The Life and Work of Rudolf Steiner

by Guenther Wachsmuth

Overview

"Guenther Wachsmuth was one of Dr. Rudolf Steiner's closest associates, a devoted student, and a leading advocate and defender after Dr. Steiner's death in 1925. This book is testament to that statement and stands as noble companion to Dr. Steiner's unfinished Autobiography." -- Bernard J. Garber (from the introduction)

Guenther Wachsmuth, a gifted student of Rudolf Steiner, composed this richly detailed narrative of the culminating quarter century of Steiner's life and teaching activities.

The author follows Steiner's numerous lecture tours and activities with the Anthroposophical Society, frequently offering social and personal context for events in his busy schedule.

This volume offers a valuable overview of the life mission of one of the most notable personalities of the twentieth century.

"This book is a major opus in the life and work of Rudolf Steiner. Without it an important segment of Steiner's life would be missing. We are all fortunate that Guenther Wachsmuth performed this heroic and necessary task for our benefit." -- Bernard J. Garber (from the introduction)

Includes 45 b/w photographs.

The Life and Work of Rudolf Steiner is a translation from German of Die Geburt der Geisteswissenschaft (The birth of spiritual science).

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781621510536
Publisher:	SteinerBooks
Publication date:	01/01/1989
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	9 MB

About the Author

Guenther Wachsmuth (1893-1963) Jurist, economist, member of the Executive Council and leader of the Science Section at the Goetheanum, headquarters for the General Anthroposophic Society. It is thanks to his energetic coordinating activity that the second Goetheanum could open in 1928.
Bernard J. Garber (1917-1992) was born in Passaic, New Jersey, and grew up in New York State, the oldest of three children. Although he did not finish college, he was a natural thinker and philosopher and, at the youthful age of twenty-four, led study groups on Rudolf Steiner's Philosophy of Freedom. He was dedicated to making Steiner's works available in English throughout North America and, in 1959, founded Rudolf Steiner Publications in New York City with Paul Marshall Allen. He published numerous volumes on Anthroposophy, as well as on other areas of Western spirituality, and, from 1960 to 1963, published the anthroposophic journal, Free Deeds. Later, he started Steinerbooks, an affiliate of Multimedia Publishing Corporation under the auspices of Rudolf Steiner Publications. He was also one of the founders of Green Meadow School in Chestnut Ridge, New York. Bernie Garber continued throughout his life to publish and promote the work of Rudolf Steiner.
Olin D. Wannamaker (1875-1974) was born in Bamberg, South Carolina in the aftermath of the Civil War. One of eleven children, he received an M.A. at Vanderbilt University in Nashville and completed a year of postgraduate work at Harvard, focusing on philosophy and German and Greek languages. Having accepted an educational post in China, in 1902 he founded a high school near Canton that eventually became a university. He also oversaw the construction of roads and bridges while in China. He soon met and married Katherine Hume. A year later, they returned to the U.S., where he joined the faculty of the Auburn Polytechnic Institute in 1912. During World War I, he edited a newspaper for American soldiers in Italy, where he and his family lived for several years. In the Early 1920s, he became interested in Anthroposophy and joined the Society in 1923, enrolling is daughter of eleven in a Waldorf school and moved to Dornach, Switzerland. Olin Wannamaker soon became involved in the spiritual life at the Goetheanum, publishing the American Newsletter. After returning to the U.S., he served as chair of the Anthroposophical Society in America from 1958 to 1962. After a busy period of lecturing and writing, he died on Easter Sunday at the age of 98.