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Spiritual Science in the Third Millennium

Intellectuality versus Anthroposophy

Paperback
May 2015
9781906999780
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  • Publisher
    Temple Lodge Publishing
  • Published
    27th May 2015
  • ISBN 9781906999780
  • Language English
  • Pages 94 pp.
  • Size 6" x 9"
$19.00

Until now, academia has largely ignored Steiner’s work. In 2013, however, the first volume of a new series, a critical edition of Rudolf Steiner’s writings edited by a professor of the largest religious university in the United State—was published by a respected German academic press. Taking this concrete case as an illustration, Pietro Archiati asserts that academia, with its inherent bias toward atheistic assumptions of materialistic science, will almost inevitably misrepresent Steiner’s work. Anthroposophy is a spiritual science, whose transforming nature requires a deep understanding of its essence for real comprehension. Presenting a broad exploration of the critical questions outlined here, Archiati’s exposition works not only as a critique of a specific new edition of Steiner’s works, but also as an introduction to key tenets of anthroposophic methodology and thought.

Pietro Archiati

Pietro Archiati (1944–2022) studied Theology and Philosophy in Rome and Munich. He worked in Laos as a teacher during the Vietnam War, and later as a missionary in New York. In 1977, while a hermit on Lake Como (Italy) he discovered anthroposophy, which became his lifelong passion. He later worked as a lecturer in a priest seminary in South Africa. After leaving the Church in 1987, he became a freelance speaker and writer. From 2004 until his death, together with Monika Grimm, he led the publishing company Rudolf Steiner Ausgaben (Rudolf Steiner Editions). His many prefaces and epilogues to the Steiner volumes he published are an attempt to build a bridge between anthroposophy and contemporary life.