“The Annual Cycle” by Rudolf Steiner is an important series of lectures concerning the relationship between humans, time, and the Earth.

In these five lectures given in Dornach in October 1923, a few months before the founding of the General Anthroposophical Society, Steiner weaves a profoundly initiatory landscape: time is no longer neutral but a living organism. Festivals are no longer external customs but milestones of a spiritual journey.

Humans are called to become participants and carriers of this rhythm, embodying moral courage and spiritual freedom. As nature transforms, so does the soul. Steiner speaks of the wisdom of summer, the courage of autumn, the silence of winter, and the repentance of spring – not as symbols, but as real spiritual insights that can lead to a new connection with Being.

Readers who have loved the “Diary of the Soul” will discover here its deepest roots: the spiritual foundation upon which the inner Mantram of each weekly reflection was built.