-Eileen Trucksess, East Windsor NJ Zenon Ushak, Tenafly NJ Christa Valdez, Portland OR Mary Walker, Laredo TX Cheryl Williams, San Rafael CA what are the layers of yourself? what are the layers of your self? how do they come together and how do you walk their lines - how do you want to compose yourself - what is your composure? how will you expose yourself in the light of other people? overexposed and underexposed pictures can be beautiful, but what exposure really looks like you? how will you make your way through this landscape? what are your reference points? what is their color and shape and how will you recognize them in a windstorm or a crazy day? what are the boundaries and restrictions - are they a beautiful border or are they edges that need to be rubbed up against, and made pliable again. where are your park benches and is there easy access for handicapped days or is it better that you carry your rope and climbing shoes? and how will you compose yourself—how will you be composed? how do all your layers and lines and reference points and departures from the usual and elegant daily routines overlap to make your self-portrait? caitlin vollmer first issue 2011 • 63
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