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The Rudolf Steiner Archive

a project of Steiner Online Library, a public charity

2025

Holy Week & Easter — The Revival of the Soul

April 12, 2025

SOL Collage including The Resurrection of Christ by Liane Collot d'Herbois

New 7 Line Translation of Corresponding Verses for Holy Week and Easter

Every Easter, Rudolf Steiner's Calendar of the Soul begins anew, offering powerful riddles to awaken the soul to an experience of the Divine. This masterful work is intricately woven to reflect the effects of the seasons on humanity and offers formulae for our proper evolution.

In this article, the Holy Week verse is translated and outlined in seven lines to both resound the biblical events of the Passion as well as the spiritual forces at work behind the physical each day of the week. A careful review of the original German text reveals the repetition and inversion of key words and phrases in the corresponding verse for Easter. This shadowing reflects the heavenly beauty flowing down to the human soul during the dark days of Holy Week and then a pivot on Easter to the drawing forth of our spiritual nature as nature blooms in Spring.

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Carrying Rudolf Steiner's Legacy Forward

March 30, 2025

Rudolf Steiner

Thousands of New Additions & Extensive Biographical Timeline

In honor of the 100th anniversary of Rudolf Steiner's death, we have made nearly the full corpus of his life's work searchable online in English so it may enliven the spirit of people world-wide. Nowhere else is Dr. Steiner's legacy so completely chronicled telling the story of his life and travels through published books, lectures, articles, and correspondence. His mission to bring spirit into matter shines through his work. Additionally, we have made an extensive timeline of Rudolf Steiner's life story with links to thousands documents from his books, lectures, articles, and correspondence by year.

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