Rudolf Steiner’s CALENDAR OF THE SOUL

In 1912, the Austrian esoteric philosopher and spiritual leader Rudolf Steiner published a little booklet, called Calendar of the Soul, with a verse for each week of the year. He suggests that we begin on Easter Sunday, a celebration of Soul’s victory over death, which is the first Sunday after the full moon following the Spring Equinox. The Soul’s annual journey then follows the path of the Sun and the Moon across the sky. For more information about Calendar of the Soul, click here.

Inner life changes along with the changing seasons of nature, as the two are intimately connected. (Rudolf Steiner)

The intersection of the sun’s Zodiacal path and the ecliptic

Marta Stemberger instituted and initially carried the ASNYC website project on Rudolf Steiner’s Calendar of the Soul (COS). She took each week’s verse, presenting the original German and the Ruth and Hans Pusch English translation and choosing a wonderful image (check them out in our COS archive) resonant with the verse.

Starting early last year, the ASNYC meditation group under Fred Dennehy’s guidance began, with increasing frequency, choosing meditation themes from the week’s COS verse. The experience for the group was often revelatory, despite the fact that some of the members had been aware of the COS verses for decades. It was if we had awoken from a deep and long winter sleep to find ourselves in the midst of previously unimagined riches.

With that awakening, it is the meditation group’s privilege to re-start the COS weekly offering. Individual members will choose an image evoked by the verse, select or create a “best” translation, and perhaps add a comment, insight or  relevant quotation.

This week, Walter Alexander offers a commentary on Verse #19