Table of Contents
Foreword Christward Kröner 7
Preface 9
1 Beginnings of The Christian Community 13
Initial approaches and first courses with Steiner 22
The Autumn Course 31
Preparations for the founding 32
The founding 38
First steps 53
2 Beginnings in Britain 65
First visits 66
Permanent step to Great Britain 67
Growth in London 82
3 Wartime and Postwar Years 89
First years of the war 90
The Christian Community on the Continent 92
Middle and end of the war 93
The immediate postwar 103
Albrighton Hall and Woodford House 110
The fifties 113
London 117
Camphill and The Christian Community 120
The sixties and seventies 121
Shalesbrook 127
Ireland 130
Consolidation 132
The Christian Community Press and Floris Books 135
An overview today 136
4 Expansion to America 138
First visits 138
Adam Bittleston's visit 139
The first American priest 143
Prague 144
Beginnings in New York 145
The East Coast 149
Chicago 152
Canada 163
The West 164
Stegmann's 'American Action' 166
Translation 169
South America 173
5 Southern Africa 175
First visits 175
The Cape 179
Johannesburg 184
Natal 190
Translating the rituals into Afrikaans 191
Namibia 193
6 Australia and New Zealand 194
First visits 194
Founding 199
New priests 203
Sydney's disaster 203
The present situation 204
The Philippines 205
7 Conclusion 207
Appendix 209
The 48 founding priests 209
Chronology 231
Notes 234
Bibliography 237
Index 239
