 Deeper
Secrets of Human History
In the Light of the Gospel of St. Matthew
3 lectures by
Rudolf Steiner
In these lectures
Rudolf Steiner explores the four aspects of Christ as
portrayed in the four Gospels, with special emphasis on the
Gospel of Matthew with its strong Hebraic character.
He describes the
development of the Hebrew constitution from the time of
Abraham through the subsequent generations, especially noting
the need for this people to develop a consciousness that is
devoid of all astral revelations. Through the particular
bodily constitution of Abraham, reasoned thought was to
replace the ancient visionary clairvoyance and this was to be
perpetuated and strengthened through heredity. Ultimately this
development would, through Christ and the Mystery of Golgotha,
lead to human freedom and pave the way for a new spiritualised
consciousness for humanity.
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Summary of Contents:
Lecture
1: Christ-Jesus: the Being of Light and Love. The
Gospel of St. John: transcendental Ideas. The Gospel of St.
Luke: self-offering sacrifice. The Gospel of St. Mark: the
spirit power of the earthly sun-hidden forces of nature and of
spirit. The Gospel, of St. Matthew: the Christ as the
harmonised picture of Man: secrets of human history.
1st November, 1909
Lecture 2:
The faculty of reasoned thought, recognising Divinity
without clairvoyance, as an external revelation, is developed in
the ancient Hebrew people. To this end, the particular bodily
constitution of Abraham must be transmitted by way of heredity.
The combining of the mathematical world-picture with inner
Imagination is achieved through Moses in Egypt. The Law is given
in Arabia. In the Babylonian captivity, contact is made with
oriental wisdom. Recapitulation of the history of the ancient
Hebrew people in the coming of Jesus of Bethlehem. The kingdom
of Man or the kingdom of Heaven
9th November, 1909
Lecture 3:
The different streams of spiritual life in antiquity converge in
Jesus. Ancient clairvoyance and the significance of blood
relationship fade away before the new happening: the full
function of the Ego, the kingdom of Heaven. Preparation for this
among the Nazarenes. The Baptism of John. The Children of the
Serpent and the image of the Lamb. John the Baptist as the
herald of the new era, in which the spiritual world shines into
the soul of man through the phenomena and manifestations of the
outer world.
23rd November, 1909
Trans: D. S.
Osmond, A. P. Shepherd (3 lectures, Berlin 1, 9, & 23 Nov
1909, GA117)
Rudolf Steiner Press/Anthroposophic Press
78pp; paperback
ISBN: 0 85440 610 7
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