Editorial Reviews 
The publisher, Anthroposophic Press , July 10, 2000 
Discovering your destiny through your past ... 
Rudolf Steiner presented numerous lectures on the nature of karma and rebirth. In 1924, he stated, "The study of problems connected with this subject [karma and reincaration] entails--or in any case should instill--a sense of deep responsibility. Such study is in truth a matter of penetrating the most profound relationships of existence....Without insight into the course that karma takes in the world and in human evolution, it is quite impossible to understand why external nature is displayed before us in the forms we see." 

René Querido presents here a historical overview of the Western perspective of karma and rebirth, which he places in the context of the spiritual-scientific research of Rudolf Steiner. He has chosen a representative selection of Steiner's lectures and writings discussing the causes and effects of karma in relation to world events, natural phenomena, illness, and much more. Steiner describes how we can begin to understand our own karma in the light of past incarnations and how we can take greater responsibility for our own destinies. 
From the Vista series. 

RUDOLF STEINER (1861-1925) became a respected and well-published scientific, literary, and philosophical scholar, particularly known for his work on Goethe's scientific writings. At the beginning of the twentieth century, he began to develop his earlier philosophical principles into an approach to methodical research of psychological and spiritual phenomena. His multifaceted genius has led to innovative and holistic approaches in medicine, philosophy, religion, education (Waldorf schools), special education (the Camphill movement), economics, agriculture (biodynamics), science, architecture, and the arts (drama, speech and eurythmy). In 1924 he founded the General Anthroposophical Society, which has branches throughout the world. 

RENÉ QUERIDO is the former director of Rudolf Steiner College, Fair Oaks, California. He has, for almost fifty years, practiced Rudolf Steiner's spiritual science, including the esoteric study of biography. In this volume, he challenges us to take up our own spiritual research concerning the evolution of our individual human soul and spirit throughout all of evolution.