This makes it possible to have a holistic but also rational approach to physiology, pathology and therapy. Seven Principles of Anthroposophical Medicine Spirit manifests both within the human organism and outside of it in the substances of the kingdoms of nature. Anthroposophical Spiritual Science is a modern continuation of these traditions. The wisdom that created nature is also at work within the human being. Every substance and process in the nature kingdoms relates correspondingly to a substance or process within the human being.
Man is a summary of nature and nature represents the forces and substances within the human being.
Anthroposophical Medicine is a leading holistic health movement throughout Europe and has been on the cutting edge of preserving therapeutic freedom in the public and legal realm. Man has a divinely guided individual destiny which includes individual freedom with the potential for error and illness. Overriding principles, like the seven year cycle, govern the evolution of an individual over a lifetime. Illnesses are also opportunities for personal growth and overcoming of unfruitful conflicts in the patient's life. Art is an indispensible part of human life.