Aryan

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The Aryans or Airya (Sanskritआर्य, Persian آریا ārya- "noble", derived from Proto-Indo-European *ar-yo-, roughly "well-fitted") were a prehistoric nomadic people who, according to Rudolf Steiner, descended from the most highly developed sub-race[1] of Atlantis, the acient Semites. At the time when Atlantis perished, they lived in an area to the west of present-day Ireland, from where the great solar initiate, the Manu, led them eastwards to the region of the Tarim Basin. From here they became the real founders of the post-Atlantean culture, splitting into an Indian (Indo-Aryan) and Iranian (Irano-Aryan) branch.

„Our root race, the Aryan, descended from the most highly developed subrace of the Atlantians, the Ur-Semitic, which last dwelt approximately in the region of present-day Ireland. The island of Poseidonis, mentioned by Plato, can be regarded as the last remnant of the declining Atlantis. Manu, a leading figure of the Atlantians, led the most mature people to the East.“ (Lit.:GA 94, p. 168)

With the racial theories that blossomed in the 19th and 20th centuries, the term "Aryan" was increasingly misused in the sense of an alleged master race in order to justify colonialism, racism and antisemitism.

Literature

References to the work of Rudolf Steiner follow Rudolf Steiner's Collected Works (CW or GA), Rudolf Steiner Verlag, Dornach/Switzerland, unless otherwise stated.
Email: verlag@steinerverlag.com URL: www.steinerverlag.com.
Index to the Complete Works of Rudolf Steiner - Aelzina Books
A complete list by Volume Number and a full list of known English translations you may also find at Rudolf Steiner's Collected Works
Rudolf Steiner Archive - The largest online collection of Rudolf Steiner's books, lectures and articles in English.
Rudolf Steiner Audio - Recorded and Read by Dale Brunsvold
steinerbooks.org - Anthroposophic Press Inc. (USA)
Rudolf Steiner Handbook - Christian Karl's proven standard work for orientation in Rudolf Steiner's Collected Works for free download as PDF.

References

  1. The term "sub-race" originates from the terminology used by the Theosophical Society at that time and was later no longer used by Rudolf Steiner, just like the term "root race". Steiner repeatedly pointed out that the term "race" is actually no longer justified in the post-Atlantean period, since now it is no longer the physical but the soul-spiritual development that comes to the fore. The division of man into races will gradually be completely overcome and is already meaningless for the spiritual development of mankind.