Cosmic Memory
Steiner, Rudolf. Cosmic Memory. Steinerbooks, 1971. Softbound. Fantastic David Pelham–meets–Henry Darger cover art, credited to Susan Cobin Stern: a great example of the work being done during the Bernie Garber–helmed era of the anthroposophic publisher. 'Steiner shows that the insoluble link between humanity and cosmos is the fundamental basis of evolution,' writes Quaker-raised writer, actor, publisher, and (according to Russell Pooler) the 'first American-born anthroposophic lecturer,' Paul Marshall Allen in his intro. Translated by linguist Karl E. Zimmer, who throughout his life, assembled a collection of Walfischgedichte—or Whale Poems—and who requested that his ashes be scattered at sea, where, in his widow Ronelle Alexander's words, 'one of his beloved whales might chance to swim by.'
