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 The
Gospel of St. Mark
10 lectures by Rudolf Steiner
In The Gospel
of St Mark lectures, Rudolf Steiner describes how Mark was especially able to reveal Christ as a
cosmic being, emphasizing his greatness and power, because, after having
been a pupil of Peter, he moved to Alexandria during a time
when Jewish philosophy and theology was at it's peak. There he
absorbed the best aspects and views of pagan gnosis and
cosmology.
Mark was
able to learn how humankind came into being through a descent
from the spiritual world and how the luciferic and ahrimanic
forces have been taken into the human soul in the course of
evolution, corrupting its original forces. He was able to
understand what was revealed to him by pagan gnosis concerning
our human origin out of the cosmos when our planet originally
came into being in aeons past and the strong contrast between
our original human destiny and what humankind had become, thus
revealing the necessity of the Christ event for our further
development and return to spiritual cognition.
Trans: C. Mainzer, S. C. Easton (10 lectures, Basel 15 - 24
Sept 1912, GA139); 211pp
Anthroposophic Press
ISBN:
0 88010 083 4; paperback
See also:
Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925) called his spiritual philosophy
'anthroposophy', which he defined as 'the consciousness of one's
humanity', and the disciplined methods of studying this he termed
‘spiritual science’. As a highly developed clairvoyant and
spiritual initiate, he spoke from
his direct cognition of the spiritual world. However, he did not see
his work as religious or sectarian, but rather sought to found a
universal 'science of the spirit'.
His
many published works (written books and lectures) - which include
his research into the spiritual nature of the human being, the
evolution of the world and humanity, and methods of personal
development - invite readers to develop their own spiritual
faculties. He also provided indications for the renewal of many
human activities, including education - both general and special -
agriculture, medicine, economics, architecture, science, philosophy,
religion and the arts. He wrote some 30 books and delivered over
6000 lectures across Europe, and in 1924 founded the General
Anthroposophical Society which today has branches throughout the
world.
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