From Crystals to Crocodiles . . .: Answers to Questions (CW 347) - Softcover

Steiner, Rudolf

Softcover

ISBN 10: 185584107X ISBN 13: 9781855841079

Publisher: Rudolf Steiner Press, 2004

Synopsis

10 lectures, Dornach, August 2 – September 30, 1922 (CW 347)

The remarkable discussions in these two volumes took place between Rudolf Steiner and workers at the Goetheanum, Switzerland, who chose the varied subject matter. The astonishing nature of his responses the questions―their insight, knowledge, and spiritual depth―is testimony to his outstanding ability as a spiritual initiate and teacher.

Accessible and stimulating, the records of these sessions are both entertaining and profound. In this volume, Steiner discusses:

• speech and languages; 
  
• lefthandedness; 
  
• dinosaurs; 
  
• Lemuria; 
  
• turtles and crocodiles; 
  
• oxygen and carbon; 
  
• ancient giant oysters; 
  
• the moon, sun, and earth; 
  
• the Old Testament; 
  
• the real nature of Adam; 
  
• breathing and brain activity; 
  
• dreams; sugar; 
  
• the liver and perception; 
  
• brain cells and thinking; 
  
• illnesses such as cancer and its origin, migraines, and diabetes; 
  
• the eyes of animals; 
  
• Paracelsus; 
  
• alcohol, 
  
• and more.
  

This book is a translation of Die Erkenntnis des Menschenwesens nach Leib, Seele und Geist. Über frühe Erdzustände (GA 347).

About this title

About the Author

Matthew Barton is a translator, editor, teacher, and poet, and taught kindergarten for many years at the Bristol Waldorf School. His first collection of poems was Learning To Row (1999). He has won numerous prizes for his work, including an Arts Council Writer's Award and a Hawthornden Fellowship. 

Edition details

• Publisher: Rudolf Steiner Press
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 185584107X
• ISBN 13: 9781855841079
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 169