I May Now to Myself Belong

52 Weeks of Steiner – Week 51

I may now to myself belong,
And radiantly spread inward light
Into the darkness of all space and time.
All natural Being presses towards sleep,
The depths of soul shall waken,
And waking carry gleams of Sun
Into cold floods of Winter”

Calendar of the Soul, Week 25
Translator: Ernst Lehrs

(note: some calendars are on week 24, some are 25. In my calendar, the Michaelmas Mood is listed as week 26, so that is what I will be following)

This is one of my favourite verses. After the dreamy summer where we were lifted off the earth, now we can once again below to ourselves. The outer is pulled towards sleep but the depths of soul awakens. And as it awakens, it carries with it our inner light to bring us through the cold, dark winter months.

I find the imagery so powerful! I can paint it in my mind.

I guess I could also try to paint it on paper. Maybe that will be a task for me in the future, painting each week’s verse.

For now, I’m just going to sit with these words as we travel towards Michaelmas again.

(This post is part of a weekly serial started on Michaelmas 2023. To see the other entries, please see the post linked HERE and scroll down to the bottom for individual links)

Until next time,
Marina