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The Solar Way
(Paperback)
Nina Roudnikova; Translated by Charlotte Cowell
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The Spiritual Revolution of the twentieth century -- the "New Age"
-- is unimaginable without the spiritualist movement and the
formidable personality of Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, the creator of
the Theosophical Society. Without these two, the work of Rudolf
Steiner, G. I. Gurdjieff, Hazrat Inayat Khan, Sri Aurobindo, and C.
G. Jung, and could not have been what it was.
In this fascinating volume on the Theosophical movement, Rudolf
Steiner, one of its leading participants, tells his own story in
his own words about the origins of the theosophical movement in
spiritualism and somnambulism, as well as his own version of
Anthroposophy's relation to Theosophy. Steiner also relates
Theosophy to its historical ground in Western esotericism, above
all Rosicrucianism. He reveals events from the seventeenth century
that led to the emergence of Freemasonry and other secret
societies, the hidden history of the creation of Theosophy itself
in the nineteenth century, and conflicts that are still
reverberating between Anglo-Saxon and Germanic occult streams
today.
Why should we wish to know about and seek to understand the dark,
hidden realms of the Earth's interior? During the early twentieth
century, Rudolf Steiner spoke of the esoteric nature of what lies
beneath our feet, both physically and spiritually. He saw within
the Earth the layers of "Hell" through which the Christ traveled
following the Crucifixion and before the Resurrection, and how he
thus united himself with the Earth and inserted himself more fully
into human destiny. Steiner also spoke of how the different layers
of the Earth's interior affect and interact with human beings
living on Earth.
These lectures trace the subtle changes in people's ideas and
feelings in connection with the development of natural science.
Through this, Steiner shows the significance of scientific research
and the mode of thinking that goes with it. As we look at what
technology, has brought us, we can have a feeling akin to the one
of pain over the death ora person. This feeling, Steiner says, will
become the most important impetus to seek the spirit.
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