The Night as a Wellspring of Strength: Sleep, Spiritual Encounters, and the Starry Firmament - Softcover

Steiner, Rudolf

 
9781855845442: The Night as a Wellspring of Strength: Sleep, Spiritual Encounters, and the Starry Firmament
Softcover
ISBN 10: 185584544X ISBN 13: 9781855845442
Publisher: Rudolf Steiner Press, 2018

Synopsis

Selections from various volumes in The Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner

“I fall asleep. Until I awaken my soul will be in the world of spirit, and there will meet the guiding impulse-giver of my earthly life, my genius, who dwells in the world of spirit, hovering round my head.” ― Rudolf Steiner

The night is an essential counterpart to the day. By day we possess the capacity of conscious, logical thought, whereas at night―having left the physical body to regenerate during sleep―we give ourselves up to a different form of consciousness. Rudolf Steiner describes the night as the realm of intuition, a place of deep spiritual encounter, as well as a wellspring of renewal and healing.

With its lucid introduction and notes, The Nightseeks to conjure the special atmosphere and quality of the nocturnal hours, so that the real spiritual encounters of night-time can fruitfully inform our daily life, helping us to live in a fuller, healthier way.Nighttime is when we can meet, consciously or unconsciously, our higher self. We have the opportunity to work with angelic beings and even to access the world of the dead. The night can be a source of poetic and artistic inspiration, and for initiates it provides a field for conscious awareness. It is also a special time for certain esoteric exercises before going to sleep and upon waking.

Edited by Edward de Boer, this anthology offers textual passages, lecture extracts, exercises, and many verses and prayers as an invitation to readers to engage more consciously with the starry heavens and the night realm.

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About the Author

Matthew Barton is a translator, editor, teacher, and poet, and taught kindergarten for many years at the Bristol Waldorf School. His first collection of poems was Learning To Row (1999). He has won numerous prizes for his work, including an Arts Council Writer's Award and a Hawthornden Fellowship. 

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Publisher
Rudolf Steiner Press
Publication date
2018
Language
English
ISBN 10 
185584544X
ISBN 13 
9781855845442
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
118
Editor
De Boer Edward