tromagnetic waves. 3. And last but not least, there is my ongoing interest and love for light and color, Goethe’s approach and the atmospheric colors like rainbows, halos, aureoles, and so on. Currently I am working on the English translation of my book about these. Question 10 – Is there anyone in the anthroposophical movement who has been able to follow the path through to becoming clairvoyant? Well, no, not like Rudolf Steiner. Not that I know of. I do not think anyone has followed the anthroposophical path and gotten so far as achieving the disciplined, exact clairvoyance that I believe Rudolf Steiner possessed. But there are many people who have had various degrees of achievement. Some of these experiences seem to me to be of a more personal significance, and less about pursuing the organized approach to the path. Others though come more directly out of the path of training that Rudolf Steiner presented in such detail. A good number of my colleagues report such experiences. I try to listen carefully to their descriptions. Most of these have to do with imaginative cognition and with the etheric realm. Sometimes they speak of experiences with elemental beings. I know some of these people very well and they are serious, careful people, so in general I trust these reports. When it comes to more dramatic reports such as those by Judith von Halle, I think this more a matter of individual destiny. She herself says if one wants to develop as a spiritual scientist one should follow the rigorous path that Steiner described. So I am okay with that. A last point on this would be to note that over the last few decades, I hear more credible instances of children reporting supersensible experiences to Waldorf teachers. So, of course, there may be bias here but it may also be that those sorts of experiences will become more common over time as Rudolf Steiner suggested they could if we meet this in our children in the right way. Robert McKay is an anthroposophist, psychotherapist, and philosopher who lives in Toronto, Canada. He is working on a book exploring the transformative power of anthroposophy for the self and society.
Spiritual Resistance By Peter Selg: Spiritual Resistance: Ita Wegman 1933-1935; The Last Three Years: Ita Wegman in Ascona 1940-1943
Review by Bruce Donehower The two books under consideration for this review are an important contribution to an understanding of the complicated events that overwhelmed the Anthroposophical Society in the years immediately following Rudolf Steiner’s death—events that culminated in the expulsion of two members of the original Vorstand1 (Ita Wegman and Elizabeth Vreede) appointed by Rudolf Steiner, as well as the expulsion of nearly two thousand members of the Dutch and English societies. These events caused chaos and harm to the Society, compromised its purpose and mission (fatally, some would argue), and cast a shadow into the future that is still perceived. Contemplation of these historical events (and the personalities involved) continues to have power to ignite emotion and controversy. Some readers may shy away from this material—intuiting the depth and difficulty of the themes—while others may not be aware at all of this history. Indeed, until rather recently English-speaking readers would have been challenged to find access to the materials succinctly and cogently presented in these editions. As author Peter Selg points out, J.E. Zeylmans van Emmicho- F.W. Zeylmans van Emmichoven ven was among the first in the latter years of the 20th century to undertake in thoroughgoing and clear-sighted manner a biography of Ita Wegman (Wer war Ita Wegman; 3 volumes; Natura Verlag, 19922), and in some respects 1 Vorstand is the German term usually rendered “Executive Council” of the General Anthroposophical Society. – Editor 2 Who Was Ita Wegman - Volumes I-IV is specially available as a set in English from Mercury Press (mercurypress.org). – Editor fall-winter issue 2014-2015
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