Ehrenfried Pfeiffer. A Modern Quest for the Spirit
Compiled and Introduced by Thomas Meyer.
Translated by Henry Goulden.
This biographical sketch contains Pfeiffer's autobiographical memoirs, articles on etheric research and nutrition, the etherization of the blood, and the function of the heart. Excerpts from his letters are also included.
Contents
Translator’s Preface
Introduction by Thomas Meyer
Editorial Preliminary Remarks
Part I:
The Memoirs of Ehrenfried Pfeiffer
Fragments of a Biography
A Soliloquy (1948)
The Heart as a Spiritual Organ of Perception (1950)
“This is a Problem of Nutrition”
The True Basis of Nutrition (1958)
On Experiencing the Christ (1959)
The Johannine Brotherhood (1959)
Part II:
From Pfeiffer's Letters
“Do We Pose the Right (…) Questions?” (To Ita Wegman, 1924)
Christian Rosenkreutz and the Spiritual Function of the Heart (To Gwenda Ormiston, 1950)
The Rosicrucian Background of Edith Maryon (to Lexie Ahrens, 1958)
R. Swinburne Clymer (to Lexie Ahrens, 1960)
In the Temple of Hatshepsut (to Lexie Ahrens, 1960)
Music — The Unfulfilled Aspiration (to Lisa von Herwarth, 1959)
Part III:
Personal Memories of Pfeiffer
Personal Memories of Ehrenfried Pfeiffer (by Lexie Ahrens)
Ehrenfried Pfeiffer and the Future (by Paul W. Scharff, M.D.)
Pfeiffer’s Crystallization Work and its Role in the Origin of the Book Fundamentals of Therapy: An Extension of the Art of Healing through Spiritual Knowledge (by Paul W. Scharff, M.D)
A Conversation with Pfeiffer about the Night of the Fire (by Paul W. Scharff, M.D.)
The Background to the Plot for Poisoning Rudolf Steiner
Appendix
Sir Albert Howard’s Deed for Science
References
Bibliography
Name Index
A Mercury Press title
281 pages.
21 x 14 cms.
Paperback.
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