The Lord's Prayer

Author: Rudolf Steiner
Publisher: Rudolf Steiner Press
ISBN: 1855842904
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 96

Book Description
The Lord's Prayer stands at the heart of Christianity. Over the past two millennia it has been spoken millions of times by millions of people around the world. Rudolf Steiner affirms the power of this prayer, given by Jesus Christ himself, and encourages us to begin to understand it at deeper levels. Such an understanding, he explains, is now necessary for humanity's further development. In the four lectures he gave on this subject, collected here under one cover, Rudolf Steiner penetrates the esoteric meanings of the Lord's Prayer, relating its seven petitions to the seven spiritual and physical bodies of the human being. He also discusses the difference between prayer and meditation, and shows how true prayer is selfless in nature. This volume features an introduction by Judith von Halle, whose work is valued for her experiential knowledge of the Lord's Prayer and the events of Christ's life.

The Lord's Prayer and Rudolf Steiner

Author: Peter Selg
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781782500513
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 119

Book Description
The first time all of Steiner's comments on the Lord's Prayer have been presented together. Steiner called the Lord's Prayer the 'greatest initiation prayer' Brings all of Steiner's perspectives together for a full analysis and understanding Reveals some surprising insights about Christianity

The Christian Mystery

Author: Rudolf Steiner
Publisher: SteinerBooks
ISBN: 9780880104197
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 294

Book Description
In this major collection, Rudolf Steiner affirms the reality of esoteric Christianity and unveils many of its secret teachings. His lectures are on the significance of the Mystery of Golgotha and of the Blood that flowed on the Cross; the relationship of Christ and Lucifer (or Love and Knowledge); the various paths of initiation, including the Christian-Gnostic and Rosicrucian Paths; and Steiner's early interpretations of St. John's gospel and the sermon on the mount. All of Steiner's lectures on the Lord's Prayer are also included, as well as the version of the prayer that Steiner himself prayed throughout his life. This is an excellent book for all those who want to deepen their understanding of the Western stream of Christian esotericism and Rudolf Steiner's approach to Christianity as a spiritual practice.

The Structure of the Lord's Prayer: Lecture Given at Karlsruhe, 4th February, 1907

Author: Rudolf Steiner
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780854402472
Category : Anthroposophy
Languages : en
Pages : 29

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The Lord's Prayer

Author: Judith Von Halle
Publisher: Temple Lodge Publishing
ISBN: 9781902636856
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 104

Book Description
"The contents of this volume have arisen from my own spiritual experience and do not represent any kind of hypothesis or speculation, except where I expressly say that I am unable to make any definitive statement about a particular event or set of circumstances..." After she received the stigmata in 2004, Judith von Halle began to experience, very vividly, events that occurred during the time of Christ. These continuing experiences are not visionary or clairvoyant but actual participation in those events, involving all human senses. To complement this method of witnessing Christ's life, von Halle brings a spiritual scientific method of observation, a form of research based on consciously crossing the spiritual threshold by the human "I." Combining the results in this study, she describes the Lord's Prayer, the archetypal prayer of humanity, and Christ's presentation of it to those closest to him, as well as the context in which he gave it. Judith von Halle considers the historical circumstances at the time of Christ, the preparations he made for passing the prayer on to others, the prayer's meaning to the disciples, and how the Lord's Prayer acts as a mediator between worlds. Moreover, she reflects on the doxology of the Lord's Prayer and its relationship to the Sephiroth Tree. This slim volume will be of value to anyone interested in a deeper understanding of the Lord's Prayer and its meaning for the world. C O N T E N T S Foreword The Lord's Prayer Historical Circumstances at the Time of Christ Preparation for Receiving the Prayer The Gateway to the World of Spirit Was Opened The Spoken Word of God The Prayer as Mediator between Worlds The Word as Living Reality The Words of the Doxology in the Lord's Prayer The Lord's Prayer and the Sephiroth Tree Emergence of the Trinity The Path of Knowledge through the Trunk of the Sephiroth Tree The Lord's Pray Grows as Human Being Evolve Personal Concluding Remarks

Sophia in Exile

Author: Michael Martin
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781621387794
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 192

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The Occult Significance of Forgiveness

Author: Sergei O. Prokofieff
Publisher: Temple Lodge Publishing
ISBN: 9780904693713
Category : Anthroposophy
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Prokofieff shows how, in our personal and moral lives, the forces that lead to forgiveness can be consciously and freely developed. Rather than moralizing, he presents spiritual facts that speak for themselves. From Czarist Russia to the concentration camps of Nazi Germany, the author gives striking examples of people who have been able to forgive terrible crimes. His rich analysis delves beneath the immediately perceptible, revealing the esoteric significance of every single act of true forgiveness. This newly revised edition includes new material by the author.

The Foundation Stone Meditation

Author: Rudolf Steiner
Publisher: Rudolf Steiner Press
ISBN: 1855843242
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 52

Book Description
The Foundation Stone Meditation holds a central place in the inner life of many students of Rudolf Steiner's work. First presented during the refounding of the Anthroposophical Society at the Christmas Conference of 1923/24, it is a powerful and penetrating meditative text which many consider to be a key to the spiritual mysteries of our time. This version features three alternative translations (by George Adams, Pauline Wehrle and Richard Seddon), together with the original German verses and an introduction by Michael Wilson.

Inner Christianity

Author: Richard Smoley
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
ISBN: 1570628106
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 305

Book Description
An eye-opening introduction to the complex world of esoteric Christianity—perfect for the general reader This guide to mystical and esoteric Christianity speaks from a nonsectarian point of view, unearthing insights from the whole of the Christian tradition, orthodox and heretical, famous and obscure. The esoteric tradition has traditionally searched for meanings that would yield a deeper inner knowledge of the divine. While traditional Christianity draws a timeline from Adam's Fall to the Day of Judgment, the esoteric often sees time as folding in on itself, bringing every point to the here and now. While the Church fought bitterly over dogma, the esoteric borrowed freely from other traditions—Kabbalah, astrology, and alchemy—in their search for metaphors of inner truth. Rather than basing his book around exponents of esoteric doctrine, scholar Richard Smoley concentrates on the questions that are of interest to every searching Christian. How can one attain direct spiritual experience? What does "the Fall" really tell us about coming to terms with the world we live in? Can we find salvation in everyday life? How can we ascend, spiritually, through the various levels of existence? What was Christ's true message to humankind? From the Gospel of Thomas to A Course in Miracles, from the Jesus Prayer to alchemy and Tarot, from Origen to Dante to Jung, Richard Smoley sheds the light of an alternative Christianity on these issues and more.

The Reappearance of Christ in the Etheric

Author: Rudolf Steiner
Publisher: SteinerBooks
ISBN: 9780880105194
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 260

Book Description
The first chapter of the Acts of the Apostles describes Christ's Ascension: "And a cloud received him out of their sight." As the disciples looked up, two angels appeared and told them, "This same Jesus, taken up from you into heaven, shall come again in the same way as you have seen him go." In 1910, Rudolf Steiner began a series of lectures announcing the advent of Christ's appearance in the sphere of the earth's etheric or life body. At first, he said, only a few will be aware of it, but in time more and more people--regardless of religious affiliation--will be strengthened, comforted and infused by the Christ's living presence. Such "Damascus experiences," bespeaking a new natural clairvoyance, Steiner argues, will become increasingly common. "The Christ will become a living comforter," he writes. "However strange it may seem, it is nevertheless true that often when people, even in considerable numbers, are sitting together not knowing what to do and waiting, they will see the etheric Christ. He will be there, will confer with them, and will cast his word in such gatherings. We are now approaching these times..." This collection contains Steiner's lectures on this theme, as well as on important related questions, such spiritual science and etheric vision, the etheric vision of the future, "the etherization of the blood," the Sermon on the Mount and the land of Shambhala, the mysteries of comets and the Moon, Buddhism and Pauline Christianity, spirit beings and the ground of the world, and the three realms between death and rebirth. The Reappearance of Christ in the Etheric collects much of Rudolf Steiner's most important discussions of esoteric Christianity, especially as it relates to the central place of the Christ being in world and human evolution.