Anthroposophy (A Fragment)

Anthroposophy (a Fragment): A New Foundation for the Study of Human Nature

Rudolf Steiner (author)

Translated by Catherine E. Creeger 

This written attempt to create a spiritual anthropology was found among Rudolf Steiner's unpublished works after his death.
Although fragmentary, this key work on 'Anthroposophy' is of enormous interest and importance. Here are the first steps toward the development of a true psychology of spirit, using a phenomenological approach to the human senses, the life processes, the I-experience, the human form and the human relationship to higher spiritual worlds. Steiner struggled to express the concepts related in this book, since many of the terms used in neurology, psychology and cognitive studies did not yet exist in 1910. Since then there has been much progress, and this translation benefits from more than 80 years of development in the study of the human senses, cognition, and, neurology.
While not an easy text, Anthroposophy (A Fragment) is essential for understanding Rudolf Steiner's view of the human body - especially its formation and function in relation to spirit.
Included are an introduction by neurologist Dr James Dyson, an anthroposophical doctor; a foreword by Robert Sardello, co-founder and co-director of the School of Spiritual Psychology; and a translator's preface by Detlef Hardorp.

Rudolf Steiner (b. Rudolf Joseph Lorenz Steiner, 1861-1925) was born in the small village of Kraljevec, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now in Croatia), where he grew up. As a young man, he lived in Weimar and Berlin, where he became a well-published scientific, literary, and philosophical scholar, known especially for his work with Goethe's scientific writings. At the beginning of the twentieth century, he began to develop his early philosophical principles into an approach to systematic research into psychological and spiritual phenomena. Formally beginning his spiritual teaching career under the auspices of the Theosophical Society, Steiner came to use the term Anthroposophy (and spiritual science) for his philosophy, spiritual research, and findings. The influence of Steiner's multifaceted genius has led to innovative and holistic approaches in medicine, various therapies, philosophy, religious renewal, Waldorf education, education for special needs, threefold economics, biodynamic agriculture, Goethean science, architecture, and the arts of drama, speech, and eurythmy. In 1924, Rudolf Steiner founded the General Anthroposophical Society, which today has branches throughout the world. He died in Dornach, Switzerland.

Anthroposophy (A Fragment) is a translation from German of Anthroposophie: Ein Fragment aus dem Jahre 1910 (GA 45).

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Anthroposophic Press (1 Jun. 1996)
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 228 pages
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 9780880104012
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 12.7 x 1.32 x 20.32 cm