These are the days when birds come back,
A very few, a bird or two,
To take a backward look. 

These are the days when skies put on
The old, old sophistries of June, –
A blue and gold mistake. 

Oh, fraud that cannot cheat the bee,
Almost thy plausibility
Induces my belief, 

Till ranks of seed their witness bear,
And softly through the altered air
Hurries a timid leaf!

Oh, sacrament of summer days,
Oh, last communion in the haze,
Permit a child to join, 

Thy sacred emblems to partake,
Thy consecrated bread to break,
Taste thine immortal wine! 

— Emily Dickinson, “Indian Summer”

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Friedrich Nietzsche
Fighter for Freedom
Rudolf Steiner
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Immediately upon reading Nietzsche’s Beyond Good and Evil in 1889, Rudolf Steiner recognized a kindred spirit—a courageous fighter for the freedom of the human individuality who waged a fierce but unconscious battle against the unspiritual views of the age. Rudolf Steiner met Nietzsche once in Naumburg in 1895. By this time, Nietzsche’s mental state had already deteriorated. In his autobiography, Steiner recounts his intensely affecting encounter with Nietzsche, facilitated by Nietzsche’s sister, Frau Foerster-Nietzsche. There, Steiner describes the profound impact of being led into Nietzsche’s room and observing him lying on his bed in a state Steiner called “spirit-night.” In a radiant vision, Steiner saw Nietzsche’s ill-starred destiny, his soul yearning for the spiritual enlightenment it sought but could not fully grasp. This moment transformed Steiner’s previous impression of Nietzsche into an encompassing spiritual understanding. READ MORE

Humanity on the Threshold
Spiritual Development in Turbulent Times
Bernard Lievegoed
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“The merit of Lievegoed’s books is, above all, their evocatory effect. They urge one, impel one to go to work, to put into practice what one has read—either in one’s own personal life, or in social life.... He was a true contemporary, a man who takes note of the issues of his time and the needs of a turbulent world.” —Golden Quill literary award by the Netherlands Publishers’ Association

Humanity on the Threshold focuses on strengthening human resilience though spiritual development. This lets us see beyond the normal inner and outer limits of consciousness into sound knowledge of the higher self. READ MORE

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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)
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What is the qualitative difference between the utterance of true and untrue words? Is there one? How about between living and dead thoughts? What is the origin of war and strife among peoples on Earth? How can humanity find a right relationship to the beings of the spiritual world? These are among the compelling questions addressed by Rudolf Steiner in this concise yet powerful series of lectures given in March 1923, comprising volume 222 of The Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner.

In these lectures, Steiner portrays, among other things, the work of various hierarchical beings—sometimes in collaboration and sometimes in opposition to one another—whose activity and strife in the spiritual world is mirrored in the migrations of and wars between peoples on Earth. The clashes between East and West, for example, are thus seen in an entirely new light, heralding a sea change in the approach to history. No longer should events on Earth be viewed as isolated within themselves, but rather as interwoven in a grand, vibrant tapestry formed from the threads that connect humanity on Earth with the activity and aims of exalted spiritual beings.

These lectures are a tour de force not to be neglected by any serious student of history or human life more broadly. READ MORE

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