GA 147

Secrets of the Threshold

Die Geheimnisse der Schwelle

Eight lectures, Munich 24 to 31 August 1913 at the premiere of Rudolf Steiner's fourth mystery drama: "The Souls' Awakening".

Contents (selection)

The Souls' Awakening. Stages of recollection / Essence and effectiveness of Lucifer and Ahriman. How evil arises / Experiences of the soul in the elementary world / The ascent of the soul into the actual spiritual world / The rule of the trinity in the world phenomena. Thought, Word and Writing / The Encounter of the Human Soul in the Spiritual World with the Other Self / The Development of Johannes Thomasius. The Double. The Spirit of Johannesʼ Youth. The Other Philia / The Luciferic and Ahrimanic Influences. The Guardian of the Threshold.

Literature

German

• Rudolf Steiner: Die Geheimnisse der Schwelle, GA 147 (1997), ISBN 3-7274-1470-7 English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org

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