| Title | : | Bees: (Cw 351) |
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| ISBN | : | 0880104570 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9780880104579 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 |
| Publication | : | First published July 1, 1998 |
In 1923 Rudolf Steiner predicted the dire state of today's honeybee. He stated that, within fifty to eighty years, we would see the consequences of mechanizing the forces that had previously operated organically in the beehive. Such practices include breeding queen bees artificially.
The fact that over sixty percent of the American honeybee population has died during the past ten years, and that this trend is continuing around the world, should make us aware of the importance of the issues discussed in these lectures. Steiner began this series of lectures on bees in response to a question from an audience of workers at the Goetheanum.
From physical depictions of the daily activities of bees to the most elevated esoteric insights, these lectures describe the unconscious wisdom of the beehive and its connection to our experience of health, culture, and the cosmos.
Bees is essential reading for anyone interested in understanding the true nature of the honeybee, as well as those who wish to heal the contemporary crisis of the beehive. Bees includes an essay by David Adams, "From Queen Bee to Social Sculpture: The Artistic Alchemy of Joseph Beuys."
The art and social philosophy of Joseph Beuys (1921-1986) is among the most influential of the twentieth century. He was strongly influenced by Rudolf Steiner's lectures on bees. The elemental imagery and its relationship to human society played an important role in Beuys's sculptures, drawings, installations, and performance art. Adams' essay on Beuys adds a whole new dimension to these lectures, generally considered to be directed more specifically to biodynamic methods and beekeeping.
C O N T E N T S
Introduction by Gunther Hauk
Eight Lectures by Rudolf Steiner
Blackboard Drawings
Appendix" Extracts from Various Lectures
Afterword by David Adams:
"From Queen Bee to Social Sculpture: The Artistic Alchemy of Joseph Beuys"
Index
This volume consists of 8 lectures (of 15) from Mensch und Welt. Das Wirken des Geistes in der Natur. �ber das Wesen der Bienen (GA 351).
Bees: (Cw 351) Reviews
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Just got this through inter library loan. Apparently, in the 1920's, he foresaw some of the problems facing bees and beekeeping today. I'm excited to read it.
8/19 - This is turning out to be deeply weird. I'm going to jump around a bit, but the introduction says, unlike wasps and ants, bees are ruled by Venus, but because sex is sublimated, they can live as an embodiment of selfless love. Not quite what I was expecting.
8/25 - I got this book because of my interest in bees, not knowing anything about Steiner, who turns out to be a philosopher, creator of Waldorf schools and eurythmics, among other things. While this book may be valid, it doesn't contain any information currently useful to me as a beekeeper. -
Fascinating. What I gleaned: if you don't eat honey at least a little, you will not be healthy. Cool book if you're into bees. Bees are from the sun realm = love.
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A fantastic book. Your view on bees Will never be the same.....
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not as easy as "the four temperaments," this is pretty much on the same level as the Agriculture lectures. one difference is a more casual relationship with the audience, something like familiarity, and considerably more interactive. i love the end of the last lecture: "Finally i would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a very happy, joyful, inwardly uplifting Christmas." sometimes Steiner is challenging in complexity, but i feel that this statement is the true essence of his message, that we may all be inwardly uplifted.
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It was great when we first read this book. Later we started translating into our own language and realized that there was a certain meaning that we needed to understand well. It is better to understand its main meaning.
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This is not one of my favorites.
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Rudolf Steiner knew 100 years ago what would happen to bees in our time. If you read the book with complete focus, it becomes very clear what beekeepers can do to restore the bee population.
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MUST READ for anyone interested in, well, bees. but particularly for steiner fans who happen to be bee enthusiasts, keepers, hobbyists, etc. STEINER predicted over 100 yrs ago that if we continued artificially impregnating queens and abandoning organic horticulture that we'd lose our precious bees...and that's precisely what's happening.
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Audio Book's I have to listen to more than once or pace myself chapter to chapter, because the truth is I fall asleep. This one I think I have heard most of it, some of it two or three times. Just a confession that when I put it in the have read pile, it might be have a few gaps. 😸🤐
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Pretty good stuff here - this is a lecture Steiner gave to a group of construction workers. Don't get me wrong, I think he's absolutely out of his mind, but it's nice to imagine sometimes.
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Kind of difficult to read. That may have been the result of creating a book in English from a bunch of lectures spoken in German.
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Best introductory book to read and start getting into erudite world of Steiner
