Esoteric Lessons, 1904-1909: From the Esoteric School

Esoteric Lessons, 1904-1909: From the Esoteric School

Notes written from memory by the participants and meditation verses by Rudolf Steiner (CW 266/1)

To read this book is to be part of Rudolf Steinerâ€™s Esoteric School, to experience the growth and development of Anthroposophy from within. First and most essential here is the primacy of practice. Steiner stresses attention and concentration. We waste much of our time and energy on thoughts and feelings that to nowhere. Meditationâ€•concentration on a living thought, an idea of higher originâ€•begins the process of self-gathering. Controlling our thoughts, we begin to form our â€œmentalâ€ (etheric) body; ordering our memories, we begin to work on our astral body. These two tasks are our preliminary goal. â€œWe must make our life into a school for learning.â€ Humility is the keyâ€•when the world becomes our teacher, we must become humble.

With the beginning of these esoteric lessons, the path is deepened. We witness Rudolf Steiner the spiritual teacher in action. Throughout the lessons, Steiner moves between the so-called Christian-Gnostic path and the theosophical framework of the Masters. As the years unfold, however, the lessons move from the framework given by H. P. Blavatsky toward a deeper, more universal and, at the same time, more contemporary focus. Steiner reveals that behind what Blavatsky brought is the wisdom of Atlantis, which today must come to life again. Here, Christian Rosenkreutz, the Rosicrucians, and the â€œold philosophersâ€ (alchemists) become important, for it was their task to bring this wisdom, now â€œenchristed,â€ into the West.

This volume is the English translation of Â«Aus den Inhalten der esoterischen Stunden, GedÃ¤chtnisaufzeichnungen von Teilnehmern. Band.1, 1904-1909Â» (GA 266/1).
Country USA
Brand Steiner Books
Manufacturer SteinerBooks
Binding Paperback
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9780880106108
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Steiner Books
Manufacturer	SteinerBooks
Binding	Paperback
UnitCount	1
Format	Illustrated
EANs	9780880106108
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Esoteric Lessons, 1904-1909: From the Esoteric School

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