This book, on the mood of the fifth, is intended for adults who have become aware of the damage done to children by an occasionally overwhelming technological and dehumanized environment and who are searching for ways to heal this damage. The novel approach outlined by musicologist Julius Knierim in this book is based on subtle observations of ......
Notes from 19 lectures and 4 private lessons, Berlin, 1903-1904 (CW 88) In Berlin, just past the turn of the twentieth century, Rudolf Steiner, then a relatively unknown writer, educator, and editor, first began his spiritual teaching activity under the auspices of the Theosophical Society. The gatherings at this time were small, often being ......
"Their complete understanding of each other and those two great spirits passing into each other created an atmosphere, perceptible to all, that had bearing force and radiated hope for the future" (Marie Steiner-von Sivers). Peter Selg wrote this remarkable book on the formation of spiritual community and mutual assistance to coincide with the ......
"One could say that a parable contains a larger lesson in a bite-sized portion. Using other words, a parable is a simple short story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson.... The word parable can be traced back to Middle English and Old French origins as parabole and to the ecclesiastical Latin sense of parabola, meaning "discourse, ......
A wide-rangng and always thoughtful treatise on the most absorbing of human attributes. Contents include: Interviews with Rene Querido; Love among the Greeks; Dante: From Earthly to Eternal Love; Shakespeare and the Alchemy of Love; Goethe: The Search for the Eternal Feminine; Novalis: Finding the Beloved beyond Death; Vladimir Soloviev in Search ......
A naked-eye approach to the study of astronomy. This book covers observation of: stars in a single night and over the course of the year; stars and sun in the tropical, arctic, and Antarctic regions; sun in the day and the year; moon as pointer to the sun; planets and Zodiac constellations.The truly valid introduction to the stars is a walk ......
Anthroposophical Curative Education and Social Therapy # 6 This volume contains the results of research, sketches, and experiments from field work. Movement exercises and movement training play an essential role in therapeutic educational work. With the movement of children in need of special care, we find great possibilities for interventions ......
In these eight lectures, Dr. Scharff offers a profound overview of biodynamic methods, including the philosophy and esoteric foundations, as well as the most practical matters. In lecture 5, for example, he delves deeply into the biodynamic preparations discussed by Rudolf Steiner in his Agriculture Course, exploring each one individually: 500 ......
