"Wir entwickeln in unserem Handeln Liebe dadurch, dass wir die Gedanken hineinstrahlen lassen in das Willensgemäße; wir entwickeln in unserem Denken Freiheit dadurch, dass wir das Willensgemäße hineinstrahlen lassen in die Gedanken.
"Die Menschen werden selbstverständlich dazu kommen, den Geist in ihrer Seele zu fühlen, und zwar nicht abstrakt, wie sie es heute tun, sondern sie werden empfinden, wie dieser Geist in ihrer Seeleregelmäßig und gesetzmäßig wirkt.
"Wenn die innere Kraft des Denkens so entwickelt wird, ohne dass die Denkkraft den äußeren Körper benutzt, dann werden wir eine Kenntnis des inneren Lebens erlangen, werden unser wahres Selbst erkennen, unser höheres Ich.
"Dadurch, dass wir auf einem persönlichen Lebenswege zu einer ewigen geistigen Wesenheit vordringen, dadurch stellt sich unsere Persönlichkeit erst in der richtigen Nuance in die wirkliche Welt hinein, denn dadurch bekommen wir das Bewusstsein, dass auf jeden von uns als Persönlichkeit gerechnet ist.
"Der Mensch kann sich zu höheren Stufen nicht anders entwickeln, als dass er eine untere positive Stufe verlässt, sich in eine negative Stimmung versetzt und in dieser Stimmung einen neuen Inhalt aufnimmt und sich damit durchsetzt, dass er wieder auf einer höheren Stufe positiv wirksam werden kann"Rudolf Steiner, Berlin, 10.
"Es erhöht die Würde des Menschen, dass grausam immer zerstört wird, was er schafft; denn er muss immer aufs Neue bilden und schaffen; und im Tun liegt unser Glück, in dem, was wir selbst vollbringen.
"Das ist im Karma eines jeden Anthroposophen eigentlich geschrieben: Werde ein Mensch mit Initiative, und siehe nach, wenn du aus Hindernissen deines Körpers oder aus Hindernissen, die sich dir sonst entgegenstellen, den Mittelpunkt deines Wesens mit der Initiative nicht findest, wie im Grunde genommen Leiden und Freuden bei dir von diesem Finden oder Nichtfunden der persönlichen Initiative abhängen!
First published in 1931, The Cross Moves East examines Gandhi's concept of Satyagraha (non-violent resistance) and analyses its philosophical parallels with Christian principles.
Liminal Spaces and Spatial Practices in Byzantium offers a novel twist, combining intra-/inter-disciplinary research across the humanities and social sciences by transforming two distinct disciplinary concepts (liminality from social anthropology and space from cultural geography) into methodological devices for historical investigation.
First published in 1967, Faith in a Changing Culture examines the relationship between religious faith and cultural transformation during a period of significant social change.
First published in 1931, The Cross Moves East examines Gandhi's concept of Satyagraha (non-violent resistance) and analyses its philosophical parallels with Christian principles.
First published in 1967, Faith in a Changing Culture examines the relationship between religious faith and cultural transformation during a period of significant social change.
This book explores the social history of the radical religious community of Old Believer-Wanderers during the period of rapid Late Imperial, Early Soviet, and Stalinist modernization.
Liminal Spaces and Spatial Practices in Byzantium offers a novel twist, combining intra-/inter-disciplinary research across the humanities and social sciences by transforming two distinct disciplinary concepts (liminality from social anthropology and space from cultural geography) into methodological devices for historical investigation.
Islam in World History examines the emergence and development of Islam as a world religion in the Abrahamic tradition and the unfolding of Muslim society and civilization over fourteen centuries.
This book explores the development of sexual ethics in medieval Poland, focusing on how the process of Christianization integrated Poland into the Western European cultural sphere, and how the adoption of Christian norms and practices significantly shaped its moral and legal views on sexuality.
Islam in World History examines the emergence and development of Islam as a world religion in the Abrahamic tradition and the unfolding of Muslim society and civilization over fourteen centuries.
This book explores the development of sexual ethics in medieval Poland, focusing on how the process of Christianization integrated Poland into the Western European cultural sphere, and how the adoption of Christian norms and practices significantly shaped its moral and legal views on sexuality.
Religious and Identity-Based Roots of the War in Ukraine critically analyses the religious and identity-based roots of the Russo-Ukrainian War from a long-term historical perspective.
This book explores the social history of the radical religious community of Old Believer-Wanderers during the period of rapid Late Imperial, Early Soviet, and Stalinist modernization.
This volume offers readers a comprehensive and vivid picture of medieval death and burial in England, bringing the fascinating beliefs and rituals surrounding mortality into sharp focus.
In this compelling narrative, discover how Christianity-particularly through Puritanism-shaped the foundations of modern Western democracy, only to see its influence dramatically transformed by the forces of secularization.
This volume offers readers a comprehensive and vivid picture of medieval death and burial in England, bringing the fascinating beliefs and rituals surrounding mortality into sharp focus.
In this compelling narrative, discover how Christianity-particularly through Puritanism-shaped the foundations of modern Western democracy, only to see its influence dramatically transformed by the forces of secularization.
The harmonizing influence of ancient Daoist philosophy is of much relevance to the world in which we live today, and this is especially so in the field of global education.
The harmonizing influence of ancient Daoist philosophy is of much relevance to the world in which we live today, and this is especially so in the field of global education.
Teaching and learning through Hollywood, or commercial, film and television productions is anything but a new approach and has been something of a mainstay in the classroom for nearly a century.
Teaching and learning through Hollywood, or commercial, film and television productions is anything but a new approach and has been something of a mainstay in the classroom for nearly a century.