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Maria St. Goar

About

Maria St. Goar (1928–2018) was born in Matsue, Japan, a daughter of Dr. Fritz and Emmela Karsch, who were German citizens. The family lived in Japan throughout World War II. Maria had a limited formal education and was primarily home-schooled in Japan by her mother. Maria had a voracious appetite for reading. At age 12 she began studying Anthroposophy, beginning with books on the Old and New Testament by Emil Bock. Eventually she became fluent in three languages (German, English, Japanese), leading to her future translation work. After the American occupation of Japan began, Maria accepted a position as an interpreter at the International War Crimes Tribunal in the Prosecution Section and arrived in the United States in 1949. Her first marriage ended shortly thereafter, but she married again in 1954, this time to Herbert St. Goar a former German refugee who arrived in the United States just before the War in 1938. Maria worked and volunteered her time as a translator of numerous anthroposophic works by Rudolf Steiner and related authors from German into English for publication in the United States and Great Britain. In 1989, Maria began serving as a Class holder for Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama,was a member of The Christian Community.

Author's Books

May Human Beings Hear It!

The Mystery of the Christmas Conference

Paperback
$60.00

The Guardian of the Threshold and The Philosophy of Freedom

On the Relationship of The Philosophy of Freedom to The Fifth Gospel

Paperback
$30.00

Anthroposophy and the Philosophy of Freedom

Anthroposophy and Its Method of Cognition

Paperback
$36.00

The Foundation Stone Meditation

A Key to the Christian Mysteries

Paperback
$30.00

Saint Paul

Life, Epistles, and Teaching

Emil Bock
Translated by Maria St. Goar
Paperback
$30.00
Paperback
$29.95
Rudolf Steiner
Introduction by Owen Barfield
Translated by Maria St. Goar
Paperback
$16.00

The Inner Nature of Music and the Experience of Tone

Selected Lectures from the Work of Rudolf Steiner (CW 283)

Rudolf Steiner
Foreword by Erika V. Asten
Translated by Maria St. Goar
Edited by Alice Wulsin
Paperback
$15.95