Paul Marshall Allen (1913 1998) was an authority on the life and work of Rudolf Steiner and, as the first American-born anthroposophic lecturer, was a leading pioneer of Rudolf Steiner s spiritual science across North America. He edited and wrote introductions for numerous books on Anthroposophy and spiritual wisdom, including his classic work, "A Christian Rosenkreutz Anthology" (1968), and wrote "Vladimir Soloviev: Russian Mystic" (1968). With his wife Joan deRis Allen, Paul coauthored "Francis of Assisi s Canticle of the Creatures" (1996); "Fingal s Cave, the Poems of Ossian, and Celtic Chr...