John Barnwell

I first became aware of Rudolf Steiner around 1966-1967; years later I became the manager of the largest Esoteric and Holistic bookstore in the world the Mayflower Bookshop; which enabled me to meet many teachers and authors from many traditions and schools of thought and become proficient in many esoteric disciplines. In fact I am told that we we sold more books on Rudolf Steiner and Anthroposophy than anywhere in the English speaking world. I compiled a four volume bibliography on Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia after curating one of the largest private collections of books on these subjects for many years. For over 45-50 years I studied Rudolf Steiner's work; and over many years I studied at the Detroit Waldorf Institute near Detroit with Dr. Werner Glas co-director with Hans Gebert and Ralph Marinelli. Many teachers from all around the world would give lectures and classes there. I spent years working with Ralph Marinelli as his research assistant and editor at the Rudolf Steiner Heart Research Center which led to the publication of The Heart is Not a Pump: A Refutation of the Pressure Propulsion Premise of Heart Function, by Ralph Marinelli, et. al. as a result of this research I first began writing my books on Spiritual Science and the Grail Mysteries listed here.