Name: Wonders of the World: Trials of the Soul, Revelations of the Spirit (Cw 129)
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Author: Steiner, Rudolf ; Amrine, Frederick ; Barfield, Owen
ISBN: 9781855845817

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Wonders of the World: Trials of the Soul, Revelations of the Spirit (Cw 129)

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Physical Book

Author

Introduction by

Translated by

Publisher

Year

2020

Language

English

Pages

286

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

23.1 x 15.5 x 2.3 cm

Weight

0.48 kg.

ISBN13

9781855845817

Synopsis "Wonders of the World: Trials of the Soul, Revelations of the Spirit (Cw 129)"

11 lectures in Munich, August 18-28, 1911 (CW 129)"From the contents of original Greek drama and the soul drama of the present day that leads to self-knowledge, Rudolf Steiner develops his thought processes--pulsating with lively contemplation--about wonders of the world, trials of the soul, and revelations of the spirit!" --Marie SteinerIn this remarkable interpretation of Greek mythology, Rudolf Steiner goes beyond Carl Jung and Joseph Campbell in his reading of such mythical figures as Demeter, Persephone, Eros, and Dionysos as primordial archetypes of macrocosmic thinking, feeling, and will. Moreover, he explains in detail how human archetypal consciousness was gradually lost, giving way to newfound, subjective experience of those faculties, which in turn opens possibilities for human freedom. His overarching theme of the "evolution of consciousness" is grand in sweep, while Steiner shows himself to be a master of telling details. The freshly revised text features an introduction, notes, color images, an index, and appendices by Prof. Frederick Amrine.This volume is a translation from German of Weltenwunder, Seelenprüfungen und Geistesoffenbarungen (Rudolf Steiner Verlag, 1995, vol. 129).

Rudolf Steiner

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Rudolf Steiner (Donji Kraljevec, Austro-Hungarian Empire, now Croatia, February 25 or 27, 1861-Dornach, Switzerland, March 30, 1925) was an Austrian philosopher, literary scholar, educator, artist, playwright, social thinker, and occultist. He was the founder of anthroposophy, Waldorf education, biodynamic agriculture, anthroposophic medicine, and the new artistic form of eurythmy.

He described anthroposophy as follows: Anthroposophy is a path of knowledge that would like to lead the spiritual in man to the spiritual in the universe. Those who feel certain questions about the essence of man and the world as a vital necessity as the one felt when we are hungry and thirsty can be anthroposophists.

Steiner proposed a form of ethical individualism, to which he later added a more explicitly spiritual component. He derived his epistemology from the worldview of Johann Wolfgang Goethe, according to which thought is an organ of perception just like the eye or the ear. Just as the eye perceives colors and the ear sounds, so thought perceives ideas.

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