Rudolf Steiner: 564 books

The age-old question of free will is still a mystery to most people today. Even religious and philosophical circles have difficulty reconciling the concepts of morality, destiny, karma, and necessity with true freedom. Steiner illuminates questions of freedom and necessity, and guilt and innocence, by...

Modern science, and the scientism based on it, so far from being the only possible 'reality principle' is merely one way of conceiving the nature of reality; a way moreover that has arisen only recently and which there is no reason to supose will last forever. (Owen Barfield, from his introduction) ...

The calendar begins with an introduction by Steiner on the nature of a calendar as a way to connect past and future as well as earth and cosmos. It is important to get a sense of the movements of the Sun and Moon in relation to the planets and fixed stars. It is also important to bring the past into...

In these lectures, Steiner focuses on the vital task of developing the proper orientation toward a free spiritual life. With great compassion and understanding, he offers telling examples of how humanity must walk a conscious middle way between the two tempting powers of Lucifer and Ahriman. He describes...

The rebirth of the feminine surrounds us in many formsfrom the global movement for womens rights to a renewed interest in feminine spirituality, the Goddess, and the Divine Mother. What is the spiritual meaning of this rebirth? What is the feminine divine? Who is she? The feminine divine has had many...

The underlying thesis of these lectures, volume XX in the Foundations of Waldorf Education series, is that true education must be based on knowledge of the whole human being and that such knowledge cannot be attained without love. On this basis, Steiner presents his understanding of every aspect of child...

Todays schools fill childrens heads with information instead of helping them develop their natural human faculties and capacities. They place too much stress on memory, leading to inner exhaustion instead of real learning for a healthy, fulfilling life. The important lectures in this volume were given...

"If we read [Steiners] lectures with an open and attentive inner eye, we may be able to see the Christ mystery, not as a collection of dogmas or facts, but as a spiritual impulse that stretches far beyond the limits of Christs own time and even of the lifespan of Christianity itself. We may even catch...

Die BESTATTUNG - frei + christlich Die TEXTE der Bestattungsrituale (Letzte Ölung - Aussegnung - Bestattung - Kinderbestattung - Urnenbeisetzung - Totenhandlung ) in der überkonfessionellen, freien christlichen Fassung Rudolf Steiners; sowie Hinweise für ein Handeln nach dem Tode.

Die "freien christlichen", allgemein(laien-)priesterlichen, überkonfessionellen, sieben Sakramente, in der Fassung Rudolf Steiners, mit weiteren Texten und Hinweisen, für die praktische, liturgische Handhabung; erarbeitet von der Freien christlichen Arbeits-Gemeinschaft im Forum Kultus Initiative für ein freies, anthroposophisch + sakramental vertieftes Christ-Sein heute.

The human life alternates between the great, external macrocosm and the invisible inner microcosm. Steiner discusses the various paths of self-development that lead across these two thresholds and to the transformation of human soul-forces into spiritual organs of perception.

These talks reveal a particular aspect of how humankind have been guided spiritually throughout historyby the life forces and astral bodies of the great initiates and avatars that were preserved, duplicated, and interwoven with the leading personalities of history. Steiner gives numerous examples of...

What is the relationship between coming to see the secrets of the universe and one's own view of the world? How far must one go before finding the higher worlds on the path of natural science? Do cosmic forces influence all of humanity? What connection do plants have with the human being and the human...

Following an excellent description of spiritual science as a training of consciousness (practical exercises are given), Steiner shows how, rather than establishing a "new" religion, spiritual science confirms Christianity as the universal, cosmic path of human evolution.