Working with Anthroposophy [Paperback]

Georg Kuhlewind (Author), Michael Lipson (Translator), Christopher Bamford (Translator)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 2000

"Anthroposophy was given to thinking as an idea and, through thinking, to the heart as a luminous warmth. But for about 150 years, a battle has raged around thinking: Will it fall prey to the mechanism of the brain? Will ‘the brain thinks’ become a reality? Or will thinking strengthen itself in its autonomy, and thereby become able to think actively, freely, and even oppose the existing mechanisms of the brain, dissolving and transforming them? When the cerebral apparatus dominates thinking, it makes no difference what we think, or think we think....

"Working with Anthroposophy can help make our thinking and psychological being ever more independent of the predetermined structures of the brain and the physical body. The aim of studying anthroposophy, therefore, is not knowledge of some contents falsely considered as information, but is an activity, an event." —from Working with Anthroposophy

The goal of this study is to cultivate the experience of living, intuitive thinking, such as we experience with every new understanding. As Kühlewind puts it, this unique contribution to practice of anthroposophy has a twofold purpose: "to stimulate working with spiritual science through exercises, and to stimulate independent new formulations of its content on the basis of experience."

Working with Anthroposophy will help guide beginning students and inspire longtime students of the path opened up by Rudolf Steiner. As with all of Kühlewind’s works, this book opens new insights with each reading.

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Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: German

About the Author

Georg Kühlewind is a Hungarian philosopher, writer, lecturer, and meditation teacher who works out of the tradition of Rudolf Steiner. Placing aside an early interest in music and psychology, he pursued a successful, professional career as a physical chemist, while continuously deepening his spiritual practice and insights. A prolific author (most of whose works are still only in German), Georg Kühlewind now travels the world lecturing and holding workshops and seminars in meditation, psychology, epistemology, child devel­opment, anthroposophy, and esoteric Christianity. He is the author of numerous books.

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Steiner Books (January 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0880103612
• ISBN-13: 978-0880103619
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.3 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,047,959 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Georg Kühlewind (1924-2006) was a Hungarian philosopher, writer, lecturer, and meditation teacher who worked from the tradition of Rudolf Steiner's spiritual science. Setting aside his early interest in music and psychology, he pursued a successful professional career as a physical chemist. Meanwhile, he continued to deepen his spiritual practice and insights. A prolific author (most of whose works are still only in German), Georg Kühlewind spent much time traveling the world, lecturing and leading workshops and seminars in meditation, psychology, epistemology, child development, anthroposophy, and esoteric Christianity. He was the author of numerous books. Kühlewind died January 15, 2006 at the age of 83.