Raphael's Madonnas: Images for the Soul

A Fellow of the Lindisfarne Association, he has lectured, taught, and written widely on Western spiritual and esoteric traditions. In 1924, Rudolf Steiner founded the General Anthroposophical Society, which today has branches throughout the world. . He is the author of The Voice of the Eagle: The Heart of Celtic Christianity (1990) and An Endless Trace: The Passionate Pursuit of Wisdom in the West (

Take it into sleep. Divine, cosmic, earthly, and human, she is primordial, contemporary, and still to come. We may strive toward her. Let Raphael’s vision become vision in you. Make it a daily practice and improvise. . Perhaps it will be a different image each time. Once and future, she is an evolving mystery, as we are, suggesting that our destinies are linked in ways beyond telling. As the poet Novalis affirmed: Mary, in a thousand imagesAdorably I see you shownBut none of these can showAs my soul beholds you.These images should be approached with reverence,

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As a young man, he lived in Weimar and Berlin, where he became a well-published scientific, literary, and philosophical scholar, known especially for his work with Goethe’s scientific writings. Formally beginning his spiritual teaching career under the auspices of the Theosophical Society, Steiner came to use the term Anthroposophy (and spiritual science) for his philosophy, spiritual research, and findings. His work is admired for its clarity of form, ease of composition, and visual achievement of the Neoplatonic ideal of human grandeur. de L. He has also translated and edited numerous books, including Celtic Christianity: Ecology and Holiness (1982); Homage to Pythagoras: Rediscovering Sacred Science; and The Noble Traveller: The Life and Writings of O. V. Milosz (all publ