This book is a gift to anyone wanting to understand Rufold Steiner's work. In this comprehensive overview, Dr. Anderson uses helpful diagrams and illustrations to unpack Steiner's ideas, and place them in a modern context, including: - The soul and self - The difference between soul and spirit - Karma and reincarnation, life after death - Spiritual ecology, 'etheric' forces - Nutrition, bio-dynamic farming - Waldorf education - Esoteric Christianity, sacred sites - Spiritual development, meditation - Cosmology, the 'aeons'and the 'epochs' - The arts: painting, sculpting, eurythmy, etc Thirty colour plates. With beautiful images and original scholarly research, the Rudolf Steiner Handbook is an invaluable guide to the contribution made by this extraordinary man.

Adrian Anderson, Ph.D., is an Australian-born author and lecturer in spirituality, including the ideas of Rudolf Steiner. He is the author of 16 books. His Doctoral Thesis, from Monash University, was a world-first research project, assessing Rudolf Steiner's spiritual philosophy for the acedemic world. His introductory 'Rudolf Steiner Handbook' is known for its clarity, immense learning and spiritual insights. He is an accredited Translator and has knowledge of many languages including Attic and Hellenistic Greek, old Icelandic and modern and medieval German.