This book is a gift to anyone wanting to understand Rufold Steiner's work. In this comprehensive overview, Dr. Anderson uses helpful diagrams and illustrations to unpack Steiner's ideas, and place them in a modern context, - The soul and self - The difference between soul and spirit - Karma and reincarnation, life after death - Spiritual ecology, 'etheric' forces - Nutrition, bio-dynamic farming - Waldorf education - Esoteric Christianity, sacred sites - Spiritual development, meditation - Cosmology, the 'aeons'and the 'epochs' - The painting, sculpting, eurythmy, etc Thirty colour plates. With beautiful images and original scholarly research, the Rudolf Steiner Handbook is an invaluable guide to the contribution made by this extraordinary man.
It might sound corny, but this book genuinely left me feeling positive about our future, about the 'big picture', and about what our respective roles are. I feel a greater sense of purpose; we are here to 'add value' to ourselves, our fellow humans and the world. And that we can leave ourselves an amazing legacy by what we do today and here on. It really matters. Adrian Anderson, has done an amazing job of covering the breadth of Steiner's work. In some sections and chapters, it left me hankering for more explanations and information, but then you would have ended up with a volume hundreds of pages long. It certainly left me inspired at the end and motivated to continue reading Steiner's work and books on his research. Thank you Adrian for your contribution.