{"product_id":"mystics-after-modernism-discovering-the-seeds-of-a-new-science-in-the-renaissance-cw-7-9780880104708","title":"Mystics After Modernism: Discovering the Seeds of a New Science in the Renaissance (Cw 7)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWritten in 1901, based on lectures at the Theosophical Library, Berlin (CW 7)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Natural science makes bread; the 'mystics' taught the way of cultivating their souls as a garden in which such seeds could sprout and reach their full potential. 'Mysticism' from this point of view is an inner process that can illuminate and transform--make transparent to their higher meaning--outer facts. The fragmented multiplicity of the 'dissected' world becomes thereby unified in \u003ci\u003emeaning\u003c\/i\u003e.\" -- \u003cb\u003eChristopher Bamford\u003c\/b\u003e (foreword)\u003cp\u003eThe mystics Steiner writes about in this book were early giants in the modern art of illumined self-knowledge. Their ways of seeing the world, God, and themselves foreshadowed all that we practice now in the best of meditation, both East and West. Here, you can read about their essential passion for unity, their practice of intensification of perception, and their ever-fresh insights into the process of knowing itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSteiner immerses us in the evolving stream of these eleven mystics who appeared in central Europe between the thirteenth and seventeenth centuries. They managed to resolve the conflict between inner perceptions and the new seeds of modern science and human individuality. Based on the lives of those mystics and on his own spiritual insight, Steiner shows how their ideas can illumine and preserve our true human nature today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRudolf Steiner ends his book with a quotation from the \u003ci\u003eCherubinic Wanderer, \u003c\/i\u003e a collection of sayings gathered by Angelus Silesius: \"Dear Friend, this is enough for now. If you wish to read more, go and become the writing and the essence yourself.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\"The present book, \u003ci\u003eMystics after Modernism\u003c\/i\u003e, is a fruit of Steiner's lecturing activity. The substance of it was contained in a series of lectures he gave in Berlin beginning just after Michaelmas in 1900 when he was thirty-nine. Steiner wrote later, 'By means of the ideas of the mystics from Meister Eckhart to Jacob Boehme, I found expression for the spiritual perceptions that, in reality, I decided to set forth. I then summarized the series of lectures in the book \u003ci\u003eMystics after Modernism\u003c\/i\u003e.'\" -- \u003cb\u003ePaul Marshall Allen\u003c\/b\u003e (afterword)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e Mystics after Modernism\u003c\/i\u003e is a translation from German of \u003ci\u003eDie Mystik im Aufgange des neuzeitlichen Geisteslebens und ihr Verhältnis zur modernen Weltanschauung\u003c\/i\u003e (GA 7), Rudolf Steiner Verlag, Dornach, 1993. A previous edition was titled \u003ci\u003eMysticism at the dawn of the Modern Age.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSteiner, Rudolf:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eRudolf Steiner\u003c\/strong\u003e (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.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAllen, Paul Marshall:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003ePaul Marshall Allen\u003c\/b\u003e (1913-1998) was an authority on the life and work of Rudolf Steiner and, as the \"first American-born anthroposophic lecturer,\" was a leading pioneer of Rudolf Steiner's spiritual science across North America. He edited and wrote introductions for numerous books on Anthroposophy and spiritual wisdom, including his classic work, \u003ci\u003eA Christian Rosenkreutz Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e (1968), and wrote \u003ci\u003eVladimir Soloviev: Russian Mystic\u003ci\u003e (1968). With his wife Joan deRis Allen, Paul coauthored \u003ci\u003eFrancis of Assisi's Canticle of the Creatures\u003c\/i\u003e (1996); \u003ci\u003eFingal's Cave, the Poems of Ossian, and Celtic Christianity\u003c\/i\u003e (1999); and \u003ci\u003eThe Time Is at Hand!\u003c\/i\u003e (1995).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBamford, Christopher:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eChristopher Bamford\u003c\/b\u003e is Editor in Chief Emeritus for SteinerBooks (Anthroposophic Press) and its imprints. A Fellow of the Lindisfarne Association, he has lectured, taught, and written widely on Western spiritual and esoteric traditions. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Voice of the Eagle: The Heart of Celtic Christianity\u003c\/i\u003e (1990) and \u003ci\u003eAn Endless Trace: The Passionate Pursuit of Wisdom in the West\u003c\/i\u003e (2003). He has also translated and edited numerous books, including \u003ci\u003eCeltic Christianity: Ecology and Holiness (1982);\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eHomage to Pythagoras: Rediscovering Sacred Science;\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Noble Traveller: The Life and Writings of O. V. de L. Milosz\u003c\/i\u003e (all published by Lindisfarne Books). HarperSanFrancisco included an essay by Mr. Bamford in its anthology \u003ci\u003eBest Spiritual Writing 2000.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Steiner Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50330217578770,"sku":"9780880104708","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6b171d01-f3da-4060-9f74-e61041004d71.jpg?v=1727795765","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/mystics-after-modernism-discovering-the-seeds-of-a-new-science-in-the-renaissance-cw-7-9780880104708","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}