Verses for Rudolf Steiner and his Book "The Philosophy of Freedom."

Introduction: This is one of the four basic books of Anthroposophy. Among the many references Rudolf Steiner made to it was this one from 1906: "To catch hold of thinking in thinking, to finish rounding out the serpent of eternity -- this is the task of the fifth sub-race. To stimulate this in man -- that is the purpose of the book, "The Philosophy of Freedom."
Another blog connected to this book will be set up later.

The Author Straight he went to Eden’s door And he was welcomed in, A mighty yet humble traveler Now defeating the wages of sin. And past the old tree now withering To the Tree of Life he went, And gladly the branches bearing its fruit Down to the traveler bent. He plucked the fruit, and angel voices Sang the hymn of creation’s story And the traveler who was, on the Tree of Man Purest fruit of its own flowering glory, Who ate now the fruit, then bearing the core Straight out he went from Eden And planted the seeds in a book he wrote  Called “The Philosophy of Freedom.” 3/11/04 The Choir of the Few A large choir sang that  freedom’s illusion, But the  author knew they were wrong, And he took all the notes of the song they sang To create a better song. He played those notes with his thinking, And O the sweet harmony, That was created in singing his very new song In the choir of becoming free! 3/2/04  The Book Confirms The faithful thinker has the task Of ending duality By bringing the world that is without Within his own reality; To feel the world’s great waking To itself within his mind, Then sending forth a song of love And joy for all mankind. No fantasy is given here, But a truth confirmed by way Of the life of he who wrote the book We’re studying here today. 3/22/03

As Only You Can Just as the sun when rising at dawn Dispels all the darkness of night, Giving creation a new day of hope With its power, its love and its light, So from this scabbard book you hold, You can by your powerful will, From it draw forth thinking's sun-sword of light And the yearning of creation fulfill. 4/27/04 The Way to the Source His books and cycles shed true light On the myths and legends of old, On the bible, science and so very much more That enlighten as we strive to take hold. And the single lectures and articles Add to the gleaming stream That ever come bearing with his hope that we Will wake from our age-old dream, And make the world transformations Enthusiastically and following true In farming, education, religion and drama All these and more renew. And the sphere of this creative wholeness Like a gyroscope faithfully spins On the point of this book, which will lead you to The source where it all begins. 6/21/05 The Book In this new “bible” you will find A path to the heart with knowing mind, To an altar moment beyond recall, Reborn as One, revealed in All. 12/24/03 Follow the Angel The Angel to John on Patmos said, “Take you this book and eat.” Do you the same now with this book And Death in Life defeat. 2003

Update for Second Thousand

Dear Readers, 
      We have now reached the stage of having received 2,000 "hits" on the blog.  Here you will find a graphic and the sources for some of those "hits" over the last month. (This is part of the quite extensive information provided to the blogger by Google.) Our basic intent is to try to find persons who are working with Rudolf Steiner's great gifts or others who would be interested in him and those gifts if they knew about them. 
     While it was anticipated that the US would be where it is on the list , the great surprise has been to find Germany and the Netherlands so prominent on it, countries that are not English-speaking, and to see how few there are in other English-speaking countries where some attempts have been make to make known the site. 
     To mark this occasion of two thousand "hits," a special posting on Rudolf Steiner and his book "The Philosophy of Freedom" has been made.