Karmic Reconciliation

Why study karma and reincarnation?

All of us face situations in life that defy immediate understanding. It might be a meeting that makes us ask: What just happened? Or we find ourselves in a human encounter that seems to uncover so much more than expected—What’s going on here? Why me?—and we seem to face these questions with growing frequency and urgency today.

Karmic Reconciliation takes us below the surface of everyday life to consider the great passages of time from one incarnation to the next. Using Rudolf Steiner’s eight volumes of Karmic Relationships: Esoteric Studies, Dr. Finser presents fifty-two units of study along with accompanying assignments and provocative questions for meditative contemplation.

This book is intended for advanced students of anthroposophy who are willing to challenge prevailing assumptions about our purpose on Earth, as well as to investigate why we meet certain people and find ourselves in relationships that feel destined. Through the human encounters, we have numerous opportunities to resolve “karmic knots” of the past and to serve the present in new ways. Our investigation of karma and reincarnation can thus serve as a guide and practical aid for living life more fully in ever-awakening consciousness.

About the Author

Torin M Finser received his PhD in educational leadership from Union Graduate School, his MA in education from Adelphi University, and his BA from Bowdoin College. He taught at the Great Barrington Rudolf Steiner School, where he also served as faculty chairman. Torin has done extensive consulting with schools in organizational dynamics and leadership development and has been a keynote speaker at conferences all over the world.

He is the author of fourteen books, beginning with School as a Journey, which has now been translated into Mandarin, Farsi, Thai, Arabic, Korean and Spanish. Other books include: School Renewal, Organizational Integrity, A Second Classroom, Parent Teacher Relations in a Waldorf School, Leadership Development and Education for Non-Violence. His Guided Self Study is used by many as an introduction to Anthroposophy. The most recent publication is A Call to Teach In Service of Teacher Education and Life Long Learning. Torin has served as General Secretary of the Anthroposophical Society in America and Chair of the Education Department at Antioch University New England, and is currently Director of Waldorf Programs.

A founder of the Center for Anthroposophy, he has recently pioneered their new Building Bridges Program for practicing teachers in independent and charter schools and Explorations for Waldorf parents. Educational History PhD, Union Graduate School, 1994 Educational Leadership with emphasis on Teacher Stress/Renewal MA, Adelphi University, 1978 Education BA, Bowdoin College, 1977 Double major in history and German Literature. Graduated in three years, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa. Waldorf, 1960-1974 Student at three Waldorf Schools: Rudolf Steiner School in NYC Green Meadow Waldorf School, NY, Freie Waldorf Schule in Krefeld, Germany.