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Building on the achievements of Goethe in his Theory of Colour,
Rudolf Steiner shows how colour affects us in many areas of life,
including our health, our sense of well-being, and our feelings.
Distinguishing between 'image' and 'lustre' colours, he lays the
foundation, based on his spiritual-scientific research, for a
practical technique of working with colour that leads to a new
direction in artistic creativity. His many penetrating remarks on
some of the great painters of the past are supplemented by a deep
concern to see a cultural, spiritual renewal emerge in the present
time. 'If you realize', he states, 'that art always has a relation
to the spirit, you will understand that both in creating and
appreciating it, art is something through which one enters the
spiritual world.' This volume is the most comprehensive compilation
of Rudolf Steiner's insights into the nature of colour, painting
and artistic creation. It is an invaluable source of reference and
study not only for artists and therapists but for anyone interested
in gaining an appreciation of art as a revelation of spiritual
realities.
As with her previous work What the Angels Need to Tell Us Now, More
Messages from the Angels is divided into two parts. In the first
section, Irene Johanson gives valuable advice about the inner
preparations necessary to receive angel messages in the proper way.
She explains how to distinguish between the different kinds of
spirits, and how to deal with information received from
metaphysical entities--in particular knowing whether such
information is genuine or not. She also gives advice about
transforming our life of soul and the forces of thinking, feeling
and will. In the second part, Johanson presents more messages and
information received from angels through her friend Agnes, an
individual who represents a new kind of clairvoyance. Unlike
mediumism or channeling, Agnes's method does not entail a dimming
of consciousness, but has the character of clarity and wakefulness.
The messages received contain critical advice, guidance and insight
from the angels to humanity. This time they speak on many
contemporary issues, including organ transplants, genetic
modification, cloning, "mad cow disease," nuclear energy, evil,
catastrophes and disasters (including 9 / 11), abortion, population
growth, sudden death, cyanide, AIDS, sexuality, difficult children,
fear, psychological warfare, ecumenism, democracy, and human and
angelic cooperation.
'While working on this book the following happened to me: As I
checked in at the airport in Hamburg a young couple was in front of
me, and the mother had a three-to-four-month old baby in her arms.
All of a sudden the baby turned round, looked me straight in the
eye, and I was deeply shaken; for that was not the look of a baby
but of a very self-aware adult, a wise one, and he appeared to see
right through me...' Who are the 'star children'? In recent years
there has been much written about 'gifted' children with special
abilities ('indigo children', 'crystal children', etc.). Such
children, it is said, are coming to earth to help humanity in its
development. Based on extensive research, Georg Kuhlewind confirms
that this new generation has been incarnating among us for the past
couple of decades. This event, he states, is one of the most
important of our age. Unlike many other contributors to this
debate, Kuhlewind gives us the necessary background with which to
follow experientially what he has to say. He takes us consciously,
scientifically, into the realm from which we all enter the world as
babies, 'trailing clouds of glory...'. We all possess the tools he
describes for taking this path: our thoughts, our heart forces and
our willpower. By using these faculties with our full attention, by
focusing our attentiveness and eliminating everything else, we can
enter the realm of the spirit where laws differing from those on
earth prevail. The author aids us on this path by closing each
chapter with themes for contemplation and meditation. Star Children
is a compelling addition to the literature on the theme of
'special' children, and offers a unique perspective based on
spiritual-scientific discipline and research.
'The confrontation with evil manifests as a battle taking place on
many levels, the outcome of which lies in the hands of each one of
us alive today. The most important requisite is the creating of a
space within us in which a new consciousness, the Imagination, will
gradually be able to arise. Much in the future depends on whether a
sufficient number of people succeed in reaching this level of
experience...' - Maria Betti With the world in turmoil, the
greatest challenge facing us today, says Mario Betti, is the inner
transformation of our entire being. This rebirth from within
heralds a new form of consciousness - a creative imaginative
faculty - that is simultaneously a reawakening of the mysterious
Sophia, the feminine aspect of the Divinity. Imagination allows us
to behold the spiritual forces actively at work in the world,
resulting in the possibility of a comprehensive rebirth and renewal
of culture.
These five profound lectures look at the cosmic forces behind the
four great festivals of the year, providing a wealth of material
for fruitful thought and meditation. Steiner presents great
imaginative pictures that unite the heavens and the Earth through a
portrayal of the activities of the archangels Michael, Gabriel,
Raphael, and Uriel. In the course of the lectures, Rudolf Steiner
offers spiritual insight into subjects that include the alchemical
processes of sulfur, mercury, and salt in the cosmos; the realms of
humankind and plants; spiritual combustion processes; crystals;
clouds and meteors; the movements of elemental beings in nature;
and the conflicting efforts of Lucifer and Ahriman the two great
adversaries to divert Earth from its true purpose. The Four Seasons
and the Archangels includes five color plates of Rudolf Steiner s
blackboard drawings made during the lectures."
"The right ground in which we must lay today's Foundation Stone,
the proper soil, this is our hearts in their harmonious
cooperation, in their love-imbued good will to carry the will of
anthroposophy through the world together with one another."
--Rudolf Steiner This volume brings together for the first time two
classic booklets: "The Foundation Stone" and "The Life, Nature, and
Cultivation of Anthroposophy." The first contains Steiner's
comments of "The Foundation Stone Meditation," made during the
reestablishment of the Anthroposophical Society at the Christmas
Conference of 1923-24. "The Foundation Stone Meditation" is central
in the meditative life of many students of spiritual science. Part
two, "The Life, Nature, and Cultivation of Anthroposophy," contains
letters that Steiner wrote to members of the Anthroposophical
Society following the Christmas Conference. They contain thoughts
and guidelines regarding the Anthroposophical Society and its
members' conduct in the world. An excellent companion to this book
is Constitution of the School of Spiritual Science: An Introductory
Guide. CONTENTS Part One The Foundation Stone Introduction by
Michael Wilson The Laying of the foundation Stone of the
Anthroposophical Society Working With the Meditation The Right
Entry into the Spiritual World The Original Printed German Version
of the Verses Alternative Translations of the Printed Verses Part
Two The Life, Nature, and Cultivation of Anthroposophy The Founding
of the General Anthroposophical Society at the Christmas Conference
of 1923 Letters to the Members
'A woman who wishes simultaneously to find herself as an individual
and to devote herself to motherhood, is caught between two extremes
that are hard to reconcile: how to integrate motherhood with one's
deepest, personal aims?' Women today face the challenge of
integrating the often conflicting demands of motherhood,
partnership, work and personal development. Writing from the
experience of 33 years' of marriage and raising four children,
Almut Bockem hl is in a good position to understand the
predicaments woman face, and to offer empathy based on knowledge.
But this book also gives a profound, spiritual orientation for all
woman seeking to meet the challenges of their biography. At the
heart of the dilemma she addresses is the care for family and the
need to express oneself in a creative capacity: finding oneself and
achieving personal goals. A natural desire for children does not
necessarily mean a love of housework! Bockem hl studies these
conflicting tendencies in the biographies of women and reflects on
the history of the women's movement. She discusses the mythical
roots of motherliness and matriarchy and the mothering instinct
itself, exploring the spiritual dimension and meaning of
motherhood, the profession of homemaking, successful relationships
and the clashes between life and work. But the central theme of
this enlightening handbook is an inspiring path of personal
development for mothers and women everywhere.
Rudolf Steiner spoke the Foundation Stone meditation at the
Christmas Conference of the General Anthroposophical Society in
1923, giving it to the Society's members for the strengthening of
their forces. The meditation's words contain, to quote Sergei O.
Prokofieff, 'the quintessence of the whole of anthroposophy'. Thus,
Steiner was bestowing on the members the potential to deal
resolutely with the specific tasks awaiting them. In this short but
potent volume, Peter Selg suggests further that the Foundation
Stone meditation represents the concerns of every individual of the
modern age, allowing each of us to maintain our humanity in the
face of the challenges and catastrophes of the present and future.
Rudolf Steiner said that one could hear the words of the meditation
'sounding' in one's heart. This process of 'hearing' will acquire
even more significance and reality in future, and can be of
enormous help to anyone who opens themselves to it. It is against
this background that Selg has written this introductory book: to
promote awareness of the meditation, understanding of its historic
place in the catastrophic twentieth century, and its critical but
latent contribution to the future.
Taking a radical departure from the usual comparative study of
religion, Pietro Archiati shows that the various religions
represent stages in each individual's path of development. In this
sense the Great Religions create an absolute unity--not in what
they say or teach, but in their contribution to each of us becoming
ever more human. Beginning with the Flood of Atlantis, Archiati
places the religions in the context of human evolution, taking us
through the development of Buddhism, Zarathustrianism, Judaism,
Christianity, Islam, and onwards to the future of religion based on
spiritual reality. For example, Archiati considers how the founders
of the various religions are working today. Are the Buddha,
Krishna, Moses and Zarathustra doing and telling us the same things
now as they were in the past, even though humanity has undergone
considerable changes since? C O N T E N T S Preface 1. Religion or
Religions? 2. Eastern Religions before Christ 3. The Zarathustra
Stream and the Buddha Stream 4. The Mission of Judaism 5. The
Turning Point of Time--Then and Always 6. The Riddle of Islam and
the Christianity of the Past 7. The Future of Religion by Virtue of
Spiritual Knowing
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