ISIS SOPHIA I INTRODUCING ASTROSOPHY By WILLI SUCHER ASTROSOPHY RESEARCH CENTER,INC. P.O. Box 13 Meadow Vista, CA 95722 ISIS SOPHIA I INTRODUCING ASTROSOPHY ISBN 1-888686-01-4 These letters were originally published as monthly astronomical letters from April 1944 to March 1946. © ASTROSOPHY RESEARCH CENTER,INC. 2007 P.O. Box 13 Meadow Vista, CA 95722 Phone: 530-878-2673 E-mail: [email protected] Website: AstrosophyCenter.com Editors: Roberta van Schilfgaarde Darlys Turner 0987654321 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without the written permission of the publisher, except for brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and articles, or for copies that are not for sale but for private use. Printed in the United States of America by the Astrosophy Research Center Isis Sophia I ~ INTRODUCTING ASTROSOPHY Contents FOREWARD - Hazel Straker 5 Note from the Editors 6 First Letter - April 1944: Structure of the Solar Universe 7 Second Letter - May 1944: Relating to the Seasons 12 Third Letter - June 1944: Spiritual Nature of the Fixed-Star Zodiac 16 Fourth Letter - July 1944: Spiritual Nature of the Fixed-Star Zodiac (continued) 20 Fifth Letter - August 1944: Spiritual Nature of the Fixed-Star Zodiac (continued) 25 Sixth Letter - September 1944: Spiritual Nature of the Fixed-Star Zodiac (continued) 30 Seventh Letter - October 1944: Connection Between the Human Being and the Universe 35 Eight Letter - November 1944: Nature of the Planetary World 40 Ninth Letter - December 1944: Nature of the Planetary World - Saturn 45 Tenth Letter - January 1945: Nature of the Planetary World - Jupiter 51 Eleventh Letter - February 1945: Nature of the Planetary World - Jupiter/Mars 57 Twelfth Letter - March 1945: Nature of the Planetary World - Mars 63 The Events in the Sky 67 Thirteenth Letter - April 1945: Nature of the Planetary World - Sun I 69 The Events in the Sky 72 Fourteenth Letter - May 1945: Nature of the Planetary World - Sun II 74 The Events in the Sky 77 Fifteenth Letter - June 1945: Nature of the Planetary World - Sun III 79 The Events in the Sky 83 Sixteenth Letter - July 1945: Nature of the Planetary World - Moon 85 Seventeenth Letter - August 1945: Nature of the Planetary World - Moon (continued) 89 The Events in the Sky 93 Eighteenth Letter - September 1945: Nature of the Planetary World - Venus 95 Nineteenth Letter - October 1945: Nature of the Planetary World - Mercury 100 The Events in the Sky 104 Twentieth Letter - November 1945: Our Connection with the Stars - Tycho de Brahe 106 Twenty-First Letter - December 1945: Our Connection with the Stars - Tycho de Brahe 111 Twenty-Second Letter - January 1946: Our Connection with the Stars - Tycho de Brahe 116 Twenty-Third Letter - February 1946: Our Connection with the Stars - Tycho de Brahe 121 Twenty-Fourth Letter - March 1946: Our Connection with the Stars - Tycho de Brahe 126 To the Readers of the Astronomical Letters 129 Star Events at the Time of Christ 131 REFERENCE TO DIAGRAMS: Letter: 9 Being of the Creator 47 13 Venus Pentagram 72 14 Moon Nodes 75 15 Open Space 79 16 Sun-Earth Lemniscate 85 18 Venus & Mercury Lemniscates 95 19 Movements of Mercury 100 20 Nativity of Tycho de Brahe 107 21 Nativity & Spiritual Nativity of Tycho 115 The Holy Grail 141 All the diagrams in this book are the original work of Willi Sucher FOREWARD In 1938, Willi Sucher and his wife Helen packed a suitcase and left Germany for England “for a short time to study”. They knew that they would not be going back until the conditions in Germany had radically changed, as it was becoming impossible for Willi to carry on his chosen work because he was already under suspicion by the Nazi government. Early in his life, Willi had felt the need for a new star wisdom, and after meeting the ideas of Rudolf Steiner in 1919, this search became his life task. His wife Helen, whom he married in 1927, greatly supported him in this, as did Dr. Elizabeth Vreede, whom he met in that same year. Dr. Vreede had been given the task by Dr. Steiner to research and build up a new star wisdom compatible with the present stage of consciousness in humanity. For this she had set up a Mathematical-Astronomical Section in the Goetheanum at Dornach in Switzerland. She became Willi’s guide and encourager during 11 years of fruitful collaboration until they were cut short by the rise of the Nazi regime in Germany and the ensuing World War II. Willi and Helen had been invited to Sunfield Children’s Home (for children in need of special care) by Fred Geuter, its co-founder with Michael Wilson. Soon after the outbreak of the war, all the men who had recently come from Germany were interned, and Willi was sent to the Isle of Man. Anticipating this, Willi had already packed his astronomical tables and by good fortune was able to take them with him and thus carry on his research. Ever after, he regarded this as an especially fruitful time in his life where he could work intensively, both alone and with like-minded colleagues interned with him. The letters, published in this book, were systematically written soon after his release and sent out to a number of subscribers. Their rich content is the fruit of years of meticulous research, consolidated and refined during the time of internment. Willi’s penetration into numerous areas of humanity’s connection with the stars continued up to his death, in 1985. While his various publications exhibit only a portion of the enormity of his researches, the basic foundations are contained in these Letters. As a long time associate of Willi and Helen Sucher, I am delighted and deeply grateful that these Letters are now available to a wider circle of those following up this search for a new star wisdom, which moves toward ASTROSOPHY. Hazel Straker June 1999 5 NOTE FROM THE EDITORS One can read from the biography of Willi Sucher, included in his books Isis Sophia II and Cosmic Christianity, how he was able to immigrate to England in 1937-8, and was held in a detention camp during World War II from about 1940 to 1942. When he was released, he went first to Scotland and then back to Sunfield in London about 1944. These letters were written at the end of the War, which is somewhat “carried” as a reality in the deep feeling often expressed in them. From the background of his immense amount of research, Willi writes of historical events in connection with star events over the course of humanity’s physical evolution. Using historical examples, he tries to awaken an understanding of our past and future tasks. Although the reader is not required to do the same research, understanding and application of it does require the same kind of dedication and desire to uncover the mysteries of one’s own and humanity’s destiny. To aid in the understanding and application of this work, the Astrosophy Research Center opens its doors to all questions—by phone, mail, fax, e-mail, or from visits—at no charge except for a small fee for those who would like to visit and reserve a room at the Center for research or study. These letters have been slightly edited to conform to a more modern style of punctuation, capitalization, and gender use; omitted are the monthly calendars of star events that were appended to the letters—except where the content seemed to be part of the letters. The notations or additions that appear in [brackets] in the text are made by the editors. Our thanks go out to all the individuals who helped to make this publication possible, with special thanks to Shirley Latessa for her long and ongoing support. And thanks to Robert and Irene Jaros for their help with this publication. 6 FIRST LETTER - April 1944 Structure of the Solar Universe It is the intention of these astronomical letters to elaborate the relationship between the starry universe and the Earth. The human being as the main representative of the Earth will be chiefly the subject of consideration, but also the other kingdoms of nature will be considered. Of course, it is altogether a vast field, and we in our age are limited in our knowledge. Yet, thanks to the key knowledge that was given by Rudolf Steiner, it has been possible during more than twenty years of quiet and persistent work to gather many facts about those relationships. Taken together, these facts are already forming an organism that is still in its early childhood but may become the seeds for further and more elaborated investigations in the coming centuries and millenniums. First we will have to establish through these letters a clear insight into the structure of our solar universe and its relationships to the starry worlds beyond our own universe. Then we shall have to speak about the constellations that we perceive in the sky. Mainly we will have to consider the constellations of the Zodiac, and we will have to find out their spiritual nature as it is connected with the evolution of Earth and human- ity. After that, the world of the planets—the moving stars—will be considered. This will be done mainly in connection with the human being’s life after death and before birth. We will also have to take into account the relationship between the planets and the life of nature, as far as science has been able to prove this fact. In connection with humanity, the problem of necessity or fate and the realm of human freedom will then arise.