Scythianus

Scythianus, who according to Rudolf Steiner is one of the highest initiates and the Bodhisattva of the West, is mentioned in the writings of several Church Fathers, including Cyril of Jerusalem, Hippolytus of Rome and Epiphanius of Salamis. He is mentioned for the first time in the anti-Manichaean Acta Archelai by the otherwise unknown church father Hegemonius. According to this, Scythianus was a native of Scythia or Saracen who worked as a religious teacher and successful merchant in Alexandria and visited India around 50 AD.

Literature

• Daniil Abramovič Chwolson: Die Ssabier und der Ssabismus, Band I, Petersburg und Leipzig 1856 [1]
• Rudolf Steiner: Die Tempellegende und die Goldene Legende , GA 93 (1991), ISBN 3-7274-0930-4 English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org
• Rudolf Steiner: Das Prinzip der spirituellen Ökonomie im Zusammenhang mit Wiederverkörperungsfragen, GA 109 (2000), ISBN 3-7274-1090-6 English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org
• Rudolf Steiner: Der Orient im Lichte des Okzidents, GA 113 (1982), ISBN 3-7274-1130-9 English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org
• Rudolf Steiner: Die tieferen Geheimnisse des Menschheitswerdens im Lichte der Evangelien, GA 117 (1986), ISBN 3-7274-1170-8 English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org
• Rudolf Steiner: Die Mission einzelner Volksseelen im Zusammenhang mit der germanisch-nordischen Mythologie, GA 121 (1982), ISBN 3-7274-1210-0 English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org
• Rudolf Steiner: Zur Geschichte und aus den Inhalten der ersten Abteilung der Esoterischen Schule 1904 bis 1914, GA 264 (1987), ISBN 3-7274-2650-0 Template:Schule

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