The Cycle of the Year. Annual Festivals

In the cycle of the year,
The growth power of summer
And the earth's rest in winter change.
And in the course of human life,
The power of wakefulness also changes
With the peaceful powers of sleep;
Yet in sleep and wakefulness
The spirit-filled soul lives on.
So too does the soul of the earth live spiritually
In the change of summer and winter. Undated Winter Will O images of the world,
You float toward me
From the vastness of space.
You strive toward me,
You penetrate
The thinking powers
Of my mind. Summer Will You, my head's
Formative soul forces,
You fulfill my being,
You penetrate from my essence
Into the vastness of the worlds
And unite me myself
With world-creating powers. from Dornach, November 25, 1923 Experiencing the seasons in ancient mysteries Midsummer
Receive the light Autumn solstice
Look around you Midwinter
Beware of evil Spring solstice
Know yourself from Dornach, April 8, 1923 Spring The sunbeam and the blossom bride The sunbeam,
Sparkling with light,
Floats toward her. The blossom bride,
Exciting with color,
Greets him joyfully. Trustingly,
The earth's daughter
The ray tells, How sun forces,
The spirit-born,
In the home of the gods
Listen to the world tone; The blossom bride,
The color-glittering,
She hears pensively
The fire tone of light. For eurythmy 1921 Easter In human souls I want to guide
The spiritual feeling that willingly
Awakens the Easter word in hearts; With human spirits I want to think
The warmth of the soul, that they may powerfully
Feel the risen one; It shines brightly in the light of death
The earthly flame of spiritual knowledge;
The self becomes the eye and ear of the world. Easter 1915 Easter Stand before the gate of human life:
See the words of the world on its forehead. Live in the inner soul of man:
Feel the beginning of the world in his circle. Think of the end of man on earth:
Find in him the turning point of the spirit. from Dornach, April 20, 1924 The Easter idea of the Ephesian mysteries as a summary of everything that has ever been known about the true dignity of the human being in the entire cosmos World-born being, you in form of light, Being born of the world, you in your luminous form,
Empowered by the sun in the power of the moon, You are gifted with the creative sound of Mars
And the limb-moving wings of Mercury, You are enlightened by Jupiter's radiant wisdom
And Venus's loving beauty — May Saturn's ancient spiritual intimacy
Consecrate you to spatial existence and temporal becoming! from Dornach, April 22, 1924 Pentecost Thought Beings line up with beings in the vastness of space,
Beings follow beings in the course of time.
If you remain in the vastness of space, in the course of time,
Then you, O human being, are in the realm of transience.
But your soul rises mightily above them,
When it sees, intuitively or knowingly, the imperishable,
Beyond the vastness of space, beyond the course of time. from Hamburg, May 15, 1910 Beings follow beings in the vastness of space,—
Beings follow beings in the course of time
If you want to penetrate from the realm of transience
Into the realm of the eternal,
Then make a covenant with knowledge,
For only then will you find the eternal
Within yourself, the eternal outside yourself—
Beyond all space—
Beyond all time—! from Hamburg, May 24, 1910 Pentecost saying Where sensory knowledge ends,
There stands the gate,
The realities of life
Open to the soul;
The soul creates the key,
When it grows strong within itself
In the struggle that world powers
On their own ground
Wage with human forces;
When it drives away
The sleep that envelops
the powers of knowledge
At the limits of the senses
With spiritual night. from Vienna, May 6, 1915 The spirits of the world souls In light we switch,
In seeing we rule,
In our thoughts we weave. From our hearts we lift
The struggle of the spirit
Through the wings of the soul. We sing to humanity
Of the experience of the gods
In the shaping of the world. For eurythmy, Pentecost 1921 Midsummer Uriel Imagination Mysteries of the Heights Behold our weaving,
The luminous excitement,
The warming life. Mysteries of the depths Live what sustains the earth
And what is formed by breathing
As an essential force. Mysteries of the center or the human inner being Feel your human bones
With heavenly radiance
In the ruling world association. Like a cosmic affirmation of these mysteries ringing into the whole, like with organ and trombone tones Materials are condensed,
Mistakes are corrected,
Hearts are examined. from Dornach, October 12, 1923 Autumn The Earth Body and the Warm Soul The Earth Body,
The Spirit Seer,
Lives in Witheredness. The seed spirits,
The material-pressed,
Gain strength. And fruits of warmth
From the vastness of space
Strengthen earthly existence. And earthly senses,
The deep-seers,
They see the future
In the creation of form. The spirits of space,
The eternally breathing,
They gaze peacefully
Into the weaving of the earth. For eurythmy 1922 Michaelmas You, the disciples of spiritual knowledge,
Take Michael's wise gesture,
Take the word of love of the world's will
And apply it effectively to the soul's lofty goals.

Struggling spiritual forces
Striving in matter.
They do not find matter,
They find themselves.
They float above the natural,
They live within themselves
Breathing Michael's power.

Undatable

Michael Imagination

Sun powers, you the shining
Powers that bless the worlds,
Waving, undulating shell becomes your light
Shell of Michael, the bearer of humanity.

Thus he appears, the Christ messenger,
Proclaiming with earnest will
He will bring the new, the bright time
As the time of the reign of spiritual man.

You, the disciples of spiritual knowledge
Take his will into your hearts—
See his wisdom in Christ
Who strives in the dwelling place of your souls.

Draft

Michael Imagination

Sprouts of the sun powers,
Shining, blessing worlds
Spiritual powers, to Michael's ray garment
You are predestined by the thinking of the gods.

He, the messenger of Christ, points out in you
The holy will of the worlds that carries humanity;
You, the bright beings of the etheric worlds,
Carry the word of Christ to humanity.

Thus the herald of Christ appears
To the waiting, thirsting souls;
Your shining word shines upon them
In the world time of the spiritual human being. from Dornach, September 28, 1924 Michael's Sword< Meteoric Iron O human being,
You shape it to your service,
You reveal its material value
In many of your works.
But it will only be a blessing to you
When its spiritual power is revealed to you. from Dornach, October 5, 1923 Winter solstice Earth covers the sun,
Forcing seeing powers
From elements of the earth
Free sight. Notebook Christmas 1922 Winter solstice The sun looks
At midnight hour
Builds with stones
In the lifeless ground So find in decline
And in the night of death
The new beginning of creation
The young power of the morning Let the heights reveal
The eternal word of the gods
The depths shall preserve
The peaceful refuge Living in darkness
Create a sun
Weaving in matter
Recognize the joy of the spirit. from Berlin, December 17, 1906 Christmas In the depths of the human soul
The spirit sun lives, confident of victory;
The true powers of the mind,
They are able to sense it
In the inner winter life,
And the heart's drive for hope:
It beholds the victory of the sun spirit
In the blessed light of Christmas,
As the symbol of the highest life
In the deep night of winter. Christmas Eve 1913 Dr. Rudolf Steiner Manuscript for Sophie Stinde after from Berlin, December 23, 1913 Ave, star of the sea, Divine young mother Divine young mother
And eternal virgin,
You happy gate of heaven.
Taking that “Ave”
As a gift from Gabriel
You became the foundation of peace for us,
By turning around
The name Eve! Translation of words from the first Christian centuries from Berlin, December 22, 1910 Ave Maris Stella
Dei mater alma
Atque semper virgo
Felix coeli porta.
Sumens illud Ave
Gabrielis ore
Funda nos in pace
Mutans nomen Evae! Christmas Translations from Luke 2:14 Revelation through the heights to God,
Peace and quiet through the spaces of the earth,
bliss among men. from Berlin, December 22, 1908 Divine revelation in spiritual heights,
peace, peace more and more
to all human souls on earth
who are of good will. from Dornach, December 26, 1914 Revelation of divine powers in the heights
And peace to the people of Earth,
Who are of good will. from Dornach, December 26, 1915 The divine is revealed
In the heights of the world,
And peace will spring forth on earth
To people of good will. from Dornach, December 24, 1922 Christmas Reflected in the soul's eye
The light of the world's hope,
Wisdom devoted to the spirit
Speaks in the human heart:
The Father's eternal love
Sends the Son to Earth,
Who graciously bestows Heaven's light upon the path of humanity. from Dornach, December 26, 1914 At Christmas 1919 The sunrise of humanity's earthly becoming That is the great mystery On Mount Golgotha; In the light of Christmas The dawn shines brightly. In this twilight Mild light Worship the soul: Of your own being Kindred spirits Power and source of existence. Rudolf Steiner For Helene Röchling At Christmas 1920 The soul of the earth sleeps
In the hot season of summer;
Then shines brightly
The mirror of the sun
In outer space. The soul of the earth watches
In the cold time of winter;
There shines spiritually
The true sun
In inner being. Summer joy day
Is earth's sleep;
Winter's consecrated night
Is the earth's day. For Helene Röchling Isis-Sophia,
The wisdom of God,
She killed Lucifer
And carried him away on the wings of the world's forces
Into the vastness of space. Christ's will
Working in human beings,
Will snatch Lucifer away
And on the boats of spiritual knowledge
Will awaken in human souls
Isis-Sophia,
The wisdom of God. Christmas 1920 Rudolf Steiner For Marie Steiner Stars once spoke to humans,
Their silence is the fate of the world;
The perception of this silence
Can be the suffering of earthly humans; But in the silent stillness matures
What humans speak to the stars;
The perception of their speech
Can become the strength of spiritual humans. December 25, 1922 Rudolf Steiner Primordial Christmas At the turn of time
The light of the world spirit entered
The earthly stream of beings;
The darkness of night
Had been dispelled;

Daylight
Shone in human souls;
Light,
Warming
The poor shepherds' hearts;
Light,
Enlightening
The wise kings' heads Divine light,
Christ sun,
Warm
Our hearts;
Enlighten
Our heads; That good may come
From what we
Found in our hearts,
What we
From our heads
Want to lead purposefully. from Dornach, December 25, 1923