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    Step Inside The Calendar of the Soul

    by  • 30 July 2025 • Karl Konig • 0 Comments

    Karl König meditated intensely on the 52 weekly verses of Rudolf Steiner’s Calendar of the Soul. He often encouraged his colleagues to find inner strength from the verses, and wrote The Calendar of the Soul, which forms part one of this combined volume, as a guide for them, drawing out the patterns through the...

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    The Sekem Effect

    by  • 27 May 2025 • Biodynamics • 0 Comments

    How a sustainable community can transform Egypt and the world When Dr Ibrahim Abouleish founded Sekem in 1977, his visionary aim was to create a new kind of sustainable community in the Egyptian desert where high quality biodynamic crops were grown, where workers and residents received holistic healthcare and their children received a meaningful...

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    Your Elsa Beskow Baby Book

    by  • 8 May 2025 • Books, Elsa Beskow, Gifts • 0 Comments

    We are so excited to welcome the latest addition to the Floris family… Your Elsa Beskow Baby Book: A Memory Book of Your First Years! Often referred to as the ‘Beatrix Potter’ of Scandinavia, Elsa Beskow’s picture books have been known and loved for over a century. Over on our Elsa Beskow author page you can...

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    Understanding Karma

    by  • 6 May 2025 • Anthroposophy, Non Fiction, Religion • 0 Comments

    Although belief in karma is widespread today, it is often misunderstood by both critics and believers. This fascinating and thought-provoking book draws on the work of Rudolf Steiner to present an old idea in a new way.  In Understanding Karma: Rethinking Destiny, Reincarnation and Free Will, Jens Heisterkamp argues that karma is an essential...

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    The Planetary Gestures in Eurythmy

    by  • 25 April 2025 • Anthroposophy, Extract, Non Fiction • 0 Comments

    In this extract Barfod presents the seven planetary gestures as described by Rudolf Steiner, outlining their characteristics and sound relationships. The Characteristics of the Planetary Gestures The earliest description of the seven gestures is to be found in notebook entries addressed to Erna Wolfram van Deventer in 1914, which have since been published in...

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    What can you find inside 630 Maple Street?

    by  • 22 April 2025 • Children's Books • 0 Comments

    Come inside and look around this friendly apartment building in 630 Maple Street by Marta Kulesza. You’ll meet book-lovers Ola and Elena, vets Charlie and Ava, chef Malik, big brother-to-be Jayden, board-game player Luna, and all their visitors and animal friends. Explore the building through the year to see how the neighbours spend their...

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    The Wonderful Adventures of Nils: A Classic Swedish Children’s Tale

    by  • 6 March 2025 • Extract • 0 Comments

    The Wonderful Adventures of Nils: A Classic Swedish Children’s Tale is the preeminent illustrated edition of Nobel Prize-winner Selma Lagerlöf‘s classic Swedish tale, which has been sensitively abridged for young readers. With its engrossing, exciting story and stunning full colour artwork from Lars Klinting, readers of all ages will be transported to the Sweden...

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