"Perception of the idea within the actual is the true communion of the human being" --Goethe Religious ritual is often seen as a way of bringing divine influences down into the material world. In this profound and stimulating work, Rudolf Steiner and Friedrich Benesch introduce the idea of "reverse ritual"--a way that each of us can raise our ......
Traditional folklore has spoken of guardian angels who guide and protect us. However, although there are numerous stories of the miraculous intervention of these beings, some people still write them off as myth and superstition. Based on his own personal experience and cognition, Rudolf Steiner spoke of guardian angels and other spiritual beings ......
Discovering the Seeds of a New Science in the Renaissance
Steiner immerses the reader in the evolving stream of 11 mystics who appeared in central Europe between the 13th and 17th centuries, who resolved the conflict between their inner perceptions and beginnings of modern science.
Doré Deverell's son Richard had led a difficult life, plagued by physical and mental illness and depression. When he committed suicide at the age of 36, Doré was naturally devastated, suffering the intense anguish of a mother's loss. But she was determined to seek for healing and reconciliation.This book is the first-hand account of how Doré ......
Do you have a supernatural soul? If you think you do, have you asked yourself why you think so? How we answer these questions affects what we believe about ourselves and how we live our lives. This book examines these issues from the diverse perspectives of neuroscience, biblical scholarship, the history of ideas, and quantum physics.
Looks at science as a dogmatic attempt to explain phenomena in prefabricated and often constrictive terms. This title intends to recount hundreds of strange situations that the author felt eluded scientific explanation - from black rain to six-legged lambs - many of which were reported in mainstream scientific publications.
The willingness of people to believe in magical icons, mystical relics, and miraculous pictures (like the Image of Guadalupe) is almost as curious as these phenomena themselves. This book confronts such strange events, powers, and objects as the Shroud of Turin, bleeding or weeping statues, burning handprints, and liquefying blood.
This sweeping study of mysticism by Jess Hollenback considers the writings and experiences of a broad range of traditional religious mystics, including Teresa of Avila, Black Elk, and Gopi Krishna. It also makes use of a new category of sources that more traditional scholars have almost entirely ignored, namely, the autobiographies and writings ......
From his clairvoyant reading of the Akashic Record -- the cosmic memory of all events, actions, and thoughts -- Rudolf Steiner was able to speak of aspects of the life of Jesus Christ that are not contained in the four biblical Gospels. Such research can be spoken of as a ''fifth gospel.'' After an intense inner struggle to verify the exact nature ......
