Heaven on Earth: A Handbook for Parents of Young Children “Our children are, in the words of Kahlil Gibran, the gift of Life’s longing for Itself. They run toward Life, arms open, and Life loves Itself through their small bodies. Pressing themselves into the sand, sifting dirt, watching an inchworm measure a branch, reaching toward
Faculty Meetings with Rudolf Steiner: Set of Two Volumes (CW 300a/b) 2 volumes: September 8, 1919 – September 3, 1924 (CW 300a/b) The Waldorf school movement has its roots in the chaotic period following World War I. Struggling to create the first school, Rudolf Steiner worked on every detail-lesson plans, religious education, school hours, course
How to Know Higher Worlds: A Modern Path of Initiation Published in 1904 (CW 10) “While we cannot all instantly become ‘seers,’ the cognitive insights of a person who has such vision can nevertheless provide healthy food for all. All of us can apply these insights to our lives; and if we do so, we
At Home in the Universe: Exploring Our Suprasensory Nature 5 lectures at The Hague, November 13-18, 1923 (CW 231) What is our relationship to the planets we see in the night sky? Does the cosmos have any affect on our individual lives? Modern science tells us that we are an insignificant accident in a vast,
What Is Biodynamics? A Way to Heal and Revitalize the Earth 7 selected lectures by Rudolf Steiner In 1924—in response to questions about the depletion of soils and a general deterioration of crops and livestock—Rudolf Steiner gave eight lectures on “the spiritual foundations for a renewal of agriculture.” Based on his suggestions and spiritual science,
Waldorf Education and Anthroposophy (Vol. 2) 12 lectures, various cities, November 19, 1922-August 30, 1924 (CW 304a) The Waldorf school movement was gaining increasing recognition by the time these public lectures on Waldorf education took place. In this collection, as in the previous volume, Rudolf Steiner is outspoken about the spiritual nature of human beings
The Time Is at Hand! The Rosicrucian Nature of Goethe’s Fairy Tale of the Green Snake and the Beautiful Lily and the Mystery Dramas of Rudolf Steiner In 1795 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe produced his tale of tales – The fairytale of “The Green Snake and the Beautiful Lily,” an extraordinary masterwork that is unique
Staying Connected: How to Continue Your Relationships with Those Who Have Died “This is what it comes down to: that we learn to experience that those who have passed through the gate of death have only assumed another form. Having died, they stand before our feelings like those who, through life experiences, have traveled to distant
The Spirit of the Waldorf School: Lectures Surrounding the Founding of the First Waldorf School, Stuttgart – 1919 6 lectures and an essay, 1919-1920 (CW 297) World War I destroyed the structures, values, and self-confidence that created the seeming greatness of the nineteenth century. In its place stood ruins and the shards of a civilization.
The Secret Stream: Christian Rosenkreutz and Rosicrucianism Selected lectures During the early seventeenth century, Europe was suddenly embroiled in controversy after the publication of the first Rosicrucian texts. Ever since, Rosicrucianism has been at the center of Western Christian esotericism. Forced underground by the Thirty Years War, it was secretly handed down by alchemists, hermeticists,
Rhythms of Learning: What Waldorf Education Offers Children, Parents, and Teachers “An experiment in its eighth decade, with more than sixty thousand students attending five hundred schools worldwide, Waldorf education is the largest and fastest growing independent, nonsectarian school movement in the world. The more than one hundred and fifty Waldorf schools in North America
Intuitive Thinking as a Spiritual Path: A Philosophy of Freedom Written in 1894 (CW 4) “The realms of life are many. For each, specific sciences develop. But life itself is a unity, and the more the sciences busily immerse themselves in separate realms, the farther they move away from seeing the living wholeness of the
Christian Hermetic Astrology: The Star of the Magi and the Life of Christ Who were the three wise men and what was “the Star of the Magi” that led them to Bethlehem? Using the dialogue form, Christian Hermetic Astrology explores these questions and the basis for the inauguration of “Star Wisdom.” Set in the Temple of the
The Bhagavad Gita and the West: The Esoteric Significance of the Bhagavad Gita and Its Relation to the Epistles of Paul 5 lectures, Cologne, Dec. 28, 1912 – Jan. 1, 1913 (CW 142) 9 lectures, Helsinki, May 28 – June 5, 1913 (CW 146) 1 lecture, Basel, Sept. 19, 1912 (CW 139) This combination of
Astronomy and Spiritual Science: The Astronomical Letters of Elizabeth Vreede This collection of the astronomical writings by Dr. Elisabeth Vreede is a fascinating compendium of scientific and spiritual knowledge. Between September 1927 and August 1930, Dr. Vreede wrote a monthly “letter,” available by subscription, about both modern astronomy and classical astrology in the light of
The Archangel Michael: His Mission and Ours “The Michael age has dawned. Hearts begin to have thoughts. Enthusiasm no longer flows from mystical obscurity, but from the inner clarity that thought conveys. To grasp this is to receive Michael into one’s soul. Thoughts that today seek to grasp the spirit must spring from hearts that
Anthroposophy (A Fragment) A New Foundation for the Study of Human Nature Written in 1910 (CW 45) This written attempt to create a spiritual anthropology was found among Rudolf Steiner’s unpublished works after his death. Although fragmentary, this key work on “Anthroposophy” is of enormous interest and importance. It is work whose time has finally
Ancient Myths and the New Isis Mystery: Revised 2nd Edition (CW 180) 7 lectures, Dornach, January 4–13, 1918 (CW 180); 1 lecture, December 24, 1920 (CW 202) “In the course of my recent public lectures in Switzerland, I have repeatedly said that the knowledge, the way of thinking currently prevailing and indeed deeply rooted in
The Schiller File: Supplements to the Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner “Concerning: Electricity, Terrestrial Magnetism, Radio Conduction of Heat, Sensitive Flames, Etheric Formative Forces, The Four Ethers, Resonant Oscillation, Refinement of Peat Fibers, etc.” Anthroposophy has manifold roots in natural science. Rudolf Steiner never tired of saying that the development of scientific awareness had given people
A Psychology of Body, Soul, and Spirit: Anthroposophy, Psychosophy, Pneumatosophy 12 lectures, Berlin, Oct. 23, 1909 – Dec. 16, 1911 (CW 115) “Steiner does not talk about soul; he speaks from soul. That is the entire method. There is, however, an entrance fee for doing psychology. The fee is that you need to leave behind your well-known-to-you self-identity. You
