World History and the Mysteries: In the Light of Anthroposophy (Cw 233) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #233) (Paperback)

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World History and the Mysteries: In the Light of Anthroposophy (Cw 233) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #233) (Paperback)

By Rudolf Steiner, Frederick Amrine (Introduction by), Mary Adams (Translator)

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This is book number 233 in the Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner series.

9 lectures, Dornach, Dec. 23, 1923 - Jan. 1, 1924 (CW 233)

In this landmark series of lectures, Rudolf Steiner challenges the notion that human consciousness has in essence remained the same throughout history. On the contrary, we can only see the past in its true light when we study the differences in human souls during the various historical eras. Consciousness, he says, evolves constantly and we can only comprehend the present by understanding its origin in the past.

Delivered in the evenings during the course of the "mystery act" of The Christmas Foundation Meeting--when Rudolf Steiner reestablished the Anthroposophical Society and for the first time assumed a formal role within it--these lectures study world history in parallel with the ancient mysteries of initiation, showing how they are intimately linked. Steiner describes consciousness in the ancient East and follows the initiation principle from Babylonia to Greece and its influences on present-day spiritual life. He also discusses Gilgamesh and Eabani, the mysteries of Ephesus and Hibernia, and the occult relationship between the destruction by fire of the Temple of Artemis and the burning of the first Goetheanum in Dornach, Switzerland.

Published for the first time with color plates of Steiner's blackboard drawings, the freshly revised text is complemented with an introduction, notes, and appendices by Professor Frederick Amrine, plus an index.

This volume is a translation from German of Die Weltgeschichte in anthroposophischer Beleuchtung und als Grundlage der Erkenntnis des Menschengeistes (GA 233). A prevous edition of these lectures was published as World History in the Light of Anthroposophy (1977).

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Product Details ISBN: 9781855845886
ISBN-10: 1855845881
Publisher: Rudolf Steiner Press
Publication Date: July 15th, 2021
Pages: 230
Language: English
Series: Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner