One of Rudolf Steiner’s closest friends during his first years of study was Rudolf Ronsperger (Aug. 29, 1863–Oct. 2, 1890),...
If Renate Riemeck (1920-2003) is known at all today, it’s as Ulrike Meinhof’s foster mother or perhaps as the author...
Albert Vinzens’ remarkable biography of Renate Riemeck (1920–2003) succeeds in sketching a detailed and authentic picture of his subject. Vinzens considers (and I certainly concur) that Riemeck’s masterpiece was her lectures in Marburg on the pioneers of education (chapter 8), which were published posthumously through funding by the Software AG...
Cigarette manufacturer Emil Molt and writer Hermann Hesse were friends during their school days and became close again later in...
Margarethe Lenore Selenka (1860–1922) played a major role in the peace movement and was the older sister of Felix Heinemann,...
One hundred years ago, on May 2, 1924, Rudolf Steiner’s friend and collaborator, the artist Edith Maryon, died. Barbara Schnetzler and Rembert Biemond speak about the British sculptor with Wolfgang Held. Rembert Biemond, how did you become involved with Edith Maryon’s work and biography, back in the 1990s? Biemond Like many,...
Marginalia on Rudolf Steiner’s Life and Work. Rudolf Steiner studied for eight semesters [1879–83] at the Technical College in Vienna—as...
I have made great efforts to investigate the scene of the Temptation and to relate it as it actually transpired....
The American poet Robert Frost (1874–1963), revered and celebrated in his homeland, would have been 150 years old on March 26, 2024. The work of this poet, little-known outside the United States, reflects a lifelong struggle with existential human questions and a century of US history. Frost’s long life took...
Stuttgart, Germany. Putting heroes and heroines under the microscope. The special exhibition, “Not my Hero,” at Stuttgart’s Stadtpalais until September...
According to recently deceased Egyptologist Jan Assmann, bringing the image of the eternal into the world of change was the...
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