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Biodynamic techniques recognize that plant life is intimately bound
up with the life of the soil; that the soil itself is alive and
vital; and that the degree of vitality has a direct bearing on the
health of the crops. Through the nurture and care of the soil you
will soon be able to grow quality produce which possesses vitality
and has a full flavour. Sharing its principles, methods and
techniques with organic farming, biodynamic agriculture
additionally acknowledges that the plant's growth is also affected
by planetary influences like the waxing and waning of the moon.
Whether you are an experienced gardener or not, whether or not you
have used permaculture or grown organic produce before, this volume
offers tips on: favourable times for planting, harvesting and
growing; ways of combating pests and diseases; building soil
fertility - crop change and rotation; and how planets and stars
affect plant growth.
Painting and drawing are key artistic expressions which play an
important role in children's physical, emotional and spiritual
development. This comprehensive teachers' manual provides a
complete artistic curriculum for Classes One to Eight in
Steiner-Waldorf schools (age six to fourteen). At each stage, the
book demonstrates the skills that teachers can help children to
develop. There are 280 practical exercises for teachers to use, and
over 800 drawings and paintings as inspiring examples of artistic
possibilities. The curriculum moves from free drawing, to guided
colour exercises, to precise perspective drawing. The exercises
draw on elements of the Steiner-Waldorf curriculum at appropriate
ages, incorporating themes from fables and legends, the Old
Testament, Norse mythology, animals, Ancient Greece and botany.
Throughout, the author draws on art theory and shows that art is
truly a universal language. The book is also suitable for adult
self-study.
Discover the art of eurythmy with this richly illustrated
step-by-step guide. Eurythmy is a compelling method of bringing
balance and harmony to our body, soul and spirit through a series
of rhythmic body movements. For the first time, this unique book
captures these gestures visually through dynamic photographs, which
clearly demonstrate the core movements of eurythmy therapy. It has
long been recognised that we can direct powerful physical and
mental changes within ourselves through specific movements of our
bodies, as stated by advocates of yoga and tai chi. The authors of
this original book are experienced eurythmists, who describe and
illustrate the core speech-sound exercises: vowel exercises,
consonant exercises and soul exercises, which include love, hope
and sympathy. This book is not a replacement for a qualified
eurythmy therapist, but is intended as guidance and orientation for
patients practising on their own, perhaps after a few initial
sessions with a therapist, or for more experienced eurythmists.
Maria Thun, a pre-eminent expert in biodynamic cultivation methods
- sometimes referred to as "premium organic" - has here compiled
over 100 of her best gardening tips based on 50 years' research.
Find out: * how to produce abundant and tasty crops; * how special
preparations can transform your soil and produce; * how the moon
affects planting and growth; * the difference between 'root',
'leaf', 'blossom' and 'fruit' plants; * what the best storage
methods are; and much more. Accompany the author on a journey
through the seasons and discover lots of new tips and suggestions.
There is a wealth of advice here for gardeners seeking to manage
nature responsibly and successfully.
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Goethe's poem, The Mysteries, and the twelve world views. Kant and
world views. The development of Rudolf Steiner's research into
Goethe's science, The Philosophy of Freedom, and his lectures on
Human and Cosmic Thought,(1914) on the twelve world views.
Phenomenalism: Look at and Listen to the World; Sensualism -Human
Carnality; Materialism- 'Earth goes on standing firm.'; Mathematism
- Measure, Number and weight; Rationalism: 'And behold, it was very
good.' Idealism: the Logos that was at the beginning. Psychism: I
am an I. Pneumatism : I am the Universe. Spiritualism - The Jacob's
Ladder. Monadism - Universal relations. Dynamism - 'I am dynamite'.
Realism - The World Scales. Humanus: the new human being in the
third millennium. Study and Discussion
Rudolf Steiner's core mission, repeatedly delayed due to the
incapacity of colleagues, was to pursue contemporary
spiritual-scientific research into the phenomena of reincarnation
and karma. This stimulating book describes the winding biographical
path this mission took, and in particular focuses on the mystery of
Rudolf Steiner's connection with the influential medieval
philosopher and theologian, Thomas Aquinas. Utilizing numerous
archival sources and publications, Thomas Meyer reveals many facts
relating to Steiner's core mission, and shows the critical roles
played by Wilhelm Anton Neumann and Karl Julius Schroer in its
genesis and development. Meyer examines how Steiner's pupils
responded to his insights into karma, and places this 'most
intrinsic mission' into the context of current divisions within the
anthroposophic movement. In particular, he highlights the place of
spiritual science within culture and history, showing how Steiner
developed the great scientific ideas of evolution propounded by
Darwin by raising them to the plane of each individual's soul and
spiritual development. As Steiner stated in 1903: 'Scientific
researchers explain the skull forms of higher animals as a
transformation of a lower type of skull. In the same way one should
explain a soul's biography through the soul biography which the
former evolved from.'
Children need to experience nature, and gardening is a good way to
encourage them to engage with the earth, plants and animals.
Gardening classes, as taught in Steiner-Waldorf schools from Class
6 to Class 10, help children develop many important skills,
including sensory perception and motor skills, as well as an
understanding of ecology and agriculture. How can such a complex
subject be taught well and effectively? In a clear structure --
which includes the history of school gardens, aspects of child
development, and practical help on teaching methods, lesson
planning for different age groups, and maintaining the garden
itself -- Birte Kaufmann offers many useful tips and suggestions
for new or developing gardening teachers.
Earth and humanity are involved in a fragile interplay of physical
and spiritual relationships, the full spectrum of which can only be
discerned by higher, finer senses. Based on actual, living
discernment rather than dogmatic ideas, Karsten Massei reveals how
we can unite with nature, supporting our inner development and
everyday lives. We ourselves comprise the path leading to the
mysteries of the earth. Through delving into nature's secrets,
paradoxically we are brought back to our own being - our soul-gold,
our luminosity, but also to our shadow, lower nature. Deep
encounters with the earth are thus self-encounters. --- In a series
of concise and accessible chapters, Massei illumines human
characteristics - our senses, the quality of our listening, our
soul wounds and the possibility for transformation. Likewise, he
lights up the natural world - plants and animals, but also
elemental beings, spirits of trees, and the great being of the
earth, Christ. Amongst a wealth of interrelated themes, the author
portrays death as the doorway to a new existence, describing the
relationship of the dead with the earth and humanity and speaking
movingly of the healing social deed of forgiveness. Founded on
first-hand research, this book is full of reverence for the hidden
aspects of life and their significance for personal growth.
Rudolf Steiner's inspiring words provide rich and nourishing
thoughts and ideas for self-development and spiritual
enlightenment. Daily Contemplations offers a separate passage from
Steiner's lectures - a special gift upon which to reflect - to
accompany each day of the year. Carefully selected by Jean-Claude
Lin, the quotations are sourced from lectures and addresses that
Steiner gave on the specific day in question. Thus, the ordering is
not arbitrary but arises from the historical fact of the lectures
themselves. This unique volume gives us a new way of working with
Steiner's research on a daily basis. The short passages encourage
us to ponder and delve further in order to make our own creative
discoveries. 'Wisdom is the premise, the foundation of love; love
is the fruit of wisdom reborn in the I.' These words from Rudolf
Steiner are the founding motifs of his immense lecturing activity -
to which this book gives manifold entry points. As Lin notes in his
introduction, 'wisdom and love are the alpha and omega of the human
being who strives for truth and freedom'.
How awake are we to our inner being, our true nature? How much
self-knowledge do we really have? In relation to our intrinsic
self, we can easily feel like a novice. In truth, we face a long
journey before we can fully understand ourselves - and we are
equally unpractised in relating to our 'shadow' and inner wounds.
The path described in this book is an inward one, concerned with
strengthening our individuality. Based on life-long research,
Karsten Massei has created a valuable workbook for knowing and
healing ourselves. In a series of short chapters, he explains the
interplay and tensions between the human individual and the nature
of our 'inner and cosmic child'. Both are complex entities but are
directly related; both are deeply connected with our destiny. Our
experiences with our inner child are often still in the earliest
stages - but cultivating a relationship with her, noticing her,
holding conversations with her, is vital, and offers us ever
deepening experiences. As our insights expand, our frailties,
deficiencies and inner wounds become apparent. The being of the
inner child wants to educate us to become inwardly truthful and
authentic. Only honest engagement with the traumas and
vulnerabilities of our soul will enable a true picture of ourselves
to arise. Child of the Cosmos contains surprising perspectives
arising from the author's personal experiences, opening up a clear
path of personal development. The text is complemented with seven
special meditations to assist us in engaging with the challenges
ahead.
In this thoughtful book, Freya Jaffke describes festival
celebrations in relation to child development in the first seven
years. She considers in detail the main festivals throughout the
year: Easter, Whitsun, St John's, starting school, harvest,
Michaelmas, lantern time, birthdays, Halloween, Thanksgiving,
Advent, Christmas, Epiphany and carnival. Drawing on many examples,
she shows how we can celebrate festivals with children at home and
in kindergarten in a meaningful way. Every festival is prefaced
with a deeper contemplation for adults, before considering
preparations with children, followed by the actual organisation of
the festival -- with games, craft activities and decorations,
stories, songs, poems and the seasonal nature table.
The concepts of 'thinking with the heart' or 'emotional
intelligence' are often used today, usually in contrast to
intellectual thought. When Rudolf Steiner used the phrase 'heart
thinking', however, he meant it in a very specific sense. Drawn
primarily from his lectures, the compiled texts in this anthology
illuminate his perspective - that heart thinking is intimately
related to the spiritual faculty of Inspiration. The heart, he
says, can become a new organ of thinking through the practice of
exercises that work towards the transformation of feeling, shedding
its personal and subjective character.The exercise sequences
presented here call for two fundamental gestures. Firstly,
renunciation, which extends from an extinguishing of images
engendered in meditation, through inner silence, to a conscious
suppression of sense perception. The second gesture involves the
development of new feelings towards natural phenomena as well as to
the reports of spiritual-scientific research. By practising these
methods, we can attain a kind of thinking that is in harmony with
the true nature and reality of what we seek to know.Rudolf
Steiner's texts are collected together by Martina Maria Sam, who
contributes a lucid introduction and notes.
As the earth's neighbour, the moon affects not only ocean tides but
also the growth and development of plants. In this finely
illustrated, full-colour book - packed with practical tips for the
novice as well as the advanced gardener - Peter Berg offers a clear
summary of the basics of lunar and biodynamic gardening, together
with in-depth sections on: activating and enlivening the soil;
biodynamic preparations; making good compost; crop rotation and
green manuring; cultivation work and care of the garden; practical
plant protection; rich harvesting; saving your own seed. Building
on the the intensive research of his mentor Maria Thun and the
teachings of Rudolf Steiner, Berg explains how the subtle
influences from the cosmos work on the plant world, distinguishing
between 'root', 'leaf', 'blossom' and 'fruit' days in the working
calendar. An understanding of such natural processes, in
conjunction with the practical knowledge described in this book,
can lead to productive, chemical-free gardening, with healthy
plants and abundant harvests.
`We must draw the slumbering soul away from the darkness of sleep
so that it no longer vanishes from its own scrutiny but stands
before itself as a being of pure spirit which, in volition, is
creatively active through - yet also beyond - the body.' - Rudolf
Steiner. According to Rudolf Steiner's independent research, the
soul or psyche has a relationship to both the body and the spirit.
Psychologists and psychotherapists can only work in a truly healing
way, he says, if they take this spiritual fact into account. This
expertly-compiled anthology explores the nature of the soul as
elaborated by Steiner in his writings and lectures. However, the
book comprises more than an account of the psyche and life of the
soul, but deals equally with the methodology for comprehending it -
the scientific, and above all spiritual-scientific, means of doing
so. Steiner questions methods and thought structures that are
fundamental to contemporary psychology. Rather than looking
backwards to conditions that influence how we are today, he focuses
on our further development as beings that think, feel and act with
intentionality. Given the soul's close affinity with pictorial
images, he elaborates a therapeutically-innovative meditative
schooling of the faculty of imagination. As Steiner states here,
his methods, `...do not draw only on the rules of the ordinary mind
but first prepare in the human soul another kind of consciousness,
another state of awareness, with which we then enquire into the
psyche... to approach and penetrate realities of the soul.'
Edith Maryon (1872-1924) was a trained sculptor who worked
alongside Rudolf Steiner to create the unique sculpture of Christ
(the 'Representative of Humanity') at the Goetheanum in Dornach,
Switzerland. One of Steiner's closest collaborators, she was a
highly-valued colleague and esoteric pupil. As one of his dearest
friends, Maryon kept a busy and detailed correspondence with Rudolf
Steiner, in which he confided freely about his personal situation,
his lack of true colleagues, difficulties with lecture tours, and
the embattled public standing of anthroposophy. Almost invariably,
these letters emphasized Steiner's longing for the Dornach studio
and their shared work on the Christ statue. Maryon's early death,
aged 52 - following fifteen months of illness - shook Rudolf
Steiner to the core. He was to die himself less than a year later.
With this book, the author's central aim is to illuminate the
spiritual signature of Edith Maryon's relationship with Rudolf
Steiner and their mutual work in anthroposophy and on the sculpture
of Christ. Building on Rex Raab's (1993) biography, Peter Selg's
moving study features dozens of photos and facsimiles of letters,
utilizing previously unpublished sources from Edith Maryon's and
Ita Wegman's literary estates and the Rudolf Steiner Archive in
Dornach. -- The most essential and intrinsic quality of her soul
... was not a particular branch of human endeavour, not even art;
the most salient of her soul tendencies, her soul intentions, was
the striving for spirituality...' - Rudolf Steiner
'What would we be without love? We would inevitably become isolated
and gradually lose all connection with our fellow human beings and
our fellow creatures in the natural world.' - Rudolf Steiner In
this rich, previously-untranslated collection of lectures, Rudolf
Steiner approaches and illumines the figure of Christ from manifold
directions and perspectives. Christ, the being of love, is for the
body of the Earth what the heart is within our individual organism.
Given throughout 1911 - the year before Rudolf Steiner split from
the theosophists citing fundamental disagreements over the true
nature of Christianity - the lectures reflect Steiner's
intensifying emphasis on the central deed of the Christ being in
Earth evolution, whilst in tandem demonstrating the truths of
reincarnation and karma. He reveals profound vistas of human
development and paths of advancement over many lifetimes, in which
Christ is to be our steadfast companion and exemplar. Lectures
include: 'Faith, Love, Hope'; 'Original Sin and Grace'; 'The Effect
of Moral Qualities on Karma'; 'The Importance of Spiritual Enquiry
for Moral Action'; 'Wisdom, Prayerfulness and Certainty in Life';
'The Birth of the Sun Spirit as Earth Spirit'; 'The Threefold Call
from the World of Spirit'; 'Christmas - A Festival of Inspiration';
'The I at Work Upon the Child and How this Relates to the Christ
Being'; 'Ossian and Fingal's Cave', and many more. Translated by
Matthew Barton, this volume features an introduction, notes and
index.
As a spiritual teacher, Rudolf Steiner wrote many inspired and
beautifully-crafted verses. Often they were given in relation to
specific situations or in response to individual requests;
sometimes they were offered to assist generally in the process of
meditation. Regardless of their origins, they are uniformly
powerful in their ability to connect the meditating individual with
spiritual archetypes. Thus, the meditations provide valuable tools
for developing experience and knowledge of subtle dimensions of
reality. Matthew Barton has translated and selected Steiner's
verses, sensitively arranging them by theme. In this collection -
to promote harmony and healing - Rudolf Steiner helps us discover a
renewed sense of our true place in the world. The verses show how
we can learn to know ourselves by looking outwards to the
substances and processes at work in the cosmos, and in contrast to
know the world by looking inwards to the microcosmic depths of the
human self. By integrating spirit and matter within, we heal
divisions in our relationships with others. For modern people,
increasingly divorced from a living relationship with nature, these
verses help to unfold a world of interconnections.
Today, illness is almost universally regarded as either a nuisance
or a grave misfortune. In contrast to this conventional thinking,
Rudolf Steiner places the suffering caused by disease in a broad
vista that includes an understanding of karma and personal
metamorphosis. Illness comes to expression in the physical body,
but mostly does not originate in it, says Steiner, and thus a key
part of the physician's work involves gaining insight into the
whole nature of an individual - his essential core being. From this
perspective, illness offers us the opportunity for deeper healing.
Throughout this volume Rudolf Steiner draws our attention to the
greater scope of the smallest phenomena - even a seemingly
insignificant headache. He casts vivid light on things we normally
take for granted, such as the human capacity to laugh or cry, and
in the process broadens our vision of human existence. The
apparently mundane human experiences of forgetting and remembering
are intrinsic to our humanity, for example, and have unsuspected
moral and spiritual dimensions. Steiner's insights are never merely
'lofty' or nebulously 'spiritual' but time and again connect with
the minutest realities of everyday life. In these 18 lectures,
delivered on a weekly basis as part of an ongoing course covering
'the whole field of spiritual science', Steiner elaborates in
detail on the diverse interplay of the human being's constituting
aspects (physical body, etheric body, astral body and ego or 'I')
in relation to rhythmic processes, developing consciousness, the
history of human evolution, and our connection with the cosmos.
Within this broad canvas, some of his themes acquire a very
distinctive focus - such as vivid accounts of the 'intimate
history' of Christianity, 'creating out of nothing', the interior
of the earth, and health and illness. Other topics include: the
nature of pain, suffering, pleasure and bliss; the four human group
souls of lion, bull, eagle and man; the significance of the Ten
Commandments; the nature of original sin; the deed of Christ and
the adversary powers of Lucifer, Ahriman and the Asuras; evolution
and involution; the Atlantean period - and even Friedrich
Nietzsche's madness!
Delivered in the context of post-war cultural and social chaos,
these lectures form part of Rudolf Steiner's energetic efforts to
cultivate social understanding and renew culture through his
innovative ideas based on `threefolding'. Steiner develops a subtle
and discerning perception of how social dynamics could change and
heal if they were founded on real insight into our threefold nature
as individuals, social beings and economic participants in the
world. He doesn't offer a programmatic agenda for change, but a
real foundation from which change can organically grow. Social
forms and reforms, says Steiner, are `created together', not
imposed by lone geniuses. Nevertheless, the detail of some of the
thoughts and ideas he presents here as a possible model - down to
the economic specifics of commodity, labour, taxation, ground rent
and capitalism itself - are staggering in their clarity and
originality. This is no mystic effusion but a heartfelt plea,
backed by profound insights, to change our thinking and the world
we live in. As he points out, thoughts create reality, and so it is
vital how and what we think. Among the many contemporary and
highly-relevant topics Steiner discusses here are: the nature of
money and capital; taxation and the state; free enterprise and
initiative; capitalism and Marxism; the relationship between
employer and employee; `added value' theory and the concept of
commodity; and `class consciousness', the proletariat and the
bourgeoisie.
Unlike other Christian creeds, the creed of The Christian Community
is not a statement of belief, but rather a series of assertions
that act as a path to a deeper understanding of Christianity. Peter
Selg offers an insightful and informative overview of how, in the
time leading up to the founding of The Christian Community nearly
one hundred years ago, Rudolf Steiner formulated both the creed
itself and its founding principles. He also examines the history of
Christian creeds including the Apostles' Creed and the Nicene Creed
and compares them to each other. Finally, he explores the ongoing
significance of the creed for The Christian Community today.
`Be a person of initiative, and take care that the hindrances of
your own body, or hindrances that otherwise confront you, do not
prevent you from finding the centre of your being, where the source
of your initiative lies. Likewise, you will find that all joy and
sorrow, all happiness and pain, depend on finding or not finding
your own individual initiative. - Rudolf Steiner, Dornach, 4 August
1924 Rudolf Steiner urges those who feel the calling of the
Archangel Michael to become people of initiative. The
anthroposophist should be aware that, `... initiative lies in his
karma, and much of what meets him in this life will depend on the
extent to which he can become willingly, actively conscious of it.'
In the second half of this inspiring lecture, Steiner describes how
the being of Ahriman is able to work through the personal intellect
of human beings today. As a consequence, we are called upon to be
inwardly awake and vigilant at all times.
From Joseph Vogelsang and his mysterious peep-box to Hollywood
blockbusters and Netflix, R.A. Savoldelli's survey of cinema and
film is based on practical experience - he was once the enfant
terrible of Swiss cinema - and years of contemplation and study. He
examines the difference between film as the 'hypnotic monster'
referred to by the Italian director Pier Paolo Pasolini, and the
art of film that Rudolf Steiner aspired to. The author depicts the
historical development of cinema from its origins, paying
particular attention to science fiction - from Star Wars to The
Matrix - and influential filmmakers such as Eric Rohmer, Andrei
Tarkovsky and Pasolini. As a scholar of anthroposophy, Savoldelli
gives a comprehensive assessment of Rudolf Steiner's attitude to
film. In addition to frequenting the silent cinema of his time,
Steiner made several statements about the new artform in his
lectures, letters and private discussions. The author examines and
interprets these and complements them with commentary on Steiner's
attempt to produce a film on the theme of reincarnation and karma
as well as his explorations with Jan Stuten of 'light-show art'.
Other topics in this penetrating study include: 'Basic
philosophical stances in the pioneer period of media studies';
'Steiner's prophetic warnings about a technocratic form of
civilization that will destroy humanity'; 'Nostalgia for the
art-house cinema that emerged in the 60s'; and 'The project
discussed by Alexander Kluge and Andrei Tarkovsky for a film based
on Rudolf Steiner's From the Akashic Records'. Anyone interested in
the cinematic arts will find a treasure of stimulating ideas and
new thought in this unique book.
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