The Night | Free Book
as a Wellspring of Strength. Sleep, Spiritual Encounters and the Starry
Firmament
'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 SteinerThe night is an essential counterpart to the day. By day
we possess the capacity of conscious, logical thought, whilst at night
– leaving 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, but also as a wellspring of renewal and
healing.With its lucid introduction and notes, The Night seeks 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.
Night-time is when we can, consciously or unconsciously, meet 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, whilst for initiates it provides a
field for conscious awareness. It is also a special time – before
going to sleep and upon waking – for specific esoteric
exercises.Edited by Edward de Boer, the textual passages, lecture
extracts, exercises and the many verses and prayers in this anthology
are an invitation to readers to engage more consciously with the
starry heavens and the nightly realm.
- Title: The Night | Free Book
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