 The
Gospel of St. John
12 lectures by Rudolf
Steiner
In The Gospel of St. John lectures, Rudolf Steiner
lays the foundation for a renewed understanding of the Mystery
of Golgotha. He describes the John
Gospel as not just a book of instruction but a force that can
become active within our souls. He also regards it as the
culmination of all the Gospels as it penetrates to the very
heart of what Christ, the Logos, is for humanity and for world
evolution.
Starting from the
Doctrine of the Logos, announced in the opening lines of the
Gospel, Steiner leads us through the doctrine of esoteric
Christianity and the qualities of Christian Initiation.
The significance of the "raising of Lazarus" is explored along
with its connection to the true authorship of the Gospel. He
describes the important introduction of the cosmic "I AM" (the
Christ) to the budding human ego experience as it developed
over the long history (and pre-history) of mankind, showing
with diagrams, how it gradually found its way into the human
astral body, etheric body and physical body in ancient
Lemurian and Atlantean times; how it then developed as
conscious, active faculties in the Sentient Soul, Intellectual
Soul and Consciousness Soul in post-Atlantean times. He also
describes the significance of the Mystery of Golgotha for the
evolving ego; the nature of the Virgin Sophia and the Holy
Spirit; and much more.
All of Steiner's work, as Marie Steiner
writes in her introduction, was to "pave the way to Christ."
Indeed, at the conclusion of these lectures Rudolf Steiner
said: "It will come to be understood that Christianity is only
beginning its influence, and will fulfil its real mission
only when it is understood in its true, spiritual form." And
he added: "The more these lectures are understood in this
sense, the better they will be understood as they were
intended."
Trans. M. B. Monges
12 lectures, Hamburg, May 18-31, 1908 (GA103)
Anthroposophic
Press
192 pages, hardback
ISBN:
0 88010
107 5
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