In the face of a world dealing with the senseless violence of war in many forms and locations, Marko Pogancik offers a hopeful vision for the future of humanity. In this encouraging book Pogancik shares the potential people have to contribute positively to the peace and beauty of all life on earth. He offers insights on the way that trees and ......
Nine lectures held in Berlin on October 23, 1911, and between March 19 and June 20, 1912 (CW 133) Vistas of primordial cosmic happenings, of ages of gray antiquity in human history which, nevertheless, shed clearest light upon our present age, are opened up with particular vividness in these lectures given to members of the Anthroposophical ......
A year after the burning of the first Goetheanum, during the eight days of the Christmas Conference 1923/24, Rudolf Steiner, together with the 800 people present, laid the Foundation Stone “in our hearts” as a meditation.
Spiritual Foundations for the Renewal of Agriculture (CW 327)
8 lectures and 4 discussions, Koberwitz, June 7-20, 1924 (CW 327) With this remarkable series of lectures presented in Koberwitz, Silesia, June 7 to 16, 1924, Rudolf Steiner founded biodynamic agriculture. They contain profound insights into farming, the plant and animal world, the nature of organic chemistry, and the influences of heavenly ......
This special edition of the Leading Thoughts, coinciding with the 100th anniversary of Rudolf Steiner’s death (March 30, 2025), marks the first ever bilingual (German-English) publication of his final written work, which he largely composed in the last months of his life (October 1, 1924–March 30, 1925). The Leading Thoughts and the ......
This book and its companion website (contemplativebeholding.org) are intended as a guide to an art and practice of contemplative beholding. On the website are images that provide focused occasions for viewing works of art, including painting, sculpture, and architecture.
The combined act of reading the text and viewing the images ......
Modern life, with its conveniences and technologies, has had mixed results. With great gains come also losses. For better or for worse, as certain types of knowledge have increased, others, which were not perhaps ......
5 lectures in Berlin, January 25 – February 8, 1916 (CW 166)
Abounding in lively anecdotes and fresh insights, these lectures draw the reader into a rich contemplation on the nature of necessity and freedom in human life and in the world. Rudolf Steiner weaves together seemingly disparate elements while resolving ......
What parents can do with and for their children from birth to age six
“I feel strongly that we don’t need another authority or set of rules by which to raise children, and I remind parents that Steiner himself never had any children. But if we can enlarge our understanding of child and adult development to encompass the whole human being—body, mind, emotions, and spirit—then we will be better equipped to make our ......
