GA 180

The Truths of the Mysteries and the Impulse of Christmas. Ancient Myths and their Meaning. Spiritual Beings and Their Effects, Volume IV

Mysterienwahrheiten und Weihnachtsimpulse. Alte Mythen und ihre Bedeutung. Geistige Wesen und ihre Wirkungen, Band IV

Sixteen lectures, Basel 23 December 1917, Dornach 24 December 1917 to 17 January 1918.

Contents (selection)

Et incarnatus est. The Orbital Times of Historical Events / Pallas Athene, the Virgin Goddess. Constellations of the Time Stars in the Development of Mankind / The Misapprehension of the Ancient Mysteries / The Balancing of Harmful Forces through the Mystery of Golgotha / The Mystery of Birth and Death / The Egyptian, Greek and Israelite Way of Confronting the Universe / Changes in the States of the Soul in the Development of Consciousness / How Does Osiris Come to New Life Again? / The Inheritance Principle / Discipleship - Ageing of Mankind / Man as a Head Man and as a Torso Man / Man as the Resolution of the Riddle of the World / On the 9th, 14th and 15th Centuries of European Relationships

Literature

German

• Rudolf Steiner: Mysterienwahrheiten und Weihnachtsimpulse. Alte Mythen und ihre Bedeutung, GA 180 (1980), ISBN 3-7274-1800-1 English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org

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