open at all times
Truth—is as old as God—
His Twin identity
And will endure as long as He
A Co-Eternity—
And perish on the Day
Himself is borne away
From Mansion of the Universe
A lifeless Deity.
—Emily Dickinson, “Truth—is as old as God”
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Welcome to June! The summer is leaping at the door, and I am glad to see it out there. May your gardens flourish—JSL
Featured Titles
Vegetable Gardening for Organic and Biodynamic Growers
Home and Market Gardeners
Joel Morrow
Biographies of 76 vegetables with detailed accounts of how
to grow them, their climate of origin, their transformation
over time, and their nutritional and therapeutic potential
Joel Morrow began writing down his vegetable “biographies”—scribbled in the margins of a planting calendar—when his first garden teacher, Margareta Leuder, “described how as a child she had raised watermelon in the Sonoran desert in 1905.”
This book is not only a gardening guide; it also guides the reader inwardly to perceive a vegetable as “a work of art, a journey, a rite of passage into the natural world.”
Growing Sustainable Children
A Garden Teacher’s Guide
Ronni Sands and Willow Summer
Gardening with children is hands-on, outdoor education at its finest. With abundant opportunities for experiential learning, the garden is an ideal classroom. With its useful overviews of the history of gardening education and the evolving consciousness of children, this book will be an indispensable resource for anyone already teaching in a gardening program, for those planning on starting such a program, or for anyone working with children in a garden or other outdoor setting as a homeschooler, community organizer, or friend of the Earth.
Gardening as a Sacred Art
Towards the Redemption of our Relationship with Nature
Jeremy Naydler
Explore the history of our relationship with nature in this beautifully illustrated book, from ancient Egyptian and Mesopotamian gardens to the controlled designs of Versailles. Author Jeremy Naydler traces how our awareness of the divine in nature has shifted over time. Today, gardening is seen as an art enhancing nature's beauty. Naydler suggests that the future of gardening lies in recognizing it as a sacred art, honoring the spiritual dimension of nature.
Favorites for Children and Families
Can Findus Find Pettson?
Sven Nordqvist
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The Gerda Muller Seasons Gift Collection
Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter
Gerda Muller
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Through the Seasons
Sarah Laidlaw
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The Birthday Book
Celebrations for Everyone
Ann Druitt and Christine Fynes-Clinton
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The Children's Forest
Stories & Songs, Wild Food, Crafts & Celebrations All Year Round
Anna Richardson, Dawn Casey, and Helen d'Ascoli
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Spring and Summer Activities Come Rain or Shine
Seasonal Crafts and Games for Children
Edited by Stefanie Pfister
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From the Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner
True Knowledge of the Christ
Theosophy and Rosicrucianism—the Gospel of John
14 lectures on Theosophy and Rosicrucianism, Kassel, June 16–29, 1907;
8 lectures on the Gospel of John, Basel, Nov. 16–25, 1907 (CW 100)
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Spiritual science does not exist to negate things or be critical, saying how bad the world is today. No, it shows that it was necessary for humanity to descend into the material world.
The wide horizon of man's spiritual life had to recede in the meantime, and it is also in connection with this that the old way of understanding the spirit has been lost. The truths were there in the past, in different forms. Spiritual science serves to show them to people today in a way they will understand. . . .
Today we have to draw attention to the spirit once again. We cannot go on saying, “See how much wiser we have grown today.” The truth is open to us at all times and may be grasped in different ways.
—Rudolf Steiner, from a lecture of June 16, 1907, in True Knowledge of the Christ: Theosophy and Rosicrucianism—The Gospel of John (CW 100)
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