STEINER RUDOLF

(P/B) DEEPER SECRETS OF HUMAN EVOLUTION IN LIGHT OF THE GOSPELS
Previously untranslated, this collection of twelve lectures represents a middle point in Rudolf Steiner's unique exposition of the Christian gospels - his momentous courses on St John and St Luke had already been delivered, whilst his lectures on the Matthew and Mark gospels were yet to follow. Here, he examines the varying depictions of Christ in the gospels, explaining that they represent four different but complementary perspectives. Steiner's unparalleled insights are based on his firsthand ability to research the spiritual Akashic Rec...
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ΤΑ ΟΡΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΦΥΣΙΚΗΣ ΕΠΙΣΤΗΜΗΣ
"Θα πρέπει να ξεκινήσουμε αποκτώντας την πειθαρχία που μας διδάσκει η σύγχρονη επιστήμη. Θα πρέπει να ακολουθήσουμε αυτό το δρόμο και μετά, ακολουθώντας την αυστηρή μεθοδολογία, να την ξεπεράσουμε, έτσι ώστε να προσεγγίσουμε ανώτερες περιοχές, επεκτείνοντας τη μεθοδολογία αυτή στην έρευνα άλλων, εντελώς διαφορετικών κόσμων." (Rudolf Steiner) Εάν η επιστήμη δεν μπορεί να φτάσει πέρα από το κόσμο των αισθήσεων, οι πόρτες απ τις οποίες προέρχεται ο άνθρωπος, παραμένουν κλειστές. Ο Steiner μας καλεί να αναπτύξουμε εκείνα τα όργανα αντίληψης πο...
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ΓΕΩΓΡΑΦΙΚΗ ΙΑΤΡΙΚΗ (GA178)
Κατά την διάρκεια της περιόδου του Μεσαίωνα, οι Βίκινγκς ταξίδεψαν στην Βόρεια Αμερική όπου και μελέτησαν τις δυνάμεις της ασθένειας. Εδώ ο Rudolf Steiner διερευνά αυτό το ελάχιστα γνωστό περιστατικό και επισημαίνει την επίδραση που έχει το περιβάλλον στην ανθρώπινη φυσιολογία. Επίσης συζητά την γέννηση της σύγχρονης ιατρικής, το Αριμανικό διπλό και τον ανθρώπινο οργανισμό, τον ρόλο που έχουν η σοφία και η αγάπη στον πνευματικό κόσμο, τις απόκρυφες αδελφότητες με τις παραδόσεις που διατηρούν για την πνευματική σοφία, τον θάνατο και τα σύνο...
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ΘΕΟΣΟΦΙΑ

(P/B) INTUITION
Rudolf Steiner draws a clear distinction between the spiritual meaning of the word Intuition and its ordinary definition. As the highest form of spiritual perception, Intuition has an existential significance for our process of knowledge. Through systematic schooling, thinking can be developed into an intuitive organ by means of which the spiritual can consciously be understood and penetrated. Intuition can reveal the essence of the spirit, the processes through which human beings and the world came into existence, and the events in our li...
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(P/B) THREE PERSPECTIVES OF ANTHROPOSOPHY
What is truly real? Rudolf Steiner sheds light on everyday reality through spiritual knowledge, repeatedly urging us to bring anthroposophy into daily human existence. We might consciously experience the difference between consuming a potato as compared to cereals such as rye, for example - or we could grasp ordinary phenomena, such as sleepwalking, through an understanding of the threefold human being. Likewise, we might strive to comprehend how our head is the transformed organism of our previous life. Throughout, Steiner emphasizes that...
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(P/B) THE MISSION OF THE NEW SPIRIT REVELATION

ΑΡΧΑΙΑ ΣΟΦΙΑ ΚΑΙ ΧΡΙΣΤΙΑΝΙΣΜΟΣ
Η Σοφία των Αρχαίων Μυστηρίων γαλούχησε και γιγάντωσε το αρχαίο ελληνικό πνεύμα και ενέπνευσε τη σκέψη των μεγάλων φιλοσόφων της Αρχαίας Ελλάδας. Η σφραγίδα της διαφαίνεται ανάγλυφη τόσο μέσα από τους Προσωκρατικούς Φιλοσόφους, όσο και μέσα από τον Πλάτωνα και τους Νεοπλατωνικούς. Πάντοτε την προσέγγιζαν ορισμένοι πνευματικοί άνθρωποι, ενώ οι περισσότεροι διδάσκονταν από τους μύθους. Το δυναμικό ρεύμα της μυστηριακής παράδοσης άσκησε, όπως ήταν φυσικό, βαθιά επίδραση στη διαμόρφωση του χριστιανικού δόγματος, αλλά ταυτόχρονα φάνηκε εξαρχής ...
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(P/B) ROSICRUCIANISM AND MODERN INITIATION
Steiner has been able to clarify the historical reality behind the Rosicrucian story, with all its aura of glamour and fantasy. That effected, he points to the enormity of its vision for the future evolution of ideas...' - Dr Andrew Welburn (from the Introduction) In the immediate aftermath of the 'Mystery-act' of the Christmas Foundation Conference, Rudolf Steiner chose to speak on the subject of 'Rosicrucianism and Modern Initiation Mystery Centres of the Middle Ages'. Clearly connected to the events that had just taken place in Dornach ...
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(P/B) THE AIMS OF ANTHROPOSOPHY
In his final lectures to the general public, Rudolf Steiner speaks with great clarity and purpose about the inner and outer necessity of the anthroposophical impulse in modern times. Following the fire that destroyed the first Goetheanum building in Dornach, Switzerland, Steiner had focused his efforts on rebuilding and reorganizing the Anthroposophical Society. But he also continued to travel and speak to the public - in Prague, Vienna and Basel - to explain the purpose of the Goetheanum and to elucidate the broader aims of his spiritual ...
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(P/B) MINDFULNESS AND REVERENCE
Contemporary interest in the meditative schooling of mindfulness is usually associated with Eastern traditions. Rudolf Steiner spoke of the same phenomenon, although he used the terms 'attentiveness' and 'dedication' - or, combining these two, 'pure perception'. This way of mindfulness and reverence is not in conflict with spiritual paths founded on thinking or pure thought. However, as the texts in this anthology indicate, methods based exclusively on thinking cannot be successful if they are not supported by perception, feeling and will....
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(P/B) ANTHROPOSOPHY
This text, outlining a new methodology for the study of human nature, dates from 1910 and was found after Rudolf Steiner's death among his unpublished papers. Steiner had dealt with the same theme earlier in lectures. Asked for a written version, he tried to write down what he had said, but found himself unable to do so-the language would not completely relinquish the words. Nevertheless, what he was able to put down remains a major intellectual and spiritual accomplishment of the twentieth century. Steiner presents anthroposophy, which li...
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(P/B) THE SUN MYSTERY AND THE MYSTERY OF DEATH AND RESURRECTION
These lectures were given midway between World War I and Steiner's death in 1925. They will be of particular interest to anyone wanting to comprehend Rudolf Steiner's mature understanding of his mission: "enchristing" the world. The first two lectures constitute a call to arms or return to basics. Steiner speaks existentially and phenomenologically, building upon recognizable descriptions of actual experiences. His theme is the three states of consciousness (waking, dreaming, and dreamless sleep), and he shows how these ordinary human func...
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(P/B) THE BHAGAVAD GITA AND THE WEST
This combination of two volumes in Rudolf Steiner's Collected Works presents Steiner's profound engagement with Hindu thought and, above all, Krishna in the Bhagavad Gita. In the first course, 'The Bhagavad Gita and the Epistles of Paul', Steiner's main purpose is to integrate the flower of Hindu spirituality into his view of the evolution of consciousness and the pivotal role played in it by the Mystery of Golgotha - the incarnation, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Steiner views Krishna as a great spiritual teacher and the Bhagav...
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(P/B) IMAGINATION
Rudolf Steiner differentiated clearly between the spiritual concept of Imagination and our everyday understanding of the word. As living, pictorial thinking, Imagination is a primary aspect of the contemporary path of inner schooling - the first of three levels of initiate knowledge and cognition. Imagination leads us into a world of flowing, living pictures: a realm of soul and spirit in which everything is in continual movement. This anthology offers a survey of the diverse aspects of Imagination and imaginative cognition. As the themati...
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(P/B) FOUNDATIONS OF ESOTERICISM
'It is a cosmic law that what has once taken place can never vanish, but must reappear later in a metamorphosed form. Every thought, feeling and action brought about by man does not only affect the world around him but will re-appear in the future?' (From the Preface) This course of lectures was originally offered as private, strictly verbal instruction to a select group of esoteric pupils. In an atmosphere of earnest study, Rudolf Steiner 'translated' from the Akashic Script valuable concepts of human and cosmic knowledge into words of ea...
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(P/B) THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR
Founded in the early twelfth century, allegedly to protect pilgrims to the Holy Land, the Knights Templar became famous for their pioneer banking system, crusading zeal, and strict vows of obedience, chastity and poverty. Having grown to some 15,000 men, they came to be perceived as a threat by Philip the Fair, who in 1307 disbanded the group and tortured their leaders for confessions. The French king accused the order of heresy, sodomy and blasphemy. Recent works of fiction and popular histories have created a resurgence of interest in th...
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(P/B) FROM LIMESTONE TO LUCIFER
The remarkable discussions in this volume took place between Rudolf Steiner and workers at the Goetheanum, Switzerland. The varied subject-matter was chosen by his audience at Rudolf Steiner's instigation. Steiner took their questions and usually gave immediate answers. The astonishing nature of these responses - their insight, knowledge and spiritual depth - is testimony to his outstanding ability as a spiritual initiate and profound thinker. Accessible, entertaining and stimulating, the records of these sessions will be a delight to anyb...
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(P/B) THE INCARNATION OF AHRIMAN
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 millen...
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(P/B) FROM BEETROOT TO BUDDHISM
Remarkable, entertaining discussions between Rudolf Steiner and workers at the Goetheanum, Switzerland. The varied subject-matter was chosen by the audience. The astonishing insight, knowledge and spiritual depth of his responses to their questions is testimony to his outstanding ability as a spiritual initiate and profound thinker. Topics include Christianity and Islam; Egyptian mummies; astronomy; Tibet and the Dalai Lama; Freemasonry; Moon and Sun religions; the mysteries; the Trinity; Moses; Easter; the ancient Indians, Egyptians, Baby...
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