The Bridge between Universal Spirituality and the Physical Constitution of Man 3 lectures, Dornach, December 17-19, 1920 (CW 202) Rudolf Steiner addresses the following topics in these lectures: 1. Soul-and-Spirit in Man’s Physical Constitution: The physical organism of man is considered today to consist of more or less solid-fluid substances; but as well as his solid,
Death as a Metamorphosis of Life: Including “What Does the Angel Do in our Astral Body?” & “How Do I Find Christ?” 7 Lectures, various cities, Nov. 29, 1917–Oct. 16, 1918 (CW 182) “In our reflections on spiritual science, we come across much that we apparently cannot apply directly in our daily life, much that
Education and Modern Spiritual Life 14 lectures and talks, Ilkley, Yorkshire, August 5-17, 1923 (CW 307) In this fine introduction to Waldorf education, written out of a series of lectures given in 1924, Steiner provides one of the most comprehensive introductions to his pedagogical philosophy, psychology, and practice. Steiner begins by describing the union of
Rudolf Steiner and Initiation: The Anthroposophic Path of Inner Schooling – A Survey Schiller systematically characterizes the anthroposophic path of inner spiritual training, drawing on Rudolf Steiner’s writings and lectures over an extended period of time. Among the topics discussed are: The fundamental moods Development of the six attributes Sense-free thinking, feeling, and willing Meditation
Winter, Awake! The coming of Winter plays an important role in the cycle of nature. In this delightfully illustrated story, young children can find that for “every thing there is a season.” Winter, Awake! shows what happens one year when Winter will not wake. The tired trees need to rest. Their fallen leaves have made a
What Julianna Could See And if she stayed still Without making a sound She could see gnomes Helping plants through the ground. This radiant picture book was written for Julianna Margulies – the film actor and former star of the hit television series “ER” – when she was six years old. Her father, Paul Margulies,
Working Together on Rudolf Steiner’s Mystery Dramas Revised translation (CW 14) Rudolf Steiner’s four mystery dramas are powerful portrayals of the complex laws of reincarnation and karma. They transport us into a landscape of the human soul and spirit, where suprasensory beings are active. Through the perception of these hidden worlds, we are given the
The Bridge Over the River: After Death Communications of a Young Artist Who Died in World War I This book contains communications from a young musician named Sigwart to his sister after his death in 1915. After experiencing an inner unrest leading to the feeling that her brother was trying to contact her, she gradually
Sensitive Crystallization Processes: A Demonstration of Formative Forces in the Blood Dr. Ehrenfreied Pfeiffer writes: “Research carried on since 1925 has shown that the formation and arrangement of crystals during the process of crystallization can, under certain conditions, be greatly influenced by the admixture of various substances…. Hence, from these alterations (in form) apriori conclusions
The Gospel of St. John and Its Relation to the Other Gospels 14 lectures, Kassel, June 24 – July 7, 1909 (CW 112) Beginning at the turn of the century, Rudolf Steiner began to express a passionate interest in Christianity. For him, the event he called the “Mystery of Golgotha” is more than the central
Plato Prehistorian: Myth, Religion, Archeology In his Timaeus and Critias dialogues, Plato wrote of two ancient civilizations that flourished more than 9,000 years before his time. Socrates accepted the account as true, and modern archaeological techniques may yet prove him right. In Plato, Prehistorian, Mary Settegast takes us from the cave paintings of Lascaux to the shrines of Çatalhöyük, demonstrating correspondences
The Reappearance of Christ in the Etheric: A Collection of Lectures on the Second Coming of Christ “Since the coming of Gautama Buddha, Eastern mystics have spoken especially about a future condition when earth will be bathed in a moral etheric atmosphere. Ever since the time of the ancient rishis, they had hoped that this
Centering Prayer and Rebirth in Christ on the Tree of Life: The Process of Inner Transformation This unique book draws on “the secret wisdom of Israel” (Qabalistic Tree of Life) to describe the soul’s inner purification, healing and rebirth in Christ rooted deep in the mysterious process and inner silence of non-conceptual contemplative prayer. “Prayer in
The One Who Loves Us: Centering Prayer and Evolving Consciousness This far-ranging book presents God, the Ultimate Mystery of non-created Reality, as Christ—the One Who loves us. Spirituality beyond language and in general; the inner mystical meaning of the Cross of Christ; differing Christian windows found in the stages of evolving consciousness identified by Integral Theory;
Psychotronics and a Biodynamic Garden: How to Grow and Harvest Healthier Food through Radionics and Dowsing Dowsing and radionics are two practices and procedures for interpreting and interacting with the natural world. They nurture the processes of gardening, farming, and landscaping through communication with subtle levels of reality. Nature spirits and other forms of intelligence
Education as an Art Although much has been achieved in the 20th century, we have not yet learned how to educate our children correctly. We are content to fill them with intellectual knowledge which destroys their natural curiosity and produces people who orient themselves in one-sided materialistic values. A totally new approach to education was
Soul-Size: The Eternal Psychosomatic Dilemma: An Exploration of Anthroposophic Physiology and Psychology From the richness of his experience and extensive medical training, Dr. James Dyson has forged an authentic, holistic understanding of the human being into a practical psychotherapeutic discipline. In mid-career, with more than fifty years of deep engagement with the esoteric teachings of
Water Talks: Empowering Communities to Know, Restore, and Preserve their Waters “At the time of writing, I have lived on Planet Earth for eighty-three years. I have seen so much change, and that includes advances in living standards for millions of people on the one hand, and the increasing destruction of the environment on the
The Genius of Home: Teaching Your Children at Home Using the Waldorf Curriculum A family’s path of homeschooling from kindergarten through high school grade eleven. “School at home with the Waldorf curriculum; to some this is a contradiction. The Waldorf curriculum was originated by Rudolf Steiner in answer to the question of how school could
Turning Lead into Gold: The Transformative Alchemy of Waldorf Teaching “The pieces in this book come mostly from moments in deep time, moments when I found myself thinking some-what shamefacedly, ‘Oh, now I get it.’ And, interestingly enough, a good many of those moments of insight occurred with classroom experiences when I clearly ‘didn’t get
