{"product_id":"sexuality-inner-development-and-community-life-ethical-and-spiritual-dimensions-of-the-crisis-in-the-anthroposophical-society-in-dornach-1915-cw-9781621480938","title":"Sexuality, Inner Development, and Community Life: Ethical and Spiritual Dimensions of the Crisis in the Anthroposophical Society in Dornach, 1915 (Cw","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e7 lectures, Dornach, September 10-16, 1915 (CW 253)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOccasioned by a \"scandal\" precipitated by Rudolf Steiner's marriage to Marie von Sivers in 1915, the lectures that constitute part one contain Steiner's strongest statements on the issue of human relationships in a spiritual community. Using emphatic language Steiner makes it clear that becoming part of a spiritual community entails responsibilities and, indeed, a new way of being, and that members must become actively interested and engaged in the concerns of the group rather than simply wanting or expecting personal benefit from it. Above all, he asserts that it is essential for members to realize that a spiritual community is a living entity that needs the care and respect of its creators.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause the crisis had been provoked by individuals under the influence of Freudian psychoanalysis, Steiner assesses Freud's work, and psychoanalysis as a whole, illumined by an anthroposophic understanding of the human being. Steiner also speaks on sexuality and modern clairvoyance, relating them to Freudian psychoanalysis, as well as to the seer Emanuel Swedenborg as an example of the difficulties of entering the spiritual world. Then, starting from a historical perspective, Steiner poses a question: How old is love? He goes on to examine our modern idea of love in the context of mysticism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart two includes documentation of the Dornach crisis, along with two addresses by Rudolf Steiner to the members there, as well as Marie Steiner's address to the Women's Meeting on the particular tasks and challenges of women, both as members of the women's movement of the time and in a spiritual community.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSexuality, Inner Development, and Community Life\u003c\/i\u003e is a translation from German of the book \u003ci\u003eProbleme des Zusammenlebens in der Anthroposophischen Gesellschaft. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eZur Dornacher Krise vom Jahre 1915 Mit Streiflichtern auf Swedenborgs Hellsehergabe, Anschauungen der Freudschen Psychoanalyse und den Begriff der Liebe im Verhältnis zur Mystik\u003c\/i\u003e (GA 253).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Steiner Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/16\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781621480938\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 214\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.70d","brand":"Rudolf Steiner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45169450614965,"sku":"9781621480938","price":21.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_cb738367-a005-414f-8704-77a7fca24cfb.jpg?v=1741703137","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/sexuality-inner-development-and-community-life-ethical-and-spiritual-dimensions-of-the-crisis-in-the-anthroposophical-society-in-dornach-1915-cw-9781621480938","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}