The poet, Lina Schwartz, was a Jewish Italian writer and enthusiastic champion of
anthroposophy, a philosophic and educational discipline created by mystic and philosopher Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925).
In theosophy and
anthroposophy, the Akashic records are a compendium of all human events, thoughts, words, emotions, and intent ever to have occurred in the past, present, or future.
With respect to the latter, however, of primary interest would seem to have been not then-conventional Christian expressions of faith but rather the realms of occult mysticism (theosophy or
anthroposophy, for instance), occult ritual, altered states of consciousness and psychic phenomena.
Thus we can defend the recognition and possibility of a range of relatively low risk CAM care (medicinal plants, bodily practices, medication and energy, homeopathy, acupuncture,
anthroposophy, massage) that could capture a larger share of care (including in some cases as first-line care) at BHC centers and SUS.
It shared a social focus with New Country, but in addition to the original intention of expressing the conflict of capitalism in connection with the threat of war and cultural decadence,
anthroposophy and its symbolism entered the opera under the influence of the events and general atmosphere of the times.
With any study of Barfield, it is a given that Rudolf Steiner,
anthroposophy, and the "evolution of consciousness" must be discussed as key to Barfield's work.
A plaque outside the small building reads "Rudolf Steiner Center for
Anthroposophy." It is hard to imagine that this quiet place was, until 1989, the feared local headquarters of the all-powerful Soviet secret services, the KGB, which cooperated with and kept a close watch on their little brother, the East German political police.
Between Occultism and Nazism:
Anthroposophy and the Politics of Race in the Fascist Era.
Tempel thanks Austrian spiritualist Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925), who founded something called
anthroposophy, with Mondrian's decision to pivot away from an unsuccessful body of highly symbolic works.
It is perhaps not surprising given the Viennese tolerance of radical ideas that Steiner's
anthroposophy should appeal to so many people, including Koenig.