Rudolf Steiner Archive 

Calendar of the Soul

Northern Hemisphere

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.

Southern Hemisphere

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

See GA 40 for full calendar and German text.

Poetry and the Art of Speech
GA 281

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

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