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Past and Future Impulses

Author : Rudolf Steiner
Publisher : Rudolf Steiner Press
ISBN 13 : 1855846446
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (558 download)

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Download or read book Past and Future Impulses written by Rudolf Steiner and published by Rudolf Steiner Press. This book was released on 2023-05-15 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Barely four months after the end of the First World War, with Europe in chaos and exhausted from years of conflict, Rudolf Steiner offered these lectures of hope and renewal. Despite continuing social troubles around the world, he knew that human beings had an opportunity to organize society in a new way. Steiner responded to this prospect by giving suggestions for creating innovative social structures that are in harmony with people's inner needs. Humanity as a whole is now facing a great challenge in that it is 'crossing the threshold' to the spiritual world, says Steiner. This means that an evolutionary separation is taking place within the human soul between thinking, feeling and will. For this to happen in a healthy way, the outer make-up of society should mirror and support our internal evolution. Steiner points to the urgent need for 'threefolding' – a separation between the workings of culture, economics and politics. This is a subconscious demand, he asserts – not for thinking up cranky ideas within a sect, but for shedding light on what is needed universally! These important lectures cover numerous themes, including the overcoming of class distinctions, the administration of money, technology and capitalism, the antisocial tendency of nationalism, and the future management of international relations. Twelve lectures, Dornach, Mar.–April 1919, GA 190

RESULTS OF SPIRITUAL RESEARCH

Author : Rudolf Steiner
Publisher : Rudolf Steiner Press
ISBN 13 : 1855846330
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (558 download)

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Download or read book RESULTS OF SPIRITUAL RESEARCH written by Rudolf Steiner and published by Rudolf Steiner Press. This book was released on 2022-04-26 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a previously-unavailable series of talks to the general public, Rudolf Steiner builds systematically, lecture by lecture, on the fundamentals of spiritual science – from the nature of spiritual knowledge and its relationship to conventional science, the path of personal development and the task of metaphysical research, to specific questions on the mystery of death, the meaning of fairy-tales, the significance of morality and the roles of individual figures in human evolution, such as Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael and Jacob Boehme. At the time of these presentations, Steiner had already worked in Berlin for many years, and thus, '...could reckon with a regularly returning audience to whom what mattered was to enter ever more deeply into the areas of knowledge that were newly opening up to them' (Marie Steiner). As a consequence – and through 'a series of inter-connecting lectures whose themes are entwined with one another' – he was able to communicate a coherent and challenging spiritual perception of reality, based on his personal research. Presented here with notes, an index and an introduction by Simon Blaxland-de Lange, the 14 lectures include: 'How is Spiritual Science Refuted?'; 'On What Foundation is Spiritual Science Based'; 'The Tasks of Spiritual Research for both Present and Future'; 'Errors of Spiritual Research'; 'Results of Spiritual Research for Vital Questions and the Riddle of Death'; The World-Conception of a Cultural Researcher of the Present, Herman Grimm' and 'The Legacy of the Nineteenth Century'.

The Mission of Folk Souls

Author : Rudolf Steiner
Publisher : SteinerBooks
ISBN 13 : 1621482693
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (214 download)

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Download or read book The Mission of Folk Souls written by Rudolf Steiner and published by SteinerBooks. This book was released on 2022-11-15 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 11 lectures, Oslo, June 7-17, 1910 (CW 121) "It is particularly important...especially at the present time, to speak about the mission of the individual folk souls...because the destiny of humanity in the near future will bring people together in far greater measure than has hitherto been the case in order to fulfil a mission common to the whole of humanity. But the members of the individual peoples will only be able to offer their proper, free, and positive contributions if they have, above all else, an understanding of their own native origin, an understanding of what we might call the self-knowledge of their people, their folk." -- Rudolf Steiner In the mythologies of all ancient cultures, humanity is portrayed as intimately interwoven with the activity of lesser and greater gods, spirits, devas, and elemental beings --as members of the grand symphony of creation. Who are these gods, pictured so vividly in various myths and legends? And how are they connected with the mission of humanity as a whole and the diverse peoples of the Earth? In his preface to this lecture course, Steiner argues that a true basis for a "psychology of peoples" cannot be given by the "anthropological, ethnographical, or even historical studies" of conventional science, but requires "a basis...in spiritual reality." It is precisely this spiritual reality --the creative activity of the beings of the hierarchies in connection with the destiny of humanity --that forms the heart of these lectures and of Steiner's view of folk psychology more broadly. These lectures form Rudolf Steiner's most comprehensive and profound account of the mission of folk souls. The Mission of Folk Souls is a translation of Die Mission einzelner Volksseelen im Zusammenhange mit der germanisch-nordischen Mythologie (6th rev, ed.), Rudolf Steiner Verlag, Basel, 2017 (GA 121).

Facing Evil and The Guardian Speaks

Author : Peter Selg
Publisher : SteinerBooks
ISBN 13 : 1621483347
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (214 download)

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Download or read book Facing Evil and The Guardian Speaks written by Peter Selg and published by SteinerBooks. This book was released on 2024-01-02 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "We, the people of the fifth post-Atlantean period...we have to resolve, to the greatest extent possible and in a way that is filled with the power of life, the problem that one can call the problem of evil. I ask you to think about this in some depth. The fact that evil, which will approach the human being of the fifth post-Atlantean period in every possible form and will do this in such a way that the human being will have to resolve the very nature and being of evil scientifically, will have to come to grips, in all his or her loving and hating, with everything that stems from evil, and battle and wrestle with evil's resistance to impulses of the will; all this belongs to the task of the fifth post-Atlantean period." -- Rudolf Steiner, Goethe's Faust in the Light of Anthroposophy, p. 85) The two essays published here were written on the basis of lectures given to members of the School for Spiritual Science. Their content therefore deals directly with the path of inner development outlined in the lessons of the First Class of the School. In the first essay, Selg address the necessary confrontation with the powers of evil as they appear in the Class Lessons and in our time more broadly. Only through confronting and overcoming these powers are we able to find the path to our true humanity. The second essay deals with the figure of the Guardian of the Threshold as a Michaelic teacher and guide along the soul's path into the spiritual world. This figure, Selg argues, is far too little understood in our time. He is a spiritual being of great significance who offers help to all earnest seekers. This book represents an ongoing effort on the part of Peter Selg and the leaders of the General Anthroposophical Section at the Goetheanum to deepen and internalize the work with the Class Lessons for all members of the School for Spiritual Science. This book is comprised of translations of texts originally published in German by Verlag des Ita Wegman Instituts: Die Auseinandersetzung mit dem Bösen: Zur Schulung der « Ersten Klasse ». Hochschulvorträge Band 1 (2019); Die Sprache des Hüters: Zur Schulung der « Ersten Klasse ». Hochschulvorträge Band 2 (2020).

The Etheric

Author : Ernst Marti
Publisher : Temple Lodge Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1912230623
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (122 download)

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Download or read book The Etheric written by Ernst Marti and published by Temple Lodge Publishing. This book was released on 2020-12-17 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ernst Marti devoted his life to researching the ‘etheric realm’ – a subtle area that exists between the physical and spiritual. Taking the numerous statements and references by Rudolf Steiner as his starting point, Marti develops our understanding of the etheric world in various fields – from the theory of knowledge to the natural world, through to music, the realm of colour, eurythmy and medicine. In doing so, he proposes exciting bridges from the ancient and medieval worldview to the present and future of natural and spiritual science. Having studied ‘The World of the Ethers’ in Vol. 1, here Dr Marti explores the ‘The World of Formative (or Morphogenic) Forces’. Beginning with the sense qualities of the visible world, he studies the nature of sense perception, the origin of morphogenic forces and their phenomenology. In three key sections he examines the formative forces of shape or form (including the growth movements in plants and how they relate to eurythmy and the forces of colour); the formative forces of life (the planetary origin of the morphogenic forces of life and the seven life processes and their relation to rhythm; and the formative forces of substance (the zodiac and the planets and the formative forces of metals). In this concluding volume of his seminal work, Marti also offers pertinent comments on the nature of potentization in medicine.

The Coronavirus Pandemic

Author : Judith von Halle
Publisher : Temple Lodge Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1912230542
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (122 download)

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Download or read book The Coronavirus Pandemic written by Judith von Halle and published by Temple Lodge Publishing. This book was released on 2020-09-07 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What lies at the root of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and the worldwide pandemic it has caused, affecting the health and livelihoods of untold millions of people? What are the deeper, spiritual realities behind COVID-19 and the global turmoil it has left in its trail? In an effort to answer these queries and many others put to her at the start of the pandemic, Judith von Halle composed two letters in March 2020, based on her own spiritual-scientific research. Published in this book together with an additional essay, she addresses questions such as: · Which entities stand behind the virus? · How and why does it affect human beings? · What measures can be taken for prevention and therapy? · What does the crisis mean to individuals and what possibilities does it offer for personal development? The author suggests that, apart from the material havoc triggered by coronavirus, the spiritual causes behind it are extremely serious and – if the present pandemic is not to be the first in a series of catastrophes – humanity is called upon to respond in a radically transformative way. In an additional article von Halle tackles the controversial issues relating to government lockdowns and the protest movements that have sprung up in opposition to them. How do these events point to real questions of individual freedom and, most importantly, how do they relate to the central event of our time – an event that, tragically, remains largely unknown? Revealing unexpected perspectives to the COVID-19 pandemic, Judith von Halle asks urgent and difficult questions and offers shattering insights for humanity’s further development.

The Fall of the Spirits Of Darkness

Author : Rudolf Steiner
Publisher : Rudolf Steiner Press
ISBN 13 : 1855846063
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (558 download)

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Download or read book The Fall of the Spirits Of Darkness written by Rudolf Steiner and published by Rudolf Steiner Press. This book was released on 2022-10-17 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Speaking towards the end of the catastrophic Great War, Rudolf Steiner reveals the spiritual roots of the crises of our times. Since 1879, he says, human minds have been influenced by backward angels, ‘spirits of darkness’, who – following their defeat in battle with Archangel Michael – were forced out of the heavens and ‘fell’ to the earth. This war in the spiritual worlds had consequences, and it is essential that people today are sufficiently awake to the retrogressive influences around them. In a positive sense, we can choose freely to engage with the spirits of light, who seek to emancipate human beings from bonds of race, nation and blood. In this extraordinary series of lectures, Rudolf Steiner throws light on hidden aspects of world affairs. With the Bolshevik Revolution having just taken place, he discusses events in Russia and humanity’s attempts to build theoretically perfect social orders. Steiner also speaks about the roles and spiritual backgrounds of significant individuals, such as the mystics Johann Valentin Andreae, Vladimir Soloviev and Saint-Martin, the American and British politicians Woodrow Wilson and Lloyd George, and world-historic figures including Charles Darwin and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. The new edition of this classic work features a revised translation, notes and extensive appendices by editor Frederick Amrine, plus a new introduction by Christopher Schaefer.

Anthroposophy and the Natural Sciences

Author : Rudolf Steiner
Publisher : SteinerBooks
ISBN 13 : 1621481867
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (214 download)

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Download or read book Anthroposophy and the Natural Sciences written by Rudolf Steiner and published by SteinerBooks. This book was released on 2021-10-19 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 5 public lectures and an evening discussion, various cities, June 17, 1920 - May 11, 1922 (CW 75) This previously untranslated volume in The Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner showcases Rudolf Steiner presenting the key concepts and methods of spiritual science to more or less skeptical academic audiences in the early 1920s. Step by step, he presented to his listeners the fundamentals of the anthroposophic path of knowledge. Steiner was less concerned with presenting results from his spiritual-scientific research than with leading his academic audience to an objective understanding of spiritual science in a propaedeutic, conceptually transparent way. The central questions of his approach were: What are the tools and instruments required to orient oneself in the world of the soul and the spirit? How can we know that the spiritual world is an objective world and not merely a psychic projection? What authorizes the spiritual researcher to acknowledge what he has experienced "on the other side" as a reality that is independent of him? Rudolf Steiner addresses these and other questions in such a structured and readily comprehensible way that the volume as a whole is well suited, both as an introductory text and as a means for anyone to deepen their understanding of how anthroposophy relates to and builds upon the natural sciences. At the time these presentations were given, serious voices had been raised denying Steiner's scientific credibility and denouncing his methods as unsound. Partly in response to such criticisms, Steiner here describes a means by which human beings can gain, through methodical and rigorous training, a direct experience of the spiritual dimension of life. He lays out the methodology of spiritual science, which is rooted in the scientific approach, outlining the three stages of higher knowledge --imagination, inspiration, and intuition --and describing the inner processes that lead from intellectual thinking to these higher modes of cognition. Ultimately, what Steiner proposes is not a deviation from the natural sciences but their expansion and development beyond unnecessary boundaries --that is, the establishment of anthroposophical spiritual science as a recognized method and practice of scientific research. This book is a translation from German of Das Verhältnis der Anthroposophie zur Naturwissenschaft, 1st edition (GA 75, Rudolf Steiner Verlag, Dornach, Switzerland, 2010).

Cosmic New Year

Author : Rudolf Steiner
Publisher : SteinerBooks
ISBN 13 : 0880109041
Total Pages : 107 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book Cosmic New Year written by Rudolf Steiner and published by SteinerBooks. This book was released on 2007-11 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During Christmastime of 1919 to 1920, Rudolf Steiner was in Stuttgart to celebrate the end of the first semester of the first Waldorf school and participate in its Christmas festivities. During his visit, he gave not only two courses for teachers (The Light Course and The Genius of Language), but also the five lectures for Anthroposophical Society members collected in this book. As with all of Steiner's lectures given around the Holy Nights, these jewel-like lectures are both inspiring and sobering. The Archangel Michael is once again the "world regent." He shows us a new path to Christ and to the spirit world, calling on us to create new relationships to spiritual realities. Yet, inertia or lack of will, materialism, and powerful opposing forces make his and our task more difficult. World War I had ended, but peace was still a distant hope. Prescient to our own moment, these stirring lectures are more relevant than ever, still inspiring a call to arms.

Kundalini

Author : Rudolf Steiner
Publisher : Rudolf Steiner Press
ISBN 13 : 185584558X
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (558 download)

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Download or read book Kundalini written by Rudolf Steiner and published by Rudolf Steiner Press. This book was released on 2019-04-25 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Hindu tradition, the concept of kundalini refers to a form of primal energy located at the base of the spine. Through traditional Eastern methods, efforts were made to ‘awaken’ the kundalini in order to achieve transformed consciousness. Rudolf Steiner offers an entirely new perspective, integrating the kundalini idea into his spiritual philosophy. This anthology contains all relevant comments and notes by Steiner on the theme, highlighting how his thinking evolved. At the same time, it accentuates the differences – and similarities – between Western and Eastern spiritual paths, and in the process reveals what is new and original about Steiner’s esoteric teachings. In contrast to most yoga traditions – which cultivate the energy rising from the lower life centre – the Western path of esoteric schooling starts in our upper centre of consciousness, in thinking and the ‘I’. From there, the centre of experience is shifted downward, from the head to the heart. After development of the ‘new heart centre’, as Rudolf Steiner describes it, forces can be guided consciously and, through specific exercises, the ‘kundalini snake’ can be fully awoken. In his detailed introduction, editor Andreas Meyer distils the perspectives and instructions from Steiner’s complete works, presenting a valuable synopsis for our understanding and practice of meditation today. Chapters include: ‘The Meaning of Meditation, and the Six Exercises’; ‘Developing and Cleansing the Lotus Flowers’; ‘The Snake Symbol’; ‘The Kundalini Fire’; ‘The Kundalini Light’; ‘Developing the New Heart Organ’; ‘The Reversal in Thinking and Will’; ‘Specific Aspects of Kundalini Schooling’; ‘Transforming Physical Love and the Division of the Sexes’; ‘Breathing, the Light-Soul Process, and the New Yoga Will’; ‘The Polarity of Light and Love’ and ‘Transforming the Kundalini Fire into Fraternity’.

Rosicrucian Alchemy

Author : Peter Gruenewald
Publisher : Peter Gruenewald
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 87 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Rosicrucian Alchemy written by Peter Gruenewald and published by Peter Gruenewald. This book was released on 2024-02-24 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Transformative Journey of Spiritual Alchemy Imagine embarking on a journey that not only transforms your life but also profoundly impacts the lives of your loved ones. "Rosicrucian Alchemy" offers such a path, inviting you to delve into the depths of spiritual alchemy where the heart is our crucible, and the Philosopher’s Stone symbolizes our enlightened consciousness and spiritualized physical body. This book is for alchemical enthusiasts, seekers of inner truths, and the curious alike, promising a transformative and enchanting adventure. The Spiritual Alchemical Journey "Rosicrucian Alchemy" explores the profound interconnectedness of humanity, Nature, and the Macrocosm, highlighting the unity and diversity of forces through spiritual science and technology. This transformative path leads to enduring peace by courageously embracing and lovingly uniting the warring factions within our personalities and our social relationships. By harmonizing these internal and external conflicts, we gain the wisdom, love, and power to creatively fulfil our life’s goals and purpose. Through purification and spiritualization, our physical bodies, creations of Nature, can transform into perfect matrices. By cultivating the resurrection body of Christ within, we spiritualize our human constitution and unlock the condensed spirit within Nature. This transformation not only redeems Nature but elevates it to a higher state of evolution, offering a path to holistic healing and unity. This leads to an initiated consciousness that transcends our fear of death, replacing it with the certainty of spirit resurrection and the experience of eternity. The essence of preparing the Philosopher’s Stone is embodied in a heart-focused meditative path, incorporating regulated breathing, vivid imagination, and the inner sounding of timeless mantras I.A.O. and A.U.M. These practices create a heart’s intent to consciously and purposefully contribute towards the healing of human relationships, humanity, and Nature. By understanding and integrating the deeper meaning and spiritual power of these mantras into our lives, we can project them into our hearts during meditation, opening a gateway to experiencing and manifesting our Higher Self as our inner Sun in union with God and the Spirit of Nature. Through these distinguished meditations, we invoke Christ and the Holy Trinity to assist us in the spiritual transformation of our physical body into the resurrection body of Christ, thus creating the Philosopher’s Stone. This journey promises not just personal transformation but also a way to better the lives of those we love and care for, fostering a sense of unity and purpose. Join us on this transformative path and discover how you can contribute to a higher state of evolution, healing, and unity. "Rosicrucian Alchemy" is not just a book; it's an adventurous journey to your highest Self and a better world for all.

The Astrological Revolution

Author : Robert A. Powell
Publisher : SteinerBooks
ISBN 13 : 1584204516
Total Pages : 365 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (842 download)

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Download or read book The Astrological Revolution written by Robert A. Powell and published by SteinerBooks. This book was released on 2010-10 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like the prostrate pilgrim on the front cover --with his head protruding through the vault of heaven to discern the working of the cosmos --humanity has for many centuries employed astrology to penetrate the mystery of the stars' relationship to human destiny. Based on decades of research into both astrological reincarnation and the history of astronomy/astrology, The Astrological Revolution unfolds this mystery. The reader is invited to call into question the basis of modern astrology. This basis, the tropical zodiac, emerged through Greek astronomers from what was originally a calendar dividing the year into twelve solar months. The fact that ninety-eight percent of Western astrologers use the tropical zodiac means that contemporary Western astrology is based on a calendar system that does not reflect the actual location of the planets against the background of the starry heavens. In other words, most astrologers in the West are practicing a form of astrology that no longer embodies the reality of the stars. What is needed to bring astrology (which means the "science of the stars") back into alignment with the stars in the heavens? The first step in an astrological revolution that leads to true astrology is to recognize the sidereal zodiac (sidereal meaning "related to the stars"). In antiquity, the Babylonians, Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, and Hindus used the sidereal zodiac, and today Hindu (Vedic) astrologers still use the sidereal zodiac. Based on recognition --through the newly discovered rules of astrological reincarnation, that the sidereal zodiac presents an authentic astrological zodiac --a new practice of astrology is possible that offers tools to reestablish a wisdom-filled astrology in the modern world. This new astrology, based on the sidereal zodiac, is similar to the classic sidereal form but in a modern form, as that practiced by the three magi, who --prompted by the stars --journeyed to Bethlehem two thousand years ago. Drawing on specific biographical examples, The Astrological Revolution reveals new understandings of how the starry heavens work into human destiny. For instance, the book demonstrates the newly discovered rules of astrological reincarnation through the previous incarnations of composer Franz Schubert and his patron Joseph von Spaun --respectively, the Sultan of Morocco, Abu Yusuf Ya'qub, and his erstwhile enemy, Alfonso X, the Castilian King known as "El Sabio" (the Learned), along with their sidereal horoscopes. Rudolf Steiner's biography is also considered in relation to the sidereal zodiac and the rules of astrological reincarnation. After reestablishing the sidereal zodiac as a basis for astrology that penetrates the mystery of the stars' relationship to human destiny, the reader is invited to discover the astrological significance of the totality of the vast sphere of stars surrounding the Earth. The Astrological Revolution points to the astrological significance of the entire celestial sphere, including all the stars and constellations beyond the twelve zodiacal signs. This discovery is revealed by studying the megastars, the most luminous stars of our galaxy, illustrating how megastars show up in an extraordinary way in Christ's healing miracles by aligning with the Sun at the time of those miraculous events. The Astrological Revolution thus offers a spiritual --yet scientific --path of building a new relationship to the stars.

How the Spiritual World Projects into Physical Existence

Author : Rudolf Steiner
Publisher : Rudolf Steiner Press
ISBN 13 : 1855844494
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (558 download)

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Download or read book How the Spiritual World Projects into Physical Existence written by Rudolf Steiner and published by Rudolf Steiner Press. This book was released on 2014-12-15 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The founding of the Anthroposophical Society in 1913 marked a major change in Rudolf Steiner's work. Although Steiner had always been an independent spiritual researcher, the break with the theosophists removed all constraints, allowing for a full flowering of anthroposophy. These lectures are filled with a freshness and vitality that reflect this new beginning, providing intriguing glimpses of great themes that Steiner was to develop in the years ahead.

POLARITIES IN THE EVOLUTION OF HUMANITY

Author : Rudolf Steiner
Publisher : Rudolf Steiner Press
ISBN 13 : 1855846357
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (558 download)

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Download or read book POLARITIES IN THE EVOLUTION OF HUMANITY written by Rudolf Steiner and published by Rudolf Steiner Press. This book was released on 2022-05-04 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The present age needs to understand that human beings must hold the balance between the two extremes, between the ahrimanic and the luciferic poles. People always tend to go in one direction... The Christ stands in the middle, holding the balance.'– Rudolf Steiner These eleven lectures were given in post-war Stuttgart against a backdrop of struggle and uncertainty – not only within society at large but also within the anthroposophical movement. Rudolf Steiner and his supporters were working to introduce 'threefold' social ideas and – given Steiner's public profile – were coming under increasing personal and sometimes physical attack. Steiner responds to this turbulent situation by revealing the spiritual background to the forces of decline working in contemporary civilization. He speaks of retrogressive powers – spiritual beings referred to as luciferic or ahrimanic – that work directly into human culture, manifesting, for example, in what he refers to as the 'initiation streams' of Western secret societies, the Church-allied impulse of Jesuitism and the Bolshevik force of Leninism. The spiritual agents of adversity also encourage polarised thinking and false opposites such as East verses West, materialism and mysticism, or knowledge and belief. Only the threefold principle – represented by Christ – allows us to create a balance in the midst of these existential conflicts. This freshly-reworked translation is complemented with notes, an index and an introduction by Matthew Barton.

The Occult Truths of Myths and Legends

Author : Rudolf Steiner
Publisher : Rudolf Steiner Press
ISBN 13 : 185584639X
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (558 download)

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Download or read book The Occult Truths of Myths and Legends written by Rudolf Steiner and published by Rudolf Steiner Press. This book was released on 2022-10-31 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this series of previously-untranslated lectures, Rudolf Steiner describes how myths and legends portray humanity's most ancient evolutionary and spiritual history. Folklore presents ancient mystical wisdom in the form of stories – clothed in pictures by initiates – that enable individuals to understand their content in a more intellectual form at a later time.Focusing on Greek and Germanic mythology, the lectures in the first part of this volume cover the chronicles of Prometheus, Daedalus and Icarus, Parzival and Lohengrin, the Argonauts and the Odyssey, and the heroic dragon-slayer Siegfried. From these focal points, Rudolf Steiner discusses a variety of themes – from the mysteries of the Druids and the founding of Rome to the esoteric background of Wolfram von Eschenbach; from good and evil and the unjust death sentence on Socrates to the significance of marriage..The second part of this book features lectures on the nature and significance of the musical dramas of Richard Wagner. Wagner's works, from his earliest attempts to his most mature opera Parsifal, are discussed from spiritual viewpoints. Although Wagner did not have a fully conscious awareness of the deeper meanings of his compositions, Steiner suggests that his shaping of Germanic legends was driven by an instinctive, creative and artistic certainty that accords with deep occult truths.

The World of the Senses

Author : Rudolf Steiner
Publisher : Rudolf Steiner Press
ISBN 13 : 1855844451
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (558 download)

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Download or read book The World of the Senses written by Rudolf Steiner and published by Rudolf Steiner Press. This book was released on 2014-09-04 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'When we consider the plant world in all its greenery, or the stars with their golden glory; when we look at all this without forming any judgement from within ourselves but instead permit the things to reveal themselves to us... then all things are transformed from what they were in the world of the senses into something entirely different – something for which no word exists other than one which is taken from our very life of soul...' – Rudolf Steiner. One of Rudolf Steiner's most fundamental objectives was to show how the spiritual world connects to and penetrates the material world. In doing so, he was pioneering a modern form of Rosicrucianism – countering traditional religious conceptions (that spirit and matter are polar opposites) as well as contemporary materialistic science (that ignores the existence of spiritual phenomena altogether). In this concise series of lectures, Rudolf Steiner shows how the human senses reveal the mysterious world of the will, which is at once a spiritual and physical phenomenon. The senses act as a portal connecting our physical and etheric bodies with what Steiner refers to as worlds of 'all-pervading will' and 'all-pervading wisdom'. He elaborates this theme, giving some unexpected and delightful insights into the senses of hearing and sight, and in particular how we experience colour. Steiner suggests that divine spiritual beings had different intentions for the formation of physical human beings, but that adversary powers caused disruption, leading to a more materialized constitution. He describes disorders in the connections between the human physical, etheric, astral and ego bodies, and the ill effects of one aspect overpowering the others. He gives insight into human glandular secretions, and why we need to eat and digest – also connected to the intervention of adversary beings. Among the many other themes tackled here, Rudolf Steiner describes the transformation of the human senses and organs, giving special consideration to the function of the larynx, which in future times will develop a special kind of reproductive power.

NATURE AND SPIRIT BEINGS

Author : Rudolf Steiner
Publisher : Rudolf Steiner Press
ISBN 13 : 1855846349
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (558 download)

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Book Synopsis NATURE AND SPIRIT BEINGS by : Rudolf Steiner

Download or read book NATURE AND SPIRIT BEINGS written by Rudolf Steiner and published by Rudolf Steiner Press. This book was released on 2022-05-04 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Suppose you have seen an event, have formed an idea about it, and you say something that is not true – in other words, something that is a lie. Then what flows from the object is correct and what flows from you is false and this collision is a terrible explosion; and each time you do this, you attach a gruesome being to your karma which you cannot get rid of again until you have made good what you lied about.' – Rudolf Steiner In a previously-untranslated volume of lectures, Rudolf Steiner presents shattering insights regarding the interaction of human and spiritual beings. He speaks, for example, about how perfumes can give certain spirits access to people on earth, or how phantoms, spectres and demons can be created through human deficiencies – or even how the arts of architecture, sculpture, painting and music allow 'good' or 'hideous' entities to enter our world. As he states: 'Learning about the effects of spiritual beings is of much greater help than moral preaching. A future humanity will know what it is creating through lies, hypocrisy and slander.' The lectures are divided into two broad thematic groups: the first relating to the inner path of knowledge and its relation to the yearly festivals, and the second focusing on the work of elemental beings in our everyday world. The 18 lectures are complemented with notes, an index and an introduction by Christian von Arnim.