Odyssee: Created page with "thumb == The Spiritual Background of the Outer World. The Fall of the Spirits of Darkness. Spiritual Beings and Their Effects, Volume I == === Die spirituel..."

2021-07-26T13:14:06Z

Created page with "thumb == The Spiritual Background of the Outer World. The Fall of the Spirits of Darkness. Spiritual Beings and Their Effects, Volume I == === Die spirituel..."

New page

[[File:GA177.jpg|thumb]]
== The Spiritual Background of the Outer World. The Fall of the Spirits of Darkness. Spiritual Beings and Their Effects, Volume I ==
=== Die spirituellen Hintergründe der äußeren Welt. Der Sturz der Geister der Finsternis. Geistige Wesen und ihre Wirkungen, Band I ===

Fourteen lectures, Dornach 29 September to 28 October 1917 (Cycle B I and Cycle B II).

The central theme of these lectures is the overthrow of the [[Spirits of Darkness]] completed by the Archangel [[Michael (archangel)|Michael]] in November 1879.

== Contents (selection) ==

On the background of the world catastrophe / The discrepancy between intellectual and moral development of mankind / The striving for earthly perfection as a materialistic illusion / The abandonment of elemental beings hostile to life. The handling of destructive forces by man / The dying of the earth and the human bodies. The necessity of a development of human souls independent of the body / The killing off of the living world of thought by the present intellect / Luther's personality. The Significance of the Karma Idea for Education / Michael's Struggle with the Dragon. The Fall of the Ahrimanic Powers / The Striving of Ahrimanic Beings for the Control of Human Thought / "The Total Labour Contract " by Roman Boos / Effectiveness of the Spirits of Darkness since 1879 / Oswald Marbach / Spiritual Processes in Historical Becoming

== Literature ==
=== German ===
* [[Rudolf Steiner]]: ''Die spirituellen Hintergründe der äußeren Welt. Der Sturz der Geister der Finsternis'', [[GA 177]] (1999), ISBN 3-7274-1771-4 {{Lectures|177}}

{{GA}}

[[Category:GA]]
[[Category:GA (cycle)]]
[[de:GA 177]]

GA 177 - Revision history

Odyssee: Created page with "thumb == The Spiritual Background of the Outer World. The Fall of the Spirits of Darkness. Spiritual Beings and Their Effects, Volume I == === Die spirituel..."