INNER RAINBOW, THE
An illustrated history of human consciousness from Ancient India to the present day

• Henk van Oort

Featuring more than 50 colour images, The Inner Rainbow takes the reader on an journey through time, from Ancient India to the present day. This is the journey of human consciousness - the story of an eternal, metamorphic process. As the author suggests, consciousness is not a self-contained, unchangeable faculty. The way we perceive the surrounding world today - with the potential for sophisticated and exact observation of natural phenomena - has evolved over thousands of years. What was once a blurred and fragmentary perception in the time of Ancient India has evolved to a clear awareness of everyday reality.

INSIDE AN AUTISTIC WORLD
Spiritual experiences of people with autism

• Interviews with Hilke, Andreas, Erik and Martin Osika and Jos Meereboer, edited by Wolfgang Weirauch

Many individuals with autism are highly intelligent and gifted, but some are effectively imprisoned in their bodies and unable to communicate verbally. However, developments in technology have enabled autistic people to transmit their thoughts directly. In this true account, three autistic people, two of them brothers, speak via the method of "facilitated communication", with the aid of a computer keypad. What is conveyed are not just everyday thoughts and experiences, but surprising and sometimes shattering spiritual and metaphysical perceptions. The conversations reveal remarkable clairvoyant gifts, such as the ability to read other people's thoughts, to see past lives, and to communicate with supernatural entities.

INTERVALS, SCALES, TONES
Intervals, Scales, Tones and the Concert Pitch c = 128 Hz

• Maria Renold

Why is it that certain intervals, scales and tones sound genuine and others false? Is the modern person able to experience a qualitative difference in a tone's pitch? If so, what are the implications for modern concert pitch and how instruments of fixed tuning are tuned?

JERUSALEM
The Role of the Hebrew People in the Spiritual Biography of Humanity

• Yeshayahu (Jesaiah) Ben-Aharon

‘The better I understand the roots of the Hebrew people and its universal-human mission, the better I shall understand the nature of humanity and its mission; and the more human I become, in the most universal sense, anchored in a new spiritual knowledge and practice, the more fulfilled, active and creative I can be at the roots of my existence as a Jew and an Israeli.’ – Yeshayahu Ben-Aharon

JOHN’S GOSPEL
The Cosmic Rhythm, Stars and Stones

• Hermann Beckh

That there is a living stream of Johannine Christianity can no longer be doubted. There is now an abundant literature from Rosicrucian and esoteric traditions – from the deepest prayer and meditation – that addresses the exalted nature of John the Evangelist as expressed through his Gospel, Letters and the Book of Revelation. Yet it fell to Hermann Beckh to elucidate clearly how the individual known as ‘John’ became the source of such undying love and wisdom in Christ. According to Rudolf Steiner, John was the ailing Lazarus, called from death to a new life as ‘the disciple Jesus loved’. Beckh demonstrates how John’s invaluable writings were based on personal spiritual knowledge and experience, expressing the divine work of the Cosmic Christ on human nature and on the Earth, leading far into the future.

KASPAR HAUSER
The Struggle for the Spirit

• Peter Tradowsky

"Here lies Kaspar Hauser, riddle of his time. His birth was unknown, his death mysterious." (Inscription on Kaspar Hauser's tombstone.)

KASPAR HAUSER, CHILD OF EUROPE
An Artistic and Contemplative Approach to an Enduring Enigma

• Eckart Böhmer

‘From time to time in the history of humanity, extraordinary individualities appear, carrying with them great tasks which are difficult to assess. Through this lens, the events around Kaspar Hauser (1812-1833) can be seen as signposts to one of the most important mysteries of modern times, which will radiate far into the future. Kaspar’s appearance and the essence of his being are deeply connected with the question of the identity of the human being itself.’ – From the Foreword

KINDLING THE WORD
The Karmic Background of Marie Steiner-von Sivers

• Rahel Kern • Brien Masters

From the moment that Marie von Sivers met Rudolf Steiner in 1902, their relationship became key to the development of anthroposophy. Marie Steiner's immense contribution is well known in the fields of eurythmy, speech, the arts, and in her management and publication of Steiner's literary estate - but she also assisted in almost every aspect of Rudolf Steiner's work. So why has she been so neglected by the anthroposophical movement?

KNIGHTS TEMPLAR, THE
Influences from the past and impulses for the future

• Compiled and edited by Gil McHattie

'It is becoming more and more important to add truth to the plethora of distortion that surrounds the Knights Templar. The Order's spiritual legacy therefore needs voices that make conscious the impulse they carried, and to show how these impulses have reappeared and metamorphosed in later times, and how they continue to be of pressing relevance today in all spheres of life - from spirituality and the arts to politics and the worlds of banking, commerce and business.' - from the Introduction

LANGUAGE OF THE STARS, THE
Zodiac and Planets in Relation to the Human Being
The Cosmic Rhythm in the Creed

• Hermann Beckh • Rudolf Frieling

‘Astrology is a concern of the Christ and the work of Michael.’ – Hermann Beckh

LEARNING TO EXPERIENCE THE ETHERIC WORLD
Empathy, the After-Image and a New Social Ethic

• Baruch Luke Urieli • Hans Müller-Wiedemann

Our world today is increasingly characterized by speed, movement and flux. There is often a lack of sufficient time to do 'what needs to be done', and life seems to be marked by change, upheaval and revolution. But in the midst of this turmoil, say the authors, people are having conscious and semiconscious experiences of the etheric world - the world that comprises the forces of life. However, this growing sensitivity to the etheric realm only intensifies experiences of movement and upheaval. To counter such feelings, we should take hold of our inner life and strengthen the 'I' - our true self.

LEONARDO DA VINCI THE LAST SUPPER
A Cosmic Drama and an Act of Redemption

• Michael Ladwein

Numerous great works have been created within the realm of Christian art, but none has received as much acclaim as Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper. Art lovers venerate it for its composition and noble aesthetics, while for Christians it epitomises the intimate relationship between Christ and his disciples. In recent years it has also become the focus of intrigue, controversy and speculation, following the publication of some bestselling fictional narratives and questionable historical studies.

LETTERS ON JOHN'S GOSPEL

• Friedrich Rittelmeyer

‘These Letters … aim to make John’s Gospel accessible to people today as their own gospel, both as a whole and in the details; to illuminate it with the spiritual knowledge of the age and to make it fruitful for life, not only for meditation but also for practical ordering of destiny.’ – Friedrich Rittelmeyer.

LIBERATION OF THE ACTOR

• Peter Bridgmont

The artist was once a messenger of the gods. Breathing in, the Greek actor was lifted into a realm of thought and inspiration. And breathing out, the will was strengthened. Can modern actors again become messengers through their own power of description and dramatization?

LIGHT ROOT, THE
Nutrition of the Future
A Spiritual-Scientific Study

• Ralf Roessner • with Clemens Hildebrandt

"This plant is the only one which is in a position to store light ether; this will be indispensable for people in future." - Rudolf Steiner