Berthold Wulf

Berthold Wulf (July 2, 1926 – June 11, 2012) was a German priest, poet and philosopher.

Life Wulf was born in Hanover, Province of Hanover. He was the third child of Bertha Wulf and Karl Wulf, who was a musician and conductor. He spent his childhood with his elder brother and his twin brother in Hildesheim near Hanover. When he was 17 he had to join the German army. He survived World War II as a common soldier.

Religious work

After the war he became a goldsmith. But he came into contact with anthroposophy and so he decided to become a priest of the Christian Community. In 1953 he received ordination to the priesthood in Stuttgart. Afterwards he worked as a priest in Berlin, Heidelberg, Heidenheim an der Brenz where he also taught the subject 'religion' at the local Rudolf Steiner School (Waldorfschule Heidenheim), and Zürich, where he worked until his retirement. In 1954 he married Ingeborg Köhler.

He has given more than 8,000 lectures and his complete edition consists of 26 volumes on 17,343 pages. Most of his work is poetry, but he also wrote philosophical books. His topics are anthroposophy and christianity.

Work (selection) Canticum Mundi. Okeanos Verlag, Zürich Ewiges Evangelium. Okeanos Verlag, Zürich Melissa. Okeanos Verlag, Zürich Goethe und Hegel. Okeanos Verlag, Zürich Christentum und Sakrament. Okeanos Verlag, Zürich Das mythische Jahr.Okeanos Verlag, Zürich Nur einen Sommer.Okeanos Verlag, Zürich Divinitas Mundi. Okeanos Verlag, Zürich Idee und Liebe. Okeanos Verlag, Zürich Gedanke und Gegenwart. Okeanos Verlag, Zürich Natur und Geist. Okeanos Verlag, Zürich Die Kategorien des Aristoteles. Okeanos Verlag, Zürich Im Zeichen des Rosenkreuzes. Okeanos Verlag, Zürich Christologie des Bewusstseins. Okeanos Verlag, Zürich Das Jahr unseres Herrn. Okeanos Verlag, Zürich Es kann geschehen…Bruchstücke einer grossen christlichen Konfession. Okeanos Verlag, Zürich Jesus Christus vere homo vere Deus. Okeanos Verlag, Zürich Anthropos Sophia. Okeanos Verlag, Zürich Gott und Welt und Mensch. Okeanos Verlag, Zürich