The Challenge of Rudolf Steiner

Documentary that tells the story of Steiners remarkable life 18611925 as well as exploring the influence of his ideas and insights on a whole range of contemporary activities education agriculture medicine social and financial issues and the arts PART ONE describes Steiners childhood as the son of a humble railway official growing up in the Austrian countryside and his student years in Vienna towards the end of the 19th century Hugely influenced by Goethes scientific writings he was gradually able to reconcile the powerful spiritual experiences he had had since childhood with his interest in science and philosophy PART TWO looks initially at the subject of reincarnation and karma with film at a prison in South Wales at Ruskin Mill in Gloucestershire a college for disadvantaged youngsters In the USA there are scenes at a biodynamic winery in California Also featured are examples of Waldorf educational ideas being introduced into mainstream schooling