Rudolf Steiner’s Calendar of the Soul, Verse 12
Introduced by Don Bartlett
Der Welten Schӧnheitsglanz,
Er zwinget mich aus Seelentiefen
Des Eigenlebens Gӧtterkrӓfte
Zum Weltenfluge zu entbinden,
Mich selber zu verlassen,
Vertrauend nur mich suchend
In Weltenlicht und Weltenwӓrme
The splendor of Nature’s beauty
Lures me out of my soul depths
To liberate for cosmic flight
The divine forces
Of my own existence.—
To abandon myself,
Yet trusting
And seeking myself alone
In cosmic light,
And cosmic warmth.
(trans. Tom Mellett)
We continue with the theme of entering the summer season, when spirits approach mankind. The earth is exhaling in the form of blossoms, leaves etc. We are given the opportunity to observe and experience the beauty. Ideally, we can experience the cosmic process via thoughts and feelings (via the higher universal ‘I’). One of the essential traits for attaining this experience is that of ‘gratitude’. The spiritual experience is often described as having divine light and warmth.