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Steiner and Kindred Spirits

Author : Robert McDermott
Publisher : SteinerBooks
ISBN 13 : 1621481379
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (214 download)

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Download or read book Steiner and Kindred Spirits written by Robert McDermott and published by SteinerBooks. This book was released on 2015-08-01 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rudolf Steiner (1861–1925), the Austrian founder of Anthroposophy, is frequently viewed by those familiar with his teaching as unique and separate from other spiritual teachers of our modern era. While, Steiner is thought by anthroposophists to be a scientist and a philosopher, as well as an interpreter of events depicted in Christian scriptures, he is nevertheless generally ignored by scientists and philosophers, as well as by both liberal and fundamentalist scriptural scholars and theologians. In this book, Robert McDermott—the editor of American Philosophy and Rudolf Steiner, which investigates Steiner’s philosophy in the context of American philosophers—places Steiner and his work in the context of a variety of spiritual teachers and teachings, both Western and Eastern. In doing so, the reader is guided to new perspectives that show the similarities and contrasts between Steiner’s Spiritual Science and a number of Christian, Hindu, Buddhist, and secular spiritual worldviews. The kindred spirits in this book include His Holiness the Dalai Lama, C. G. Jung, Teilhard de Chardin, Martin Buber, Sri Aurobindo, Rabindranath Tagore, Gandhians, feminists, ecologists, and more. Steiner went as far up the spiritual ladder as any modern individual but, unlike some enthusiasts for Steiner, McDermott is also impressed by other religious thinkers and spiritual practitioners who have been helpful to those of us in need of encouragement and guidance and whose vistas and insights may not have been researched or explained by Steiner. For those with unbiased, open minds, this book presents a fresh look at Rudolf Steiner, a modern spiritual initiate, and his contributions to the world, along with a generous and appreciative view of his kindred spirits of our time.

Kindred Spirits

Author : Matthew Engelhart
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781450739184
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Kindred Spirits written by Matthew Engelhart and published by . This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Kindred Spirits

Author : Hodalee C.S. Sewell
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1794864296
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (948 download)

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Download or read book Kindred Spirits written by Hodalee C.S. Sewell and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Disembodied Souls

Author : Richard C. Steiner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781628370768
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book Disembodied Souls written by Richard C. Steiner and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biblical scholars have long claimed that the Israelites "could not conceive of a disembodied nefesh [soul]." In this book, Richard C. Steiner rejects that claim based on a broad spectrum of textual, linguistic, archaeological, and anthropological evidence spanning the millennia from prehistoric times to the present. The biblical evidence includes a prophecy of Ezekiel condemning women who pretend to trap the wandering souls of sleeping people--a prophecy that has been only partially understood until now because of the obscure technical terms that it contains. The extrabiblical evidence suggests that a belief in the existence of disembodied souls was part of the common religious heritage of the peoples of the ancient Near East.

Good and Evil Spirits

Author : Rudolf Steiner
Publisher : Rudolf Steiner Press
ISBN 13 : 1855844443
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (558 download)

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Download or read book Good and Evil Spirits written by Rudolf Steiner and published by Rudolf Steiner Press. This book was released on 2014-09-04 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'We learn gradually to raise our eyes not only to material existence; instead we discover spiritual entities and their actions wherever we look in the universe... We get to know the deeds of these spirits. We are alive and active and we are within the spiritual entities and their activities.' – Rudolf Steiner. >This classic series of lectures presents systematic knowledge on many different spiritual entities, ranging from the higher hierarchies of angels down to hindering demons. Basing his presentation on spiritual-scientific research, Rudolf Steiner intends to awaken us to the existence of these beings and how they interact with all aspects of our lives. Steiner describes how animals, plants and minerals have group souls – with even an inert stone having a spiritual counterpart in the invisible world. The various planets in the cosmos are connected to great spiritual beings and hierarchies too, as is the zodiac, which is not a static band of fixed stars but is also evolving. Steiner gives a remarkable picture of how Christ relates to the zodiacal constellations and to our own higher aspects. Spiritual entities are associated with the evolution of earth and the previous stages of its existence – and here Steiner elaborates relevant chapters of his book Occult Science, An Outline, explaining how our task on earth is ultimately to develop love rather than wisdom (which was the goal of earth's previous stage). From cosmic considerations, Steiner leads to the spirits of the kingdoms of nature – the elemental beings, with their four classes connecting to the four elements – gnomes, undines, sylphs and salamanders, or earth, water, air and fire spirits. He describes how elemental beings are created by human activities – with coercion of the views of others leading to 'demons', lying leading to 'phantoms', and bad social systems to 'spectres'. Spirits are also created in the association of humans and animals, whilst other spiritual entities connect us with the arts. Steiner emphasises the importance of developing and appreciating the arts – such as music, sculpture, architecture, painting and poetry – for the sake of humanity's future evolution.

NATURE SPIRITS

Author : RUDOLF STEINER
Publisher : Rudolf Steiner Press
ISBN 13 : 185584530X
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (558 download)

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Download or read book NATURE SPIRITS written by RUDOLF STEINER and published by Rudolf Steiner Press. This book was released on 2016-09-05 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on knowledge attained through his highly-trained clairvoyance, Rudolf Steiner contends that folk traditions regarding nature spirits are based on spiritual reality. He describes how people possessed a natural spiritual vision in ancient times, enabling them to commune with nature spirits. These entities - which are also referred to as elemental beings - became immortalised as fairies and gnomes in myth, legend and children's stories. Today, says Steiner, the instinctive understanding that humanity once had for these elemental beings should be transformed into clear scientific knowledge. He even asserts that humanity will not be able to reconnect with the spiritual world if it cannot develop a new relationship to the elementals. The nature spirits themselves want to be of great assistance to us, acting as 'emissaries of higher divine spiritual beings'.

Kindred Spirits

Author : Peg Streep
Publisher : Avery Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 9780670854363
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (543 download)

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Download or read book Kindred Spirits written by Peg Streep and published by Avery Publishing Group. This book was released on 1995 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Third in the bestselling series begun with Spiritual Illuminations and An Awakening Spirit. Sumptuously illustrated and embellished with gold, Kindred Spirits reflects on the ties that bind us. Exquisitely produced and slipcased, this beautiful volume is a gift to be treasured by family members and friends of all ages. Full color.

The Fall of the Spirits of Darkness

Author : Rudolf Steiner
Publisher : Rudolf Steiner Press
ISBN 13 : 9781855840102
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book The Fall of the Spirits of Darkness written by Rudolf Steiner and published by Rudolf Steiner Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Speaking at a time of intense war in Europe, Rudolf Steiner reveals the spiritual roots of the crises of our times and the means by which we can overcome them. Since 1879, Steiner tells us that "backward" angels, or "spirits of darkness"--who were forced out of the heavens and made their abode on Earth following their defeat in a forty-year battle with the Archangel Michael--have influenced human minds. It is now possible for human beings to awaken more consciously to the truth of these profound changes and thus inwardly counter the fallen spirits' influences. We can come to the realization that definite spiritual causes lie behind earthly events in our rapidly changing times. In these fourteen lectures, given at the end of 1917 following four years of war in Europe, Steiner speaks on the complex spiritual forces behind the World War I, humanity's attempts to build theoretically perfect social orders, and the many divisions and disruptions that would continue on Earth into our own time. Humanity in general was asleep to the fact that fallen spirits, cast from the spiritual worlds, had become intensely active on Earth. This manifested mainly in human thinking and perception of the surrounding world. However, the defeat and fall of these spirits also ensured that a science of the spirit would always be available to humanity.

Encountering Rudolf Steiner

Author : Christopher Bamford
Publisher : SteinerBooks
ISBN 13 : 1621482782
Total Pages : 403 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (214 download)

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Download or read book Encountering Rudolf Steiner written by Christopher Bamford and published by SteinerBooks. This book was released on 2022-04-12 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The deep aim, or intention, of an introduction (understood esoterically) is a 'living understanding,' or, as the poet William Blake put it, the ability 'to catch the bird in flight and fly with it.' If successful, this makes it possible for any reader to hear or translate, into his or her own understanding, what Rudolf Steiner is offering, within and beyond his words, in these texts of The Collected Works." --Christopher Bamford Rudolf Steiner's writings and lectures comprise a collection of more than 350 volumes, which can overwhelm anyone hoping to gain an understanding of the vast range of their content. Beginning in the 1990s, as editor in chief of Anthroposophic Press (SteinerBooks), Christopher Bamford wrote introductions to more than fifty books in the English translations, each one offering readers significant context and keys to open up many areas of Steiner's works. This volume presents fifteen of those introductions to some of Steiner's most essential books and lectures on anthroposophic practices, Western esoteric streams, religious renewal, and inner development, as well as practical applications of anthroposophic principles for a threefold society and contributions to modern holistic medicine. Taken together, these introductions provide one of the best possible means of encountering Rudolf Steiner by revealing the background, significance, and relevance of his philosophy and insights for humanity today and in the future. This book is for anyone seeking a way into Steiner's worldview, as well as for those who are already familiar with the work of Rudolf Steiner and wish to delve more deeply into the many aspects of the anthroposophic path of knowledge.

Transcultural Encounters between Germany and India

Author : Joanne Miyang Cho
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317931645
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (179 download)

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Download or read book Transcultural Encounters between Germany and India written by Joanne Miyang Cho and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-17 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing a comprehensive survey of cutting edge scholarship in the field of German--Indian and South Asian Studies, the book looks at the history of German--Indian relations in the spheres of culture, politics, and intellectual life. Combining transnational, post-colonial, and comparative approaches, it includes the entire twentieth century, from the First World War and Weimar Republic to the Third Reich and Cold War era. The book first examines the ways in which nineteenth-century "Indomania" figured in the creation of both German national identity and modern German scholarship on the Orient, and it illustrates how German encounters with India in the Imperial era alternately destabilized and reinforced the orientalist, capitalist, and nationalist underpinnings of German modernity. Contributors discuss the full range of German responses to India, and South Asian perceptions of Germany against the backdrop of war and socio-political revolution, as well as the Third Reich's ambivalent perceptions of India in the context of racism, religion, and occultism. The book concludes by exploring German--Indian relations in the era of decolonization and the Cold War. Employing a diverse array of interdisciplinary approaches to understanding German--Indian encounters over the past two centuries, this book is of interest to students and scholars of Germany, India, Europe, and Asia, as well as history, political science, anthropology, philosophy, comparative literature, and religious studies.

Human and Cosmic Thought

Author : Rudolf Steiner
Publisher : Rudolf Steiner Press
ISBN 13 : 1855846640
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (558 download)

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Download or read book Human and Cosmic Thought written by Rudolf Steiner and published by Rudolf Steiner Press. This book was released on 2024-05-08 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What convinces us of the truth of a point of view? Why do we find it difficult to understand or accept differing perspectives? What are the inner foundations of our knowledge? In these concentrated and aphoristic lectures, Rudolf Steiner speaks of twelve main philosophical standpoints, and the importance of comprehending each one of them. Appreciating the variety of world-views not only sharpens our thinking and makes it more flexible, but helps us to overcome a narrow-minded one sidedness, promoting tolerance of other people and their opinions. The future of philosophy rests not upon defending one single perspective and refuting all others, but in learning to experience the validity of all points of view. Steiner goes on to explain how each philosophical standpoint is coloured by a particular ‘soul mood’, which influences the way we pursue knowledge as individuals. He characterizes the work of several thinkers in this way, throwing light on their unique contributions to human culture. Through such insights into the true nature of human thinking, we are led to understand the quality of cosmic thought, and how the human being is a ‘thought which is thought by the Hierarchies of the cosmos’. This revised translation is complemented with an introduction by Robert McDermott, editorial notes and appendices by Frederick Amrine and an index. Trans. by C. Davy & F. Amrine; Intro. by R. McDermott; Four lectures, Berlin, Jan. 1914, GA 151

Eco-Alchemy

Author : Dan McKanan
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520290054
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Eco-Alchemy written by Dan McKanan and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2017-11-07 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For nearly a century, the worldwide anthroposophical movement has been a catalyst for environmental activism, helping to bring to life many modern ecological practices such as organic farming, community-supported agriculture, and green banking. Yet the spiritual practice of anthroposophy remains unknown to most environmentalists. A historical and ethnographic study of the environmental movement, Eco-Alchemy uncovers for the first time the profound influences of anthroposophy and its founder, Rudolf Steiner, whose holistic worldview, rooted in esoteric spirituality, inspired the movement. Dan McKanan shows that environmentalism is itself a complex ecosystem and that it would not be as diverse or transformative without the contributions of anthroposophy.

Kindred Spirits

Author : William Thrasher
Publisher : University of Washington Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book Kindred Spirits written by William Thrasher and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Rudolf Steiner's Core Mission

Author : T. H. Meyer
Publisher : Temple Lodge Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1906999104
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (69 download)

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Download or read book Rudolf Steiner's Core Mission written by T. H. Meyer and published by Temple Lodge Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rudolf Steiner's core mission--repeatedly delayed owing to the a lack of capacity in his colleagues--was to pursue contemporary spiritual-scientific research into the phenomena of reincarnation and karma. This stimulating book describes the winding biographical path of that mission. It focuses in particular on the mystery of Steiner's connection with the influential medieval philosopher and theologian Thomas Aquinas. Using numerous archival sources and publications, Thomas Meyer reveals many facts related to the core of Steiner's mission, showing the critical roles played by Wilhelm Anton Neumann and Karl Julius Schröer in its genesis and development. Meyer examines how Rudolf Steiner's students responded to his understanding of karma, placing this "most intrinsic mission" in the context of current divisions in the anthroposophic movement. He highlights especially the place of spiritual science in culture and history and shows how Steiner further developed the great scientific ideas of evolution propounded by Darwin by raising them to the plane of individual 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."

Kindred Spirits

Author : Lionel Blue
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780006278191
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (781 download)

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Download or read book Kindred Spirits written by Lionel Blue and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Founding a Science of the Spirit

Author : Rudolf Steiner
Publisher : Rudolf Steiner Press
ISBN 13 : 9781855840775
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book Founding a Science of the Spirit written by Rudolf Steiner and published by Rudolf Steiner Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 14 lectures, Stuttgart, August 22 to September 4, 1906 (CW 95) These lectures offer a fine introduction to the whole of Steiner's teaching. He speaks of the fundamental nature of the human being in relation to the cosmos, the evolution of the Earth, the journey of the soul after death, reincarnation and karma, good and evil, the modern path of meditative training, as well as giving answers to individual questions. Throughout the text, Steiner emphasizes the scientific exposition of spiritual phenomena. As he says in his final lecture, "The highest knowledge of mundane things is thoroughly compatible with the highest knowledge of spiritual truths." This volume is a translation from German of Vor dem Tore der Theosophie GA 95). Previous translation: At the Gates of Spiritual Science

Earth-Friendly

Author : Adrian Hofstetter
Publisher : SteinerBooks
ISBN 13 : 0880108320
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book Earth-Friendly written by Adrian Hofstetter and published by SteinerBooks. This book was released on 2004-10 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Earth-Friendly collects the fruits of a lifetime of study and teaching in search of a holistic, organismic, living science, respectful of the sacredness of nature and the ubiquity of the spirit. As a biology philosopher, Sister Adrian's first teachers were Aquinas and Aristotle; later she came to know the work of Goethe and Rudolf Steiner. Earth-Friendly traces the development of Sister Adrian's conviction that "the spiritual science flowing from the thought of St. Albert and St.Thomas, as developed seven hundred years later by Rudolf Steiner, could recapture the true greatness of the West as it reaches out to the East to create an 'earthfriendly re-visioning of science and spirituality.'"