The Imaginative Life Tableau: The Spiritually Perceived Story of Our Life Between Birth and Death: Meditative Knowledge Out of Childhood Forces - Couverture souple

Steiner, Rudolf

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1855845725 ISBN 13 : 9781855845725

Editeur : Rudolf Steiner Press, 2020

Synopsis

Many will be familiar with the notion that a person at the point of death sees their life flash before them. Rudolf Steiner describes that when the spiritual bodies separate from the physical body, the etheric body of the dying person is revealed, giving a panoramic overview of their earthly life. This etheric body contains everything we have experienced in our consciousness and kept in memory. The etheric not only generates and sustains all life, but encompasses the life forces out of which we shape our existence.

Although the revelation of the life tableau belongs to the early period after death, it can also emerge as a result of meditation. Rudolf Steiner speaks of this - through the first level of spiritual experience known as 'imagination' - as a conscious self-perception of the soul, taking place in the world of images. Here we are confronted with the harrowing knowledge of our doppelgänger - but we also experience the cosmic forces of childhood that are present in all our life processes. These same forces are described in psychology as the 'inner child'.

In this highly-original anthology of Steiner's work we are led to a therapeutic, meditative approach that - through working with the imaginative life tableau - can strengthen and heal body, soul and spirit.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

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. Steiner termed his spiritual philosophy anthroposophy, meaning "wisdom of the human being." As an exceptionally developed seer, he based his work on direct knowledge and perception of spiritual dimensions. He initiated a modern, universal "spiritual science" that is accessible to anyone willing to exercise clear and unbiased thinking. From his spiritual investigations, Steiner provided suggestions for the renewal of numerous activities, including education (general and for special needs), agriculture, medicine, economics, architecture, science, philosophy, Christianity, and the arts. There are currently thousands of schools, clinics, farms, and initiatives in other fields that involve practical work based on the principles Steiner developed. His many published works feature his research into the spiritual nature of human beings, the evolution of the world and humanity, and methods for personal development. He wrote some thirty books and delivered more than six thousand lectures throughout much of Europe. In 1924, Steiner founded the General Anthroposophical Society, which today has branches around the world.

Andreas Neider (b. 1958) studied philosophy, ethnology, history, and political science. He worked for 17 years at Verlag Freies Geistesleben, first as an editor and then as publisher. Since 2002 he heads the cultural agency Von Mensch zu Mensch (From Person to Person). Neider organized the annual Stuttgart educational congresses for 14 years, and in 2015 co-founded the Akanthos Academy in Stuttgart. He lectures on anthroposophy, meditation, and media education in youth and adult education. He has numerous publications with the Freies Geistesleben and the Rudolf Steiner Verlag in Dornach, Switzerland. He is currently working on a dissertation at the Alanus University comparing the methods of anthroposophic and Buddhist meditation.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Rudolf Steiner Press
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1855845725
• ISBN 13: 9781855845725
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 152
• Éditeur: Neider Andreas
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