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'Whether souls have returned in physical incarnations as
Platonists, as Aristotelians, as pupils of Chartres, as members of
the Dominican Order, as Templars, as Cathars, or whether these
souls accompany us as spiritual beings, a stream of spiritual
continuity that begins in the Middle Ages flows through human
history.'- Manfred Schmidt-Brabant. Why do people today look back
to the Middle Ages with such interest? Do those times have anything
to do with the present? In this enlightening series of lectures,
Manfred Schmidt-Brabant and Virginia Sease suggest that our sense
of selfhood depends on whether we can create a true relationship to
the present age. But to do this we need to understand the spiritual
roots of our time. These roots, they indicate, are present in the
Middle Ages.The impulses that originate from that time continue to
stream into modern times, helping to determine our thinking,
feeling and actions. Even the biography of Europe is largely
determined by what people of the Middle Ages thought, endured,
believed and fought over. All of this emerges today in the
consciousness of the individual and in the fabric of our
communities. To aid our comprehension of this critical period, the
authors embark on a broad historical survey of the culture and
history - both exoteric and esoteric - of the Middle Ages. Their
journey takes in King Arthur and the Celtic Mysteries; Francis of
Assisi, the Franciscans and the School of Chartres; Thomas Aquinas,
Averroes and the Dominicans; Cabbala and Jewish Mysticism; heretics
and the Cathars; Templar secrets; spiritual Alchemy and Gothic
architecture; Columbus and the Mysteries of America; and, the
Consciousness Soul and the historical Figure of Faust.
Will homemaking ever again be seen as an important role in modern
society? Can it become a real career? In recent years the role of
homemaking has been somewhat derided and diminished in relation to
careers outside the home. Furthermore, women are urged to return to
the workplace as quickly as possible following childbirth.
Homemaking is not generally viewed as real work, while daycare
centers and childcare workers fill the gap. The author maintains
that the old understanding of the homemaking role needs to be
reenlivened with spiritual knowledge. We can, for example, begin to
work with the suprasensory aspects of the household, the etheric
and astral qualities there, as well as the various spiritual beings
that are connected with the home. This book provides a generous
helping of advice and ideas to help all those whose destiny is to
develop a career that involves caring for home and family. It
offers recognition of the dignity and importance of creating an
environment that protects and nurtures children, preparing them for
the larger world. C O N T E N T S 1. A New Vocation: Homemaker
Individuality and Role Expectations Strength and Insight The New
Mysteries 2. The Life-organism of the Household Aspects of the
Household Etheric Body Astral Body Spirituality Matter Living in
the Home 3. Seed of the New Mystery Society Forming the Household
Individuality Rhythm Cultural Life The Path of Development of the
Homemaker Sacramentalism 4 Questions
'Christianity is not a matter of a religion or even a denomination;
it is not a question of a particular culture. Christ is there for
all humanity.' In the old Mystery cultures the human being
experienced himself as a child of the Gods, or even an instrument
of them. According to Rudolf Steiner's spiritual-scientific
research, the birth of independent thinking came only with our
present state of consciousness - through becoming aware of the
individual self. But who is this self? Who am I? Virginia Sease and
Manfred Schmidt-Brabant maintain that real self-knowledge is
intimately connected with knowledge of the central being of world
evolution: the Christ, or the 'I AM'. Focusing on the being of
Christ and on Christianity, "The New Mysteries" presents a series
of engaging lectures on the developing Mystery wisdom of our age.
Having given an overview of the history of the Mysteries in their
book "Paths of the Christian Mysteries", the authors deepen and
further their study by paying special attention to the effect of
the "Christ Mysteries". Among the essential themes of the new
volume are the transformation of conscience, the place of prayer
and meditation, and the significance of sacrifice today.
Over the past decades there has been an upsurge of interest in 'the
Camino', the pilgrim's route to Santiago de Compostela in northern
Spain. But where does this fascination in the spiritual exploration
of the Middle Ages come from, and what is its significance? Rudolf
Steiner stated that people have a need to live not only with
external history but also with the esoteric, hidden narrative that
lies behind it. Now, at the beginning of the twenty-first century,
it is increasingly necessary for us to live consciously with this
veiled history of humanity's search for communion with the divine
world. It is within this context that the Camino's historic
importance is re-echoed in many souls today. Based on lifelong
research and contemplation, Paths of the Christian Mysteries
presents a survey of extraordinary breadth and depth, taking us
from the cosmic origin of the Grail Mysteries to the supersensible
Michael Cultus and the Being Anthroposophia. The intervening
chapters present studies of the School of Athens, early Christian
art and its Gnostic impulses, the Grail Initiation in northern
Spain, the role of the Cathars and Troubadours in the Manichaean
stream, the Camino to Santiago de Compostela and the esoteric
aspect of music for the pilgrims, the Music of the Spheres and the
Elders of the Apocalypse, the Templars as emissaries of the Holy
Grail, the initiations of Christian Rosenkreutz and his relation to
anthroposophical art, and the early Rosicrucian impulses in America
and Europe.
In ancient times, people's experience of the divine was imbued with
the feminine archetype. The world of spirit was seen to be
populated by goddesses, and women were honoured as priestesses and
guardians of sacred rites. The later Greek and Roman civilizations,
in contrast, were characterized by the principle of patriarchy,
which still dominates our culture - despite the political and
social emancipation of women in the West. This unique study of the
feminine archetype throws new light on the spiritual significance
and meaning of the feminine principle today, as well as its task
and destiny in the future. Beginning with Eve in tradition and
legend, the authors provide insightful commentaries on the Queen of
Sheba, the image of the Virgin in esoteric Christianity,
Isis-Sophia and the Great Mother, the birth of art from the primal
source of the feminine, and the importance of women in modern
esotericism. Through a study of the esoteric background to human
and earth evolution, Sease and Schmidt-Brabant arrive at clear and
accessible perspectives that could transform human life, and in
particular family culture, in our time.
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