Trigonometry: A Practical Introduction presents an approach that involves the whole being of students so they develop clarity of thought and enthusiastic involvement in challenging, meaningful activities. The author advises that, when students work outdoors or are at at their desks measuring distances and angles, the topics being discussed are ......
Moses wrote that God created man, a living soul. Plato wrote that God geometrizes. If the soul is thought of as the threefold principle of life--thinking, feeling, and action--and the triangle is a form with three sides, is there a connection? The author's dream experience seems to say yes. Join the Harry Kretz in a journey in realizing that ......
We have the power to transform our public schools--not through government mandates or the newest "teacher-proof" text series, and not through what many educators call "best practices." Our schools can be transformed by applying Waldorf-inspired practices into the public-school setting. This little-known, but well established form of education can ......
7 lectures in Berlin, June 6 - July 18, 1916 (CW 169) Given in 1916, when Europe was in the throes of World War I, these seven lectures present Rudolf Steiner's trenchant analysis of the malaise of our time. With wit and compassion, he vividly confronts us with the dead end to which materialism has brought modern civilization. Starting ......
The honeybee is an amazing creature, and an invaluable member of our life-sustaining ecosystem. Yet it is currently in danger, and recent health problems such as mites and diseases have plagued the bee population. This book presents a fascinating overview of all aspects of beekeeping which relate to the health of the bee.
Singing is a noble art. Nowadays, we are often reminded that it can hold the mirror up to nature. Many songs reflect the psychological pain and dissonance of our age, and many voices are trapped by materialism. However, singing can also express a special kind of freedom from physical bondage. Then it becomes a joyous, light-filled art form ......
For more than three centuries, scientists have studied the world as detached observers. In doing so, science has achieved marvelous results, but it has also lost the sense of the whole that earlier cultures possessed. By concentrating on the "text" of the physical world, science has lost the context--the etheric world of life forces. Goethean ......
