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“Sabaheddin Spoke to Me of Rudolf Steiner, Who Was His Personal Friend”

Martina Maria Sam·September 18, 2024

Der britische Mathematiker und als spiritueller Lehrer tätige John G. Bennett (1897 – 1974) erzählt in seinen Lebenserinnerungen ‹Das Durchqueren des großen Wassers›, wie nach einer intensiven Nahtoderfahrung am Ende des Ersten Weltkriegs seine spirituelle Suche begann.

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“When One Is Dealing with Spiritual Science, Humor Is Necessary.”

Martina Maria Sam·September 11, 2024

Marginalia from the life and work of Rudolf Steiner. In his lecture of July 11, 1916, Rudolf Steiner described in...

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“This Life Had Profound Tragedy”

Martina Maria Sam·August 15, 2024

The life of Helene von Schewitsch was so incredibly dramatic, so full of twists and turns, and populated with so many of her famous contemporaries that if this extraordinary woman’s biography were a novel, much of it would be considered a complete exaggeration. Alfred Meebold described “her indomitable temperament, her...

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Luise Kautsky-Ronsperger and a Special Photograph of Rudolf Steiner

Martina Maria Sam·July 21, 2024

One of Rudolf Steiner’s closest friends during his first years of study was Rudolf Ronsperger (Aug. 29, 1863–Oct. 2, 1890),...

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Renate Riemeck: A Human Being with Contradictions

David Marc Hoffmann·June 24, 2024

If Renate Riemeck (1920-2003) is known at all today, it’s as Ulrike Meinhof’s foster mother or perhaps as the author...

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Renate Riemeck’s Philosophy of Education

Wolfgang Klingler·June 24, 2024

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...

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Creating and Perceiving the Uhlandshöhe: Emil Molt and Hermann Hesse

Tomáš Zdražil·June 19, 2024

Cigarette manufacturer Emil Molt and writer Hermann Hesse were friends during their school days and became close again later in...

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The Paleontologist and Peace Activist Margarethe Lenore Selenka

Martina Maria Sam·June 6, 2024

Margarethe Lenore Selenka (1860–1922) played a major role in the peace movement and was the older sister of Felix Heinemann,...

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Edith Maryon

Rembert Biemond and Barbara Schnetzler·May 10, 2024

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,...

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