Human Values in Education 14 lectures, Basel, April 20-May 16, 1920 (CW 301) Following a lecture of November 27, 1919 requested by the Basel Department of Education, sixty members of the audience invited Rudolf Steiner to return and deliver a complete lecture course on his approach to education. These lectures are the result. Rudolf Steiner
The Genius of Language: Observations for Teachers 6 lectures, Stuttgart, Dec. 26, 1919 – Jan. 3, 1920 (CW 299) To one who understands the sense of speech The world unveils Its image form. To one who listens to the soul of speech The world unfolds Its true being. To one who lives in the spirit
An Esoteric Cosmology: Evolution, Christ & Modern Spirituality 18 lectures in Paris, May 25–June 14, 1906 (CW 94) “In the Paris lecture series, I presented the meaning of a spiritual perception that had gradually ‘matured’ over a long period of time within me. I explained the general relationship among the aspects of the human being—the
The Education of the Child: And Early Lectures on Education (CW 293 & 66) “Spiritual science, by its inherent character and tendency, has the task of providing a practical concept of the world-one that comprehends the nature and essence of human life…. For spiritual science is not intended as a theory that is remote from
The Child’s Changing Consciousness: As the Basis of Pedagogical Practice 8 lectures, Dornach, April 15–22, 1923 (CW 306) Plus “Introductory Words to a Eurythmy Performance” Three and a half years after the founding of the first Waldorf school in Stuttgart, Germany, these talks were given to an audience of Swiss school teachers, most having little knowledge
Transformational Teaching: Waldorf-Inspired Methods in the Public School We have the power to transform our public schools—not through government mandates or the newest “teacher-proof” text series, and not through what many educators call “best practices.” Our schools can be transformed by applying Waldorf-inspired practices into the public-school setting. This little-known, but well established form of
Youth Longs to Know: Explorations of the Spirit in Education In this collection of essays John Fentress Gardner illuminates many challenging aspects of modern life that concern him-and concern most of us, as well. From poverty and environmental degradation to sexuality, parental discipline, and the pressures of modern life; from the further paths of knowledge
The Beejum Book “The unconscious psyche of the child is truly limitless in extent and of incalculable age.” — C. G. Jung The Beejum Book offers a journey into a world of fantasy that, deep down, each of us knows and longs for. It tells the story of Teak, a child living abroad between the two World Wars. Teak’s mother
According to Matthew: The Gospel of Christ’s Humanity 12 lectures, Berne, September 1-12, 1910 (CW 123) “If we read lectures with an open and attentive inner eye, we may be able to see the Christ mystery, not as a collection of dogmas or facts, but as a spiritual impulse that stretches far beyond the
Becoming the Archangel Michael’s Companions: Rudolf Steiner’s Challenge to the Younger Generation 13 lectures, Stuttgart, October 3–15, 1922 (CW 217) “This cycle of lectures ‘to the younger generation’ speaks of a pathway to a Michaelic harvest for ears that have the goodwill to hear.” –Carlo Pietzner Rudolf Steiner presented these lectures to about a hundred
Wisdom of the Bees: Principles for Biodynamic Beekeeping “The more you investigate these creatures and the manner in which they live, the more you will come to the conclusion that there is a great intelligence in how they work and what they accomplish.” —Rudolf Steiner While the benefits of Steiner’s research into agriculture and education are
Cosmic New Year: Thoughts for New Year 1920 5 lectures, Stuttgart, Dec. 18, 1919–Jan. 1, 1920 (CW 195) “Today, the ‘I’ is empty of atavistic, clairvoyant visions, and when we look back at the ‘I,’ it is, so to speak, more or less only a point in our soul life. The content of this ‘I’
Gardening for Health and Nutrition: An Introduction to the Method of Biodynamic Gardening A simple, down-to-earth introduction to the method of biodynamic gardening especially written for the backyard gardener. This classic introduction to biodynamic gardening introduces the gardener to an obvious, often forgotten principle: gardening is about living things, life forces, and life as such. In
Youth and the Etheric Heart: Rudolf Steiner Speaks to the Younger Generation Addresses, Essays, Discussions, and Reports, 1920 –1924 (CW 217a) “All knowledge, even purely scholarly knowledge, must merge into pure artistry.” —Rudolf Steiner (Feb. 14, 1923) Youth and the Etheric Heart, which comes to twenty-first-century readers in the somewhat deceptive wrapping of a historical document of Rudolf
What Is Anthroposophy? Three Spiritual Perspectives on Self-Knowledge 3 selected lectures by Rudolf Steiner This is one of those books that can change your life. Radical, thought-provoking, and indeed mind-boggling, it leads to a completely new way of looking at what it means to be human—a spiritual being in a universe that itself is not
Bees (CW 351) 8 Lectures in Dornach, Nov 26, to Dec 22, 1923 (CW 351); 1 lecture in Dornach, February 3, 1923 (CW 348) In 1923 Rudolf Steiner predicted the dire state of today’s honeybee. He stated that, within fifty to eighty years, we would see the consequences of mechanizing the forces that had previously operated organically in
Egyptian Myths and Mysteries 12 Lectures, Leipzig, September 2-14, 1908 (CW 106) Rudolf Steiner emphasizes the astonishing and special relationship between our own time and that of ancient Egypt—how, in the natural rhythm of the ages, the so-called third post-Atlantian (Egyptian) epoch is mirrored by the fifth (present) epoch. In this sense, today it is
Practical Advice to Teachers 14 lectures, Stuttgart, August 21-September 5, 1919 (CW 294) How do Waldorf teachers put their educational ideals into practice in the classroom? How does a teacher connect geography and art and language in a way that enlivens the souls of children? What does a child’s respect for the teacher mean for
A Modern Art of Education 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
Education as a Force for Social Change 5 lectures, Dornach, August 9 – 17, 1919 1 lecture, Stuttgart, April 23, 1919 3 lectures, Stuttgart, May 11 – June 1, 1919 1 lecture, Stuttgart, June 19, 1919 (CW 296, 192, 330/331) These illuminating lectures were given one month before the opening of the first Waldorf school,
