in 1947, shortly after the author met Rudolf Steiner's Anthroposophy, his friends in Brussels invited him to a performance of Richard Wagner's Parsifal at the Royal Opera. The music drama made an indelible impression on him and stirred disturbing questions. Thus his search began and soon he read all he could find by Steiner on the Holy Grail. ......
The Other America distils a lifetime of interest, research, and experience of an action-oriented part of the world--the United States of America. The book begins with the insights of Rudolf Steiner related to spiritual influences on this land, its people, and the important challenges they face. The author moves from the American dream and the ......
Thoughts on keeping learning alive. These lectures address learning in the periods of life from birth to adulthood, with illustrations from physiology and psychology, to form pictures of the teaching/learning tasks and concerns appropriate for each age group. Contemporary education often attempts to 'solve' the mysterious aspects of nature through ......
A touching glimpse into the world of autism, with supplementary articles by the author and Georg Kuhlewind. Juliana thought often about the child with the sun's rays playing in her blonde hair and whose eyes told stories of heaven. She thought about her delicate frame and inexhaustible energy. The young woman was grateful to have met this little ......
This publication shows how light-darkness-color therapy, for which Liane Collot d'Herbois gave the creative impulse, provides the basis for precise, complete, and reliable diagnosis of a patient's condition with regard to various symptoms and their interrelationships. This makes it possible, in collaboration with a doctor, to offer a therapeutic ......
What is necessary for education today, when social tensions are increasing and when war, hunger, and violence, as well as criminality and corruption scandals, occupy the daily news? Rudolf Steiner, the founder of Waldorf education, was convinced that social problems can be solved only with the help of a kind of pedagogy that educates the whole ......
The author explores and comments the fairy tales Little Red Cap (aka Little Red Riding Hood), Mary's Child, Briar Rose and The Handless Maiden. The worldwide popularity of Walt Disney's film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs compelled the author to write about the true meaning of fairy tales. That film destroys for both children and adults the ......
Of all subjects, geography perhaps lends itself best to awakening a feeling of social responsibility. By social responsibility, we mean the awareness of, and consideration for, other people and other modes of life. The earth is the living space and the workplace of all human beings. Since we have a world economy, the use of the world's resources ......
Stars, snowflakes, suns, flowers, and other luminous figures can decorate your windows. This is not only a Christmas book but one for all seasons. The vibrant colors of tissue paper, lit by the sun to the very center of the design, will bring joy in many modes. Many of the figures have a three-dimensional effect as well as a suggestion of ......
