GA 138

Initiation, Eternity and the Passing Moment. On the Spiritual Light and the Darkness of Life

Von der Initiation. Von Ewigkeit und Augenblick. Von Geisteslicht und Lebensdunkel

Eight lectures, Munich 25 to 31 August 1912 (Cycle 23), held in connection with the premiere of the third mystery drama "The Guardian of the Threshold".

Content

Schuré's "Mystery of Eleusis" in connection with anthroposophical striving / The essence of initiation and the initiated / The "Guardian of the Threshold" / Initiation and the mystery of death / The moment and eternity / The path of initiation for the individual; Thomasius, Capesius and Strader as examples / The purifying power of thought

Literature

German

• Rudolf Steiner: Von der Initiation. Von Ewigkeit und Augenblick. Von Geisteslicht und Lebensdunkel, GA 138 (1986), ISBN 3-7274-1380-8 English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org

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