A backpacker's journey into the teachings of Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925) / Mark Oliver Smith

Bib ID:
10010372
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Book
Author:
Smith, Mark Oliver, author
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Description:
  • Bruce, Australian Capital Territory : Mark Oliver Smith, 2022
  • 1 online resource (162 pages)
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Summary:

Rudolf Steiner was a spiritual visionary and a polymath. He had a distinct epistemology and a creative grasp of synthetic geometry which he applied to astronomy, medicine, agriculture, education, architecture and the arts. As someone outside the Anthroposophical Society and the Christian Community, Mark Oliver Smith attempts to understand Steiner's thinking across many of these fields, through a detailed investigation. He uses three organising principles to illuminate aspects of Steiner's thought: microcosm and macrocosm, metamorphosis, and consciousness.

Full contents:
  • Letter to Milton
  • A Tribute to Steiner on Occasion of the 150th Anniversary of His Birth (1861)
  • Meet Rudolf Steiner
  • A brief guide to Steiner's thought
  • 1. Life Overview
  • 2. Goethean Influences
  • 3. The Philosophy of Freedom (1894)
  • 4. Ethical Individualism
  • 5. The Berlin Years and Early Esoteric Influences
  • 6. Ancient and Modern Mystery Centres
  • 7. The Sensible World
  • 8. The Supersensible World
  • 9. Steiner - a Mathematician of Some Brilliance
  • 10. Polarities
  • 11. The Principles of Metamorphosis Are Key Concepts
  • 12. A Polar Relationship between Astronomy and Embryology
  • 13. Steiner and Haeckel (1834 - 1919)
  • 14. Steiner's Evolutionary Insights - Transitioning From the Spiritual Archetype to the Physical World
  • 15. Steiner's Theory of the Evolution of Consciousness
  • 16. Steiner's Views on the Nature of Man
  • 17. Steiner's Views On Education
  • 18. The Four Temperaments
  • 19. The Three-Fold Social Order
  • 20. Steiner and Economics
  • 21. Christianity As Mystical Fact
  • 22. Bio-Dynamic Agriculture
  • 23. Rudolf Steiner as a Scientist
  • 24. The Four Ethers
  • 25. Rudolf Steiner as an Artist
  • 26. Steiner's Contribution to Medicine and Pharmacology
  • 27. Architectural Achievements
  • 28. The Application of Metamorphosis to Architectural Design in the Goetheanum
  • 29. Astronomy - An Extension of Spirituality
  • 30. Astronomy, Geometry and the Form of Man
  • 31. Reincarnation
  • 32. Isis Mary Sophia
  • 33. The Anthroposophical School of Spiritual Science and its Mathematical and Astronomical Section
  • Concluding Remarks
  • Appendix A
  • Appendix B
  • Appendix C.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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