Health and Illness, Vol. 2: Lectures to the Workmen - Softcover

Rudolf Steiner

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0880100206 ISBN 13: 9780880100205

Publisher: Rudolf Steiner Pr, 1983

Synopsis

This second volume of nine talks to the workmen of the first Goetheanum retains the vital, colloquial, and spontaneous quality of the first volume. Steiner sheds light on a wide range of topics, including the effects of nicotine, alcohol, cocaine, healing effects of metals during pregnancy, vegetarian diets, rabies, and wasp nests.

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About the Author

Rudolf Steiner (1861–1925) was born in the small village of Kraljevec, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now in Croatia), where he grew up (see right). 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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Rudolf Steiner Pr
• Publication date: 1983
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0880100206
• ISBN 13: 9780880100205
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 165