Rudolf Steiner

'What would we be without love? We would inevitably become isolated and gradually lose all connection with our fellow human beings and our fellow creatures in the natural world.' - Rudolf Steiner In this rich, previously-untranslated collection of lectures, Rudolf Steiner approaches and illumines the figure of Christ from manifold directions and perspectives. Christ, the being of love, is for the body of the Earth what the heart is within our individual organism. Given throughout 1911 - the year before Rudolf Steiner split from the theosophists citing fundamental disagreements over the true nature of Christianity - the lectures reflect Steiner's intensifying emphasis on the central deed of the Christ being in Earth evolution, whilst in tandem demonstrating the truths of reincarnation and karma. He reveals profound vistas of human development and paths of advancement over many lifetimes, in which Christ is to be our steadfast companion and exemplar. Lectures include: 'Faith, Love, Hope'; 'Original Sin and Grace'; 'The Effect of Moral Qualities on Karma'; 'The Importance of Spiritual Enquiry for Moral Action'; 'Wisdom, Prayerfulness and Certainty in Life'; 'The Birth of the Sun Spirit as Earth Spirit'; 'The Threefold Call from the World of Spirit'; 'Christmas - A Festival of Inspiration'; 'The I at Work Upon the Child and How this Relates to the Christ Being'; 'Ossian and Fingal's Cave', and many more. Translated by Matthew Barton, this volume features an introduction, notes and index.

Rudolf Steiner's inspiring words provide rich and nourishing thoughts and ideas for self-development and spiritual enlightenment. Daily Contemplations offers a separate passage from Steiner's lectures - a special gift upon which to reflect - to accompany each day of the year. Carefully selected by Jean-Claude Lin, the quotations are sourced from lectures and addresses that Steiner gave on the specific day in question. Thus, the ordering is not arbitrary but arises from the historical fact of the lectures themselves. This unique volume gives us a new way of working with Steiner's research on a daily basis. The short passages encourage us to ponder and delve further in order to make our own creative discoveries. 'Wisdom is the premise, the foundation of love; love is the fruit of wisdom reborn in the I.' These words from Rudolf Steiner are the founding motifs of his immense lecturing activity - to which this book gives manifold entry points. As Lin notes in his introduction, 'wisdom and love are the alpha and omega of the human being who strives for truth and freedom'.

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Tämä antroposofian 1910 ilmestynyt perusteos on tekijänsä laajin ihmisen ja ihmiskunnan syntyä, kehitystä ja tulevaisuutta käsittelevä tarkastelu. Ihmiskunnan evoluutio esitetään henkiseltä kannalta luovien olentojen yhteistyönä. Ihmisen olemuksen eri puolia sekä henkisen koulutuksen tietä esitellään myös.

Le Myst re Chr tien et les Myst res Antiques Rudolf Steiner est la fois un mystique et un occultiste. Ces deux natures apparaissent chez lui en un parfait accord. On ne saurait dire laquelle des deux pr domine sur l'autre. En se p n trant et en se fondant, elles sont devenues une force homog ne. En sa qualit de Rose-Croix, Rudolf Steiner sentait profond ment la diff rence entre les pratiques de l'initiation occidentale, qui est la sienne, et celles de l'initiation orientale qui a t le principe et l'origine de la Soci t Th osophique. "Parmi les ouvrages r cents sur l'origine et la port e du christianisme, aucun ne m'a frapp comme celui de Rudolf Steiner. Le Myst re chr tien et les myst res antiques, ce titre indique lui seul la nouveaut du point de vue o se place l'auteur. Voici donc une tude singuli rement pr cise et document e de ce que fut l'initiation secr te dans les religions antiques, notamment en gypte et en Gr ce, et de ce qu'elle est devenue dans le christianisme par son fondateur J sus et par ses successeurs. Cette tude est faite par un homme, qui a v cu en lui-m me le ph nom ne mystique et religieux dans ce qu'il a de plus profond et de plus transcendant, mais qui, pour l'appliquer l'histoire, s'arme des m thodes rigoureuses emprunt es aux sciences naturelles et la philosophie moderne." E. Schur Cet ouvrage comprend: Les myst res et la sagesse mystique, Les sages grecs avant Platon la lumi re, de la sagesse mystique, Platon comme mystique, La sagesse des myst res et le mythe, La sagesse des myst res en gypte, Les vangiles, Le miracle de Lazare, L'apocalypse de Jean, J sus et son arri re-fond historique, De l'essence du christianisme, Le christianisme et la sagesse pa enne, Saint Augustin et l' glise catholique, etc.

THE SUPER PHYSICAL WORLD AND ITS GNOSIS In this practical age and because of the many various claims of the day, it is but natural that people, who hear of transcendentalism should at once ask the question: "How may we for ourselves know the truth of such statements?" Indeed, it is noticeable, as a characteristic of the majority, that they will accept nothing on faith, or mere "authority," but wish rather to rely entirely upon their own judgment. Therefore, when a mystic undertakes to explain something of the super physical nature of man, and of the destiny of the human soul and spirit before birth and after death, he is at once confronted with that fundamental demand. Such doctrine, they seem to think is important only when you have shown them the way by which they may convince themselves of its truth. Rudolf Steiner was a philosopher, social thinker, architect, and esotericist. His philosophical work, which he termed spiritual science, sought to provide a connection between the cognitive path of Western philosophy and the inner and spiritual needs of the human being. In The Way of Initiation, Steiner details the exercises and moral qualities to be cultivated on the path to a conscious experience of 'supersensible' realities. His short but powerful book is intended as a guide for achieving spiritual vision.

‘From the contents of original Greek drama and the soul drama of the present day that leads to self-knowledge, Rudolf Steiner develops his thought processes – pulsating with lively contemplation – about wonders of the world, trials of the soul and revelations of the spirit!’ – Marie Steiner In this remarkable interpretation of Greek mythology, Rudolf Steiner goes beyond Carl Jung and Joseph Campbell in reading mythological figures such as Demeter, Persephone, Eros and Dionysos as primordial archetypes of macrocosmic thinking, feeling and will. Moreover, he explains in detail how this archetypal consciousness was gradually lost, giving way to new-found, subjective experience of these faculties, which in turn opens up possibilities for human freedom. His overarching theme of ‘the evolution of consciousness’ is grand in its sweep, but Steiner also shows himself to be the master of telling details. Lectures include: ‘The origin of dramatic art in European cultural life and the Mystery of Eleusis’; ‘The living reality of the spiritual world in Greek mythology and the threefold Hecate’; ‘Nature and spirit’; ‘The entry of the Christ Impulse into human evolution and the activity of the planetary gods’; ‘The merging of the ancient Hebrew and the Greek currents in the Christ-stream’; ‘The ego-nature and the human form’; ‘The Dionysian Mysteries’; ‘Eagle, Bull and Lion currents, Sphinx and Dove’; ‘The two poles of all soul-ordeals’; and ‘On Goethe’s birthday’. The freshly revised text features an introduction, notes and appendices by Professor Frederick Amrine, colour images and an index.