The Cycle of the Year
as Breathing-Process of the Earth
Five lectures given in Dornach
31 March to 8 April, 1923
by
Rudolf Steiner
Anthroposophic Press
Spring Valley, New York
In the collected edition of Rudolf Steiner's works, the volume
containing the German texts is entitled Der Jahreskreislauf als
Atmungsvorgang der Erde und die vier grossen Festeszeiten. (Vol.
223 in the Bibliographic Survey). They were translated from the German
by Barbara D. Betteridge and Frances E. Dawson.
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Steiner, Rudolf, 1861 1925
The cycle of the year as breathing-process of the earth.
Translation of: Der Jahreskreislauf als Atmungsvorgang der Erde und
die vier grossen Festeszeiten: fünf Vorträge, Dornach 31. März 8.
April 1923.
Translated from the German by Barbara D. Betteridge and Frances
E. Dawson T.p. verso.
1. Anthroposophy Addresses, essays, lectures.
2. Fasts and feasts Miscellanea Addresses, essays,
lectures. I. Title.
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ISBN 0-88010-081-8 (pbk.)
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