Philosophical Speculations

Maybe Anthony, who named a difficulty in understanding the meaning of the spiritual planets, could find this lecture useful and try to get that meaning "from the other edge", that is, from the perspective of the human four bodies, rather than from the perspective of Christ. I'm currently ...

St. Augustine is practically synonymous with modern theology, or so it would seem, but then we read - " What is now called the Christian religion already existed among the ancients, and was not lacking at the very beginnings of the human race. When Christ appeared in the flesh, the true religi...

Another thing that strikes me at this point is the absence of some major exoteric themes in the esoteric stream - salvation, forgiveness of sins, justification, and worship. Surely a neophyte's question, but what is justification? For the other themes - salvation, forgiveness of sins, and worship -...

Of course many of the "dogmas" which the evangelicals hold to find presence in the early church, even in those who were taught by the apostles. The ecclesiastical churches (Roman, Orthodox) make make the case for the authenticity of their tradition based on the close relationship of the f...

Steiner does a detailed review of the evolution of Christianity, the early church Fathers, and how the ancient Mysteries that were surviving after the Christ events were suppressed and why. GA 175 Lecture VIII - Building stones for an understanding of the Mystery of Golgotha. Federica, Thanks for t...

Steiner does a detailed review of the evolution of Christianity, the early church Fathers, and how the ancient Mysteries that were surviving after the Christ events were suppressed and why. GA 175 Lecture VIII - Building stones for an understanding of the Mystery of Golgotha. Federica, Thanks for t...

Ever since the Christ Event there has always been a more concealed spiritual stream that sought to penetrate the deeper consequences of that event. The more external aspect (life and deeds of Jesus) became the widespread exoteric Christianity. This concealed stream was otherwise known as the hereti...

Ever since the Christ Event there has always been a more concealed spiritual stream that sought to penetrate the deeper consequences of that event. The more external aspect (life and deeds of Jesus) became the widespread exoteric Christianity. This concealed stream was otherwise known as the hereti...

So if "we experience something of Intuition even in this moment" surely this must be only "murky, convoluted shadows of pure intuitions". Otherwise, why bother with the development of higher cognition. Further, Steiner says, "In ordinary life man has only one “intuition” — ...

Cleric, I'm still pondering this sense perception/intuition distinction. What I'm struggling with is how we understand intuitions that appear in our consciousness before we "undress the layers of conditioning". If we haven't reached the state of intuitive cognition, how do we have intuiti...