My annual visits at the beginning of July to my friends in Heiligenberg in the Lake Constance area are more than just warm visits for me. Spending time together with meditations, exchanges and excursions, relaxing and “bathing” in the beauty of the lush nature of the area and especially in the little “paradise garden” cultivated by Manfred, speaking about spiritual topics and experiences, meeting with other group members of the surrounding – this is for me a time of retreat and kind of a pilgrimage.
Meaning – readjusting by being in a different surrounding and on perceiving afresh the subtle worlds and the divine through beauty and in exchanges/encounters.

On the day of my arrival, they took me to a farmhouse transformed into a theatre, the “Hoftheater” for a presentation of cabaret artist Stephan Bauer about “Married couples go to heaven – they’ve already been to hell”… It was very humorous. At the entrance to the farm parking there was a beautiful old statue of Christ blessing:

Statues of sacredness had been part of everyday life in the past but have largely disappeared in today’s outer life, esp. beyond the religious. However, they serve as signposts to orient within and vertically to the Light.

I passed some time of the days in the beautiful garden in Heiligenberg, reading, resting, and contemplating.

Two friends / group members joined us in evening for meditating and dinner – a group life.

The next day, I went with Victoria to a pilgrimage place of worship of St Mary at a rock wall in a forest near a brook.

We exchanged about the wisdom teachings and teaching them to co-students and interested persons. Manfred has a website (German) called ‘Yoga of Synthesis‘ where he presents introductions to many facets of the wisdom teachings and talks he had given, and he organises group meetings. To kindle the inner fire of students is mostly a long path, and there are many directions people can turn their focus of life …

Manfred has another website on the healing powers of plants, and with a group, they have worked out existing knowledge about herbs to make it available in an understandable way. He has a great knowledge of and dedication to cultivating flowers and plants.

Very near to the place where they are living, there is a big nursery with a plant shop and plenty of statues for sale called Bamboo Forest. It is in a valley along a brook at the place of an old mill. A beautiful place where they have plenty of replicas of Buddha and Ganesha statues and other objects of garden art. Even as decorative garden objects, they bring in a silent, meditative orientation to the place.

By chance, we met the owner of the “Bamboo Forest”, a good acquaintance of Manfred who had built up the entire area from bottom up within 20 years. He had radiant eyes and you could feel his enthusiasm. In his youth, he wanted to become an archeologist but now he travels around the world, especially to the East and Far East, to find places where such artworks are created for importing them. It was fascinating to listen to him.

He told us that he also go the rights from museums to reproduce artwork of Leonardo da Vinci and other classics which he displays over the brook, in trees and at little lakes. A masterly visualisation of sublime presence.

We also went to two Peace Forests (FriedWald) in Heiligenberg, where urns can be buried next to trees. (In Germany, you cannot just poor ashes into forests, there are reserved places.) Many people have reserved places at registered trees where they plan to have their urns placed or where urns are already place. It was a beautiful and somehow sacred ambiance, with people sitting near trees, probably to feel close to the remains of loved ones. And for pondering on the eternal Presence beyond the physical, expressed through the “trees of life”.

Towards the end of my stay, we went to the Langenargen Festival located directly at the Lake Constance and with the Montfort Castle in the background.

That evening, they performed Romeo and Juliet on the open-air stage. Due to my hearing impairment, we received places at the first row. The weather was very warm, and while the performance was going on, there was a gorgeous sunset over the lake. The tragic love story by William Shakespeare was a bit modernised and the artists played captivatingly. Shakespeare was teaching people through the play the fatal impact of letting lower emotions (of servants, soldiers and rulers) cause fights which finally bring about the death of the couple in love, but not of love itself. Through the enactments of the plays the love and teaching goes on.
I felt it to be a divine blessing to witness all the beauty and wisdom experienced during these days.

The heart centre within us corresponds to the energy of Leo. The Sun rules the sign of Leo. Its symbol is the circle with a central point. Whenever the Sun transits through this sign, it stimulates the leonine qualities in us.

Leo is the sign of self-consciousness, and the Sun in the heart lotus is its symbol. The self-awareness of a personality that is proud of itself is the first level of development in a human and it is different from being aware of the Self or the Soul. The little ‘I am’ of the personality finds the great ‘I AM’ of the Soul through contemplation in the heart centre.

The heart centre is the pulsating space where we can receive love-energy from subtle sources. The heart is the divine ‘micro-space’, while the cosmic space is the ‘macro-space’ or the absolute God. This space is also located in our heart, the lion’s den. We are the heart of space.

To illustrate the relationship between the inner space of the lion’s den and cosmic space, I used details of the bronze figure of “A Kashmiri in Meditation” by Malvina Hoffman of the Wellcome Trust ( © ). The figure is surrounded by a circle that extends beyond the surface of the picture. At the centre of the circle there is the figure of a gold-coloured lion. It is surrounded by a blue field as the ‘lion’s den’ in the heart, designed with the image of a diamond.

Elements of Nasa photos of galaxies were used for the background, in which the petals of a sunflower are integrated. They refer to the petals of the heart lotus.

The Images of Synthesis for the month of Leo illustrate the related symbolism. You find there all previous Leo paintings with detailed explanations in four languages (en/de/es/fr). You can also download print-versions for free. Find here the Images of Synthesis with short extracts from the wisdom teachings. Or subscribe to the Lunar Messenger newsletter giving thoughts from the wisdom teachings to inspire putting them into practice.

The water sign Cancer is ruled by the Moon. Moon is the reflective principle and represents the lower reflective mind. When our thinking is affected by the fluctuations of moods, our thinking and impressions become distorted. When our mind is distorted, what we think we have heard from others does not reflect reality. It is important to build the lower mind with real information and to purify and train our lower brain mind. Saturn is the higher dimension of the Moon and rules Cancer on the higher planes. Saturn teaches us patience and tolerance. When we have learned our lessons, Saturn passes us on to Jupiter. Jupiter slowly opens up the higher realms of wisdom to us.

The 16 Images of Synthesis for the month of Cancer illustrate the related symbolism. You find there all previous Gemini paintings with detailed explanations in four languages (en/de/es/fr). You can also download print-versions for free. Find here the Images of Synthesis with short extracts from the wisdom teachings. Or subscribe to the Lunar Messenger newsletter giving thoughts from the wisdom teachings to inspire putting them into practice.

This year, the European Master CVV May Call Day celebration took place in Platja D’Aro, a coastal town in the province of Girona at the Costa Brava, Spain, from 27 – 31 May 2025. I travelled with a small group of friends, flying from Memmingen near Munich to Girona.

We flew one day earlier and stayed a few days afterwards. I share here some impressions from the journey. Note the observations at the end of the blogpost.

Some more members from Germany arrived in Girona around the same time. We rent cars for the group journeys and drove to Platja D’Aro. The huge hotel was located in a shopping area near a little marina. Boats in the harbour sleeping, many houses around nearly empty – pre-season time.

Next morning, our little group went to Girona for visiting the Cathedral, the Basilica San Feliu and the old town. Plenty of tourists were already filling the streets and parkings – and we among them. I had visited Girona and the cathedral on a group journey and with family. There is a magic of profound spiritual aspiration crystallised to stones and sacred art of earlier centuries, captured in huge church halls with coloured windows, altars and angels. Nature, the river, and the buildings around reflected a long history.

Tuesday afternoon, the May Call celebration started. There were over 180 members mainly from Spain but also from different European countries and from North and South America. A travel group of 16 members, together with Guru Prasad and his wife, had come from India, and they had visited several spiritually important places in Europe. The program of the group life had a good rhythm of meditations, lectures, and leisure time for exchanges and rest.

There were videos of Master KPK teaching and series of lectures by Guru Prasad on “The Yoga of Master CVV and its Practice” – all talks were with physical and zoom translation teams of members.

Wednesday evening, we had the meeting of the Executive and Advisory groups of WTT-Global, physical and via zoom – a technical challenge.

Besides the morning and evening meditations & noon alignments, there was a Water Ritual and a Fire Ritual with a marriage ceremony.

There were exchanges of gifts and presentations of books and of the Annual Report 2025 of WTT-Global.

There were several speeches by group members (here the text of the talk on “Brotherhood“). And, above all, there were many exchanges with other members during the whole group life, and very intense networking in a spirit of synthesis.

Soon the May Call time was already over and saying good-bye to the friends from the bigger group.
Our small travel group stayed together for a few more days in a nice apartment at Calella de Palafrugell at the Costa Brava. It was a beautiful little group life, after the bigger May Call group life, travelling, meditating, cooking, experiencing the surroundings together.

On 2 June, we made an excursion to the monastery of Montserrat. Many tourists were around. We tried to stay aligned to the sublime energy of the place.

Very early morning on the 4th, we returned via Girona back to Germany – jumping back into cold weather and another ambiance. At evening prayer time at the home of friends in the Lake Constance area, we saw a big wall of black clouds approaching. A dangerous thunderstorm was announced. Will it destroy the fruits and flowers in the garden and in the surroundings?

Two of us instinctively asked the Devas during meditation to let their energy come down in a soft way. Torrential rains came but nothing in the garden was destroyed – accidentally?
At the end of the meditation a bright ray of sunshine lightened the room – a sharp contrast to the nearby area of dark weather. We felt thankful for the blessing and protection during the journey.

Next day in the news, there was a report about the thunderstorm hitting the Allgäu and an emergency landing at the same airport where we had returned, with several persons hurt.

The watery sign of Cancer is ruled by Moon. On the lower planes it represents the consciousness of the masses tinged by floods of emotions. Moon reflects the rays of all other planets, especially of Neptune. On the lower planes, Neptune causes (self-) delusion and glamour. On the higher planes, Neptune refines us, offering profound experiences of ecstatic joy and absorption into oceanic states of awareness. Its colour is aquamarine.

The painting is an inner and outer contemplation. You see a shape of the earth as floating in the ocean of space, a fragile jewel and our home and basis of physical existence. The sea surf in the lower part of the image forms part of the ocean but is also a latent menace of flooding when the heat of the earth increases. As per prophecies in the scriptures, our present wave of humanity will either learn to master the fire / heat or be destroyed.

In the upper part you see a garland of seven stars representing the cosmic Seven Rays from where energies pour forth. Their planetary counterparts are depicted by seven flame-like drops created with transformed photos of aquamarines – the prevalent colour of the image – and a blue jewel, taken in a shop at Iguaçu Falls in Brazil. The drops and the stars indicate the help coming from higher dimensions if we orient to them.

End of March 2025, Neptune entered Aries for a new cycle of 164 years. Saturn, representing laws and regulations, will follow soon and form a conjunction with Neptune, in sextile with Pluto in Aquarius. The painting has been created during this time. It invites us to ponder on the incoming energies, on what we see and what we don’t see and what we might add by our knowledge and awareness in order to gain a more complex picture of the planetary fusion of all life on the planet being one whole.

The Images of Synthesis for the month of Cancer illustrate the related symbolism. You find there all previous Cancer paintings with detailed explanations in four languages (en/de/es/fr). You can also download print-versions for free. Find here the Images of Synthesis with short extracts from the wisdom teachings. Or subscribe to the Lunar Messenger newsletter giving thoughts from the wisdom teachings to inspire putting them into practice.

In Gemini, the One Existence becomes Two. The entire creation is based on opposites – male and female, spirit and matter, light and darkness. Duality exists through the apparent opposites. If we allow ourselves to be drawn into the multiplicity (one side or the other) without understanding their unity, we end up in the conflict of duality.
The higher quality of Gemini is the free relationship – freedom through love. Relationships can exist without binding each other. Even in marriage and other types of relationships, beautiful free associations can exist to connect with each other in kindness and joy.

The 16 Images of Synthesis for the month of Gemini illustrate the related symbolism. You find there all previous Gemini paintings with detailed explanations in four languages (en/de/es/fr). You can also download print-versions for free. Find here the Images of Synthesis with short extracts from the wisdom teachings. Or subscribe to the Lunar Messenger newsletter giving thoughts from the wisdom teachings to inspire putting them into practice.

The wisdom teachings speak of the male-female God. In creation, male and female energies are always together. The masculine corresponds to existence, the feminine corresponds to consciousness. The subjectivity is referred to as the Lord and the objectivity as the power of the Lord, as his wife.

According to ancient Indian tradition, Gemini embodies Shakti and Shiva as Ardhanari, a figure that is half man and half woman. In the Greek tradition, the male-female God is referred to as Adonai. Gemini indicates the ideal status of the androgyne or hermaphrodite, where the masculine and feminine energies are balanced within.

Gemini is also revered as the entrance to the temple of the Lord, the gateway to the subtle world. The two pillars represent Jachin and Boaz, the divine word and its meaning. We can pass between the two pillars when we have attained equilibrium, the state of yoga.

The picture shows the subtle form of the divine hermaphrodite at the gateway between subjectivity and objectivity. You see an egg-shaped figure in the background, symbolising the unity of the male-female energies. Love energy radiates from the centre of the divine androgyne’s heart.

The Images of Synthesis for the month of Gemini illustrate the related symbolism. You find there all previous Gemini paintings with detailed explanations in four languages (en/de/es/fr). You can also download print-versions for free. Find here the Images of Synthesis with short extracts from the wisdom teachings. Or subscribe to the Lunar Messenger newsletter giving thoughts from the wisdom teachings to inspire putting them into practice.

The recording of the “Aquarian Salon 3-1”, a conversation on Art, Astrology & Wisdom Teachings, from 3 May 2025 has now been published on YouTube. The theme was “Transformation”.

The Aquarian Salon itself has undergone a great transformation. Risa D’Angeles, a founding member of the Salon who had given the inspiration to these open online group exchanges on contemplative art, astrology and wisdom teachings, had withdrawn from the organisation team due to age but is continuing to participate. The new format is: A round-table conversation:

Therefore, the general conversation was given more time and participants were integrated in the talk. The conversation on the artworks of the Salon, selected from the “Images of Synthesis“, will keep giving the topics of the exchanges.

The Salon was prepared and operated by a support group of friends – this time by Frank and Ludger, Rosa and Ruth, and Birke. The recording time was 01:48 h. If you would like to see a specific part, go directly to:

Welcome: 00:08
Guitar piece: 00:38
Prayer for group coherence: 04:48
Musical interludes between the themes
The transformation of the Aquarian Salon, Gratitude to Risa, founding member of the Salon: 06:20
The new format: A round-table conversation: 09:20
Exchange about the transformation of the conversation: 13:10
Musical interlude: 40:40
Exchange on image: Aries – Birth of a Diamond: 43:10
Musical interlude: 1:03:20
Exchange on image: Taurus – The Geometry of Creation as the Container of Beauty: 1:05:10
Musical interlude: 1:22:03
Exchange on image: Gemini – Working out the Reversed Wheel 1:24:10
Musical interlude: 1:32:19
Exchange on image: Becoming of an apple, for others to eat: 1:34:10
Information about the Inauguration of the Galería de Síntesis near Murcia, Southern Spain: 1:41:36
Violet Flame Invocation: 1:45:10
Closing words / Next Dates & Invitation to After Hour: 1:46:50
Musical closing: 1:48:00

Yesterday, 4 May 2025, was the inauguration of the Galería de Síntesis in Murcia, Southern Spain. Some friends and me could participate via Zoom. We had some exchange with the visitors, and guitarist Frank Berger from Berlin presented a small musical welcome.

Fernando Osorio shared a videoclip he did towards the end of the celebration.

Taurus stands for the bull, which symbolises strength and vitality. The vital energy of the rays of the Sun in Taurus enlivens the earth and brings about fertilisation, germination and growth of life.

This month is the Vaisakh (Wesak) Full Moon, where the message from higher circles is received in seed form via Lord Buddha by the Hierarchy under the guidance of the World Teacher Lord Maitreya in the Vaisakh Valley. It is recommended that we align ourselves intensively with the Divine during this time and connect with our Ajna centre (centre at the forehead). This may enable us to perceive the subtle expression of the Plan as it descends into the brow centre, so that we can live the upcoming year aligned and working for the Plan.

The 16 Images of Synthesis for the month of Taurus illustrate the related symbolism. You find there all previous Taurus paintings with detailed explanations in four languages (en/de/es/fr). You can also download print-versions for free. Find here the Images of Synthesis with short extracts from the wisdom teachings. Or subscribe to the Lunar Messenger newsletter giving thoughts from the wisdom teachings to inspire putting them into practice.