As imperceptibly as Grief
The Summer lapsed away —
Too imperceptible at last
To seem like Perfidy —
A Quietness distilled
As Twilight long begun,
Or Nature spending with herself
Sequestered Afternoon —
The Dusk drew earlier in —
The Morning foreign shone —
A courteous, yet harrowing Grace,
As Guest, that would be gone —
And thus, without a Wing
Or service of a Keel
Our Summer made her light escape
Into the Beautiful.
—Emily Dickinson, 1540. “As imperceptibly as Grief”
New Releases
Speaking with Angels
Life Lessons from the Angelic World
Iris Paxino
”If you wish to learn, you may learn. I go now and will come again. And yet I am always with you.”
This was the conclusion to a surprising message that psychologist Iris Paxino received from a bright, angelic entity who appeared to her unannounced, radiating a comforting, warmth-filled light. The angel’s words left her awestruck and deeply moved.
Overcoming Fear
Exercises for Spiritual Self-defence
Thomas Mayer
These meditations help to clear our emotional space and illuminate our thinking—strengthening health, healing dark impulses, and assisting us to integrate death as an important part of life. The exercises also contribute to easing tensions experienced in the collective consciousness during this time of multiple global crises. Illustrated throughout in full color.
Redemption
Christ's Resurrection and the Future of Humanity
Michael Kientzler
A thoughtful collection of lectures on the incarnation, death and resurrection of Christ to help readers reconnect to the divine world.
“Rudolf Steiner spoke about the events of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ as the Mystery of Golgotha, which means that, despite our efforts to understand it, there will always be a gap between our beholding and the spiritual and physical facts of this event.”
Western Hostility to Russia
The Hidden Background to War in Ukraine
Terry M. Boardman
What are the origins of the war in Ukraine? Contrary to popular opinion, the conflict is ultimately not between Russia and Ukraine but between Russia and the West. With political, historical, and spiritual perspectives, this short book is a worthy primer.
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New for Children
Lottie, St. Michael, and the Lonely Dragon
Beatrys Lockie
Illustrated by Sandra Klaassen
Lottie has a plan to save her town from an angry, fire-breathing dragon, with the help of St. Michael, in this heart-warming tale about courage and looking beneath the surface. Perfect for Michaelmas.
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2024 Calendars
Elsa Beskow Calendar 2024
Illustrated by Elsa Beskow
A month-to-view calendar with space for writing in appointments, beautifully illustrated with seasonal artwork from Elsa Beskow's books. With eco-friendly printing and packaging.
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Stargazers’ Almanac 2024
A Monthly Guide to the Stars and Planets
A beautiful illustrated monthly guide to exploring the stars and planets which is designed for naked-eye astronomy – perfect for both enthusiasts and beginners. With eco-friendly printing and packaging.
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New in the Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner
The Value of Thinking
For a Cognition that Satisfies the Human Being:
The Relationship between Spiritual Science and Natural Science
11 lectures, Dornach, August 20 – October 9, 1915 (CW 164)
Translated by Christian von Arnim
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What a person does concerns two areas: firstly, their karma. This through its causation already produces its own judgements; it is no one else’s business. Christ himself did not judge the sin of the adulteress but inscribed it in the ground because it will live itself out in the course of karma. Secondly, human deeds relate to human coexistence, and the human deed should only be judged from this perspective. It is not up to the external social order to judge human beings as such.
But spiritual science will gradually rise to something other than judging; it will rise to understanding. And those psychologists who could be appointed today to function as experts when judging a person’s external acts will be of no use, for they won’t yet know anything about a person’s soul. The assessment of a person should not correspond to judgement but to understanding; because helping and not judging should be the tendency under all circumstances. Helping, not judging! But we can only help if we have an understanding of what is going on in a human soul.
—Rudolf Steiner, from a lecture of September 20, 1915,
in The Value of Thinking (CW 164)