Week 5
Within the light that out of spirit depths
Weaves germinating power into space
And manifests the gods' creative work:
Within its shine, the soul's true being
Is widened into worldwide life
And resurrected
From narrow selfhood's inner power.
Week 31
The light from spirit depths
Strives to ray outwards, sun-imbued;
Transformed to forceful will of life
It shines into the senses' dullness
To bring to birth the powers
Whereby creative forces, soul-impelled,
Shall ripen into human deeds.
—Translation by Ruth and Hans Pusch
![]()
A lecture-cycle held in Dornach, 1920, with additional lectures held in miscellaneous places, 1921–1923, together with an essay and an explanatory note by Marie Steiner. These seven lectures are part of a fourteen lecture series entitled, The Art of Recitation and Declamation, given in various cities from 1912 to 1923. It was published in German as, Rudolf Steiner/Marie Steiner-von Sivers: Die Kunst der Rezitation und Deklamation (No. 281 in the Bibliographical Survey, 1961).
Translated from shorthand reports unrevised by the lecturer, by Julia Wedgwood and Andrew Welburn.
Cover Sheet | ||
Contents | ||
Preface | ||
Acknowledgments | ||
Lecture I | September 29, 1920 | |
Lecture II | October 06, 1920 | |
Lecture III | October 13, 1920 | |
Decline and Re-edification: A Speech-Study by Marie Steiner | ||
Lecture IV | April 06, 1921 | |
From What Has Significance for the Senses to What Is Moved by the Spirit: A Note by Marie Steiner | ||
Lecture VI | July 30, 1921 | |
Lecture V | June 07, 1922 | |
Lecture VII | March 29, 1923 | |
Lecture VIII | March 29, 1923 | |
Lecture IX | March 29, 1923 | |
Notes by the Translators |
We are a small nonprofit with the expenses of a large website. Your generous financial gifts make this venture possible. If you can't contribute now, please visit our Help Out page for additional ways to support our work in the future. Thank you!