Illness and the Double

Illness and the Double

How many times have you acted in a certain way, done something out of your “lower nature,” and in retrospect said, “it’s not like me to act like that.” Perhaps it is, perhaps it isn’t; either way, you have probably experienced what Rudolf Steiner refers to as the human double. This comprehensive article concerns the varied manifestations of the double in human life and in literature, especially as it relates to the question of illness.

About the Author

Werner Priever, M.D., a psychiatrist, is the former director of the Friedrich Husemann Clinic in Wiesneck, Germany.