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The school of infancy: an essay on the education of youth, during their first six years, to which i

The school of infancy: an essay on the education of youth, during their first six years, to which i

The school of infancy: an essay on the education of youth, during their first six years, to which i

Rules of Life

Church Constitution of the Bohemian and Moravian Brethren: The Original Latin

The Orbis Pictus of John Amos Comenius

John Comenius: The Labyrinth Of The World And The Paradise Of The Heart

The study of Protestant spirituality in the early modern period has generally focused on Puritans and Pietists. The tradition of the Slavic Reformation that culminated with John Amos Comenius (1592-1670) has been largely ignored. This volume seeks to redress this imbalance by introducing Comenius's neglected masterpiece, The Labyrinth of the World, to a broader audience. Though better known as the father of modern education, Comenius was a pastor and spiritual leader of the Bohemian Brethren (Unitas Fratrum), a Czech Protestant group inspired by the Hussite movement of the fifteenth century. The Labyrinth, an allegory of the spiritual journey in the style of Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, represents the culmination of his literary accomplishments. The work was written against the backdrop of the calamitous Thirty Years' War and Comenius's profound personal sufferings. His satirical castigation of the world's false ambitions and values is paralleled by a deep yearning for understanding and experience of life with God. The work comprises two parts. The first introduce

Human Aura & The Significance Of Color

Three Lectures. Contents: Fundamental Statements; Specific Interpretations; The Human Aura as an Indicator of Health and Character, with Reflections on the Aura of Habitations.

School of Infancy

Labyrinth of the world; Storm of wrath; Father of modern eduction; Nowhere an abiding city; One thing needful, even to death; Children, God''s most precious gift; Why God give children and in what parents ought to educate them; Youth demands good education and right instruction; What children should learn; How to develop health and strength; How to learn by seeing and hearing; How to learn by doing; How to learn by speech; How to shape character; How to nurture the soul; How long to keep children in the maternal school; How to prepare children for public school.