“Hermes bowed his head in thankfulness to the Great Dragon who had taught him so much, and begged to hear more concerning the ultimate of the human soul. So Poimandres resumed: ‘At death the material body of man is returned to the elements from which it came, and the invisible divine man ascends to the source from whence he came, namely the Eighth Sphere. The evil passes to the dwelling place of the demon, and the senses, feelings, desires, and body passions return to their source, namely the Seven Governors, whose natures in the lower man destroy but in the invisible spirit man give life. After the lower nature has returned to the brutishness, the higher struggles again to regain its spiritual estate.” ~Manly P. Hall

“It may seem like it, but this is not an excerpt from a fantasy novel. The dragon, spheres, and governors in this tale are allegory, not fantasy. It is unusual to see a dragon as a good guy, but in this case, he clearly is. In fact, it seems to me from the description of the dragon found in the quoted text and elsewhere, that the Great Dragon, or Great Teacher, is Christ. And if you reply that Christ hadn’t been born yet, you are confusing Jesus with Christ. Jesus was a man in whom the Christ spirit resided for a time, but the Christ spirit is immortal and always existed. But if you wish to think it is a different spiritual teacher, that is your choice.

“Hermes wants to know what happens to us after we die, and the Dragon replies in ways that are mostly allegorical, but occasionally literal (one has to learn to tell the difference).”

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August 2015

5
Jay Davis
Kathy Walczak
Tom Kennedy
Mark Curry †

8
Jay Davis
Kathy Walczak
Tom Kennedy
Mark Curry †

12
Jay Davis
Kathy Walczak
Tom Kennedy
Ron Theriault and friend Jessica
Cheryl Shafer

15
Kathy Walczak
Tom Kennedy
Cheryl Shafer
Ron Theriault and friend Jessica
Jacon Danyon
Shirley Peterson
Nam Gennetten

19
Kathy Walczak
Elisabeth Weilharter

22
Kathy Walczak
Elisabeth Weilharter
Duane Webb

26
Elisabeth Weilharter
Jay Davis
Duane Webb
Kathy Walczak

29
Elisabeth Weilharter
Jay Davis
Duane Webb
Dorothy Kubiak

 † indicates Memorial Prayer

Saturday, October 17, 2015
10:00 AM COMMUNION
Chapel of The Holy Child
RR Sean Savoy
Lector: RM Elizabeth Reece
Cantor: Dea. Shane Grady
Reader: Noriko Roy
Organist: RC Gary Buchanan

Sunday, October 18, 2015
Church of New Epiphany
Leave: 6:15
Gate: 6:45
Sunrise: 7:17
RR Sean Savoy
Concelebrant: RC Robert Petrovich
Assistants: RC Roger Weld
RC Ted Staver
RM Carol Ann Crabb
Organist: RC Gary Buchanan

OPEN-AIR COMMUNION
Church of the Golden Age       RC Roger Weld
Church of the End Times       Rev. Vickie Hewlett
Church of the Americas      Rev. Karen Elliott

Wednesday, October 21, 2015
12:00 N COMMUNION
Chapel of the Holy Child
RC Roger Weld

Friday, October 23, 2015
9:00 AM PRAYER & FELLOWSHIP
Chapel of the Roses
Rev. Ben Hubbard

Saturday, October 10, 2015
10:00 AM COMMUNION
Chapel of The Holy Child
RR Gene Savoy Jr.
Lector: RR Sean Savoy
Cantor: Rev. Vickie Hewlett
Reader: Rev. Michael Tamburello
Organist: RC Gary Buchanan

Sunday, October 11, 2015
Cathedral Church of  the Americas
Leave: 6:00
Gate: 6:40
Sunrise: 7:10
RR Gene Savoy Jr.
Concelebrant: RC Roger Weld
Assistants: RC Robert Petrovich
RM Rebecca Willis
Organist: RC Gary Buchanan

OPEN-AIR COMMUNION
Church of the Golden Age       Rev. Greg Klinedinst
Church of the Universal Theocracy       Rev. Michael Tamburello
Church of the New Covenant      Gary Huss Jr.

Wednesday, October 14, 2015
12:00 N COMMUNION
Chapel of the Holy Child
RR Sean Savoy

Friday, October 16, 2015
9:00 AM PRAYER & FELLOWSHIP
Chapel of the Roses
RC Elizabeth Reece

Saturday, September 26, 2015
10:00 AM COMMUNION
Chapel of The Holy Child
RR Gene Savoy Jr.
Lector: RM Rebecca Willis
Cantor: Rev. James Elliott
Reader: Rev. Michael McIntyre
Organist: RC Gary Buchanan

Sunday, September 27, 2015
Cathedral Church of  the Americas
Leave: 5:45
Gate: 6:30
Sunrise: 7:00
RR Gene Savoy Jr.
Concelebrant: RC Roger Weld
Assistants: RC Ted Staver
RM Rebecca Willis
Organist: RC Gary Buchanan

OPEN-AIR COMMUNION
Church of New Smyrna       RC Ted Staver
Church of New Philadelphia       Rev. Michael McIntyre

Wednesday, September 30, 2015
12:00 N COMMUNION
Chapel of the Holy Child
Rev. Karen Elliott

Friday, October 3, 2015
9:00 AM PRAYER & FELLOWSHIP
Chapel of the Roses
RC Roger Weld

“The truth, then, so far as we know it at present, seems to be that those powers which are in contact with the Transcendental Order, and which constitute at the lowest estimate half the self, are dormant in ordinary men; whose time and interest are wholly occupied in responding to the stimuli of the world of sense. With those latent powers sleeps the landscape which they alone can apprehend. In mystics none of the self is always dormant. They have roused the dweller in the Innermost from its slumbers, and round it have unified their life. Heart, Reason, Will are there in full action, drawing their incentive not from the shadow-show of sense, but from the deeps of true Being; where a lamp is lit and a consciousness awakened, of which the sleepy crowd remains oblivious.” ~Evelyn Underhill

“Sailors long ago learned that it is folly to ignore the largest part of the iceberg that is hidden underwater. Today, however, many people think is just fine to ignore that greater part of what they truly are simply because it remains dormant. And like the foolish sailor who ignore the fact that the iceberg is bigger underwater than it is above, or that there may be other dangers hidden below the surface of calm waters, those people may be in for a rude awakening.

“I know that the attitude of many seems to be to deal only with the material world while trapped on this level of existence, and they will worry about the spiritual when and if they ever get their. That is like waiting to learn how to swim after your boat sinks: almost certainly too late. But it is also a foolish position to take because awakening additional senses, additional faculties cannot harm you at all in this world, but certainly can be of benefit. Materialists tend to find that hard to believe, but there is ample evidence. People who awaken their spiritual self, people like St. Francis, Jacob Boehme, Gandhi and Martin Luthor King Jr, just to name a few, have seen their simplistic material lives be greatly improved by this awakening. Yet many continue to resist.”

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PHOTO: Robert Roy

Well for those who may be interested I just returned from attending a Conference in Japan hosted by Yukinori Matsushita of the Cosolargy Community of Japan. The Conference included three morning Sunrise services to be held on the shore of Lake Biwa, largest freshwater lake in Japan, just northeast of Kyoto in the Shiga Prefecture. We had been asked to perform these Sunrise Services at Lake Biwa to cleanse the lake as it had become very polluted. Of course, as mystics, we include the whole world in our appeals to God through the Spiritual Sun.

PHOTO: Robert Roy

Our three Sunrise Services included members from our Solar community in Japan, members from our community from Reno, Nevada, new students from different countries of the world.

PHOTO: Rob Roy

Also attending this first morning service were two Japanese professional cyclists who would take our Sunrise Service Blessings with them as they cycled around the lake, one cyclist heading in an easterly direction and the other cyclist headed in a westerly direction meeting up 24 hours later at the south end of the lake, crossing paths and continuing on their journey to meet up with us on the third day Sunrise Service.

Japan was also represented by a Shinto Priest who chanted Prayers and a Shinto Priestess (Yuka Bouuchi) using dance and movement as her prayers to the Spiritual Sun. Her prayer was one of the most beautiful expressions of prayer, in form, that I had ever seen.

We also had with us bottled water from our Sacred Sanctuary north of Reno, which we brought to pour into Lake Biwa during the Sunrise Service.

PHOTO: Robert Roy

The first Sunrise Service touched everyone in a beautiful way as the clouds seemed to be on fire with the light of the Sun. Prayers were conducted by Rev.Gene Savoy, Rev. Sean Savoy, and Rev.Yukinori Matsushita. Everyone joined in the chants. Gary Buchanan provided live music with piano and spiritually-themed music bridging our eastern and western cultures. There was a moment of oneness with the Light that streamed through the clouds.

PHOTO: Rob Roy

The two cyclists were then Blessed and they departed, each their separate way, to circumvent Lake Biwa over the next forty eight hours. And we then began our two day Conference.

The following morning we again all gathered for our second Sunrise Service. The two cyclists were at the other end of the lake about forty miles away, although they had to cycle 75 miles to get there because of the nature of the shoreline. We began our service with all the beauty of the Sunrise the day before, but today was meant to be special.

Clouds had formed, but as the service progressed the clouds melted away and then the most beautiful rainbow circled the sun in a most magnificent way, and we felt at that moment that our prayers had been accepted. The cyclists at the other end of the lake also experienced this beautiful manifestation of God’s Grace. Little did we know that later that day on the evening news in Japan, the Rainbow Blessing was experienced and seen all over Japan, from north to south.

It was said on the television news that something of this nature, a perfect rainbow around the sun, had never been seen before in every corner of Japan at one time. Needless to say the second day of our conference was full of positive energy.

Our third Sunrise Service was also very beautiful and many members saw and experienced many beautiful manifestations in the Sun as in our first two Sunrise Services.

The two cyclists arrived to join us at this Service on the third day as planned. A most beautiful group of people joined together for one purpose, to bring God’s Love down to earth, that we, again, may have the opportunity to evolve into the Higher Realms of Light.

I include some photos from the three Sunrises taken by myself, Robert Roy, and Dr. Stephan Fuelling, and the photo of the rainbow around the sun was taken by Syotaro Hagihara. The photo of the newscaster describing the phenomena of the Solar Rainbow on the evening news as it was seen all over Japan was also taken by Syotaro Hagihara.

Robert Roy
June 2015

“The would-be initiate must bring with him a certain measure of courage and fearlessness. He must positively go out of his way to find opportunities for developing these virtues. His training should provide for their systematic cultivation. In this respect, life itself is a good school, possibly the best school. The student must learn to look danger calmly in the face and try to overcome difficulties unswervingly. For instance, when in the presence of some peril, he must swiftly come to the conviction that fear is of no possible use; I must not feel afraid; I must only think of what is to be done. And he must improve to the extent of feeling, upon occasions which formerly inspired him with fear, that to be frightened, to be disheartened, are things that are out of the question as far as his own inmost self is concerned.” ~Rudolf Steiner

We live in a strange time when many people feed their fears as much as they possibly can, and often do so without being aware that they are doing it. To some degree, we can blame the media for this, especially advertising, but ultimately we are all responsible for our own behavior.

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This artist’s impression shows the surroundings of a supermassive black hole, typical of that found at the heart of many galaxies. The black hole itself is surrounded by a brilliant accretion disc of very hot, infalling material and, further out, a dusty torus. There are also often high-speed jets of material ejected at the black hole’s poles that can extend huge distances into space. Observations with ALMA have detected a very strong magnetic field close to the black hole at the base of the jets and this is probably involved in jet production and collimation. PHOTO: European Southern Observatory

Astronomers have revealed an extremely powerful magnetic field, beyond anything previously detected in the core of a galaxy, very close to the event horizon of a supermassive black hole.

This new observation helps astronomers to understand the structure and formation of these massive inhabitants of the centers of galaxies, and the twin high-speed jets of plasma they frequently eject from their poles. The results appear in the 17 April 2015 issue of the journal Science.

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Steamboat Chapel of the Roses exterior after 2015 renovation PHOTO: Muriel Cervantes

EDITOR: How did you first come into contact with the Community?

JOHN CURRY: I was introduced to Gene [Savoy Jr.] by a mutual friend, Noel Foley, in 2000.
EDITOR: How did you first come to hear about Steamboat Hot Springs Healing Center?

JOHN CURRY: Gene actually introduced Steamboat to me. He gave me a tour of the location last year.
EDITOR: How did you become the director of the healing center?

JOHN CURRY: Gene and I discussed some ideas and thoughts about the direction and future of the spa at Steamboat, and I offered to assist/volunteer my time and knowledge last year. Gene invited me to become the director in April of this year, and I was honored to accept this challenging role.
EDITOR: What is it about your professional background that prepared you for the position?

JOHN CURRY: Thirty years of successful hotel, resort, casino, and country club senior level manager experience. I have opened and rebranded several full-service operations.
EDITOR: Could you give us a summary of what you have done with the healing center since you have been director?

JOHN CURRY: The list of individual projects is quite long, but I’ll try to list them.

Chapel of the Roses renovations are completed.

The wedding program is in its early stages. We hosted our first wedding successfully at the end of June.

We are freshening up the interior of building and treatment rooms, painting and redecorating. This is ongoing.

Our event and private party program has been started and is ongoing.

Monthly craft fairs have been started and are ongoing.

We started a new yoga program in May and that is ongoing.

We also have also started monthly retreat programs. Rebecca Willis is heading up the Save-The-Date with monthly discussions/meeting with guest speakers.

We have begun to make available hotel/spa/retreat/wedding/event packages. This also is ongoing, with room to increase. We are already working with Holiday Inn and the Hilton Garden Inn.

We have improved our retail program, beginning with handmade soaps.

We are now carrying the Two Feathers product line.

We have increased our exposure to the Asian and Hispanic demographic populations in the area, which we currently have little to no impact on. This is started and ongoing.

We have continued training our staff and have regular team meetings. This too is ongoing.

We have also recently acquired two dry saunas and are making those available to out clients.
EDITOR: That is quite a list. I suppose you also have a number of plans for the future. Would you provide us a summary of them?

JOHN CURRY: First is the pool program. This is going to be one of our biggest goals for next year: adding a main outdoor pool for multiple treatment options and to increase our soak pool options.

Next is a water bottling company for the supply of residential and commercial drinking water. This could be a major project over the next five years. It is already in the works to start in October 2015, based on final approval.

And there are new Sonatherapy programs. I am working on getting a film documentary on Gary Buchanan and his Sonatherapy work and research. And we just connected with a former National Football League 10-season Player from the Buffalo Bills, Roland Hooks, who is going to meet with Gary to discuss treatment options. I am also working on building a networking opportunity with the Reno Aces for possible treatment options with Gary.

We are also planning to add a logo line of t-shirts and bath robes available for sale. This too is in the works to start Oct 2015.

We also plan to start a facial menu program by that time as well.

And we are developing wellness programs. The first one started with Blue Moon Harvest out of Truckee, California. This program is in the early stages with lots of room to increase and expand.

And we plan to renovate two more treatment rooms, the old Tea Room and the Crystal Room, with a completion date of November 2015. And at the same time, we plan to upgrade the Indigo Room by adding a Japanese soaking tub to the current shower area.

Images of historic Steamboat Hot Springs PHOTO: Muriel Cervantes