The imagery of the Book of Revelation – St John's Apocalypse – has inspired centuries of interpretation, much of it symbolic or speculative. In this exceptional series of lectures, Rudolf Steiner approaches the least understood of Christian texts from a fundamentally different standpoint: that of direct spiritual perception and experiential knowledge.
Steiner presents the Apocalypse not as a prophecy of distant events, but as a living book of initiation that addresses the evolution of human awareness, the sacramental life and the future tasks of Christianity. The Apocalypse unfolds as a cosmic and historical drama: the Alpha and Omega of consciousness, the meaning of its sacred numbers, letters, seals and trumpets, and the downfall of the powers opposing the Christ Impulse. The Michael and Sun mysteries, the significance of 666 and the images of Babylon, the Beast and the New Jerusalem are explored in relation to karma, freedom and morality.
The Apocalypse emerges as a spiritual guide for our time, demanding engagement of the will and conscious striving. Central to this vision is the changing experience of the Communion service through successive Mystery epochs, culminating in a future knowledge of the human 'I'. By revealing the unity of cosmic and earthly processes, religion and knowledge, Steiner presents the Book of Revelation as a living source for humanity's future development and the renewal of priestly work.
Eighteen lectures, conversations & question-and-answer sessions, 5–22 Sept. 1924, Dornach, GA 346. 4pp colour plates.
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ReligionTable of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Publisher’s Note
- Introduction, by René Querido
- Greeting
- Lecture One
- Lecture Two
- Lecture Three
- Lecture Four
- Lecture Five
- Lecture Six
- Lecture Seven
- Lecture Eight
- Lecture Nine
- Lecture Ten
- Lecture Eleven
- Plate Section
- Lecture Twelve
- Lecture Thirteen
- Participants’ Questions
- Lecture Fourteen
- Lecture Fifteen
- Preliminary Talk
- Lecture Sixteen
- Lecture Seventeen
- Lecture Eighteen
- Appendix, ‘To The Members’
- A Note From the Editors of the German Edition
- Notes
- Rudolf Steiner’s Collected Works
- Significant Events in the Life of Rudolf Steiner
- Index
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