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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... 235 249 261 ... 266 7. EPILOGUE Christianity Began as a Religion but Is Greater than a Religion May 13 , 1908 , Berlin ........ ..... 275 Further Reading . 285 INTRODUCTION CHRIST'S BEING , PERSON , AND SACRIFICIAL ACTIVITY OF.
Lectures Rudolf Steiner. INTRODUCTION CHRIST'S BEING , PERSON , AND SACRIFICIAL ACTIVITY OF LOVE— three descriptions , a single reality — lie at the heart of anthroposophy and at the center of Rudolf Steiner's life's work . As for all ...
... person . The philosophical spirit of Greece could not work with such a crude idea . Such ideas underlie folk mythology . Hamman , Herder's precursor in the study of religion , once remarked : Plato would never have made a philosopher ...
... person occupying himself with such study who has no direct perception of the spiritual world will experience the process of being immersed in a trend of thoughts merely as mental activity . When the spiritual world is directly perceived ...
... person stand " in the spiritual presence of the Mystery of Golgotha in a most profound and solemn festival of knowledge " without becoming different ? Proba- bly not . Yet it is not true that Steiner was in any sense really " converted ...
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 |