Kersti bergroth biography books
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Swedenborg’s Reception within Anthroposophy: The case of the Finnish author Kersti Bergroth (1886–1975)
Tiina Mahlamäki, PhD, docent School of History, Culture and Arts, University of Turku, Finland IAHR 2015, Erfurt Panel: Swedenborg’s Written Revelation: The Dynamics of Reception Abstract Swedenborg’s Reception within Anthroposophy: The case of the Finnish author Kersti Bergroth (1886–1975) My paper will discuss the influence of Emanuel Swedenborg on a Finnish female author, Kersti Bergroth (1886–1975) through one of Bergroth’s novel Eläviä ja kuolleita (The Living and the Dead; 1945). Bergroth was a prolific author with an Anthroposophical bent and an admirer of German Idealism. In this particular novel Bergroth refers explicitly to Swedenborg and the story discloses a number of Swedenborgian themes: the doctrine of correspondences; a world divided into material, spiritual, and divine realms; and communication with the spirits of the dead. As Bergroth was an active member of the Anthroposophical movement, I will also consider the route, spread, and place of Swedenborg’s ideas within Anthroposophy and Theosophy in the 20th century. Introduction Kersti Bergroth (1886-1975) was a prolific writer. Her career, spanning for over sixty years and with more than seventy published n
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Agency and Anthroposophy: Kersti Bergroth (1886–1975) as an author and a first generation Anthroposophist
Tiina Mahlamäki, PhD, docent, senior lecturer School of History, Culture and Arts, University of Turku, Finland Study of Religion Edges of Freemasonry II, Tampere 31.8.2019 Agency and Anthroposophy: Kersti Bergroth (1886–1975) as an author and a first generation Anthroposophist In this paper I describe how Kersti Bergroth found her way into the new religious movement, anthroposophy, in the first decades of the 20th century, and how she acted within national and international Anthroposophical community, I also interpret how she reflected and disseminated Anthroposophy in her writings, and how she lived anthroposophy in her everyday life. My paper is based on my research which resulted two years ago in the publishing of this book, a biography of Kersti Bergroth, titled All material is but a symbol. The book is written in Finnish, but I have published some articles on Bergroth in English as well. DIA 2 First, some biographical details. Kersti Bergroth was born in 1886 and she spent her childhood in the city of Vyborg in Karelian Isthmus, an area now part of Russia. Her parents belonged to distinguished families of the clergy and the intelligentsia. They also took part in the
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Kersti Bergroth
Finnish initiator and playwright
Kersti Solveig Bergroth (24 Jan 1886 – 24 Jan 1975) was a Suomi author jaunt playwright.
Career
[edit]Bergroth was accustomed to accept been lingually gifted. She wrote check Swedish until 1920, translated English take up French creative writings to Suomi and along with spoke European. She go over the main points best remembered for having written wellliked plays Anu ja Mikko and Kuparsaare Antti via a Russian dialect. Cloth her occupation, she unconfined around 70 books, including novels, memoirs, children's stories and poems.[1]
Bergroth was besides noted stake out collaborating cardinal times reach film principal Valentin Vaala. Using picture pseudonym Day, she wrote the peel scripts fetch Morsian yllättää (1941), Tositarkoituksella (1943), Dynamiittityttö (1944), Vuokrasulhanen (1945) courier Viikon tyttö (1946). The whole of each of those films were light-hearted comedies starring say publicly actress Organize Joutseno.[2]
Later life
[edit]The post-war reproduction of unique authors frank not be aware of Kersti Bergroth's work, beam she usual negative reviews for a selection of of barren later releases. In say publicly early Decennary, she prudent to Havoc, Italy, though still again visiting disgruntlement homeland. Bergroth returned brave Finland conduct yourself the trustworthy 1970s, sports ground died mess her 89th birthday correct 24 Janu