Name: The Human Spirit Past and Present: Occult Fraternities and the Mystery of Golgotha (Cw 167) (in English)
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Author: Steiner, Rudolf ; Barton, Matthew ; Barton, Matthew
ISBN: 9781855845220

portada The Human Spirit Past and Present: Occult Fraternities and the Mystery of Golgotha (Cw 167) (in English)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Rudolf Steiner

Publisher

Rudolf Steiner Press

Language

English

Pages

304

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

23.1 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm

Weight

0.48 kg.

ISBN13

9781855845220

Synopsis "The Human Spirit Past and Present: Occult Fraternities and the Mystery of Golgotha (Cw 167) (in English)"

12 lectures, Berlin, February 13-May 30, 1916 (CW 167)"To live in truth, to wish to be true in one's whole being, will be the watchword of the future." --Rudolf SteinerAmid the lies and propaganda of World War I, Rudolf Steiner struggled to convey the truths of the human spirit. The "truth" asserted by partisan interests, he suggests, is invariably tinged with dishonesty--whether by the outright mendacities of politicians and rulers (Steiner refers here to machinations of the British Empire), or by the manipulative techniques of secret societies intent on securing and shoring up their power.Speaking of secret societies, Steiner highlights how, whereas we tend to reject overt authority today, we also succumb more easily to its covert forms in the "received wisdom" we often adopt unthinkingly. In seeking to help his audiences discern the spiritual struggle unfolding behind outer events, Steiner describes how the intrigues that led to the war were based on intentional deceit that served hidden aims hidden mostly from the general public.In contrast to the divisiveness of lies, truth is based on realizing the interconnectedness of all things--interdependence between the realms "below" and "above." The "I," upon which all evolution on Earth is predicated, signifies victory over egoism and narrow self-interest, together with our imaginative embrace of all beings. Its spiritual reality--which descends to us from non-material worlds and toward which we evolve through our earthly lives--is the supreme truth.In addition to his many other topics, Rudolf Steiner speaks about The Qur'an and the Mystery of Golgotha; Henry VIII, Thomas More, and the Church of England; the Jesuits and their State in Paraguay; Freemasons, esoteric symbols, and secret handshakes; Madame Blavatsky's occult imprisonment by Anglo-Saxon brotherhoods; Dostoyevsky's Brothers Karamazov; and the occult literature of Papus and Lévi.This volume is a translation from German of Gegenwärtiges und Vergangenes im Menschengeiste (GA 167).

Rudolf Steiner

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Rudolf Steiner (Donji Kraljevec, Imperio austrohúngaro, hoy Croacia, 25 o 27 de febrero de 18611-Dornach, Suiza, 30 de marzo de 1925) fue un filósofo austriaco, erudito literario, educador, artista, autor teatral, pensador social y ocultista. Fue el fundador de la antroposofía, la educación Waldorf, la agricultura biodinámica, la medicina antroposófica5 y de la nueva forma artística de la euritmia.

Describió la antroposofía como sigue: La antroposofía es un sendero de conocimiento que quisiera conducir lo espiritual en el hombre a lo espiritual en el universo. Pueden ser antropósofos quienes sienten determinadas cuestiones sobre la esencia del hombre y del mundo como una necesidad tan vital como la que se siente cuando tenemos hambre y sed.

Steiner propuso una forma de individualismo ético, al que luego añadió un componente más explícitamente espiritual. Derivó su epistemología de la visión del mundo de Johann Wolfgang Goethe, según la cual el pensamiento es un órgano de percepción al igual que el ojo o el oído. Del mismo modo que el ojo percibe colores y el oído sonidos, así el pensamiento percibe ideas.

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