"Christianity as Mystical Fact, and the Mysteries of Antiquity" by Rudolf Steiner is a thought-provoking book that tries to reveal the mystical beginnings of Christianity by linking it to older mystical traditions. The author believes that to truly grasp the spiritual meaning of Christianity you must contemplate mystical ideas. Steiner suggests that Christianity wasn't just an extension of previous faiths, but a unique unveiling influenced by the hidden mystical truths inside human spirituality. The book begins by observing how modern science affects spiritual thinking and how people struggle to find spiritual truth in a world that focuses on materialism. Steiner explains the history of Christianity and highlights the importance of ancient mystical practices in developing its main ideas. He stresses that real spiritual wisdom doesn't come from simply reading religious texts but from having your own mystical awakenings, like going through an initiation process revealing the hidden truths about life and the divine.
Christianity as Mystical Fact, and the Mysteries of Antiquity
By Rudolf Steiner
Embark on a search for the hidden connections between ancient spiritual practices and the heart of Christianity, where personal discovery unlocks the authentic meaning of existence.
Summary
About the AuthorRudolf Joseph Lorenz Steiner was an Austrian occultist, social reformer, architect, esotericist, and claimed clairvoyant. Steiner gained initial recognition at the end of the nineteenth century as a literary critic and published works including The Philosophy of Freedom. At the beginning of the twentieth century he founded an esoteric spiritual movement, anthroposophy, with roots in German idealist philosophy and theosophy. His teachings are influenced by Christian Gnosticism or neognosticism. Many of his ideas are pseudoscientific. He was also prone to pseudohistory.
Rudolf Joseph Lorenz Steiner was an Austrian occultist, social reformer, architect, esotericist, and claimed clairvoyant. Steiner gained initial recognition at the end of the nineteenth century as a literary critic and published works including The Philosophy of Freedom. At the beginning of the twentieth century he founded an esoteric spiritual movement, anthroposophy, with roots in German idealist philosophy and theosophy. His teachings are influenced by Christian Gnosticism or neognosticism. Many of his ideas are pseudoscientific. He was also prone to pseudohistory.
More Like This
Explore books similar to the one you're viewing
Pagan and Christian Creeds: Their Origin and Meaning
By Edward Carpenter
Mystic Christianity; Or, The Inner Teachings of the Master
By William Walker Atkinson
The Kernel and the Husk: Letters on Spiritual Christianity
By Edwin Abbott Abbott
Esoteric Christianity, or The Lesser Mysteries
By Annie Besant
Christian Mysticism
By William Ralph Inge
Christianity Unveiled Being an Examination of the Principles and Effects of the Christian Religion
By Paul Henri Thiry Holbach
More by This Author
Discover other books written by the same author
Four Mystery Plays
By Rudolf Steiner
The Spiritual Guidance of Man and of Mankind
By Rudolf Steiner
The Way of Initiation; or, How to Attain Knowledge of the Higher Worlds
By Rudolf Steiner
The Threefold Commonwealth
By Rudolf Steiner
An Outline of Occult Science
By Rudolf Steiner
The Philosophy of Spiritual Activity A Modern Philosophy of Life Developed by Scientific Methods
By Rudolf Steiner
Related by Category
Discover books in the same genre or category
The After-glow of a Great Reign Four Addresses Delivered in St. Paul's Cathedral
By Arthur F. (Arthur Foley) Winnington Ingram
Interesting Incidents Connected With the Life of George Bickers Originally a Farmer's Parish Apprentice at Laxfield, in Suffolk, but Now Residing in Oulton
By George Bickers
The American Phrenological Journal and Miscellany, Vol. 1. No. 8, May 1, 1839
By Various
Hidden from the Prudent The 7th William Penn Lecture, May 8, 1921
By Paul Jones
Plain Sermons, preached at Archbishop Tenison's Chapel, Regent Street. Second Series
By James Galloway Cowan
Is Life Worth Living Without Immortality? A Lecture Delivered Before the Independent Religious Society, Chicago
By M. M. (Mangasar Mugurditch) Mangasarian