The Influences of Lucifer and Ahriman: Lecture 4 of 5 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Influences of Lucifer and Ahriman: Lecture 4 of 5 write by Rudolf Steiner. This book was released on 1993. The Influences of Lucifer and Ahriman: Lecture 4 of 5 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The Influences of Lucifer and Ahriman
The Influences of Lucifer and Ahriman - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Influences of Lucifer and Ahriman write by Rudolf Steiner. This book was released on 1993. The Influences of Lucifer and Ahriman available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In these lectures, Steiner focuses on the vital task of developing the proper orientation toward a free spiritual life. With great compassion and understanding, he offers telling examples of how humanity must walk a conscious middle way between the two tempting powers of Lucifer and Ahriman. He describes the incarnation of Lucifer in the third millennium before the Christ event, out of which flowed not just the wisdom of paganism, but also the conscious intellect we enjoy today. Ahriman, on the other hand, is shown approaching human beings through such phenomena as materialism, nationalism, and literalism, all in preparation for his incarnation in the third millennium. Keep in mind, however, that these two powers do not work separately; rather, they are working increasingly together. Our task as human beings is to hold them in balance, continually permeating one with the other. Steiner tells us that "Lucifer and Ahriman must be regarded as two scales of a balance, and it is we who must hold the beam in equipoise. How can we train ourselves to do this? By permeating what takes ahrimanic form within us with a strongly luciferic element." To accomplish this task we need a new, more conscious inner life.
The Incarnation of Ahriman
The Incarnation of Ahriman - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Incarnation of Ahriman write by Rudolf Steiner. This book was released on 2013-05-16. The Incarnation of Ahriman available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. While we know of Ahriman from Persian mythology, Rudolf Steiner spoke of him as an actual, living spiritual entity. This being, he said, works to embed people firmly into physicality, encouraging dull, materialistic attitudes and a philistine, dry intellect. In these extraordinary lectures Steiner, in rare prophetic mode, talks about an actual incarnation of Ahriman on the earth and the potential consequences. Just as Christ incarnated in a physical body, so would Ahriman incarnate in the Western world - before 'a part' of the third millennium had passed. Steiner places this incarnation in the context of a 'cosmic triad' - Lucifer, Christ and Ahriman. Ahriman will incarnate as a counterpoint to the physical incarnation of Lucifer in the East in the third millennium BC, with the incarnation of Jesus Christ in Palestine as the balancing point between the two. Over the period during which Steiner developed anthroposophy - a speaking career that spanned two decades and more than six thousand lectures - he referred to the idea of Ahriman's incarnation only six times. These six lectures, together with an additional supporting excerpt, are reproduced in their entirety, and under one cover, for the first time.
The Mysteries of Initiation
The Mysteries of Initiation - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Mysteries of Initiation write by Rudolf Steiner. This book was released on 2021-10-14. The Mysteries of Initiation available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In a concise study, Rudolf Steiner presents an inspirational sketch of the evolution of the Mysteries – from ancient Persia through Egypt and Greece, to the Christian era and the present day. He traces the line of initiates from Egyptian divinities Isis and Osiris to Moses, King Arthur’s Round Table and the Holy Grail in the twelfth century. Steiner focuses on the process of initiation as a historical topic: how initiation worked in ancient Egypt and in the late Middle Ages. But his presentation is also inspirational, leading to the question: How can we advance to initiation now? He underscores the potential for achieving enlightenment today without a teacher in the flesh, and explains the four stages of the process towards initiation. He also highlights the need for strenuous efforts to overcome the subtle power of evil – in the form of Lucifer and Ahriman – through selfless work. The four lectures collected here form an important landmark in Rudolf Steiner’s biography: the first being delivered on 3 February 1913 – the very day that the Anthroposophical Society was founded. First published in English under the title The Mysteries of the East and of Christianity and unavailable for many years, this edition has been re-edited by Professor Frederick Amrine and features appendices, an index as well as an introduction by Robert McDermott.
The Writings and Lectures of Rudolf Steiner
The Writings and Lectures of Rudolf Steiner - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Writings and Lectures of Rudolf Steiner write by Paul Marshall Allen. This book was released on 1956. The Writings and Lectures of Rudolf Steiner available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
