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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... Spirit of Truth March 8 , 1907 , Cologne 9 17 .... 25 .... 32 41 48 .... 59 The World - Historical Significance of the Blood That Flowed on the Cross March 25 , 1907 , Berlin ....... 66 The Purification of the Blood from the Passion of ...
... 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 , and ...
... spirit [ or mind ] . But our spirit [ or mind ] does not wish to accept the responsibility for being this source . As humans , we submit to our own laws , but then we regard these laws as foreign to us . We appoint ourselves as rulers ...
... spirit , supposedly unattain- able to human intellect . The content of religion , its precepts for moral life , were supposed to stem from revelations bestowed upon human beings from a world external to their being and beyond the reach ...
... spirit in which the divine lives . At that time , my experience of Christianity underwent a severe test . This lasted from the time of my departure from Weimar [ 1897 ] , where I completed my task , to the period when I wrote my book ...
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 |