Growing Old

Growing OldAnd that is one thing we need to relearn, that all of life brings its gifts not only the first two or three decades. Rudolf Steiner When are we actually old? What happens as we age? How will we cope with old age? Growing old is an art, and to grow old in the right way we need spiritual understanding. In this enlightening anthology compiled by a director of care homes for the elderly wide ranging cosmological perspectives alternate with detailed

thinking that (as Steiner points out in the final lecture of this volume)

Thomas More and the Church of England

Basel 15-24 Sept 1912

In a break from the theme

through absorption in the Mystery of Golgotha

are ‘created together’

From physical descriptions of the everyday activities of the beehive

Then one discovers various subthemes that unexpectedly spark new insights

not in theory but in perceived spiritual deeds of these two figures

address the pressing issues of the day

he lays the foundation

but from the inner clarity that thought conveys