World History and the Mysteries in the Light of Anthroposophy
It is a common belief that human consciousness, as we experience it today, has been essentially the same throughout the whole of what we know as history. In this challenging course of lectures, Rudolf Steiner presents a radically different view. History, he suggests, is seen in its true light only when we study the differences in the human being's soul life during the various historical eras. Consciousness constantly evolves, and we can understan the present only by understanding its origin in the past. Steiner begins this course of lectures by surveying the development of memory in human evolution. He then describes how people saw themselves and the world in the ancient East, and how that understanding manifested in the ancient Mysteries. He follows their development from Babylonia to Greece, and shows the influence of the Mysteries on modern spiritual life.
Publisher: Rudolf Steiner Press
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