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'How can our souls unite with the etheric Christ, experienced in
the etheric world since the end of the last century? What steps
should we take, in the second century of the age of Michael, to
unite with Him?' At the centre of humanity's evolution stands the
Mystery of Golgotha, through which the Christ impulse entered the
earth. Anthroposophy, said Rudolf Steiner, was given at the
beginning of the last century to prepare for the second major
Christ event - the etheric Second Coming - beginning in 1933. This
Event is the portal that leads to the mighty and transformative
happenings taking place in the etheric world right now, enabling us
to meet the etheric Christ, Michael and Anthroposophia. At the
heart of this book is an existential question. Early in his
anthroposophical work, Ben-Aharon came to realize that without the
light of spiritual science, the meeting with the etheric Christ
remained simply a personal experience. Likewise, without the new
life forces streaming from the etheric Christ, anthroposophy was
merely a body of knowledge, frozen in time. Both needed each other.
But how was that mutually-enlivening bridge to be built? Speaking
candidly of his personal spiritual path and inner struggles of
consciousness, Ben-Aharon tackles this fundamental dilemma as a
prelude to the forthcoming, second edition of his book The New
Experience of the Supersensible. Contents include: The Ur-Phenomena
of the Modern Christ Experience, Paul's Christ Experience and the
Birth of Christian Platonism; The Michaelic Yoga; The
Platonic-Aristotelian Essence Exchange at the End of the Twentieth
Century; The Meeting with the Etheric Christ; The Abyss and the
Event of the Threshold; The Knowledge Drama of the Second Coming;
The Meeting with Michael; The Meeting with Anthroposophia.
This unique work - the fruit of many decades' research and
experience - throws new light on the supersensible history and
karma of the Michaelic movement since Rudolf Steiner's death. It
describes that movement's evolution and transformation in the
etheric world during the twentieth century, from the world-changing
apocalypse of the 1930s and 40s through to the beginning of its
incarnation on Earth at the end of last century. The book also
focuses on developments in the practical and social work of
building the community of the School of Spiritual Science, which
embodies the new Michaelic movement in our time. As Ben-Aharon
indicates, the Michaelic movement is searching for creative,
courageous and enthusiastic souls to foster a strong community that
develops - from one decade to the next - as a living organism.
Based on the continuous resurrection of anthroposophy, this
community strives to create a fully conscious meeting and
communication with the school of Michael and Christ in the etheric
world, in a form that is appropriate and demanded by the times. The
transcripts of these lectures bring together the author's
experiences with anthroposophy over the last 42 years in the light
of present communications from the spiritual world. It is based on
contemporary spiritual investigation and individual, lived
experience. From the Contents: 'The Amfortas-Parsifal Duality of
Modern Humanity'; 'The Twilight of Humanity and its Resurrection';
'The Universal Language of Michael and the Being of Rudolf
Steiner'; 'The Anthroposophical Movement in the Present'; 'The
Etheric Form is Alive'; 'The Resurrection of the Etheric Christ in
the 21st Century'
Based on a remarkable series of lectures delivered in his native
Israel, Dr Ben-Aharon presents his illuminating research on the
meaning of Judaism and the spiritual mission of the Jewish people
in the past, present and future. The Hebrew people have been a
central root in the development not only of Judaism, Christianity
and Islam, but of the universal human spirit itself. Thus, a new
understanding of their development and contribution to the
spiritual biography of humanity is essential to understanding
ourselves as human beings. The Jews were chosen to reveal the
deepest secret of ancient times: the existence of one God above all
gods, being the Creator of all human beings - beyond race, nation
and gender - in his divine image. The great historical and
spiritual figures of the Hebrew people - Abraham, Isaac, Jacob,
Moses, Joseph, the Judges, Kings and Prophets - prepared humanity
for individuation - the true `I AM' - through devotion to the
divine foundation of the world. `The Lord our God is one', who is
to be loved with all one's heart, soul and being. Each person could
now fulfill the Word, which could be actualized on earth - in the
human being. In Jerusalem Dr Ben-Aharon describes the evolution of
the Hebrew people and its role in the development of the human
race. The journey continues to the present day, where the universal
human Self has the potential to become a free participator in the
ongoing creation of the universe. `The better I understand the
roots of the Hebrew people and its universal-human mission, the
better I shall understand the nature of humanity and its mission;
and the more human I become, in the most universal sense, anchored
in a new spiritual knowledge and practice, the more fulfilled,
active and creative I can be at the roots of my existence as a Jew
and an Israeli.' - Yeshayahu Ben-Aharon
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