Reviews for Karma of Materialism

The average rating for Karma of Materialism based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2017-07-02 00:00:00 Dave Dake This was a good read. It is one of the better collections of lectures.

Review # 2 was written on 2014-08-04 00:00:00 James Robins We enter the 21st century and the materialism which Rudolf Steiner warned of only continues its steely cold ascent. We see that the Anthroposophical movement which he hoped would be helping millions by now is like a damp squib compared to his hopes. Faced by Anthroposophical failure and ascending cold as steel dehumanised society, what does one do? My answer involves what Steiner says here: These are very strange things indeed. That what he was so opposed to was the only wakeful consciousness within our sleeping civilization … For reasons indicated at the above link that I do not wish to rate this book. I simply want to say I have read it and that whilst Steiner served to free me from Eastern Theosophy and the New Age scene I found at Findhorn, Valentin Tomberg, in turn, provided me with a very different hermeneutic with which to engage Steiner. I hope the above link however can contribute a little to the tangled issues involving Steiner and Tomberg - and why I believe this "very different hermeneutic" is necessary for a world plunging into a dark mechanised society ...