Ever since nature and consciousness were separated in the late
Middle Ages, giving rise to a science of matter alone, the
spiritual beings who are the universe have felt abandoned and
unable to complete their work, for this work depends for its
success on human collaboration. At the same time, human beings have
also felt abandoned, condemned to a speck of dust in an infinitely
decaying universe. In these remarkable lectures, Rudolf Steiner
reestablishes the human being as a participant in an evolving,
dynamic universe of living spiritual beings: a living universe,
whole and divine. And he does so in concrete images, capable of
being grasped by human consciousness as if from within. How is this
possible? Implicit in Rudolf Steiner's view is the fact that,
fundamentally, the universe consists of consciousness. Everything
else is illusion. Hence to understand the evolution of the cosmos
and humanity in any terms other than consciousness is also
illusion. Whenever we have to do with mighty cosmic facts, we have
to do with states of consciousness. But states of consciousness
never exist apart from the beings who embody them. Therefore, the
only true realities are beings in different states of
consciousness. In this sense, Rudolf Steiner's spiritual science is
a science of states of consciousness and the beings who embody
them. Indeed, rightly considered, all science-physics, chemistry,
botany, zoology, geology, psychology, astronomy, etc.-is a science
of beings. And the sensory perception, the physical trace, is but
the outer vestment of the activity of beings in different states of
consciousness. To describe these beings, Steiner uses the names
made familiar by the wisdom tradition of theWest. He speaks of the
evolutionary states of Saturn, Sun, Moon, Earth, Jupiter, Venus,
and Vulcan; and the nine "choirs" of angels (Seraphim, Cherubim,
and Thrones; Dominions, Virtues, and Powers; Principalities,
Archangels, and Angels); as well as of elemental beings and nature
spirits; and the elements of fire, earth, air, and water.
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