Reincarnation and Karma
Their Significance in Modern Culture
Reincarnation and Karma
Their Significance in Modern Culture
Rudolf Steiner e.Lib Document
Lectures Section
Steiner gives here numerous exercises to develop a direct experience
of reincarnation and karma. He also gives examples of karmic effects
between two incarnations and the effect of the idea of reincarnation
and karma on our moral life. This volume along with Manifestations of
Karma constitutes Steiner's early important teachings on reincarnation
and karma.
By Rudolf Steiner
Translated by D. S. Osmond, C. Davy and
S. and E. F. Derry
Bn 135, GA 135
Rudolf Steiner showed that a deepened understanding and experience of
the reality of successive earth lives formed the basis for true spiritual
knowledge of the relationship of human beings and the cosmos. In contrast
to most teachings on this subject, he gave concrete descriptions of the
metamorphoses undergone by individuals in the course of successive
incarnations. He also gave specific examples of the working of karma, as
well as practical exercises for experiencing the reality of incarnation.
In this set of lectures, which contains some of Steiner's most important
teachings on the subject, Rudolf Steiner describes the development of
"feeling memory" and gives many other exercises that lead to real
knowledge of karma and reincarnation. Examples are also given of how
karmic effects pass between incarnations and the impact of the idea of
reincarnation on our moral lives is clearly shown.
These lectures are also published under the title:
Reincarnation and Karma — Two Fundamental Truths of Human
Existence. Translated from shorthand reports unrevised by the lecturer,
by D. S. Osmond, C. Davy and S. and E. F. Derry.
The Original German Texts of these lectures are published under the title:
Wiederverkörperung und Karma und ihre Bedeutung
für die Kultur der Gegenwart.
(Vol. No. 135 in the Bibliographical Survey. 1961.)
The English edition is published in agreement with the Rudolf Steiner
Nachlassverwaltung, Dornach, Switzerland.
From Bn 135, GA 135.
Copyright © 1977
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