{"product_id":"the-mystery-of-the-earth-peter-selg-9781621482567","title":"The Mystery of the Earth: Essays in the Time of Coronavirus","description":"\"Rudolf Steiner himself did not just comment critically about the out-of-hand 'fear of bacilli' or the \"obsession with hygiene\" as \"modern superstition,\" but also warned about the dangerous reality of 'pathogens of the worst kind' that could become 'destroyers of human life' and bring with 'dreadful epidemics.'\" --\u003cb\u003ePeter Selg\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume--written by Peter Selg between Easter and Pentecost 2020--gathers a collection of essays on the medical, sociopolitical, and spiritual dimensions of the Covid crisis. He offers these essays as a means of orientation and \"explorations\" (in Paul Celan's meaning). The author emphasizes in his preface, however, that representatives of Anthroposophy nevertheless have an obligation to speak out on the subject: \u003c\/p\u003e\"If they silence or censor themselves because they do not want to seem in any way negative as a result of their critical reflections, or because even 'before corona' they quickly became the target of various accusations, they lose nothing less than the justification for their existence, their inner identity and credibility, as well as their 'historical conscience'--the crucial meaning of which Rudolf Steiner pointed to time and again and not without reason.\"\u003cp\u003eThis book was originally published in German as \u003cem\u003eMysterium der Erde. Aufs舩ze zur Corona-Zeit\u003c\/em\u003e (Verlag des Ita Wegman Instituts, Arlesheim, Switzerland, 2020). An earlier English translation of the essay \"A Medicalized Society?\" (translated by Thomas O'Keefe and Charles Gunn) first appeared in \u003cem\u003eDeepening Anthroposophy, \u003c\/em\u003e no. 9.1 (that translation has been revised for this volume).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Selg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1621482561\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781621482567\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Steiner Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/06\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.30d","brand":"Peter Selg","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44049796825343,"sku":"9781621482567","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_56649369-2dbd-4d6c-952c-f96961f4371c.jpg?v=1685003506","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-mystery-of-the-earth-peter-selg-9781621482567","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}