Christopher Bamford
About
Christopher Bamford (1943–2022) was born in Cardiff, South Wales, and lived for a while in Hungary and then in Scotland. He studied as an undergraduate at Trinity University in Dublin and earned his master’s degree at the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania. For nearly thirty years, he was Editor in Chief at SteinerBooks (Anthroposophic Press) and its imprints. A Fellow of the Lindisfarne Association, he lectured, taught, and wrote widely on Western spiritual and esoteric traditions. His books include a selection of his numerous introductions, Encountering Rudolf Steiner: Introductions to Essential Works (2022); Healing Madonnas: Exploring the Sequence of Madonna Images Created by Rudolf Steiner and Felix Peipers for Use in Therapy and Meditation (2017); An Endless Trace: The Passionate Pursuit of Wisdom in the West (2003); and The Voice of the Eagle: The Heart of Celtic Christianity (1990). He also translated and edited numerous books, including Homage to Pythagoras: Rediscovering Sacred Science (2001); The Noble Traveller: The Life and Writings of O. V. de L. Milosz (1984); and Celtic Christianity: Ecology and Holiness (1982). Essays by Mr. Bamford are included in The Best Spiritual Writing 2000 (“In the Presence of Death”) and The Best American Spiritual Writing 2005 (“The Gift of the Call”). Christopher passed over the threshold on May 13, 2022, at his Mt. Washington, Massachusetts home.
Author's Books
Encountering Rudolf Steiner
Introductions to Essential Works
Preface by Christopher Bamford
Introduction by Robert A. McDermott
Foreword by William Michael Jensen
Homage to Pythagoras
Rediscovering Sacred Science
Introduction by Christopher Bamford
Edited by Christopher Bamford
Healing Madonnas
Exploring the Sequence of Madonna Images Created by Rudolf Steiner and Felix Peipers for Use in Therapy and Meditation
The Inner Life of the Earth
Exploring the Mysteries of Nature, Subnature, and Supranature
Edited by Paul V. O'Leary
The Secret Stream
Christian Rosenkreutz and Rosicrucianism
Afterword by Christopher Bamford
Introduction by Christopher Bamford
Edited by Christopher Bamford
Staying Connected
How to Continue Your Relationships with Those Who Have Died
Anthroposophy in Everyday Life
Practical Training in Thought - Overcoming Nervousness - Facing Karma - The Four Temperaments
Celtic Christianity
Ecology and Holiness: An Anthology
Artistic Sensitivity as a Spiritual Approach to Knowing Life and the World
(CW 161)
The Connection between the Living and the Dead
(CW 168)
Reimagining Academic Studies
Science, Philosophy, Education, Social Science, Theology, Theory of Language (CW 81)
Communicating Anthroposophy
The Course for Speakers to Promote the Idea of Threefolding (CW 338)
Rethinking Economics
Lectures and Seminars on World Economics (CW 340–341)
Foreword by Otto Scharmer
Introduction by Christopher Bamford
Preface by Mark Finser
Translated by Peter Clemm
Esoteric Lessons 1910–1912
From the Esoteric School 2 (CW 266/2)
Volume vol. 2 (CW 266/2) — From the Esoteric SchoolActs of the Heart
Culture-Building, Soul-Researching
Introductions, Forewords, and Prefaces
Foreword by Gail Thomas, Joanne Stroud and John A. Lee
Introduction by Christopher Bamford and Scott Scribner
Contributions by Cheryl Sanders and Lee Nichol
Spiritual Beings in the Heavenly Bodies and in the Kingdoms of Nature
(CW 136)
Our Dead
Memorial, Funeral, and Cremation Addresses 1906–1924 (CW 261)
Christ and Sophia
Anthroposophic Meditations on the Old Testament, New Testament, and Apocalypse
From the History and Contents of the First Section of the Esoteric School
Letters, Documents, and Lectures: 1904–1914 (CW 264)
First Steps in Christian Religious Renewal
Preparing the Ground for The Christian Community (CW 342)
Foreword by Steven Johnson
Introduction by Christopher Bamford
Translated by Catherine E. Creeger
The Healing Process
Spirit, Nature & Our Bodies (CW 319)
Foreword by Richard Leviton
Introduction by Christopher Bamford
Translated by Catherine E. Creeger
Foreword by Christopher Bamford
Preface by Nick Poole
Edited by Wanda Root and Michael Schmundt
Esoteric Lessons 1913–1923
From the Esoteric School 3 (CW 266/3)
Volume vol. 3 (CW 266/3) — From the Esoteric SchoolFreedom of Thought and Societal Forces
Implementing the Demands of Modern Society (CW 333)
Inner Reading and Inner Hearing
And How to Achieve Existence in the World of Ideas (CW 156)
The Spiritual Hierarchies and the Physical World
Zodiac, Planets & Cosmos (CW 110)
Introduction by Christopher Bamford and René M. Querido
Revised by Jann W. Gates
Translated by René M. Querido
Goethe's Theory of Knowledge
An Outline of the Epistemology of His Worldview (CW 2)
Death as Metamorphosis of Life
Including “What Does the Angel Do in Our Astral Body?” & “How Do I Find Christ?” (CW 182)
Cosmic New Year
Thoughts for New Year 1920 (CW 195)
Youth and the Etheric Heart
Rudolf Steiner Speaks to the Younger Generation (CW 217a)
Esoteric Lessons 1904–1909
From the Esoteric School 1 (CW 266/1)
Volume vol. 1 (CW 266/1) — From the Esoteric SchoolIntroduction by Christopher Bamford
Foreword by Carl Unger
Translated by James H. Hindes
Freemasonry and Ritual Work
The Misraim Service (CW 265)
Becoming the Archangel Michael's Companions
Rudolf Steiner's Challenge to the Younger Generation (CW 217)
Introduction by Christopher Bamford
Translated by René M. Querido
Preface by Carlo Pietzner
Inner Experiences of Evolution
(CW 132)
Rosicrucianism Renewed
The Unity of Art, Science & Religion: The Theosophical Congress of Whitsun 1907 (CW 284)
Introduction by Christopher Bamford
Edited by Joan deRis Allen
Translated by Marsha Post
The Sun Mystery and the Mystery of Death and Resurrection
Exoteric and Esoteric Christianity (CW 211)
Spiritualism, Madame Blavatsky, and Theosophy
An Eyewitness View of Occult History
What Is Anthroposophy?
Three Spiritual Perspectives on Self-knowledge
Isis Mary Sophia
Her Mission and Ours
Start Now!
A Book of Soul and Spiritual Exercises
The Voice of the Eagle Edition 2
The Heart of Celtic Christianity: John Scotus Eriugena’s Homily on the Prologue to the Gospel of St. John
Introduction by Christopher Bamford
Translated with commentary by Christopher Bamford
Foreword by Thomas Moore
Mystics after Modernism
Discovering the Seeds of a New Science in the Renaissance (CW 7)
Afterword by Paul Marshall Allen
Foreword by Christopher Bamford
Translated by Karl E. Zimmer
Autobiography
Chapters in the Course of My Life, 1861–1907 (CW 28)
Introduction by Christopher Bamford
Translated by Jesse Darrell, Nancy Parsons Whittaker and Robert F. Lathe
A Way of Self-Knowledge
And the Threshold of the Spiritual World (CW 16–17)
Introduction and notes by Christopher Bamford
Compiled by Christopher Bamford
Translated by James H. Hindes
Christianity as Mystical Fact
And the Mysteries of Antiquity (CW 8)
Introduction by Christopher Bamford
Preface by Andrew J. Welburn
Translated by Andrew J. Welburn
Afterword by Michael Debus
The Effects of Esoteric Development
(CW 145)
The Education of the Child
And Early Lectures on Education (CW 293 & 66)
Introduction by Christopher Bamford
Translated by Mary Adams, Robert F. Lathe, Nancy Parsons Whittaker and Rita Stebbing