The library has over 27,000 volumes. The collection offers extensive material regarding Steiner's work, as well as books covering the full spectrum of Western spirituality. In addition, holdings include all available Rudolf Steiner titles in both English and German, as well as hundreds of his unpublished manuscripts of essays and lectures.
The library also continues to update its extensive selection of anthroposophical works in both English and German. The library makes a special effort to acquire books on curriculum, childhood, and other topics of particular interest to Waldorf teachers and parents. The library also publishes a newsletter two (2) times a year. Its main objective is to let people know about the library collection, especially new titles, which are annotated in each issue. The newsletter is available by subscription: $16.00 for two (2) issues, $20.00 mailed to Canada, and $25.00 mailed overseas.
Book and catalog requests can be made by mail, phone, fax, or e-mail. Be sure to include all necessary information with your order. After hours, you may leave your request on the library's voice mail. The borrower is obliged to pay round-trip postage, plus a $1.00 handling fee per order. When returning books, please enclose a check, cash, or postage stamps to cover the library's initial mailing cost.
Please place payment in the back of the book. Books are due back to the library within eight (8) weeks, unless other arrangements have been made. Overdue fines are 10 cents per day, per item, and should be included with your return book package. Books may be renewed over the phone, subject to certain restrictions. If the call to renew comes after the due date, there is a $2.00 charge. The borrower is responsible for the safe return of all books.
Library personnel will provide reference assistance, particularly bibliographic research on specific themes and topics. For library members, research time is billed at $30.00/hour, with a $15.00 minimum. The rate for non-members is $50/hour.
Monday—Thursday: 9:00 a.m.—3:00 p.m. EST
Friday—Saturday: 9:00 a.m.—12:00 p.m. EST
From Memorial Day through Labor Day, the library is closed on Saturdays.
We are closed on holidays.
The Rudolf Steiner Library
65 Fern Hill Road Ghent, N.Y. 12075
Phone: (518) 672-7690
Fax: (518) 672-5827
rsteinerlibrary@taconic.net
While our new website is under construction, the subject catalogs listed below are for sale as hard copies (Chronological listing of the works of Rudolf Steiner: $6.00; all others: $3.00). Highlighted catalogs can be sent by email as PDF files upon request.
- Agriculture
- Americana
- Anthroposophy (general works by other authors, meditation, biographies, etc.)
- The Arts
- Astronomy, Astrology, and Astrosophy
- Biblical Literature and Interpretation (including stories and legends)
- Celtica
- Christian Thought and Mysticism (including Esoteric Christianity)
- Eastern Thought
- Education
- Esoterica (other than anthroposophy)
- Folklore and Fairytales
- German Culture (excluding Goethe)
- Goethe (works in German and English)
- Gnosticism
- Islamic Thought and Mysticism
- Jewish Thought and Mysticism
- Language and Translation
- Literature
- Medicine and Nutrition
- Myth, Ancient Religions & Peoples
- Philosophy
- Post-Atlantean Cultures:
Part 1 (India through Rome)
Part 2 (Middle Ages / Renaissance)
Part 3 (Modern Western History) - Multiculturalism, Pluralism & Dialogue
- Psychology
- Science, Alchemy, and Ecology
- Rudolf Steiner, the Man and His Work
Audio Cassettes
The library has select Steiner lectures and other anthroposophic works on audio cassettes. A catalog is available.
Video Cassettes
The library has a collection of select videos. Please inquire.
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.
1923 Geddes Ave
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1797
Tel: 734.662.9355
Fax: 734.662.1727
info@anthroposophy.org