Here is the next pair of Calendar of the Soul verses for this week (#37) and its polar opposite (#16). Note how the verses have diverged from the lemniscate's crossing point at Michaelmas, (which is Verse #26 with Polar verse #27). We are one week away from Christmas (#38), which occurs right after the Winter Solstice and marks the bottom of the lemniscate. (St. John's Tide marks the top).
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This week's verse (#37) has dates of: December 15 - 22
The polar verse (#16) corresponds to the week: July 21 - 27
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St.John's ----------> 12-13
9 16 <------(polar verse)
6 19
3 23
Easter------------> 1-26 <------ Michaelmas
27 - 52
29 49
32 45
(this week's verse) -------> 37 42
Christmas----------> 38-39
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37. Woche (15. - 21. Dezember)
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Zu tragen Geisteslicht in Weltenwinternacht
Erstrebet selig meines Herzens Trieb,
Dass leuchtend Seelenkeime
In Weltengruenden wurzeln,
Und Gotteswort im Sinnesdunkel
Verklaerend alles Sein durchtoent.
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37th week: (December 15 - 21)
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This is the blissful striving of my heart's desire:
To carry the light of the spirit
into the cosmic winter night,
so that sparkling seeds of my soul
may take root in cosmic soil---
and that the Word of God may resound
through the darkness of my senses,
transfiguring my entire existence.
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16. Woche (21. - 27. Juli)
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Zu bergen Geistgeschenk im Innern,
Gebietet strenge mir mein Ahnen,
Dass reifend Gottesgaben
In Seelen gruenden fruchtend
Der Selbstheit Fruechte bringen.
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16th week: (July 21 - 27)
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My intuition firmly commands me:
"Bury the spirit's treasures within you
so that these ripening gifts of God,
growing in the soil of your soul,
may bring forth the very fruits
of your own selfhood."
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