| 263. Correspondence with Edith Maryon 1912–1924: Letter to Edith Maryon
18 Sep 1920, Berlin Rudolf Steiner |
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| 263. Correspondence with Edith Maryon 1912–1924: Letter to Edith Maryon
18 Sep 1920, Berlin Rudolf Steiner |
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52Rudolf Steiner to Edith Maryon Berlin, 18 September 1920 My dear Edith Maryon! I only have time to write these few lines between two pieces of work. Judging by the time, everything went well according to plan; factually, there are many difficulties to overcome right now. And I don't know how the next few days in Stuttgart will turn out. I will be happy to be back in the studio; I hope the differences of the last few days will not continue there. I would love that to be the case. This time I have to be in Dornach at the right time. In the meantime, warm greetings Rudolf Steiner |
| 263. Correspondence with Edith Maryon 1912–1924: Letter to Edith Maryon
13 Sep 1921, Berlin Rudolf Steiner |
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| 263. Correspondence with Edith Maryon 1912–1924: Letter to Edith Maryon
13 Sep 1921, Berlin Rudolf Steiner |
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74Rudolf Steiner to Edith Maryon Berlin, September 13, 1921 My dear Edith Maryon! Having just arrived in Berlin, I send you my warmest greetings. Unfortunately I couldn't write sooner because the last few days in Stuttgart were very busy. It's easy to say you shouldn't do it, but it's just not possible because then you're neglecting your primary duty. Outwardly, I'm doing quite well; my hand and voice have healed. But inwardly, I have many worries. And these worries are growing ever greater. The congress was an extraordinary success. One could not expect such a good outcome. But now everything else comes on top of that. For that you needed capable people. People who are prudent and who really feel that general affairs are their own. But they do not exist at all in the business world. People are busy becoming divided among themselves. You can only get ahead with the very few. And these few are just not enough. I am now being invited to give lectures from all sides; I have to decline everything here. First of all, I am leaving here on Sunday evening, first to Stuttgart. Then as quickly as possible from there to Dornach. I am very eager to work in the sculpture studio again. That is understandable. The theological course is supposed to begin on the 26th. Until I arrive, I send warm greetings; I hope that everything goes well. Thanks for the letters. Goodbye currently Berlin W, Motzstraße 17 |
| 263. Correspondence with Edith Maryon 1912–1924: Letter to Edith Maryon
19 Nov 1921, Berlin Rudolf Steiner |
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| 263. Correspondence with Edith Maryon 1912–1924: Letter to Edith Maryon
19 Nov 1921, Berlin Rudolf Steiner |
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77Rudolf Steiner to Edith Maryon Berlin, 19 November 1921 My dear Edith Maryon! The journey has gone well so far. The stopover in Stuttgart was very brief and therefore very busy. I have not caught a cold. So the lecture will take place this evening as planned. My departure for Norway is set for Monday morning. I hope that everything is in order at our studio. I shall be glad to be back there again. For now, just a few lines and warm greetings, Berlin W, Motzstraße 17 |
| 263. Correspondence with Edith Maryon 1912–1924: Letter to Edith Maryon
20 Nov 1921, Berlin Rudolf Steiner |
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| 263. Correspondence with Edith Maryon 1912–1924: Letter to Edith Maryon
20 Nov 1921, Berlin Rudolf Steiner |
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78Rudolf Steiner to Edith Maryon Berlin, November 20, 1921 My dear Edith Maryon! Motzstrafie 17 The public lecture in Berlin went very well. Actually, such a lecture requires the least effort from me. Much more strenuous are the many other demands. And these have not been few so far. But it is going quite well. Monday 1/2 10 is the departure from Berlin to Kristiania. Wednesday evening there the first lecture. I hope that everything will go well in our sculptors' studio there. I will be happy to be there again after this journey. In the meantime, warmest greetings Rudolf Steiner |
| 263. Correspondence with Edith Maryon 1912–1924: Letter to Edith Maryon
27 Jan 1922, Berlin Rudolf Steiner |
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| 263. Correspondence with Edith Maryon 1912–1924: Letter to Edith Maryon
27 Jan 1922, Berlin Rudolf Steiner |
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90Rudolf Steiner to Edith Maryon Berlin, January 27, 1922 My dear Edith Maryon! Unfortunately, I have not yet been able to answer the four questions put to me. And if I wait any longer, there will be no letter to say that everything has gone very well so far. Now I have two-thirds of the lectures behind me; my health has also held up well. From Hamburg, where the journey is now headed, I will answer the four questions. I would like to say just this much today: that living in the country with a car is fine if it can serve the purpose because of the people who live there. The matter will probably be spoiled by the antagonism of Osmond, etc.; but perhaps it can only be settled orally. In any case, Flossy is not the best mediator either. For today, only warmest greetings from, because time is very pressing. Rudolf Steiner |
| 263. Correspondence with Edith Maryon 1912–1924: Letter to Edith Maryon
12 May 1922, Berlin Rudolf Steiner |
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| 263. Correspondence with Edith Maryon 1912–1924: Letter to Edith Maryon
12 May 1922, Berlin Rudolf Steiner |
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98Rudolf Steiner to Edith Maryon Berlin, 12 May 1922 My dear Edith Maryon! Thank you for your kind letter. Up to now I have been very busy. I have given two lectures, one in Leipzig to students, which went well except for a few rather inferior objections, and then in Berlin, which went very well. Please be assured that I am taking every possible care. I will send news of Munich as quickly as possible. But please don't be anxious. I would love to be in the studio and will be happy to be there again. For now, just these lines and warmest greetings from Rudolf Steiner. |
| 263. Correspondence with Edith Maryon 1912–1924: Letter to Edith Maryon
13 May 1923, Berlin Rudolf Steiner |
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| 263. Correspondence with Edith Maryon 1912–1924: Letter to Edith Maryon
13 May 1923, Berlin Rudolf Steiner |
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133Rudolf Steiner to Edith Maryon Berlin, 13 May 1923 My dear Edith Maryon! From Berlin I want to send you my best wishes before leaving for Norway. The journey here was somewhat disrupted, because after we had gone to our sleeping car in Stuttgart and travelled for about an hour, we were informed that the car had overheated and that all passengers had to get dressed again and move to another car. Otherwise, everything went well, and I hope that it will be the case in Dornach, too, where I am sending the warmest greetings. Rudolf Steiner |
| 263. Correspondence with Edith Maryon 1912–1924: Letter to Edith Maryon
23 May 1923, Berlin Rudolf Steiner |
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| 263. Correspondence with Edith Maryon 1912–1924: Letter to Edith Maryon
23 May 1923, Berlin Rudolf Steiner |
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137Rudolf Steiner to Edith Maryon Berlin W, Motzstraße 17 My dear Edith Maryon! Now that I have returned from my trip to Norway, I am sending you my warmest thoughts from here as well. All letters arrived and gave me great pleasure, especially since they are proof that my recovery is progressing. In Norway, everything went well: I gave thirteen lectures from Monday to Monday and then there were many other things to do. This evening I have a branch lecture in Berlin; then I am going to Stuttgart, where the School Society meeting and the supervisory board meeting have to take place on Friday, and I may have a few other things to do. I am not sure about this today, so I do not yet know whether I will arrive in Dornach on Saturday or Sunday. I send my best wishes for recovery and warmest thoughts. Rudolf Steiner Best regards Fräulein Bauer |
| 261. Our Dead: Eulogy for Countess von Brockdorff
25 Jun 1906, Berlin Rudolf Steiner |
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| 261. Our Dead: Eulogy for Countess von Brockdorff
25 Jun 1906, Berlin Rudolf Steiner |
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The next thing we have to do today is to remember the departure from the physical plane of one of our very dear members. Countess von Brockdorff, who, as the old members of the Theosophical Society in Germany in particular know, devoted so much strength and dedication to this Theosophical Society in Germany, passed away on June 8 after a physically painful suffering. The older of our members, and I myself in particular, know of the beautiful and devoted work of Countess von Brockdorff. In times when the Theosophical cause in Germany was often on the verge of dying out, it was the couple, Count and Countess Brockdorff, who, in their loving and at the same time extremely likeable manner, knew how to keep the Theosophical movement in Germany afloat again and again. Those who still remember the quiet and extremely effective way in which the countess knew how to gather the most diverse minds in her house to send out individual rays of light will fully appreciate her work. If I may first say a few words about how I myself came to be part of the circle in which Countess Brockdorff worked, inspiring in the broadest sense in a theosophical and otherwise intellectual way, I would just like to say that one day a lady said to me whether I would like to give a lecture on Nietzsche in Brockdorff's circle. I accepted and gave a lecture on Nietzsche. The countess then took the opportunity to ask if I would give a second lecture in the same winter cycle. This second lecture - I think it was the winter series of 1900 - was about the fairy tale of the “Green Snake and the Beautiful Lily”. Even then, the Countess felt the desire to resume her actual theosophical work, which had been somewhat dormant. The Countess's work was gradually becoming extremely difficult because she was becoming more and more rooted in the theosophical life, which had led to various theosophical experiences. It was difficult to continue her spiritual life under the name of Theosophy. Therefore, she had initially limited herself to her Thursday afternoons, but then felt the need to return to actual Theosophical activity and asked me – I was not even a member of the Society at the time – to give lectures at the Association, which during the first winter were on German mysticism up to Angelus Silesius. An outline of this is given in the book 'Mysticism in Modern Spiritual Life'. The next winter I gave the lectures on 'Christianity as a Mystical Fact'. Through this a kind of center for the gathering of the Theosophical forces in Germany arose, from which the actual founding of the Section spread out and a foundation was created. Now, when one thinks of the dear Countess Brockdorff, it must be emphasized that the Theosophical cause was repeatedly kept afloat by her extraordinarily sympathetic manner and work. The Countess had little sense for certain organizational issues and currents in the Theosophical movement. It was less her thing, she had less sympathy for it. But a certain basic tendency of her heart formed to work in the direction of the theosophical movement. She did this, as rarely as a human being, in a way that was supported by the fullest devotion and extraordinary love. It was probably necessary for her health that at the moment when we were forced by circumstances to develop a tighter and more concentrated organization in Germany, she had to retire to her retirement home in Algund near Meran. And how often this rest was not a real rest for the good countess either. She soon began to suffer from ill health, and in the last few years she went through difficult times in terms of her health. Speaking objectively, I can say that the history of the Theosophical movement in Germany in the 1890s and early 1900s will be linked with the name of Brockdorff, as the services rendered by the countess and the count cannot be praised enough. The older members will still remember our dear count when he was still at the side of his partner, whom he has now lost in the physical plane. But the members also know how deeply rooted the theosophical sentiment was, with which peace will be won from the theosophical world view. But even those who may have been younger members and did not know Countess Brockdorff will, in view of what she achieved for the Theosophical movement in Germany and particularly in Berlin, remember her with gratitude and look back with a certain — essentially Theosophical — sentiment on the last days that brought physical death to this much-admired and beloved member. I ask you to honor the honored member by rising from our seats. |
| 261. Our Dead: Eulogies Given at the 1906 General Meeting
21 Oct 1906, Berlin Rudolf Steiner |
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| 261. Our Dead: Eulogies Given at the 1906 General Meeting
21 Oct 1906, Berlin Rudolf Steiner |
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But we should also remember at this point the members who left the physical plane this year. In particular, we would like to remember our esteemed member, Countess Brockdorf, whose unassuming but all the more admirable work was done at a time when only a few people in Germany were willing to stand up for Theosophy. In honor of the deceased, we will rise from our seats. |