Bridge over the stream

The messages published in this book from a young artist who fell in World War I - Sigwart Graf zu Eulenburg - were first released in the form of a private print in a small number during Pentecost 1950. The following foreword was included: Sigwart! For many years we guarded his legacy, anxiously concerned that misunderstanding in harsh thinking might disturb the threads that connected us with him, our brother. Now, as many outstretched arms reach out to his worlds in bitter need, his words should also resonate with others as a source of comfort and hope. We too believed back then, when he was taken from us and his extensive work by the war, that we could never be joyful again. The rift in our close community was too deep. Yet his strong spiritual power and our love, refined in suffering, overcame all separating grief. From distant worlds, across...