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Hermann Beckh
Hermann Beckh (1875-1937) was one of the co-founders of The Christian Community. A remarkable linguist and universal scholar, he mastered six European and six Oriental languages and published more than twenty works on the humanities, dealing with Christology, Cosmology and Musicology. Having first studied Law, he later channelled his extensive research of Hinduism and Buddhism into a renewal of sacramental Christianity. ‘Without the Professor’, wrote his colleague Rudolf Meyer, the beginnings of the new religious movement were ‘unthinkable’. Gundhild Kačer-Bock – daughter of Beckh’s priest-colleague and fellow author Emil Bock – creates a lively picture of a unique personality...
Hermann Beckh and the Spirit-Word
The polymath Hermann BECKH (1875-1937) is being rediscovered today. The present volume introducing the Collected Works in English contains a substantial essay, a decisive lecture a precious article, and an inspired sermon. These key documents, written during the difficult 'twenties, now collected and translated for the first time, show the calibre of the author. His importance, highlighted in the Introduction, is confirmed by the appreciations of his grateful colleagues, collected in the Appendix. For Beckh, if our civilisation is to survive, it has to be balanced by spiritual research, by active, meditative discoveries in the realm of the living spirit. Facing all-out disaster, no quick nos...
Collected Articles, 1922-1938
This newly-edited collection of 72 essays provides a unique overview of Hermann Beckh’s notable – and largely overlooked – writing career. Whether in the realm of theology, philosophy, the arts, astrology or esoterica, the articles gathered here, mostly previously unpublished in English, are rare signposts to a Christian initiation grounded in the Rosicrucian tradition and the path of St John’s Gospel. Presented in chronological sequence over a 16 year period – from 1922 to 1938 – and supplemented with biographical notes and introductory material by Neil Franklin and Alan Stott, this volume provides firm ground for a fuller appreciation of Beckh’s prolific output. Hermann Beckh...
Hermann Beckh, A Celebration
The universal scholar Hermann Beckh (1875-1937), Orientalist and Christian priest, ‘carried in his soul love for the Word, love for the stars, and love for music’. A long-overdue reassessment of his life’s work is presented here, marking the completed publication of his Collected Works in English. Featuring previously unknown items from his literary estate, appreciations by contemporary colleagues and results of current research, this celebration significantly contributes to our understanding of Beckh’s achievements. Such a comprehensive ‘Renaissance man’ as Professor Beckh is rare in an age of specialists. In his search for the eternal sources of Creation, he was inspired by his...
From Buddha to Christ
Many people who are drawn to Buddhism today are seeking for spiritual knowledge as opposed to simple faith or sectarian belief. Hermann Beckh had a profound personal connection to the Buddhist path and the noble truths it contains, yet he was also dedicated to a radical renewal of Christianity. Assimilating the groundbreaking research of Rudolf Steiner (1861–1925), Beckh’s comprehension of Buddhism was neither limited to historical documents nor scholarly research in philology. Rather, from his inner meditation and spiritual understanding, he saw the earlier great world religions as waymarks for humanity’s evolving consciousness. In the modern world, the apprehension of Christianity ne...
Eurythmy as Visible Speech
Following his lecture-course Eurythmy as Visible Singing, these fundamental lectures on speech eurythmy – offered in response to specific requests – gave Rudolf Steiner the opportunity to complete the foundations of the new art of movement. Speaking to eurythmists and invited artists, Steiner connects to the centuries-old esoteric and exoteric Western traditions of ‘the Word’ – the creative power in the sounds of the divine-human alphabet – giving it concrete form and expression in the performing arts, education and therapy. In addition to the fifteen lectures in the course, this special edition features supporting lectures and reports by Rudolf Steiner, dozens of photographs and...
The Mystery of Musical Creativity
‘Beckh ventures into provinces that I have not had the opportunity of investigating myself…’ – Rudolf Steiner Lost for decades, the manuscript of Hermann Beckh’s final lectures on the subject of music present fundamentally new insights into its cosmic origins. Beckh characterises the qualities of musical development, examines select musical works (that represent for him the peak of human ingenuity), and throws new light on the nature and source of human creativity and inspiration. Published here for the first time, the lectures demonstrate a distinctive approach founded on the raw material of musical perception. Beckh discusses the whistling wind, the billowing wave, the song of th...
Festschrift
As a result of very recent discoveries, the life and work of Hermann Beckh (1875-1937) is only now beginning to be reassessed. In the midst of such progress this celebratory Festschrift (2016) can point to: the centenary of the publication of his first book of global importance, Buddha's Life and Teaching, and its first translation into English the imminent publication of the newly translated manuscript The Mystery of Musical Creativity: Man and Music, Beckh's draft for a ground-breaking study, composed during the last months of his life the first appearance in English of Gundhild Ka er-Bock's extensive Hermann Beckh: Life and Work In addition to hitherto unpublished texts there are apprecia...
Buddha’s Life and Teaching
‘The book before us here is not some kind of dusty text or just another undergraduate-level introduction to Buddhism. It is nothing less than the still, clear, luminous centre of a hurricane...’ – Neil Franklin (from the Foreword) Although this classic text is more than one hundred years’ old, its accurate scholarship, detailed research and lucid presentation make it no less relevant today than when it was first published. In 1916, Hermann Beckh was one of a handful of leading European authorities on Buddhist texts, reading Tibetan, Sanskrit and Pali fluently. At the same time, he was a member of the Anthroposophical Society and its Esoteric Section. In consequence, Beckh’s seminal...
Kundalini
In Hindu tradition, the concept of kundalini refers to a form of primal energy located at the base of the spine. Through traditional Eastern methods, efforts were made to 'awaken' the kundalini in order to achieve transformed consciousness. Rudolf Steiner offers an entirely new perspective, integrating the kundalini idea into his spiritual philosophy. This anthology contains all relevant comments and notes by Steiner on the theme, highlighting how his thinking evolved. At the same time, it accentuates the differences – and similarities – between Western and Eastern spiritual paths, and in the process reveals what is new and original about Steiner's esoteric teachings.In contrast to most ...
