SUMMARY OF
CONTENTS
The purpose of the following summary is to
facilitate reference to particular subjects dealt with in each of the
lectures, the headings being in the order in which the themes
occur.
I.
Prague, 29th March, 1924
The
fallacies of modern civilisation and their consequences. In olden
times man was aware of his dependence on the stars as well as on the
kingdoms of nature surrounding him on Earth. Interest in the heavenly
bodies is now confined to the physical aspect. The process of
fertilisation: the ovum driven into a state of chaos to enable forces
to work in from the Cosmos. The primeval wisdom on Earth. Moon Beings
and Sun Beings. Two forms of karmic relationships. Example of
Garibaldi
[].
II.
Prague, 30th March, 1924
The Moon
Beings are connected with man's past. Initiation science and the
recognition of karmic relationships. The Akasha Chronicle. The Sun
Beings have to do with future karma. Negative space
[]
is the condition in the Sun. Influence of the Hierarchies of spiritual
Beings upon man after death in the different cosmic spheres. The
human heart and the constellation of Leo. Organs in the body are
products of cosmic forces, elaborated in co operation with the Gods
during man's life between death and a new birth. The whole Universe
is compressed in man a microcosm transformed after his death into the
macrocosm. Qualities of character in an earthly life and their
transformation into gifts or defects in subsequent
incarnations.
Examples: love — joy —
understanding of environment; hatred — hypersensitiveness to
suffering obtuseness and lack of understanding of surrounding world.
Importance of interest in the environment. As a rule it is the case
that illnesses arise from attributes of soul in a previous
incarnation, but things appertaining to spiritual life must not be
pressed too far. A stream of karma may also begin. Speaking generally,
qualities of soul in one life are transformed into bodily traits in
another incarnation, and vice versa.
III. Prague, 31st
March, 1924
Man's
life in the physical body among the kingdoms of nature and after
death among the Hierarchies of spiritual Beings. Pictures of the
deeds of these Beings of the Hierarchies are revealed to man in his
life after death and, when the time comes for the descent to
incarnation, arouse in him the will to make compensatory adjustment
for his dealings with individuals on Earth. Anthroposophy must speak
not only to the head but awaken deep feeling in the heart when the
spiritual world is described in detail. Studies of the practical
working of karma must now be possible. The Mystery of Golgotha,
Christianity and the effects of Mohammedanism. Influences of Arabism
and the Crusades on European thinking. The Court of
Haroun al Raschid
[]
and its cultivation of learning and the arts. Haroun al Raschid.
Lord Bacon of Verulam
[].
Amos Comenius
[].
Ernst Haeckel
[].
Pope Gregory VII
[]
(formerly Abbot Hildebrand). The fruits of each epoch of
culture are carried onward to later times by human souls themselves.
Realities in history.
IV Prague, 5th April,
1924
The
nature and constitution of man can be understood only through a
spiritual under standing of the Cosmos. Illustrations of how the
deeds of one incarnation are carried over into a later one. Garibaldi
and his bond with three contemporaries. Garibaldi, an Initiate of the
ancient Hibernian Mysteries.
Lord Byron
[].
Rudolf Steiner's geometry teacher
[].
The Palladium.
Carl Marx
[].
Muawiyah
[].
Woodrow Wilson. Initiates of earlier epochs are hindered in their
working by the bodies and education provided by the epoch during
which they are incarnated. The ‘twice born.’ The Sun
Mystery and the early Christian Mysteries. The birth of Christ in the
thirtieth year of the life of Jesus of Nazareth has been confounded
with the physical birth. The sacrifice of intellect and the awakening
of clairvoyant vision of Christianity as cosmic reality. Maurice
Maeterlinck on Rudolf Steiner.
V Paris, 23rd May,
1924
Man in
the life between death and rebirth. The aspects of
‘death,’ the ‘vanishing of earthly life,’ and
the ‘stars,’ revealed by Imagination, Inspiration,
Intuition. The Moon-sphere and the primeval Teachers of mankind. The
figure of Strader in the Mystery Plays. The soul passes into the
Cosmos. The experience of earthly life in backward order as the first
seed for the fulfilment of karma in the following
incarnation.
VI. Paris, 24th May,
1924
After
death man passes first into the region ofthe Elements, then into the region of cosmic Intelligence,
then into the region of the Stars. Passage through the Moon region,
the Mercury region, the Venus region, the Sun region, and the effects
of existence in each of these spheres. Removal of the consequences of
illness in the Mercury-sphere. Healing was the secret of the Mercury
Mysteries. The Venus region ruled by love. The Sun Mysteries and
moral realities. Survey of seven year periods in earthly life and the
revelations of cosmic secrets.
VII.
Paris, 25th May, 1924
Mysteries of the Sun-existence: the province of the Exusiai,
Dynamis and Kyriotetes. The Sun is the spiritual embryo of the future
earthly life. The Christ was first in the Sun-sphere; since the
Mystery of Golgotha He has been united with the Earth. After his
sojourn in the Sun-sphere, man passes into the spheres of
Mars-existence, Jupiter-existence, Saturn-existence. The elaboration
of karma for the new earthly life through the divine deeds of the
Seraphim, Cherubim and Thrones. Individual examples of karma
elaborated in these spheres: Voltaire (Mars). Victor Hugo (Saturn).
Éliphas Lévi (Jupiter)
[].
Notes
List of Relevant publications
Survey (abbreviated) of the Complete Edition of Rudolf
Steiner's works in the original German
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