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Between Occultism and Nazism
The relationship between Nazism and occultism has been an object of fascination and speculation for decades. Peter Staudenmaier’s Between Occultism and Nazism provides a detailed historical examination centered on the anthroposophist movement founded by Rudolf Steiner. Its surprising findings reveal a remarkable level of Nazi support for Waldorf schools, biodynamic farming, and other anthroposophist initiatives, even as Nazi officials attempted to suppress occult tendencies. The book also includes an analysis of anthroposophist involvement in the racial policies of Fascist Italy. Based on extensive archival research, this study offers rich material on controversial questions about the nature of esoteric spirituality and alternative cultural ideals and their political resonance.
Anthroposophy and the Accusation of Racism
"No longer should the blood that runs through the ancestors be of sole account. From this point onward, what every single person achieves in one's soul shall count. Every single human being shall be of value during their incarnation..." -- Rudolf Steiner The original subtitle of Rudolf Steiner's Philosophy of Freedom (1894) --"the basis for a modern worldview" --points to the lifelong project with which he was engaged: laying the basic groundwork for modern (contemporary) human beings to be able to comprehend the world in which we live, beginning with ourselves as individual, utterly unique embodiments of humanity. It's a spiritual worldview born of the essence of the modern scientific recko...
What is Anthroposophic Medicine?
In this concise summary and introduction, Michaela Glöckler presents the therapeutic spectrum of anthroposophic medicine – its scientific basis, diagnostic methods and potential for practice. She gives numerous practical examples of its application and suggestions for treating patients at home. Anthroposophic medicine is an integrative system that combines scientific training and practice with a spiritual understanding of the human being. It seeks primarily to stimulate self-healing powers, directly supporting recovery processes and innate capacities of resistance. Anthroposophic physicians – registered general practitioners and specialists in all fields – utilize the knowledge and sk...
Camphill and the Future
A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. The Camphill movement, one of the world’s largest and most enduring networks of intentional communities, deserves both recognition and study. Founded in Scotland at the beginning of the Second World War, Camphill communities still thrive today, encompassing thousands of people living in more than one hundred twenty schools, villages, and urban neighborhoods on four continents. Camphillers of all abilities share daily work, family life, and festive celebrations with one another and their neighbors. Unlike movements that reject mainstream society, Camphill expressly seeks to be “a seed of social renewal” by evolving along with society to promote the full inclusion and empowerment of persons with disabilities, who comprise nearly half of their residents. In this multifaceted exploration of Camphill, Dan McKanan traces the complexities of the movement’s history, envisions its possible future, and invites ongoing dialogue between the fields of disability studies and communal studies.
Eco-Alchemy
For nearly a century, the worldwide anthroposophical movement has been a catalyst for environmental activism, helping to bring to life many modern ecological practices such as organic farming, community-supported agriculture, and green banking. Yet the spiritual practice of anthroposophy remains unknown to most environmentalists. A historical and ethnographic study of the environmental movement, Eco-Alchemy uncovers for the first time the profound influences of anthroposophy and its founder, Rudolf Steiner, whose holistic worldview, rooted in esoteric spirituality, inspired the movement. Dan McKanan shows that environmentalism is itself a complex ecosystem and that it would not be as diverse or transformative without the contributions of anthroposophy.
Anthroposophie in Geschichte und Gegenwart
HauptbeschreibungWaldorfpndagogik, anthroposophische Medizin, biologisch-dynamische Landwirtschaft und ethisch-Akologisches Bankwesen leisten gern konsumierte sowie gelegentlich gewrdigte Gesellschaftsbeitrnge und bilden mit diesen im Kontext der Alternativkultur eine Bewegung: die anthroposophische Bewegung. Wenig bekannt sowie geschntzt ist bislang jedoch, dass neben dieser pluralen Bewegung auch eine Affentliche Gesellschaft existiert: die Anthroposophische Gesellschaft. Und heute zunehmend zitiert, aber kaum kanonisch rezipiert ist die Inspirationsquelle beider, Rudolf Steiners Philosophie vom Menschen: die Anthroposophie.Rudolf Steiner hat die Anthroposophie zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunder...
Anthroposophieforschung
Die Anthroposophie Rudolf Steiners (1861-1925) ist eine der wichtigsten esoterischen Traditionen der Gegenwart. Ihre Bedeutung verdankt sie nicht nur Steiners stark philosophisch geprägter Weltanschauung aus dem Geist des Okkultismus, sondern vor allem den Praxisfeldern: Waldorfschulen, anthroposophischen Krankenhäusern, der biodynamischen Landwirtschaft und den weniger bekannten Dimensionen (Banken, Hochschulen, Stiftungen) ... Die wissenschaftliche Forschung ist jedoch bislang schwach. Zwar liegen einige grundlegende Publikationen vor, an Detailforschung fehlt es jedoch überall. Der vorliegende Band enthält exemplarische Forschungen zu Waldorfpädagogik, Landwirtschaft, Steiners Philos...
Medicine - Religion - Spirituality
In modern societies the functional differentiation of medicine and religion is the predominant paradigm. Contemporary therapeutic practices and concepts in healing systems, such as Transpersonal Psychology, Ayurveda, as well as Buddhist and Anthroposophic medicine, however, are shaped by medical as well as religious or spiritual elements. This book investigates configurations of the entanglement between medicine, religion, and spirituality in Europe, Asia, North America, and Africa. How do political and legal conditions affect these healing systems? How do they relate to religious and scientific discourses? How do therapeutic practitioners position themselves between medicine and religion, and what is their appeal for patients?
Freie Lehrerbildung - eine Utopie?
Der Geisteswissenschaftler, Philosoph, Künstler und Sozialreformer Rudolf Steiner hat eine weltweite pädagogische Erneuerungsbewegung eingeleitet. Zugleich hat er skizzenhaft provozierende Ideen für eine zeitgemäße Lehrerbildung formuliert. Was lässt sich heute daraus machen? Steiner suchte nicht nach einem allgemein verbindlichen Programm. Er vertraute auf die Initiativkraft seiner Mitarbeiter und eine offene Zukunft. Die Waldorfpädagogik hat sich hundert Jahre lang erfolgreich bewährt. Zugleich ist sie gegenwärtig durch irrationale Zwänge im staatlich organisierten Bildungswesen, aber auch durch die Erosion ihrer spirituellen Grundlagen ernsthaft bedroht. Johannes Kiersch skizziert ein freiheitliches Konzept für die Ausbildung von Waldorflehrern. Im Gegensatz zum staatlichen Lehrerbildungswesen werden hier auch individuelle Initiativkraft, künstlerisches Unterrichten sowie soziale und lebenspraktische Kompetenzen gefördert und gefordert. Die Schrift gibt damit richtungsweisende Anregungen zur Lehrerbildung und Anstöße für allgemeine Veränderungen im Bildungswesen.
