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 Spirit of Community is for anyone who wishes to deepen their understanding of the sacraments, and help to build a more vibrant church community. Catch a glimpse of Ulrich Meier's insights into the relationship between the individual and community in this extract.
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In her candid and courageous book, When Fragments Make a Whole, Lory Widmer Hess describes her experience of inner transformation through her exploration of the healing stories in the gospels. In a unique blend of poetry, commentary and autobiography, she describes how she engaged with and drew inspiration from these stories. Her approach will...
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During a difficult time in her life, writer, editor and longtime student of anthroposophy, Lory Widmer Hess turned to the accounts of Jesus’s work on earth for comfort and inspiration. She wrote poems about the lives of the people who had been touched by Christ and, over several years, added personal reflections that explored...
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From Creation to Revelation the stories of the Old and New Testament are warmly retold for children aged 8 plus in The Discovery Illustrated Family Bible. Read on to enjoy an extract from the Old Testament story, Noah and the Flood, in which God sets Noah and his family an immense task. Noah Builds...
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Events in the Bible rarely follow an orderly course. For many of the figures whose stories it tells, their fortunes often turn, for good or bad, on important encounters with other people and with divine beings. In these moments of destiny, individuals discover something new and remarkable that changes the course of their lives....
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In 2018 the Floris Books team embarked on a project to create The Discovery Illustrated Family Bible. It’s been a mammoth project for the team and one we are incredibly proud to have completed. Here, we speak to the creatives and members of the Floris team about the process of bringing it all together,...
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Our human consciousness and individuality – and our potential for freedom of choice – is possible because we have a physical body, separate from the spiritual realm. But for human beings to continue to develop, we need to reconnect to the divine world. The incarnation, death and resurrection of Christ is what makes this...
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A century ago in central Europe, a small group of Rudolf Steiner’s theology students, with the help of Steiner himself, established The Christian Community as a movement for religious renewal. From its founding they published a regular journal containing articles from the movement’s key figures, including Emil Bock, Evelyn Capel, Alfred Heidenreich and Rudolf...
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The Remarkable Story of Paul the Apostle by Siegwart Knijpenga is an engaging day-to-day account of life in the first century as well as a remarkable chronicle of the key events that ultimately laid the foundations for Christianity. Suitable for children aged 10 plus, it covers Paul’s childhood, when he was known as Saul,...
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