Rudolf Steiner and Anthroposophy: A Graphic Introduction Combining Lía Tummer’s lucid text and Lato’s creative and playful illustrations, Rudolf Steiner and Anthroposophy is a unique and highly engaging “graphic” introduction, suitable for both curious beginners and dedicated students. At the dawn of the twentieth century, Rudolf Steiner presented Anthroposophy as a “spiritual science” that expands on the restricted scientific, materialist ideology of our time. Based on profound knowledge of humankind and our relationship with nature and the universe, Anthroposophy provides not only rejuvenating impulses for the most diverse spheres of human activity—including medicine, education, agriculture, the arts, and science—but also answers the eternal questions posed by humankind, on which contemporary science remains indifferent: What is life? Where do we come from when we are born? Where do we go when we die? What is the meaning of pain and illness? Why do people experience such differing challenges in life? This charming book depicts the development of a universal genius, from his childhood in the untamed beauty of the Austrian Alps to the sublimities of human wisdom—from his work as a Goethe scholar to building the extraordinary Goetheanum in Dornach, Switzerland. C O N T E N T S: Introduction Born of the Woods Masters Goethe Nietzsche Haeckel Theosophy Marie von Sivers The Birth of Anthroposophy The Realms of Nature The Image of Man The Evolution of the Individual Reincarnation and Karma The Human Aura The Path of Knowledge The Akashic Record Steiner’s Cosmology The Birth of Human Individuality Anthroposophy and Christianity 2nd Phase of Anthroposophy: The Artistic Impulse (1910–1916) The “Drama Mysteries” The Goetheanum Eurythmy 3rd Phase of Anthroposophy: Practical Applications (1917–1925) The Threefold Structuring of the Social Organism The Waldorf Schools The Waldorf Method Therapeutic Education An Anthroposophical Approach to Medicine Biodynamic Agriculture The Community of Christians The Goetheanum Fire 1924–1025 Anthroposophical Organizations Bibliography Index The Authors About the Author Lía Tummer works as a German and English translator. Her first contact with Anthroposophy came while studying in Waldorf schools. Through reading and translating anthroposophic texts, she has become knowledgeable in all its fields.