In a broad-ranging series of lectures, Rudolf Steiner shines new light on the spiritual background to the outbreak of the Great War in Europe. Spiritual entities stand behind the various peoples of the world, he says.
Ethics and Methodology - An Anthroposophical Approach to Child and Youth Psychiatry and Care of Persons with Developmental Disabilitie
What are the hallmarks of anthroposophical caregiving methodology that are necessary for the provision of good care? In recent decades, healthcare has undergone a transformation.
In a thoroughly revised and updated second edition, this important volume describes the character, intentions and working methods of the pioneering School of Spiritual Science, as established by Rudolf Steiner within the framework of the re-founded Anthroposophical Society in 1924.
Is it possible to view the events of our times-pandemics, war, political upheaval, etc.-as symptoms of an underlying disease, karmic consequences of humanity's fall into materialism? Rudolf Steiner addresses this question with insight, nuance, and a deep love for humanity and the collective spiritual mission of our Earth.
The History and Conditions of the Anthroposophoical Movement in Relationto the Anthroposophical Society
This course of lectures was given at a pivotal point in the development of the anthroposophic movement. Just months before, an act of arson had caused the destruction of the first Goetheanum, and its darkened ruins appeared to reflect the fragmentations within the Anthroposophical Society.
Reassessing human history in relation to the cosmic-earthly events of Christs incarnation, Rudolf Steiner stresses the significance of both Gnostic spirituality and the legends of the Holy Grail. The Christ-Impulse, he tells us, is not a one-time event but a continuous process, beginning well before Jesus of Nazareth walked the earth.
In this series of previously-untranslated lectures, Rudolf Steiner describes how myths and legends portray humanitys most ancient evolutionary and spiritual history.
Their Relationship to Egyptian Myths and Modern Civilization
In symphonic style, he describes the conquest of the physical plane in post-Atlantean civilizations, the relationships between the various cultural epochs, the human beings connections with the kingdoms of nature and the different planetary bodies, and the relationship of animal forms to the physiognomy of human passions.
Speaking towards the end of the catastrophic Great War, Rudolf Steiner reveals the spiritual roots of the crises of our times. Since 1879, he says, human minds have been influenced by backward angels, spirits of darkness, who - following their defeat in battle with Archangel Michael - were forced out of the heavens and fell to the earth.
