# Correspondence with Edith Maryon 1912–1924

## GA 263 — 16 November 1921, Hildesheim

### Letter from Edith Maryon

Edith Maryon to Rudolf Steiner

Sculptor's studio, Goetheanum  
Nov. 16, 1921

Dear and honored teacher,

I am writing just a few lines before I go to the bank in Basel.

Last night I kept dreaming about Goethe, I don't know why, until I woke up at around 4 and started thinking. Today it is very empty in the studio, now I have enough time to think; it seems to me as if I have only developed “Martha qualities” at the expense of “Maria qualities” for a long time, and that I am in great need of spiritual deepening in many directions. I will try to work and meditate more in this direction during your absence. The awareness of so much lack and inadequacy, also towards you, is coming to me more and more clearly.

If I don't want to be late, I have to go right now. But I hope for much success on Saturday and will think about it a lot until I know that everything went well in Berlin.

I also very much hope that the trip to Norway goes without me catching a cold, but that is something one can wish for without having much hope of it coming true. With best regards,

Edith Maryon