The East in the Light of the West: The Children of Lucifer and the Brothers of Christ (Cw 113) (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781855845398)

9 lectures, Munich, August 23-31, 1909 (GA 113)

"Awonderfully beautiful legend tells us that when Lucifer fell from heaven toearth a precious stone fell from his crown.... This precious stone is, in a certain respect, nothing else than the full power of the 'I.'"-- Rudolf Steiner

Seven years after staging Édouard Schuré's drama The Children of Lucifer, Rudolf Steiner felt he could speak openly about the complex relationship between Lucifer and Christ. In this extraordinary series of lectures, Steineraddresses the difficult and frequently misunderstood subject of Lucifer's role inhuman development. Speaking in the broader context of ancient and modern--both Eastern and Western--spiritual teachings, Steiner makes it clear that Lucifer is not the simple caricature of evil that many imagine but actually plays a pivotal role in human development.

Whereas Rudolf Steiner held a deep respect for Eastern philosophy, he workedconsistently from his personal knowledge of the Western Christian esoteric tradition. Though many of his colleagues revered ancient Eastern texts, Steiner viewed those documents as representations of an earlier stage of human consciousness and as evidence of the heights Eastern wisdom had reached thousands of years before the development of Western science and culture. Nonetheless, Steiner maintains that the ancient truths need to be understood in the context of modern knowledge--that the old wisdom of the East has to be seen in the light of the West.

This volume is a translation from German of Der Orient im Lichte des Okzidents. Die Kinder des Luzifer und die Brüder Christi (GA 113).

Author: Rudolf Steiner
ISBN-10: 1855845393
ISBN-13: 9781855845398
Publisher: Rudolf Steiner Press
Language: English
Published: 12/05/2017
Pages: 164
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.30w x 0.70d