Main description:

What lies at the root of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and the worldwide pandemic it has caused, affecting the health and livelihoods of untold millions of people? What are the deeper, spiritual realities behind COVID-19 and the global turmoil it has left in its trail? In an effort to answer these queries and many others put to her at the start of the pandemic, Judith von Halle composed two letters in March 2020, based on her own spiritual-scientific research. Published in this book together with an additional essay, she addresses questions such as:

* Which entities stand behind the virus?
* How and why does it affect human beings?
* What measures can be taken for prevention and therapy?
* What does the crisis mean to individuals and what possibilities does it offer for personal development?

The author suggests that, apart from the material havoc triggered by coronavirus, the spiritual causes behind it are extremely serious and - if the present pandemic is not to be the first in a series of catastrophes - humanity is called upon to respond in a radically transformative way. In an additional article von Halle tackles the controversial issues relating to government lockdowns and the protest movements that have sprung up in opposition to them. How do these events point to real questions of individual freedom and, most importantly, how do they relate to the central event of our time - an event that, tragically, remains largely unknown?

Revealing unexpected perspectives to the COVID-19 pandemic, Judith von Halle asks urgent and difficult questions and offers shattering insights for humanity's further development.

Contents:

Preface - I. WHAT CAN ANTHROPOSOPHICAL SPIRITUAL SCIENCE CONTRIBUTE TO SARS-COV-2 AND COVID-19 RESEARCH? - The First Letter, Berlin, 22 March 2020 - 'Corona-Pandemic -Aspects and Perspectives' (Newsletter from the Medical Section of the Goetheanum) - About the 'Aspects' - About the 'Perspectives' - At Attempt at a Deeper Consideration of the Coronavirus Pandemic - About the Spiritual Cause of the SARS-CoV-2-Virus - On the Character of Bacteria - On the Character of Viruses - The Way SARS-CoV-2 Spreads - On the Symptoms of the COV-19 Illness - Spiritual Aspects - Commentary on Further Questions - II. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RELATING TO ESOTERIC SUPPORT FOR WORK IN THE BRANCH - The Second Letter, Berlin, 22 March 2020 - Publisher's Foreword - Overcoming Fear - How Intensifying Meditation Can be Helpful in These Times - What Does It Mean When People Can No Longer Meet? - Starting Point: Consistently Practise Soul Exercises - Suggestions for Spiritual Support for the Ongoing Work in the Branch - III.
THE GREAT DIVERSIONARY MANOEUVRE - The Awareness of the Central Event of our Time, the Perception of the Christ
Entity as an Etheric Phenomenon - Everything is Upside Down - Appendix: The Eight Soul Exercises by Rudolf Steiner -
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