Rudolf Steiners Calendar of the Soul

Dates from Easter 2015 to Easter 2016 Note:

April 5, 2015: Verse #1 Easter Mood

Oct 4: Verse #27

Apr 12: Verse #2

Oct 11: Verse #28

Apr 19: Verse #3

Oct 18: Verse # 29

Apr 26: Verse #4

Oct 25: Verse #30

May 3: Verse #5
Light from Spirit Depths
May 10: Verse #6
May 17: Verse #7
Luciferic Temptation

Nov 1: Verse #31

Light from Spirit Depths
Nov 8: Verse #32
Nov 15: Verse #33
Ahrimanic Deception

May 24: Verse #8 Whitsun

Nov 22: Verse #34

May 31: Verse #9

Nov 29: Verse #35

June 7: Verse #10

Dec 6: Verse #36

June 14: Verse #11

Dec 13: Verse #37

June 21: Verse #12 St Johns Mood Dec 20: Verse #38 Christmas Mood
June 28: Verse #13

Dec 27: Verses # 39 + 40

July 5: Verse #14

July 12: Verse #15

Jan 3, 2015: Verse #41

July 19: Verse #16

Jan 10: Verse #42

July 26: Verse #17

Jan 17: Verse #43

Aug 2: Verse #18

Jan 24: Verse #44

Aug 9: Verse #19

Jan 31: Verse #45

Aug 16: Verse #20

Luciferic Temptation
Aug 23: Verse #21
Aug 30: Verse #22
Light from Cosmic Widths

Feb 7: Verse #46

Ahrimanic Deception
Feb 14: Verse #47
Feb 21: Verse #48
Light from Cosmic Heights

Sept 6: Verse #23

Feb 28: Verse #49

Sept 13: Verse #24

Mar 6: Verse #50

Sept 20: Verse #25

Mar 13: Verse #51

Sept 27: Verse #26: Michaelmas Mood

Mar 20: Verse #52

Mar 27: Verse #1 Easter Mood

Rudolf Steiner
first published the
52 verses we know as the Calendar of
the Soul in 1912. The adjusted dates
listed here for 2015-2016 are intended
as guide for those who follow the
practice of beginning a new verse on
the Sunday of each week. In keeping
with Steiners instruction, we start
the meditative year with verse # 1 at
Easter (April 5, 2015).
Our format matches the way in
which the 52 verses appeared in the
original 1912-13 edition and it adheres
to the seven-day astral rhythm of the
soul. In addition, this approach takes
into account the seven preparatory
verses (Lent) leading up to Easter, and
the seven mirror verses that follow
from Easter to Whitsun.
There are 51 weeks from Easter
2015 through to Easter 2016, but
we have 52 verses. This calls for an
accommodation, especially if we
wish to keep in sync with the major
Christian festivals. The solution
being proposed here is to work with
verses 39 and 40 during the same
week, starting on Sunday, December
27, 2015. This gives us the opportunity
to concentrate on the subtle shift
that occurs from verse 39 to 40
(post-Christmas) and to discover its
polar opposite in verses 13 and 14
(post-St. Johns).
The cosmic dating of Easter
requires the meditant to reset the
course through the 52 verses of the
Soul Calendar each year, since there
are never exactly 52 weeks between
one Easter and the next. It becomes
an exercise in self-renewal, a kind of
yearly tune-up. These mini-mantras
become spiritual sign posts along
the ever changing path of personal
initiation.
Herbert O. Hagens, Princeton, NJ, USA
hohagens@aol.com
spring issue 2015

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