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Start Now!
A Book of Soul and Spiritual Exercises
Paperback
June 2002
9780880105262
More details
- Publisher
SteinerBooks - Published
1st June 2002 - ISBN 9780880105262
- Language English
- Pages 272 pp.
$20.00
Meditation instructions, meditations, exercises, verses for living a spiritual year, prayers for the dead, and other practices for both beginning and experienced practitioners—Start Now! has become the classic, indispensable text and reference for all those who are serious about the practice of Rudolf Steiner’s spiritual science.
Start Now! is an inspiring guide to the practical aspects of Anthroposophy. It offers the most extensive collection available of Steiner’s spiritual instructions and practices, including meditation instructions; mantric verses; daily, weekly, and monthly practices for developing one’s soul qualities; karmic exercises and meditations for working with the dead, with the angelic hierarchies, and with our guardian angels.
Start Now! might be the most unique and comprehensive spiritual guidebook available, and it will become a lifelong friend and help along the way. No one who is serious about spiritual practice—beginners or seasoned students—should be without this book!
C O N T E N T S:
Introduction by Christopher Bamford
Prologue – Framing the Work (including Steiner’s early “Credo”)
Meditation Instructions and Explanations
The Way of Thinking
The Way of Reverence & Its Fruits
Developing the Chakras, or “Lotus Flowers”
Six Essential Exercises
The Backward Review, or “Retrospect”
Living the Year Spiritually (including the complete “Calendar of the Soul”)
Meditations from the Esoteric School
The Rosicrucian Path
The Christian-Gnostic Path
Working with the Dead
The Foundation Stone Meditation
Meeting the Guardians
Rudolf Steiner
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.
