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Why Become a Member of the School of Spiritual Science?

Sergei O. Prokofieff
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Author : Sergei O. Prokofieff
Publisher : Temple Lodge Publishing
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2012-10-15
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781906999391

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Sergei O. Prokofieff developed this booklet from talks to members of the Anthroposophical Society. They became opportunities for many to question potential membership of the First Class in a more conscious way, and for some to take the decisive step of entering the Michael School. "This experience gave rise to the occasion for printing this lecture separately for interested individuals, as a stimulus to consider their relationship to the Michael School on Earth against the background of the karma that guides human beings in their present incarnation to anthroposophy. In this sense, the present text may well be an aid for some interested individuals to grasp to its full extent the unique significance of the establishment of the Esoteric School--carried out as it was by Rudolf Steiner based on the Michael Spirit--so as to gain the courage and will to become a member out of full inner conviction" (from the preface). C O N T E N T S Preface Why Become a Member of the First Class of the Michael School? Appendix: The Philosophy of Freedom and the Supersensible Preparation of Anthroposphy

The School of Spiritual Science

C. Kaliks et al.
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Author : C. Kaliks et al.
Publisher : Temple Lodge Publishing
Page : 120 pages
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Release : 2024-04-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781915776167

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In a thoroughly revised and updated second edition, this important volume describes the character, intentions and working methods of the pioneering School of Spiritual Science, as established by Rudolf Steiner within the framework of the re-founded Anthroposophical Society in 1924. It explains the School’s prerequisites for membership and examines the role of the First Class and its representatives’ responsibilities. The main body of the book features descriptions of the sections within the School of Spiritual Science, contributed by individuals responsible for leadership of those sections. They indicate how the School connects with daily work in various aspects of life – including medicine, agriculture, education, science and the arts – and how they relate to contemporary society. Also included are significant articles and lectures by Rudolf Steiner regarding his original intentions for the School, and practical information on the process of becoming a member. In keeping with the transparency that he called for, The School of Spiritual Science is available to anyone who wants to explore the work of this invaluable cultural institution.

Esoteric Lessons for the First Class of the School of Spiritual Science at the Goetheanum

Rudolf Steiner
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Author : Rudolf Steiner
Publisher : Rudolf Steiner Press
Page : 1733 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2020-11-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781855845824

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During the refounding of the Anthroposophical Society as the General Anthroposophical Society at Christmas 1923/24, Rudolf Steiner also reconstituted, as the School of Spiritual Science, the Esoteric School he had led in three classes from 1904 to 1914, at the same time extending its scope by adding artistic and scientific Sections. However, owing to his illness and later death in March 1925, he was only able to make a beginning by establishing the First Class and the Sections. The actual step from the Esoteric School to the School of Spiritual Science was nevertheless an exceptional one. The Esoteric School from Helena Blavatsky’s time had been secret. Its existence was known only to those personally invited to participate. In contrast, the existence of the School of Spiritual Science was stated openly in the public statutes of the General Anthroposophical Society. From the Christmas Conference onwards, Rudolf Steiner worked within this publicly acknowledged framework. The Class Lessons comprise a complete spiritual course of nineteen fundamental lessons given between February and August 1924, several lessons given at other locations, and seven further lessons from September 1924 which take up the themes of the first part of the nineteen lessons in a modified form. This authentic, accurate and high-quality bilingual edition – with English and German texts printed side by side – is published in conjunction with the School of Spiritual Science at the Goetheanum. A compact four-volume clothbound set, it features plates with Rudolf Steiner’s handwritten notes of the mantras and reproductions of his original colour blackboard drawings. The translations of the mantric verses have been reworked by a committed group of translators, linguists and editors, expressing subtleties of meaning, grammatical accuracy and poetic style whilst retaining the original sound and metre of the German mantric forms. Three versions of the existing English translations are also included.

Constitution of the School of Spiritual Science

Rudolf Steiner
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Author : Rudolf Steiner
Publisher : Rudolf Steiner Press
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781855843646

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'If the intentions of the Christmas Conference are to be carried out, the Anthroposophical Society will in future have to fulfil, as far as possible, the esoteric aspirations of its members. With this end in view, the School, consisting of three Classes, will be established within the General Society.' - Rudolf Steiner, January 1924. A year after the burning of the first Goetheanum building in Dornach, Switzerland, Rudolf Steiner refounded the Anthroposophical Society during the Christmas Conference of 1923/24. At the heart of the Society he created 'the School of Spiritual Science', which has the specific task of presenting 'the esoteric aspect', and leading its members to knowledge and experience of the spirit. The School was to have 'Sections' to represent various fields of human endeavour, such as Medicine and Education, and three 'Classes', with the First Class to be established immediately by Rudolf Steiner. This short book is a collection of articles (from the Society Newsletter) and lectures by Rudolf Steiner from 1924, introducing and explaining the purpose of the School of Spiritual Science to members of the Anthroposophical Society. It forms a companion volume to The Foundation Stone / The Life, Nature and Cultivation of Anthroposophy.

Why Become a Member of the Anthroposophical Society?

Sergei O. Prokofieff
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Author : Sergei O. Prokofieff
Publisher : Temple Lodge Publishing
Page : 127 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2012-10-15
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781906999384

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Why Become a Member of the Anthroposophical Society? by Sergei O. Prokofieff Pdf

Why become a member of the Anthroposophical Society? Is the Anthroposophical Society really needed today? The future of the society, according to Sergei O. Prokofieff, depends directly on competent responses to such questions by each and every anthroposophist. "With these considerations, it is not the author's concern to persuade the reader in an outward way to join the Anthroposophical Society. He is concerned with the communication of a few esoteric viewpoints and possible motives, so that the decision in this regard can develop in a fully aware and responsible manner, based on a solid inner cognitive foundation. For only when the decision in regard to membership in the Anthroposophical Society--for whatever reason the individual might make it--occurs on such a basis, does it also have spiritual justification" (from the preface). C O N T E N T S Preface 1. The Anthroposophical Society and the Being Anthroposophia 2. The New Group Souls 3. From Individual to the Social Realm 4. The Four Main Consequences of the Christmas Conference 5. The Karma of the Anthroposophical Society 6. The Spirit of the Christmas Conference 7. The Foundation Stone and the Etheric Return of the Christ 8. The New Community-building Principle 9. The Michael Mystery and the Tasks of the Anthroposophical Society 10. The Christmas Conference and the Mission of Christian Rosenkreutz 11. The Particular Esotericism of the Anthroposophical Society 12. The General Anthroposophical Society and Its Founder Rudolf Steiner

The School of Spiritual Science

Johannes Kühl,Bodo v Plato
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Author : Johannes Kühl,Bodo v Plato
Publisher : Temple Lodge Publishing
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781906999162

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The School of Spiritual Science by Johannes Kühl,Bodo v Plato Pdf

In 1924, Rudolf Steiner established the School of Spiritual Science within the framework of the newly reestablished Anthroposophical Society. This book represents a beginning attempt at describing the nature, intent, and methods of this pioneering school and its place in modern culture. It describes the school's three prerequisites for membership and studies its connection with the Anthroposophical Society and the anthroposophic movement. It also examines the role of its "First Class" in relation to Rudolf Steiner's original intentions and the responsibilities of its representatives. The bulk of the book involves descriptions of the various sections in the School of Spiritual Science, contributed by those who are currently their leaders. These descriptions indicate how the school connects with daily work in various areas of life, in keeping with an esotericism based on the idea that "life and its depths can be confronted in the most energetic way." Also featured is practical information, including a description of the process for becoming a member and an appendix containing significant statements by Rudolf Steiner. In keeping with the transparency that Steiner requested from the outset, this book is suitable for anyone interested in the School of Spiritual Science.

A History of the School of Spiritual Science

Johannes Kiersch
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Author : Johannes Kiersch
Publisher : Temple Lodge Publishing
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 1902636805

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The School of Spiritual Science and its individual sections was initiated by Rudolf Steiner at the Christmas Conference (1923-1924). His intention, in his own words, was to present "the esoteric aspect." It was to have three classes, though only the First Class was instituted before Steiner's death in 1925. Recently, the written records on which the teaching of the First Class is based have been published in both German and English, which has given rise to a number of questions. Consequently, the council of the General Anthroposophical Society in Dornach, Switzerland, commissioned Johannes Kiersch to write a history of this unique organization. The result is an overview of the First Class and its development, from the early esotericism developed by Rudolf Steiner while still connected with the Theosophical Society, to the period following World War II. The author provides individual commentaries on the first "mediators" of the school, including Lili Kolisko, Harry Collison, and Count Polzer-Hoditz. The book also presents some thirty-seven original documents in an extensive appendix, which features personal notes, letters, and speeches connected with the Esoteric School. A History of the School of Spiritual Science presents a balanced history of the birth and development of the First Class and its struggles through the controversial splits and conflicts that followed Steiner's death. As Kiersch states, "The aim has been, above all, to come as close as possible to the sources and offer historical material for individuals to form their own opinion."

The Spiritual Origins of Eastern Europe

Sergei O. Prokofieff
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Author : Sergei O. Prokofieff
Publisher : Temple Lodge Publishing
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2016-03-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781906999919

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‘And however paradoxical it may seem today, the “Grail mood” is in the fullest sense to be found in Russia. And the future role that Russia will play in the sixth post-Atlantean epoch... rests firmly upon this unconquerable “Grail mood” in the Russian people.’ – Rudolf Steiner Although Eastern Europe has been part of the Christian world for more than a thousand years, its spiritual identity remains a mystery. This mystery, says Sergei Prokofieff, can only fully be solved by looking behind external events and seeking spiritual – meta-historical – dimensions of reality. In illuminating the maya of outer history, Prokofieff reveals the forces that have been at work to hinder the progress of mankind: the materialistic Brotherhoods of the West and the occult aspects of both Jesuitism and Bolshevism. These adversary groups have created a ‘karma of materialism’, that the eastern Slavic peoples have taken upon themselves out of their ‘exalted willingness for sacrifice’. Prokofieff shows how, from the earliest times, the future ‘conscience of humanity’ flowed from hidden mystery centres in Hibernia, to the eastern Slavic peoples. As a result, qualities of ‘compassion, patience and willingness for sacrifice’ developed in their souls, creating a truly Christian ‘Grail mood’. Despite incalculable suffering – from the persecutions of the Mongol hordes to the Bolshevik experiment of the last century – this quality has become an unconquerable force. Will humanity be able to use the present opportunity granted by this sacrifice to fulfil the primary purposes of the present cultural epoch? Can the future mysteries of the Holy Grail be fulfilled? In this momentous work, breathtaking in its scope and detail, the author attempts a truly esoteric approach, penetrating to the spiritual wellsprings of Eastern Europe in the light of Rudolf Steiner’s research.

Friedrich Schiller and the Future of Freedom

Sergei O. Prokofieff
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Author : Sergei O. Prokofieff
Publisher : Temple Lodge Publishing
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2023-06-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781915776044

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Friedrich Schiller and the Future of Freedom by Sergei O. Prokofieff Pdf

‘The primary task of this book is to build a bridge to a deeper understanding of Schiller himself who, along with Goethe and Novalis, was one of the great spiritual forerunners and trailblazers of anthroposophy.’ – Sergei O. Prokofieff Planned as the second volume in a trilogy on Novalis, Schiller and Goethe, Friedrich Schiller and the Future of Freedom is much more than a conventional biography. Prokofieff shines new light on Schiller’s character and destiny, helping to establish his position as a crucial antecedent to Rudolf Steiner in the spiritual history of humanity. He also defines Schiller’s task in the context of the achievements of Goethe and Novalis at the end of the eighteenth century, an extraordinary period that saw a seminal transformation in the philosophical and artistic landscape. Following the recent publication of The Riddle of Dmitri – which explores Schiller’s unfinished drama Demetrius – Prokofieff returns here to the theme in the framework of Schiller’s life and extensive body of work. In timely fashion, he conveys Schiller’s mediating role between Central and Eastern Europe, indicating how he came ‘near to the soul of the Russian people through an idealism imbued with his entirely self-created moral power and his fiery enthusiasm for everything in the world that is true, beautiful and good’.

Rudolf Steiner's Sculptural Group

Sergei O. Prokofieff
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Author : Sergei O. Prokofieff
Publisher : Temple Lodge Publishing
Page : 139 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781906999452

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Rudolf Steiner's Sculptural Group by Sergei O. Prokofieff Pdf

Saved by good fortune from the flames that engulfed the first Goetheanum, Rudolf Steiners wooden sculpture of the Christ, "the Representative of Humanity," standing between the adversary forces of Lucifer and Ahriman, remains intact, although unfinished, and on display to this day. Unique in the history of art, the Sculptural Group was deeply connected to Rudolf Steiners inner being. The great Christian initiate even died by its side, having made efforts to work on the sculpture days before he crossed the threshold.

The Cycle of the Year as a Path of Initiation

Sergei O. Prokofieff
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Author : Sergei O. Prokofieff
Publisher : Temple Lodge Publishing
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2014-03-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781906999629

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The Cycle of the Year as a Path of Initiation by Sergei O. Prokofieff Pdf

In ancient times humanity possessed an innate knowledge of the spiritual foundations of existence. Such knowledge could be acquired through inwardly accompanying the cycle of the year and its connected great seasonal festivals. But this instinctive knowledge had to be lost in order for human beings to discover individual freedom. In our time, as Sergei O. Prokofieff demonstrates in this comprehensive work, ‘... this knowledge must be found anew through the free, light-filled consciousness of the fully developed human personality’. Tracing the spiritual path of the yearly cycle, Prokofieff penetrates to the deeper esoteric realities of the seven Christian festivals of Michaelmas, Christmas, Epiphany, Easter, Ascension, Whitsun and St John’s Tide. Basing his research on the work of the twentieth-century initiate Rudolf Steiner, he reveals how these festivals are spiritual facts that exist independently of religious traditions and cultural customs. Working with the festivals in an esoteric sense can provide a true path of initiation, ultimately enabling an experience of the Being of the Earth, Christ. The journey of study through this book can thus lead the reader to an experience of the modern Christian-Rosicrucian path, along which ‘... it is possible to take the first steps towards life in partnership with the course of cosmic existence’.

Faculty Meetings with Rudolf Steiner

Rudolf Steiner
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Author : Rudolf Steiner
Publisher : SteinerBooks
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1998-09
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780880109949

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Faculty Meetings with Rudolf Steiner by Rudolf Steiner Pdf

8 lectures, Stuttgart, June 12-19, 1921 (CW 302) In these eight talks on education for teenaged young people, Steiner addressed the teachers of the first Waldorf school two years after it was first opened. A high school was needed, and Steiner wanted to provide a foundation for study and a guide for teachers already familiar with his approach to the human being, child development, and education based on spiritual science. Steiner's education affirms the being of every child within the world of spirit. This approach works within the context of the child's gradual entry into earthly life, aided by spiritual forces, and children's need for an education that cooperates with those forces. Some of Steiner's remarks may be controversial, but unbiased study will lead to an appreciation of the profound thought and wisdom behind what is presented here. German source: Menschenerkenntnis und Unterrichtsgestaltung (GA 302).

Rudolf Steiner and the Founding of the New Mysteries

Sergei O. Prokofieff
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Author : Sergei O. Prokofieff
Publisher : Temple Lodge Publishing
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2017-06-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781912230044

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Rudolf Steiner and the Founding of the New Mysteries by Sergei O. Prokofieff Pdf

In this revised and expanded edition of his classic debut, Sergei O. Prokofieff investigates the deepest mysteries of Rudolf Steiner’s life and individuality, from ‘the years of apprenticeship’ and ‘the great Sun period’ to ‘the path of the Teacher of Humanity’ and ‘the birth of the New Mysteries’. He discusses the earthly and supersensible aspects of the first Goetheanum, the implications of the Christmas Conference of 1923-24, and the Foundation Stone meditation that Steiner left as a legacy to members of the Anthroposophical Society. In his very personal Introduction, Prokofieff describes, in moving detail, the events in his life which led to his discovery of anthroposophy whilst living in Communist Russia, and how eventually he came to write this extraordinary study of Rudolf Steiner. The resulting volume – a work of secondary anthroposophical literature unprecedented in its depth and significance – was first published in Germany in 1982, meeting with equal amounts of acclaim, astonishment and controversy. It is published in this paperback edition to mark the 35th anniversary of the original publication.

Rudolf Steiner's Path of Initiation and the Mystery of the Ego

Rudolf Steiner,Sergei O. Prokofieff
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Author : Rudolf Steiner,Sergei O. Prokofieff
Publisher : Temple Lodge Publishing
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781906999551

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Rudolf Steiner's Path of Initiation and the Mystery of the Ego by Rudolf Steiner,Sergei O. Prokofieff Pdf

A special conference took place in Bologna in spring 2011, marking the hundredth anniversary of a unique lecture Steiner delivered to a philosophically trained audience in the same city. In his key exposition, Steiner had given a concise description of the spiritual-scientific theory of knowledge as well as a brief outline of the anthroposophic path of training. In his contribution to the 2011 congress, Prokofieff tackles two principal aspects. On the one hand, he describes how Steiner's Bologna lecture contained the essential foundations for a new "science of the human ego" (human "I"). On the other hand, Prokofieff states that Steiner was the first person to transform this theory into a practical path of knowledge, following it to its very conclusion. Thus, the words of Steiner's lecture were based entirely on personal experience. Together with a transcript of Steiner's full Bologna lecture, Prokofieff's lecture is reproduced here in an expanded version. In addition, this volume features Steiner's important "summaries of essential points," in which he develops and connects some of his key thoughts with further aspects of Anthroposophy, especially in relation to their Christological foundations. C O N T E N T S Foreword by Sergei O. Prokofieff PART ONE SERGEI O. PROKOFIEFF RUDOLF STEINER'S PATH OF INITIATION AND THE MYSTERY OF THE EGO Lecture in Bologna, March 31, 2011 PART TWO RUDOLF STEINER THE FOUNDATIONS OF ANTHROPOSOPHICAL METHODOLOGY 1. Lecture in Bologna, April 8, 1911 - The Psychological Foundations of Anthroposophy - A Spiritual-scientific Mode of Perception Based upon Potential Psychological Facts - The Experiences of the Spiritual Researcher and the Theory of Knowledge 2. Two Summaries of Essential Points from the Lecture in Bologna - Theosophy and Modern Cultural Life - A Statement about Theosophy at the Fourth International Philosophy Conference

May Human Beings Hear It!

Sergei O. Prokofieff
May Human Beings Hear It Book PDF

Author : Sergei O. Prokofieff
Publisher : Temple Lodge Publishing
Page : 938 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2014-03-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781906999612

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May Human Beings Hear It! by Sergei O. Prokofieff Pdf

During the Christmas period of 1923-4, Rudolf Steiner refounded the Anthroposophical Society at its headquarters in Dornach, Switzerland. This important event, which has come to be known as the Christmas Conference, can be studied on many levels, and its many mysteries have been central to Sergei O. Prokofieff's anthroposophical research over the years. His beginning point has been an enduring question: What did Rudolf Steiner mean when he called the Christmas Conference the ‘start of a World-Turning-point of Time’? In this far-reaching work, the author – working from several different viewpoints - guides the reader towards an answer. Prokofieff suggests that the impulse of the Christmas Conference can only be reenlivened today through conscious action by individuals to experience its spiritual essence. Rather than offering dogmatic conclusions, he opens up paths of approaching this goal by throwing light on different aspects of the Conference and what lies at its heart: the Foundation Stone and its Meditation. In particular, Prokofieff explores three key perspectives: the connection of the Christmas Conference with humanity’s evolution; the inner relationship of each individual anthroposophist to the Christmas Conference; and the significance of the Conference to Rudolf Steiner himself. Although this is major work of some length, the individual chapters of May Human Beings Hear It! are complete in themselves, and can therefore be studied independently of each other.