Dear Friends,
"Why, what's the matter,
That you have such a February face,
So full of frost, of storm and cloudiness?"
- -William Shakespeare, Much Ado About NothingPerhaps the best solution to February is to shelter your frosty face in the glowing pages of a book!
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What's Happening in the Library
Rudolf Steiner Library Digital!
Did you know our online public access catalog
is becoming a veritable digital library, with accessible links to over 200 books, articles, audio files, and journals? For materials in English, just type "online NOT lan-ger" into the search box (for materials in both English and in German, simply type "online"), and find links to full-text online editions of books by Rudolf Steiner (courtesy of Steiner Books); back issues of the Journal for Anthroposophy; a contemporary
on anthroposophical music therapy; and more!
We also continue to add items to our online collection at
Contact us with any questions.
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New Books & More
Some books to accompany your Lenten journey:
 Holy Week: A Spiritual Guide, from Palm Sunday to Easter, by Emil Bock, Floris, 2011, 96 pgs.
Holy Week is extracted from Emil Bock's The Three Years, which many of our readers turn to each year to inspire their Easter preparations. With the addition of Gospel readings for each day the author describes, this edition provides opportunities for prayer and contemplation.
 The Easter Craft Book, by Thomas and Petra Berger, Floris, 1993, 87 pgs.
The authors show how to make Easter figures and decorations of dough, wool, felt, and tissue paper, and present different ways to decorate eggs. They also offer suggestions for creating a festive table. Fully illustrated with color photos.
 Bread and Wine: Readings for Lent and Easter, Plough Publishing, 2003, 412 pgs.
This is a collection of reflections for Lent grouped around themes including temptation, crucifixion, resurrection, and new life. Selections include writings by C.S. Lewis, Madeline L'Engle, John Donne, Thomas Merton, St. Augustine, Leo Tolstoy, and many more.  Easter: The Legends and the Facts, by Eleanor C. Merry, Floris, 2008 [1967], 136 pgs. The author "applies her remarkably wide-ranging knowledge of world religion and mythology to the Easter story. She focuses on three legends: that of The Holy Grail and Perceval; an old Irish legend, and the legend of Faust." Search for other titles by Eleanor Merry in our online catalog, among them her wonderful study of Celtic mysteries, The Flaming Door.
Kindling the Word: The Karmic Background of Marie Steiner-von Sivers, by Rahel Kern and Brien Masters,
Temple Lodge, 2013, 208 pgs.
The authors posit that Marie Steiner, Rudolf Steiner's wife and coworker, has been neglected by the anthroposophic movement, and their aim with this book is to illuminate her karma and mission.  Rudolf Steiner's Endowment. Centenary Reflections on His Attempt for a Theosophical Art and Way of Life, 15 December 1911, by Virginia Sease, Temple Lodge, 2013, 112 pgs. Many of Rudolf Steiner's initiatives are still vibrant and visible today; one, however, did not develop as planned: his so-called endowment of 1911. This was his attempt to create a "Society for a Theosophical Art and Way of Life" that would work "under the protectorate of Christian Rosenkreutz." With this, he tried to enable a culture that would "engender artists in every domain of life." The author reflects that "the latent seeds in Rudolf Steiner's attempt still have the possibility to reach fruition in the future."
These are just a few of the new items recently added to our collection! See more on the homepage of the library's online public access catalog.
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Donations to the library are always welcome!
We continue to seek your support for our efforts to make this stellar collection more widely available.
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Thanks for your interest; please stay in touch!
Warm greetings,
Judith Soleil, library director
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