Books on Anthroposophy at Powell's
Powell's has many books about Anthroposophy, in German and other languages.
The Spiritual Guidance of the Individual and Humanity: Some Results of Spiritual-Scientific Research Into Human History and Development (Cw 15) by Rudolf Steiner
Synopsis Steiner begins this work by pointing to our awareness of a second self that guides us through life. It guides us as infants and children as we attain vertical balance in space, learn to communicate in community, and begin to think in the world. Through this initial wisdom (which is still connected to the spiritual hierarchies) we enter the physical realm and then, as we grow, we exchange it for self-awareness and memory.
What--or who--is this wisdom? Steiner suggests that it is connected with the "higher self" of humankind that lived in Jesus between his baptism and the Crucifixion. Even if there were no Gospels to tell us of the Christ, we can know of it through human nature. Looking within ourselves and at human history, we are able to understand the spiritual guidance of humanity and human beings. Christ's sacrifice for humanity is only part of the cosmic, spiritual participation of beings of every level and kind in human evolution.
Steiner's written works differ from his lectures in their directness, depth, and ramifications, and it was rare for him to take time from his busy schedule to rewrite any of his numerous lectures for publication. However, Steiner considered these lectures essential and important for our understanding of the foundations of spiritual science.
This volume is a translation of Die geistige Fuhrung des Menschen und der Menschheit (GA 15). Your price $16.95 New Trade Paperback
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Theosophy An Introduction to the Spirit by Rudolf Steiner
Synopsis Written in 1904 (CW 9) Theosophy is a key work for gaining a solid footing in spiritual reality as described by Rudolf Steiner. It is organized into four parts. First, Steiner builds a comprehensive understanding of human nature: physical bodily nature; soul qualities; spirit being, or I-being; and the higher spiritual aspects. This leads us to Steiner's description of the human being as sevenfold: - Material, physical body
- Ether body, or body of life forces
- Sentient soul body
- Mind soul
- Spirit-filled consciousness soul
- Life spirit
- Spirit body
In the next section, Steiner offers an extraordinary overview of the laws of reincarnation and the principles of karma, as we pass from one life to the next. This prepares us for the third section, in which he shows the various ways in which we live--during life on earth and after death and in the three worlds of body, soul, and spirit. Finally, we are given a succinct description of the path of knowledge, along which each person can begin to understand the marvelous and harmonious complexity of the psycho-spiritual worlds in their fullness. Contents: - Foreword by Michael Holdrege
- Prefaces by Rudolf Steiner
- Chapter 1: The Essential Nature of the Human Being:
- The Bodily Nature of the Human Being
- The Soul Nature of the Human Being
- The Spirit Nature of the Human Being
- Body, Soul, and Spirit
- Chapter 2: Destiny & the Reincarnation of the Spirit
- Chapter 3: The Three Worlds:
- The Soul World
- The Soul in the Soul World after Death
- The Country of Spirit Beings
- The Spirit in Spirit Country after Death
- The Physical World and Its Connection to the Worlds of Souls and Spirits
- Chapter 4: The Path to Knowledge
- Related Reading
- Index
This volume is a translation of Theosophie, Einfuhrung in ubersinnliche Welterkenntnis und Menschenbestimmung (GA 9) Your price $11.95 Used Trade Paperback
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Core Anthroposophy: Teaching Essays of Ernst Katz by Ernst Katz
Publisher Comments Ernst Katz was one of the foremost teachers of Anthroposophy in America during the second half of the twentieth century. He was professor of physics at the University of Michigan and, quite likely, the only professor in the country who taught courses in both natural science and spiritual science at the university level. He also led anthroposophic study groups, which attracted people from all around southern Michigan and, ultimately, enriched the spiritual lives of people from coast to coast.In the early 1960s, Dr. Katz began writing his teaching essays, his response to the many questions through the years intended to help students comprehend the profound wisdom contained in the major works of Anthroposophy. Dr. Katz's strength was his ability to explain complex esoteric ideas in terms of clear analogies, taking examples from everyday life. He became a master at writing explanatory guides for some of the most important spiritual-scientific concepts.Core Anthroposophy makes available Dr. Katz's carefully constructed teaching essays. It offers present and future students of Anthroposophy with a valuable and accessible resource for better understanding the esoteric teachings of Rudolf Steiner. Your price $25.00 New Trade Paperback
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Karl K�nig's Path Into Anthroposophy: Reflections from His Diaries by Peter Selg and Karl K�nig
Synopsis This book follows Karl Konig's spiritual journey from his early years to the end of his life. Through the words of his diaries????????????????????????in which his battles with health and his impatient temperament are recorded with merciless honesty????????????????????????we can follow his inner path that led to his profound insights into the nature of children with special needs. Konig's personal struggles and innate spirituality laid the foundation for his work in the Camphill Schools and Villages. Trade Paperback
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The Ascent of Man by Eleanor C. Merry
Synopsis The Ascent of Man offers an overview of the spiritual development of humankind. Merry applies her wide-ranging knowledge of esoteric wisdom to assert that the world's past ages must be reviewed before the significance of the our own age can be understood.
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Easter: The Legends and the Facts by Eleanor C. Merry
Synopsis With the Sun, the Moon, and Nature forming a continuous background to her ideas, Merry draws out the common themes that lead, ultimately, to the Christian Easter story.
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The Flaming Door: The Mission of the Celtic Folk-Soul by Eleanor C. Merry
Publisher Comments This volume is a preliminary study of the mission of the Celtic folk-soul by means of legends and myths. This book deals chiefly, as a beginning, with ancient Hibernia and Wales. The Celtic mysteries have a peculiar destiny, in that they contain an impulse of rebirth, not in their own original form, but as the bearers of a light to lighten the way to a renewed, a nobler Christianity, to a revelation of the spiritual origin and destiny of mankind on its journey from the Father, to the Son, at last to the Holy Spirit, who brings together those that are separated. Illustrated. Your price $40.00 New Trade Paperback
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Working with Anthroposophy: The Practice of Thinking by Georg K�hlewind
Synopsis The goal of this study is to cultivate the experience of living, intuitive thinking, such as we experience with every new understanding. As Kuhlewind puts it, this unique contribution to practice of anthroposophy has a twofold purpose: "to stimulate working with spiritual science through exercises, and to stimulate independent new formulations of its content on the basis of experience." Working with Anthroposophy will help guide beginning students and inspire longtime students of the path opened up by Rudolf Steiner. As with all of Kuhlewind's works, this book opens new insights with each reading. Trade Paperback
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