
The Calendar of the Soul by Rudolf Steiner
Rudolf Steiner's collection of fifty-two meditative verses- presented here in both English and German- were first published in 1925, shortly after Steiner's death. These verses, representing the fifty-two weeks of the year, begin with Easter week and offer thoughts that help one find a deeper relationship with the spiritual forces at work throughout the year. Each verse in this volume appears alongside the corresponding verse for the week that represents a kind of opposite, or "compensating," force during the year. This durable, pocket-sized hardcover volume also includes a short introduction by Hans Pusch, describing a unique and useful way to approach and use The Calendar of the Soul. The Calendar of the Soul is a translation of "Anthroposophischer Seelenkalender," in Wahrspruchworte (GA 40). Rudolf 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 beca