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Our Connection with the Elemental World - Kalevala - Olaf Asteson - The Russian People the World as the Result of Balancing Influences (Paperback) Loot Price: R546
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Our Connection with the Elemental World - Kalevala - Olaf Asteson - The Russian People the World as the Result of Balancing...

Our Connection with the Elemental World - Kalevala - Olaf Asteson - The Russian People the World as the Result of Balancing Influences (Paperback)

Rudolf Steiner; Translated by Simon Blaxland De Lange

Series: The Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner

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The heart of this volume comprises Rudolf Steiner's commentary on the elemental forces that are responsible for our earthly nature as human beings - forces that influence us through our membership of a national or geographical group. When such elemental forces are not recognised and understood, he states, they cause conflict and chaos. However, Steiner indicates an important accompanying task that calls upon each human being to develop individuality, emancipating ourselves from the earthly influences underlying national and racial groups.These great themes are framed by Rudolf Steiner's pioneering research into the two major Northern folk-poems, the Kalevala and The Dream Song of Olaf Asteson. The former tells of the elemental spirits who created the conditions for our earthly incarnation, whereas the Dream Song has to do with the drama of excarnation - the journey of the human soul after death. Linking these vast motifs is Steiner's unique description of the mission and tasks of the Russian people and the contrast of their destiny to the North American people (who, he says, are 'dominating the Earth for a brief period of increasing splendour'). Steiner explains how elemental beings, responsible for the balance of land and sea, have created conditions where various peoples are enabled to develop their gifts and fulfil their destinies. Thus he speaks of Finland as the ancient conscience of Europe, Russia as the future bearer of the Christ-imbued Spirit Self, and the differing but complementary environments of Germany and Britain. Strikingly, he states that, 'no souls on Earth love one another more than those living in Central Europe and those living in the British Isles'. Rudolf Steiner also speaks of the necessary work of luciferic and ahrimanic beings that collaborate to enable the solid spatial forms of our physical bodies. Likewise, they influence our etheric and astral bodies, facilitating thinking, feeling and will to be imbued with life and consciousness.

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Imprint: Rudolf Steiner Press
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: The Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner
Release date: November 2016
Authors: Rudolf Steiner
Translators: Simon Blaxland De Lange
Dimensions: 234 x 154 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 263
ISBN-13: 978-1-85584-488-9
Languages: English
Subtitles: German
Categories: Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Alternative belief systems > Syncretist & eclectic religions & belief systems > Post-renaissance syncretist / eclectic systems > Theosophy & Anthroposophy
Books > Religion & Spirituality > Alternative belief systems > Syncretist & eclectic religions & belief systems > Post-renaissance syncretist / eclectic systems > Theosophy & Anthroposophy
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LSN: 1-85584-488-5
Barcode: 9781855844889

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