Eternal Individuality: Towards a Karmic Biography of Novalis

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Temple Lodge Publishing, 1992 - Literary Criticism - 378 pages
Prokofieff develops and expands Rudolf Steiner's occult research, leading the reader to an understanding of Novalis's crucial future mission amongst humanity, and indicating how this mission receives its form from the roots of its rich karmic past.

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Contents

Foreword
1
Origins
4
At the TurningPoint of Time
10
The Representative of the Conscience of Humanity
19
After the TurningPoint of Time
27
The Herald of Spiritual Christianity
35
Novalis Sources of Inspiration
46
The Forerunner of the Sixth Cultural Epoch
54
Novalis and Rudolf Steiners Philosophy of Freedom
225
The Festival of the Intercession of the Virgin and the Spiritual Future of Eastern Europe
241
Christs Appearance before the People by Alexander Ivanov
257
Notes and Additions
266
The Prophet Elijah in the desert
The Prophet Elijahs fiery ascension to heaven
John the Baptist
Raphael selfportrait

The Karmic Biography of Novalis According to His Own Testimony
73
The Future Mission of Novalis amongst Mankind
106
Novalis and the Birth of the New Mysteries in the Twentieth Century
129
Novalis as One of the Supersensible Inspirers of the Modern Science of the Spirit
141
Christ and Sophiathe Mysteries of the Sixth Cultural Epoch
172
In Place of an Epilogue
213
Concerning a Poem by Novalis
219
Novalis Friedrich von Hardenburg
John the Baptist by Alexander Ivanov
Christs Appearance before the People by Alexander Ivanov
Central part of the Deesis from the Iconostasis by Theophanes the Greek
Sophia the Wisdom of
Intercession of the Virgin
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About the author (1992)

Sergei O. Prokofieff (1954-2014) was born in Moscow, where he studied fine arts and painting at the Moscow School of Art. At an early age he encountered the work of Rudolf Steiner and quickly realized that his life would be dedicated to the Christian path of esoteric knowledge. He wrote his first book, Rudolf Steiner and the Founding of the New Mysteries, while living in Soviet Russia, and it was published in English in 1994. After the fall of Communism, he helped establish the Anthroposophical Society in Russia. In 2001, he became a member of the Executive Council of the General Anthroposophical Society at the Goetheanum in Switzerland. More than 30 of his books have been translated into English. Sergei Prokofieff passed away in Dornach, Switzerland.

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