Rudolf Steiner and Anthroposophy
Born in Croatia on February 25, 1861, Rudolf Steiner became a citizen of the world more than any particular country. Asking each person to not simply believe his teaching, but rather to test everything against one's own logic, inner resonance, and sensibilities, Rudolf Steiner made available to the public a spiritual worldview that had formerly been hidden in mystery centers. This worldview he called spiritual science.
Students of spiritual science and Waldorf Education generally find deep common ground in the active world movements for social and cultural renewal, world peace and freedom that have been inspired by Steiner's work.​​ ​
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The first Waldorf School was founded by Steiner in 1919 in Stuttgart, Germany. Through Waldorf Education, Rudolf Steiner hoped that young people would develop the capacities of soul and intellect and the strength of will to prepare them to meet the challenges of their own time. Much of Steiner's detailed psychology of child development is now supported by modern research in education and
neuropsychology.
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Rudolf Steiner's writings and lectures are available today as more than 300 volumes on a wide range of subjects. His universal genius gives a rejuvenating impulse to many fields of knowledge and endeavors of life including medicine, bio-dynamic farming and beekeeping, architectural design, new forms of banking, issues within the social realm, as well as the arts and sciences. More details of his life can be found in his autobiography The Story of My Life, available online at the Rudolf Steiner Archive.
Anthroposophy
Anthroposophy—or the wisdom of the human being—as described in Steiner's many books and lectures describes a living path that can lead toward self and world knowledge for modern souls. The path of developing the soul's capacities, otherwise left dormant by a materialistic world mindset, comes to life from the prospectives offered by anthroposophy. Steiner describes a method that allows all striving human beings—in their own time—to experience a spiritual reality as the underlying, vital counterpart of the visible world. Anthroposophy naturally appeals to those who carry within their inner life a persistent desire to affirm a spiritual worldview.
 The First GoetheanumSteiner's architectural design for a center for Anthroposophical learning in Dornach, Switzerland was unique and innovative. Unfortunately the building was constructed almost entirely out of wood and burned down in 1923. |  Bees |  Herbs |
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 Anthroposophical Medicine |  Biodynamic Agriculture |  |