Michael Bauer (anthroposophist)

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Michael Bauer (born October 29, 1871 in Gössersdorf ; † June 18, 1929 in Breitbrunn, today in Herrsching am Ammersee , Bavaria) was a German teacher , author , theosophist and anthroposophist .

Life

Bauer was born on October 29, 1871 in Gössersdorf as the only child of Jakob Bauer and Katharina Stuhlmann . From his father's first marriage, he had five half-siblings. He attended the village school and then a three-year teacher training course in Bamberg . After a short teaching activity in the Palatinate , he gave up the teaching profession and began to study philosophy and natural science at the University of Munich in 1893 .

In Munich he came into closer contact with his cousin Johann Bauer, who lived there, and his wife Mathilde . After the death of his cousin in 1896, he took over the guardianship of his family and married Mathilde. The financial obligations associated with providing for his family forced him to drop out and resume his previous teaching activities. He moved to Nuremberg in early 1900 ; his son Bruno was born there in 1902 . The marriage ended in divorce in 1914.

Profession and religion

Around 1895 he came into contact with theosophy in Munich , with which he dealt intensively in the following years. It is unclear whether he already joined a Theosophical Society at that time . After moving to Nuremberg in 1900, a small, interested group gathered around him, to whom he regularly gave theosophical lectures. Presumably in 1903 he first met Rudolf Steiner , then General Secretary of the German Section of the Theosophical Society (DSdTG) in Weimar ; this meeting gave direction to his future life. In March 1904 the Albrecht Dürer Lodge of the DSdTG was founded in Nuremberg. At this point at the latest, Bauer became a member of the DSdTG and thus of the Theosophical Society Adyar (Adyar-TG). In the next few years there was a lively theosophical lecturing activity in Germany and neighboring countries.

In 1911 the Nuremberg pastor Friedrich Rittelmeyer - the later founder of the Christian Community - turned to Bauer and asked for an introduction to theosophy. A lifelong friendship developed from this.

The turn of the year 1912/13 saw the separation of the DSdTG from the Adyar-TG and the establishment of the Anthroposophical Society . Bauer followed Steiner's direction and became an anthroposophist. In addition to Marie von Sivers and Carl Unger , he took over the chairmanship and invested a lot of time and energy in building the new organization in the years that followed. He held this position until 1921.

As early as 1912, Bauer had suffered a hemorrhage due to a pneumonia that was delayed and has been ailing ever since. During a spa stay on the Adriatic in 1913, he met Christian Morgenstern , who suffered from the same serious lung disease and died from it. After Morgenstern's death in 1914, he lived with his widow Margareta Morgenstern , from 1919 in a newly built house in Breitbrunn above Lake Ammersee . Because of his poor health, Bauer had to withdraw from his public duties with the Anthroposophical Society after 1920 and also give up his activity as a teacher. He spent the last 18 months lying down at home; During this time he made friends with the lung doctor who treated him, Hans Carossa .

Awards

Fonts

Single issues

  • Rudolf Steiner and Pedagogy (= 6th special print from: Friedrich Rittelmeyer (ed.), Vom Lebenswerk Rudolf Steiner , pp. 177–208). Kaiser, Munich 1921
  • Christian Morgenstern's life and work . Completed by Margareta Morgenstern and Rudolf Meyer. With contributions by Friedrich Kayssler and others. Piper, Munich 1933
  • Plant fairy tales, animal stories and legends . Urachhaus, Stuttgart 1939
  • Humanity and freedom . Selected and edited by Kurt von Wistinghausen . Urachhaus, Stuttgart 1971, ISBN 3-87838-152-2
  • Plant fairy tale . With drawings by Carla Grillis. Urachhaus, Stuttgart 1985, ISBN 3-87838-417-3
  • Animal stories and legends . Urachhaus, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-8251-7423-9

literature

  • Margareta Morgenstern: Michael Bauer. A citizen of both worlds . Piper, Munich 1950; 2. A. Free Spiritual Life, Stuttgart 1965
  • Hans Rudolf Niederhäuser: Michael Bauer. A trailblazer in Waldorf education . Zbinden, Basel (2nd A.) 1978, ISBN 3-85989-321-1
  • Christoph Rau: Michael Bauer, his life and his encounter with Friedrich Rittelmeyer (= pioneers of anthroposophy, volume 16). Verlag am Goetheanum, Dornach 1995, ISBN 3-7235-0760-3
  • Peter Selg : Michael Bauer, an esoteric student of Rudolf Steiner . Verlag am Goetheanum, Dornach 2006, ISBN 3-7235-1266-6

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personal data
SURNAME Bauer, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German teacher, author, theosophist and anthroposophist
DATE OF BIRTH October 29, 1871
PLACE OF BIRTH Goessersdorf
DATE OF DEATH June 18, 1929
Place of death Breitbrunn, Herrsching am Ammersee