The Easter Festival in the Evolution of the Mysteries

THE EASTER FESTIVAL IN
THE EVOLUTION
OF THE MYSTERIES

Rudolf Steiner

Four Lectures given in Dornach

April 19-22, 1924

Translated by Brian Kelly

Anthroposophic Press Rudolf Steiner Press

Hudson, New York London, England

The four lectures in this book are published in German under the title Das Osterfest als ein Stück Mysteriengeschichte der Menschheit. They are included in the volume Mysterienstätten des Mittelalters (Vol. 233a in the Bibliographic Survey).

Published in the United States of America by Anthroposophic Press, Bell's Pond, Star Route, Hudson, N.Y. 12534.

Distributed in the United Kingdom by Rudolf Steiner Press, 38 Museum Street, London WC 1, England.

Copyright 1988 by Anthroposophic Press, Inc.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Steiner, Rudolf, 1861-1925

The Easter festival in the evolution of the mysteries.

Translation of: Das Osterfest als ein stück mysteriengeschichte der menschheit.

1. Easter. 2. Mysteries, Religious. I. Title.

BP595.S89408413 1987 263'.93 87-33351

ISBN 0-88010-256-X
ISBN 85440 355-8 Rudolf Steiner Press

Cover: Graphic form by Rudolf Steiner
        Title lettering by Peter Stebbing

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