Anthroposophy is a spiritual philosophy based on the teachings of Rudolf Steiner, which postulates the existence of an objective, intellectually comprehensible spiritual world accessible to direct experience through inner development — more specifically through cultivating conscientiously a form of thinking independent of sensory experience. In its investigations of the spiritual world, anthroposophy aims to attain the precision and clarity of natural science’s investigations of the physical world.
Anthroposophy draws, and strives to build, on the spiritual research of Rudolf Steiner, who maintained that every human being (anthropos) has the inherent wisdom (sophia) to solve the riddles of existence and to transform both self and society. Steiner shared the results of this research in 40 books and in over 6,000 lectures now available in 300 volumes. He is increasingly recognized as a seminal thinker of the 20th century and one of humanity’s great spiritual teachers.
Anthroposophical initiatives have achieved great practical success in a wide variety of realms:
- Steiner/Waldorf education
- Phenomenological approaches to science
- Biodynamic agriculture
- Anthroposophical medicine
- Centers for helping those with special needs (including Camphill Villages)
- Architecture
- Eurythmy
- Social Finance
- Organizational development
- Ccounselling
- Biography work
- Spiritual psychology
- Speech
- Drama
- Painting
- Sculpture
For more information on anthroposophy, check out our links page.
Or read a nice introductory article about Rudolf Steiner by Owen Barfield.
Rudolf Steiner, founder of Anthroposophy
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