Glossary
Pre-Earthly Existence in Anthroposophy
Pre-earthly existence names the stretch of a person's biography that precedes conception: the time the eternal individuality spends in the spiritual world, in the company of the higher hierarchies and...
The Descent into Incarnation in Anthroposophy
The Descent into Incarnation names the second half of the soul's long arc between two lives. Where pre-earthly existence is the heavenly life that precedes it, the descent is the...
Life Between Death and Rebirth in Anthroposophy
The life between death and rebirth is the long arc Steiner places between two incarnations, when the human being lays aside the physical body and grows outward into the cosmos....
The Soul World in Anthroposophy
The Soul World is the realm Rudolf Steiner describes as standing between the physical world and the spirit, the home of every impulse, passion, and wish. Where the body draws...
Ita Wegman in Anthroposophy
Ita Wegman was the physician who carried Rudolf Steiner's spiritual science into the consulting room and the clinic. Born in Java in 1876 and trained in Switzerland, she became Steiner's...
Marie Steiner in Anthroposophy
Marie Steiner was the Russian-born actress, reciter, and editor who stood at the centre of Rudolf Steiner's work for nearly three decades. She married him in 1914, co-created eurythmy and...