The life of Helene von Schewitsch was so incredibly dramatic, so full of twists and turns, and populated with so...
One of Rudolf Steiner’s closest friends during his first years of study was Rudolf Ronsperger (Aug. 29, 1863–Oct. 2, 1890),...
If Renate Riemeck (1920-2003) is known at all today, it’s as Ulrike Meinhof’s foster mother or perhaps as the author of anthroposophically oriented history books. That her name is largely forgotten a signature of her life, which itself is a mirror of the tragedy of German history in the twentieth...
Albert Vinzens’ remarkable biography of Renate Riemeck (1920–2003) succeeds in sketching a detailed and authentic picture of his subject. Vinzens...
Cigarette manufacturer Emil Molt and writer Hermann Hesse were friends during their school days and became close again later in...
Margarethe Lenore Selenka (1860–1922) played a major role in the peace movement and was the older sister of Felix Heinemann, who was one-time publisher of the Magazin für Literatur, later worked as a diplomat, and maintained close contact with Rudolf Steiner in his final years. She first married the writer...
One hundred years ago, on May 2, 1924, Rudolf Steiner’s friend and collaborator, the artist Edith Maryon, died. Barbara Schnetzler...
Marginalia on Rudolf Steiner’s Life and Work. Rudolf Steiner studied for eight semesters [1879–83] at the Technical College in Vienna—as...
I have made great efforts to investigate the scene of the Temptation and to relate it as it actually transpired. Now Lucifer confronted Christ Jesus and spoke more or less as is recorded in the other Gospels: “If you enter my realm I will give you all the beauty and...
The American poet Robert Frost (1874–1963), revered and celebrated in his homeland, would have been 150 years old on March...
Stuttgart, Germany. Putting heroes and heroines under the microscope. The special exhibition, “Not my Hero,” at Stuttgart’s Stadtpalais until September...
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