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You are invited to have a look
at the work of Franciscus
in various areas:
Visual art
Creating art for more than three decades, and specializing in plant-based water-colour on paper. Go to the Spirit-in-Colour page for more information.
Have a free look at the book too - about the method, the artist and lots of examples, bilingual in English and German.
View the art-works, with easy browsing and, if you like, secure purchase in the Saatchi on-line gallery. For an atelier visit use the contact details below.
A project has been set up to draw, in a black and white hatching technique, a life size version (about 6x10 meters) of the sculpture “The Representative of Humanity” which is exhibited in the Goetheanum in Dornach. Visit the project page to know more.
Astronomy
The cosmos plays a role in everything that happens on earth. Anthroposophical astronomy is trying to understand how. Research is vital - the dutch Elisabeth Vreede Institute was founded to gather support for this. Feel free to browse through the books showing some results (some are in German only).
“Mercury & Venus – renamed” only just published.
In English. About the enigmatic theme of renaming Mercury and Venus as Venus and Mercury. This riddle is solved and a method given for understanding how.
"Über die jährliche Bewegung der Sonne und der Erde"
In German. 100 pages 21x21cm black and white. To view, proof read or order: Click here. Also available in most bookstores and at most internet providers. Delivered postage free in most European countries for 15 Euro, e-PDF: 5 Euro. ISBN 9783756841042, as e-book: ISBN 9783756264209
"Der 33-Jahre Rhythmus im Werdegang der Menschheit"
In German. 60 pages 21x21cm black and white (partly colored). To view, proof read or order: click here. Also available in most bookstores and at most internet providers. Delivered postage free in most European countries for 12 Euro, e-Pub: 4 Euro. ISBN 9783755740742 and as e-book: ISBN 9783756263998
Literature
"Bag it up"
A modern stage play - in English.
Have a look, and purchase if you like, for example here or in your favourite book-shop (ISBN 9783952556108).
"Zonderlingen"
A novel - in Dutch.
Have a look, and purchase if you like, for example here, or in your favourite book-shop (ISBN 9789465123769).
Designer-bookcase
A designer book-case for the collected works of Rudolf Steiner has been designed and built. It is based on the form of the foundation stone of the Goetheanum in Dornach – the Platonic pentagon-dodecahedron. For more information, or if you like to place an order, go to this page. The book-shelve is produced on demand by the Hug-Schreinerei in Germany.
Information
For more information go to the main Lanz & Spaan page, or send a message to spaan (at) lanz-spaan.ch, or arrange a meeting whenever you are in the in the Dornach / Basel area, Switzerland.
last update on 12 March 2025