Rudolf Steiner (b. Rudolf Joseph Lorenz Steiner, 1861-1925) was born in the small village of Kraljevec, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now in Croatia), where he grew up. As a young man, he lived in Weimar and Berlin, where he became a well-published scientific, literary, and philosophical scholar, known especially for his work with Goethe's scientific writings. At the beginning of the twentieth century, he began to develop his early philosophical principles into an approach to systematic research into psychological and spiritual phenomena. Formally beginning his spiritual teaching career under the auspices of the Theosophical Society, Steiner came to use the term Anthroposophy (and spiritual science) for his philosophy, spiritual research, and findings. The influence of Steiner's multifaceted genius has led to innovative and holistic approaches in medicine, various therapies, philosophy, religious renewal, Waldorf education, education for special needs, threefold economics, biodynamic agriculture, Goethean science, architecture, and the arts of drama, speech, and eurythmy. In 1924, Rudolf Steiner founded the General Anthroposophical Society, which today has branches throughout the world. He died in Dornach, Switzerland. Dr. Wolfgang Zumdick is an international author, philosopher, curator, and a specialist in social sculpture and the work of Joseph Beuys. He held a scholarship at the Laurenz Haus Foundation in Basel and has curated several Joseph Beuys and social-sculpture exhibitions. He is the author of numerous publications on the history of philosophy and twentieth-century art and philosophy, with a focus on Joseph Beuys and the philosophy of imagination. From 2008 until 2019 he lectured at Oxford Brookes University at Oxford, and has been a guest lecturer at numerous universities worldwide.