A collection of lectures given by Rudolf Steiner over a period of twelve years, this book offers a fascinating insight into the world of nature spirits. The lectures demonstrate how intimately connected these beings are with all aspects of human, animal, plant, and mineral existence. In this book you will find Rudolf Steiner's thoughts on elemental beings and the role they play in helping humanity to "bridge the gulf that separates it from the spiritual world.”

Based on knowledge attained through his highly trained clairvoyance, Rudolf Steiner attests that folk traditions regarding nature spirits are based no spiritual reality. In this book, he describes how people possessed a natural spiritual vision in ancient times, enabling them to commune with nature spirits. These entities — which are also referred to as elemental beings — became immortalized as fairies and gnomes in myth, legend, and children’s stories. Today, Steiner asserts, the instinctive understanding that humanity once had for these elemental beings should be transformed into clear scientific knowledge. He even asserts that humanity will not be able to reconnect with the spiritual world if it cannot develop a new relationship to the elementals. The nature spirits themselves want to be of great assistance to us, acting as “emissaries of higher divine spiritual beings.”

Author: Rudolf Steiner
Translator: Wolf-Ulrich Klunker
Paperback: 192 pages
Publisher: Rudolf Steiner Press (Reprint, 2003)
Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 inches