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Thus, one purpose of these lectures was to outline Steiner's Christ-centered spiritual science in contrast to the more Eastern orientation of Theosophy. He carefully connected the essence of spiritual science to the role of the Christ in human evolution, as well as to the Rosicrucian and Christian mystery traditions, the primary carriers of the esoteric Christian stream. 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The same thing, repeated after each of the eighteen lectures, gradually grew into a dossier that I keep as a rich and rare store of treasure.\" -- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eÉdouard Schuré\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (from his foreword)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese lecture notes will prove invaluable for all those who wish to better understand Rudolf Steiner's book\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn Outline of Esoteric Science,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eas well as his Christian cosmology and perspectives on esoteric Christianity and the Christian mysteries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn Esoteric Cosmology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a translation of notes in French by Édouard Schuré, including 18 of 43 lectures in Paris, Leipzig, and Munich, published in German as\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eKosmogonie. Populäre Okkultismus. Das Johannes-Evangelium. Die Theosophie an Hand des Johannes-Evangelium\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(Rudolf Steiner Verlag, GA 94).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Josephine Porter Institute","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51169282687140,"sku":null,"price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0017\/4473\/2221\/files\/esoteric.webp?v=1762034296"},{"product_id":"social-renewal-rudolf-steiner","title":"Towards Social Renewal by Rudolf Steiner","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlthough this book was first published in 1919, it remains highly relevant to social problems encountered today. Uniquely, Steiner’s social thinking is not based on intellectual theory, but on a profound perception of the archetypal spiritual nature of social life. As he suggests in this classic work, society has three distinct realms—the economic, the political (individual human rights), and the cultural (spiritual). While social life as a whole is a unity, the autonomy of these three sectors should be respected if our increasing social problems are to be resolved.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSteiner relates the ideals of “liberty, equality and fraternity” to modern society. Economics calls for fraternity, political rights require equality, while culture should be characterized by liberty. The slogans of the French Revolution, he suggests, can become truly manifest only when our social thinking is transformed to correspond to the spiritual reality.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis volume is a translation from German of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDie Kernpunkte der sozialen Frage in den Lebensnotwendigkeiten der Gegenwart und Zukunft\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (GA 23).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Josephine Porter Institute","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51169292353700,"sku":null,"price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0017\/4473\/2221\/files\/towards_social.webp?v=1762034298"},{"product_id":"reverence-obedience-invisible-chadwick","title":"Reverence, Obedience, and the Invisible in the Garden by Alan Chadwick","description":"\u003cp class=\"paragraph_style_4\"\u003eEnglish-born Alan Chadwick was considered by E. F. Schumacher to be the greatest gardener in America. Chadwick was an early force in the reintroduction of organics into horticulture, creating gardens of exquisite beauty and fertility in the 60’s and 70’s. He restored ancient methods of fully conscious gardening, which were originally alchemical.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"paragraph_style_4\"\u003eThrough his deep connection to Nature, coupled with his tutorship under Rudolf Steiner and studies in some of the great gardens of Europe, Chadwick developed what he called the ‘biodynamic French intensive system’. In these lyrical talks, transcribed from taped lectures given to his students, the practical aspects of gardening, such as composting, irrigation, seeds, raised beds and bloom, are shown to have a spiritual substratum.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"paragraph_style_4\"\u003eChadwick was a practicing Shakespearian actor, a painter, a musician, a mythologist and a storyteller, and brought all these parts of himself into the creation of what he considered the greatest art: becoming a simple gardener. These inspired transmissions from Alan Chadwick bring the reader closer to the living presence of Nature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"paragraph_style_1\"\u003eTalks on the Biodynamic French Intensive System\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"header_layer\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"id2\" class=\"style_SkipStroke shape-with-text\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-content style_External_630_3142\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"style\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"paragraph_style_3\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Gardening, for Chadwick, is first and foremost an arena for transformations. Transformation is the dream and the duty of the alchemist. The alchemist is servant of the coming dawn who labors to hasten the day when man ends his sojourn of folly and returns to Paradise renewed. It is a noble theoria that Chadwick has and it is perfectly wed to his extraordinary command of horticultural technique. The horticulture of Alan Chadwick speaks for itself. It is an eminently rational, logical, clean system of high yielding optimum organic gardening of unsurpassed simplicity and productivity. It is also an expression of a sublime vision coming out of a deep and ancient tradition of which this man of the soil was an unlikely representative.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"paragraph_style_3\"\u003e-From the Introduction by Dr. Rodney Blackhirst\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"The Josephine Porter Institute","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51169299103908,"sku":null,"price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0017\/4473\/2221\/files\/Reverence.jpg?v=1762034299"},{"product_id":"performance-garden-alan-chadwick","title":"Performance in the Garden by Alan Chadwick","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eForeword by John Jeavons\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eE.M. Schumacher (\u003ci\u003eSmall is Beautiful\u003c\/i\u003e) called Englishman Alan Chadwick “the greatest horticulturist of the 20th century.” Chadwick was a student of Rudolf Steiner, an early advocate of organics, and founder of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrench Intensive Biodynamic System\u003c\/strong\u003e. He railed against the tragic policies of corporate agribusiness, while cultivating gardens of sublime beauty and production in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003ethe 60’s and 70’s throughout the United States. Nearly everyone practicing biodynamics today has been kissed by the Chadwick transmission. Up until now his unique artistic approach and deep perception of nature were unavailable in writing. Performance in the Garden harvests sixteen incredible, inspired and practical talks that will help us, as herbalist and friend Paul Lee aptly put it, “replant the vital root of existence.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eReviews\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAlan Chadwick comes across as a wonderfully eccentric and inspired character, an extraordinary combination of the visionary, the rhapsodic and the practical. One feels he is as highly attuned to the inner world as he is attentive to the outer. In fact, his talks seem to explode out of the unconscious with an alarmingly precise focus, precipitating one toward completely new perceptions of the meaning of gardening as a spiritual activity. \u003c\/em\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eJeremy Naydler, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGoethe on Science\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTemple of the Cosmos\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSoul Gardening\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eAlan Chadwick’s goal, an exciting one, was to ‘grow’ world peace through all of us working individually, and together, with the life forces of the garden, its soil and plants to become a participants in life’s wonderful, rhythmic, and quietly-alive Cosmic dance. Performance in the Garden is a rare opportunity to receive insight into the experiences Alan shared during his life!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eJohn Jeavons, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow to Grow More Vegetables\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eFor anyone wanting to DO something in this world, these lectures and parables from Alan are a tremendous gift which can open the door to awareness and encounter of the deep healing joy in, and love for creation that alone can be the inspiration and motivation for reentering and recreating the Garden.   \u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eStephen Decater, Live Power Community Farm, Covelo, CA\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eAlan Chadwick’s performances over the years would no doubt be considered Oscar caliber if they occurred in the theatre. But inhabiting a more cosmic system his lectures and classes regarding Biodynamic French Intensive Horticulture took him from the gardens he created at the university in Santa Cruz, to the Covelo Village Garden Project in Round Valley, California and finally to the spiritual community in New Market, Virginia. Known for his eloquence and unique terminology his award was to pass on to his students the in depth knowledge of his life’s work.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eAs editor Crimi so aptly puts it, “Let what is behind the words come, from Alan’s Sun if you will. Open yourself and the garden reveals its secrets.” We owe our thanks to Crimi for compiling, editing and archiving the wonderment of Chadwick. Chapters that expound on cosmic forces, fertilization, propagation and roses are but a few that we are treated to.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eTake your time and enjoy the journey for in reading this book you’re entering the rare air of one of the gardens’ most amazing emissaries.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e","brand":"The Josephine Porter Institute","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51169310245028,"sku":null,"price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0017\/4473\/2221\/files\/Performance.jpg?v=1762034301"},{"product_id":"mystics-dawn-modern-age-steiner","title":"Mystics at the Dawn of the Modern Age by Rudolf Steiner (hardcover)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWritten in 1901, based on lectures in 1900 at the Theosophical Library, Berlin (CW 7)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\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 today 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\n\u003cp\u003eRudolf Steiner immerses us in the evolving stream of these eleven mystics who appeared in central Europe from the thirteenth to 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 illuminate and preserve our true human nature today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Chadwick Library Edition is an endeavor to republish—mostly in new or thoroughly revised English translations—some of Rudolf Steiner, written works. The edition is named for the late horticulturist Alan Chadwick, whose life and work has served as inspiration to the small group from which the idea originated. Our extensive experience with special bindings led to the selection for this “trade edition” of 750 books, of a leather spine binding, cloth sides, and a light slipcase. For the hand-numbered edition (100 books), the binding is full leather with a hand-gilt top of the pages in a fine, stiff, cloth-covered slipcase. The leather is blue calfskin, and the title stamping on the spines is in genuine gold leaf. All of this will be carried out by hand at one of the finest binders, Ruggero Rigoldi.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis volume is a translation from German of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDie Mystik im Aufgange des neuzeitlichen Geisteslebens und ihr Verhältnis zur modernen Weltanschauung\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(GA 7), Rudolf Steiner Verlag, Dornach, 1993. 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