'_An external view of states of health and sickness must be augmented
by what we can also know about the inner, spiritual reality within the
human being_.’ – Rudolf Steiner.
In a series of nine lectures to doctors, pharmacists and students,
Rudolf Steiner presents a wealth of medical ideas with numerous
therapeutic and diagnostic insights. As with his first series of
lectures on medicine held a year previously (Introducing
Anthroposophical Medicine), the range, depth and scope of Steiner’s
subject-matter is breathtaking.
Speaking at the international centre of anthroposophy, the Goetheanum
in Dornach, Switzerland, Rudolf Steiner begins by describing the
interplay of physical and metaphysical aspects of the human being,
presenting a paradigm in which the four bodies – physical, etheric,
astral and ego or ‘I’ – interrelate in contrasting ways with the
threefold human organism of head, thorax and metabolism, and with our
capacities for thinking, feeling and will. These challenging but
enlightening concepts unlock a wonderful diagnostic tool for the
appraisal and understanding of patients.
Steiner considers the medicinal actions of various substances –
including silica, phosphorus, sulphur, arsenic, antimony and mercury.
Among numerous other subjects, Rudolf Steiner discusses the
methodology of medical examination; the treatment of developmental
irregularities; the four types of ether; raw food diets; the I and
assimilation of food; metal therapy and the actions of lead,
magnesium, tin, iron, copper, gold, mercury and silver; the use of
root and herbaceous parts and flowers in medicine; the rhythmic
balancing process between the action of salutogenic and pathological
forces; and the nature of death.
This volume also features Rudolf Steiner’s answers to questions, an
introductory lecture to eurythmy therapy, a comprehensive
introduction, notes and index, colour plates of Steiner’s blackboard
drawings, and facsimiles and translations of his notes for the
lectures.
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ISBN
9781855844438
Publisert
2019
Utgiver
Vendor
Rudolf Steiner Press
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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