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Anthroposophy - What is it ?

	Vortex of Life When The Vortex of Life was first published in 1993, Lawrence Edwards’ pioneering work on bud shapes had already attracted the attention of many scientists around the world. In the book, Edwards gave a fuller account of his research, widening it to include the forms of plants, embryos, and organs such as the heart. His work suggests that there are universal laws, not yet fully understood, that guide an organism’s growth into predetermined patterns. His work has profound implications for those working in genetics and stem cell research. Edwards died in 2004 at the age of 92 and Graham Calderwood has edited and revised this classic work.		Price:	QTY:

	Biodynamic Agriculture A newly revised edition. Biodynamics is an internationally recognized approach to organic agriculture in which the farmer or gardener respects and works with the spiritual dimension of the earth's environment. In a world where conventional agricultural methods threaten the environment, biodynamic farms and gardens are designed to have a sound ecological balance. This concise and fully illustrated book presents evidence that biodynamic crops put down deeper roots, show strong resistance to disease and have better keeping qualities than conventionally produced crops. 'This little paperback is essential for all organic gardeners. Incredibly condensed amounts of information are available here - Illustrated throughout with some lovely photos and clear diagrams.'--- Ysanne Spevack, Organicfood.co.uk Willy Schilthuis was president of the Dutch Biodynamic Association for twenty-five years. She has written several books on biodynamic agriculture. 128 pgs / Soft cover		Price:	QTY:

	Star Weavings Star Weavings is the locally published twice yearly newsletter of the Australian Association for Rudolf Steiner Early Childhood Education. Star Weavings grew out of a need to strengthen communication between those working with the child under seven, both in the Rudolf Steiner Schools and in the wider community. In this Spring/ Summer issue: Childhood the essence of humanity Unborn ness Vital years 2011 Latest News Recipes and Activities Please note Postage for this newsletter is only charged at $2.80 per copy for Australia and $6.50 International and not at the rate quoted on checkout if this is the only item purchased. We have back issues available also, please mention in customer instructions if you would like to purchase these.		Price:	QTY:

	Christianity as a Mythical Fact and the Mysteries of Antiquity “As simultaneously mysticism and fact, Christianity is a breakthrough in the historical development of humanity for which the mysteries, with the results that they brought about, form a prior evolutionary stage.” —Rudolf Steiner During the fall and winter of 1901–1902, Steiner gave a series of lectures called “Christianity As Mystical Fact” to members of the Theosophical Society. The lectures were rewritten and issued as a book later that year. They mark a watershed in the development of Western esotericism. Steiner wrote of the idea behind his book: 240 pgs/ paperback		Price:	QTY:

	Theosophy Given his energetic involvement in practical initiatives and extensive lecturing, Rudolf Steiner had little time to write books. Of those he did write - belonging almost entirely to the earlier years of his work - four titles form an indispensable introduction to his later teaching: Knowledge of the Higher Worlds, Occult Science, The Philosophy of Freedom and Theosophy. Theosophy focuses on a psychology based not on the usual duality of body and mind, but on the more ancient division of body, soul and spirit. Steiner describes in detail the functions and organs of these three aspects of the human being, and the objective realms to which they belong. Just as the body derives from and belongs to the material world, so do the human soul and spirit belong to their own specific realms. These are the dimensions through which all human beings travel in the life after death, and in which - after passing the 'midnight hour' - we prepare to seek our destiny, or karma, in a new life. Theosophy features one of the most comprehensive and condensed of all Steiner's accounts of these realms, and of the experiences which our immortal being undergoes in passing through them. The book ends with a chapter on the modern 'path of knowledge', in which Steiner describes the exercises through which every person may develop the latent powers of perception which are necessary for a knowledge of metaphysical worlds.		Price:	QTY:

	Karl Konig's Path into Anthroposophy This book follows Karl König’s spiritual journey from his early years to the end of his life. Through the words of his diaries, in which his battles with health and his impatient temperament are recorded with merciless honesty, we can follow his inner path that led to profound insights into the nature of children with special needs. His personal wrestlings and innate spirituality laid the foundation for his work in the Camphill Schools and Villages. About the Karl König Archive: Karl König, the founder of Camphill, was a prolific lecturer and writer on a wide range of subjects from anthroposophy and Christology through social questions and curative education to science and history. The Karl König Archive are working on a programme of publishing these works over the coming years. 112 pages/ paperback		Price:	QTY:

	Goethe's Theory of Knowledge As the editor of Goethe’s scientific writings during the 1880s, Rudolf Steiner became immersed in a worldview that paralleled and amplified his own views in relation to epistemology, the interface between science and philosophy, the theory of how we know the world and ourselves. At the time, like much of the thinking today and the foundation of modern natural science, the predominant theories held that individual knowledge is limited to thinking that reflects objective, sensory perception. Steiner’s view was eventually distilled in his Anthroposophical Leading Thoughts in 1924: There are those who believe that, with the limits of knowledge derived from sensory perception, the limits of all insight are given. Yet if they would carefully observe how they become conscious of these limits, they would find in the very consciousness of the limits the faculties to transcend them. In this concise volume, Steiner lays out his argument for this view and, moreover, begins his explication of how one goes beyond thinking to the observation of thinking itself. Goethe's Theory of Knowledge is valuable reading for a fundamental understanding of Rudolf Steiner’s Anthroposophy. A Theory of Knowledge is a translation from the German of Grundlinien einer Erkenntnistheorie der Goetheschen Weltanschauung, mit besonderer Rücksicht auf Schiller (GA 2).		Price:	QTY:

	The Spiritual Background of Christian Festivals The rhythms of the earth can be seen in, for example, the daily cycle of day and night, or in the changing seasons. Rudolf Steiner spoke about how Christian festivals such as Easter, Whitsun and Christmas fitted not just into these patterns, but also into larger cosmic rhythms and, on a smaller scale, human rhythms. In this concise, readable book Charles Kovacs explores the structure of our calendar year and looks in detail at the background to each Christian festival, including lesser-known ones such as St John's Tide and Michaelmas. This book is an inspiring insight into why we worship and celebrate at particular times and the deep spiritual significance found in the Christian year Written by Charles Kovacs 80pgs /paperback		Price:	QTY:

	What is Anthroposophy What is Anthroposophy? is a personal work in the sense that it reflects an individual's own endeavors to build a connection to anthroposophy. As the author states in his Preface: "...as soon as we comprehend anthroposophy as something living, we are concerned not merely with defining it intellectually but, rather, with developing a real relationship to it..." This is a valuable addition to the introductory literature on anthroposophy from an established and well-respected author. SERGEI O. PROKOFIEFF, born in Moscow in 1954, studied painting and art history at the Moscow School of Art. He encountered anthroposophy in his youth, and soon made the decision to devote his life to it. Since 1982 he has been a ctive as an author and lecturer. In 1991 he became a co-founder of the Anthroposophical Society in Russia, and since Easter 2001 he has been a member of the Executive Council of the General Anthroposophical Society in Dornach.		Price:	QTY:

	The Biodynamic Farm The BD Farm Bankrupt farmers, erosion of topsoil, and poor food quality owing to pesticides, hormones, and other additives, these are the well-known realities of the modern crisis in farming. This problem is the outcome of the limited vision of conventional methods and a system that focuses exclusively on quick results and profits. The need for changes is clear, and Koepf provides a vast array of research data and results, as well as many helpful details on animal feeding, crop rotation, diseases, pests, and fertilizing. He shows that the biodynamic method of farming and gardening is the alternative that can turn farming around. Biodynamics is the oldest alternative agricultural movement in the world. It is based on the concept of the whole farm as a single organism. Its goals are to protect and nurture the soil, improve the quality of food, and organically integrate the farm into the environment as a whole. This is an essential reference for all farmers who are unsatisfied with conventional methods and for gardeners who wish to improve the quality of life around them as well as the food they serve their families.		Price:	QTY:

	Rudolf Steiner - His life and his work Rudlof Steiner - His life and his work, written by Gilbert Childs The Austrian philosopher and writer Rudolf Steiner was one of the most original thinkers of the twentieth century. His writings cover a wide range of subjects, and he made valuable and influential contributions in many fields, including education, science, medicine, and social reform. The basis of his researches was the "science of the spirit" he called anthroposophy. He maintained that material science could never comprehend the whole of nature as it excluded the realm of the spirit. Bridging the physical and spiritual worlds, anthroposophy would show the way toward a true understanding of humanity and its relation to the universe. This is a concise, illustrated introduction to Steiner's life and work, describing how many of his ideas have been put into practice and are still giving inspiration and guidance to many people all over the world. Paperback / 112 pgs		Price:	Out of Stock

	Biodynamic Gardening for Health Any gardener who already works with biodynamics will tell you the difference it has made to his or her garden. From crispier lettuce to more intensely-flavoured onions, biodynamics is a great way to get your garden to produce tasty, nutrient-packed fruit and vegetables. The ideas behind biodynamics can sometimes be difficult to explain, however, and appear rather strange to those who are new to the technique. Hilary Wright, an experienced and passionate biodynamic gardener, guides the novice through the key points, whilst never losing sight of the ultimate goal: a healthy, abundant garden. Easy-to-follow step-by-step illustrations, explanatory diagrams and colour photographs show how biodynamic techniques can work for any gardener.		Price:	Coming Soon

	The Light of "I" This remarkable short guide to meditation is the fruit of many years of meditative experience as well as thirty years of teaching meditation. Through exercises and meditation sentences it delineates an accessible, systematic process of inner work by which a person can come to experience both the “I,” or Self, and the miraculous nature of that Light that, as inner Light, we call attention. Beginning with simple meditation sentences that illuminate the role of attention in perception, the person wishing to take this path is led gradually to the reality and experience of form-free attention. Kühlewind offers step by step concentration exercises, sentence meditations, visualizations (image or symbol meditations), and perceptual meditations for guidance on the path. He also offers advice and help with the difficulties and problems that can arise. Each stage of the path—in itself and in relation to the whole sequence—is presented in a way to be understood through meditative thinking. Deepened in this way, it becomes, as well, a work of philosophy—but philosophy understood as a transformative way of life, an inner path “This concise little book summarizes forty years of research on the nature and power of human attention. In a direct style, as though thinking out loud, Kühlewind shares a sequence of original exercises of his own devising and offers practical tips on technique, embedding it all in characteristically succinct epistemological remarks. I recommend this generous, instructive book to anyone who wants to begin meditating and also to those who want to refresh their existing practice.” —Gertrude Reif Hughes Professor Emerita of English and Women's Studies at Wesleyan University, author of Emerson's Demanding Optimism, a lifelong student of Anthroposophy, and a meditation teacher “Georg Kühlewind has and continues to be a central formative being in the work of spiritual psychology and my own individual meditative practices as well. The work of our school relies centrally on developing inner attentiveness. His practices for developing capacities for doing so are, in my estimation, Kühlewind’s most important contribution. You can never go wrong with Kühlewind. The other major contribution that I utilize in all meditative work is his understanding and very helpful practices concerning the “soft will.” No one better, anywhere.” —Robert Sardello, Co-director of The School of Spiritual Psychology and author of Love and the World and Silence “This intriguing book is quite suitable for general interest readers. It will appeal to anyone attempting to more fully understand and appreciate the underlying symbolism and cultural significance of Ice Age cave art. In addition to providing a theoretical framework within which to interpret such art, this book reflects the lifelong odyssey of one rock art researcher’s own journey to discover humanity’s distant origins. In this regard, it is both a scientific treatise and a personal narrative. Recommended. All levels/libraries.” -Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, Vol. 46, No. 09, May 2009.		Price:	Out of Stock

	Tribal Wisdom Tribal Wisdom, is just what it says it is, with its philosophy based on the collective wisdom of tribal peoples, it remains an ongoing influence on Author and Illustrator Peter Dunn's work. It has inspired many readers, and continues to grow in popularity. This book is about our interconnection with all things and has many wondrous passages about how we really should be taking care of this world for the sake of our children.  On reading the book I came to the realisation that we have destroyed so much of this world, and are continuing to do so, when our tribal forefathers knew what to take and what to give back to the land.   How very sad it is that we have stolen so much from this earth and its creatures. Perhaps there is much we can give back if we start now! Hardcover w/dustjacket 128pgs		Price:	Out of Stock

	Christ and the Maya Calendar: 2012 The coming of the Anti Christ Christ and the Maya Calendar approaches the significance of 2012 by spiritually penetrating phenomena of today. Drawing on the book of Revelation - which provides an archetype for understanding spiritual history, as well as on  Rudolf Steiner's Apocalyptic indications, a completely new context for grasping the end date of the Maya calendar emerges. In a November 1919 lecture, Steiner made a stunning remark about Ahriman: “Ahriman skillfully prepares his goal beforehand ... [and] will find an important instrument for preparing his incarnation. His incarnation is undoubtedly coming, and this lack of insight will enable him to prepare it triumphantly.” The subtitle of this book - “2012 and the Coming of the Antichrist” - refers to this coming incarnation of Ahriman. ....		Price:	Out of Stock

	The Spiritual Tasks of the homemaker What is to become of the family? What is to become of the home, which has been the foundation of society for centuries? Will it disintegrate - or can it be refounded in a new way? In recent years the role of homemaking has been derided and diminished, particularly in relation to careers outside the home. Rather than being encouraged to nurture home and family, parents are urged to return to the workplace as quickly as possible following childbirth. Their place is taken by growing numbers of day-care centres, childcare workers and nannies. The author argues for a refounding of the homemaker's role; revitalizing the traditions of the past with real spiritual knowledge. The homemaker can begin to work consciously with the metaphysical aspects of the household, its etheric, astral and spiritual qualities, as well as the various entities connected to the home. He emphasizes the need for an individual forming of the role, as well as the importance of personal development, culture and rhythm. This inspiring and original book provides help, advice and ideas to those seeking to provide a strong foundation for a happy and healthy family and home. MANFRED SCHMIDT-BRABANT was born in Berlin, Germany. He became a member of the Executive Council of the General Anthroposophical Society at the Goetheanum in 1975 and served as Chair of the Council from 1984 until his death in 2001. His service during those years included leadership of the Social Science Section of the School of Spiritual Science, and lecturing around the world on many subjects.		Price:	Out of Stock

	Gardening with Young Children “This warm-hearted book by a very successful mother, gardener, and teacher has the potential to become a guide for the next generation toward understanding nature and to heal our threatened environment worldwide.” —Sibylle Alexander, author of Told by the Peat Fire Gardening with Young Children is a lively and imaginative guide to a child’s experience of a year in a garden. Experienced gardener Beatrys Lockie explains the basic techniques, from sowing the seeds to harvesting the produce, and gives instructions for cultivating easily grown flowers, herbs, and vegetables. The author also describes projects using berries, seeds, and leaves, delicious and simple recipes, plus stories, songs, and poems about the insects, birds, and animals of the gardening world. The activities in this “Early Years” book are suitable for gardens of all shapes and sizes—even for a few pots on a balcony or small patio.		Price:	Out of Stock

	Knowledge of the Higher Worlds - How is it Achieved		Price:	Out of Stock

	Colour A text book for Anthroposphical painting groups by Liane Collet d'Herbois Colour is both a constant and dynamic force in our world. Liane Collot D ’Herbois was a pioneer of spiritual colour theory who explored the artistic and therapeutic qualities of light and darkness in painting. This book is a combination of her original works Colour,Part One (1979)and Colour,Part Two (1981),in which she presented her remarkable ideas. Preferring to write in ‘pictures ’ rather than ‘chapters ’,she explains the principles behind her work and demonstrates how each colour has its own unique movement and inherent quality. Her third book, Light,Darkness and Colour in Painting Therapy is also available from Floris Books. Liane Collot d ’Herbois was born in 1907 in cornwall.She studied painting and after encountering Rudolf Steiner ’s ideas, she went on with Dr Ita Wegman to develop an approach to painting therapy. For many years she lived in Holland.She died in 1999. 160 pgs / Paperback		Price:	Out of Stock

	The Philosophy of Freedom - A Philosophy of Spiritual Activity		Price:	Out of Stock