1919-1922: Social Threefolding and the Waldorf School
"Try to become one with the world--that will be the best and most important program. It is something that cannot be contained in statutes but needs to burn in our hearts as a flame." --Rudolf Steiner
Following the widespread destruction of World War I,
The remarkable discussions in this volume took place between Rudolf Steiner and workers at the Goetheanum, Switzerland. The varied subject-matter was chosen by his audience at Rudolf Steiner's instigation. Steiner took their questions and usually gave immediate answers. The astonishing nature of these responses - their insight, knowledge and ......
A new analytical perspective on stones and stone masters across Southeast Asia that extends and deepens the recent literature on animism. Stones and stone masters are an important focus of animist religious practice in Southeast Asia. Recent studies on animism see animist rituals not as a mere metaphor for community or shared values, but as a ......
Drawing on years of wide-ranging, intensive clinical experience, and his own family experience with cancer, the author helps the reader to understand how people cope with random adversity without recourse to supernatural belief. In fact, as he explains, coming to terms with randomness, while initially frightening, can be liberating and empowering. ......
A Former Preacher Rejects Christianity (Revised & Expanded)
For almost two decades John Loftus was a devout evangelical Christian, an ordained minister, and an ardent apologist for Christianity. But over the years doubts about the credibility of key Christian tenets began to creep into his thinking. This title presents a frank critique of Christian belief from a former insider.
Whilst scholarly in nature and based on extensive documentation of historical sites, Teichmann’s work is no dry academic study. In The Origins of the Anthroposophical Society, he offers incisive new insights into Rudolf Steiner’s refounding of the Anthroposophical Society at the Christmas Conference of 1923-24 and considers how it impacts us today.
The trend towards a more secular culture in Western society means that there can begreater flexibility in a wedding ceremony, but couples are often faced with the challengeof preparing a meaningful celebration outside the traditional religious framework. Thishands-on, practical guide demonstrates how to approach and prepare a secular ......
Pious Motives, Illicit Interests, and Occult Approaches to the Medieval Universe
Utilizes the collection of magic texts from the late Middle Ages at St. Augustine's, Canterbury, to examine the orthodoxy of magical approaches to the medieval universe and to show how it was possible to combine magical studies with a monastic vocation.
