Edith Maryon (1872-1924) was a trained sculptor who worked alongside Rudolf Steiner to create the unique sculpture of Christ (the Representative of Humanity) at the Goetheanum in Dornach, Switzerland. One of Steiners closest collaborators, she was a highly-valued colleague and esoteric pupil. As one of his dearest friends, Maryon kept a busy and detailed correspondence with Rudolf Steiner, in which he confided freely about his personal situation, his lack of true colleagues, difficulties with lecture tours, and the embattled public standing of anthroposophy. Almost invariably, these letters emphasized Steiners longing for the Dornach studio and their shared work on the Christ statue. Maryons early death, aged 52 following fifteen months of illness shook Rudolf Steiner to the core. He was to die himself less than a year later. With this book, the authors central aim is to illuminate the spiritual signature of Edith Maryons relationship with Rudolf Steiner and their mutual work in anthroposophy and on the sculpture of Christ. Building on Rex Raabs (1993) biography, Peter Selgs moving study features dozens of photos and facsimiles of letters, utilizing previously unpublished sources from Edith Maryons and Ita Wegmans literary estates and the Rudolf Steiner Archive in Dornach. The most essential and intrinsic quality of her soul was not a particular branch of human endeavour, not even art; the most salient of her soul tendencies, her soul intentions, was the striving for spirituality Rudolf Steiner