What's Happening in the Library
Recently, I was fortunate to attend the annual Living Questions Research Symposium at the Sunbridge Institute:"Toward an Art and Science of Wholeness,"cosponsored by the North American Collegium of the School for Spiritual Science. Presenters Craig Holdrege, Michael Howard, Malcolm Gardner, and Lisa Romero shared their research methods, giving everyone present impetus to investigate our own questions. Below is a taste of the work of these contemporary spiritual researchers (but we don't recommend tasting the fishy cantaloupe):
Beyond Biotechnology: The Barren Promise of Genetic Engineering. Craig Holdrege and Steve Talbott, Univ. of Kentucky, 2008.
See also: The Flexible Giant: Seeing the Elephant Whole. Craig Holdrege, The Nature Institute, 2003.
The Giraffe's Long Neck: From Evolutionary Fable to Whole Organism. Craig Holdrege, The Nature Institute, 2005.
Mesonyms. Michael Howard, Mercury Press, 2010.
See also: Art as Spiritual Activity: Rudolf Steiner's Contribution to the Visual Arts. Rudolf Steiner, edited by Michael Howard. SteinerBooks, 1998.
Becoming a Biodynamic Farmer or Gardener: A Handbook for Prospective Trainees. Malcolm Gardner, Biodynamic Farming and Gardening Assoc., 2005.
Also see: Principles of Spiritual Science. Carl Unger, Anthroposophic Press, 1976. [mentioned in Malcolm's lecture]
Australian homeopath Lisa Romero has been teaching meditation out of anthroposophy since 1998. She spoke about Rudolf Steiner's concentration exercise
as described in An Outline of Esoteric Science and
How to Know Higher Worlds and related it to the "twelve points of view" Steiner characterizes in The Philosophy of Spiritual Activity and Human and Cosmic Thought.