For centuries, the tradition of the "mystical chronology" of the world's seven archangelic regents has been part of Western esoteric teaching. According to this tradition, 1879 marked the return of the solar spirit Michael--the archangel of the Sun--to oversee earthly evolution. Steiner always placed his life and work in the service of Michael's evolutionary task. And he recognized that, at the beginning of the twentieth century, humanity emerged from the Kali Yuga--the Dark Age--and entered the Age of Light.

Against this background, Steiner described the ascent of Michael as...

This is one of those books that can change your life. Radical, thought-provoking, and indeed mind-boggling, it leads to a completely new way of looking at what it means to be human - a spiritual being in a universe that itself is not just physical, but psychic and spiritual as well. These three previously untranslated lectures are a masterly introduction to what Rudolf Steiner means by "anthroposophy." They explain why Steiner describes this path-which means literally "the wisdom of the human being"- as one that "unites what is spiritual in the human being with what is spiritual in the...

In this anthology, the stories of the Celtic saints are interspersed with verses, prayers, and sayings attributed to those ancient sages--from Patrick and Brigit, through Brandan and Columba, to Aidan and Cuthbert.

It is uncertain when or how Christianity first arrived at those westernmost reaches. It seems always to have been there. Legend tells us that Irish bards attended the events on Golgotha "in the spirit." In the Celtic tradition there is a continuity in cosmic process. For the Celt, Christ's death and resurrection was a healing that allows a reconciliation between humanity and...

Christopher Bamford je jedním z nemnoha, kteří dokážou snoubit inteligenci s krásou. Tato hluboce duchovní kniha odhaluje skrytou jednotu mezi duchem a hmotou, mezi lidstvím, přírodou a božstvím.
Pod povrchem našich duchovních dějin se proplétají dva mocné motivy: touha poznávat a touha milovat. Tajné dějiny Západu jsou utvářeny příběhy světců, mystiků, alchymistů, básníků a filosofů, kteří se pokoušeli sjednotit tyto dva proudy a oslavit tak posvátný sňatek Logu a Sofie, Slova a Moudrosti. Tato kniha, která představuje impresionistické...

These seven intimate, aphoristic talks were presented to a small group on Steiner's final visit to England. Because they were given to "pioneers" dedicated to opening a new Waldorf school, these talks are often considered one of the best introductions to Waldorf education.

Steiner shows the necessity for teachers to work on themselves first, in order to transform their own inherent gifts. He explains the need to use humor to keep their teaching lively and imaginative. Above all, he stresses the tremendous importance of doing everything in the knowledge that children are citizens of both...

Přibližně ve stejnou dobu, když Marx začal prosazovat komunismus, uvedl Charles Darwin teorii evoluce. V roce 1859 Marx poprvé zveřejnil materialistické pojetí dějin a ekonomiky v díle Příspěvek ke kritice politické ekonomie. Ve stejném roce Darwin publikoval svoji knihu O původu druhů a položil tak základ teorie o evoluci živých tvorů.
V první polovině 19. století byla teorie evoluce všeobecně přijímána, ale Darwinova teorie se od jiných evolučních teorií zásadně odlišovala. Před Darwinem byla příčina evoluce popisována jako životní síla nebo...