Rudolf Steiner Enters My Life
A classic and influential book examining the key concepts of anthroposophy

"Am I going too far if I declare that not a single one of the opponents took a tenth of the pains I took with anthroposophy before I joined the movement?"
Friedrich Rittelmeyer

Born in southern Germany in 1872, Friedrich Rittelmeyer was a leading figure in the Lutheran church at the beginning of the twentieth century. His was an influential pulpit, and he was a pioneer of a new meditative approach, seeking to re-establish the relevance of the Gospels.

His life took an unexpected turn when, in 1911, he encountered Rudolf Steiner for the first time. He spent the next ten years critically appraising and investigating Steiner's ideas. This book is a fascinating and insightful autobiographical account of those years, as well a rigorous scrutiny of anthroposophy.

In 1922, he made the decision to leave the Lutheran church and lead a new movement for religious renewal, The Christian Community, in association with Steiner. His final conviction was that Steiner's ideas were truly inspired.

First published in English in 1929, this book's honest struggle with key anthroposophical concepts has been influential for generations of people.

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Rudolf Steiner Enters My Life
A classic and influential book examining the key concepts of anthroposophy

"Am I going too far if I declare that not a single one of the opponents took a tenth of the pains I took with anthroposophy before I joined the movement?"
Friedrich Rittelmeyer

Born in southern Germany in 1872, Friedrich Rittelmeyer was a leading figure in the Lutheran church at the beginning of the twentieth century. His was an influential pulpit, and he was a pioneer of a new meditative approach, seeking to re-establish the relevance of the Gospels.

His life took an unexpected turn when, in 1911, he encountered Rudolf Steiner for the first time. He spent the next ten years critically appraising and investigating Steiner's ideas. This book is a fascinating and insightful autobiographical account of those years, as well a rigorous scrutiny of anthroposophy.

In 1922, he made the decision to leave the Lutheran church and lead a new movement for religious renewal, The Christian Community, in association with Steiner. His final conviction was that Steiner's ideas were truly inspired.

First published in English in 1929, this book's honest struggle with key anthroposophical concepts has been influential for generations of people.

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A classic and influential book examining the key concepts of anthroposophy

"Am I going too far if I declare that not a single one of the opponents took a tenth of the pains I took with anthroposophy before I joined the movement?"
Friedrich Rittelmeyer

Born in southern Germany in 1872, Friedrich Rittelmeyer was a leading figure in the Lutheran church at the beginning of the twentieth century. His was an influential pulpit, and he was a pioneer of a new meditative approach, seeking to re-establish the relevance of the Gospels.

His life took an unexpected turn when, in 1911, he encountered Rudolf Steiner for the first time. He spent the next ten years critically appraising and investigating Steiner's ideas. This book is a fascinating and insightful autobiographical account of those years, as well a rigorous scrutiny of anthroposophy.

In 1922, he made the decision to leave the Lutheran church and lead a new movement for religious renewal, The Christian Community, in association with Steiner. His final conviction was that Steiner's ideas were truly inspired.

First published in English in 1929, this book's honest struggle with key anthroposophical concepts has been influential for generations of people.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780766136540
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing Company
Publication date: 01/24/2003
Pages: 140
Product dimensions: 8.20(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.39(d)

About the Author

Friedrich Rittelmeyer (1872-1938) was a leading figure in the Lutheran Church which he left in 1922 to found and lead The Christian Community.

Table of Contents

Foreword Tom Ravetz 7

Introduction 11

Meeting with Michael Bauer 12

Struggles with reading Steiner's books 18

First meeting with Steiner 27

Spiritual exercises 36

The aura and the life body 39

Reincarnation 47

Insights into the life of Jesus 49

Tentative spiritual experiences 60

The First World War 63

Relation to the academic world 66

The appearance of Christ 70

Rittelmeyer's call to Berlin 78

Considerations before joining the Anthroposophical Society 80

Berlin 87

Public support of Steiner 91

The postwar situation 101

Contact with the dead 112

Science and religion 119

Martin Luther 123

The renewal of Christianity 125

Steiner's reserve 129

The Christian Community 134

Last meetings with Steiner 142

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