Biography

Biography (Greek: βιογραφία biographia, from βίος bíos "life" and -graphy) is, from an external point of view, the description of a person's life, possibly in the form of a self-written autobiography (from Greek: αὐτός autós "self").

From the perspective of spiritual science, however, the biography is far more than a mere external description of a person's life. Rather, it is the trace of his imperishable individuality that becomes visible in his earthly life, his I, which develops in the course of reincarnation and whose destiny, on the one hand, is decisively determined by his deeds in earlier incarnations, but on the other hand, also creates fruitful germs for the future out of full freedom. Karma and freedom complement each other in order to enable man to develop his individuality in a self-responsible and self-determined way in the course of repeated earthly lives.

Literature

• Pietro Archiati: Kunstwerk Biografie. Eine Entdeckungsreise durch den Lebenslauf des Menschen, Archiati Vlg., München 2006, ISBN 3-937078-07-X
• Rudolf Steiner: Theosophie. Einführung in übersinnliche Welterkenntnis und Menschenbestimmung , GA 9 (2003), ISBN 3-7274-0090-0 English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org
• Rudolf Steiner: Esoterische Betrachtungen karmischer Zusammenhänge. Zweiter Band, GA 236 (1988), ISBN 3-7274-2360-9 English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org

References to the work of Rudolf Steiner follow Rudolf Steiner's Collected Works (CW or GA), Rudolf Steiner Verlag, Dornach/Switzerland, unless otherwise stated. Email: verlag@steinerverlag.com URL: www.steinerverlag.com. Index to the Complete Works of Rudolf Steiner - Aelzina Books A complete list by Volume Number and a full list of known English translations you may also find at Rudolf Steiner's Collected Works Rudolf Steiner Archive - The largest online collection of Rudolf Steiner's books, lectures and articles in English. Rudolf Steiner Audio - Recorded and Read by Dale Brunsvold steinerbooks.org - Anthroposophic Press Inc. (USA) Rudolf Steiner Handbook - Christian Karl's proven standard work for orientation in Rudolf Steiner's Collected Works for free download as PDF.