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How To Know Higher Worlds
The Classic Guide to the Spiritual Journey by Rudolf Steiner
$14.95 + $3.50shp
In this simple, readable volume, Rudolf Steiner sets out step-by-step practices for developing the higher powers that lie hidden in all of us.
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A Book of Soul and Spiritual Exercises by Rudolf Steiner
$20.00 + $3.50shp
Meditation instructions, meditations, exercises, verses for living a spiritual year, prayers for the dead and other practices for beginning and experienced practitioners.
Stairway of Surprise
Six Steps to a Creative Life by Michael Lipson
$14.95 + $3.50shp
Stumbling through life, gazing at the stars, we can miss the greatest treasure beneath our feet. For the ordinary faculties of our soul – how we think, how we feel, how we act – are the rough and fallen forms of our highest spiritual capacities.
Michael's Struggle With The Dragon
Facing Evil In Our Time - Four Lectures by René Querido / Werner Glas
$9.00 + $3.50shp
Path to an Understanding of the Foundation Stone Meditation
Foundation Stone Meditation by Ernst Katz and René Querido
$6.00 + $3.50shp
With an introduction by Joan Almon, this book is for those seeking a better understanding of Rudolf Steiner's Foundation Stone Meditation. Both René Querido and Ernst Katz offer their reflections and thoughts on this verse given by Steiner at the Christmas Conference of 1923 in Dornach, Switzerland.
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NEW: Science & Anthroposophy
JOURNAL FOR ANTHROPOSOPHY #81 (vol. #7 of the special editions)
$15.00
Science & Anthroposophy, edited and introduced by Arthur Zajonc, is the seventh volume in the series of thematic issues published by the Journal for Anthroposophy. Edited by Robert McDermott, this series provides a unique opportunity to experience contemporary authors who have actively worked for many years with the insights brought by Rudolf Steiner. Consisting of previously published articles that are no longer available, each volume includes a significant introduction by the issue’s editor.
From the introduction:
In 1925, the philosopher Alfred North Whitehead wrote, “When we consider what religion is for mankind, and what science is, it is no exaggeration to say that the future course of history depends upon the decision of this generation as to the relations between them.” One of the great accomplishments of Rudolf Steiner’s lifework was to offer an entirely different solution for the perennial conflict between science and religion, one that advanced a cognitively oriented, contemplative spirituality as a bridge between two realms of human life otherwise separated from each other…
The discoveries of science from quantum physics and relativity theory to neuroscience and biotechnology all beckon. They wait for those who will master these disciplines, internalizing the discoveries of each field, and simultaneously steep themselves in the meditative practices of anthroposophy. Then can the Gods change stones into bread, dead knowledge into healing spiritual wisdom.
Included in this volume are:
- Ehrenfried Pfeiffer, “A New Concept of Life”
- Wilhelm Pelikan, “Archetypal Relations between Plant and Man”
- G. A. M. Knapp, “Spirit in Matter”
- Theodor Schwenk, “The Spirit in Water and the Spirit in Man”
and “New Methods for the Testing and Improvement of Drinking Water” - Michael Wilson, “Goethe’s Concept of Darkness”
- Howard Pautz, “There’s something about Peach Blossoms”
- Nicanor Perlas, “Biotechnology and Anthroposophy”
- Marjorie Spock and Mary Richards, “Rachel Carson: A Portrait”
- Hermann Poppelbaum, “The Dignity of the Earth”
Novalis
JOURNAL FOR ANTHROPOSOPHY #80 (vol. #6 of the special editions)
$15.00
Novalis, edited with an introduction by Donald Melcer, is the sixth volume in the series of thematic issues published by the Journal for Anthroposophy. Edited by Robert McDermott, this series provides a unique opportunity to revisit previously published articles, no longer available, written by contemporary authors who have actively worked for many years with the insights brought by Rudolf Steiner. Each volume includes a significant introduction by the volume’s editor.
This issue is an invitation for you to read what Rudolf Steiner and authors with anthroposophical backgrounds have to say about the poet-philosopher-scientist Novalis. Rudolf Steiner observed that reading Novalis’ work provides heartfelt knowledge of the heavenly splendor that exists within even the simplest of material things. Such an appreciation of everything of the earth and the secrets they contain will open the way for each of us to be true servants of the Michael Thought, “worthy helpers of what has now to enter Earth-evolution through anthroposophy.”
Included in this volume are:
- Rudolf Steiner, “Rudolf Steiner’s Last Address”
- Stephen Spitalny, “Who is John and Why are Fairy Tales so often Named After Him?”
- Lona Truding, “Novalis: Spirit of a New Age”
- Albert Steffen, “Novalis: Herald and Forerunner (I & II)”
- Novalis, “From Christianity or Europe, Excerpts from the Last Portion of the Essay”
- Albert Steffen, “Novalis: Herald and Forerunner (III & IV)”
- Novalis, “The Blue Flower”
- Christopher Bamford, “Novalis and the Easter Thought”
- Novalis, “Selected Fragments”
- Bruce Donehower, “What is Magical Idealism?”
- Arthur Zajonc, “An Aeolian Harp: Nature and Novalis’ Science”
- Novalis, “From Fragments”
- Novalis, “Hymns to the Night, I, II, III”
JOURNAL FOR ANTHROPOSOPHY #75 (vol. #1 of the special editions)
Meeting Rudolf Steiner $15.00
First in a series of special editions edited by Robert McDermott. These thematic collections offer articles from contemporary authors who have actively worked for many years with the insights brought by Rudolf Steiner. Meeting Rudolf Steiner, edited by Joan Almon, presents what it was like to live and work with Steiner through the remembrances of his friends and associates, such as Aldrei Belyi, Albert Schweitzer, Bruno Walter, Arvia MacKay Ege, Lisa Monges and others.
JOURNAL FOR ANTHROPOSOPHY #76 (vol. #2 of the special editions)
Anthroposophy & Imagination $15.00
In what way is imagination true? And what does it do for us? Throughout this collection is the sense that true imagination, unlike mere fantasy, is a more-than-rational way of knowing. It is a natural bridge between matter and spirit, and a transformative state and stage of consciousness open to us all. In the volume’s introductory essay, poet Kate Farrell reflects on the mystery of imagination and looks at reading as a life-changing imaginative activity. Ms. Farrell’s introduction was selected to be included in The Best American Spiritual Writing 2007, published by Houghton Mifflin.
JOURNAL FOR ANTHROPOSOPHY #77 (vol. #3 of the special editions)
Revisioning Society & Culture $15.00
Throughout his life, Rudolf Steiner stressed repeatedly that the most crucial task facing the modern human being is that of transforming our dominant ways of knowing the world. This emphasis is the red thread that runs through and connects all of Rudolf Steiner’s writings, lectures, artistic work, and practical endeavors. In his introduction to this important collection of articles, Douglas Sloan reflects further on the pressing urgency of our developing capacities for knowledge of the qualities of the world – life, beauty, meaning, value, selves, spirit – not only for a rich, meaningful human society and culture but also for the future of the earth.
JOURNAL FOR ANTHROPOSOPHY #78 (vol. #4 of the special editions)
Mani and Service $15.00
Rudolf Steiner was deeply aware of the spiritual tradition inspiring the act of serving. The individual known as Mani and the spiritual streams flowing from Mani – the Cathars, the Templars, and others – held the special task of spiritualizing serving itself. This series of articles, edited by Robert Sardello, gives a beginning picture of the spiritual stream of Mani that Rudolf Steiner held with such great respect. Topics include a discussion on the Mani cosmology and practices; the kind of inner capacities, inspired by this stream, that have to do with serving others; caring for the wounded soul; being able to help others while completely releasing the need for a sense of personal power in doing so; and working through the heart.
JOURNAL FOR ANTHROPOSOPHY #79 (vol. #5 of the special editions)
Meeting Anthroposophy $15.00
One of the most popular icebreakers when a group of anthroposophists gather is the question, “so how did you meet anthroposophy?” Depending upon how much time has passed since the initial encounter, the answer can take on more complexity and length. For this volume, editor Robert Hill has selected articles that illustrate a variety of these experiences. In his introduction, Robert describes the challenges and opportunities for self-discovery these “meetings” hold out to us and in so doing illustrate how they can serve as threshold experiences.
JOURNAL FOR ANTHROPOSOPHY SUBSCRIPTION
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Note: The Rudolf Steiner Library Newsletter
was formerly available by subscription; its contents now appear in the quarterly publication of the Anthroposophical Society in America, mailed free to all members of the society.
Anthroposophy Worldwide International (English Edition)
Anthroposophy Worldwide, international edition is a good way to receive:
- international news of the anthroposophical movement
- regular reports from the Goetheanum
- reports from the College of the School of Spiritual Science
- international readers' forum
- reports from the sections and general secretaries
- interviews with interesting active members
Ten 12-page issues per year will be sent from Europe to your home. Download the order form.
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Anthroposophical Society Information Packet
Directory of Organizations
More than 800 listings of initiatives in the U.S., representing a broad spectrum of work inspired by the spiritual science of Rudolf Steiner. This directory presents the "anthroposophical movement" and includes Waldorf schools, biodynamic farms and gardens, Camphill villages, the Christian Community, medical and therapeutic professionals, artists, scientists, colleges, adult education centers, consultants and businesses of many types. Includes contact information for more than 70 international societies.
"An Emerging Culture" - Utne Magazine Special Insert
A 48-page, 4-color, special insert into UTNE Magazine which detail the thousands of projects worldwide inspired by Rudolf Steiner.
Members develop a respect for what it means to nurture the life of the soul out of a science of the spirit. As Steiner said, “People must come closer to one another than they used to do, each becoming an awakener of everyone he or she meets.” The Society exists to facilitate that mutual awakening, in which new spiritual and social forms can take root and grow.
The Rudolf Steiner Library is the lending library of the Anthroposophical Society in America. We are the most complete source for Rudolf Steiner’s work (in both English and German) in North America. Holdings include hundreds of books on Waldorf education; Anthroposophical art and architecture; holistic science and medicine and more.
