Who Was Ita Wegman? (Vol.4)

Who Was Ita Wegman? (Vol.4) Strengthening the Heart

This final volume in the biography series emphasizes the mantrams and spiritual guidance given to Ita Wegman by Rudolf Steiner during the last two years of his life.  Readers will learn of the spiritual struggle that Ita Wegman and Rudolf Steiner endured during this time, along with the karmic connection that existed between them. The challenges that are revealed may serve as a source of insight and inspiration.

About the Author

Johannes Emmanuel Zeylmans von Emmichoven (1926–2008) was born in The Hague. Through his family’s home in Johannes Schevening, where his father ran a clinic, he came into close contact with Rudolf Steiner’s Anthroposophy as a child. In 1951, he launched the Castrum Peregrini (Amsterdam) magazine, which continues today. Years of work as a bookseller, editor, and publisher followed. In 1966, he was ordained a priest in The Christian community. He settled in Germany late in life. At the age of 75, he “discovered” Hungary through Hungarian translations of his works. He first visited Hungary in 2001 and returned three more times. He was became ill at Pentecost in 2003, in Budapest, where he continued to work on the fourth volume on Ita Wegman’s life until his death.

Matthew Barton is a translator, editor, teacher, and poet, and taught kindergarten for many years at the Bristol Waldorf School. His first collection of poems was Learning To Row (1999). He has won numerous prizes for his work, including an Arts Council Writer’s Award and a Hawthornden Fellowship.