Toward Imagination

During the war, Rudolf Steiner spoke the following commemorative address at the beginning of every lecture he gave to the Anthroposophical Societies of countries affected by the war:

My dear friends, let us be mindful of the guardian spirits of all those out there on the vast battlefields of the events of our time:

Spirits of your souls, ever working guardians,

May your wings carry

Our souls' imploring love

To those on earth entrusted to your care.

United with your power,

May our prayer be a shining help To the souls it lovingly seeks.

And turning to the guardian spirits of those who have already passed through the portal of death because of these tragedies:

Spirits of your souls, ever working guardians,

May your wings carry Our souls' imploring love

To those in the spheres entrusted to your care.

United with your power,

May our prayer be a shining help To the souls it lovingly seeks.

may the Spirit whom we have long sought to approach with our spiritual science, the Spirit who passed through the Mystery of Golgotha for the salvation of the earth and for the freedom and progress of humanity, may that Spirit be with you in your arduous