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Paperback
December 2018
9781855845541
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Rudolf Steiner Press - Published
21st December 2018 - ISBN 9781855845541
- Pages 122 pp.
- Size 4.75" x 7.85"
$15.00
My eye opens
and receives the light of day,
after night's peace has strengthened me;
my heart, be strong in will and powerfully feel
how courage and life from God's wide world
pour, give themselves into my limbs.
Let me know at every moment
that God's high powers sustain and bless
everything I can feel within me
and strength enables me to attain.
As a spiritual teacher, Rudolf Steiner wrote many inspired and beautifully crafted verses. Often they were given in relation to specific situations or in response to individual requests; sometimes they were offered simply to assist in the process of meditation. Regardless of their origins, they are uniformly powerful in their ability to connect the meditating individual with spiritual archetypes. Thus, the meditations provide valuable tools for developing experience and knowledge of subtle dimensions of reality.
Matthew Barton has translated and selected Steiner’s verses, sensitively arranging them by theme. In this collection of meditations for times of day and seasons of the year, Rudolf Steiner delves into the rhythms of nature and their relationship to human beings.
The verses in the first part refer to the cycle of waking and sleeping, echoing the greater rhythms of birth and death. They provide an accompaniment for each day, gently reminding us where we have come from and where we are going.
The second section focuses on the human passage through nature’s changing seasons—a greater cycle of sleeping and waking. Together they offer us a spiritual light for our journey through life.
Previously published in hardcover as Breathing the Spirit: Meditations for Times of Day and Seasons of the Year (2002).
C O N T E N T S:
Introduction by Matthew Barton
PART 1: THE DAY’S BREATH
1. Morning
2. Noon and Afternoon
3. Evening
4. Night
PART 2: LIGHTING UP THE YEAR
1. Spring
2. Summer
3. Autumn
4. Winter
Notes
Index of First Lines
Rudolf Steiner
Rudolf Steiner (b. Rudolf Joseph Lorenz Steiner, 1861–1925) was born in the small village of Kraljevec, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now in Croatia), where he grew up. As a young man, he lived in Weimar and Berlin, where he became a well-published scientific, literary, and philosophical scholar, known especially for his work with Goethe’s scientific writings. Steiner termed his spiritual philosophy anthroposophy, meaning “wisdom of the human being.” As an exceptionally developed seer, he based his work on direct knowledge and perception of spiritual dimensions. He initiated a modern, universal “spiritual science” that is accessible to anyone willing to exercise clear and unbiased thinking. From his spiritual investigations, Steiner provided suggestions for the renewal of numerous activities, including education (general and for special needs), agriculture, medicine, economics, architecture, science, philosophy, Christianity, and the arts. There are currently thousands of schools, clinics, farms, and initiatives in other fields that involve practical work based on the principles Steiner developed. His many published works feature his research into the spiritual nature of human beings, the evolution of the world and humanity, and methods for personal development. He wrote some thirty books and delivered more than six thousand lectures throughout much of Europe. In 1924, Steiner founded the General Anthroposophical Society, which today has branches around the world.