The Christian Mystery: LecturesIn this major collection, Rudolf Steiner affirms the reality of esoteric Christianity and unveils many of its secret teachings. His lectures are on the significance of the Mystery of Golgotha and of the Blood that flowed on the Cross; the relationship of Christ and Lucifer (or Love and Knowledge); the various paths of initiation, including the Christian-Gnostic and Rosicrucian Paths; and Steiner's early interpretations of St. John's gospel and the sermon on the mount. All of Steiner's lectures on the Lord's Prayer are also included, as well as the version of the prayer that Steiner himself prayed throughout his life. This is an excellent book for all those who want to deepen their understanding of the Western stream of Christian esotericism and Rudolf Steiner's approach to Christianity as a spiritual practice. |
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... Holy Spirit , the universal teacher and comforter , who reveals the " open secret " of the commun- ion of all with all . For Steiner , however , the incarnation of this Being ( His birth , death , descent into the earth , resurrection ...
... Holy Spirit had the ambition to become a writer . " For centuries this childish form of human self - alienation has had an inconceivably great influence on the development of philosophical thought . Christian teachings have hung like a ...
... und ascetisch erklärt ( The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass : Its Dogma , Liturgy , and Asceticism Explained ) Freiburg 1902 , p . 666 . 1. Corporatio = embodiment 2. Nativitas birth 3. Circumcisio = 22 THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY.
... holy Body . On the upper part of the monstrance is a sunlike circle with rays , held in a half - moon shape . This is how Osiris and Isis are represented . In the Blessed Sacrament , the union of Isis and Osiris , representing the stage ...
... festival of idealism for two thousand years . When church services begin and the candles are lit in the holy night Prologue 25 The Significance of Christmas from the Perspective of Spiritual Science December 15, 1906, Leipzig.
Contents
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The Origin of Religious Confessions | 32 |
THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY | 41 |
The Mystery of Golgotha | 48 |
The Promise of the Spirit of Truth | 59 |
The WorldHistorical Significance | 66 |
How Does One Gain Higher Knowledge | 144 |
Who Are the Rosicrucians? | 151 |
Christian Initiation and Rosicrucian Training | 160 |
Earlier Initiation and Esoteric Christianity | 183 |
Christian Gnostic Meditations | 193 |
The Lords Prayer as Prayed by Rudolf Steiner | 199 |
The Lords Prayer Considered Esoterically Part I | 221 |
The Lords Prayer Considered Esoterically Part II | 235 |
The Purification of the Blood from the Passion | 85 |
Lucifer the Bearer of Light Christ the Bringer of Love | 105 |
PATHS OF INITIATION | 123 |
The Yoga Path Christian Gnostic Initiation | 133 |
GOSPEL READINGS | 249 |
EPILOGUE | 275 |
Further Reading | 285 |