Why did Christ request that freshly drawn water be poured into the jugs for conversion into wine?
Water freshly drawn was recently in contact with the Earth and its forces. The power of placing gems or crystals in water lies in this process. Steiner explains it thus: [page 129] Water still connected with the forces of the earth is a very different thing from water used at a later moment. Relying upon the forces still inherent in freshly drawn water, an initiate of sufficiently high grade can operate through the forces now bound up with a spiritual relationship such as that of Christ with His mother, who had again become virgin. He carries on the work of the earth. The earth can change water into wine in the vine. Christ, who has approached the earth and has become the spirit of the earth, is Himself that spiritual force which works in the whole body of the earth. As Christ, He must be able to do what the earth does, what the earth does when it changes water into wine. Question: Why did Oedipus not recognize his real father or mother when he later met them as an adult? Steiner’s ans
