Rudolf Steiner

by Steiner, Rudolf; Seddon, Richard; Goodrick-Clarke, Nicholas

• ISBN13: 9781556434907
• ISBN10: 1556434901
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-10-16
• Publisher: North Atlantic Books

Summary

A pivotal figure of modern isotericism, Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925) was a clairvoyant and supersensitive with a scientific and philosophical education. He believed that man can gain objective knowledge of higher worlds and apply these insights to all fields of human activity. Anthroposophy, the path of wisdom and knowledge he intiated, plots man's struggle to attain full spiritual development through the practical application of the forces brought by Christ. Steiner saw the spirit as the creative element in evolution, and his work is increasingly accepted as a practical vitalizing force for today's world.

Author Biography

Richard Seddon read Moral Sciences (Philosophy and Psychology) at Cambridge University after war service. He has been a student of Anthroposophy for over half a century, including thirty-five years as a council member of the Anthroposophical Society of Great Britain. His other published works are Europa: A Spiritual Biography, The Mystery of Arthur at Tintagel, and The End of the Millennium.

Table of Contents

General Editor's Preface	7	(4)
Editor's Foreword	11	(143)
1 INTRODUCTORY
1. Veneration for Truth	15	(2)
2. Three Kinds of Experience	17	(3)
3. Preparation through Study	20	(3)
2 THE NATURE OF MAN
1. Man's Sevenfold Nature	23	(3)
2. Levels of Consciousness	26	(5)
3. The Evolution of Ego-Consciousness	31	(5)
4. Inner Experiences of Sleep	36	(5)
5. Two Types of Dream	41	(3)
3 FROM DEATH TO REBIRTH
1. Reading to the Deceased	44	(2)
2. Converse with the Dead	46	(2)
3. Reincarnation and Darwinism	48	(1)
4. Between Death and Rebirth	49	(5)
5. The Revaluation of History	54	(2)
4 DESTINY AND INNER REALITY
1. Practical Workings of Karma	56	(6)
2. The Stranger Who Goes With Us	62	(3)
3. The Guardian of the Threshold	65	(4)
4. From the First Mystery Drama	69	(4)
5 EXPERIENCES OF CHRIST
1. A First Experience of Resurrection	73	(3)
2. Except Ye Become...	76	(4)
3. Two Paths to Christ Today	80	(3)
4. Balance between Opposing Powers	83	(3)
5. The Nature of Love	86	(4)
6 COMING EVENTS
1. Michael and the New Christ-Consciousness	90	(3)
2. The Etheric Christ	93	(1)
3. The Lord of Karma	94	(4)
4. The Mission of the Earth	98	(3)
5. The Division in Mankind	101	(4)
7 REORDERING OF SOCIETY
1. Requirements of Spiritual, Social and Economic Life	105	(5)
2. The Fundamental Social Law	110	(4)
3. Capital and Credit	114	(4)
4. Angelic Impulses in Social Life	118	(5)
5. The Hollow Men	123	(2)
6. Constitution of an Anthroposophical Society	125	(2)
8 PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS
1. The Act of Knowing	127	(4)
2. The Idea of Freedom	131	(2)
3. The Fallacy of Kantianism	133	(6)
9 NATURAL SCIENCE AND SPIRITUAL SCIENCE
1. Mathematics and Man	139	(3)
2. A Science of Pure Phenomena	142	(4)
3. Organic Thinking as Supersensible Perception	146	(3)
4 The Nature of Technology	149	(2)
5. Anthroposophical Medicine	151	(3)
10 RENEWAL OF THE ARTS
1. The Future Task of Art	154	(1)
2. The New Aesthetics	155	(4)
3. Art as Organ of the Gods	159	(1)
4. Moral Experience of Colour and Tone	160	(3)
5. The New Art of Eurythmy	163	(4)
11 THE PATH OF DEVELOPMENT
1. The Change in the Path	167	(2)
2. Three Stages of Spiritual Development	169	(4)
3. Essential Preparatory Work	173	(3)
4. Modern Meditation	176	(6)
5. Visions, Premonitions and Second Sight	182	(3)
12 IN DAILY LIFE
1. The Education of the Child	185	(4)
2. Nutrition	189	(5)
3. A Michaelmas Festival	194	(3)
Epilogue: Man, Temple of the Gods	197	(4)
Sources, Further Reading, and Practical Applications	201	(6)
Index to Definitions of Anthroposophical Terms	207	(1)
Index to Meditative Verses	208