The ways in which evil works are subtle. This makes it all the more important to be attentive to the...
The experience of powerlessness is part of inner transformation. Some thoughts on encountering the spirit of the times. Every day,...
What is the significance of tears today? Does what brings us to cry, bring us to our ‘I’? How do tears help us to find ourselves? A brief phenomenology of the spirituality of crying. When the Pope died on Easter Monday, all the faithful in Rome wept. Outsiders may find...
Changes in the demographics of Central Europe are placing a significant strain on society. The first wave of people born...
Franka Henn begins the conversation with Bart Vanmechelen by asking him about his capacity to be humorously self-deprecating. Bart says...
Three images define the Pentecost event in the Bible. First, everyone is gathered in the house. It is the community on which the Spirit descends, not the individual. Second, they are not gathered in an open field but in a dwelling. Culture created by humanity is what unifies the community....
In Memory of Margot Friedländer One cold January morning in 1943, Margot Friedländer’s brother was arrested in the family apartment...
“Build noodle bridges!” a physics teacher friend of mine recommended. I was substitute teaching a three-week physics block in mechanics...
Your path constantly leads to a fork in the road, though it often goes unnoticed because habit takes over the decision, and your inner autopilot lets you slumber. Rudolf Steiner calls this orientation the “Gate of the Moon.” But what if you were to pause at the crossroads and let...
A deepening respect and awe for the human being come about on the path to self-knowledge. The regular, the day-to-day,...
It occurs to me that I will not survive purgatory. I realize, all too painfully, that I also have a...
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