Cigarette manufacturer Emil Molt and writer Hermann Hesse were friends during their school days and became close again later in...
Who was Arthur Owen Barfield? Rudolf Steiner’s foremost interpreter in the English-speaking world, some might say; the «wisest friend» of...
Part I of this essay attempted to follow the soul-spiritual individuality of Owen Barfield to the current period (1923) of his after-life review. Barfield wished that his biography be communicated in the form of ‹psychography› – particularly by distilling the aspects of his personal life that might be most universal...
He wrote that his reading was «the light of heaven,» «the deepest book there is.» Christian Bobin did not die....
Many years ago, I was talking to the wife of a colleague in the stairwell of the Rudolf Steiner House...
Martina Maria Sam has written seven books on Rudolf Steiner, his art, and his language. Wolfgang Held invited her for a conversation about her research. Wolfgang Held: Which book brought you closest to Rudolf Steiner? Martina Maria Sam Each book is a different exploration of the Rudolf Steiner continent. I’m always...
Fairy tales are a path of thinking with the heart: living pictures that carry us beyond the sensory world and...
Goethe developed a new method for studying nature, both inorganic and organic. His intention was to uncover the natural law—the...
Goethe maintained a lifelong interest in foreign cultures, particularly in their literature. He engaged deeply with the “oriental,” Indian, Chinese, and ancient Iranian or Persian-Islamic cultures. One of the fundamental characteristics of Goethe’s work is that he is able to establish a fruitful and, in this sense, “true” relationship with...
A touching collection of memories, written by his colleagues at Rudolf Steiner Archive after his unexpected death this autumn, reveals...
When I make my way through a bewildering landscape, after a long and strenuous effort, and can survey the whole...
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