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Karl Ballmer (23 February 1891 – 7 September 1958) was a
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painter Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ai ...
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anthroposophical Anthroposophy is a spiritualist movement founded in the early 20th century by the esotericist Rudolf Steiner that postulates the existence of an objective, intellectually comprehensible spiritual world, accessible to human experience. Followers ...
philosopher, and writer.


Life

In 1918, he met Rudolf Steiner. Shortly after 1920 he settled in Hamburg. After studying anthroposophy as autodidact for seven years, he tried to bring Rudolf Steiner into the discussions of the scientific world. In 1928, he published the Rudolf Steiner-Blätter for those who wanted to comprehend the so-called Rudolf Steiner Event. In 1938, together with his friend, Edith van Cleef, he leaves Hamburg, Germany and moves back to Switzerland. In Lamone near Lugano he lives painting and writing for the remaining 20 years in almost total solitude. He writes about physics, philosophy, and theology – as anthroposophy. In his writings he targets fundamentals without compromises; he possesses huge natural scientific and spiritual scientific knowledge, thus the level of his publications was mostly very high. In studying his works readers can experience sensitive self-encounters, (sadly) often without further consequences (in their own development). Ballmer, similar to Steiner, could be himself seen as an "Event" in development of mankind – as confrontation with the world process, of which he takes part. Karl Ballmer's research in cognitive science and the evolution of the human
self-awareness In philosophy of self, self-awareness is the experience of one's own personality or individuality. It is not to be confused with consciousness in the sense of qualia. While consciousness is being aware of one's environment and body and lifesty ...
was influenced mainly by two books, 1) Rudolf Steiner'
"Occult Science"
(1909) and 2) Louis-Claude de Saint-Martin'
"Irrthümer und Wahrheit, oder Rückweiß für die Menschen auf das allgemeine Principium aller Erkenntniß"
(1782). (See quote from Karl Ballmer'
"Deutsche Physik — von einem Schweizer"
in the latter.)


Works

*''Rudolf Steiner und die jüngste Philosophie'', Hamburg 1928 *''
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und Rudolf Steiner'', Hamburg 1929 *''Das Goetheanum Rudolf Steiners'', in: ''Bau-Rundschau'', Hamburg 1930 *''Aber Herr Heidegger! Zur Freiburger Rektoratsrede Martin Heideggers''. Foreword by Fritz Eymann, Basel 1933 *''Der Macher bin ich, den Schöpfer empfange ich'', 1933 *''Rembrandt oder die Tragödie des Lichtes'', 1933 *'' A. E. Biedermann heute! Zur theologischen Aufrüstung'', Bern 1941 *''Das Christentum der Berner Universität'', Aarau 1941 *''Ein Schweizerischer Staatsrechtler:
Karl Barth Karl Barth (; ; – ) was a Swiss Calvinist theologian. Barth is best known for his commentary '' The Epistle to the Romans'', his involvement in the Confessing Church, including his authorship (except for a single phrase) of the Barmen Declara ...
'', Melide 1941 *''Elf Briefe über Wiederverkörperung'', Besazio 1953 *
Briefwechsel über die motorischen Nerven
', Besazio 1953 *''Editorin Marie Steiner'', Besazio 1954 *''Philologin Marie Steiner'', Besazio 1954 *''Die erste Mitteilung über soziale Dreigliederung'', Besazio 1957 Posthumous: *''Die Rolle der Persönlichkeit im Weltgeschehen'', Besazio 1964 *''Deutschtum und Christentum in der Theosophie des Goetheanismus'', Besazio 1966 *'' Troxlers Auferstehung'', Besazio 1966 *''Die Judenfrage'', Besazio 1975 *''Die Zukunft des deutschen Idealismus'', Besazio 1975 *''„Wissenschaft“'', Besazio 1976 *''Erlösung der Tiere durch Eurythmie. Zu Rudolf Steiners „Eurythmie“'', Besazio 1976 *''Die Aktie, Symbol der Schande'', Besazio 1976 *''Rudolf Steiners Philosophie der Freiheit als Analyse des Christusbewusstseins'', Besazio 1979 *''Von der Natur zur Schöpfung. Thomismus und Goetheanismus'', Besazio 1979 *''Anthroposophie und Christengemeinschaft'', Besazio 1980 **Siegen 1995, *''Abschied vom „Leib-Seele-Problem“'', Siegen 1994, *''Die moderne Physik, ein philosophischer Wert?'', Siegen 1994, *''Synchronizität. Gleichzeitigkeit, Akausalität und „Schöpfung aus dem Nichts“ bei
C. G. Jung Carl Gustav Jung ( ; ; 26 July 1875 – 6 June 1961) was a Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology. Jung's work has been influential in the fields of psychiatry, anthropology, archaeology, literature, phi ...
und Rudolf Steiner'', Siegen 1995, *''Das Ereignis Rudolf Steiner'', Siegen 1995, *'' Max Stirner und Rudolf Steiner''. Vier Aufsätze, Siegen 1995, *''Deutsche Physik – von einem Schweizer'', Siegen 1995, *''Anknüpfend an eine Bemerkung über James Joyce'', Siegen 1996, *''Die Überwindung des Theismus als Gegenwartsaufgabe'', Siegen 1996, *''Umrisse einer Christologie der Geisteswissenschaft''. Texte und Briefe, hg. v.
Karen Swassjan Karen A. Swassjan (russian: Каре́н Ара́евич Свасья́н; transliteration: ; hy, Կարեն Սվասյան), *1948 in Tbilisi, is an Armenian philosopher, literary critic, historian of culture and anthroposophist. He is one of ...
. Verlag am Goetheanum, Dornach 1999, *''Ehrung – des Philosophen Herman Schmalenbach'', Siegen 2006, *
Briefwechsel über die motorischen Nerven — Erweiterte Neuausgabe
'
www.edition-lgc.de
2013


External links


Summary of Ballmer's world view in his own words
(in German and English)
Max Stirner and Rudolf Steiner: Four Essays
(Read the first few pages of the book in German and English)
Ballmer's explanation of the nature of numbers
(in German and English)
Comparison
of Thomas Aquinas' and Rudolf Steiner's epistemology (in German and English) from Ballmer's book "Anthroposophische Methodik" * Comprehensiv
Bibliography
* Johannes Grebe
Kurze Übersicht: Vita Karl Ballmer (Entwurf)
* Peter Wyssling
The resurrection of Europe
(English translation of Wyssling'
"Die Auferstehung Europas"
contains several quotes by and references to Karl Ballmer * Peter Wyssling
Rudolf Steiners Kampf gegen die motorischen Nerven — Das Schicksal einer Weltanschauungsentscheidung in Karl Ballmer und Gerhard Kienlewww.edition-lgc.de
2013


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ballmer, Karl 1891 births 1958 deaths People from Aarau 20th-century Swiss painters 20th-century Swiss male artists Swiss male painters Anthroposophists