About this episode
Susan Raven is a long-time student of Anthroposophy and an experienced workshop facilitator. She has worked with the methods and exercises prescribed by Rudolf Steiner for seeing into the supersensible realms and has also trained with Dorian Schmidt, director of the Biodynamic Research Institute. Susan is author of the book "Nature Spirits: The Remembrance", featured in the Cygnus magazine, Nexus, Star & Furrow, and Caduceus. Susan is also a singer-songwriter and has produced two CDs entitled "Glittering Cities" and "Ravensong" which are regularly played on local and regional radio stations including the BBC. Website: susanraven.com Book Susan mentioned near the end of the interview: Universe of the Human Body: With Gaia Touch Body Exercises Discussion of this interview in the BatGap Community Facebook Group. Summary and transcript of this interview Interview recorded January 11, 2020 YouTube Video Chapters: 00:00:00 - Introduction to Susan Raven and her work 00:04:13 - Connecting with the Super Sensible Realm 00:09:28 - The Sanskrit Tradition and Invisible Forces 00:14:34 - Hierarchies of Larger and More Powerful Beings 00:20:36 - Collective Consciousness and Beings 00:25:58 - A Co-Creative Relationship with Nature 00:31:49 - Communicating with Nature Spirits and Elementals 00:37:55 - Neutralizing Knowledge and Overseeing Elementals 00:44:14 - The Emergence of a New Species of Human 00:50:18 - The Splitting of Humanity and Higher Consciousness 00:56:11 - Six Steps to Self-Development 01:01:32 - Working with the Genius Loci 01:06:50 - Overwhelming and Frozen 01:12:41 - The Role of Nature Spirits and Human Behavior in Land Rehabilitation 01:19:50 - Trees Sacrificing Themselves for Humanity 01:25:31 - The Substance of Gnomes and Elemental Forms 01:30:29 - The Substance of the Undines and Dreaming 01:35:37 - The Substance of Beings and the Circle of Life 01:41:10 - Accessing Solutions and Ideas from Nature 01:47:34 - The Wisdom of Plants and Teacher Plants 01:52:31 - A Chivalrous Participation in the Life of Plants 01:58:00 - The Power of Rituals and New Rituals for the Elementals 02:03:23 - The Ancient Land of Pure Wisdom 02:08:09 - The Arrogance of Human Intelligence 02:10:25 - Music 02:11:33 - Music 02:12:41 - Musical Interlude 02:13:49 - Music 02:14:57 - Musical Interlude 02:16:05 - Music 02:17:13 - Background Music