Eternal and Transient Elements in Human Life - The Cosmic Past of Humanity and the Mystery of Evil (Steiner Rudolf)(Paperback)

15 lectures, Dornach, September 6-October 13, 1918 (CW 184) In what has been called "the most advanced course in Anthroposophy," Rudolf Steiner addresses one of the great questions of our time: the role of evil in human development. He speaks of the year 666, when three streams of time intersected--the familiar linear stream and two "lateral" streams--and the reoccurrence of the 666-year rhythm in history. At the heart of this mystery is the being Sorat ("the beast"), who attempted to flood humanity with premature spiritual knowledge by inspiring the scholars of the ancient Academy of Gondishapur. Although that academy was responsible for saving Aristotle's works, Steiner describes how it generated tremendous and dangerous gnostic wisdom, which eventually spread through the Christian monasteries and inspired Western scientific thought. Its immediate
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