Waldorf Education and Anthroposophy 2: Twelve Public Lectures, November 19, 1922-August 30, 1924

Rudolf Steiner

Jan 1996 · Foundations of Waldorf Education Book 14 · SteinerBooks

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12 lectures, various cities, November 19, 1922-August 30, 1924 (CW 218)

By the time of this second collection of Steiner's public lectures on Waldorf education, the Waldorf school movement was gaining increasing recognition. In this collection, as in the previous volume, Steiner is outspoken about the spiritual nature of human beings and the world, including the spiritual nature of Waldorf education.

Topics include:

• Education and Teaching
• The Art of Teaching from an Understanding of the Human Being
• Education and Art
• Education and the Moral Life
• Introduction to a Eurythmy Performance
• Why Base Education on Anthroposophy?
• Waldorf Pedagogy
• Anthroposophy and Education
• Moral and Physical Education
• Educational Issues

Original book: Geistige Zusammenh nge in der Gestaltung des Menschlichen Organismus, vol. 218 of the Complete Works of Rudolf Steiner,

About the author

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