{"product_id":"the-souls-awakening-rudolf-steiner-9780904693669","title":"The Soul's Awakening: A Drama of the Soul \u0026 Spirit (Cw 14)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePremiered August 17, 1911, Gardener's Place Theater, Munich;\u003cb\u003e published 1912\u003c\/b\u003e (CW 14)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRudolf Steiner said of his mystery dramas that they contain the whole essence of anthroposophy and that if, through some unlikely chance, only these dramas were to survive, the essential content of anthroposophy would nevertheless be preserved.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese dramas are powerful portrayals of the complex processes of reincarnation and karma. In them, we are led to inhabit the living landscape of the human soul-spirit where suprasensory beings work at weaving the destinies of individuals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere we find a connection with the spiritual reality of human life itself by following the dramatic interplay of the joy and sorrow, struggle and striving of a group of individuals attempting to apply spiritual knowledge to their practical lives and relationships. To read, watch, or act in these plays is an initiation experience. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Soul's Awakening, \u003c\/i\u003e the fourth mystery drama, an enlightened entrepreneur appoints a scientist, a historian, and an artist to use their spiritual perceptions to transform his business into one that serves spiritual as well as practical needs. A long-standing colleague objects, and a series of conflicts and crises develops.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the plot unfolds, we follow the characters on a journey that moves from business meetings through various states of consciousness, into worlds known before birth and previous lives in Egypt. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis translation of Steiner's fourth mystery drama was created for Portal Productions' international tour of the drama during mid-1990s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis volume is translated from the play in German, \u003ci\u003eDer Seelen Erwachen: seelische und geistige Vorgänge in szenischen Bildern\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rudolf Steiner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 090469366X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780904693669\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Temple Lodge Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/1994\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.40d","brand":"Rudolf Steiner","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48742347505919,"sku":"9780904693669","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-souls-awakening-rudolf-steiner-9780904693669","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}