This life story of Bernard Lievegoed (1905–1992), skilfully crafted by Frans Lutters, uses Lievegoed’s own writings to weave a biography that transcends a tale of a single man’s tragedies and triumphs.

Those tragedies and triumphs are indeed here, and they are both profound and inspiring.

But there is something else: the entirety of this particular life story sheds a unique light on the whole journey of the twentieth century, from beginning to end, and on to today; in the esoteric significance of our exoteric wars; in the historical development of anthroposophy after Rudolf Steiner’s death; and in the still-to-be-fully realized possibilities of developing Rudolf Steiner’s spiritual science into a practical, healing, worldwide force for the good.

FRANS LUTTERS studied theology in Tilburg and Utrecht and education science at the University of Plymouth, England. He trained in Waldorf school pedagogy in Zeist, Holland, and has worked at several Waldorf schools as a teacher and in other key functions for forty years.

16 February 2026; Trans. by Philip Mees; SB; 432pp; 23.5 x 16.5 cm; hb;