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 she was asked at the start of the pandemic, Judith von Halle composed two letters in March 2020, based on her spiritual-scientific research. Published in this book with an additional essay, she addresses questions such as:

- What entities stand behind the virus?
- Why and how does it affect human beings?
- What measures can be taken for prevention and therapy?
- What does the crisis mean to individuals?
- What are the possibilities it offers 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 many catastrophes--all human beings are called upon to respond in a radically transformative way.

In an additional article, von Halle tackles controversial issues related to government lockdowns and protest movements that have sprung up in opposition to them. How do these events point to urgent questions of individual freedom and, most important, 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 humankind's future development.

C O N T E N T S

Preface

I. What Can Anthroposophical Spiritual Science Contribute to SARS-COV-2 and COVID-19 Research?

II. Questions and Answers Relating to Esoteric Support for Word in the Branch

III. The Great Diversionary Maneuver

Appendix: The Eight Soul Exercises by Rudolf Steiner

Notes