Europe

Europe: A Cosmic Picture

European thought and culture has had an enduring impact worldwide, but Europe has also been a focus of conflict and world wars. With its international influence, Europe bears a responsibility, in both example and practice, for humanity’s continued development.

First published in English in 1975, this timely reprint of Maria Schindler’s classic work provides valuable spiritual insight into Europe’s contribution to human civilization—its past as well as its future tasks—at a critical time in the continent’s destiny. Based on decades of first-hand experience and multilingual study, the author weaves a pictorial tapestry of Europe’s biographical history in all its human, earthly, and cosmic content.

In past centuries, says Schindler, world-changing events were centered on the destinies of individual countries and nations. Today, the individual needs of nations must be brought into harmony with the needs of humankind as a whole. The enormity of humanity’s problems demand fresh insights based on new solutions with firm foundations. The author presents her intimate knowledge of European folklore and languages in connection with Willi Sucher’s “star wisdom,” the research of Walter Johannes Stein and Eugen Kolisko, and the inspiration of Rudolf Steiner and his cosmological and Spiritual Science of the cosmos and humanity.

Features 52 illustrations and numerous diagrams.

C O N T E N T S:

Foreword by Gladys Mayer
Introduction
The Present Age and the Myth of Europe
The Seal of Europe

PART 1: THE STARS
The Holy Grail
Cosmic Worlds and the Spiritual Guidance of Mankind
Europe’s Star Mythos

PART 2: NATIONAL GIFTS
Scandinavia
The Netherlands
Spain and Portugal
Britain
France
Italy
Germany
Russia
The Balkans
Poland
Austria and Switzerland
Austria
Switzerland
Finland

PART 3: HISTORIC RESPONSIBILITY
The White Horseman
Freedom and the Parsifal Path
Sophia and the Stars

Bibliography
Index

About the Author