Glossary
The Warming Process in Anthroposophy
The Warming Process is the second member of the sevenfold life Rudolf Steiner describes flowing through the human organism. Where breathing takes in air, warming takes in heat: the living...
The Zodiac in Anthroposophy
The Zodiac, in Rudolf Steiner's spiritual science, is the circle of twelve constellations understood as twelve differentiated regions of the fixed-star heavens, the macrocosmic ground of the human form and...
The Seven Life-Processes in Anthroposophy
The seven life-processes are Steiner's account of what living means at the bodily level. Where the twelve senses turn outward to perceive a world, these seven turn inward to maintain...
The Sense of Smell in Anthroposophy
In anthroposophy the sense of smell is the first of the twelve human senses to carry awareness outside the body. Touch, the life sense, movement and balance all keep us...
The Sense of Hearing in Anthroposophy
The sense of hearing is, for Steiner, far more than the ear registering vibrations in air. It is one of the twelve human senses and one of the four upper...
The Sense of Ego in Anthroposophy
The sense of ego, sometimes called the I-sense or ego-sense, is the perceptual organ through which we register the I of another person. Steiner placed it at the summit of...