The epistles of the Act of Consecration are special prayers that are heard at the beginning and end of the communion service of The Christian Community. They follow the path of the Christian year and, through subtle changes in mood and tone, reflect the changing seasons and the accompanying festivals. In The Heartbeat of...
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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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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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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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We’re shining a spotlight on some of the specialist bookshops that we work with who help us bring our books to our readers. Check out the first post we ran with Rudolf Steiner Bookshop, London. In this post we travel to the Goetheanum Bookshop in Dornach, Switzerland. The bookshop is inside the Goetheanum (pictured...
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Today, biodynamic agriculture is practised in more than 50 countries worldwide and offers a way of growing high-quality produce through the sustainable cultivation of soil, plants and animals. In From the Agriculture Course to Sustainable Farming: 100 Years of the Biodynamic Movement Ueli Hurter and Rudi Bind trace the history and development of the...
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2024 marks the 70th birthday of the Camphill Village Trust: an organisation which provides support and services for adults with learning disabilities, autism, and mental health problems. Emma Salem, a member of the CVT fundraising and communications team shares with us, for the Floris blog, what they’ve been up to this year to mark...
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Trust in the Future is an inspiring book which will speak to all those who ask themselves ‘What can I do?’ to build a better future. In the following extract, Baan traces the history of clairvoyance and its limits, placing it in the context of today’s world of ‘post-truth’. From Chapter One: Signs of...
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At Floris Books we love bookshops and we greatly appreciate all the work that bookshops and booksellers do to bring our books to our readers. We’re launching a series of blog posts shining a spotlight on some of the specialist bookshops we work with, starting with Rudolf Steiner Bookshop, London. We spoke to the...
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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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