Quick Look
- A thought-provoking exploration of Christian festivals, their relationship to the seasons and their importance for human beings and communities
- This fascinating book compiles König's thoughts on festivals including New Year, Holy Week, Easter, Michaelmas, Advent and the Twelve Holy Days of Christmas
- Argues that humans can derive inner strength from festival celebrations through an active social life and community participation
- Volume 21 in the Karl König Archive
A fascinating collection of essays, lectures and notes by Karl König looking at the many aspects of Christian festivals.
Description
Through his work as a physician, Karl König explored the relationship between the rhythm of the seasons, the Christian festivals, thinking in particular about their effect on human beings and communities.
This fascinating collection of König's essays, lectures and notes looks at the cycle of the year and the different aspects of all the Christian festivals, from Easter to the Twelve Holy Days of Christmas. König discusses the idea that human beings can derive inner strength from festival celebrations through an active social life and participation in community, and also that a strong, healthy community life relies on the celebration of festivals.
Author
Karl König (1902-66) was well-known as a physician, author and lecturer. He began his work at the Institute of Embryology at the University of Vienna. In 1940 he founded the Camphill Movement in Scotland. Based on Rudolf Steiner's insights into human development, the special education schools for children and villages for adults with special needs are now established in many parts of the world.
