 The
Foundation Stone
Willem Zeylmans van
Emmichoven
During the Christmas
Conference of 1923-24 when the Anthroposophical Society was
re-founded, Rudolf Steiner presented to its members for the first
time the Foundation Stone Meditation. On consecutive days during
that week he showed how elements of the Meditation could be rebuilt
into new meditations - sometimes referred to as 'rhythms' - which
could be inwardly practised. Zeylmans van Emmichoven was present at
that formative meeting, and worked intensively with these 'rhythms'
for more than 30 years. He started speaking about them publicly at a
time when they were virtually forgotten. Initially in the
Netherlands, and later during his extensive world travels, Zeylmans
began to make people aware of the powerful germinating forces
contained within the Meditation. This volume bears the fruit of his
work on this theme. It remains a seminal book which has been an
inspiration to generations of students of anthroposophy.
'Anthroposophy can become fruitful in the world when a community of
people is actively working with the Foundation Stone Meditation.
When Zeylmans van Emmichoven revived this Meditation around the
whole world, a process began though which the Anthroposophical
Society itself, which has been through many conflicts and battles,
could be healed again.'
Joop van Dam
Temple Lodge Publishing
120pp; paperback
ISBN: 1 902636 37 6
For more information on
the Foundation Stone Meditation, see:
The Foundation Stone Meditation - Rudolf
Steiner,
The
Christmas Conference - Rudolf Steiner, and
The
Foundation Stone & The Life, Nature and Cultivation of Anthroposophy
- Rudolf Steiner.
Willem Zeylmans van Emmichoven, born in Holland in 1893, was a pupil
of Rudolf Steiner. A medical doctor and founder of the Rudolf
Steiner Clinic in Scheveningen, he was also General Secretary of the
Anthroposophical Society in the Netherlands, in which capacity he
attended the Christmas Foundation Meeting. Zeylmans also conducted
important research into the influence of colours, the psychology of
peoples and nations, and the psychology of the individual human
being.
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