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SteinerBooks Spring R e a d e r Visionary ideas & practical applications for a healthier body, soul, and earth New & favorite books to enrich your life F E AT U R I N G A R T I C L E S , A N I N T E R V I E W & M O R E w w w. s t e i n e r b o o k s . o r g From the Center for Anthroposophy Waldorf High School Teacher Education Foundation Studies in Anthroposophy and the Arts What is Anthroposophy? �� What is Foundation Studies? �� Who Can Take This Program? �� New Cycle Begins July 2006 Arts/Art History �� English/Literature �� Renewal Courses 2006 �� Week 1: June 25-30 �� History �� Life Sciences �� Mathematics �� Pedagogical Eurythmy �� Physical Sciences �� Week 2: July 2-7 �� SteinerBooks Spring Reader VISIONARY IDEAS & PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS FOR A HEALTHIER BODY , SOUL , AND EARTH SPRING READING 2 – 41 ARTICLES: Passing the Flame: Georg Kühlewind Joa Bolendas Rufus Goodwin Famke Zonneveld Robert Powell, Ph.D.: The Eclipse of March 29, 2006 Craig Holdrege: Springing Forth: The Life History of Bloodroot An Interview with Pharmacist Mark McKibben 44 46 48 50 52 57 59 INDEX OF BOOKS AND AUTHORS 60 HOW TO ORDER 63 SPONSORS: see covers and pages 42 and 43 Our Purpose: A NTHROPOSOPHIC P RESS (SteinerBooks) is a 501 (c) 3 not-for-profit corporation, incorporated in New York since 1928 to promote the progress and welfare of humanity and to increase public awareness of Rudolf Steiner (1861–1925), the Austrian-born writer, lecturer, spiritual scientist, philosopher, and educator who worked in numerous fields, including cosmology, art, architecture, psychology, sacred science, agriculture, ecology, mysticism, comparative religion, and evolutionary theory, and who was the creator of Anthroposophy (human wisdom) as a path uniting the spiritual in the human being with the spiritual in the universe; and to this end to publish and distribute books for adults and children, utilize the electronic media, hold conferences, and engage in similar activities that make available his works and explore themes arising from, and related to, them and the movement he founded. Copyright © 2006 SteinerBooks / Anthroposophic Press catalog & cover by william (jens) jensen Cover photo from WATER © by Rod Bull Dear Friends This catalog focuses on spring, a time when many of us turn to thoughts and activities that promote health for ourselves, our society, and the Earth. A fundamental path toward health in life and in our environment lies in finding better ways to develop ourselves inwardly, grow our food, nurture our families, and treat our environment. Biodynamic methods, for example, offer a holistic means to start this year’s garden so that it will have personal as well as environmental benefits. And, as individuals, we can benefit our body, soul, and spirit through anthroposophically extended medicine and therapies. To this end, our spring catalog features many new and favorite books on health, both personal and global, including a new book on the use of flower essences, David Dalton’s Stars of the Meadow (page 3), a wonderful complement to Julian Barnard’s Bach Flower Remedies Form and Function (page 31), released last spring. Also, we bring our readers three new reprints of classic works: Theodor Schwenk’s Water: The Element of Life; John Jocelyn’s Meditations on the Signs of the Zodiac; and Wilhelm Pelikan’s Secrets of Metals. We are also pleased to publish Christ and Sophia, a completely new volume that collects all of Valentin Tomberg’s anthroposophic works on the Bible. His profound insights are a tremendous aid for all who wish to understand more deeply Rudolf Steiner’s approach to the Bible as it focuses on the Christ event. And, in keeping with our fundamental purpose, we continue to bring you new editions and translations of Rudolf Steiner’s Collected Works, including a new edition of his Autobiography, as well as two important first translations: The Sun Mystery & the Mystery of Death and Resurrection and Approaching the Mystery of Golgotha (both on page 4). As always, this issue features a number of interesting articles. The past year saw the passing of several dear friends and authors: Georg Kühlewind, Joa Bolendas, Rufus Goodwin, and Famke Zonneveld. “Passing the Flame” honors them and their contributions with profiles by those who knew them. Robert Powell offers a unique view of the March 29 eclipse of the sun; from Craig Holdrege of the Nature Institute, we have “Springing Forth: The Life History of the Bloodroot”; and Mark McKibben (pharmacist and founder of Uriel Pharmacy) was kind enough to take the time for an interview. We hope you enjoy and benefit from our Spring Reader—let us know what you think; we love hearing from you. AN ADDITIONAL NOTE: SteinerBooks editor in chief Christopher Bamford, author Marko Pogacnik, and author-psychologist Robert Sardello and Cheryl Sanders, co-directors of The School of Spiritual Psychology, will all offer classes this summer at the Rudolf Steiner Institute in Vermont. See page 64 for contact information. All best wishes, Gene Gollogly P. S. Your financial gifts are vital to our efforts to bring you a wide range of literature on spiritual science and related issues. The generous support of readers like you is greatly appreciated and, of course, always tax-deductible. Please send your donation to SteinerBooks, PO Box 58, Hudson, NY, 12534, or call 413854-1125 for more information on how you can help. Water The Element of Life THEODOR SCHWENK & WOLFRAM SCHWENK AVAILABLE I AGAIN ! “Theodor Schwenk was an extraordinary explorer of the mysteries of water, life’s own element. This book charts his scientific and spiritual journey, leading to insights all humanity should heed.” —John Todd, biologist, author, and inventor of the Solar Aquatics Method of Water Purification the living movement of water that makes life on Earth possible. Based on spiritual science and on their own numerous experiments, Theodor and Wolfram Schwenk show that our Earth is a living organism and that water is its sensory organ that perceives vital cosmic influences and transmits them into earthly life. T IS The authors’ approach to the current water and environmental crises goes beyond problem-oriented and piecemeal, band-aid solutions; rather, they suggest that we need a new and radical understanding of water—that we must, in fact, attain a revolutionary new level of consciousness if the Earth is to remain alive and available to human habitation. This pioneering classic on water is more relevant than ever before. “ W ater’s flow constantly links life and death. It is the mediator between the two, and its surface provides a common frontier in nature where they meet. Death is continuously being overcome there.” —T HEODOR S CHWENK 2 Theodor Schwenk (1910–1986) was a pioneer in water and flow research. He founded the Institute for Flow Sciences for the scientific study of water’s movement and life-giving forces. A well-known author and lecturer, he contributed original insights and methods to the production of homeopathic, anthroposophic medicines. He developed “drop-pictures” for analyzing water quality and methods for healing polluted, “dead” water. Schwenk gained public recognition with the publication of Sensitive Chaos: The Creation of Flowing Forms in Water and Air (Rudolf Steiner Press). Theodor Schwenk on the Mississippi, 1982 264 pages, paperback isbn: 0-88010-277-2 $25.00 Support the work of SteinerBooks—convenient and secure online ordering Stars of the Meadow Medicinal Herbs as Flower Essences DAVID DALTON C work of Edward Bach, Stars of the Meadow looks deeply into the relationship between health and the human personality. Dalton takes us on a thorough and soulful exploration of how to use more than forty medicinal herbs as flower essences, portraying each flower in a way that is both substantive and inspired. Each description is organized to present a picture of how the flower essence affects the adult personality as it has been formed through life, and describes its direct clinical effects on children and animals. ONTINUING THE Flower essences are liquid, energetic remedies derived from living flowers. They bring the natural dynamic energy of the plant directly into the human electrosystem, where they work to bring about movement toward health and balance. Because of their energetic and living quality, they work directly and deeply in the emotional system, assisting in the release of early wounds and trauma. These suppressed imprints are considered to be a main causes of many types of diseases or imbalances today. Flower essences are a perfect complement to many of today’s health practices. They enhance the effects of energy work, physical therapy, acupuncture, psychotherapy, cranial-sacral work, massage, aroma therapy and many other forms of healing and treatment. Flower essences are safe, natural, and non-toxic. Stars of the Meadow is a valuable guide not only for those who are new to flower essences, but also for seasoned herbalists who wish to deepen their knowledge of this effective method of healing body, mind, and soul. David Dalton is the founder and director of Delta Gardens in southern New Hampshire, a center for flower essence research and education. The center treats adults, children, and animals and also trains practitioners from many professional fields for the ongoing inquiry into the effects of flower essences on the body, mind, and emotions. 184 pages, paperback, 7 x 10 isbn: 1-58420-035-9 $20.00 David in his garden “It has been an honor to be associated with David Dalton’s work for many years, witnessing his skills as a healer and teacher.... David combines an extraordinary passion for both plants and people.” —Patricia Kaminski, director of The Flower Essence Society, Nevada City, California “This is an outstanding resource.... David writes from his rich experience as a therapist and flower essence practitioner in presenting each flower portrait with clarity and fullness. I am especially grateful for the way David has moved beyond descriptions and indications to more fully develop the true character of each essence and the personality traits of those who could benefit from each of these ‘stars.’” —Kate Gilday, herbalist, Woodland Essence, Cold Brook, NY “David Dalton has made an inestimable contribution to the study and use of flower essences. His work deepens the understanding of the particular energetics of flowers, as well as providing a system of diagnosis and use. Attention especially to herbalists and lovers of the plant world: in Stars of the Meadow, you will re-meet many medicine plants you are familiar with in a new and profound way.” —Claudia Keel, Earthflower Herbals w w w. s t e i n e r b o o k s . o r g 2 4 h o u r s — o r c a l l 7 0 3 - 6 6 1 - 1 5 9 4 9 a m – 5 p m E S T 3 New – “The Complete Works of Steiner” Series “Freemasonry” and Ritual Work: The Misraim Service R udolf Steiner (1861–1925) was a respected and wellpublished scientific, literary, and philosophical scholar, particularly known for his work on Goethe’s scientific writings. At the beginning of the twentieth century, he began to develop his earlier philosophical principles into an approach to methodical research of psychological and spiritual phenomena. His multifaceted genius has led to innovative and holistic approaches in medicine, philosophy, religion, education (Waldorf schools), special education (the Camphill movement), economics, agriculture (biodynamics), science, architecture, and the arts (drama, speech and eurythmy). In 1924 he founded the General Anthroposophical Society, which has branches throughout the world. Texts and Documents from the Cognitive Cultic Section of the Esoteric School, 1904–1914 Written 1904–1914 (CW 265) Introduction by Christopher Bamford Translated by John Wood A LONGSIDE THE Esoteric Section, Steiner created the “Cognitive Cultic Section,” a ritual order connected to Masonic tradition, but independent and anthroposophic. This volume contains its rituals, lectures, meditations, and instructions. Steiner understood that ritual was central, even necessary, as the essence of embodied spiritual work. For this reason, he saw Freemasonry as the preeminent spiritual, nonsectarian, communitarian paradigm and as the main repository of esoteric, ritual tradition and initiation in the West. Steiner never “became” a Mason, but in 1905 the “Great Orient of the Scottish A & A Thirty-Three Degree Rite of the Order of the Ancient Freemasons of the Memphis-Misraim Rite” granted him a patent to direct his own “order” under the name Mystica Aeterna. The Sun Mystery & the Mystery of Death and Resurrection Approaching the Mystery of Golgotha Exoteric and Esoteric Christianity 12 lectures, March 21–June 11, 1922 (CW 211) 10 lectures, various cities, 1913–1914 (CW 152) Introduction by Christopher Bamford Translated by Catherine E. Creeger Introduction by Christopher Bamford Translated by Michael Miller O SCIENCE & Occult Development — Christ at the Time of the Mystery “The Mystery of Golgotha will truly bear fruit only of Golgotha and Christ in the Twentieth Centhrough human strength, human efforts, and human tury —The Michael Impulse and the Mystery love for each other. In this sense, Anthroposophy, in all of Golgotha I — The Michael Impulse and the its details, strives to imbue the world with the Christ.” Mystery of Golgotha II —The Way to Christ —Rudolf Steiner through the Centuries —The Christ Impulse UBJECTS OF these lectures include: The Three in Time and Its Influence on Human Beings: States of Night Consciousness ; The ChangThe Three Spiritual Preparatory Steps to the In time, this order became the “Cognitive ing Experience of Breathing in the Course of Mystery of Golgotha —The Christ Spirit Cultic Section” (also called the “Misraim History; The Inquiry and Formulation of the in Relation to the Evolution of ConsciousService”) of the Esoteric School of the Ger- Cosmic Word in Breathing In and Out; The ness — Progress in Knowledge of the Christ: man Section of the Theosophical Society. teaching of the Risen One; The Threefold Sun The Fifth Gospel —The Four Sacrifices of This is the main subject of this book. The and the Risen Christ; and much more. Christ —The Three Preparatory Stages to the Masonic phase in Steiner’s life and work had Includes an introduction, a chronology of Mystery of Golgotha. passed, but it was transformed and remains Rudolf Steiner’s life, and an index. alive in many ways within Anthroposophy as Includes notes & index. Illustrated he handed it down to us. Includes an introduction, a chronology of Steiner’s life, and an index. 600 pages, paperback isbn: 0-88010-612-3 $29.95 – AVAILABLE IN MAY 4 CCULT S 232 pages, paperback isbn: 0-88010-608-5 $24.95 – AVAILABLE IN MAY 208 pages, paperback isbn: 0-88010-606-9 $17.95 – AVAILABLE IN MAY Support the work of SteinerBooks—convenient and secure online ordering NEW EDITION ! BACK IN PRINT ! Autobiography Christ and Sophia The Secrets of Metals Chapters in the Course of My Life: 1861–1907 Written 1924–1925 (CW 28) Anthroposophic Meditations on the Old Testament, New Testament, and Apocalypse WILHELM PELIKAN Translated by Charlotte Lebensart RUDOLF STEINER Introduction by Christopher Bamford Notes by Paul Marshall Allen VALENTIN TOMBERG Introduction by Christopher Bamford R STEINER seldom spoke of himeself in a personal way, but in his Autobiography we are offered a rare glimpse into some of the most intimate aspects of his inner life, his personal relationships, and significant events that helped to shape the philosopher, seer, and teacher he became. UDOLF This edition restores the original format of seventy chapters, just as they were written for the Goetheanum weekly newsletter. This autobiography is not merely a narrative of Rudolf Steiner’s successes and failures, but the story of a soul possessed of a precise, probing scientific mind and a natural clairvoyant ability to see into the spiritual world. Although naturally clairvoyant, Steiner always recognized the integrity and importance of modern scientific methods, and thus he developed a modern discipline he named Anthroposophy, or spiritual science. During the century that followed the events recorded in this autobiography, Rudolf Steiner’s insights have touched and enriched numerous areas of life in ways that continue to transform people’s lives in the twenty-first century. Illustrated 416 pages, paperback isbn: 0-88010-600-x $29.95 I astounding studies, Tomberg shows how the entire Bible describes world and human history as the inner and outer preparation for The Mystery of Golgotha. He shows that millennia of biblical history has profound significance and consequences for humanity, past present, and future. Moreover, he points to the Grail nature of that “turning point in time”— including the birth and death of Christ in an earthly body, the Pentecost, Christ’s ascension, and his etheric return, as well as the central role of the Sophia. N THESE At last, these profound studies are now available in a single volume. Included are Valentin Tomberg’s meditations on the Old Testament, New Testament, the Apocalypse, and his unfinished work on the Four Sacrifices of Christ. This is important reading for every serious student of the Bible who wants to understand more deeply the anthroposophic approach to esoteric Christianity as revealed by a close study of the Bible by one of the most important (and, perhaps, most misunderstood) early students of Anthroposophy. Valentin Tomberg was strongly influenced by Vladimir Soloviev and a personal experience of the Sophia. He lectured extensively under the auspices of the Anthroposophical society. 576 pages, hardcover isbn: 0-88010-565-8 $50.00 W New help of metals, humankind has established an ever-progressing position in the world and, in the process, has transformed human civilization and the face of the Earth itself. Furthermore, the harmony and effectiveness of many human bodily processes depend on the marvelous effects of metals. With each passing decade, researchers bring us knowledge of new facets of the cosmos of metals in and around us. Nonetheless, despite all the achievements of chemists and physicists, the world of metals holds many mysteries. ITH THE In the surrounding world, we continually encounter new deposits of metals in the Earth, and these have enabled humankind to move toward ever greater levels of civilization and technological advances. And in the inner world of the human body, newly discovered layers of activities permeated by metals continually arise in our consciousness. Not only do we breathe with iron, but we also need copper to form blood and cobalt to avoid pernicious anemia. Pelikan discusses the significance of the classic “seven metals” and their importance for humankind as well as for nature as a whole and the Earth. He also discusses the “newer” metals as well as the virtually unknown “radiation effects” of metals—the effects of which Rudolf Steiner used therapeutically. Pelikan’s method here is a phenomenological one, in which he helps us try to see natural objects in the Goethean sense, as developed by Rudolf Steiner. 228 pages, paperback isbn: 1-58420-043-x $25.00 w w w. s t e i n e r b o o k s . o r g 2 4 h o u r s — o r c a l l 7 0 3 - 6 6 1 - 1 5 9 4 9 a m – 5 p m E S T 5 New Transforming the Soul, vol. 1 RUDOLF STEINER Translated by Pauline Wehrle Rudolf Steiner’s World View 9 lectures, Berlin, Oct.–Dec. 1909 (CW 58) I N SOME of his most illuminating lectures, Steiner describes the missions of anger, truth, and reverence; the significance of human character; the meaning of asceticism and illness; and the phenomenon of egoism. He clarifies the differences between Buddhism and Christianity, describes the goal of spiritual science, and makes esoteric observations about the moon. Steiner speaks of many significant people—Augustine, Coleridge, Leonardo da Vinci, Madame Blavatsky, Goethe, Homer, and Shakespeare. 256 pages, paperback isbn: 1855841584 $25.00 The Karma of Untruthfulness Volumes 1 & 2 Secret Societies, the Media, and Preparations for the Great War RUDOLF STEINER Introduction by Terry M. Boardman Vol 1: 13 lectures, Dornach & Basel, Dec. 4–31, 1916 (CW 173) Vol 2: 12 lectures, Dornach, Jan. 1–30, 1917 (CW 174) H ERE , STEINER illuminates much of what lies behind today’s turbulent events and the scenes played out on the nightly news. Amid the turmoil of WW I, Steiner spoke out courageously against the hate, lies, and propaganda of the time. His detailed research into the spiritual impulses of human evolution allowed him to reveal the dominant role that secret brotherhoods played in events that culminated in that cataclysmic war. He warned that the retarding forces of nationalism must be overcome before Europe can find its true destiny. He also emphasized the urgent need for new social structures in order to avoid such future catastrophes. Vol. 1 336 pages, paperback isbn: 1-85584-186-x $29.00 Vol. 2 264 pages, paperback isbn: 1-85584-191-6 $27.00 6 An Introduction to Anthroposophy FRANCIS EDMUNDS DMUNDS ’ INTRODUCTION — REVISED and updated— covers the fundamental aspects of Steiner’s philosophy, beginning with a brief outline of his life. Edmunds describes Anthroposophy as a “way to higher knowledge,” outlining the threefold nature of human beings. He delves into the secrets of human evolution and history, the fundamental elements of child development, and numerous other aspects of Steiner’s vast teachings. E This is a warm and clear introduction to Anthroposophy that will prove valuable to anyone who wants a better understanding of Rudolf Steiner’s work. L. Francis Edmunds began his studies as a medical student, but the driving force in his life was a quest for insight into the nature of the human being. This journey led him to Anthroposophy and his vocation as a teacher. In 1962 he founded Emerson College, an adult educational establishment based on Rudolf Steiner’s work. He traveled and lectured extensively around the world, and authored the perennially popular Introduction to Steiner Education. Francis Edmunds died in 1989. 208 pages, paperback isbn: 1-85584-163-0 $18.00 The Foundation Stone Meditation RUDOLF STEINER Introduction by Michael Wilson Three English translations with the original German (CW 260) R UDOLF STEINER’S “Foundation Stone Meditation” is central to the inner life of many students of his work. First presented during the reestablishment of the Anthroposophical Society at the Christmas Conference of 1923, it is a powerful and penetrating meditative text that many consider to be a key to the spiritual mysteries of our time. This budget-priced pocket version features three alternative translations (by George Adams, Pauline Wehrle and Richard Seddon), along with the original German verses and an introduction by Michael Wilson. 48 pages, paperback, 4” x 3 ¼” isbn: 1-85584-173-8 $10.00 Support the work of SteinerBooks—convenient and secure online ordering New The New Mysteries Conversation And the Wisdom of Christ A New Theory of Language VIRGINIA SEASE & MANFRED SCHMIDT-BRABANT N THE old mystery cultures, individuals experienced themselves as “children” of the gods, or even as their instruments. According to Rudolf Steiner, the birth of independent thinking—and a true sense of self—did not arise until the onset of modern consciousness. CARL H. FLYGT Foreword by Madison Smartt Bell I The authors maintain that true self-knowledge is directly related to knowing Christ, the central being of world evolution. Focusing on the being of Christ and on Christianity, the authors present a series of engaging lectures on the development of mystery wisdom today. Having given an overview of the history of the mysteries in their book Paths of the Christian Mysteries, the authors deepen and expand their study by drawing particular attention to the effect of the “Christ mysteries.” Some of the essential themes of this new volume include the transformation of conscience, the place of prayer and meditation, and the significance of sacrifice today. Virginia Sease is a member of the Executive Council of the Goetheanum. Manfred Schmidt-Brabant was a chair of the Executive Council of the General Anthroposophical Society. 208 pages, paperback isbn: 1-902636-74-0 $29.00 BACK IN PRINT! Meditations on the Signs of the Zodiac JOHN JOCELYN T HIS ESOTERIC classic contains meditations on each of the twelve signs of the zodiac. John Jocelyn uses traditional astrological symbolism to envision a Christ-centered zodiac—one in which each of the signs relate to an aspect of the New Testament. This is not a book about astrology, but about the deeper meaning of the twelve Zodiac signs. The author relates the Zodiac signs to the development of inner Christ consciousness and encourages readers to meet their individual destinies more consciously and courageously and even with gratitude. 276 pages, paperback isbn: 0-88010-552-6 $25.00 T HE THREEFOLD social order was Rudolf Steiner’s concept of an archetypal social organization that would utilize the norms of universal spiritual initiation, individual freedom, and the fundamental social law. Flygt’s book takes a step toward a social science that encompasses those norms. He shows that the phenomenon of conversation has an objectively treatable structure and, as such, can be held to standards that not only can awaken human clairvoyance, but can also liberate the emotions and the spiritual will and contribute to a cultural background that makes real community into an explicit and fundamental social value. His treatment of language use and social background is penetratingly original, academically up to date, and anthroposophically convincing. Carl H. Flygt is an anthroposophical psychologist living near San Francisco. He became interested in the psychological and evolutionary significance of altered states of consciousness induced by exogenous agents, such as marijuana and LSD and migrated to California. This book is the outcome of 25 years of study, experimentation, and devotion to the ideal of a psycho-social unity devolving from the deepest wishes and dreams of which the human being is capable. 224 pages, paperback isbn: 1-58420-038-3 $25.00 The Animals are Our Brothers & Sisters Why Animal Experiments are Misleading & Wrong WERNER HARTINGER, M.D. R. H ARTINGER investigates the argument over animal experimentation, showing that animal experiments are unnecessary and lead to meaningless results. He also discusses the spiritual aspects, inspired by the work Rudolf Steiner, and the human-animal sibling relationship in the context of cosmic and spiritual evolution, with a commentary on Biblical teachings on animals. D Werner Hartinger, m.d., had more than 30 years of experience, with degrees in internal medicine, gynecology, obstetrics, and anesthetics. He was chairman of the German League of Doctors against Animal Experiments and a patron of Doctors in Britain against Animal Experiments. He died in 2000. 192 pages, paperback isbn: 1-902636-72-4 $25.00 w w w. s t e i n e r b o o k s . o r g 2 4 h o u r s — o r c a l l 7 0 3 - 6 6 1 - 1 5 9 4 9 a m – 5 p m E S T 7 New from Lindisfarne Books Goethe & Palladio Goethe’s study of the relationships between art and nature, leading through architecture to the discovery of the metamorphosis of plants DAVID LOWE & SIMON SHARP ASED ON Goethe’s Italian Journey, the authors of this fascinating study explore how Goethe’s experience of Palladio’s architecture influenced his view of the relationship between art and nature in general and, in particular, helped him form his understanding of metamorphosis, leading to his discovery of the “archetypal plant.” B In his account of those travels, Goethe oscillates between experiences of architecture and experiences of nature. In nature, he searched for the “archetypal plant,” the essential form whose metamorphosis through time would produce the plant we see in its cycle from seed to fruit. In the art and architecture of antiquity and in Palladio’s classical reformulation of it, he tried to understand the purpose and function of artistic creation. Until now, no one has put these two together. David Lowe and Simon Sharp show for the first time how these seemingly unrelated subjects are related—how the living geometries and volumes of harmoniously proportioned buildings, the “great idea” of architecture, can lead to the intuition of similar principles in nature. David Lowe was born in Barnsley, Yorkshire, into a coal mining family. He went on to study philosophy and politics at Queens College, Oxford, and later took his M.A. in art history at Oxford Brooks. His time is taken up increasingly by lecturing and study groups in the United States and United Kingdom. The weeds in his garden in Oxford grow progressively taller. Simon Sharp is a teacher of art and design. He is currently director of the Leonardo Centre at Uppingham School in Rutland, England. He uses Goethe’s approach to observation extensively in his teaching and practical demonstrations. Trained originally as a designer, Simon believes in mixing art and science in his innovative teaching programs. He spends much of his time drawing and painting architecture and landscape. The Esoteric Meaning in Raphael’s Paintings The Philosophy of Composition in “The Disputa” “The School of Athens” “The Transfiguration” GIORGIO SPADARO ERE IS a profound and accessible meditation on the spiritual significance of three of Raphael’s greatest paintings, based on personal observation and imagination and approched in the light of Rudolf Steiner’s spiritual science. Spadaro’s meditation reveals a prophetic Raphael, whose paintings have much to teach about the evolution of consciousness, the role of Christ and Christianity in human evolution, and the path of self-development. He shows how Raphael’s paintings depict the spiritual, cosmic, and physical situation of humanity. H Reading his descriptions and following them in the paintings brings to life a spiritual reality all too often ignored or denied by art historians. At the same time, through his deep understanding of the paintings’ spiritual content, he is able to identify, in a meaningful way, the figures depicted and their significance. This small volume is a valuable addition to the growing body of literature on the profound spiritual meaning contained in Rafael’s paintings. Giorgio I. Spadaro was born in Sicily in 1925 into a family of artists. He lived in Benghazi, Libya, from 1933 to 1941, at which time he returned to Sicily with his family. Although he was aware of his cousin Beppe Assenza, it was not until 1945 that he met the artist on an intellectual and artistic level. Beppe introduced Giorgio to Anthroposophy and to the responsibilities associated with being an artist. It was also at this point that Giorgio was introduced to the works of Raphael and gained a general comprehension of his work. In 1949, Giorgio moved to Chicago, where he lived and worked for more than twenty-five years. In 1975, after spending a year in Dornach, he moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico. 96 pages, paperback isbn: 1-58420-037-5 $20.00 96 pages isbn: 1-58420-036-7 $15.00 8 Support the work of SteinerBooks—convenient and secure online ordering New from SteinerBooks and Chiron Publichations BACK IN PRINT! The Principle of Individuation Art and Human Consciousness Toward the Development of Human Consciousness GOTTFRIED RICHTER Preface by Konrad Oberhuber MURRAY STEIN R ICHTER SURVEYS Western art, from ancient Egypt to Picasso, considering visual art in a whole new way. His lively and penetrating observations will inspire and enthuse the novice, while breathing new life into the thinking of art critics and historians. Richter looks at architecture, sculpture, and painting, as well as mythology and legend, presenting the creations of artist and architect as an expression of the evolution of human consciousness. In vivid images he offers the reader interpretive keys to understand this process in all areas of art history. With many examples the author illustrates how human life has undergone a qualitative transformation as humanity has gradually freed itself from a life determined by spiritual guidance in order to take hold of the sensory world and experience free individuality. Illustrated throughout! 288 pages, paperback isbn: 0-88010-478-3 $35.00 BACK IN new approaches—both personal and communal—for gaining freedom from the compulsion to repeat endlessly the dysfunctional patterns that have conditioned us. In this concise and contemporary account of the process of individuation, he sets out its two basic movements and then examines the central role of numinous experience, the critical importance of initiation, and the unique psychic space required for its unfolding. Rudolf Steiner’s Contribution to the Visual Arts RUDOLF STEINER Edited & introduced by Michael Howard “The most fundamental issue for the arts today ... is the spiritual foundation of the arts.... Steiner demonstrates that our individual creative activity is not solely a personal affair. Our creations do not originate out of nowhere, nor solely out of ourselves, but from an objective world of spirit with which we are intimately related in the depths of our being. He shows that our creations have significance beyond ourselves and beyond the recognition they receive: works of art are vehicles of spiritual qualities. In bringing these spiritual qualities into the sphere of human life, the artist becomes responsible for the spiritual effects the work of art has on the artist, other people, and ultimately on human evolution.” — Michael Howard HIS BOOK introduces a new way for thinking about, creating, and viewing art. Rudolf Steiner saw his task as the renewal of the lost unity of science, the arts, and religion; thus, he created a new, cognitive scientific and religious art in Anthroposophy. The implications of his act—recognized by such diverse artists as Wassily Kandinsky and Joseph Beuys— are only now coming fully to light. 336 pages, paperback isbn: 0-88010-396-5 $24.95 TEIN SUGGESTS Using insights from myths and fairy tales, the writings of Jung, and from years of clinical experience, Stein describes this lifelong and dynamic process that will be useful to clinicians and the general public alike. As a movement toward the further development of human consciousness, understanding the principle of individuation has relevance for both professionals and the general reader. Murray Stein is a Jungian analyst living in Switzerland. He is the author and editor of numerous books and series. 160 pages, paperback isbn: 1-888602-37-6 $19.95 PRINT! Art As Spiritual Activity T S C. G. Jung E. A. BENNET ENNET ’S BIOGRAPHY of Jung went to press just a few days before Jung’s death in 1961. For fifteen years, Bennet met with Jung at his home and stayed there as his guest. Their many talks about Jung’s childhood, his family, his career and the development of his ideas yielded the material for this authorized biography. Jung corrected Bennet’s book, making this the only biography of Jung with his supervision and approval. Bennet had unique opportunities to hear Jung’s personal perspective on subjects from Freud to Hitler, and including a valuable correspondence about Aion. C. G. Jung sheds a bright light for today’s scholars on Jung’s work and on the man himself. B Edward Armstrong Bennet (1888–1977), a psychiatrist and Jungian analyst, was well known as an outstanding psychotherapist and lecturer. He was a leader in introducing Jung’s psychotherapeutic approach to the English-speaking world. His other books include Meetings with Jung and What Jung Really Said. 192 pages, paperback isbn: 1-888602-35-x $19.95 w w w. s t e i n e r b o o k s . o r g 2 4 h o u r s — o r c a l l 7 0 3 - 6 6 1 - 1 5 9 4 9 a m – 5 p m E S T 9 New from Lantern Books The Messenger The Common Heart Awakening to the Presence of the Other Side An Experience of Interreligious Dialogue A Memoir NETANEL MILES-YEPEZ, EDITOR Foreword by Ken Wilbur Introduction by Fr. Thomas Keating, O.C.S.O. EDWARD TABBITAS HIS IS a memoir of how an ordinary man from Brooklyn, New York, came to terms with his psychic gifts. Rev. Edward’s ability to detect the presence of those who have died was awakened after the death of his beloved grandmother when he was only seven years old. His gifts grew stronger as he matured, bringing him to accept the everpresent love that connects us all, no matter which side of the great divide we are on. T Edward Tabbitas is a gifted psychic and grief counselor. He assists in bringing messages from loved ones who have passed over to their survivors here on earth. His mission is to dispel the fear that lies between the boundaries of life and death. 160 pages, paperback isbn: 1-59056-100-7 $16.00 Five Spirits Alchemical Acupuncture for Psychological and Spiritual Healing LORIE EVE DECHAR IVE SPIRITS are the Taoist map of the human psyche. The system provides a mythical view of the nervous system and forms the basis of Chinese medical psychology. It also describes a precise and efficient technology for spiritual transformation, the process through which individuals rediscover their essential wholeness and innate connection to the divine. F Lorie Eve Dechar, m.ac., designs educational programs based on the principles of Taoist alchemy and traditional Chinese medicine. Her commitment is to help individuals, couples, and organizations transform problems into potential for healing on the planet. 448 pages, paperback, 7” x 9” isbn: 1-59056-092-2 $40.00 F years, groups of spiritual seekers from many religious traditions have met at St. Benedict’s Monastery in Snowmass, Colorado, to engage in the deepest form of interreligious dialogue. The experience was intimate and trusting. To encourage openness and honesty, no audio or visual recording was made and no articles were written about those encounters. When these interfaith conversations came to an end, it was agreed that reflections on what had happened emotionally, spiritually, philosophically, and theologically during the Snowmass dialogues should be written down. OR TWENTY The result is The Common Heart, an extraordinary exploration of the wealth of the world’s spiritual traditions, combined with dialogue from the heart about the differences and similarities among their various paths of wisdom. Participants included Fr. Thomas Keating, Roshi Bernie Glassman, Swami Atmarupananda, Dr. Ibrahim Gamard, Imam Bilal Hyde, Ane Pema Chödrön, Rabbi Henoch Dov Hoffman, Grandfather Gerald Red Elk, and many others. This heartfelt dialogue among some of the world’s most beloved spiritual leaders offers many profound and fresh insights into humanity’s shared spiritual heritage. Netanel Miles-Yepez is the executive director of Reb Zalman Legacy Project at Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado. He worked at the Spiritual Paths Foundation, which sponsors interfaith dialogues around the country, and edited The Way of Contemplation and Meditation (Spiritual Paths Publishing, 2002) and Reb Zalman’s Wrapped in a Holy Flame: Teachings and Tales of the Hasidic Masters (Jossey-Bass, 2003). 144 pages, paperback isbn: 1-59056-099-x $15.00 Fr. Thomas Keating Roshi Bernie Glassman Pema Chödrön Gerald Red Elk Imam Bilal Hyde Swami Atmarupananda 10 Support the work of SteinerBooks—convenient and secure online ordering New from Floris Books Understanding Water Myth of the Nativity Developments from the Work of Theodor Schwenk The Virgin Birth Re-examined MICHAEL JACOBI, WOLFRAM SCHWENK & ANDREAS WILKENS HE AUTHORS of this stunningly illustrated book are scientists at the Institute for Flow Sciences. They offer a unique view into the world of water, helping us better understand one of the most essential elements of our earthly life. I T Michael Jacobi is a scientist at the Institute for Flow Sciences in Germany. Lavishly Illustrated 112 pages, paperback, 8 ¼” x 9 ½” isbn: 0-86315-540-5 $25.00 Sekem ANDREW WELBURN N THIS carefully researched study, Andrew Welburn says that we must look again at the stars, angels, and other signs, and penetrate the minds of the Gospel writers to find the real meaning of this most significant event. He suggests that at least three ancient traditions converge in the narrative of the Virgin Birth, each providing a layer of meaning that is, for the most part, lost to our modern viewpoint. He concludes that the Virgin Birth remains a miracle through the fact that it makes us deeply question our view of the world and the spiritual realities behind it. Andrew Welburn is a fellow of New College, Oxford. He has written, translated, and edited numerous books on spiritual science and early Christianity. A Sustainable Community in the Egyptian Desert DR. IBRAHIM ABOULEISH Illustrator Markus Kirchgessner T “A major book that will help everybody understand Islam.” —Gene Gollogly EGYPTIAN desert can be a hostile place, yet in 1977, Dr. Ibrahim Abouleish founded a new agricultural and social settlement on seventy hectares of desert land in Belbes, 60 kilometers northeast of Cairo. Thus, the Sekem initiative was born. Nearly thirty years later, Sekem has only grown stronger. In 1981, the people of this community shipped their first medicinal herbs to the U.S., and by 2004, they oversaw a network of more than 800 farms in Egypt and the Sudan, producing high quality organic crops, herbs, fruits, and vegetables. The community’s mobile health units work with local rural populations, and real social change has been the results of its efforts. HE Illustrated throughout! Dr. Ibrahim Abouleish, born in Egypt, studied medicine and worked in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland before founding the Sekem initiative in 1977. In 2004 he was named as one of the world’s Ten Outstanding Social Entrepreneurs by the Schwab Foundation. Go to www.sekem.com for more information. 240 pages, paperback isbn: 0-86315-532-4 $35.00 224 pages, hardcover isbn: 0-86315-543-x $40.00 Does It Matter? The Unsustainable World of the Materialists GRAHAM DUNSTAN MARTIN HE AUTHOR delves into areas as diverse as quantum physics, cosmology, artificial intelligence, brain science, biology, mysticism, and philosophy to assess materialistic beliefs. He concludes that computers will never become conscious; that the mind is not the same as the brain; that we geniunely and creatively possess free will; and that our experience of diverse levels of consciousness simply cannot be explained by a strictly materialistic approach to reality. T This book is for every inquiring mind and for all those who are dissatisfied with the mainstream beliefs of conventional science. Graham Dunstan Martin taught French and English in schools for several years before lecturing in French poetry, literature, and philosophy at the University of Edinburgh from 1965 to 2000. He is the author of many books, including nonfiction, novels for children, fantasy novels for adults, translations of French poetry, and works of literary criticism. 256 pages, paperback isbn: 0-86315-533-2 $40.00 w w w. s t e i n e r b o o k s . o r g 2 4 h o u r s — o r c a l l 7 0 3 - 6 6 1 - 1 5 9 4 9 a m – 5 p m E S T 11 New The Return of Merlin The Transformation of Evil Star Lore and the Patterns of History And the Subterranean Spheres of the Earth GORDON STRACHAN ERLIN CAN be seen today in the form of cultural icons such as Gandalf, Obi wan Kenobi, and Dumbledore. This fascinating book looks at the two main Merlin traditions: the cosmic Merlin of the stars and Arthurian legend and the earthly Merlin of nature and history. Strachan takes us on a journey through Merlin’s stories and discovers a remarkable pattern—Merlin and related events reappear throughout British history in roughly 700-year cycles. M Gordon Strachan teaches in the Department of Architecture and in The Centre for Continuing Education at the University of Edinburgh. He is also the author of Jesus, the Master Builder, The Bible’s Hidden Cosmology, and Chartres. 144 pages, paperback isbn: 0-86315-553-7 $30.00 Sacred Knowledge of the Ancient Britons ANNE MACAULAY Vivian Linacre & Richard Batchelor, editors strangest monuments are the huge stone circles built in the British Isles and northwest France between 6,500 and 3,500 years ago. Ignored or plundered for centuries, it is only in recent times that they have begun to reveal their remarkable complexity. MONG CIVILIZATION ’S It is now widely acknowledged that those ancient sites were aligned precisely according to major celestial events and most likely linked to the agricultural calendar of early farming settlements. But a mystery remains: How did those megalithic builders achieve such extraordinary accuracy in their measurements? Inspired by the surveying work of Alexander Thom, Anne Macaulay devoted her life to investigating stone circle sites, seeking out their hidden geometry and deeper cultural significance. She drew on ideas from geometry and metrology, archaeology and anthropology, history and mythology, as well as astronomy and music. 288 pages, hardcover isbn: 0863155545 $40.00 12 VON GLEICH V GLEICH offers a powerful meditation on evil and its future transformation. Focusing on “the subterranean spheres,” he shows how the various layers of the Earth’s interior are linked directly to the mystery of evil. This book offers a powerful meditation on evil and its transformation. ON In his introduction, Paul V. O’Leary places this classic work within the context of today’s world. Sigismund von Gleich was one of the most prolific lecturers and writers in the early years of the anthroposophic movement. 72 pages, paperback isbn: 1-902636-71-6 $15.00 NOW AVAILABLE The Three Years IN PAPERBACK! The Life of Christ between Baptism and Ascension Megalithic Measures & Rhythms A SIGISMUND Introduction by Paul V. O’Leary EMIL BOCK B the healings and miracles of Christ for skeptical minds without minimizing the the difficulties for modern minds. He brings together historical records and geographical background, while keeping in view their spiritual wisdom. OCK REDISCOVERS Emil Bock was a priest and founding member of the Movement for Christian renewal and was its leader from 1938 until his death in 1959. He was the author of numerous books. 320 pages, paperback isbn: 0-86315-535-9 $30.00 Saint Paul Life, Epistles, and Teaching EMIL BOCK D ESCRIBING THE environment into which Saul was born, this study gives a truly spiritual dimension to Paul’s background, offering a deeper understanding of his teaching. 384 pages, paperback isbn: 0-86315-536-7 $30.00 The Apocalypse of Saint John EMIL BOCK B OCK SHOWS how we can read The Revelation to understand Christ’s position as a leader through danger, both in the present and in the future. 208 pages, paperback isbn: 0-86315-539-1 $30.00 Support the work of SteinerBooks—convenient and secure online ordering New The Vortex of Life Home Nursing for Carers Nature’s Patterns in Space and Time TINEKE LAWRENCE EDWARDS Edited by Graham Calderwood E DWARDS ’ PIONEERING work on bud shapes has attracted the attention of many scientists around the world. Here he gives a broad account of his research, including plant forms, embryos, and organs such as the heart. His work suggests that there are universal laws, not yet fully understood, that guide an organism’s growth into predetermined patterns. His work has profound implications for those working in genetics and stem cell research. Lawrence Edwards (1911–2004) studied the work of Rudolf Steiner and, until he retired, was a Waldorf class teacher and an upper school mathematics teacher at the Edinburgh Rudolf Steiner School. He studied projective geometry with George Adams and researched how that applied to forms in nature. 400 pages, paperback isbn: 0-86315-551-0 $50.00 Talking with Angel About Illness, Death, and Survival EVELYN ELSAESSER VALARINO HIS IS the moving story of a young girl battling leukemia. She realizes she is going to die and receives hope and comfort through nightly conversations with her favorite doll Angel, who helps her embrace a new perspective on dying and the possibility that consciousness may survive after death. Her fear of death is ultimately lifted by new-found spiritual wisdom and by the account of a near-death experience told to her by a young companion. T Evelyn Elsaesser Valarino studied near-death experiences for more than twenty years. She is also the author of On the Other Side of Life: Exploring the Phenomenon of Near-Death Experience (1997). She works at the University of Geneva and is a coordinator for the Scientific and Medical Network. 224 pages, paperback isbn: 0-86315-492-1 $19.95 BENTHEIM AN BENTHEIM covers all aspects of general home nursing, including the arrangement of the patient’s room, meals, taking a temperature, and washing. It details numerous holistic treatments, including herbal and plant remedies, baths, foot baths, compresses, and poultices. Also included are sections specifically on pregnancy, birth, sleep, nursing the terminally ill, and death. V VAN This is a comprehensive guide for holistic home care, especially for those nursing children and adults through an illness. Previous edition published as Caring for the Sick at Home. Tineke van Bentheim has worked for many years as an anthroposophical nurse in the Netherlands. 160 pages, paperback isbn: 0-86315-541-3 $19.95 Holistic Special Education Camphill Principles and Practice ROBIN JACKSON HOSE WHO work with special needs children often face difficult decisions about how best to educate them. This book presents a case for holistic special education as practiced by Camphill villages and schools. Camphill’s holistic approach embraces education and therapy in a number of different forms, including all aspects of care—from nutrition and daily skills to bedtime routines—as well as craft work and medical treatment. It emphasizes the importance of the creative arts alongside core aspects of curriculum such as literacy and math. Camphill philosophy holds that the relationship between the child and the adult coworker should be one of mutual teaching and learning. It recognizes parents, not as recipients of a service, but as equal and active partners, while striving to develop the physical, mental, and spiritual aspects of a child. T 12 black and white illustrations, 16 color illustrations. Robin Jackson lectured at Aberdeen College of Education before becoming the principal lecturer in special education at King Alfred’s College, Winchester, and principal of Linn Moor Special School in Aberdeen. He has worked with Camphill for many years and is a consultant to Camphill Rudolf Steiner School in Aberdeen. 320 pages, paperback isbn: 0-86315-547-2 $30.00 w w w. s t e i n e r b o o k s . o r g 2 4 h o u r s — o r c a l l 7 0 3 - 6 6 1 - 1 5 9 4 9 a m – 5 p m E S T 13 New Mathematics Around Us A Home JOHN BLACKWOOD John Blackwood describes four Waldorf block periods covering geometry in nature; Pythagoras; Platonic solids; and rhythms and cycles. Mathematics Around Us is a companion to Mathematics in Space and Time, both intended specifically for Waldorf math teachers. This volume is a resource for Waldorf teachers of mathematics in classes 7 and 8 (ages 12–14). Paintings from a Bygone Age John Blackwood worked in mechanical engineering design for nearly thirty years. Inspired by Lawrence Edwards (author of Projective Geometry) and his work with plant geometry, Blackwood became a teacher at the Glenaeon Rudolf Steiner School in Sydney, Australia, where he designed a math course for classes eleven and twelve. His ideas were adopted by the school board of New South Wales. He lives near Sydney. 144 pages, paperback isbn: 0-86315-538-3 $29.00 Botany CHARLES KOVACS K OVACS DESCRIBES various plants, from fungi, algae, and lichens to the lily and rose families. He demonstrates the parts of each plant and their growth cycles. This invaluable teaching aid is recommended for the Waldorf curriculum, classes 5–6 (ages 10–12). Charles Kovacs was born in Austria. He left his native country in 1938 at the time of the Anschluss and joined the British Army in East Africa. After the War, he settled in Britain, and in 1956 he took over a class at the Rudolf Steiner School in Edinburgh, where he remained a class teacher until his retirement in 1976. He died in 2001. His extensive lesson notes have been a useful and inspiring resource material for many teachers. He is the author of numerous books for teachers. 112 pages, paperback isbn: 0-86315-537-5 $19.95 CARL LARSSON ARL L ARSSON is one of Sweden’s most beloved artists. His stunning watercolors of his home and family from the end of the nineteenth century are acclaimed as one of the richest and most evocative records of life at that time. The paintings in this book all depict Larsson’s home in the village of Sundborn in western Sweden, where he lived with his wife Karin and eight children for many years. The accompanying text provides a fascinating insight into Larsson family life and Carl’s painting techniques. C Carl Larsson’s art is admired around the world, and this beautifully produced book will delight children and adults alike. Carl Larsson (1853–1919) was born into a poor family in Stockholm, Sweden. He was accepted at the Stockholm Academy of Fine Arts at the age of thirteen and spent several years working as a newspaper and magazine illustrator. He moved to Paris, where, as a penniless artist, he met his wife Karin, also an artist. In 1888, they moved back to Sundborn in Sweden. Carl Larsson is best known for his lovely watercolor paintings of his home and family, which were popularized through a series of books. 32 pages, hardcover, 11 ½” x 8 ¼” isbn: 0-86315-549-9 $24.95 Principles of Biodynamic Spray and Compost Preparations MANFRED KLETT A RENOWNED BIODYNAMIC expert provides an overview of the history of agriculture. He goes on to discuss the practicalities of spray and compost preparations and the philosophy behind them. This discussion is essential for any biodynamic gardener or farmer who wants to understand the background to core biodynamic techniques. Manfred Klett is a founder of a biodynamic farming community in Germany. He is the former director of the Department of Agriculture at the Goetheanum in Switzerland and has more than twenty years’ experience in biodynamic agriculture. 112 pages, paperback isbn: 0-86315-542-1 $12.95 14 Support the work of SteinerBooks—convenient and secure online ordering N e w f o r Yo u n g P e o p l e – T h e K e l p i e s T HE K ELPIES series for young people features both contemporary and classic fiction from outstanding Scottish authors. Each year, Floris books awards the Kelpies prize to an outstanding writer. Mike Nicholson won the prize for 2005 for Catscape. Dragonfire Chill ANNE FORBES ALEX NYE S in Edinburgh’s Old Town. It’s not a normal part of daily life—but things are never going to be the same again. Clara and Neil have always known the MacArthurs, the little people who live under Arthur’s Seat in Holyrood Park, but they are not quite prepared for what else is living under the hill. Feuding faery lords, missing whisky, magic carpets, firestones, and ancient spells ... where will it end? And how did it all start? TROPPY PIGEONS Set against the backdrop of the Edinburgh Fringe and Military Tattoo, this is a fast-paced comic adventure, full of magic, mayhem and mystery—and a dragon. (Ages 10–13) Anne Forbes trained as a teacher before moving to Kuwait to work in an Anglo-American school. She divides her time between homes in Scotland and Kuwait. Dragonfire is her first novel. 256 pages, paperback isbn: 0-86315-552-9 $11.95 Catscape MIKE NICHOLSON ERGUS CAN ’T believe it when his brand-new digital watch starts going backward. Then he crashes (literally) into gadget-loving Murdo, and a second mystery comes to light—all around the neighborhood, cats are missing. F This book is the winner of the Kelpies Prize 2005. Sharply and wittily observed, it’s a story of unlikely friendships, unexpected allies and cat surveillance. (Ages 10–13) Mike Nicholson is the winner of the Kelpies Prize 2005 for new Scottish writing for children. A member of local writing group Broadside, he based Catscape, his first book, in his home in the area of Comely Bank, Edinburgh. 192 pages, paperback isbn: 0-86315-531-6 $9.99 S trapped by huge snow drifts in an old, remote house. And that’s not the only thing causing a cold shiver to creep down his spine. He feels that the ghostly figure in the locked library has a message ... but for whom? Fiona lives in the big house, but will that help the two of them to break the curse on her family? As the ice sets in, they uncover a centuries-old tale of betrayal and revenge. AMUEL IS Set on bleak Sheriffmuir near Stirling, Scotland, this is a spooky tale of the past returning to haunt the present. (Ages 9–13) Alex Nye was born in Leicester, England, and has been writing for many years. She works as a literary agent in Dunblane, Scotland, where she lives with her two children. Chill is her first novel. 176 pages, paperback isbn: 0-86315-546-4 $11.95 The Hill of the Red Fox ALLAN CAMPBELL MCLEAN T IS the time of the Cold War. Soviet spies are feared and secrets traded. And people disappear. Thirteen-year-old Alasdair lives in London and knows nothing of that world. He can’t wait to begin his long summer holiday on the Isle of Skye, away from his mother and aunt. But things don’t go quite as planned. On the journey, a stranger gives him a mysterious note before jumping from the train. I Even worse, Alasdair immediately suspects the sinister Murdo Beaton—the man with whom he’s staying—of being up to no good. Gradually adjusting to life on the small farm, Alasdair is unprepared for the web of danger and espionage that begins to unfold around him. (Ages 10–13) Allan Campbell McLean (1922–1989) was a master of Scottish children’s writing. He had a deep love of the Highlands—he lived in a croft house on Skye with his wife and children for seventeen years—and had a better ear for West Highland dialogue than perhaps any other author. 256 pages, paperback isbn: 0-8631-5556-1 $11.95 w w w. s t e i n e r b o o k s . o r g 2 4 h o u r s — o r c a l l 7 0 3 - 6 6 1 - 1 5 9 4 9 a m – 5 p m E S T 15 Recent Releases The Seer’s Handbook A Guide to Higher Perception DENNIS KLOCEK SEER “SEES” more than meets the eye. Ordinary seeing reveals the visible world through the perceptions of light patterns we interpret as “the world out there.” Higher sight perceives patterns and relationships invisible to physical eyes, yet they are nevertheless always present in our world. This is a true form of perception — through the eyes of the soul and heart. All seeing is a form of cognition, or knowing, and, likewise, higher sight is a form of higher knowing. These two ways of perceiving go together. To be a seer is to use the eyes of the soul together with the physical eyes, being able to move from one to the other and letting go of one for the other. A The three stages of practice toward spiritual sight are concentration, or the creation of an image; transformation, or making the image dynamic, putting it into movement; and, dissolving the image back into inner silence. All spiritual practices are derived from these three. Filled with exercises, meditations, and insightful commentary, The Seer’s Handbook is a unique, practical, and extensive guide for taking spiritual practice to the next level. Dennis Klocek is an artist, scientist, teacher, researcher, gardener, and alchemist. He receiving an MFA with a thesis on Goethe’s Color Theory and is currectly the director of Consciousness Studies at Rudolf Steiner College. He is the author of Bio-Dynamic Book of Moons; Weather and Cosmology; Drawing from the Book of Nature; and Seeking Spirit Vision. 288 pages, paperback isbn: 0-88010-548-8 $20.00 16 Jesus, Lazarus, and the Messiah Secret Brotherhoods Unveiling Three Christian Mysteries RUDOLF STEINER 7 lectures, Nov. 1917 (CW 178) CHARLES S. TIDBALL With Robert Powell A T THE heart of the Christian mystery is the divinity of Jesus Christ — the descent of God from the spiritual world into the material world for the sake of humanity. To unveil the meaning of this cosmic event, the authors draw on a number of very different sources: the Christian Gospels, medieval and Renaissance tradition and art, the visions of Anne Catherine Emmerich, and the spiritual science of Rudolf Steiner. Viewing the Gospels in the light of those other sources, the author unravels three key riddles: the nature of Jesus, the identity of Lazarus, the meaning of his initiatory “raising from the dead,” and the messianic mystery of Christ’s incarnation. In the process, the reader learns many of the actual dates of Gospel events as well the repercussions of these events in history. This is a book for all those interested in the “Jesus mysteries.” Charles S. Tidball was born in 1928 in Geneva. A scientist and a doctor, he has an m.s. in Pharmacology, a ph.d. in Physiology, and is a medical doctor. He was professor and chair of the Department of Physiology at George Washington University and is professor emeritus of computer medicine and neurological surgery. He was a pioneer in computer-based instructional and information-retrieval systems. Since retirement, he has served at the Washington National Cathedral. He is the coauthor of Taking Women Seriously. Dr. Tidball has been a student of Anthroposophy since 1948. 256 pages, paperback isbn: 0-88010-558-5 $25.00 And the Mystery of the Human Double S TEINER REVEALED a dark world of secret elitist brotherhoods who wish to control the masses through economics, technology, and political assassinations. Those hidden groups, he explained, seek power through the use of ritual magic and suggestion. Topics include the esoteric geography of the American continent; the double (doppelganger) and the dangers of psychoanalysis; the spiritual source of electromagnetism; abuse of inoculations and vaccinations; Ireland and world development; confused ideas about angels, higher beings, and divinity; and clear insight into world events based on spiritual knowledge. 240 pages, paperback isbn: 1-85584-162-2 $26.00 May Human Beings Hear It! The Mystery of the Christmas Conference SERGEI O. PROKOFIEFF HIS STUDY suggests that the impulse of the Christmas Conference can be reenlivened today through conscious efforts to experience its spiritual essence. He offers ways to approach this goal by illuminating various aspects of the Conference, the Foundation Stone, and its meditation. Prokofieff explores three key perspectives — the link between the Christmas Conference and human evolution; the inner relationship between each anthroposophist and the Christmas Conference; and the significance of that conference for Rudolf Steiner. T 944 pages, hardcover isbn: 1-902636-53-8 $64.00 Support the work of SteinerBooks—convenient and secure online ordering Recent Releases Nicaea The Parchment A Book of Correspondences A Novel MARTIN ROWE ERE IS an imaginative recreation of what happened at the two Nicaean councils and the characters who have passed through Nicaea through the centuries. Using multiple narrative styles (letters, meditations, Arabic folktales, a Sufi zhikr, prayers and Turkish shadow-puppet theater) that reflect the dazzling diversity of peoples who have been in Nicaea, Nicaea explores the central themes of both councils: faith and political power, individual conscience and collective responsibility, art and truth, and the sacred and profane. GERALD T. MCLAUGHLIN HIS EXCITING , multifaceted tale begins in a.d. 70 with a wine merchant from Gaul, a dying rabbi, the destruction of Herod’s Temple, and a document. It is a 2000-year story that traces individual lives, the Church, European kingdoms, and the modern world. While on a Crusade to Palestine, a descendant of the wine merchant uncovers secrets that threaten the very foundations of the Church and Christianity. Schemes to wield its power involve the Templar grand master, ambitious princes of the Church, King Philip of France, and, evenutally, two twenty-first century American professors, the Vatican and a papal conclave, and the deadly atmosphere of modern Palestine. H Martin Rowe is the editor of The Way of Compassion and the founding editor of the magazine Satya and the co-founder of Lantern Books. 288 pages, hardcover isbn: 1-58420-020-0 $19.95 Emerson and Science PETER OBUCHOWSKI UNIQUE STUDY of Emerson’s ideas explores the scientific influences and aspects in the philosopher-poet’s literature. It takes the reader through Emerson’s works as they relate to Goethe’s scientific worldview and in the context of Darwin’s evolutionary theories and describes how early nineteenth-century science helped shape the thinking of this truly American philosopher, poet, and mystic. A Peter A. Obuchowski taught English literature at Central Michigan University, where he is currently professor emeritus. He has written many articles on Romantic literature. 256 pages, paperback isbn: 1-58420-032-4 $25.00 T McLaughlin presents a rich tableau, giving us a timely glimpse into the sometimes disastrous ways that individuals deal with faith when confronted by fear and ambition and the promise of power, and how moral choices are made in the face of the continuing battle between good and evil — both in ourselves and in the world. Ultimately, the author shines a light of profound hope and faith into the darkest recesses of the human soul, our modern life, and world events. Gerald T. McLaughlin, born in New York City, graduated from New York University Law School and became an attorney, a professor of law, and Dean of Loyola Law School, Los Angeles. He has lectured and written extensively in the field of commercial law. The Parchment is his first novel. Children Who Communicate before They Are Born Conversations with Unborn Souls DIETRICH BAUER, MAX HOFFMEISTER, HARTMUT GÖERG HE AUTHORS are told of profoundly impressive dream experiences, visions of light, tremendous images of clouds, rainbows, water, or loud voices—all occurring in connection with the announcement of the coming child. Sometimes the mother experiences a vivid picture of the nature and disposition of the child; sometimes she experiences its appearance or the baby’s name. In all cases, she is absolutely certain that the child’s being existed before conception. T 256 pages, paperback isbn: 1-902636-68-6 $26.00 Your Reincarnating Child Welcoming a Soul to the World GILBERT & SYLVIA CHILDS HE AUTHORS offer sound advice for all those who spend time with children on how they can welcome those souls into the world and help them grow to become healthy, responsible adults. Mainstream educational policies and practices frequently cause children to be pushed prematurely into adulthood before they have a chance to experience true childhood. Gilbert and Sylvia Childs show that a true understanding of the human being as body, soul, and spirit leads to the knowledge that every child should be allowed to grow gradually and natually into the world. T 192 pages, paperback isbn: 1-85584-126-6 $20.00 304 pages, hardcover isbn: 1-58420-030-8 $24.95 w w w. s t e i n e r b o o k s . o r g 2 4 h o u r s — o r c a l l 7 0 3 - 6 6 1 - 1 5 9 4 9 a m – 5 p m E S T 17 Homeopathy & Spiritual Healing Secrets of the Skeleton Form in Metamorphosis L. F. C. MEES, M.D. R. M EES reveals the skeleton as an articulate work of art. Using phenomenological observations and artistic intuition, he carefully explores the anatomical facts of the human skeleton, with the beauty of many bones impressively described and illustrated through numerous parallel photographs and illustrations. D Medicine, Mythology & Spirituality Gold and the Philosopher’s Stone Recollecting the Past and Willing the Future Treating Chronic Physical and Mental Illness with Mineral Remedies RALPH TWENTYMAN HE AUTHOR places the problems of modern medicine in the context of the evolution of consciousness and the modern crisis of selfhood and community. He relates this to today’s all-too-common experience of loneliness in Dr. Mees discovers numerous intriguing cor- relation to the experience of individuality. In respondences of form, especially between contrast, he points to the dawning vision of bones of the lower body and those of the humankind as a “true being” itself — a living skull. Interpreting the gestural language hid- organism. The illnesses of our time are viewed den within the skeleton from the background in the context of a new era of evolution and of Rudolf Steiner’s spiritual science, Mees consciousness. reaches startling conclusions that support the R ALPH TWENTYMAN, MB, BCH, FFHOM, was reality of reincarnation and the concept of a a medical consultant at the Royal London body of formative forces, or what some call Homeopathic Hospital. the human “etheric body.” Mees also clarifies the types of metamorphosis as characterized by the living realms of plant, animal, and human, which sheds light on the creationist vs. evolutionary controversy and other contemporary spiritual dilemmas. T Rudolf Steiner Press 128 pages, paperback isbn: 1-85584-182-7 $24.00 Medicine for the Whole Person L. F. C. Mees, m.d., was born in 1902 in A Guide to Anthroposophical Remedies Amsterdam. He studied medicine there and became a student of the anthropologist DR. GEOFFREY DOUCH Louis Bolk. At the time, he also met Rudolf HIS BOOK provides a concise overview of the Steiner and became a lifelong student of philosophy of anthroposophic medicine. It Anthroposophy. From 1930 on, he practiced is a useful resource that describes the main general medicine in The Hague and was also therapies, including rhythmic massage, hya doctor and teacher at the Waldorf school drotherapy, sculpture therapy, and therapeutic there. In 1959, he and his wife established a speech. It also includes a list of common conclinic for artistic therapy in Dreibergen. In ditions and suggested remedies. 1969, he began writing extensively and lectur64 pages, paperback ing worldwide on medicine, evolution, educaisbn: 0-86315-362-3 tion, and other topics. $11.95 T PETER GRÜNEWALD, M.D. XAMINES THE spiritual aspects of using mineral remedies for chronic physical, neurological, developmental, emotional, behavioral, and mental conditions. Grünewald traces the effects of nine minerals and suggests that mineral therapy based on alchemical transformation involves the mysteries of evolutionary laws inherent in the physical and higher bodies. E 144 pages, paperback isbn: 1-902636-31-7 $35.00 An Occult Physiology RUDOLF STEINER 8 lectures, Prague, March 20–28, 1911 (CW 128) I N THESE revealing lectures, Steiner concentrates on the relationship between those forces and the human physical organs. In particular, he discusses the organs that make up our digestive and respiratory systems; the significance of “warmth” in the function of the blood and its effects on the I, or Ego; and the evolutionary process implicit in the formation of the spinal column and brain. He deals with all of this in a scientific way that will appeal equally to doctors and therapists, as well as students of Steiner’s spiritual science. These talks — long out of print — are also remarkably accessible to the general reader. 208 pages, paperback isbn: 1-85584-141-x $22.00 108 pages, paperback, 7 x 10 103 illustrations isbn: 0-88010-087-7 $25.00 18 Support the work of SteinerBooks—convenient and secure online ordering P h y s i o l o g y , Ps y c h o l o g y , S o u l W o r k Healthy Medicine A Guide to the Emergence of Sensible, Comprehensive Care ROBERT ZIEVE, M.D. Forewords by Dietrich Klinghardt, M.D., Ph.D. & James Oschman, Ph.D. D R. Z IEVE presents a new paradigm for health care that shows how to go beyond the limitations and deficiencies of today’s sickness care system. It embraces and synthesizes models of integrative medicine, energy medicine, and energy psychology into an effective and affordable approach to healing for everyone. This guide is for those wish to provide holistic health care for their patients as well as those prepared to make the needed changes in daily life to move toward healing. This includes understanding the daily disciplines of a healing process, the deeper psychological processes of illness, and the creative arts in their therapeutic roles. A Psychology of Body, Soul & Spirit Lifting the Veil of Mental Illness RUDOLF STEINER Introduction by Robert Sardello An Approach to Anthroposophical Psychology WILLIAM R. BENTO ENTO VIEWS imbalances of the human soul TEINER PROVIDES practices for inner and in an experiential and human way. Based on outer observation and moral development, the work of Rudolf Steiner, he looks at the leading us through the stages of preparation, human body, soul, and spirit, as well as the illumination, and initiation, to esoteric self-deeffects of the whole environment of physical velopment and new capacities of soul and spirphenomena, life forces, and spirit beings. He it, revealing previously hidden higher worlds. also considers the cosmic effects of sun, planRobert Sardello’s introduction places Steiner’s ets, and stars, offering a holistic view of the lectures in the context of modern psychology human soul. and offers insights into how to read and use this text for inner development and a deeper William R. Bento is a pioneer and author in understanding of spiritual science. psychosophy and astrosophy. He travels exThese may be Steiner’s most important lec- tensively as a speaker, teacher, and consultant. 12 Lectures, 1909–1911 (CW 115) S B tures on soul development and spiritual psychology. 272 pages, paperback isbn: 0-88010-397-3 $24.95 128 pages, paperback isbn: 0-88010-530-5 $20.00 Broken Vessels Robert J. Zieve, m.d., studied The Spiritual Structure of Human Frailty at the Ohio State University Our Twelve Senses RUDOLF STEINER College of Medicine as well Wellsprings of the Soul as homeopathic medicine, anIntroduction by Michael Lipson, Ph.D. throposophic medicine, and ALBERT SOESMAN 11 lectures, Sept. 8–18, 1924, Dornach (CW 318) Neural Therapy. He is an auOESMAN PRESENTS a lively way to experience thor, lecturer, and practitioner TEINER DESCRIBES specific inner structures and understand the human senses—not the of comprehensive medicine, homeopathy, Euof health and illness that escape ordinary usual five senses, but twelve senses. These are ropean biological medicine, anthroposophical perception, addressing such topics as sleepthe senses of touch, life, self-movement, balmedicine, neural therapy, nutrition, and enerance, smell, taste, vision, temperature, hearing, walking, hyperliteracy, the visions of St. Tegy medicine. He was medical director of the language, the conceptual, and the ego or self resa of Avila. He suggests approaches to aberFoxhollow Clinic in Kentucky and an affiliate senses. The author’s imaginative approach to rant inner structures and psychic difficulties, of Paracelsus Clinik in Switzerland. He is cothe senses makes this an accessible study guide using what he calls “pastoral medicine” founder and director of the Pine Tree Clinic for teachers, doctors, therapists, counsellors, 176 pages, paperback for Comprehensive Medicine in Prescott, Aripsychologists, and scientists. isbn: 0-88010-503-8 zona (www.pinetreeclinic.com). S 400 pages, paperback isbn: 0-88010-560-7 $24.95 S 162 pages, paperback isbn: 1-869890-75-2 $22.00 $25.00 w w w. s t e i n e r b o o k s . o r g 2 4 h o u r s — o r c a l l 7 0 3 - 6 6 1 - 1 5 9 4 9 a m – 5 p m E S T 19 P h y s i o l o g y , Ps y c h o l o g y , S o u l W o r k Phases Love and the World Thresholds of Initiation The Spiritual Rhythms of Adult Life A Guide to Conscious Soul Practice BERNARD LIEVEGOED HIS BESTSELLER describes the different periods of human life and the inner qualities and challenges that come with each stage. The author states that conventional physiological and psychological explanations of the human being are incomplete. Until the true self is recognized and acknowledged, one’s unique characteristics of and life path cannot have real meaning. ROBERT SARDELLO, JOSEPH L. HENDERSON ASING HIS study on Jung’s archetypal theory — especially that of initiation — Thresholds of Initiation represents thirty years of testing the theory in analytical practice. The author considers archetypes to be predictable patterns of inner conditioning that lead to certain essential changes and shows the parallels between individual psychological self-development and the rites that marked initiation in the past. Topics include the uninitiated; return of the mother; remaking a man; trial by strength; the rite of vision; thresholds of initiation; initiation and the principle of ego development in adolescence; and initiation in the process of individuation. T Bernard Lievegoed was a physician, educator, industrial psychologist, and a lifelong student of Anthroposophy. 216 pages, paperback isbn: 1-85584-056-1 $22.00 “Psychology, since it is we who study it, necessarily requires that the psyche be utilized to study the psyche. It therefore belongs inherently to the realm of practice. It is not a theory wandering around seeking application. We must do our psychology rather than theorize about the soul. And the doing of psychology is the doing of love — consciously, actively, and for the sake of others and the world.” —Robert Sardello Robert Sardello, ph.d., is a practicing psychotherapist and a cofounder of the Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture and of the School of Spiritual Psychology and a faculty member of the Chalice of Repose Project in Missoula, Montana. 224 pages, paperback isbn: 0-9701097-4-1 $16.95 The Anthroposophical Understanding of the Soul F. W. ZEYLMANS VAN EMMICHOVEN SE OF the word soul to denote the inner world of human experience has not been fashionable in recent psychology. Our inner life is always active as a whole, which calls for recognition of the human soul as an entity. Drawing on ideas of Goethe, Brentano, Husserl, Scheler, and Rudolf Steiner, the author uses the soul’s self-perception as a method of clarifying the mysteries of the inner life. In the process, the author shows that there is an area where psychology and philosophy of life overlap and cannot be entirely separated. U 170 pages, paperback isbn: 0-88010-019-2 $10.95 PH . D . Facing the World with Soul The Reimagination of Modern Life ROBERT SARDELLO, B PH . D . the myth of Sophia, or “Soul of the World,” Sardello evokes a sense that the world as filled with her presence. He goes on to suggest that the soul’s primary aspects—its arts of concentration, meditation, imagination, and contemplation—do not belong simply to individual consciousness, but constitute a surrender of subjective, personal states to the consciousness that is the soul of the world. He shows how we can begin to approach daily life in a new way by practicing these arts. EGINNING WITH 240 pages, paperback isbn: 1-5842-0014-6 $19.95 20 B 260 pages, paperback isbn: 1-88860-232-5 $24.95 The Speech of the Grail A Journey toward Speaking that Heals & Transforms LINDA SUSSMAN, A PH . D . ceremonialist explores speech that heals and transforms. Based on Wolfram von Eschenbach’s epic tale of the Grail, she shows how it depicts a path of initiation and “doing the truth” in word and action. She begins with a beautiful retelling of the story, allowing readers to inwardly reproduce the potent inner images of the text. Then she shows that it is not so much a path toward perfection as a recovery of the proper relationship with our own imperfections. She shows, too, that it is a path in which male and female aspects work together to overcome evil. STORYTELLER AND 296 pages, paperback isbn: 0-940262-69-x $18.95 Support the work of SteinerBooks—convenient and secure online ordering Anthroposophic Therapies Anthroposophical Therapeutic Speech Fundamentals of Artistic Therapy BARBARA DENJEAN-VON STRYK RITTEN FOR speech therapists and doctors, this book gives a precise, practical summary of anthroposophical therapeutic speech. Speech formation, or creative speech, is based on the ancient art of recitation and drama, and was revived and fundamentally redeveloped by Rudolf and Marie Steiner in the early 1920s. This therapeutic work is based on speech exercises and indications on how to use them, as given by Rudolf Steiner. The Nature and Task of the Painter W Barbara Denjean-von Stryk studied anthroposophical speech formation in England, in Germany, and under Christa Slezak-Schindler. She teaches speech formation in Germany and Switzerland, and has a practice for therapeutic speech. She is the mother of three children. DR. MARGARETHE HAUSCHKA ROM HER medical, artistic, therapeutic, and anthroposophical experience, the author gives a concentrated, clearly formed foundation for developing artistic therapy and for training therapists. Although written primarily for anthroposophic painting therapists, this important book — the fundamental work in its field — will interest anyone involved in medical and therapeutic work and all serious students of Anthroposophy. F Includes fifty full-color examples from the course of instruction at the School for Artistic Therapy in Böll, Germany. 96 pages, paperback isbn: 0-85440-434-1 $26.95 DIETRICH VON BONIN works as an art therapist in Bern, Switzerland. He teaches therapeutic speech at the Dora Gutbrod School in Switzerland and at the Speech School in East Grinstead, Sussex. 192 pages, paperback isbn: 0-86315-418-2 $50.00 Foundations of Curative Eurythmy MARGARETE KIRCHNER-BOCKHOLT N 1921, Rudolf Steiner delivered a series of lectures on curative eurythmy. Over the next years, when his advice was sought in cases of illness, he added to the initial therapeutic exercises and indications. For those who were unable to attend the original courses, Dr. KirchnerBockholt published the basic principles and an authentic collection of Steiner’s advice. This is Dr. Kirchner-Bockholt’s comprehensive handbook. It is both a guide for curative eurythmists in their therapeutic work as well as an introduction to this effective mode of therapy. I Dr. Margarete Kirchner-Bockholt was a medical doctor and eurythmist. She worked with Rudolf Steiner, who asked her to develop curative eurythmy and train curative eurythmists. She died in 1973. 192 pages, paperback isbn: 0-86315-466-2 $40.00 Light, Darkness, and Colour in Painting Therapy LIANE COLLOT D’HERBOIS HROUGH HER work as an art teacher, Liane Collot d’Herbois discovered that a person’s constitution, temperament, and illness are often revealed through the act of painting. Using Steiner’s remarks about color as a starting point—along with her own observations—the author developed her approach to therapeutic painting. Art therapy helps bring about balance and health in an individual through working with and understanding the relationship between the opposing tendencies of light and darkness, both in art and within the human makeup. T This guide is essential for understanding the processes of therapeutic painting and the use of colors for healing one’s body and soul. Liane Collot d’Herbois was born in 1907 in Cornwall. She studied painting in Birmingham and London. After encountering Rudolf Steiner’s work, an important stimulus to her artistic and therapeutic work, she worked with Dr. Ita Wegman to develop an approach to painting therapy. She lives in Holland. 258 pages, paperback isbn: 0-86315-327-5 $40.00 w w w. s t e i n e r b o o k s . o r g 2 4 h o u r s — o r c a l l 7 0 3 - 6 6 1 - 1 5 9 4 9 a m – 5 p m E S T 21 Anthroposophical Medicine Extending Practical Medicine Foundations of Anthroposophical Medicine Fundamental Principles Based on the Science of the Spirit A Training Manual RUDOLF STEINER & ITA WEGMAN Written 1924–1925 (CW 27) EDITORS T introduction to spiritual medicine was intended to revitalize the healing arts through spiritual knowledge. Without underrating or dismissing modern medicine, the authors extend allopathic medicine beyond its conventional materialistic views to a fuller comprehension of the human condition. They felt “it was important to add to existing knowledge the insights that can come from true perception of the spirit, enabling us to understand the processes of illness and healing.” HIS CLASSIC This extension of conventional medicine has been used and valued by numerous physicians and clinics around the world for nearly a century. 144 pages, paperback isbn: 1-85584-080-4 $19.95 BIE & MACHTELD HUBER, H ERE IS a comprehensive textbook for doctors who are studying anthroposophic medicine. Includes articles by Anton Dekkers, Erik Baars, Guus van der Bie, and others on topics such as “The Art and Science of Medicine”; “A Philosophical Foundation of Anthroposophical Medicine”; “Developing Dynamic Perception”; “Dynamic Morphology and Embryology”; “Metamorphosis: Essence and Manifestation”; “Pathology and Therapy”; “Working with the Texts of Rudolf Steiner”; and “The Anthroposophical Path of Inner Development.” This textbook is for everyone who seriously wishes to extend the healing process to include the whole human being. 320 pages, paperback isbn: 0-86315-417-4 $55.00 L. F. C. MEES, M.D. Mistletoe and Cancer Therapy CHRISTINE MURPHY, EDITOR SCADOR HAS been known for its therapeutic benefits for over eighty years. As early as 1917, Rudolf Steiner suggested using injections of mistletoe extract for the treatment of cancer. His recommendations were taken up and put into use by Dr. Ita Wegman, m.d., who founded a clinic in Switzerland, later called Lukas Klinic. I In this book, Christine Murphy gathers the work of doctors and clinicians who have been using Iscador. Dr. Richard Wagner, a German physician, answers many of the questions about Iscador he was asked during his years of practice as an oncologist and general practitioner, treating cancer patients with both conventional and alternative therapies. Dr. Thomas Schuerholz, a medical doctor specializing in cancer, offers an overview of the terms, procedures, and various approaches to cancer. 22 VAN DER Blessed by Illness Iscador 208 pages, paperback isbn: 1-93005-176-x $20.00 GUUS M is based on the idea that illness should not exist. Millions of dollars each year pour into research and technology in the hope of eradicating diseases. Yet, there is an alternate view. The author traces the history of our changing concept of healing, right up to modern medicine, which is based mostly on treating symptoms. ODERN MEDICINE The author asserts that true healing considers the whole human being and that doctors must learn the language of our natural, healing life forces, which affect not only the body, but also nature and the greater cosmos. From this perspective, illness is actually a gift, a blessing that urges both patient and doctor to work together with our illnesses for the sake of something infinitely greater: true healing. Dr. L. F. C. Mees is also the author of Secrets of the Skeleton. 250 pages, paperback isbn: 0-88010-054-0 $10.95 Support the work of SteinerBooks—convenient and secure online ordering Anthroposophical Medicine An Introduction to Anthroposophical Medicine Medicine Extending the Art of Healing RUDOLF STEINER HIS HANDY sampler gathers Steiner’s ideas on physiology, illnesses, medicine, and more. Topics include: true human nature as a basis for medical practice; the science of knowing; the mission of reverence; the four temperaments; the bridge between universal spirituality and the physical; the constellation of the supersensible bodies; the invisible human within us: the pathology underlying therapy; cancer and mistletoe; and aspects of psychiatry; case history questions: diagnosis and therapy; anthroposophic medicine in practice; and three case histories. VICTOR BOTT, M.D. R. B OTT offers an overview of a remarkable medicine, including the stages of human development; the roles of organs such as the lungs, liver, kidneys, and heart; various diseases; and the reasons for illnesses. He also discusses specific phenomena such as the menstrual cycle as well as the increasing prevalence of cancer. This volume informs doctors and therapists who want to learn more about anthroposophical medicine as well as laypersons who would like a deeper understanding of diseases and a key medical approach to dealing with them. D Victor Bott, m.d., maintained a private practice in Europe until his recent death. In this book he presents Rudolf Steiner’s philosophy within the context of his own modern medical training. He was the author of several books. 224 pages, paperback isbn: 1-85584-177-0 $22.00 Complete Healing Regaining Your Health through Anthroposophical Medicine MICHAEL EVANS, M.D. With Iain Rodger A adds the dimension of spiritual science to conventional, allopathic medicine to provide therapies for the whole human being. The resulting therapeutic opportunities offer the possibility of success when conventional treatment can only suppress symptoms. This broader range of therapies dramatically reduces the need for conventional pharmaceutical drugs. Medical therapies based on the principles Rudolf Steiner outlined have been used worldwide for more than seventy-five years. NTHROPOSOPHIC MEDICINE Dr. Michael Evans helped establish Park Attwood Clinic in Worcestershire, UK. IAIN RODGER is a BBC producer and freelance writer. 192 pages, paperback isbn: 0-88010-489-9 $14.95 An Introductory Reader T 240 pages, paperback, 5 x 7 isbn: 1-85584-133-9 $17.95 The Anthroposophical Approach to Medicine An Outline of a Spiritual Scientifically Oriented Medicine – vol. 1 FRIEDRICH HUSEMANN, M.D., & OTTO WOLFF, M.D., EDITORS ONVENTIONAL MEDICINE is strongly influenced by natural science, which focuses on material nature. Molecular biology is its foundation, with the result that our medical industry chases technology to solve all its problems and loses its real essence by moving into fields alien to human nature as a whole. Numerous doctors, however, are beginning to reexamine this exclusive worldview in favor of a more holistic approach to healing. C The Anthroposophical Approach to Medicine explores the body’s relationship to soul and spirit on the basis of Rudolf Steiner’s insights into the activities of the spiritual world. Edited by doctors Friedrich Husemann and Otto Wolff, this book invites us to an in-depth view of a true alternative to materialistically oriented medicine. Chapters include essays on childhood development and diseases; the disorders of old age; neuroses and psychological imbalances; pharmacology; healing plants; biochemistry and pathology; blood-work; and special diagnostic techniques. 414 pages, hardcover isbn: 0-88010-031-1 $39.95 w w w. s t e i n e r b o o k s . o r g 2 4 h o u r s — o r c a l l 7 0 3 - 6 6 1 - 1 5 9 4 9 a m – 5 p m E S T 23 Caring for Those with Special Needs Education for Special Needs Children with Special Needs A Thought Is Just a Thought The Curative Education Course MICHAEL LUXFORD CONCISE , ILLUSTRATED introduction to Steiner’s ideas on educating children with special needs. His insights have led to the creation of special schools, communities, and villages throughout the world, known collectively as the “curative education” movement. An important part of this are the Camphill schools and communitiesin some twenty countries. LESLIE TALLEY Foreword by Michael A. Jenike, M.D. RUDOLF STEINER 12 lectures, Dornach, June–July 1924 (CW 317) I N 1924 attitudes toward people with special needs were radically different than they are today. That year, a small group of teachers and doctors recognized the need for change in this area of education and asked Rudolf Steiner for this seminal lecture course as a fresh basis for renewing their work. Many decades later, the movement he inspired has grown enormously, with hundreds of homes around the world for both children and adults with special needs. Revolutionary in its approach, the far-reaching perspectives of this course remain a living source of inspiration to those in this field who are cultivating a spiritual approach. Steiner describes various polarities of illnesses and derives therapies from a comprehensive analysis. He considers individual cases in great detail and offers suggestions for therapeutic exercises and medical treatment. Throughout the course Rudolf Steiner gives valuable advice for the development of the educator’s own capacities. Features a revised translation, 15 color plates, and an index. 256 pages, paperback isbn: 1-85584-042-1 $28.00 A Michael Luxford worked in art therapy until joining the Camphill Pennine Community in 1971. There he specialized in working with disturbed adolescents. He is now a tutor on the Youth Guidance Course, which is attended by people who work with youth from all over the world. 128 pages, paperback isbn: 0-88010-381-7 $9.95 Autism A Holistic Approach BOB WOODWARD HE AUTHOR shows that dealing with autism is within the scope of most people. Using their extensive experiences and the findings of others in the field, the authors describe a holitic approach. With an extended program of physical, sensory, social, and play therapies, the autistic child can begin a path of self-discovery and self-recognition, leading to the beginning of social skills. T Bob Woodward has been active in the healing profession, living with and educating children with special educational needs for more than thirty years. 288 pages, paperback isbn: 0-86315-378-x $45.00 24 P OWERFULLY ILLUSTRATED, this is the compelling story of Jenny, who suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). It describes visits to a doctor, who notices that Jenny is afraid to stop tapping the wall and fears walking on the white tiles of the kitchen floor. He helps her overcome these fears by showing her how to rethink the bad thoughts, and eventually she stops dwelling on the thought and its irrational consequences, realizing that, after all, a thought is just a thought. The first book to help children confront a surprisingly common childhood illness. 32 pages, paperback, Illustrated isbn: 1-59056-065-5 $15.00 Questions of Destiny Mental Retardation and Curative Education CARLO PIETZNER H we think about and care for the mentally handicapped? These are the questions that Carlo Pietzner addresses in this important work. His topics include the origin and elements of the anthroposophic approach to curative education, the curative teacher, and inner conditions for curative educational work. OW SHOULD Carlo Pietzner (1915–1986), an artist and student of spiritual science, made significant contributions to the Camphill movement in Northern Ireland and North America. 60 pages, paperback isbn: 0-88010-264-0 $12.95 Support the work of SteinerBooks—convenient and secure online ordering H e a l t h f o r t h e Fa m i l y Boys Will Be Boys How I Feel The Vaccination Dilemma Breaking the Link Between Masculinity and Violence A Book About Diabetes CHRISTINE MURPHY, EDITOR URING THEIR first five years, children typically undergo thirty-seven doses of eleven different vaccines, yet relatively few parents are aware of the risks of chronic disease, injury, or death that some vaccines can present. A growing body of research has linked immunization with autism, seizures, asthma, arthritis, Crohn’s disease, and even hyperactivity and learning disabilities; yet we continue to use vaccination as “insurance” even against diseases that no longer pose a significant threat. MYRIAM MIEDZIAN R. M IEDZIAN presents a powerful examination of the way boys are raised in today’s society and how false notions of masculinity have led to many of today’s psychological and social problems. The parents of every growing boy should read this book. D Myriam Miedzian holds degrees in philosophy and clinical social work. She has been a professor of philosophy and lives in New York City. 386 pages, paperback isbn: 1-59056-035-3 $22.00 Storytelling with Children NANCY MELLON Foreword by Thomas Moore N M ELLON encourages you to spin golden tales and shows you how to become a confident storyteller. These methods, exercises and tips will help you to create a listening space; use the day’s events and rhythms to create stories; transform old tales and make up new ones; bring life to your personal and family stories; memorize stories through images; and use inner theatre, walkabout, and singing. ANCY Nancy Mellon has guided storytelling and writing groups for many years. A former Waldorf teacher, she has given storytelling and art therapeutic courses at many locations in the US and UK. 192 pages, paperback isbn: 1-903458-08-0 $17.95 MICHAEL OLSON HEN M ICHAEL Olson’s seven-year-old brother Steven developed juvenile diabetes, he and his family were shocked to discover how little information was available for children. In third grade at the time, Michael learned what he could in order to write and illustrate his own book based on Steven’s experience. He hoped that hospitals and clinics would give the book to children and families who face this lifelong illness. W Evocative illustrations capture Steven’s frightening but hopeful journey. 48 pages, paperback isbn: 1-59056-037-x $15.00 Addiction’s Many Faces Tackling Drug Dependency amongst Young People: Causes, Effects, and Prevention FELICITAS VOGT V you to consider your own addictions and their roots; why young people turn to drugs; the effects of drugs; personal growth, health, and relationships; and addiction prevention. Young people and parents speak from personal experience and offer practical insights on prevention, coping with family drug problems, and treatment options. OGT INVITES Felicitas Vogt has worked in drugs education since 1988, giving seminars all over the world on addiction, prevention and personal growth. isbn: 1-90345-817-x 128 pages, paperback $22.00 D This authors present the vaccination dilemma from multiple perspectives, clearly describing the immune system and how it works. It offers suggestions and makes a case for an alternate view of disease. Christine Murphy is a specialist in anthroposophical homeopathic medicines and therapies and a former editor of LILIPOH magazine. 144 pages, paperback isbn 1-930051-10-7 $15.00 Helping Children to Overcome Fear The Healing Power of Play RUSSELL EVANS HE IDEAS of Jean Evans, a play leader, have become core principles for preschools, play therapy, childcare, and pediatrics. These include child development through play and imitation; captivating children’s interest; encouragement as a basis for healing; guidelines for helping children feel safe and happy; and helping dying children and caring parents. Illustrated. T 128 pages, paperback isbn: 1-903458-02-1 $19.95 w w w. s t e i n e r b o o k s . o r g 2 4 h o u r s — o r c a l l 7 0 3 - 6 6 1 - 1 5 9 4 9 a m – 5 p m E S T 25 C h i l d r e n’ s H e a l t h A Guide to Child Health The Well Balanced Child MICHAELA GLÖCKLER & WOLFGANG GOEBEL his UPDATED classic offers advice on children’s physical, psychological, and spiritual development, combining medical advice with the essential issues of raising and educating children. The authors outline the connection between education and healing and discuss its implications for the raising healthy children. Medical, educational, and spiritual questions often overlap, and, when looking for the significance of any illness, it is necessary to study a child as a whole being of body, soul, and spirit. This book is based on many years of experience in working with children at an anthroposophically oriented hospital in Germany. Movement and Early Learning T Topics include childhood ailments, home care, healthy child development, how to create ideal conditions, and the lifelong effects of education. This book also presents cases of conflict and crisis and suggests solutions. 448 pages, paperback, 6 x 9 isbn: 0-86315-390-9 $36.00 Phases of Childhood Growing in Body, Soul and Spirit BERNARD LIEVEGOED L the three main stages of child development and the genetic and biographical potential revealed at each stage. He goes on to explore the practical application of these insights as an educational method in harmony with the child’s developing relationship with the surrounding world. IEVEGOED DESCRIBES 208 pages, paperback isbn: 0-86315-481-6 $19.95 26 SALLY GODDARD BLYTHE ALLY G ODDARD Blythe thoroughly explains why movement is so important for the healthy development of babies and young children. She describes movement, balance, reflexes, learning, and behavior in early education and how music affects brain development. The book includes songs, games, and activities that encourage learning at key stages of development. Here is a unique and holistic approach to the senses, the brain, play, and movement. It is also a valuable resource for helping parents and professionals assess children with learning difficulties and for dealing with learning and behavioral problems through movement. S 224 pages, paperback isbn: 1-903458-42-0 $24.95 The First Three Years of the Child KARL KÖNIG K the first three years of the life of the child in relation to the three major achievements of that time: learning to walk, to speak, and to think. These three basic faculties are what make us human, and their acquisition, König argues, is “an act of grace” in every child. He goes on to provide a detailed analysis of this extraordinarily complex process. ÖNIG EXAMINES This new edition of a classic is a must-read for every new parent and early-childhood teacher. Karl König (1902–1966) was a well-known physician, author, and lecturer who helped establish the Camphill movement. 138 pages, paperback isbn: 0-86315-452-2 $16.95 You Are Your Child’s First Teacher Children and Their Temperaments What Parents Can Do with and for Their Children from Birth to Age Six MARIEKE ANSCHUTZ RAWING ON an ancient tradition, Rudolf Steiner spoke of four fundamental types, or temperaments, belonging to the human personality, each of which has a different personal need and means of relating socially. Through her experience of working with children, the author provides a guide to children’s temperaments and their role in the development of character, health, and personality. RAHIMA BALDWIN DANCY OWADAYS PARENTS are bombarded by any number of approaches about how to be with their children. This book introduces a new way of understanding the human being so that parents can be best equipped to serve as their own children’s best teachers. This is an extraordinary work for parents who want to develop truly intelligent children and, in the process, unlock new levels of their own intelligence and spirit. N 396 pages, paperback isbn: 0-89087-967-2 $14.95 D Includes illustrations from home and school, in the context of Waldorf classrooms. 128 pages, paperback isbn: 0-86315-175-2 $13.95 Support the work of SteinerBooks—convenient and secure online ordering C h i l d r e n’ s H e a l t h A Child is Born Birth and Breastfeeding A Natural Guide to Pregnancy, Birth & Early Childhood Rediscovering the Needs of Women during Pregnancy and Childbirth LINDEN HIS CLASSIC natural-care book explains what newborn babies and small children need to develop the full potential of body, soul, and spirit. Beginning with the growing embryo during pregnancy, the author guides the reader through the birth; the postnatal period and breastfeeding; care of newborn babies; meals for babies; and caring for children when they are sick. He includes useful sections on bottlefeeding, almond milk, and water quality. This new expanded edition also discusses contraception, drugs, a father’s presence at birthing, thumb sucking, sleep, crib death, and more. MICHEL ODENT WILHELM T ZUR 224 pages, paperback isbn: 1-85584-192-4 $22.00 D URING THE natural birthing process, a woman releases a complex cocktail of “love hormones.” Today, however, many women give birth via caesarean section and use drugs to block the release of natural substances. “This unprecedented situation must be considered in terms of civilization,” says Odent. It gives us urgent new reasons to rediscover the basic needs of women in labor. Expectant parents, midwives, childbirth educators, those involved in public health, and all those interested in the future of humanity will find this a provocative and visionary book. 176 pages, paperback isbn: 1-902636-48-1 $22.00 Healing Massage for Babies and Toddlers JULIA WOODFIELD L OVING TOUCH and bodily contact is essential for the healthy development of babies and toddlers. The author of this book explains when massage can help and shows the connection between tactile stimulation and physiological reactions in children. Woodfield introduces various massage techniques: Leboyer’s method, RISS, kangaroo, and polarity. Photographs and illustrations help demonstrate these methods. This book is essential for parents who want to understand what they can do toward the well being of their children. Includes 60 photographs and 30 illustrations to demonstrate step-by-step methods. 128 pages, paperback isbn: 0-86315-456-5 $24.00 Primal Health The Good Sleep Guide Vaccination Understanding the Critical Period Between Conception & the First Birthday For You and Your Baby A Guide For Making Personal Choices ANGELA HENDERSON OES YOUR baby awake and cry frequently at night? Is it hard getting your young child to sleep at bedtime? If so, then here is a good night’s sleep for you and your baby! This tried and tested guide will help you resolve your child’s sleep problems. One third of parents with babies aged six months are woken up between one and eight times a night; yet you can prevent this situation happening with this sleep training program. DR. HANS-PETER STUDER Dr. Geoffrey Douch, editor MICHEL ODENT V ARIOUS ASPECTS of the “primal adaptive system” develop, regulate, and adapt during fetal life, birth, and infancy. Everything during this period influences primal health. Odent suggests that later well-being as adults and the ability to withstand hypertension, cancer, alcoholism, and failures of the immune system resulting in AIDS, allergies and viral diseases, can all be traced to society’s ignorance of the importance of the primal period. This is essential reading on the health of our children and the health of society as a whole. isbn: 1-902636-33-3 240 pages, paperback $24.00 D Angela Henderson is a psychologist and self-help writer. She speaks regularly about children’s sleep issues on radio and television. 96 pages, paperback isbn: 1-903458-35-8 $12.95 M ANY PARENTS are quite willing to follow official recommendations for child immunization, while others avoid every vaccination for their children. This guide helps parents reach informed decision based on clear information. It explains the levels of danger of various diseases, which may be related to a child’s age. It also describes the ways in which vaccinations work and explores their benefits and potential risks. This affordable guide is for all parents who are looking for the facts and for unbiased guidance. 96 pages, paperback isbn: 0-86315-455-7 $12.50 w w w. s t e i n e r b o o k s . o r g 2 4 h o u r s — o r c a l l 7 0 3 - 6 6 1 - 1 5 9 4 9 a m – 5 p m E S T 27 Diet & Health NEW! The Lantern Vegan Family Cookbook Brian McCarthy N you’ve become a vegan, you’re learning lots of ways to prepare tofu, but you or someone you love is really starting to miss macaroni and cheese, turkey dinners, pumpkin pie and birthday cake. Maybe you and your family feel self-conscious (and hungry) at holidays, picnics, and parties. Or maybe just one person in the family is vegan, but you need to create meals that everyone will eat. OW THAT Since the day Brian McCarthy and his wife, Karen, chose a vegan diet for their family ten years ago, Chef McCarthy has created over 400 simple vegan recipes with easy-to-find ingredients for traditional favorites like biscuits, corn bread, stews, pastas, pizzas, cakes, pies, and even egg(less) nog. All the recipes come from the McCarthy home kitchen and have passed the test of many family meals. For individuals or families who are concerned about animals, the environment, or their health, mealtimes just got a whole lot easier. Chef Brian P. McCarthy has been a professional cook for 25 years. While attending culinary college, he and his wife, Karen, began to educate themselves on the dangers of the typical American diet. The McCarthy family lives in Oregon, where they have enjoyed a vegan diet for the past ten years. The McCarthy family will donate ten percent of their royalties to nonprofit agencies dedicated to helping the earth’s environment. 336 pages, paperback isbn: 1-59056-087-6 $20.00 101 Reasons Why I’m a Vegetarian The Vegan Diet As Chronic Disease Prevention PAMELA RICE Evidence Supporting the New Four Food Groups A scholarship and dedication, this is sure to become the handy reference work for vegetarians who want to give their meat-eating friends one book that explains why they do what they do, and for meat-eaters who want to understand all the arguments for a meatless diet. Ms. Rice covers everything from the conditions for animals on factory farms to disappearing fish stocks, lagoons of animal waste, high incidences of heart disease, colon cancer and other diseases, and other information from industry periodicals, newspapers, magazines, Web sites, and other less readily available sources. 10 black and white illustrations. WORK OF Pamela Rice is the editor of The VivaVine, based in New York City. 256 pages, paperback isbn: 1-59056-075-2 $18.00 The World Peace Diet Eating for Spiritual Health and Social Harmony WILL TUTTLE T IS becoming increasingly obvious that the choices we make about our food are leading to environmental degradation, enormous human health problems, and unimaginable cruelty toward our fellow creatures. Incorporating systems theory, teachings from mythology and religions, and the human sciences, Tuttle suggests how we as a species might move our consciousness forward so that we can be more free, more intelligent, more loving, and happier in the choices we make. I KERRIE K. SAUNDERS DIET BASED on the New Food Four Groups can help prevent or alleviate chronic diseases, often without the need for pills, surgery, or fad diets. In this thoroughly researched and comprehensive guide, Dr. Saunders points the way to new standards of health and health care for the twenty-first century. A Dr. Kerrie Saunders is a Master’s level psychologist, Certified Prevention Consultant, and a Certified Addictions Counselor. She took doctoral level coursework at Miami University in Ohio and the University of Michigan before graduating with a doctorate in Natural Health from Clayton College in Birmingham, Alabama. 220 pages, paperback isbn: 1-59056-038-8 $15.00 Good News for All Creation Vegetarianism As Christian Stewardship STEPHEN R. KAUFMAN, M.D. & NATHAN BRAUN SING TRADITIONAL Christian sources, the authors assert that plant-based diets reflect the love, compassion, and peace of Christ and constitute good, responsible stewardship of God’s creation. U 160 pages, paperback isbn: 0-97166-760-8 $12.00 272 pages, paperback isbn: 1590560833 $18.00 28 Support the work of SteinerBooks—convenient and secure online ordering Diet & Health Foodwise Nutrition Understanding What We Eat and How It Affects Us A Holistic Approach WENDY E. COOK I T HER daughter’s illness, Wendy Cook began to study the deep aspects of nutrition, and particularly the effects of various foods on human health and consciousness. In Foodwise, she presents a cornucopia of ideas, advice, and commentary, informed by the work of Rudolf Steiner. HROUGH Cook relates human evolution to changes in consciousness and the consumption of different foods, considering the importance of agricultural methods, the nature of the human being, the significance of grasses and grains, the mystery of human digestion and the question of vegetarianism. She also analyzes the nutritional (or otherwise) qualities of carbohydrates, minerals, fats and oils, milk and dairy products, herbs and spices, salt and sweeteners, stimulants, legumes, the nightshade family, bread, water and dietary supplements. She ends this comprehensive survey of nutrition with practical tips on cooking, planning menus, children’s food and sharing meals — and some mouth-watering recipes! Wendy E. Cook is a writer and speaker on nutritional issues. She studied macrobiotics as well as Rudolf Steiner’s approach to nutrition and agriculture (biodynamics). Having discovered how life-changing nutrition can be, she devoted herself to cooking and teaching. More recently she was resident at Schumacher College while simultaneously studying for a degree in Waldorf Education at Plymouth University. 352 pages, paperback isbn: 1-902636-39-2 $34.00 DR. RUDOLF HAUSCHKA N AN age of mass food production, Hauschka considers one of the most neglected aspects of nutrition—food quality. He discusses aspects of food that can be measured by conventional scientific means, as well as aspects that defy quantification by the usual methods. He relates these findings to a historical survey of food cultivation, preparation, and preservation, as well as to the question of today’s chemically treated foods. Also included are concise dietary suggestions by Dr Margarethe Hauschka for various illnesses and a healthier life. Rudolf Hauschka (1891–1969), a chemist, researched natural rhythms at the institute in Arlesheim, Switzerland. Numerous medicinal and beauty products are based on his tireless research. 248 pages, paperback isbn: 1-85584-117-7 $28.00 Ayurvedic Cooking Made Easy 100+ Recipes for a Healthy You KUMUDA REDDY, M.D. N THIS comprehensive guide to Ayurvedic cooking—complete with a set of delicious and easy-to-make recipes—the physician and naturopath Dr. Reddy shows you how to determine whether your body type is vata, pitta, or kapha, allowing you to optimize your individual health through healthy and nutritious meals that suit your body type. Ayurvedic medicine works by enlivening the body’s inner intelligence and enhancing the immunity of the individual. I Kumuda Reddy, m.d., has been practicing medicine for twenty years. She completed her training at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York. She is a former member and anesthesiologist at Albany Medical College. 192 pages, paperback isbn: 1-59056-067-1 $15.00 Carbophobia! The Scary Truth About America’s LowCarb Craze MICHAEL GREGER, M.D. N THE first six months of 2004, no fewer than 1,864 new “low-carb” products were launched — everything from low-carb pasta to low-carb gummy bears and soft drinks. Warnings from the medical community, however, continue to pour in. How have the low-carb diet gurus managed to mislead so many people onto a diet that is opposed by so many — including the American Dietetic Association, the American Medical Association, the National Academy of Sciences, the American Cancer Society, the American Heart Association, and the National Institutes of Health? I In Carbophobia!, Dr. Michael Greger gathers decades of research to decisively debunk the purported “science” behind low-carb claims. Carbophobia! documents just how ineffective the Atkins Diet and other low-carb plans have been when it comes to producing sustainable weight loss, listing the known hazards inherent to the diet. This is not a case of academic “he said/she said,” but a case of major food-industry players choosing to ignore current, scientifically substantiated dietary recommendations to protect their bottom line, regardless of the human cost. 176 pages, paperback isbn: 1-59056-086-8 $12.00 w w w. s t e i n e r b o o k s . o r g 2 4 h o u r s — o r c a l l 7 0 3 - 6 6 1 - 1 5 9 4 9 a m – 5 p m E S T 29 Biodynamics & Healing What Is Biodynamics? Bees Agriculture A Way to Heal and Revitalize the Earth RUDOLF STEINER Introduction by Günther Hauk Essay on the Art of Joseph Beuys by David Adams An Introductory Reader RUDOLF STEINER Introduction by Hugh Courtney S and Courtney’s extensive introduction offer an entry to understanding the practice of biodynamic methods and their spiritual and esoteric background. Based on a deep understanding of the life forces at work in nature, biodynamic farmers and gardeners use special preparations to increase the energetic quality of the soil, stimulating plant growth and health, going beyond conventional organic practices. TEINER’S LECTURES 200 pages, paperback isbn: 0-88010-540-2 $18.00 Agriculture Course The Birth of the Biodynamic Method 8 lectures, Dornach, Feb.–Dec. 1924 (CW 348) I 1923 Steiner predicted that we would soon see the consequences of mechanizing the forces that had previously operated organically in the beehive. Today the honeybee is in grave danger around the world. In these talks, Steiner describes the unconscious wisdom of the beehive and its connection to our experience of health, culture, and the cosmos. Bees is essential reading for those interested in grasping the real nature of honeybees and healing today’s crisis of the beehive. N Includes an essay by David Adams, “From Queen Bee to Social Sculpture: The Artistic Alchemy of Joseph Beuys.” 240 pages, paperback isbn: 0-88010-457-0 $18.95 RUDOLF STEINER 8 lectures, Koberwitz, Jun 7–16, 1924 (CW 327) S and launched “biodynamic” farming—a form of agriculture that has come to be regarded as the best organically produced food. However, the agriculture Steiner speaks of here is much more than organic—it involves working with the cosmos, with the earth, and with spiritual beings. To facilitate this, Steiner prescribes specific “preparations” for the soil, as well as other distinct methods born from his profound understanding of the material and spiritual worlds. He presents a comprehensive picture of the complex dynamic relationships at work in nature and gives basic indications of the practical measures needed to bring them into full play. TEINER CREATED 176 pages, paperback isbn: 1-85584-148-7 $26.00 30 The Biodynamic Sowing & Planting Calendar 2006 MARIA THUN & MATTHIAS K. THUN HE ORIGINAL biodynamic sowing and planting calendar. This useful guide shows gardeners the optimum days for sowing, pruning, and harvesting various plant crops and for working with bees. Presented in color with clear symbols and explanations. T Maria Thun has gardened all her working life and is an authority on biodynamics. Her annual sowing and planting calendar is published in 18 languages. RUDOLF STEINER, HIS IS one of a series of books that gather Rudolf Steiner’s ideas on specific areas of spirit, culture, science, the arts, and nature. Topics in this concise collection include the evolving human being; cosmos as the source of life; plants and the living earth; farms and the realms of nature; bringing the chemical elements to life; soil and the world of spirit; supporting and regulating life processes; spirits of the elements; nutrition and vitality; responsibility for the future. T 256 pages, paperback isbn: 1-85584-113-4 $17.95 Results from the Biodynamic Sowing & Planting Calendar MARIA THUN T shows that, if farmers and gardeners link their work into these cosmic rhythms, the quality of their produce is markedly increased. Avoiding unsuitable days is shown to help prevent crop damage through disease and pests. Includes sections on the stars, the soil, composting and manuring, weeds, and pests, as well as growing cereals, vegetables, herbs, fruit, and vinyards. HIS BOOK 224 pages, paperback isbn: 0-86315-420-4 $30.00 64 pages, paperback isbn: 0-86315-458-1 $12.00 Support the work of SteinerBooks—convenient and secure online ordering Biodynamics & Healing Bach Flower Remedies Form and Function 70 Years A-Growing Aromatherapy JEAN WESTLAKE A Wallchart JULIAN BARNARD story — seventy years in the making — tells of a life committed to biodynamic gardening. It is an enticing autobiography of the Westlake family, from developing a well-known vacation retreat to their acclaimed produce. CARO TULLOCH Illustrated by Ann Ross Paterson B how Bach made his discoveries and examines the living qualities of the plants in their context and how the remedies are actually produced. The result is remarkably accessible introduction to flower remedies that also serves as a trumpet call to a new relationship to nature. Illustrated. ARNARD DESCRIBES Julian Barnard has lived and worked in Walterstone on the Welsh border for the past twenty years. Born in the Thames Valley in 1947, he was brought up with a love of plants. He went to school at Oxford and trained at the Architectural Association in London. Finding a copy of The Twelve Healers led to a training in herbal medicine with Dorothy Hall in Australia. 320 pages, paperback isbn: 1584200243 $25.00 Gardening for Life The Biodynamic Way MARIA THUN W HETHER YOU are an experienced gardener or new, this book offers accessible tips on: favorable times for planting, harvesting, and growing; ways to combat pests and diseases; building soil fertility; and how the planets and stars affect plant growth. This is a practical guide for anyone who wants to garden or farm in true harmony with the forces of nature. 128 pages, paperback isbn: 1-86989-032-9 $30.00 T HIS MAGICAL The humor and intriguing stories of this fascinating life contain a gold mine of gardening information. 70 Years A-Growing will appeal to more than gardening enthusiasts; it is an eminently enjoyable story of a fascinating family. Part of the Hawthorn Press Art & Science series; illustrated. 272 pages, paperback isbn: 1-869890-37-x $26.00 The Origins of the Organic Movement PHILIP CONFORD N THIS history of twentieth century “green” culture, Philip Conford — a well-respected author in the field of ecological issues — chronicles the surprising origins of the organic movement in Britain and America between the 1920s and 1960s. He reveals that the early exponents of the organic movement belonged, in fact, more to extreme right-wing conservative groups, reacting to industrialization and the increasing threat to traditional country life, closely associated with socialist politics. I 280 pages, paperback isbn: 0-86315-336-4 $40.00 A ROMATHERAPY IS a term coined by French chemist René Maurice Gattefossé during the 1920s to describe the practice of using essential oils taken from plants, flowers, roots, and seeds for healing. It is the “essence” of the oil that gives it therapeutic value. Usually, the oil is rubbed onto the skin or ingested in a tea or other liquid. Also, vapors are sometimes used. Some aromatherapists even consider cooking with herbs a type of aromatherapy. This attractive chart provides the key information needed to safely and effectively practice aromatherapy. The main section lists and describes the essential oils for aromatherapy; another section lists various symptoms (such as headaches, depression, stress, and arthritis) and suggests aromas that can alleviate them; and a third section tells about different ways to use the oils. isbn: 0-86315-595-2 16 x 23 inches, poster $9.95 Biodynamic Agriculture WILLY SCHILTHUIS CONCISE , ILLUSTRATED introduction to the biodynamic approach to agriculture by the president of the Dutch Biodynamic Association. She has written several books on the subject. A 128 pages, paperback isbn: 0-86315-397-6 $14.95 w w w. s t e i n e r b o o k s . o r g 2 4 h o u r s — o r c a l l 7 0 3 - 6 6 1 - 1 5 9 4 9 a m – 5 p m E S T 31 Healing Sound & Inner Development Kabbalah of Prayer Exhale Uncovering the Voice Sacred Sounds and the Soul’s Journey An Overview of Breathwork The Cleansing Power of Song SHULAMIT ELSON GUNNEL MINETT VALBORG WERBECK-SVÄRDSTRÖM, LSON WRITES with eloquence and authority HERE IS a spiritual aspect of breathing that Afterword by Dr. E. Kolisko about our soul’s journey, our place in the has been known throughout human history, HROUGH EXPERIENTIAL exercises and careuniverse, and our relationship to God through and today yoga and Tai Chi have reintroduced ful reasoning, Uncovering the Voice provides a prayer. She shares the ancient teachings and the this knowledge to the Western world. Exhale new, spiritually enlivened interpretation of sacred sounds of the Kabbalah in ways that re- takes a comprehensive look at the role of the processes involved in singing. It develops connect us with the Eternal, changing our lives the breath, or “breathwork,” for physical and knowledge of the essential nature of song, and forever. We learn of her journey from an Or- psychological well being. It contrasts various summons us to work for the purity and preserthodox Jewish family, on a voyage of discovery techniques and compares ancient knowledge vation of true singing. that took her into a secular life of poetry and with the most current research in the West. travel throughout Europe. She shows how it is possible to use the breath First published in Germany in 1938, Uncovto achieve positive changes for body and mind. ering the Voice disappeared under the weight of Faced with personal difficulties and waking political events and the Second World War Includes simple breathing exercises. visions, she began a path of meditation. Gifts and was not republished until the 1970s. of healing and prophecy followed. Eventually Gunnel Minett is a psychologist, breathshe met her Maggid — the traditional Kab- worker, and author. She lives in Cambridge, This new edition includes a biographical account of the author by Jürgen Schriefer, as balistic answering angel — with whose help UK. well as previously unpublished photographs. she developed a series of meditative “Sound 224 pages, paperback Prayers.” Elson explains the theological, cos240 pages, paperback isbn: 0-86315-464-6 mological, and esoteric foundations upon isbn: 1-85584-147-9 $38.00 which “Sound Prayer” is based. We are intro$25.00 duced to the ancient wisdom of the Kabbalah, Yoga of Heart the “Tree of Life,” and the structure of the Intervals, Scales, Tones soul in its relationship with God. We learn The Healing Power And the Concert Pitch c = 128 Hz the true nature of prayer, how it relates to of Intimate Connection Tikkun Olam (“Repair of the World”), and MARK WHITWELL MARIA RENOLD how “Sound Prayer” relates to different anHY IS it that certain intervals, scales, and E ARE taken into the ancient past when gelic levels of being and truth. tones sound genuine, while others sound yoga still participated in the very source Shulamit Elson is a profoundly gifted of Life. We explore the tantric dimensions of false? Is the modern person able to experience spiritual teacher whose work takes her hatha yoga and how it links the mind to the a qualitative difference in a tone’s pitch? If so, throughout Europe, India, Asia, and the wonder of life. The author shows how hatha what are the implications for modern concert Holy Land. She also teaches yoga participates in life’s polarities united by pitch and how instruments of fixed tuning are extensively within the United male surrender to the female principle. tuned? States, and individuals from Renold tackles these other questions with a all over the world make their Mark Whitwell is resident teacher at Sacred wealth of scientific data and by using Rudolf way to her home in upstate Movement Center for Yoga and Healing in Steiner’s spiritual science as a basis, elucidatLos Angeles. He has a son who lives in a New York. ing many of his enigmatic statements about Camphill community in New Zealand. 192 pages, paperback music. E T T W isbn: 1-58420-017-0 $20.00 32 192 pages, paperback 8 x 10, illustrated isbn: 1-59056-068-x $19.95 W 208 pages, 9 x 12 hardcover isbn: 1-902636-46-5 $65.00 Support the work of SteinerBooks—convenient and secure online ordering Inspiration & Words of Healing Becoming Being Consciousness Bliss An Endless Trace A Call to Love A Seeker’s Guide CLAIRE BLATCHFORD HEN SHE published Turning anonymously ten years ago, readers responded gratefully, and it quickly became one of those “secret” books of consolation passed from heart to heart. Now comes a treasury of meditations received in the soul, leading us deeper in spiritual trust and confidence—a further source of growth and renewal for many in times of need. ASTRID FITZGERALD The Passionate Pursuit of Wisdom in the West W Claire Blatchford became deaf from the mumps as a child. She has taught the deaf for many years and lives with her husband in northwestern Massachusetts. 184 pages, paperback isbn: 1-58420-022-7 $16.00 Friend of My Heart Meeting Christ in Everyday Life CLAIRE BLATCHFORD E ARE shown how to listen and hear from our inner and outer lives. These messages are put into the context of the author’s life, that enable us, in the context of our own lives, to enter a relationship with this Being who is the Friend of every heart. W 160 pages, paperback isbn: 0-940262-94-0 $14.95 Turning Words Heard from Within CLAIRE BLATCHFORD ESSAGES OF guidance, companionship, and comfort, heard intimately in the soul of a faithful listener over decades of inner experience. A gift to inspire and encourage. M 196 pages, hardcover isbn: 0-9701097-7-6 $12.95 F us a rich, profound, and CHRISTOPHER BAMFORD eminently accessible compendium of wis- Introduction by Philip Zaleski dom that will help orient people toward a “Bamford embraces a difficult subject with personal pasmore fruitful spiritual search. Drawing on a sion, rendering it with a poetry and incision that sincere dazzling array of sources, including the inreaders will find deeply inspiring.” sights of G.I. Gurdjieff and P.D. Ouspensky —Publishers Weekly as well as the spiritual traditions of the East, WO POWERFUL motives weave beneath the it gives a clear and compelling account of the surface of our spiritual history: the desire to true inner structure of the human being and know and the desire to love. The secret history how it may be developed to its full potential. of the West is the story of saints, mystics, alAstrid Fitzgerald is an artist and writer and chemists, poets, and philosophers trying to unite a passionate student of the Perennial Philoso- these two streams and celebrate—in the world phy who has applied its principles to her life and in their own persons—the sacred marriage and art for over thirty years. She is a member of Logos and Sophia, Word and Wisdom. of the Society for the Study of the Human This inspiring book is an impressionistic hisBeing, Inc. in New York City. tory of the Western spiritual tradition that 336 pages, paperback follows the traces—from ancient Greece to isbn: 0-9701097-8-4 modern times—of those who, realizing that $24.00 they must overcome themselves to love the An Artist’s Book of world and one another, sought to know the world and themselves. Inspiration ITZGERALD GIVES T A Collection of Thoughts on Art, Artists, and Creativity Christopher Bamford is the editor in chief of SteinerBooks and its imprints. A COLLECTED & EDITED BY ASTRID FITZGERALD Fellow of the Lindisfarne COLLECTION OF thoughts from artists and Association, he has lectured, thinkers of the past and present, lovingly taught, and written widely gathered for many years in the personal jour- on Western spiritual and nals of artist and author Astrid Fitzgerald. It esoteric traditions and is also the author of reveals something of the mystery in which cre- The Voice of the Eagle: The Heart of Celtic Christianity. ativity finds its way from the energies of the He has translated and edited numerous books, cosmos into the imagination and faculties of including Celtic Christianity, Homage to Pythagoras, the individual artist and eventually into the and The Noble Traveller (all published by Lindsolitude of the studio and finally into a work isfarne Books). HarperSanFrancisco included of art. An inspiration for any thinking person. an essay by Mr. Bamford in its anthology Best Spiritual Writing 2000. 256 pages, paperback A isbn: 0-940262-76-2 $18.95 304 pages, paperback isbn: 1-930337-07-8 $19.95 w w w. s t e i n e r b o o k s . o r g 2 4 h o u r s — o r c a l l 7 0 3 - 6 6 1 - 1 5 9 4 9 a m – 5 p m E S T 33 Healing Stories To Cause a Death The Way of the Prisoner The Aftermath of an Accidental Killing Breaking the Chains of Self through Centering Prayer & Centering Practice Spirit of the Mountain SHELLEY DAVIDOW N THIS fictional story, written especially for KELLY CONNOR young people, Emily has an eating disorder, ENS S OERING J HE AUTHOR was a carefree teenager with her and each day she slips further away from those life ahead of her when she hit and killed an ENTERING P RAYER is a process of inner puaround her. It seems her only help is Anna — a elderly pedestrian while driving to work. Kelly’s rification and opening the mind and heart healer and herbalist who possesses the wisdom life sank into the depths of despair, mental hos- to God. Soering, a prison inmate, tells how this of ancient customs and traditions. Anna offers pitals, and a failed suicide attempt. After twen- practice enable him to survive the daily pain of Emily knowledge of a world she could scarcely ty years of guilt and agony, the author found prison life. He shows how we can all transform imagine. Waldorf education and Anthroposophy, which our own prisons, into a means of salvation. Shelley Davidow is originally saved her and led to a path of personal and Jens Soering is a German citifrom South Africa. She was a spiritual development. The story shows how zen and Centering Prayer pracnominee for the first Macmilthis author’s life allowed her to comprehend titioner who has been incarcerlan Writer’s Prize for Africa in the tragic accident of her ated since 1986. His case has 2002, and is the author of nuyouth. Much has been writbeen featured on Court TV and merous books for children and ten by relatives and friends A&E’s City Confidential. He has young adults. She now lives in of victims, but little exists written for America, Sojourners, the U.S. with her husband and on the impact such events The Merton Annual, and numerous other publison. have on the perpetrators. cations. T C 208 pages, paperback isbn: 1-902636-55-4 $21.00 A Slice of Life A Personal Story of Healing through Cancer 352 pages, paperback isbn: 1-59056-055-8 $17.95 A Race for Life A Diet and Exercise Program for Superfitness and Reversing the Aging Process LEE STURGEON-DAY HEN L EE Sturgeon-Day was diagnosed RUTH E. HEIDRICH, PH.D with breast cancer, she chose anthropoN HER mid-forties, Ruth Heidrich was diagsophic medicine, a “whole person” approach nosed with breast cancer. After undergoing a based on the ideas of Rudolf Steiner. double mastectomy, she challenged herself to Three years later, her annual check-up showed the punishing Ironman Triathlon, a test of enher to be completely clear. In this account of durance involving a 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile her illness and healing, she writes vividly and bike ride, and a 26.2-mile marathon run. Twenclearly of all she learned ty years later, Heidrich is still running, cancerthrough her experience. free, and positive about life. This is her story. Above all, she learned that She describes her fight with cancer, the healing she did not have to—nor powers of proper nutrition, and the rewards of could she—do it all by herrunning the toughest races in the world. self. 192 pages, paperback W 160 pages, paperback isbn: 0-86315-356-9 $17.95 34 I isbn: 1-93005-100-x $15.00 I 144 pages, paperback isbn: 0-86315-427-1 $10.00 The Jewel in the Wound How the Body Expresses the Needs of the Psyche and Offers a Path to Transformation ROSE-EMILY ROTHENBERG HIS IS the compelling story of how the author’s disfiguring scars guided her search for a connection with her mother, who died at her birth, and, ultimately, to psychological development. Her scars became the sacred jewels that illuminated a pathway of self-understanding. Told in the context of Jungian analysis, she explains how her journey led to Africa and to shamans who helped her unveil the symbolic and spiritual meaning behind her own physical and psychological scars. T Includes twenty color illustrations. 216 pages, paperback isbn: 1-88860-216-3 $29.95 Support the work of SteinerBooks—convenient and secure online ordering Death. Dying & the Threshold Staying Connected Crossing the Threshold How to Continue Your Relationships with Those Who Have Died Practical and Spiritual Guidance on Death and Dying RUDOLF STEINER Introduction by Christopher Bamford NICHOLAS WIJNBERG & PHILIP MARTYN HE AUTHORS offer guidance for all aspects of death and dying. Through the perspective of Rudolf Steiner’s teachings, they examine various circumstances and offer advice on such matters as funeral arrangements, the body, legal issues, wills, and how to relate to the departed souls. T “This is what it comes down to: that we learn to experience that those who have passed through the gate of death have only assumed another form. Having died, they stand before our feelings like those who, through life experiences, have traveled to distant lands, whither we can follow them only later. We have therefore nothing to fear but a time of separation. Spiritual science must help us learn to feel and experience this in the most living way we can.” —Rudolf Steiner HE IDEA of “working with the dead”— maintaining, continuing, and enhancing our relationships with those who have died—was fundamental to Steiner’s work. This volume collects a rich harvest of his thoughts on the subject, gathered over many years. Steiner spoke directly from his own experience and formulated various meditation practices and verses that worked for him. We learn the usefulness of reading to the dead; to use verbs (instead of nouns) when we speak with them; the importance of those sacred moments on the edge of sleep for asking questions and receiving answers; how our memories of the dead are like “art” to them; and that we must cultivate community, gratitude, and confidence in life. We learn, too, of the many ways discarnate souls can help us in our earthly work, and of the many ways we can help them. Also included are many of the mantras Steiner gave to his students for connecting with those who have died. This important volume will help those who want to deepen their relationships to the living, to those who have died, or to the spiritual world itself. T A Christian Book of the Dead Accompanying Their Journey after Death MARGARETE VAN HANS STOLP DEN BRINK & W HAT HAPPENS to us after death? How do we stay connected and even help those who have died? Answers to these questions were prevalent among the first Christians but ignored by the Church. By examining “neardeath” experiences, biblical texts, and Christ’s In addition, the authors clarify Steiner’s ap- activity after death, the authors reexamine the proach to the question of how funerals should views of early esoteric Christianity. be conducted—in particular how his advice Margarete van den Brink is a consultant to relates to members of the Christian Commu- organizations. She is also the author of More nity and the Anthroposophical Society. Precious Than Light and Transforming People and Or- 80 pages, paperback isbn: 1-902636-42-2 $17.95 ganizations. 160 pages, paperback isbn: 1-903458-31-5 The Journey Continues $27.00 Finding a New Relationship to Death One Step at a Time GILBERT & SYLVIA CHILDS FTEN, THE most trying and difficult challenge many of us ever face in life is dealing with the death of a loved one. The authors show us how to find a new relationship with death by understanding that the journey of life goes beyond the point at which we shed our physical body. Basing his position on the work of Rudolf Steiner, they provide an overview of the human being as a composite of body, soul, and spirit. The authors describe how communion can be achieved between the living and the dead and follow the passage of the individual soul in the life after death. Mourning a Child O 112 pages, paperback isbn: 1-85584-086-3 $15.95 BETTY MADILL A N INVALUABLE source of comfort for those dealing with the loss of a child. Written from personal experience, the author offers suggestions for a path of healing and acceptance. Her advice ranges from dealing with a child’s belongings to working through debilitating grief and feelings of guilt and helplessness. Betty Madill lost her three-year-old daughter, Lisa, in a swimming pool accident in 1983, which led her to work as a counselor to help people work through the loss of a child. isbn: 0-86315-338-0 128 pages, paperback, $13.95 288 pages, paperback isbn: 0-88010-462-7 $19.95 w w w. s t e i n e r b o o k s . o r g 2 4 h o u r s — o r c a l l 7 0 3 - 6 6 1 - 1 5 9 4 9 a m – 5 p m E S T 35 Nature & Spirit Be lle e s t s r! Turned Upside Down A Workbook on Earth Changes and Personal Transformation Nature Spirits and What They Say What the Angels Need to Tell Us Now Interviews with Verena Staël von Holstein Receiving, Considering and Acting on Their Messages Marko Pogacnik WOLFGANG WEIRAUCH, EDITOR ERENA STAËL von Holstein has gained the capacity to see and speak with nature spirits. In this remarkable book, we hear what fire spirits, air spirits, water spirits, and stone spirits have to say. We also hear from a glass spirit, two house spirits, a salt spirit, a paper spirit, HETHER WE like it or not, we earthlings and a silver spirit. They speak of their involveare about to enter a dramatic period of ment with nature and their of lack of human change. The physical earth is changing; it is en- contact, of cosmic secrets and about the past tering a multidimensional form. The purpose and future of humankind. They share views of physical earth as we know it was to help on the environment, on natural disasters, good us individuate. Now it is time to enter a new and evil, and love and redemption. series of dimensions. The earth is about to give in to a new multidimensional conscious- Wolfgang Weirauch studied theology at the ness. This cannot happen, however, unless we Christian Community seminar in Stuttgart. understand that, as human beings, we are be- He publishes Flensburger Hefte, an anthroposing asked to change. We are being asked to let ophic journal on topical issues. go of our attachments to physical things. We 256 pages, paperback isbn: 0-86315-462-x must learn to let go. Resistance and panic will $25.00 only hinder the inevitable processes of evolutionary transformation. Guardian Angels “Since February 1998, the Earth has accelerated her cycles of change. We are also urged to accelerate our own processes of change. I try to provide useful insights into the cycles of change and create possibilities for fellow human beings to become creative interactors with the flow of Earth changes.” — Marko Pogacnik V W Marko Pogacnik presents simple exercises and meditations that will not only help us survive and adapt, but will also help the Earth herself bring forth her true Self. Marko Pogacnik was born in Slovenia, studied sculpting at university, and acquired an international reputation in conceptual land art. He developed this further into “Earth lithopuncture,” with the goal of healing disturbed landscapes and power points. He leads seminars in earth healing in several countries and provides advice on landscape matters for communities and businesses. He lectures at the Hagia Chora School for Geomancy. 280 pages, paperback isbn: 1-58420-025-1 $20.00 36 Connecting with Our Spiritual Guides and Helpers IRENE JOHANSON HIS UNIQUE book focuses on the author’s experiences of angelic guidance during her many years as a Christian Community priest. The messages include advice on how to relate to angels and how to receive clear messages from them. The book also includes answers to questions asked by Irene Johanson on the Archangel Michael, the Apocalypse, Jesus Christ, and much more. T Irene Johanson, born in 1928, is a Christian Community priest who lectures widely and works with children and youth. 144 pages, paperback isbn: 1-902636-30-9 $22.00 More Messages from the Angels Preparing to Receive, Verifying and Confirming the Truth IRENE JOHANSON HIS SEQUEL gives valuable advice about the RUDOLF STEINER inner preparations needed to receive anTEINER SPOKE of guardian angels so that we gel messages in the proper way. She explains could reconnect with them for our own ben- how to distinguish between the different kinds efit and for all of nature and earthly evolution. of spirits, and how to deal with information In these lectures, which until now have lain hid- received from metaphysical entities—in parden away in very early publications or journals, ticular knowing whether such information is he describes the role of the guardian angel and genuine or not. She also gives advice about discusses our relationship to the heavenly hier- transforming our life of soul and the forces archies of spiritual beings as a whole and how of thinking, feeling and will. Also included are they shape our human form as a result of their more angelic messages on important individucosmic activity. lals and world issues. S 144 pages, paperback isbn: 1-85584-073-1 $19.95 T 112 pages, paperback isbn: 1-902636-36-8 $19.95 Support the work of SteinerBooks—convenient and secure online ordering Healing Nature Eclipses 2005 – 2017 Moon Rhythms in Nature A Handbook of Solar and Lunar Eclipses & Other Rare Astronomical Events How Lunar Cycles Affect Living Organisms KLAUS-PETER ENDRES & PROFESSOR WOLFGANG SCHAD, PH.D. WOLFGANG HELD HIS BRILLIANT book distills wide-ranging obERE IS the long-awaited handbook for seservations of lunar influences on the earth’s rious eclipse viewers. It provides detailed biosphere from plants to humans. Following information on the best places to view solar an introduction to the astronomy of the moon and lunar eclipses during the next twelve years. rhythms is a study of how the tides and other Easy-to-follow, high-quality maps are includintricate ocean movements are connected with ed — especially useful for remote locations. the life processes of numerous organisms. Also includes comprehensive information on each eclipse and hundreds of useful tips on Richly detailed and clearly written for the how to make the most of these brief, awe-in- general reader, chapters lead up to the specspiring phenomena. trum of human rhythms and a description of H Includes 150 maps & color images plus safety glasses for viewing solar eclipses. Wolfgang Held was director of the Kepler Observatory in Dornach, Switzerland. He is the editor of the annual Sternkalendar (Star Calendar) ephemeris. T the whole concept of time. 308 pages, paperback isbn: 0-86315-360-7 $40.00 The Mystery of Physical Life E. L. GRANT WATSON 224 pages, paperback The questions raised by facts of nature inisbn: 0-86315-478-6 explicable in terms of conventional theories, $19.95 together with insights gained from a reading $16.00 of Jung—as well as by a study of early ChrisThe Enigma of Sunspots tian gnostic literature and the Anthroposophy of Rudolf Steiner—brought Grant Watson A Story of Discovery & Scientific Revolution to an imaginative perception of living things JUDIT BRODY based on the conviction of the presence in all EARN ABOUT this strange and powerful phe- things of a spiritual reality. nomena that may hold a key to our underElliot Lovegood Grant Watson (1885-1970) standing of the Sun. Judit Brody tells the fasciwas a writer, anthropologist, and biologist nating history of the efforts to study sunspots, whose writings combine the scrutiny of a scibeginning with the lives—and quarrels—of entist with the insight of the poet. He wrote those pioneers who first charted their mysterisix “Australian” novels and three scientific, ous patterns of behavior. philosophical works that highlight certain in168 pages, paperback adequacies found in Darwinism. L isbn: 0-86315-370-4 $25.00 224 pages, paperback isbn: 0-940262-53-3 $16.95 Gaiasophy The Wisdom of the Living Earth An Approach to Ecology Based on Ancient Myth, Spiritual Vision, and Scientific Thinking KEES ZOETEMAN AIA, THE ancient Greek name for Earth, has become a symbol of an ecological perspective that sees Earth as a single, interconnected whole - the living being Earth. Gaiasophy takes this perspective a step further. Zoeteman draws on practical experience combined with a study of ancient myths and spiritual traditions related to Earth’s origins and on Rudolf Steiner’s spiritual science. He suggests that we will not resolve the vital environmental and social issues posed by our global ecological crisis until we understand both the spiritual being and the physical anatomy of Earth as a complete, living organism. G Zoeteman presents an evolutionary cosmology of the living being Earth. He tells us that the Earth is truly alive—the forests and grasslands form its respiratory system and the waters are its circulatory system—drawing parallels that suggest ways that digestion, excretion, and a free flow of information all form the living process that is Gaia’s organism. Fundamental to this view is the idea that Earth is a mirror of humanity, just as human beings mirror the Earth. Kees Zoeteman is an engineer and head of the Physics and Chemistry Department of the Netherlands Institute for Environmental Health. His is also Assistant Director General for Environmental Control in the Department of Public Housing in Holland and Coordinator for National Environmental Planning. 376 pages, paperback isbn: 0-940262-43-6 $16.95 w w w. s t e i n e r b o o k s . o r g 2 4 h o u r s — o r c a l l 7 0 3 - 6 6 1 - 1 5 9 4 9 a m – 5 p m E S T 37 Meditation & Inner Development Be lle stse r! Stairway of Surprise How to Know Higher Worlds Six Steps to a Creative Life A Modern Path of Initiation MICHAEL LIPSON, PH.D. IFE CAN become humdrum, but here we are offered a fresh way of seeing. Using simple exercises pioneered by Rudolf Steiner, Dr. Lipson gives timely keys to refreshing our perceptions. The six steps on this stairway are thinking, doing, feeling, loving, opening, and thanking. They show us how to infuse consciousness and mindfulness into the most ordinary and overlooked parts of life. By practicing these exercises for a few minutes each day, we discover the surprise in the universe, usually hidden by our stale, habitual attitudes. RUDOLF STEINER Foreword by Arthur Zajonc Translated by Christopher Bamford L Michael Lipson, ph.d. is a clinical psychologist who combines the insights of Rudolf Steiner with those of Zen Buddhism. He teaches meditation and writes on consciousness, human development, and meditative practice. 128 pages, paperback isbn: 0-88010-507-0 $14.95 Written in 1904-1905 (CW 10) T 288 pages, paperback isbn: 0-88010-372-8 $16.95 T guide to inner development offers an extensive collection of Steiner’s spiritual instructions for meditation; mantras; regular practices for developing soul qualities; karmic exercises; and meditations for working with the dead, with the angelic hierarchies, and with our guardian angels. HIS BESTSELLING 272 pages, paperback isbn: 0-88010-526-7 $20.00 38 RUDOLF STEINER Introduced by Gertrude Reif Hughes Translation by Michael Lipson S isbn: 0-88010-385-x $17.95 The Calendar of the Soul RUDOLF STEINER Enlivening the Chakra of the Heart Written 1912 (CW 40) The Fundamental Spiritual Exercises of Rudolf Steiner Foreword by Virginia Sease Translated by Liselotte & William Mann A Book of Soul and Spiritual Exercises RUDOLF STEINER Introduced and edited by Christopher Bamford A Philosophy of Freedom the classic account of the modern Written in 1894 (CW 4) Western esoteric path of initiation made TEINER’S ASSERTS here that free spiritual public by Steiner in 1904. He begins with the activity—understood as the human abilpremise that “the capacities by which we can ity to think and act independently of physigain insights into the higher worlds lie dor- cal nature—is the most suitable path of inner mant within each one of us.” Steiner carefully development for people today. This is not and precisely leads the reader from the cultiva- an abstract book on philosophy, but a warm, tion of the fundamental soul attitudes of rever- heart-centered guide to the practice of living ence and inner tranquility to the development thinking. of inner life through the stages of preparation, 304 pages, paperback illumination, and initiation. HIS IS FLORIN LOWNDES Start Now! Intuitive Thinking As a Spiritual Path I “We can find an authentic modern way of working on the chakras in the exercises created by Rudolf Steiner.” —Florin Lowndes H with these 52 verses for several years., the translators were able to render one of the most accessible translations of this important work by Rudolf Steiner. AVING LIVED of our most popular spiritual guide- The Calendar of the Soul provides a meditative books, Lowndes, a lifelong student of verse for each week of the year, allowing the Anthroposophy, sheds new light on many as- soul to experience each aspect of the year’s pects of Rudolf Steiner’s exercises while offer- cyclic journey. The verses help human souls ing encouragement and stimulus to anyone on to connect and participate more deeply in the world and provide a healthy feeling of unity a modern path of spiritual development. with the world and nature’s cycles. N ONE 208 pages, paperback isbn: 1-85584-053-7 $22.00 112 pages, hardcover, 5 ¼ x 4 in. isbn: 1-869890-25-6 $14.95 Support the work of SteinerBooks—convenient and secure online ordering T h e Fe m i n i n e & S p i r i t Healing and Empowering the Feminine The Archetypal Feminine in the Mystery Stream of Humanity Isis Mary Sophia A Labyrinth Journey Towards a New Culture of the Family SYLVIA SHAINDEL SENENSKY HE THIRTEENTH- CENTURY labyrinth of Chartres Cathedral and its precedents have become metaphors for the spiritual journey. Jungian analyst Sylvia Senensky probes the depths of the labyrinth as a source of archetypal feminine energy — the womb, the cave, the domain of the Goddess, the core of the earth, the encounter with planned chaos, and the consequences of the ignored shadow. She draws on personal experiences, stories of clients and workshop participants, and a rich literature of myths and fairytales. Illustrated. MANFRED SCHMIDT-BRABANT & VIRGINIA SEASE HE AUTHORS maintain that, during ancient times, people experienced the divine as imbued with the archetypal feminine. The Greeks and Romans, however, were guided largely by the principle of patriarchy, which continues to dominate our Western culture even today. RUDOLF STEINER Edited and introduced by Christopher Bamford T Her Mission and Ours T HE FEMININE divine has had many names in many cultures: Ishtar in Babylon, Inanna in Sumeria, Athena, Hera, Demeter, and Persephone in Greece, Isis in Egypt, Durga, Kali, and Lakshmi in India. She is the Shekinah of the Cabalists, and the Sophia of the Gnostics. To Steiner, she is Anthroposophia (Divine The book attempts to illuminate the spiri- Wisdom), who descended from the spiritual tual significance and meaning of the feminine world and passed through humanity to beprinciple as well as its future. Beginning with come now the goal and archetype of human Eve in tradition and legend, the authors com- wisdom in the cosmos. ment on the Queen of Sheba, the image of Steiner explores the mystery of Sophia’s variSylvia Shaindel Senensky is a Jungian Ana- the Virgin in esoteric Christianity, Isis-Sophia ous relationships — Sophia and Isis, Sophia lyst and a graduate of Jean Houston’s program and the Great Mother, the birth of art from and the Holy Spirit, Sophia and Mary, the in the Cultivation of Human Capacities. Her the primal feminine, and the importance of mother of Jesus and Mary Magdalene, Soanalytical practice is in Toronto. women for modern esotericism. phia and the Gnostic Achamod, Sophia and the New Isis, and Sophia and humankind, or 208 pages, paperback 112 pages, paperback Anthroposophia. isbn: 1-88860-226-0 isbn: 1-902636-12-0 T $24.95 The Feminine Dimension of the Divine A Study of Sophia and Feminine Images in Religion JOAN CHAMBERLAIN ENGELSMAN NGELSMAN EXAMINES the feminine dimension of the divine and examines the goddesses Demeter, Isis and in particular, Sophia, to demonstrate how the feminine aspect of God was repressed in Christianity. This revised edition contains a new preface, introduction and updated bibliography by the author. E Joan Chamberlain Engelsman is a wellknown author and lecturer and a consultant on family violence. 208 pages, paperback isbn: 0-93302-991-8 $19.95 $18.95 224 pages, paperback isbn: 0-88010-494-5 $24.95 The Most Holy Trinosophia The New Revelation of the Divine Feminine The Sophia Teachings ROBERT POWELL The Emergence of the Divine Feminine in Our Time P OWELL DESCRIBES Sophia as a Trinity of Mother, Daughter, and Holy Soul and as the feminine aspect of Divine Godhead. He relates our reawakening to the feminine aspect of God to many changes now taking place in the world. Includes an introduction to the Divine Feminine by Daniel Andreev, author of The Rose of the World. 144 pages, paperback isbn: 0-88010-480-5 $16.95 ROBERT POWELL P OWELL SURVEYS the wonders and teachings associated with this unacknowledged treasure from Christianity’s mystical past, spanning the Greek philosophers, King Solomon, the cosmic visions of Hildegard von Bingen, Our Lady of Guadalupe, and the relation of Sophia to Mary the mother of Christ. 176 pages, paperback isbn: 1930051522 $15.00 w w w. s t e i n e r b o o k s . o r g 2 4 h o u r s — o r c a l l 7 0 3 - 6 6 1 - 1 5 9 4 9 a m – 5 p m E S T 39 Science & Ecology Eco-Geography What We See When We Look at Landscapes ANDREAS SUCHANTKE UCHANTKE , BIOLOGIST, science teacher, attentive traveler, describes some of the most fascinating landscapes on Earth: the savannahs of East Africa, the rainforests of South America and Africa, the unique islands of New Zealand, the Great Rift Valley of Africa, and the Middle East. Some have been severely damaged by human activity while others have seen nature and human culture brought into harmony. S Suchantke’s focus is a new way of seeing the physical landscape. His approach is based on precise observation that is not then just analyzed “objectively,” but also recreated through active imagination. Suchantke shows us that the quality of our relationship to nature is determined by how well we understand this language. The practical use of the imagination is thus an ecological activity. 256 pages, paperback isbn: 0-940262-99-1 $18.95 The Wholeness of Nature Goethe’s Way toward a Science of Conscious Participation in Nature HENRI BORTOFT EW PEOPLE are familiar with Goethe’s scientific work, knowing him only as a poet and dramatist. In this brilliant book, Bortoft introduces the fascinating scientific theories of Goethe. He succeeds in showing that Goethe’s way of doing science was not a poet’s folly, but rather a genuine alternative to the dominant scientific paradigm. F Bortoft shows that a different, “gentler” kind of empiricism is possible than that demanded by the dualizing mind of modern technologi40 cal science, and demonstrates that Goethe’s participatory phenomenology of a new way of seeing, far from being a historical curiosity, actually proposes a workable solution to the dilemmas of contemporary, postmodern science. HENRI BORTOFT taught physics and the philosophy of science and studied with David Bohm and Basil Hiley on the question of wholeness and quantum theory. He lectures and gives seminars on Goethean science. 424 pages, paperback isbn: 0940262797 $29.95 Earth-Friendly Re-Visioning Science and Spirituality through Aristotle, Thomas Aquinas, and Rudolf Steiner SR. ADRIAN HOFSTETTER ISTER A DRIAN collects 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, her 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.’” S 192 pages, paperback isbn: 1-58420-023-5 $20.00 Sky Phenomena A Guide to Naked-Eye Observation of the Stars NORMAN DAVIDSON EADERS ARE led from the stars as seen from Earth, through the Sun, Moon, and various planets to the Copernican revolution, to comets and meteors, and to the sky of the Southern Hemisphere. The text includes mythological and historical aspects of the subject and has numerous exercises for the student. Includes coming astronomical events, technical data, publications, and a comprehensive glossary of astronomical terms. R Norman Davidson was a journalist in the UK, taught astronomy, geometry, history, and literature as a Waldorf school teacher, and was director of teacher training at Sunbridge College. He writes and lectures on astronomy and culture. 208 pages, paperback isbn: 1-58420-026-x $25.00 The Nature of Substance Spirit and Matter RUDOLF HAUSCHKA H AUSCHKA SHOWS that unbiased observation and quantitative research can overcome this generally accepted view. Without denying the laws of matter, he shows the limitations of a science restricted by them, and points to new research that indicates the primal nature of spirit. 256 pages, paperback isbn: 1-85584-122-3 $29.95 Support the work of SteinerBooks—convenient and secure online ordering Science & Ecology The Holy Order of Water Water Crystals Sensitive Chaos Healing the Earth’s Waters and Ourselves Making the Quality of Water Visible The Creation of Flowing Forms in Water and Air WILLIAM MARKS ARKS ’ TOPICS are diverse: water’s role in the origin of the universe and life itself; cosmic rain and water in interstellar space; water in the traditional myths and religions; the power of water in its many forms in the natural world; vortex energy and living water; water and the human body; water healing; and a history of water pollution. He offers hope for the future by discussing the work of visionaries such as Theodor Schwenk and Viktor Schauberger. We see that, in the end, one cannot understand water unless it is viewed as a mediator—not only between life and death, but also between the physical and the spiritual worlds. T M William E. Marks has been working with water for most of his life. To experience firsthand the status of America’s waters. he made a meandering 7,000-mile horseback journey from San Diego to Maine. He studied industrial pollution and historical water management practices in Europe, North Africa, Mexico, Canada, Ireland, and Australia. He has been an environmental water analyst and operated a water-testing and research laboratory and an environmental consulting firm on Martha’s Vineyard. He is the founding publisher and editor of Martha’s Vineyard Magazine. 256 pages, paperback isbn: 0-88010-483-x $18.00 ANDREAS SCHULZ HE AUTHOR uses a groundbreaking photographic process to make the quality of various kinds of water instantly visible to anyone. Using “crystal pictures,” he shows that water from different locations and treated in different ways will display substantially different and visible characteristics. This beautifully produced book provides a unique insight into the world of water — its life cycles, its nature, and its structures. Illustrated in color throughout. 192 pages, paperback isbn: 0-86315-486-7 $39.00 Flowforms The Rhythmic Power of Water THEODOR SCHWENK B EGINNING WITH simple flowing phenomena of water and air, Schwenk gradually builds up, with the help of marvelous photographs and drawings, the “letters” of an alphabet that will allow us to “read” the living meaning of water. Schwenk gradually brings the spiritual, formative processes to light, and we come to see the creative word in the universe. This is an important work for a deeper understanding of a fundamental element of life. Illustrated. Theodor Schwenk (1910–1986) was a pioneer in water and flow research who founded the Institute for Flow Sciences to study of water’s movement and life-giving forces. 232 pages, paperback isbn: 1-85584-055-3 $38.00 JOHN WILKES W ILKES SHOWS that water is the universal bearer of whatever character we put into it. Consequently, the way we treat water is crucial to our own health and to the well being of the planet as a whole. Working with his remarkable invention, the Flowform, Wilkes uncovered many mysteries of water and, in the process, created an art of great beauty. Includes a history of Flowform research and the most up-to-date developments around the world. Lavishly illustrated. John Wilkes studied sculpture and, in 1961, joined the Institute for Flow Sciences. In 1970 his research into the flow and rhythm of water led to the Flowform Method. He is the director of the Virbela Rhythm Research Institute. 208 pages, paperback isbn: 0-86315-392-5 $35.00 Nature’s Open Secret Introductions to Goethe’s Scientific Writings RUDOLF STEINER Introduction and essay by John Barnes Written 1883 (CW 1) S TEINER SAW the significance of Goethe’s work with nature and his epistemology, which inspired his own studies in epistemology and spiritual science. Goethe had discovered how to apply thinking to organic nature, which requires not just rational concepts but a whole new way of perceiving. 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(104 pages, $12) 20 May Hill Road, Ghent, N.Y. 12075 Tel: 518-672-0116 Fax: 518-672-4270 www.natureinstitute.org info@natureinstitute.org �� Passing the Flame D May my heart’s warm life Stream into your soul To warm your coldness To soothe your heat— May my thoughts live in your thoughts And your thoughts in my thoughts In the spiritual world. — Rudolf Steiner, 1924 EATH IS ALWAYS with us. The generations succeed one another inexorably and, if we are to be more than passing specks of consciousness in a random universe, we must maintain the connections made on Earth and, continuing our friends’ work, allow them to continue theirs. These past several months we have lost four of our authors: Rufus Goodwin, Joa Bolendas, Georg Kühlewind, and Famke Zonneveld. Who will—not to take their place—but to take their own place in continuing to bring wisdom and light into the world? Georg Kühlewind CHRISTOPHER BAMFORD O N JANUARY 15, 2006, at 2 a.m. local time, Georg Kühlewind died of a heart attack in hospital in Budapest, Hungary. He had been suffering from cancer. Born, March 6, 1924, he was eighty-one years old. With his passing, we mourn a friend and a rare poetic being of immense dedication, compassion, and insight. He was a fully realized anthroposophist who was also a true philosopher, spiritual scientist, meditation teacher, and, perhaps above all, a universal Christian mystic beyond all dogma, whose eyes would fill with tears at the thought of the Mystery of Golgotha. Georg had a close connection with America—as he had with many other countries, too; he was constantly traveling. He touched countless people, through his books as well as through his many workshops, lectures, and groups. He gave of himself continually with a selfless, giving, inspiring energy. A true “teacher,” his sole desire was for all individuals he met to start on their own inner path, each in their own unique ways. Nonetheless, he was not in the business of changing or converting anyone. He simply understood that each of us has God-given capacities that it would be a waste not to use, each in our own way. 44 That is to say, he always left those whom he met, taught, or counseled in any way completely free. On learning of his passing, a friend wrote to me that Georg was one who hit the mark and left one free. Indeed, it was remarkable how free he left those with whom he worked—and with what interest, compassion, and total attention he listened to everyone. When people reported on their experiences in the meditation circles he led, Georg would lean toward them, sometimes even cupping his ear. He wanted to catch every word, every nuance, every unexpressed meaning of what each was saying. Even when a person was saying something that seemed quite “off the mark” to some, even nonsense, Georg (who always hit the mark) would listen intently, affirmatively, without criticism or comment, simply and lovingly letting that person’s experience “be.” We all felt at home. He understood that the destiny of each of us is ultimately our own matter. What we would get, or not get, and where we might go was simply up to us—or between us and the spiritual world. Georg was there, fully there; but he never “imposed” himself in any way. Free, he left the other free and, magically, the space between would be filled with love. Sometimes this simultaneity (or even identity) of freedom and love was quite disconcerting. It was a teaching. Human bonds, for him, were the ineffable essence of a logos-lived life on Earth. They were bonds that, for him, extended beyond death. As he once confessed, he began his meditations every morning by recalling many, many—maybe two hundred—friends who were no longer incarnate but still present and connected. Although we called him “Georg,” he was born György Szekely in Budapest on March 6, 1924. Kühlewind (“Cool Wind”) was only the pen name he assumed when he started writing his books. He could not use his own name then, because the Communist authorities in Hungary would not have appreciated that one of their leading scientists was also a spiritual teacher. So he took the carefree, daredevil name he had once chosen for himself in a childhood game. In other words, Georg was Hungarian, and it was important to him that he was. He loved to tell Hungarian jokes and jokes about Hungarians, many of which were about how much Hungarians loved their country. One I remember involved Jewish emigrants to Israel (Georg was Jewish), sailing across the Mediterranean to their new homeland and meeting a boatload of Hungarians returning, heartsick for their homeland. Perhaps he told such stories to remind us that he was not German and that he was Jewish. Who knows? The first time I met him, he introduced himself, with a certain pride, “I am George!” But George didn’t stick—and “Georg” he was. The son of a doctor, he must have been a remarkable child—intelligent, sensitive, independent, courageous. His spiritual life began early. At the age of five, he had the overwhelming experience of being an “I, ”an experience he likens to that of Jean Paul, cited by Steiner in Theosophy: “I was standing before the front door looking toward the woodpile on the left, when suddenly the inner vision, ‘I am an I,’ struck me like a lightening bolt from heaven. It has gone on shining ever since. My ‘I’ had seen itself for the first time and for all time.” The same must have been true for Georg. At the heart of his teaching was always the “I” experience, “attention meeting itself,” to which he was tireless in trying to bring his students. From the beginning, he was drawn to the study of soul and spirit. Freud and Jung and psychoanalysis taught him early that the world was not to be understood rationally. At the same time, he always had a scholarly, intellectual bent and was drawn to study the history of religions and culture. At seventeen, he became a student of the great interpreter of Greek myths, Karl Kerenyi, and, to follow in his footsteps, learned Latin and Greek. Georg was also extremely musical; he studied the piano and thought for a while of becoming a musician. But, as he used to say somewhat sadly, “This has remained only a wish.” Music remained a great love all his life. Favorite pieces always brought tears into his eyes. And not only music; Georg was extraordinarily sensitive. People’s feelings, poetry, art, and profound religious texts would similarly move him in an almost incomprehensibly deep way. When he was eighteen, he met Anthroposophy. Of this, he wrote, “My feeling was, ‘That’s interesting, but I know it all—it’s alive in me.’” He studied economics. He “tried to erase all habits, traditions, and conventionality.” Apparently, he succeeded; “There remained only a desert.” Everything changed with World War II, Support the work of SteinerBooks—convenient and secure online ordering BOOKS BY GEORG KÜHLEWIND Star Children Understanding Children Who Set Us Special Tasks and Challenges It is said that “indigo” or “crystal” children are coming to Earth to help humanity develop. Based on his research, Kühlewind confirms that they have been incarnating among us for the past couple of decades. 160 pages, paperback isbn: 1-902636-49-x $25.00 From Normal to Healthy Paths to the Liberation of Consciousness The author’s exercises—based on the Buddha’s Noble Eightfold Path and Rudolf Steiner’s cognitive spiritual path—lead to a new life in which superconscious intuitions gradually replace superconscious formations. 240 pages, paperback isbn: 0-940262-10-x $24.95 Working with Anthroposophy The Practice of Thinking Introduction by Jörgen Smit; translated by Michael Lipson and Christopher Bamford This slim handbook will help beginners and inspire longtime students of spiritual science. Kühlewind opens new vistas with each reading. 96 pages, paperback isbn: 0880103612 $10.95 Becoming Aware of the Logos The Way of St. John the Evangelist Kühlewind approaches the logos as speech and relationship; the logos in the beginning; the light in the darkness; the speaker; life; spirit; grace and truth. 196 pages, paperback isbn: 0940262096 $9.95 The Logos-Structure of the World Language As Model of Reality “The aim of this book is to show that the world, including human beings and their consciousness, is not originally a world of things but a world of words; that fundamentally the world has the structure of a text; and that it is therefore possible to read it like a text” 160 pages, paperback isbn: 0940262487 $14.95 Pa s s i n g t h e F l a m e : G e o r g K ü h l e w i n d which was, for Hungary, a tragic, complex story. It broke Georg’s life in two. Having sided with the axis powers and been tricked into declaring war on the Soviet Union, Hungary entered the war against the Allies in December 1941. The first 40,000 Jews were deported that year. For a while thereafter, Hungary struggled unsuccessfully to break free of Hitler, until, in January 1943, the Red Army annihilated most of Hungary’s Second Army, and the remnants were withdrawn. In response, Hitler, fearing Hungary might capitulate and conclude a separate peace, ordered Nazi troops to occupy the country and force its government to follow the Nazi party line. Until then, the Jews had been more or less protected from “the final solution,” but in March 1944 deportation of Hungarian Jews to death camps began in earnest. Georg and his father, both of whom survived, were among them. They were lucky. Of the approximately 825,000 Jews living in Hungary in 1941, less than a third—some 225,000—survived. After the war, it was truly a desert. Georg decided to choose something for his profession with which he had no relationship. He chose physical chemistry and became a physical chemist, a university professor—a very successful and prolific one. A leading scientist at his institute, he was also frequently sent abroad to study and do research, which gave him untold opportunities for his spiritual work. While at the Max Planck Institute in Germany, for example, he began to lecture and lead anthroposophic groups. He was also sent to Italy, which allowed him to meet the Italian maestro, Massimo Scaligero, and then to China, where he was able to experience Buddhism first-hand. A multitasker by nature and training, he was also able find time to create inventions and patents, mostly for the Hungarian fire department, allowing him further privileges. He also returned to the study of Rudolf Steiner. Beginning with Truth and Science and Goethe’s World Conception, he moved on to the Hamburg lectures on St. John’s Gospel and to a lifelong meditation on the Logos, the Word in the beginning and made flesh. For ten years, he read and read. He became an “expert” in the Collected Works and could cite and teach the contents like no one else. Then came a moment when suddenly it all felt sterile. He realized that Anthroposophy was not about contents; it was not “a pile of knowledge.” It was a way, a praxis, or path of knowing—of doing one’s own research. And as far as that was concerned, he had not advanced at all. At that point, he had a dream. In it, he remembered The Philosophy of Freedom (Intuitive Thinking As a Spiritual Path), which he knew he had not understood. So he began to study it as well as Steiner’s other epistemological works. He would give Anthroposophy a “last chance.” After about six months, he saw his errors and knew what he had to do. He understood that Anthroposophy required a different kind of thinking—that you could not use the same kind of thinking you used for ordinary scientific knowing. “From this moment on (about 1958),” he says, “I slowly began on the path of inner schooling.” Seven years later, 1965, he began to work with groups of friends, and the year after that began to lecture in Austria, Switzerland, and Germany. In 1969, he met briefly and, subsequently, read deeply the books of Massimo Scaligero, whose path was similar. He, too, had begun with epistemology and attention. After Scaligero died, they continued together in deep friendship “although there was more than one question on which we did not agree.” In 1972, his first writings, which were later included in Stages of Consciousness, began to appear in the German periodical Die Drei. From that moment on, with great regularity, books began to flow forth—all of them the fruit of meditation. Stages of Consciousness appeared in English in 1984, the same year I was privileged to meet Georg. The previous year, our small publishing venture, Lindisfarne Press, had received two manuscripts by Kühlewind. Stages of Consciousness came through Fred w w w. s t e i n e r b o o k s . o r g 2 4 h o u r s — o r c a l l 7 0 3 - 6 6 1 - 1 5 9 4 9 a m – 5 p m E S T 45 Pa s s i n g t h e F l a m e : J o a B o l e n d a s Paddock, then the librarian of the Anthroposophical Society, who had found Georg’s first articles in Die Drei and recognized that here was something extraordinary: an anthroposophist who truly understood Steiner’s epistemology and actually wrote from experience. Becoming Aware of the Logos arrived by the kind offices of Friedemann Schwarzkopf, who had met Georg in Germany and Hungary and had become his friend and student. Both Fred and Friedemann deserve recognition and thanks. We agreed to publish them and learned that Georg would be coming to America. We worked overtime to prepare the translation, so we could ask his advice on any unclear points. I picked him up in Boston—a small man, with a determined stance and a piercing eye that could melt with compassion, love, and understanding. In those days, he was quite austere—a little bit of “Zen master” (he mellowed considerably over the years)—but his smile was one that could penetrate you. At home, we sat down before a great list of questions. But he wasn’t interested. “You are the translators,” he said, “Its up to you. I have written the book, and now I can no longer remember what’s in it.” Georg was a master at leaving you free. Georg came again the following year and began a routine of annual or biannual visits. A group formed in western Massachusetts to meet with him, over the years creating an evolving yet stable community; other groups formed in other parts of the country. In the beginning, the main focus of our group was epistemology but since, as Georg saw it, the new paradigm for the consciousness soul had three parts—epistemology, psychology, and linguistics—the focus began quickly to move quickly among these three, before it finally settled as a “therapist’s group.” Certainly, humanity needed healing. Every group he worked with learned very quickly that, whatever the subject, the approach was always through meditation. For Georg, meditation was always a form of research, and each year new books in German (finally, about twenty-five) would flow from his meditations—works derived from the Gospels (“Doing the Truth,” Servants of the Word,” “The Kingdom of God,” “The Renewal of the Holy Spirit,” “Christmases,” “Healing in the Gospels”); on Anthroposophy; on meditation, cognitive feeling, the “soft will,” and spiritual practice in general; on the 46 Grail; on psychology; on language; on children and “star children;” and on, and on. He taught that meditation could become a perpetual, healing fountain—that from the simplest beginnings one could open to the source of all meanings. Beginning, for Georg, as for Rudolf Steiner, started with concentration exercises: daily concentration on a manufactured object—for example, a paperclip, a pin, or a cup. One could do such an exercise every morning for sixty years and never exhaust it! Attention, attention, attention was his theme and his way, and it led him into regions most of us can hardly guess at. Georg wrote a note, “About the Author,” for Stages of Consciousness, from which many of the biographical details recounted here are drawn. After giving more or less the “facts” of his life, he concluded: Anything else? This is the largest and most important question, but it is precisely the one I cannot answer here. My consolation is that I am not alone in this. A bird singing and sitting in my window, the snow glittering in the garden, the sea on a stormy morning, the sound of a hawk, the smile beginning on a beloved face, the first caress of a hand, surely all of this and so many other “small” events had perhaps a greater bearing on my life than all that I could say. You the readers must be contented with the results. I am grateful for your interest. Now that he has left the Earth, we are all only readers. All that remains are his books. May we read them, as he taught us, meditatively and with care. I am sure he will be grateful at our interest and, as we read, continue to help us on our way. Joa Bolendas JOHN HILL O N A NOVEMBER evening of last year, I made my last visit to Joa Bolendas in a home for the elderly overlooking the lake of Zürich. It was a cold and windswept day, bathed in the evening light of the fading sun. Joa, who had not been well for several weeks, now suffered fever, and her breathing was heavy. During the last days of her life, family and friends gathered around her bedside, and very attentive staff took care of all her needs. On that November evening, she was able to die and move on to the next life in peace of soul. In accordance with Joa’s will, the funeral service took place in the Swiss Reformed church of Kusnacht. The pastor, a long-time friend of Joa’s family, held the funeral oration. He was the founder of the GW2, an organization that was of decisive help to Christians in Communist Russia. He began talking about Saul of the Old Testament, how he went in search of his father’s donkeys and found the seer Samuel, who had received God’s word to anoint Saul king of Israel. “Thus spoke the Lord”: the pastor went on to illustrate how God’s will, through the voice of his prophets, guided the history of ancient Israel. This continued in the early Christian church, until the church no longer recognized the office of prophecy. As he ended the homily, it was evident to everyone present why he had chosen to speak about the prophets of the Old and New Testament and what it intimated concerning the life and work of Joa Bolendas. Who was Joa Bolendas? Despite the publication of several books, the love of an extended family and many close friends, she remains practically unknown. Has a prophet passed through our midst proclaimed the word of God, yet the world has not recognized it? If you had met Joa ten or twenty years ago, you would hardly have discerned the secret she was carrying. A friendly woman, she loved to talk about her family, her neighbours and ordinary matters of daily life. As she continued talking, you might have been distracted by the beautiful cross attached to a chain around her neck and, afterward, remembered the moment when the conversation took a more serious turn and heard her saying, “You must pray to God. Pray for the churches. Pray for the world. Pray that man’s madness does not destroy it.” Joa Bolendas lived in two worlds. Her earthly life began on the May 31, 1917, the feast day of Mary, Queen of Heaven. Her Swedish father was previously a gardener of the royal palace, and her mother was Swiss. Together with her elder brother and younger sister, Joa grew up in a family of extraordinary warmth and generosity. Her father seems to have been a loving and gentle person. Joa’s younger sister remembers him being very Support the work of SteinerBooks—convenient and secure online ordering Pa s s i n g t h e F l a m e : J o a B o l e n d a s BOOKS BY JOA BOLENDAS So That You May Be One Essays by Robert Sardello & Therese Schroeder-Sheker J BOLENDAS shares her visions and conversations with divine spiritual beings. Those conversations appear here in unembellished, descriptive language. They describe the personal struggle of handling profound information that came unasked for. The visions concern important theological themes, such as the Grail, the rosary, icons, and the Old and New Testaments, urging us toward religious unity and inner wakefulness. OA Includes music and 12 color plates. Lindisfarne Books 416 pages, paperback isbn: 0-940262-85-1 $24.95 Alive in God’s World Human Life on Earth and in Heaven Foreword by Therese Schroeder-Sheker Introduction by John Hill T alive in God’s world means living in a prayerful and powerful unity with God, with those risen from the dead, and all the peoples of the earth. To live this unity is truly human. In these discourses with those “risen from the dead,” we experience their awakening to a new life in a greater life in God’s world. The risen ones tell us to make God’s kingdom alive on earth and thus release a process of great spiritual energy to guide humanity and restore the earth to its spiritual axis. O BE Lindisfarne Books 224 pages, paperback isbn: 0-970109-7-5-x $16.95 open, ready to help everyone, and never punishing the children. Her mother was larger than life. Active in church and social life, she cared for the sick, helped distressed families, and managed a household that was open to all. She loved children, told stories to them, organized their theater productions and helped them prepare for local festivities. Joa’s sister remembers her being more serious than she was, and, even as a child, possessing the gift of knowing in advance when someone would be ill. Joa began her career as a shop assistant, employed in a well-known Zürich shop that supplied art materials. In 1939, she married a pastor of the Swiss Reformed church and eventually gave birth to three sons. She led a very busy life, caring for her children and staying active in the parish. As “Frau Pfarrer,” she made sure that all were welcome in her house. With an open heart and words of encouragement she would help, counsel, and pray for those who sought advice. She had the extraordinary capacity of doing several things at the same time—taking care of children, providing food, and maintaining intense discussions, which were often interrupted with humor and local gossip. For many years, she and her husband loved to organize holiday camps for hundreds of children, to many of whom she became a second parent. Tragedy struck this happy home when their eldest son died because of a car accident at the age of twenty-three. Many messages from heaven helped her understand in profound and intense ways the mystery of the death and resurrection of human life, a mystery that she had already encountered in early dreams and visionary experiences (see Alive in God’s World). The visions concerning the death and resurrection of her son transformed Joa’s life, prepared the ground for a deeper commitment to her calling and her work, and helped her understand that the truly human on Earth and the greater life beyond death are two conditions of one continuous existence. In 1980 the couple retired from active parish life. For several years they lived in a small house in the Alps, frequently welcoming visitors. As Joa’s husband became increasingly ill, Joa spent several years nursing and caring for him until he died in 1991. She then returned to the parish, which she and her husband loved and served for so many years. She spent the last part of her life in a home for the elderly. Already as a child, Joa possessed the sensitivity of knowing things without being told about them. The family became aware that she was somehow special and different from others. When she was sixteen years old, she had a dream: “In the middle of the night, men came walking on a stone path. They carried wooden poles, upon which were stone plates. On these plates was written, “Keep watch and pray’” (See So That You May Be One). After this dream, she became a quieter person, lived a life of care, and prayed more. Joa’s mother died in 1954. Shortly before her death, she saw in a dream her mother’s burial and heard her mother’s voice: “I will now go home.” Two months after the burial, her mother appeared in a second dream and said: “Do not mourn; look at me, I live again” (from the journals of Joa Bolendas). In an uncanny way, these and other dreams foretold what God was soon to ask of her. In 1957, Joa’s visionary life began. The early visions consisted of a long struggle to accept and integrate the messages of heaven into a new theological framework and gain enough courage to speak about them with her family, friends, reluctant pastors, and doubting priests. Joa had a hard time accepting Mary’s gift of the Rosary, which was alien to her Protestant Christian beliefs. Only when she saw Mary’s tears was she won over; she took the rosary in her hand, and it became part of her prayer life. Some members of her Reformed church ignored the visions because they seemed too Catholic, and they warned her not to attend the Catholic mass. Some members of the Catholic clergy, however, rejected her visions because they seemed too Protestant, saying that she should not sing her hymns to Mary in “their” church. During this long period, Joa could hear the words of Mary exhorting her to remain faithful to priest and pastor, to continue her path for the sake of the one unifying church, and to work to break all the bonds that prevent priests, pastors, and lay people from being free and open to God’s light and love. At one stage, she grew frightened of the power and coldness of Catholic priests. In prayer she sought help and Christ, appearing in a vision, addressed her fear: Pray for the priests, that they remain in the power of love, in God’s great, holy love. If they are not in this love toward God, they cannot love the people. Therefore your prayers are important. Only those who are holy receive God’s power to love. w w w. s t e i n e r b o o k s . o r g 2 4 h o u r s — o r c a l l 7 0 3 - 6 6 1 - 1 5 9 4 9 a m – 5 p m E S T 47 Pa s s i n g t h e F l a m e : R u f u s G o o d w i n One can imagine the turmoil in Joa’s mind when heaven asked her to write about the Old and New Testaments and the coming unity of the churches. This project took several years and was finally published as So That You May Be One. That work focuses on a new evolutionary unity—Johannine unity of the churches, unity of the forces within each individual, and unity of the peoples of the Earth. It has much to say about our attitude toward religious experience. We are told not to cleave to the traditional human laws but to recognize the signs of the times and the signs of the living God, who meets us in unexpected ways. We learn that prayer is not prattle but a struggle with darkness. The new theology, contained in the visions, assures us that sacramental life is not to be confined within narrow definitions. The spirit of baptism is understood in a simple direct way. In repentance and reconciliation, we are to ask our brothers and sisters to pray for Christ’s forgiveness. Faith must not become sterile. We are not to make laws about what comes first or what comes last. We are to remember that there are many who are far away from the churches, yet close to Christ. By returning to the basic Christian truths, the many words that separate will fall away. We cannot limit these truths to their dogmatic formulations. They are an expression of an encounter with the living God, an expression of the dynamic, ongoing process of creation. Joa had just finished her first book when she was asked to write a second one on human life on Earth and in heaven, now known to English-speaking readers as Alive in God’s World. The greater part of that work is made up of conversations with deceased members of an extended family—friends as well as people she was in contact with in various ways on Earth. According to these visions, the great task of religions on Earth is to help individuals become God’s people of light while alive on Earth and later when alive in heaven. “Risen life” is not just a place to sit on a cloud, nor a gloomy region of mortification as described in countless works by theologians, poets, and artists. The resurrection of life, promised by Christ, begins at the moment of physical death. Often the first words of the Risen Ones are, “I am alive!” They stand in sheer amazement when faced with the continuity of their own existence. They look back at their life on Earth, what it was, what it could have been. They meet their loved ones, particularly those who have passed on before them—ancestors, 48 parents, and friends who also have changed in amazing and unexpected ways. Those who have died are instilled with the mighty power of God and, after a certain period of development, are given different tasks to accomplish. Many of these tasks are concerned with helping people on Earth—working for peace, inspiring and guiding the teachers of religion, comforting the suffering and dying, protecting children, sharing their creative gifts with artists, musicians, and philosophers. Has a prophet passed through our midst? I came to know Joa Bolendas as an intensely human person, possessing the gentleness of a Christian saint and the roughness of an Old Testament prophet, a woman with an abundance of maternal empathy and the power of God’s anointed warrior. Joa’s message will survive, not only in the written words, but in the space between them. In that space we encounter the spirit of the holy. Like Saul, we might start in search of our father’s donkeys and end encountering God’s message for our times. Joa, you loved life and fought for God. Thank you; help us do the same in our own ways, with our own gifts and our own talents. Rufus Goodwin ROBERT SARDELLO R STOCKTON GOODWIN died on the tenth of July 2005 at his home in Marblehead, Massachusetts. The people at SteinerBooks feel the closeness of his spirit and are honored to have been able to work with him and publish his writing. One of his many poems, “Flight,” says: UFUS Except for the poem I am the empty man Sitting vacant in the shelter entry. The man without an idea in his cup of coffee The man under the box in the corner lot. Without words, I am an empty cipher, A face without features in God’s movie, A mute puppet of anonymous life. Even this short excerpt from his poem shows the pressing intensity within which he lived every moment. You could see spiritual intensity the first time you met Rufus. His eyes, focused on invisible worlds that most of us only read about, looked into the deep for words, delighting when they appeared, filled with sorrow when they remained in hiding. His smile revealed the presence of invading joy and overpowering sorrow, the pain and satisfaction that comes from a life dedicated to invisible worlds. Rufus’ intense love of the word pulled him into the future from an early age. At fifteen, his English teacher recommended him for the summer school of Robert Frost. And, at the same age, he felt the pull of spiritual interest, writing an essay on Emmet Fox’s book, The Sermon on the Mount. He belonged to the time when to be a writer still demanded an inner understanding of tradition and culture and, often, a stint in the hard world of newspaper or magazine writing. He graduated Magna Cum Laude from Yale, with particular interest in linguistics, and worked at Time magazine before being drafted into the Army, where he wrote scripts on how to handle nuclear attacks. Rufus married a gorgeously beautiful and sensitive woman, an actor, on a ship on the way to Italy. In Italy, he worked for United Press International, writing on themes ranging from military dog fights to the appearances of Elizabeth Taylor. It was during this time that he was assigned to report on the Pope and the Ecumenical Council, Vatican II, throughout its five years. He wrote letters to his friend and teacher Friedrich Hiebel in Dornach, Switzerland, with the latest news of the proceedings. He wrote of his time with the Pope on a flight to Jerusalem to bring East and West Churches closer together and, later, wrote about Pope John’s death. After this time of preparation and learning of the skills of writing, Rufus became a freelance writer. It is possible, hearing these stories, to feel his soul preparing for what would become his significant writing concerning relationships between equals, on Christian and Hebraic cultures, prayer, dreams, on the homeless, and on the Holy Spirit. It is amazing to realize the inner development required to reach a place of freedom in writing. It is not merely a matter of sitting down and writing. It entails a gradual forming of one’s whole life, to the point where writing is no longer something one simply does, but becomes who one is. Rufus worked intensely toward this moment, never wavering from nor Support the work of SteinerBooks—convenient and secure online ordering Pa s s i n g t h e F l a m e : R u f u s G o o d w i n BOOKS BY RUFUS GOODWIN Who Killed the Holy Ghost? A Journalist Reports on the Holy Spirit A sweeping, hard-hitting, accessible survey of the Spirit in the world and in human life, from the Jewish prophets to modern times. The Holy Ghost’s visibility has faded with the centuries, so this may also be, in a sense, an obituary. But the Holy Spirit — though often invisible — may not be dead or only a ghost yet. 320 pages, hardcover isbn: 1-58420-033-2 $25.00 Dreamlife How Dreams Happen With subtle intelligence, persistence, and wit, Goodwin pursues issues of dreamlife in short, lucid chapters through thickets of competing theories. He will change and deepen your understanding of consciousness and dreams. 160 pages, hardcover isbn: 1-58420-019-7 $20.00 Give Us This Day The Story of Prayer Goodwin examines the various traditions of prayer through the ages and discusses practices, ranging from the ancient Indian yoga of sound to the Christian monastic rules of prayer, giving examples of the various religious litanies that ritualize and celebrate the sense of a higher life. 256 pages, paperback isbn: 0940262967 $19.95 Ocean Reporter: Poems In lucent lines that glean the classic best of the poetic tradition—from Greece to England to America—Rufus Goodwin lights up images with touches that seem to come from the sun itself. Nudity is seen as winter in a bikini on the cold sharp shore, where the poet, remembering summer, sinks teeth into the sand. Wandering on the beach is like the memory of a lost love. 60 pages, hardcover isbn: 0-972460-19-5 $14.95 being sidetracked from this destiny, no matter the cost. And the cost was sometimes high. Difficult relationships, deep pain, partings, illnesses—and yet, that intensity in his eyes never dimmed, not for a moment. One never writes in isolation from the surrounding world and the times one is given to experience. Rufus was profoundly involved and deeply affected by the Martin Luther King Poor People’s Campaign and the 1963 March on Washington. He told his mother Anne Stockton, the anthroposophic painter who lives in Forest Row, England, “Mother, you have no idea what these tough black revolutionaries are like.” Those experiences led him to write To Have a Dream, a novel published in 2005, after the many images had time to find their way into the spiritual worlds and back, where he could begin to understand their inner significance. Letting images affect every fiber of his being, allowing the etheric body to be fully affected, and not just being a spectator to outer events—this way of working had much to do with the intensity one could see living in Rufus’s body. It is not surprising, then, that his real life work of extensive writing took time to mature and began in earnest in the early 1990s. From 1999 on, he published seven novels, including Valentine for a Waitress, Soul Street, Poet’s Novel, Mr. President, Sinai Option, and Blue Guitar. In this same period he published Poems from 42nd Street, and other volumes of poetry, including Minor Voice Among Megaliths, and The Open Drawer. Three nonfiction titles also came forth: Give Us This Day: The Story of Prayer; Dreamlife; and Who Killed the Holy Ghost? Now, that is quite a literary life! Wow! The years in the wilderness bore remarkable fruit. It is quite difficult for many to understand the feeling life, what is entailed in committing one’s whole existence to staying bodily open to the currents of the cosmos, and the agony of encountering forms that say what is felt without changing the currents into something standing “before” one rather than speaking from within their presence. I will never forget meeting Rufus in Massachusetts. My wife Cheryl and I were with Anne Stockton, traveling to the Rudolf Steiner Institute in Maine. Never had anyone struck my heart so deeply, so profoundly, just by his presence. Unlike many artists of this time, he was wholly able to be present to the soul being of others. I felt seen, even seen through, rather completely. So, when he wrote Give Us this Day: The Story of Prayer, I was deeply honored to write the introduction and forever grateful that I had the opportunity to take that writing deeply within and contemplate it. After his seventieth birthday, he began to feel that he was approaching the last of his writing. He had one more book he wanted to do, a book on Mary Magdalene. Before he could begin this writing, however, he became ill, an illness that moved swiftly. He was beautifully taken care of by his wife Imgard, visited by his friends, and prayed for constantly by those who were not able to journey to see him. He was accepting and grateful for his life and the challenges that came to him. I am filled with gratitude that he was here and for what he brought to the world. I think he was most happy when playing classical guitar or when working on a musical, composing a libretto. I feel his presence still. In 1999, Temple Lodge Press in London published Rufus’ gorgeous translation of Rudolf Steiner’s Calendar of the Soul, accompanied by fifty-two equally gorgeous paintings by Anne Stockton. The verse for the week of Rufus’ death, July 7-13, says: Given over to senses’ revelation I lost my own being’s urgency. To numb and rob me of myself; But world thoughts approach me In the show of senses—wakening. This seems to me to be what Rufus was always looking for: wakening into the presence of World Being. w w w. s t e i n e r b o o k s . o r g 2 4 h o u r s — o r c a l l 7 0 3 - 6 6 1 - 1 5 9 4 9 a m – 5 p m E S T 49 Pa s s i n g t h e F l a m e : Fa m k e Z o n n e v e l d Famke Zonneveld CHRISTOPHER BAMFORD F amke Zonneveld was a tall, handsome, strikingly regal Dutch woman with a commanding presence. Moving across a schoolyard, she could fill the space she created around her. You felt, here is someone with a story, that Famke is a soul who is weaving together past and future into that moment. When she stopped to talk, she held herself erect and looked you straight in the eye. As soon as you met her, you knew: this is a fiercely independent person who will give and demand authenticity. Her eyes, however, gave her away. In their unwavering gaze you could sense a heart that was open to oceanic compassion. She was born in 1938 into the lush, riotously colorful, colonial world of Sulawesi (formerly Celebes) in Indonesia. She was the second daughter in the Zonnefeld family. Her father was a lieutenant in the Dutch army. (The Dutch had been in Indonesia since the seventeenth century.) He had come from Holland and had met Famke’s mother there. She was a daughter of a colonel and came from a long line of Indonesian-born ancestors. Her great grandmother, in fact, had been Indonesian—from the island of Ambon. Until she was four, Famke’s life was that of a typical child of European parents living in the tropics. Then World War II changed everything. Chaos descended. The Japanese conquered Indonesia. Famke, her mother, and her (now) two sisters were interned in prisoner-of-war camps. Her father was away at the time, working on the railroad in Burma. He, too, was imprisoned. A year later, he died on a ship bound for Japan. His family would not know this until after the war. They simply had to survive the cruelty and confusion of camp life—arbitrary rules, severe constraints, and commandants who went crazy when the moon was full. For Famke, this experience was a crucible of 50 learning. She learned to question authority, to take the initiative necessary for survival. She learned to take responsibility for others. With her father gone, she felt she should fill his shoes. At the same time, she learned to read. There were three books in the camps— Hans Christian Andersen, Mother Goose, and Grimm. Famke learned to read from Grimm’s fairy tales! Liberated by the British, in 1946, Famke and her family returned to Holland. For the first time, she saw children of her own age walking in the street! Life was still hard— nothing was easy. She had fleas. Her head was shaved. At her first school, the children laughed because they had her hair cut like a boy. Then her mother felt she couldn’t cope, so Famke and her sisters were placed into an orphanage for a year. This was 1947-48, a year so cold that the North Sea froze and lessons had to be held in private homes because the school could not be heated. There were good things, too. Her independent spirit continued to thrive. Though she felt displaced and rejected, she developed an inner strength that would serve her well. And the seed of art was planted. Her mother had noticed her talent for drawing in first grade and then, in fourth grade, she had a teacher who taught an important lesson. The children were studying matching colors. They tested innumerable different combinations. Then the teacher revealed— All the colors go together! In the summer of 1953, on a cool wet day, her mother insisted she go swimming. Unwillingly and after an argument, Famke went. When she returned, her mother announced she had gotten married. Next day, her new husband returned to Indonesia. A year later, his new wife would follow and her children would find themselves in foster homes. Thus, Famke learned independence. This, more often than not, got her into trouble. What saved her was her art. In sixth grade, she received drawing lessons from an architect, a friend of M.C. Escher, whose son went to the same school. With him, Famke graduated to designing and drawing “art nouveauesque” borders—like those she would use at the Steiner School and which now surround the Waldorf Alphabet Book! At high school, her love of art flowered. Famke began to paint and draw prolifically. She did mostly portraits. Other people—the human essence—fascinated her. Above all, she had the ability to produce real likenesses— faces, hands, feet, eyes, self-portraits. Her art teacher was very supportive. She remembers how he had her sit in front of the class and paint a true “class portrait”! After high school, Famke first attended the Free Academy and then the Royal Academy in The Hague. She graduated with a Master’s Degree in Teaching. As she took on her first teaching job, a kind of dark night of the soul began in which she strove to overcome her displacement and discover where she was at home. Blood and family provided very little. Famke would have to find her own way. But how and of what was she capable? A distant uncle, who was clairvoyant, provided the answer. He was visiting her mother and insisted on meeting Famke. When he saw her, he said,”You must work. I know you are capable.” His words released Famke from the spell she had been under. She began to work, creating all kinds of powerful multimedia works— wall hangings, brass sculptures and so on. She became successful. She felt that there was a truth in art that could help the world become truer. This was the mid-sixties. Everything was in question. She had met Americans who opposed the war in Vietnam. This drew her to America. She would go there. In 1968, she applied and was accepted for a work-study program for foreign teachers run by Antioch College in Ohio. She arrived in New York on the day Martin Luther King was assassinated. Moments before she heard the news and joined the crowd in Central Park, she had walked by the Rudolf Steiner School and wondered that they had such schools in America! The die was cast. She spent three months in Antioch and then, after meeting members of the American Friends Service Committee, spent the summer in Memphis and Atlanta. She worked for the Peace Caravan with draft counseling, Civil Rights, and the migrant farm workers movement. She designed the cover for The Great Speckled Bird Hiroshima issue. Then, it was time to teach. She had met people from the New York Steiner School, so applied there. After an interview, she was accepted as the craft teacher. An intense period of learning began. Support the work of SteinerBooks—convenient and secure online ordering Pa s s i n g t h e F l a m e : Fa m k e Z o n n e v e l d BOOKS BY FAMKE ZONNEVELD Waldorf Alphabet Book Afterword by William Ward In this delightful, best-selling alphabet and game book for young children, each consonant and vowel comes to life in vivid pictures that show each letter’s unique qualities in the world. The vibrant and playful illustrations help children learn the alphabet in the most natural and living way. This new expanded paperback edition includes a complete essay by master Waldorf teacher William Ward, “Learning to Read and Write in Waldorf Schools”: 64 pages, paperback 7½x9½ isbn: 0-88010-559-3 $12.95 What Julianna Could See STORY BY PAUL MARGULIES Illustrated by Famke Zonneveld This radiant picture book was written for Julianna Margulies—the film actor and former star of the hit television series “ER”—when she was six years old. Her father, Paul Margulies, captures the pure openness of a child’s imagination. These reflections on what a small girl sees around her remind us all, young and old, that life’s riches can come to us through our loving attention to the simple and “ordinary.” The vibrant images by Famke Zonneveld bring this book to life. 32 pages, paperback 10 ½ x 8 ½ isbn: 0880105151 $11.95 First, she had to learn bookbinding and weaving. So she took courses. At one of these, she met Howard Chezar, a young Jewish man with a huge red Afro. Serene and happy, a Baruch graduate who drove a cab for a living, he was the driving force behind a large food coop. But he needed help with his weaving! In 1971, Famke and Howard would become husband and wife. Then there was Anthroposophy, taught by Henry Barnes. For Famke, things were beginning to make sense. She taught in New York for four years when, pregnant with their first daughter, Arielle, Famke and Howard moved upstate. They had intended to settle near Harlemville and become part of the fledging Hawthorne Valley farming and educational community there, but fate brought them over the border into Massachusetts to the Great Barrington area. Their daughter Arielle was born in 1973, to be followed six years later by Simone. Howard became a successful building contractor. Famke, now a mother and a homemaker, continued to deepen her art. She learned much from Donald Hall about watercolor relationships and how, through metamorphosing color, image arises. Donald had a Painting in School in Harlemville and then moved to Bolzano, Italy, where Famke continued to study with him when she could. But Famke did not limit herself to watercolors. For many years she illustrated the Biodynamic Journal with fine black and white drawings. A woodblock series of The Stations of the Cross may be seen in St. John the Baptist Church in Schenectady, New York. A wood relief, Moses Bringing down the Tablets, may be found in a synagogue in Milford, New Jersey. She also worked in stained glass and created wall hangings. Waldorf Alphabet Book was Famke’s first published book. The people at Bell Pond Books wanted a “Waldorf ” alphabet book and commissioned Famke to design it; she was the obvious choice. She knew children and Waldorf education as a mother and teacher. She had a great deal of life experience. She was an accomplished watercolor artist. Above all, she had that unique mix of wit, charm, and aesthetic sense necessary to create a successful children’s book. K Famke’s last years brought her both wellearned rewards and unwanted trials. Her destiny, in any case, was not about to let her go. With two books published—The Waldorf Alphabet Book, followed by What Julianna Could See—she received increasing and welcome acclaim for her art; her two daughters were finding their way in life and brought her great pleasures; but there were also powerful challenges, especially that of cancer. Famke met her cancer as she had met everything that life brought her: with dignity, courage, inner strength, and steely determination. She engaged her treatments with the complete conviction that she would recover. She was determined that her illness would not force her to withdraw from life. She loved life; and her illness helped her engage it all the more; she did not let it make her miss a beat. For a brief moment of reprieve, it seemed all would be well. She seemed to recover. But then the cancer returned; and nothing more could be done. This she accepted with grace, good humor, and humility, dying consciously in the bosom of her family and friends on October 5, 2005. w w w. s t e i n e r b o o k s . o r g 2 4 h o u r s — o r c a l l 7 0 3 - 6 6 1 - 1 5 9 4 9 a m – 5 p m E S T 51 The Eclipse of March 29, 2006 ROBERT POWELL, PH.D. ever seen a total solar eclipse can confirm that it is one of the most amazing cosmic events one can experience. That there are deeper levels to such experiences can be seen from the following words of Rudolf Steiner: During a solar eclipse, something very different occurs during the changed circumstances of the part of the Earth on which the solar eclipse takes effect. If we know that, when the Sun’s rays shine upon us, will forces stream up toward the Sun, then we can imagine how an eclipse of the Sun can have a definite influence on the stream of the will, which is spiritual. The Moon intercepts the light rays coming from the Sun; this is the physical aspect. But the physical Moon does not block the stream of the will arising from the Earth; it flows into the darkness of the eclipse. This is a moment in time, if only brief, during which earthly will forces stream out into cosmic space in a different way when there is a solar eclipse. Normally, the physical aspect of sunlight always connects with the upward flow of the will, in which case the will forces stream up into cosmic space, unimpeded, in the shape of a cone.... When there is a solar eclipse, however, there is an opportunity for what is negative on Earth to spread out into heavenly regions. This physical event certainly has a spiritual content ... In fact, each year when eclipses of the Sun and Moon return, these events act like “valves,” so to speak. Safety valves are installed so that they open at the right time in order to avoid damage—for example, to let off steam. These “valves,” which appear in world phenomena as solar and lunar eclipses, are present precisely so that during a solar eclipse the negativity that spreads out on Earth can be carried, in a luciferic way, up into cosmic space, where it A NYONE WHO HAS 52 can lead to further damage. Lunar eclipses, however, are such that evil thoughts from cosmic space can come to human beings who especially want to be possessed by evil thoughts.... Humanity will not be free of these forces of total decadence until it is again able to grasp, from the heart, the meaning of such spiritual connections.1 In consideration of the total solar eclipse that took place on March 29, 2006 (actually the following remarks apply to all solar eclipses): (a) the time of the darkening of the Sun’s rays is a time when certain negative aspects of existence may come forth, as described in the quotation by Rudolf Steiner; and (b) the eclipse of the Sun’s forces can call forth in human beings their own inner Sun forces, having to do especially with the will— this being a conscious decision, out of human free will. In this latter case, what needs to be called forth is gratitude for the mysteries of the Sun, which are essentially threefold: 1. The Sun is not only the source of light, life and warmth but is also the outer manifestation of the kingdom of heaven, a place of abode of sublime spiritual beings; 2. the Sun itself is an outer, visible expression of the Son of God, a cosmic manifestation of the Christ Mystery; 3. the Sun points us toward the “Son of Man,” the Etheric Christ, who is working to open the heart chakra in human beings (the heart is the center of the human being corresponding to the Sun at the heart of the solar system), and who may be visualized as a radiant Sun now at work within the Earth’s etheric aura. During a solar eclipse, it is always appropriate to hold in consciousness the image of Christ’s triumphant entry into Jerusalem, since this event took place historically on the day of a solar eclipse. In so doing, the most important qualities to be cultivated, and with which the etheric Christ can connect, are reverence, compassion, and conscience: reverence for the Divine Mystery of existence in all its aspects; compassion for Mother Earth and for all the human beings and other beings connected with her, all seeking redemption; and heightened conscience as a sense of vigilance for the Good. Vigilant conscience is especially important during a solar eclipse, because, when the warmth and light of the Sun are blotted out, cold and dark forces may try to gain entry to human consciousness. Hence the importance of taking hold of one’s own inner Sun, which, like the outer Sun, is always burning and aflame and is darkened only when conscience is lulled to sleep. The archetype of the triumphant entry into Jerusalem is important in our time in relation to the work of the etheric Christ in the creation of the New Earth as his contribution to the New Jerusalem—Sophia’s contribution, as the Bride of the Lamb, which brings down the New Heaven to unite with the New Earth. On the day of Christ’s triumphant entry into Jerusalem (March 19, a.d. 33) there was a total solar eclipse at 1:05 p.m. local time. This would have been around the time when Jesus came into the city and the crowd that had cut branches from the palm trees and strewn them on the road called out, “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!” (Matthew 21:9). Right at the time when the Light of the World entered the city of Jerusalem as the King of Peace, the outer light of the Sun was darkened briefly. The darkness was not noticeable in Jerusalem, because the path of the total solar eclipse extended only over water, from the northernmost tip of Antarctica across into the Indian Ocean, crossing Support the work of SteinerBooks—convenient and secure online ordering The Eclipse of March 29, 2006 only the land at the northern tip of Antarctica. Nevertheless, the solar eclipse of that day was a spiritual reality for the whole Earth. Returning to Rudolf Steiner’s description of the negative impact of a solar eclipse as referred to in (a): This impact makes itself felt above all along the path of the eclipse’s totality. However, as indicated in (b): The spiritual impact of a solar eclipse in a positive sense is something global, as may be seen in this example of Christ’s triumphant entry into Jerusalem. This is a very important point; it is not necessary to be physically present at a solar eclipse in order to bring about something positive in relation to the negative impact an eclipse might have. Having said this, let us consider the solar eclipse of March 29, 2006, which was visible in Libya and the northwest corner of Egypt, and in Turkey and other countries. This eclipse signified the start of a mysterious event, and the purpose of this article is to awaken consciousness of the mystery connected with this solar eclipse. First, let us contemplate the whole path of the eclipse. At the new moon on the morning of March 29, the disk of the Moon completely covered the face of the Sun, casting a narrow shadow upon the surface of the Earth. The path of the Moon’s shadow cone (approximately one hundred miles in width) swept across the surface of the Earth, beginning in Brazil and extending across the Atlantic, northern Africa, the Mediterranean, Turkey, and central Asia, ending at sunset in western Mongolia. At its height—in southern Libya at 16E46, 23N09—the eclipse attained a maximum and was visible for just over four minutes. From southern Libya, the eclipse then proceeded further northward to reach the Mediterranean coast at the border between Libya and Egypt. Many people gathered in the Egyptian coastal town of Saloum on the border with Libya (25E09, 31N31), where at 12:40 p.m. the total eclipse of the Sun was seen for almost four minutes. This event of the solar eclipse was awaited with great anticipation. For some people, the occurrence of the eclipse of the Sun meant an opportunity to sow positive impulses in the Earth’s spiritual atmosphere on March 29 in consciousness of—and inspired by—the archetype of Christ’s triumphant entry into Jerusalem. For everyone who becomes conscious of the deeper significance of this solar eclipse, there is an ongoing effort to take part in the advent of an event of cosmic dimensions—focusing on Sophia’s coming (Sophia as the “new Isis”). Here it needs to be born in mind that Sophia’s coming—as the bearer of a new world culture (the Rose of the World)—is an answer to the incarnation of the Antichrist and the “culture” associated with his incarnation. As discussed by Wain Farrants in his article “The Continuing Influence of the Grand Conjunction of 1962: An Imagination for the 21st Century,”2 on the morning of February 5, 1962 (at sunrise on this day of a solar eclipse, when all the seven classical planets were lined up in the constellation of Capricorn), the American clairvoyant Jeane Dixon had a vision of the birth of the human being whom she identified as the bearer of the Antichrist.3 She describes what she saw at that moment in time as she gazed out of the window of her apartment in Washington, D.C.: The bare-limb trees of the city had given way to an endless desert scene, broiled by a relentless sun. Glowing like an enormous ball of fire, the sun had cracked the horizon, emitting brilliant rays of scintillating light, which seemed to attract the earth like a magic wand. The Sun’s rays parted, facilitating the appearance of the Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten4 and Queen Nefertiti. But my eyes were drawn to the newborn child she tenderly cradled in her other arm. He was wrapped in soiled, ragged swaddling clothes, in stark contrast to the magnificently arrayed royal couple. I then became aware of a multitude of people that appeared. I witnessed Nefertiti hand the child to the people. Instantly rays of sunlight burst forth from the little boy, which blended with the brilliance of the sun. My eyes once more focused on the baby. By now he had grown to manhood, and a small cross, which had formed above his head enlarged and expanded until it covered the earth in all directions. Suffering people, of all races, knelt in worshipful adoration, lifting their arms and offering their hearts to him. 5 On this day of a total solar eclipse, Jeane Dixon saw what she described as, “A revelation that ... foretells one of the most dramatic events in the history of the world.” She adds: The fact that Pharaoh Akhenaten and his wife Queen Nefertiti presented this child to the world seems to indicate that his mission is to continue where their first attempt to deceive humanity failed ... . There is no doubt in my mind that the “child” is the actual person of the Antichrist, the one who will deceive the world in Satan’s name.”6 Akhenaten is one of the most controversial figures of the ancient world. On the one hand there is the view of Jeane Dixon of someone whose “attempt to deceive humanity failed.” Rudolf Steiner does not mention Akhenaten at all in any of his books or lectures, which in itself is telling. One of the first eurythmists, Annemarie Dubach-Donath, who knew Rudolf Steiner well, wrote a play entitled Echnaton, der Gottverlassene (“Akhenaten: The One Abandoned by God,” 1928). On the other hand Emil Bock, in his book Moses, portrays Akhenaten as a figure who disavowed power and greed, turned away from the corrupt politics and black magic of the priests of Amen (Amun), and adhered to a solar divinity. Another author, Johannes Bertram, describes Akhenaten as, a fully conscious self (“I”) who knew of his connection with the Creative Being of the world, whose glorious reflection he saw in the Sun.... Akhenaten attempted, through the light and power of his conscious clairvoyance, which he had attained as an initiated pharaoh, to pit himself with all possible means against the decline (of the Egyptian religion). It was his endeavor to save the monotheistic kernel of the Egyptian religion.... He experienced himself in his innermost self (“I”) as a ray of the Light Being, as son of Aten, and thus named himself Akhen-Aten, son of Aten.7 Thus the debate about Akhenaten is polarized between seeing him as “one abandoned by God” and as “an initiated pharaoh ... endeavor(ing) to save the monotheistic kernel of the Egyptian religion.” It is not possible in the space of this article to go into all the various perspectives concerning Akhenaten, other than to mention one interesting point: Rudolf Steiner’s indication that the Egyptian scene in his fourth mystery play is to be considered as having taken place during the reign of Akhenaten. In this scene the chief hierophant in the Egyptian temple is in the process of guiding the initiation of the Neophyte: w w w. s t e i n e r b o o k s . o r g 2 4 h o u r s — o r c a l l 7 0 3 - 6 6 1 - 1 5 9 4 9 a m – 5 p m E S T 53 The Eclipse of March 29, 2006 THE CHIEF HIEROPHANT: O human soul, now read what through the flame the cosmic Word proclaims within thyself. And now from out the cosmic vision awake! Declare what can be read as cosmic Word. (The neophyte is silent. The Chief Hierophant, much alarmed, continues:) He’s silent. The vision has escaped you? Speak! THE NEOPHYTE: Obedient to your stern and sacred words I sank into the being of this flame, Awaiting sounds of lofty cosmic words. (The assembled priests, with the exception of the Hierophant, show an ever-increasing alarm during the speech of the Neophyte.) I felt that I could liberate myself from weight of earth and be as light as air. I felt the loving tide of cosmic fire receiving me as flowing spirit waves. I saw the body that I wear on earth as other being stand outside myself. Though wrapt in bliss, and conscious of the light of spirit round me, Yet I could regard my earthly sheath with longing and desire ... Within my spirit-soul existence rose the wish that gravity of earth would plunge me down Into my sheath where I might feel and hold the sense of joy in warmth of life. Thus, gladly diving down into my sheath, I heeded your stern summons to awake. THE CHIEF HIEROPHANT: (himself to the terrified priests): This is no spirit vision; earth’s desires—wrung from the mystic—rose as offering To radiant spirit heights. O sacrilege, sacrilege!8 Rudolf Steiner remarked, “This scene is a quite decisive, concrete picture that is written into the akasha chronicle. It is that moment in which, for the first time, an initial sign lights up of the approaching Greek culture.”9 This remark, and the Egyptian scene itself, conveys something of the drama surrounding the Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten, who appears in this context as a forerunner of “the approaching Greek culture” celebrating “the sense of joy in warmth of life” on the physical plane of existence and thus stepping out of the framework of the tradition of ancient Egyptian mystery religion. In this respect, he was a forerunner leading the way into experience of the sense-perceptible realm. This was a necessary step at that time. Now in our time, however, a step in the reverse direction is called for, from 54 the sense perceptible to the spiritual, following the call of Christ and Sophia. It is here perhaps where “Akhenaten’s heresy” appeared to Jeane Dixon’s clairvoyance as a herald of something in our time leading in the opposite direction. As Wain Farrants describes in his article, some twenty-five years ago I had discussed Jeane Dixon’s vision with Willi Sucher (1902– 1985), my teacher in star wisdom (astrosophy). Willi affirmed the accuracy of Jeane Dixon’s vision. He added that he thought the child had been born in Tobruk, Libya. It is remarkable in this connection to note that the city of Tobruk is very close (about forty miles to the west) from the edge of the path of the total solar eclipse on March 29, 2006. This fact, together with the “Egyptian background” to Jeane Dixon’s vision, serves to highlight the eclipse of the Sun that crossed the border of Egypt and Libya on that day. On that day, thousands of people from around the world traveled to the regions of the path of the eclipse’s totality in order to see this cosmic spectacle. The Moon covered the face of the Sun, and the Sun’s corona emerged—a magnificent vista: the radiant appearance of the great “light aura” of our star at the heart of our solar system. To witness a solar eclipse is an experience that is both lofty and—when one becomes aware of the surrounding nature—terrible: “It was as if Nature was torn. The pulse of earthly nature stood still”10 At the eclipse on March 29, 2006, the Sun was located near the middle of sidereal Pisces (at 13½° Pisces), close to where it was at the birth of the child Jesus, as described in the Gospel of St. Matthew.11 On March 29, 2006— when the Moon covered the Sun and all was dark—Venus (27° Capricorn) appeared to the right (westward) of the Sun, and then between the Sun’s corona and Venus it was possible to see Mercury (19° Aquarius). Just above the eastern horizon, a third planet—Mars (26° Taurus)—was visible. Betelgeuze, the red super giant marking the right shoulder of Orion, rose in the east, visible beneath Mars and close to the eastern horizon. Other stars that were visible at this moment: Aldebaran (the Bull’s eye) in the east, about thirty degrees above the horizon; Capella (the heart of the She-Goat) still higher up in the northeast; Deneb (the tail of the Swan) high in the northwest; somewhat deeper, but brighter, Vega in the Lyre; Altair in the Eagle (the third star—together with Deneb and Vega—in the summer triangle), about twenty-five degrees above the western horizon; Fomalhaut (the mouth of the Southern Fish) deep in the southwest; and Achernar in the River Eridanus, just above the southern horizon. Who saw this cosmic event? In addition to the servers of Good who were called to witness it, there were many tourists and curiosity seekers and some practitioners of the occult seeking to harness the potential magical forces released through the eclipse of the Sun. Just as many human beings were present to see it, there was also a host of spiritual beings there to watch over this event. They beheld the “valve” opening and the rising of “streaming forces of the will,” like an out-breath of the Earth’s aura. Also, with the opening of the “valve” something entered the Earth’s auric field. The beings of the spiritual world attended to watch over what streamed upward from the Earth, in need of purification. All along the path of the eclipse’s totality, spiritual beings witnessed and experienced very closely and intensely the great struggle of present-day humanity: the struggle between good and evil. The out-breath signified a release of toxicity from the Earth’s aura. Like toxic waste pouring into a river, that toxicity flowed upward from the Earth’s aura along the path of the eclipse, necessitating a cleansing by the beings of the spiritual world, to purify what flows up from the Earth into cosmic space. In addition to the benevolent spiritual beings, there were also dark forces at work behind the scenes, manipulating the process as indicated at the beginning of this article. In light of what we have discussed, the importance of consciously bringing a harmonizing, peace-bestowing influence into the Earth’s aura since the time of the eclipse is evident. If taken up consciously, this can become a real cooperation with the spiritual world to enliven the spiritual atmosphere in a positive way through spiritual thoughts and love-permeated feelings. The whole can be an offering to Sophia—as the “new Isis”—into her hands as a contribution for her to place on the positive scales of humankind’s endeavor and to counter-balance anything placed on the negative scales in the wake of the eclipse. For those called to hold the significance of the eclipse in consciousness in service of the Good, their presence on Earth is like nectar for the beings of the spiritual world, if indeed they offer their service in the right spirit. Support the work of SteinerBooks—convenient and secure online ordering The Eclipse of March 29, 2006 However, one must not be naïve concerning the “birth” through the eclipse (and in the wake of the eclipse) in the sense of Jeane Dixon’s vision outlined above, as humanity at this point in the struggle between good and evil is calling forth this “birth.” In terms of where the world is today in its evolution, a new “religion” is arising subconsciously along the lines of Akhenaten’s attempt to institute worship of the disk of the Sun. It is natural that someone (a new “Pharaoh Akhenaten”) should step into the role of shepherding humanity in a “religion of materialism” to replace that which Christ and other great founders of the world religions stood for. What better moment to bring to birth a “religion glorifying the external” than a total eclipse of the Sun, when the Sun’s disk (“the Aten” in Akhenaten’s religion)—even though covered by the Moon—is in a certain respect rendered visible. He will establish and lead a strange and fundamentally anti-human “religion” of atheism and anti-religion ... a seduction of minds by a false ideology and propaganda ... the teacher of man’s new modernized approach to life that leaves the Christian heritage behind as outmoded.... He will be the last and greatest of idols man has worshiped in the long history of religious aberrations. He will receive the worship of many people, as if he, in his own person, were actually God. He will personify, in other words, a false humanism by which men worship themselves, making of themselves their own supreme law, and finding in the Antichrist the symbol of the secret aspiration of their own fallen natures. But since he will set himself up as god before all men and will demand worship of all men, he will not tolerate worship of the one true God. Hence he will wage a full, unbridled persecution of all Christians.... When the “man” has reached the age reserved for the onset of his mission, no one will be able to hold the children back, for to capture the youth and, through them, the world, he was born.12 In relation to these words of Jeane Dixon concerning the new “religion” of the Antichrist, it is illuminating to consider Rudolf Steiner’s words concerning the promotion of the “religion of materialism” and its underlying motivation. Steiner draws attention to certain brotherhoods preparing the way for the Antichrist by promoting materialism: There are initiates who are also materialists and who disseminate materialistic teachings through their brotherhoods.... What, then, are the aims of these initiates, who, in reality, know very well that the human soul is a purely spiritual entity, independent of the body, and nevertheless cherish and cultivate a materialistic outlook in other people? What they want is that the greatest number of souls absorb only materialistic ideas between birth and death. Thus, those souls are made ready to linger on in the earthly sphere, to be held back there. And now observe that there are brotherhoods that are equipped to know all about this. Such brotherhoods prepare certain human souls to remain after death in the realm of the material. Then they arrange things ... so that these souls come under the aegis of their brotherhood, and from this the brotherhood gains enormous strength.... Thus these brotherhoods build up a sort of clientele of souls from among the dead who remain in the earthly realm.... The aim of the brotherhoods who wish to confine human souls in the material realm is that the Christ will pass by unnoticed ... that his coming in the etheric will go unnoticed by human beings.... These brotherhoods want to take over the Christ’s sphere of influence ... for another being ... a strongly Ahrimanic one.... The only weapon against such procedures is to know about them. If we know about them, we are protected.13 If humanity were now at a different level, engaged in a spiritually creative way as it will be in the coming culture of Sophia, the Rose of the World, there would be no need for that “birth” described by both Jeane Dixon and Rudolf Steiner. It is a fruit of the direction chosen by humanity as a whole. An innocent heart—conscious, however, of the awesomeness of this “birth”—is important to the beings of the spiritual world, and at the same time a firm consciousness and vigilant conscience, holding firmly to Christ and Sophia. Otherwise, one could be led into attunement with a being that—in relation to all the unaware people of the present time— seeks to take hold of one’s life substance, consciousness, and heart forces, to use this as a kind of nourishment. However, in the name of Christ and Sophia, one is protected and is able to remain sovereign. The best way to serve is to hold the higher goal of humanity’s evolution in consciousness, aiming toward the Rose of the World. Aligned with Sophia as the bearer of this coming new culture, and united with Christ at all levels, especially the level of the will, one can turn the event of this “birth” into something good. Moreover, it is possible to unite with the work of spiritual beings cleansing the Earth’s present auric field. And one can celebrate together with the lofty spiritual beings connected with the Sun and with the angelic beings connected with the Moon, which are the “eyes” of the beings of the spiritual world. Thus one can consciously participate in the tending of a “seed bed” for the future flowering of the Good. The following meditation by Valentin Tomberg can be a wonderful source of help in this respect. Before contemplating the meditation itself, it is helpful to recall the essence of the central myth for our time, the essence of which is the experience of the Etheric Christ as the “new Osiris” and the Divine Sophia as the “new Isis.”14 The experience of the ancient Egyptians of Isis and Osiris is summarized in these words: The ancient Egyptians quite literally saw Osiris appear in the southern sky in the constellation of Orion, in the period immediately preceding the flood. But the flood itself was directly heralded by the appearance of Isis in the iridescent star Sirius, some time after the first reemergence of Orion from below the southern horizon. The Nile’s inundation was said to be caused by the tears of Isis for her stricken lord, tears that, as it were, came streaming from the rainbow hues of this star down into the emaciated river. If in looking south one gazes toward the Dwat, then behind one are the stars of the north, the pole stars that never set and that for the Egyptians constituted a cosmic image of eternity. It was the uninterrupted circuit of these stars that the most blessed dead would join, the realm beyond the Dwat, the realm of pure spirit. A person standing and facing south is in the “archetypal” position by which the w w w. s t e i n e r b o o k s . o r g 2 4 h o u r s — o r c a l l 7 0 3 - 6 6 1 - 1 5 9 4 9 a m – 5 p m E S T 55 The Eclipse of March 29, 2006 ancient Egyptians oriented themselves in “the Beloved Land” (ta-meri). One of the terms for “south” is also a term for “face”, while the word usually used for “north” is related to a word that means “back of the head.” The word for “east” is the same as that for “left”; likewise the word for “west” and “right.”15 In light of the experience of the ancient Egyptians facing south and beholding Osiris in the constellation of Orion, let us contemplate the following meditation on the Etheric Christ, the “new Osiris,” given by Valentin Tomberg at Easter 1941, also bearing in mind the Egyptians’ sense for Seth (Typhon) as the opponent of Osiris: Meditation on the Etheric Christ Christ is already here. He is standing in the south of the Earth, and waves are proceeding from Him. Every human being is now able to create a connection with Him. The human being has to do this [out of free will]. He is still standing. However, human beings are able to approach Him, to create a connection with Him. For this, two things are necessary: knowledge of Christ and Antichrist; and aligning oneself with Christ. If one chooses one of the two streams which are streaming through the world: [that of] Christ or [that of] Antichrist— a light-blue stream, and a black stream— when one chooses, one is already taken into one of the two streams. Through the Power of Christ one is immeasurably strengthened. One can pass through terrible trials and remain peaceful. Through His Power one can bear [things] to an unbelievable degree. He bestows great Power upon one.16 This is a very potent meditation to hold in consciousness as a meditation on the Etheric Christ, the “new Osiris,” in the period now following the solar eclipse of March 29, 2006. 56 Robert Powell, ph.d.: is an internationally known lecturer, author, eurythmist, and movement therapist, he wrote his Ph.D. thesis on the history of the zodiac. Robert recently recorded the six-tape series The Sophia Teachings (Sounds True Recordings), now also available as a book. He has taught these teachings for many years and has written numerous books, including Chronicle of the Living Christ, Christian Hermetic Astrology, The Christ Mystery, The Sign of the Son of Man in the Heavens, Divine Sophia–Holy Wisdom, The Most Holy Trinosophia and the New Revelation of the Divine Feminine, The Morning Meditation in Eurythmy, and he is coauthor with Peter Treadgold of the yearly Christian Star Calendar. Robert is co-founder of the Sophia Foundation of North America and founder of the Choreocosmos School of Cosmic and Sacred Dance. He gives workshops in Europe and North America, and every other year he leads pilgrimages to the world’s sacred sites (1996 Turkey; 1997 Holy Land; 1998 France; 2000 Britain; 2002 Italy; 2004 Greece; 2006 Egypt)—see the website: www.sophiafoundation.org. Notes describes this step of Akhenaten as an “attempt to deceive humanity”. It was an attempt to substitute a religion revering the external appearance of the Sun (and the world) in place of the Divine order underlying existence represented by Amen-Ra, who was considered to be the personification of the mysterious creating and sustaining power of the universe of which the Sun is an outer manifestation. In this respect Akhenaten could perhaps be thought of as the first materialist who, moreover, tried to establish a unique form of a materialistic religion (admittedly a much loftier form of materialism than that of our time). Akhenaten’s revolution was brought to an end at his death with the accession of his son-in-law, Tutankhamen (the boy pharaoh), to the throne. 5 Jeane Dixon, My Life and Prophecies (William Morrow: New York, 1969), pp. 178–179. 6 Ibid., p. 187. 7 Johannes Bertram, Echnaton, der Grosse im Schauen (“Akhenaten, the Great Seer”) (Hamburg Kulturverlag: Hamburg, 1953), pp. 16-25. 8 Rudolf Steiner, The Soul’s Awakening (Steiner Book Center: Toronto, 1973), pp. 108-109. Rudolf Steiner, Eurythmy: Its Birth and Development (Anastasi: Weobley/England, 2002), p. 50. 1 Rudolf Steiner, Human Questions and Cosmic Answers (CW 213; June 25, 1922, translation by R. Powell). 9 2 Robert Powell & Peter Treadgold, Christian Star Calendar 2006 (Sophia Foundation of North America: Palo Alto, California, 2005); see www.sophiafoundation.org. 3 Here it is evident that Jeane Dixon participated—from afar—on a spiritual level in the solar eclipse of February 5, 1962. She participated in a profound and intense way in the eclipse, which was visible far away on the other side of the Earth, where the path of totality swept across Borneo, New Guinea, and a vast expanse of the Pacific Ocean, to stop short of the north-west coast of Mexico. 10 Wilhelm Meyer, Die ägyptische Finsterniss von 1905 [“The Egyptian eclipse of 1905”] quoted in Wolfgang Held, Sonnen- und Mondfinsternisse [“Eclipses of the Sun and Moon”] (Verlag Freies Geistesleben: Stuttgart, 2005), p. 33. 4 Jeane Dixon uses the spelling “Ikhnaton” (an alternative to Akhenaten) for the name of this pharaoh whose “cultural revolution” turned into a tragedy that almost ruined Egypt. The name Akhenaten means “glorious spirit of the Aten” or “he in whom the Sun’s disk is satisfied,” and the essence of his cultural revolution was to elevate the Sun’s disk, the Aten, to the head of the Egyptian pantheon, thus relegating Amun or Amen (“king of the gods”) to a much lower status. Jeane Dixon 11 Robert Powell, Chronicle of the Living Christ (Anthroposophic Press, 1996), pp. 67–77, 146. 12 Jeane Dixon, op. cit., pp. 173-174, 190. 13 Rudolf Steiner, The Wrong and Right Use of Esoteric Knowledge (Rudolf Steiner Press, 1966), pp. 16–22. 14 Rudolf Steiner, Isis–Mary-Sophia (Steiner Books: Gt. Barrington/MA, 2003), pp. 191-226. 15 Jeremy Naydler, Temple of the Cosmos (Inner Traditions: Rochester, VT, 1996), p. 9. 16 From an esoteric lecture held at Easter 1941 for a small group of people in Amsterdam during World War II. Translated from the German lecture notes by Robert Powell. K Support the work of SteinerBooks—convenient and secure online ordering Springing Forth: The Life History of Bloodroot CRAIG HOLDREGE SEED IS MORE than meets the eye. It is so miniscule and shows so little outer differentiation compared to a flower or a fruit. But it also carries the potential to bring forth the next generation. If we want to learn anything essential about the seed, we must let it germinate. The seed as an object disintegrates in this process, but out of it the plant unfolds its life and forms. This development is connected with the environment. We usually think of the plant unfolding out of the seed and into the environment. But we can just as accurately say: the environment (light, warmth, water, soil, gravity, and so forth) develops the plant out of the seed. In many parts of North America the first plants to unfold in the springtime are woodland wildflowers. And most of these beautiful plants do not develop directly out of seeds. They are perennials that create rootstocks or bulbs out of which the aboveground parts of the plant emerge each year. Often the flowers and leaves are already formed in the previous summer and over winter in buds. When winter has passed, the days are longer and the forest floor thaws, they burst into bloom. So it is with bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis), one of the most enchanting early spring ephemerals. In early April, the floor of northeastern forests is light brown from the dead leaves covering the soil. The trees are still bare and the air cool. There is little apparent sign of plant life. You have to get down on your knees and look carefully. Then you can see buds of various wildflowers pushing up through the leaf litter. One of the earliest wildflowers to emerge in the rich soil of bottomland woods is bloodroot. Its characteristic grayish-green bud grows are A All it takes is one hard rainfall easy to discern once you get to and the petals fall off (a typical know them (Figure 1). characteristic of the poppy famWithin a week or two a little four-inch-tall plant has grown ily, to which bloodroot belongs). out of the bud. All we see is Once the petals are gone blooda tightly wrapped, not-yetroot recedes more into the backunfolded leaf. Then a tender ground. Other wildflowers begin white cap emerges out of its to bloom and a carpet of green center—the flower bud. The leaf forms on the forest floor. The Figure 1 encloses the flower and provides single green leaf, flower stalk and a protective mantle as the plant grows into the fruit capsule blend in with this background. vicissitudes of the airy light-filled world. After flowering, bloodroot’s single leaf Remarkably, the white blossom with its unfolds fully and grows (Figure 2). The leaf eight delicate petals grows up stalk is about as long as the leaf itself (what out of the enwrapping leaf and botanists call the leaf blade). The blade is fairly unfolds before the leaf does. The upright and fans out into an overall rounded petals unfurl and show a glowing form with six to eight lobes. In mid-May the center of golden stamens. On a canopy of the forest begins to close overhead. cloudy day the blossoms remain We often do not realize that the forest floor closed, but on a sunny afternoon has its peak in illumination in May before the it’s a joy to be greeted by a patch trees are green. Even though the days continue of bloodroot, their inexpressibly to get longer there is increasingly less illuminasoft-white and radiant blossoms tion on the forest floor. The woodland wildopening into the sunlight. They flowers begin their shady summer. seem to hover over the ground. At this stage, Whereas the development of bloodroot bloodroot reveals a special twofold gesture: from bud to flower progressed rapidly with openness and luminance in the flower above each day showing visible changes—the changes and the restrained enclosing gesture of the we human beings long for and are nourished protective leaf below. by in spring—now everything slows down. Bloodroot’s leaf blade continues to grow slowly throughout the spring and early summer, in contrast to those of many small spring wildflowers that decay soon after flowering. As the leaf grows, its orientation changes from upright to horizontal; this occurs simultaneously with the greening and closing of the tree canopy. The leaf blade takes on a flat funnel-shape (Figure 2). The flower stalk does not elongate after the petals fall off, so that the leaf now forms a canopy for the fruit capsule, just as the unfolding leaves of the trees form a canopy for the forest floor—a beautiful instance of a part mirroring a process in the whole. Moreover, we see how bloodroot’s leaf is in a constantly changing in relation to the flower, flower stalk, and then fruit. By the end of June the fruit capsule at the tip of the flower stalk has swollen and splits open, revealing numerous small, round, Figure 2 w w w. s t e i n e r b o o k s . o r g 2 4 h o u r s — o r c a l l 7 0 3 - 6 6 1 - 1 5 9 4 9 a m – 5 p m E S T 57 S p r i n g i n g Fo r t h : T h e L i f e H i s t o r y o f B l o o d r o o t that, under good conditions, continues to grow year by year. When the ants come, they move the plant, via the seeds, beyond these narrow bounds, and provide the conditions for a new colony of bloodroot to develop. In this sense the ants belong to bloodroot, just as bloodroot—as food— is part of the ants. K interconnected. Though we are N part of nature, we do not yet fathom ATURE AROUND US Figure 3 dark-brown seeds, which soon fall to the ground (Figure 2). The flower stalk and capsule then dry up, shrivel, and decompose. Only the leaf is left above the ground. The leaf blade grows no more, but the leaf stalk continues to lengthen. Gradually the leaf blade comes to rest on the ground and begins to decay. We’re now at the end of August or early September. When the tree foliage begins to turn color, bloodroot is no longer visible. Within the soil, the dark, orange-red rhizome (from which bloodroot takes its name) has, however, also been undergoing changes. Flower buds and leaf buds have formed and remain dormant until early April, when the cycle begins anew. But what happens to bloodroot’s seeds? When they fall to the ground, ants arrive. The ants pick up the seeds and carry them to their nest. Each bloodroot seed has a small outgrowth called an elaiosome. The elaiosome grows outside the seed coat and is not part of the germ. The ants are attracted to this part of the seed—ant larvae feed on the eliaosomes, which are rich in fats and sugars. The fast-growing larvae thrive on this nutrient-rich food. The seed itself, retaining its potential for germination, is discarded by the ants, usually with other organic waste from the nest. As one researcher put it, the seeds are placed on “private compost heaps” and out of the seed beds tiny plants can grow the next year. It takes them a season or more to develop flowers and their own seeds again. In this manner bloodroot spreads out in lowland forests through ants. Bloodroot is found in clusters of a few to perhaps ten or twenty flowering stalks. These “plants” are usually connected under ground, which means they are actually branches from the same plant 58 is whole and her depths, and our actions to do not embody her wisdom. A fundamental shift in our way of viewing the world is necessary if we would contribute to nature’s unity rather than dissolution. At The Nature Institute, we develop new qualitative and holistic approaches to seeing and understanding nature and technology. We work to create a new paradigm that embraces nature’s wisdom in shaping a sustainable and healthy future through research, publications, and educational programs. CRAIG HOLDREGE spearheaded the founding of The Nature Institute in 1998 and is it’s current director. He is a biologist and educator whose passion is to develop what Goethe called “delicate empiricism”—an approach that learns from nature to understand nature and is infused with a cautious and critical awareness of how intentions and habits of mind affect human understanding. His research takes two directions: He carries out studies of animals and plants that tell the story of those organisms as dynamic and integrated beings within the larger web of life. This comprehensive and holistic understanding of organisms provides the basis for his second area of focus— researching genetics and genetic engineering in relation to the broader context of internal and external ecology of living organisms. 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You may also contact them by writing to: The Nature Institute 20 May Hill Road Ghent, New York 12075 Telephone: 518-672-0116 Fax: 518-672-4270 Email: info@natureinstitute.org Support the work of SteinerBooks—convenient and secure online ordering Interview with Pharmacist Mark McKibben M MCK IBBEN FOUNDED Uriel Pharmacy on a small farm near East Troy, Wisconsin in 1996. Its mission is to keep anthroposophical medicine alive and available in the United States. Mark attended Highland Hall Waldorf School in Los Angeles, then received his pharmacy degree in 1982 in New York. Training in anthroposophic pharmacy must be gained on the job. Mark trained at Weleda US from 1978 to 1985 and at WALA in Germany and the Ita Wegman Klinik pharmacy in Switzerland from 1985 to 1987. In 1988, Mark started Raphael Pharmacy in Fair Oaks, California, where he worked until 1996. To his knowledge, Mark is the only U.S. pharmacist fully trained in anthroposophical medicine. Tom McCormack, a pharmacist with over 25 years’ experience, joined Uriel Pharmacy in 2004 and has been training in anthroposophical medicine. ARK Mark, how did you decide to become an anthroposophic pharmacist? I became an anthroposophical pharmacist because I wanted to do something essential, something that would hit the nail on the head in the spiritual life-and-death crisis situation of today. I think I carried that attitude within me, even if I couldn’t articulate it. So when an anthroposophical doctor approached me as a college student and suggested I become a pharmacist because there was a need for the future, I went for it. I got fired up. What’s essential? That the spirit move and work in as many ways as possible, inspiring, educating, creating a spirit-permeated world during our life on earth, enhancing people’s free possibilities. Working through illness is a big learning experience. We can suppress the process with drugs and materialistic ideas or we can support it with spiritual medicines and ideas. From this standpoint, I think anthroposophical pharmacy is an essential contributor. I wanted to start something that keeps this idea at the core. This is the fundamental entrepreneurial attitude, to see a need or divine a possibility, and develop the will, the fire, to go after it. Other people and events can then begin to combine or coalesce around it, to help it come into being. The biggest need I see in medicine is to change our way of thinking. Real progress in healing will come when we are able to think of illness and remedies in living pictures rather than freeze-dried intellectual concepts. What challenges have you overcome? Frankly, throughout my career most experts and wise professionals either told me I was crazy and could never succeed or else remained quietly skeptical on the sidelines. If you are an entrepreneurial type, these things don’t deter you; they may even motivate you. Of course, there is a difference between courage and stupidity. I think it has to do with whether you are in touch with a good spiritual impulse. We have to continue to ask ourselves what is our underlying purpose in taking initiative, which involves self-knowledge, which is the path of Anthroposophy. Why did Uriel Pharmacy start? Doctors wanted remedies that were unavailable elsewhere. WALA bought Raphael Pharmacy before I left in 1996. I saw a need for a pharmacy that filled special requests and made new remedies based on doctors’ ideas. That has been, and continues to be, Uriel’s niche. The pharmacy has grown organically, except for tripling in size when Raphael Pharmacy closed in 2003, increasing the demand for our remedies. Uriel Pharmacy currently has 12 coworkers and the place is buzzing, which on a macro-scale is still minute, but I think the critics who said it was impossible would be surprised. How did Uriel Pharmacy come about? I contacted some doctors I knew whom I thought would be interested. A few agreed to be regular customers of a new pharmacy in the Midwest. Their support really helped me get started. I also secured a loan from Rudolf Steiner Foundation. So many people are involved in making something happen, but one person has to state a purpose and see it through to the end. How have you balanced Anthroposophy and business? Running a business in Anthroposophy is not necessarily different from running any ethical business, except that the content is different and one has to keep that in mind. The content of Anthroposophy informs what we do, the why and how, so it affects decisions. For example, a quiet, orderly and beautiful space is maintained in the laboratory, indeed in the whole pharmacy, to support the people involved in medicine making in focusing on the healing purpose of what we are doing. How can I learn more about anthroposophical medicine? We refer people to SteinerBooks all the time. They have many titles on the subject. When you started the company in your living room ten years ago, did you envision it being this successful? It depends what you mean by successful. I didn’t envision even the modest size the pharmacy has attained. With the construction of each new building, I thought surely this will be the last one, big enough for a lifetime of work, but each time we had to expand again within a few years. What is your vision for Uriel Pharmacy’s future? Under present world political and economic circumstances, just to keep anthroposophical medicine alive and available will be a huge accomplishment. However, the spirit is always working, and this is where we can look for inspiration. Ultimately, the good, the true and the beautiful will transform all opposition in world evolution. Here we are now — let’s do all we can. Contact Uriel Pharmacy at 866-642-2858. w w w. s t e i n e r b o o k s . o r g 2 4 h o u r s — o r c a l l 7 0 3 - 6 6 1 - 1 5 9 4 9 a m – 5 p m E S T K 59 Index of Books & Authors 101 Reasons Why I’m a Vegetarian 28 70 Years A-Growing 31 A Abouleish, Ibrahim 11 Addiction’s Many Faces 25 Agriculture: An Introductory Reader 30 Agriculture Course 30 Alive in God’s World 47 Animals are Our Brothers & Sisters 7 Anschutz, Marieke 26 Anthroposophical Approach to Medicine 23 Anthroposophical Leading Thoughts 38 Anthroposophical Therapeutic Speech 21 Anthroposophical Understanding of the Soul 20 Apocalypse of Saint John 12 Approach to the Mystery of Golgotha 4 Archetypal Feminine in the Mystery Stream of Humanity 39 Aromatherapy (wallchart) 31 Artist’s Book of Inspiration 33 Art and Human Consciousness 9 Autism 24 Autobiography 5 B Bach Flower Remedies Form and Function 31 Bamford, Christopher 33 Barnard, Julian 31 Bauer, Dietrich 17 Becoming 33 Becoming Aware of the Logos 45 Bees 30 Being Consciousness Bliss 33 Bennet, E. A. 9 Bento, William R. 19 Biodynamic Agriculture 31 Biodynamic Sowing & Planting Calendar 2005 30 Birth and Breastfeeding 27 Blackwood, John 14 Blatchford, Claire 33 Blessed by Illness 22 Blythe, Sally Goddard 26 Bock, Emil 12 Bolendas, Joa 47 Bortoft, Henri 40 Botany 14 Bott, Victor 23 Boys Will Be Boys 25 Braun, Nathan 28 Brody, Judit 37 Broken Vessels 19 60 C C. G. Jung 9 Campbell McLean, Allan 15 Carbophobia! 29 Catscape 15 Children and Their Temperaments 26 Children Who Communicate before They Are Born 17 Children with Special Needs 24 Childs, Gilbert 17, 35 Childs, Sylvia 17, 35 Child is Born 27 Chill 15 Christian Book of the Dead 35 Christ and Sophia 5 Common Heart 10 Complete Healing 23 Conford, Philip 31 Connor, Kelly 34 Conversation 7 Cook, Wendy E. 29 Crossing the Threshold 35 D d’Herbois, Liane Collot 21 Dalton, David 3 Dancy, Rahima Baldwin 26 Davidow, Shelley 34 Davidson, Norman 40 Dechar, Lorie Eve 10 Denjean-von Stryk, Barbara 21 Does It Matter? 11 Douch, Geoffrey 18 Dragonfire 15 Dreamlife 49 Dunstan Martin, Graham 11 E Earth-Friendly 40 Eclipses 2005 – 2017 37 Eco-Geography 40 Edmunds, Francis 6 Education for Special Needs 24 Edwards, Lawrence 13 Elson, Shulamit 32 Emerson and Science 17 Endless Trace 33 Endres, Klaus-Peter 37 Engelsman, Joan Chamberlain 39 Enigma of Sunspots 37 Enlivening the Chakra of the Heart 38 Esoteric Meaning in Raphael’s Paintings 8 Evans, Michael 23 Evans, Russell 25 Extending Practical Medicine 22 F Facing the World with Soul 20 Feminine Dimension of the Divine 39 First Three Years of the Child 26 Fitzgerald, Astrid 33 Five Spirits 10 Flowforms 41 Flygt, Carl H. 7 Foodwise 29 Forbes, Anne 15 Foundations of Anthroposophical Medicine 22 Foundations of Curative Eurythmy 21 Foundation Stone Meditation 6 “Freemasonry” and Ritual Work 4 Friend of My Heart 33 From Normal to Healthy 45 Fundamentals of Artistic Therapy 21 G Gaiasophy 37 Gardening for Life 31 Give Us This Day 49 Glöckler, Michaela 26 Goebel, Wolfgang 26 Göerg, Hartmut 17 Goethe & Palladio 8 Gold and the Philosopher’s Stone 18 Goodwin, Rufus 49 Good News for All Creation 28 Good Sleep Guide 27 Grant Watson, E. L. 37 Greger, Michael 29 Grünewald, Peter 18 Guardian Angels 36 Guide to Child Health 26 H Hartinger, Werner 7 Hauschka, Margarethe 21 Hauschka, Rudolf 29, 40 Healing and Empowering the Feminine 39 Healing Massage for Babies and Toddlers 27 Healthy Medicine 19 Heidrich, Ruth E. 34 Held, Wolfgang 37 Helping Children to Overcome Fear 25 Henderson, Angela 27 Henderson, Joseph L. 20 Support the work of SteinerBooks—convenient and secure online ordering Index of Books & Authors Hill of the Red Fox 15 Hoffmeister, Max 17 Hofstetter, Sr. Adrian 40 Holistic Special Education 13 Holy Order of Water 41 Home 14 Home Nursing for Carers 13 How I Feel 25 How to Know Higher Worlds 38 Huber, Machteld 22 Husemann, Friedrich 23 I Intervals, Scales, Tones 32 Introduction to Anthroposophical Medicine 23 Introduction to Anthroposophy 6 Intuitive Thinking As a Spiritual Path 38 Iscador 22 Isis Mary Sophia 39 J Jackson, Robin 13 Jacobi, Michael 11 Jesus, Lazarus, and the Messiah 16 Jewel in the Wound 34 Jocelyn, John 7 Johanson, Irene 36 Journey Continues 35 K Kabbalah of Prayer 32 Karma of Untruthfulness 6 Kaufman, Stephen 28 Kirchner-Bockholt, Margarete 21 Klett, Manfred 14 Klocek, Dennis 16 König, Karl 26 Kovacs, Charles 14 Kühlewind, Georg 45 L Larsson, Carl 14 Lievegoed, Bernard 20, 36 Lifting the Veil of Mental Illness 19 Light, Darkness, and Colour in Painting Therapy 21 Lipson, Michael 38 Logos-Structure of the World 45 Love and the World 20 Lowe, David 8 Lowndes, Florin 38 Luxford, Michael 24 M Macaulay, Anne 12 Madill, Betty 35 Marks, William 41 Martyn, Philip 35 Mathematics Around Us 14 May Human Beings Hear It! 16 McLaughlin, Gerald T. 17 Medicine 23 Medicine, Mythology & Spirituality 18 Medicine for the Whole Person 18 Meditations on the Signs of the Zodiac 7 Mees, L. F. C. 18, 22 Megalithic Measures & Rhythms 12 Mellon, Nancy 25 Messenger 10 Miedzian, Myriam 25 Miles-Yepez, Netanel 10 Minett, Gunnel 32 Moon Rhythms in Nature 37 More Messages from the Angels 36 Most Holy Trinosophia 39 Murphy, Christine 22 Mystery of Physical Life 37 Myth of the Nativity 11 N Nature’s Open Secret 41 Nature of Substance 40 Nature Spirits and What They Say 36 New Mysteries 7 Nicaea 17 Nicholson, Mike 15 Nutrition 29 Nye, Alex 15 O Obuchowski, Peter 17 Occult Physiology 18 Ocean Reporter 49 Odent, Michel 27 Olson, Michael 25 One Step at a Time 35 Origins of the Organic Movement 31 Our Twelve Senses 18 P Parchment, The 17 Pelikan, Wilhelm 5 Phases 20 Phases of Childhood 26 Pietzner, Carlo 24 Pogacnik, Marko 36 Powell, Robert 39 Primal Health 27 Principles of Biodynamic Spray and Compost Preparations 14 Principle of Individuation 9 Prokofieff, Sergei O. 16 Psychology of Body, Soul & Spirit 19 Q Questions of Destiny 24 R Race for Life 34 Renold, Maria 32 Results from the Biodynamic Sowing & Planting Calendar 30 Return of Merlin 12 Rice, Pamela 28 Richter, Gottfried 9 Rodger, Iain 23 Rothenberg, Rose-Emily 34 Rowe, Martin 17 S Saint Paul 12 Saunders, Kerrie 28 Schad, Wolfgang 37 Schilthuis, Willy 31 Schmidt-Brabant, Manfred 7 Schulz, Andreas 41 Schwenk, Theodor 2, 41 Schwenk, Wolfram 11 Sease, Virginia 7, 39 Secrets of Metals 5 Secrets of the Skeleton 18 Secret Brotherhoods 16 Seer’s Handbook 16 Sekem 11 Senensky, Sylvia Shaindel 39 Sensitive Chaos 41 Sharp, Simon 8 Sky Phenomena 40 Slice of Life 34 Soering, Jens 34 Soesman, Albert 19 Sophia Teachings 39 So That You May Be One 47 w w w. s t e i n e r b o o k s . o r g 2 4 h o u r s — o r c a l l 7 0 3 - 6 6 1 - 1 5 9 4 9 a m – 5 p m E S T Spadaro, Giorgio 8 Speech of the Grail 20 Spirit of the Mountain 34 Stairway of Surprise 38 Stars of the Meadow 3 Start Now! 38 Star Children 45 Staying Connected 35 Stein, Murray 9 Steiner, Rudolf 5, 6, 16, 18, 23, 24, 30, 35, 36, 38, 39, 41 Stolp, Hans 35 Storytelling with Children 25 Strachan, Gordon 12 Studer, Hans-Peter 27 Sturgeon-Day, Lee 34 Suchantke, Andreas 40 Sun Mystery and the Mystery of Death and Resurrection 4 Sussman, Linda 20 T Tabbitas, Edward 10 Talking with Angel 13 Talley, Leslie 24 Thought Is Just a Thought 24 Three Years 12 Thresholds of Initiation 20 Thun, Maria 30, 31 Thun, Matthias 30 Tidball, Charles S. 16 Tomberg, Valentin 5 To Cause a Death 34 Transformation of Evil 12 Transforming the Soul 6 Tulloch, Caro 31 Turned Upside Down 36 Turning 33 Tuttle, Will 28 Twentyman, Ralph 18 U Uncovering the Voice 32 Understanding Water 11 V Vaccination 27 Vaccination Dilemma 25 Valarino, Evelyn Elsaesser 13 van Bentheim, Tineke 13 van den Brink, Margarete 35 van der Bie, Guus 22 61 Index of Books & Authors van Emmichoven, F. 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