Winter

The calendar of the soul gives the human soul the opportunity to feel the pure emotions that belong to the changing of the seasons. There are true peaks in it, where the soul can feel deeply the worthiness of the human being and the greatness of living together with nature on earth, with the world of the elements, of the soul, of the spirit -  with the world of the cosmos, the planets, the stars. In this week before the week of Christmas a Prelude to the Christmas-Event sounds.

In the winter-night of the world it is not only the twinkling stars in the night sky that illuminate heaven. It is the time in which the soul is the most radiant star, because the light of spirit enlightens her and she is able to bear this inner light into the outer world. Everywhere we see little lights in trees. It is the image of a spiritual event: the human soul-seeds enlighten the darkness of the outer world, the darkness of the senses. And because of the imbuing of the soul with spiritual light, and being filled with the Word of God, the soul-seeds enlighten and fill with divine sound the whole world.

To bring spiritual light into world-winter-night
aims blissfully my heart’s desire,
That soul-seeds  radiant
Root into foundations of the world,
And divine Word in the darkness of the senses
Sounds transfiguring through all being.
 
Zu tragen Geisteslichte in Weltenwinternacht
Erstrebet selig meines Herzens Trieb,
Dass leuchtend Seelenkeime
In Weltengründen wurzeln,
Und Gotteswort im Sinnesdunkel
Verklärend alles Sein durchtönt.


Heaven with stars above  Terschelling (NL), National Geographic.
 
In summer we experienced the other side of this, which is a foundation for the winter-experience:

Calendar of the soul 16, July 21-27
 
To save spiritual gift inwardly
Strictly commands my presentiment,
So that ripening divine gifts,
Fructifying in soul-grounds,
May bring fruits for my selfhood.
 
Zu bergen Geistgeschenk im Innern,
Gebietet strenge mir mein Ahnen,
Dass reifend Gottesgaben
In Seelengründen fruchtend
Der Selbstheit Früchte bringen.Winter by Mieke Mosmuller