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The Essence of the Active Word
Rudolf Steiner e.Lib Document
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The Essence of the Active Word
Course for Priests of the Christian Community
On-line since: 28th February, 2017
Course for Priests of the Christian Community
Rudolf Steiner e.Lib Document
Lectures Section
These four lectures, comprising the entire GA 345, are from the
lecture series entitled, Lectures at a Meeting of the Priests in Stuttgart,
published in German as, Vom Wesen des winkenden Wortes.
They have never before been translated into English.
By Rudolf Steiner
Translated by Hanna von Maltitz
Bn 345; GA 345; CW 345
The first part of this volume contains four lectures which Rudolf Steiner
gave to the priests of the “Christian community,” founded ten
months earlier, in Stuttgart. In the second part are the original
manuscripts, handwritten by Rudolf Steiner. These are supplements to what
had already been given during the second and third lecture courses. They
are consecrations for the Festivals of the Year and other rites.
These four lectures, comprising the entire GA 345, are from the
lecture series entitled,
Lectures at a Meeting of the Priests in Stuttgart,
published in German as,
Vom Wesen des winkenden Wortes.
They have never before been translated into English: a First Edition.
This translation is presented here with the kind permission of the
Rudolf Steiner Nachlassverwaltung,
Dornach, Switzerland. From Bn 345, GA 345, CW 345.
This e.Text edition is provided through the wonderful work of:
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| Contents |
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| Foreword to this Edition |
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| Publisher's Note |
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| Summaries of Lectures |
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| Lecture I |
July 11, 1923 |
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The
development of the work of The Christian Community from its
inception. Symptoms of the undercurrents in spiritual streams
at the present time. Regarding Ahrimanic forces absorbed by
humanity through outer culture and making it harmless. Answers
to questions by the audience. The right way of being immersed
in the ritual. The ritual as the speech of the higher world.
Daily self-participation with the Act of Consecration of Man.
Permeating the self with priest consciousness.
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| Lecture II |
July 12, 1923 |
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Difficulties in the viewpoints of the relationships of the
Movement for Religious Renewal and the Anthroposophical
Movement. Inner truth is necessary as opposed to the
unconscious untruthfulness of today. The necessity for an
intention in the search of knowledge towards making the
spiritual valid again within the nature of knowledge. The
relationship of mankind to the ritual. Answers to questions
from the participants.
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| Lecture III |
July 13, 1923 |
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Impulses towards sensing oneself in the spiritual world. The
weaving of the genius of speech. Our relationship to speech.
The word `human' / individual (“Mensch”). A
threefold meditation about “the Being whom I want to
describe by the word `human'”. Experiencing truth in
words. The Priest as genius of speech.
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| Lecture IV |
July 14, 1923 |
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The
New Testament as a supersensible revelation. Regarding the
translation of the Gospels. An example of a new kind of
translation: John's Gospel 17, 1-19. Facts of the spiritual
evolution of humanity; after the Mystery of Golgotha the
consciousness of God penetrated humanity in a different way
than previously.
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| Original Handwritten Manuscripts by Rudolf Steiner |
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