By Abraham Entin St. Peter don't you call me 'Cause I can't go; I owe my soul To the Company Store. —“Sixteen Tons,” Merle Travis, 1947 The question of debt has emerged as the defining issue of our era. Whether it is students entering their lives burdened by unpayable loans, or countries being called upon to adopt austerity ... Read More ►
By Adam Blanning, MD Fall 2016, Sacred Nature - Issue #85, Vol. 21 As we once again approach the question, “How can I participate in my own healing?” we come to a very personal place. This fourth and final contribution borders on a delicate kind of research. Although it seems to have important practical implications for therapy, it also resonates ... Read More ►
The breath is one of the most powerful balancers and something that we can come home to in each and every moment. A microcosm of the cycle of life, our breath is with us from the moment we take our first breath until the moment we return home to Source. Paying attention to the breath gives us a real insight ... Read More ►
By Ann Scharff and Friends Summer 2016, Society & Community - Issue #84, Vol. 21 Last year we entered into our forty-ninth year—our seventh seven-year period of the Fellowship Community, a dynamic, work-based, intergenerational community founded on the ideas of Rudolf Steiner’s anthroposophy. Our mission is “to care for the elderly and to nurture the body, soul, and spirit within the ... Read More ►
By Susan Crozier In 1996, I was 42-years-old and our family relocated to a new state. I was experiencing a difficult time of loneliness, anxiety and a loss of camaraderie. The outer landscape was beautiful but my interior one was a dark wood. "What direction will lead me out of this wood?" That year, Sunbridge College in Spring Valley, NY, was starting ... Read More ►
By Adam Blanning, MD Spring 2016, Campaign Finance and the Social Order in the 2016 Election - Issue #83, Vol. 21 There is a curious experience that comes about in the process of learning anthroposophic medicine and its remedies; that is, when you learn about the therapeutic use of a substance, you often then see a whole string of patients ... Read More ►
By Philip Incao, MD Winter 1996, The Childhood - Issue #6 "All common childhood illnesses are inflammations." A 11 common childhood illnesses are inflammations. "Infection" is the wrong word for them because it suggests that we get sick from germs which invade us. This is misleading. We are always exposed to and often harbor germs, yet we only occasionally ... Read More ►
Reprinted in part from Sozial Hygiene, Nos. 19 and 26 MD Summer 1999, Cancer: A New Approach - Issue #16 How Does Cancer Arise? Time and again doctors are asked: "What really is the cause of cancer?" This question can't be answered in a sentence. The increase in incidence indicates that the disease is related to our changed customs and ... Read More ►
By Dr. Martin Schuepbach Summer 2000 - Issue #20 Next time you meet the glorious colors, curves and scent of an iris flower, look carefully. This is a plant recognized for millennia to have special meaning and benefits for humans. Its name is the key: Iris, the Greek goddess who was the messenger of the gods. Her symbol, the many-colored ... Read More ►
By Gerald Karnow, M.D., MD Fall 2000: Chronic Illness - Issue #21 Click Here to Buy the Issue! Everywhere in the media we read about the increasing incidence of diabetes. In the last decade, diabetes rose by 3.3% nationwide to 6.5% of the population. The immense increase of a chronic illness, with its personal, social and economic consequences, poses many questions. ... Read More ►
