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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... nature and the cosmos , as it were turning these inside - out — so that for human beings today the once - transcendent God is no longer beyond , but within a non - exterior- ized divine - human interaction , more intimate than our ...
... nature . Church services gave something vital to his soul . As he says in his Autobiography , the village priest was " by far the most significant personality I met up to my elev- enth or twelfth year . " He writes : " The solemnity of ...
... Literatur von der Revolutionszeit ( 1848 ) bis zur Gegenwart " in Veröffentlichungen aus dem literarischen Frühwerk , heft III , Dor- nach , Switzerland . through what is perceptible in humanity and nature , but 12 THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY.
Lectures Rudolf Steiner. through what is perceptible in humanity and nature , but so also is the spiritual world . And my direct experience of the individual nature of human ethical life ( ethical individualism ) proved to me that ...
... nature of Christ and the Christian path to knowledge , but also about the formation of the magnificent edifice of anthroposo- phy . It makes for exciting and inspiring reading on both counts . Christopher Bamford 6. The " Foundation ...
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 |