‘Angels are messengers of light. In this book the angels themselves are shining their light… in the writings of Steffen Hartmann.’ – Johannes Greiner
‘The strength of this text lies in its purposeful progression. It is like a guided tour up a mountain that – after a lot of effort – offers a wonderful panoramic view.’ – Matthias Bideau, Die Drei
Over the course of the last decades, there has been an increasing demand by people for spiritual experience – whether it involves elemental beings, past incarnations or encounters with angels. But how should we distinguish between reality and illusion in such perceptions, particularly when efforts are often focused on instantaneous experience? Is it really possible to build a scientific foundation for metaphysics today? And what role might thinking play in such a truly contemporary spirituality?
There is a tradition, traceable to Aristotle and leading to Rudolf Steiner, that seeks to establish metaphysics as a science. Connecting with this noetic practise, Steffen Hartmann argues that the sure path of personal development begins with pure thought and meditation. Only then, under the right conditions, does it lead to spiritual experience. Through developing our mental faculties to the point where we can properly evaluate such experience, we build a new foundation for understanding the I, our essential core. Self-awareness of the I – in pure thinking – is the eye of the needle through which we should pass. In thought, we can even unite with the essence of the angels. By enriching our thinking, we can access – as conscious, mindful individuals – the realm of angelic beings.
About the Author
Steffen Hartmann, born in 1976 in Freiburg im Breisgau, studied piano in Hamburg with Karin van Buiren from 1998 to 2003. As a lieder accompanist, he attended master classes with Elisabeth Schwarzkopf and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. Parallel to his music studies, he also studied philosophy and anthroposophy privately. In 2007, he founded the MenschMusik Hamburg Institute with Matthias Bölts, which is breaking new ground in music education. He was a lecturer at MenschMusik and head of the institute until 2014.
In 2012, he founded the publishing house Edition Widar with Torben Maiwald, which has published several of his books, among others. From 2012 to 2024, he was in charge of the branch at the Rudolf Steiner House in Hamburg. He now pursues an international speaking, seminar, and concert career. He has been invited to Germany, Switzerland, Austria, England, France, Finland, Norway, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Greece, and Brazil.
Steffen Hartmann began his meditative path of knowledge based on anthroposophy in 1997. He researches fundamental questions of anthroposophical spiritual science, reincarnation and karma, the art of meditation, and musical phenomena and works.
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