The Poets light but Lamps—
Themselves—go out—
The Wicks they stimulate
If vital Light
Inhere as do the Suns—
Each Age a Lens
Disseminating their
Circumference—
—Emily Dickinson, “The Poets light but Lamps”
Greetings on this first Sunday of Advent, and bushels of warm thanks to all those who responded to our letter of appeal last week (or to the one you may have received in the mail).
While it is true, as they say, anything helps, it's also so that it is the thought that counts most. Many thanks for the gifts, well-wishes, and kind words!
—John-Scott
New Release
From Eclipse to Apocalypse
Star Wisdom, Volume 6
Joel Matthew Park, Robert A. Powell, PhD, Natalia Haarahiltunen, Julie Humphreys, Rudolf Steiner, Krisztina Cseri and Fred Gettings
Each volume of Star Wisdom includes articles of interest on star wisdom (Astrosophy) and a guide to the correspondences between stellar configurations during the life of Christ and those of today. The guide comprises a complete sidereal ephemeris and aspectarian, geocentric and heliocentric, for days throughout the year.
According to Rudolf Steiner, every step taken by Christ during his ministry between the Baptism in the Jordan and the Resurrection was in harmony with—and an expression of—the cosmos. Star Wisdom is concerned with heavenly correspondences during the life of Christ. It is intended to provide a foundation for cosmic Christianity, the cosmic dimension of Christianity—a dimension that has been missing from its two-thousand-year history.
New for Children
The Christmas Angels
Else Wenz-Viëtor
“This book is delightfully illustrated with a cut-out of each angel's head on every page.... Children will learn an important lesson from this book and understand that the overriding message of Christmas is to be good to others.... The rhyming sentences are lovely to read.”
— Creative Steps Magazine
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The Tale of the Little, Little Old Woman
Elsa Beskow
”A classic children's picturebook... The ‘little, little’ phrasing is a recurring theme throughout this charming read-aloud story.”
— Children's Bookwatch
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A Year with Findus
Seasonal Crafts and Nature Activities
Sven Nordqvist, Eva-Lena Larsson & Kennert Danielsson
Join Findus and Pettson and be inspired by the exciting activities and experiments they get up to throughout the year. Beautifully brought to life by Sven's ingenious illustrations, this book suggests crafts and activities using what nature has to offer.
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New: Crafts and Storytelling
Creative Nature Play
Imaginative Crafting, Games, Stories & Adventures
Nadezhda Ostretsova
Learn how to make simple craft projects from natural materials such as pine-cones and sheep’s wool. Suitable for children aged 5–8. Creative Nature Play connects children with nature and develops eye–hand coordination, dexterity, and imagination through tried and tested, age-appropriate projects.
Seven Secrets of Spontaneous Storytelling
Danyah Miller
Included in this book are fifteen simple, fun games that help the reader easily make and tell stories with children. The games, tips, and tricks provide the confidence to tell spontaneous tales with family and friends—any time, any season, and anywhere.
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From the Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner
The Driving Force of Spiritual Powers in World History
7 lectures in Dornach, Switzerland, March 11–23, 1923 (CW 222)
And so things jog along in the same old grooves. People study anatomy, physiology, biology, history, and the rest, unconcerned as to whether these sciences bring them knowledge of reality; they go on at the same jog-trot. But a time will come when people will have to be clear about the fundamental fact that because their thinking is abstract, it is full of light and therefore embraces something in the highest sense super-earthly, whereas in their life on Earth, they have around them only what is earthly. The two sets of facts simply do not harmonize.
You may ask: Did the thought-pictures that people used to have accord more fully with the human being’s inner nature when his thinking was full of life? The answer is: Yes—and I will tell you why. . . .
—Rudolf Steiner, in a lecture of March 22, 1923, in The Driving Force of Spiritual Powers in World History (CW 222)
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