Bücher von Rudolf Steiner

Inhalt (Auswahl): Die Urweltweisheit / Die östliche Lehre vom Feuer / Die Bildung der ersten Tierformen / Die Entwickelung vom alten Saturn bis zum Vulkan. Die Bildung des Tierkreises. Die Planetoiden / Die Leiblichkeit der Engel, der Erzengel, der Archai / Die Entstehung des alten Saturn, der Sonne, des alten Mondes, der Erde / Die Bildung des jetzigen Saturn, Jupiter, Mars. Die Milchstraße / Die Zukunft der Erde / Fragenbeantwortungen

The following pages are a translation of Dr. Steiner's Philosophie der Freiheit, which was published in Germany some twenty years ago. The edition was soon exhausted, and has never been reprinted; copies are much sought after but very difficult to obtain. The popularity of Dr. Steiner's later works upon ethics, mysticism, and kindred subjects has caused people to forget his earlier work upon philosophy in spite of the fact that he makes frequent references to this book and it contains the germs of which many of his present views are the logical outcome. For the above reasons, and with the author's sanction, I have decided to publish a translation. In 1918 Dr. Steiner published a revised edition of the Philosophie der Freiheit. For the translation of the new passages added to, and of the incidental changes made in, this revised edition I am indebted to Mr. Hoernlé, now Professor of Philosophy in the Armstrong College (Newcastle-upon-Tyne), University of Durham. At the author's request I have changed the title to Philosophy of Spiritual Activity, and throughout the entire work "freedom" should be taken to mean "spiritual activity." Dr. Steiner's Ph. D. Thesis on "Truth and Science," originally published as a prelude to The Philosophy of Freedom, has, with his consent, been translated for this edition and been added at the end of this volume.

An Outline of Occult Science is fascinating and definitive text on the subject of occult science by Rudolph Steiner. This classic book of the occult contains the following exerpt:In placing a book such as this in the hands of the public, the writer must calmly anticipate every kind of criticism regarding his work which is likely to arise in the present day. A reader, for instance, whose opinions are based upon the results of scientific research, after noting certain statements made here touching these things, may pronounce the following judgment: "It is astounding that such statements should be possible in our time. The most elementary conceptions of natural science are distorted in such a manner as to denote positively inconceivable ignorance of even the rudiments of science. The author uses such terms, for instance, as 'heat' in a way that would lead one to infer that he had let the entire wave of modern thought on the subject of physics sweep past him unperceived. Any one familiar with the mere elements of this science would show him that not even the merest dilettante could have made these statements, and they can only be dismissed as the outcome of rank ignorance."

1. L'evoluzione delle forme di alimentazione 2. Problemi dell'alimentazione e metodi terapeutici 3. Problemi dell'alimentazione osservati alla luce della Scienza dello Spirito 4. Il processo alimentare 5. L'azione dell'alcool sull'uomo 6. L'azione della nicotina. Alimentazione vegetale e cibi animali

'Wenn der Mensch einmal beginnt, Meditationen zu machen, so vollzieht er damit die einzige wirklich völlig freie Handlung in diesem menschlichen Leben.' (R. Steiner) - Dieses Büchlein für die Jackentasche vereinigt in Kurzform die wesentlichen Angaben von Rudolf Steiner zur Meditation und ist so ein praktischer Begleiter, um selber mit üben zu beginnen. Es gliedert sich in die Kapitel 'Warum meditieren?', 'Voraussetzungen für die Meditation', 'Grundlegende Übungen', 'Meditieren', 'Meditationen'. Alle Zitate sind mit Nachweis versehen.

Aus dem Inhalt- Allgemeine Anforderungen- Hauptübungen- Mantrische Sprüche- Erläuterungen in esoterischen Stunden- Das Evangelium der Erkenntnis und sein Gebet- Exegese zu «Licht auf den Weg» von Mabel Collins- Meditation im Zusammenhang mit «Licht auf den Weg»- Exegese zu «Die Stimme der Stille» von H. P. Blavatsky

Dieses Taschenbuch enthält zwei Bände der Gesamtausgabe. In seiner Schrift «Ein Weg zur Selbsterkenntnis des Menschen» entwickelt Rudolf Steiner in acht Meditationen in beschreibender Weise einen individuellen Pfad der Selbsterkenntnis. «Die Schwelle der geistigen Welt» enthält kurze, prägnant formulierte Aphorismen, eine Fortsetzung des Werkes «Wie erlangt man Erkenntnisse der höheren Welten?»

" It is the endeavour of this treatise to convey spiritual-scientific knowledge concerning the being of man. The method of representation is arranged in such a way that the reader may grow into what is depicted, so that, in the course of reading, it becomes for him a kind of self conference. If this soliloquy takes on such a form that thereby hitherto concealed forces, which can be awakened in every soul, reveal themselves, then the reading leads to a real inner work of the soul; and the latter can see itself gradually urged on to that soul journeying, which truly advances towards the beholding of the spiritual world. What has to be imparted, therefore, has been given in the form of eight Meditations, which can be actually practised. If this is done, they can be adapted for imparting to the soul, through its own inner deepening, that about which they speak. It has been my aim on the one hand, to give something to those readers who have already made themselves conversant with the literature dealing with the domain of the supersensible, as it is here understood....."

" One who undertakes to represent certain results of scientific spiritual research of the kind recorded in this book, must above all things be prepared to find that this kind of investigation is at the present time almost universally regarded as impossible. For things are related in the following pages about which those who are today esteemed exact thinkers, assert that they will probably remain altogether indeterminable by human intelligence. One who knows and can respect the reasons which prompt many a serious person to assert this impossibility, would fain make the attempt again and again to show what misunderstandings are really at the bottom of the belief that it is not given to human knowledge to penetrate into the superphysical worlds. For two things present themselves for consideration. First, no human being will, on deeper reflection, be able in the long run to shut his eyes to the fact that his most important questions as to the meaning and significance of life must remain unanswered, if there be no access to higher worlds. Theoretically we may delude ourselves concerning this fact and so get away from it; the depths of our soul-life, however, will not tolerate such self delusion. The person who will not listen to what comes from these depths of the soul will naturally reject any account of supersensible worlds. There are however people and their number is not small who find it impossible to remain deaf to the demands coming from the depths of the soul. They must always be knocking at the gates which, in the opinion of others, bar the way to what is¿incomprehensible..."

" ¿Blood is a very Special Fluid¿ Each one of you will doubtless be aware that the title of this lecture is taken from Goethe¿s Faust. You all know that in this poem we are shown how Faust, the representative of the highest human effort, enters into a pact with the evil powers, who on their side are represented in the poem by Mephistopheles, the emissary of hell. You will know, too, that Faust is to strike a bargain with Mephistopheles, the deed of which must be signed with his own blood. Faust, in the first instance, looks upon it as a jest. Mephistopheles, however, at this juncture utters the sentence which Goethe without a doubt intended should be taken seriously: ¿Blood is a very special fluid. ¿ Now, with reference to this line in Goethe¿s Faust, we come to a curious trait in the so-called Goethe commentators. You are of course aware how vast is the literature dealing with Goethe¿s version of the Faust Legend. It is a literature of such stupendous dimensions that whole libraries might be stocked with it, and naturally I cannot make it my business to expatiate on the various comments made by these interpreters of Goethe concerning this particular passage..."

Das soziale Leben der Gegenwart stellt ernste, umfassende Aufgaben. Forderungen nach Neueinrichtungen in diesem Leben treten auf und zeigen, daß zur Lösung dieser Aufgaben Wege gesucht werden müssen, an die bisher nicht gedacht worden ist. Durch die Tatsachen der Gegenwart unterstützt, findet vielleicht heute schon derjenige Gehör, der, aus den Erfahrungen des Lebens heraus, sich zu der Meinung bekennen muß, daß dieses Nichtdenken an notwendig gewordene Wege in die soziale Verwirrung hineingetrieben hat. Auf der Grundlage einer solchen Meinung stehen die Ausführungen dieser Schrift. Sie möchten von dem sprechen, was geschehen sollte, um die Forderungen, die von einem großen Teile der Menschheit gegenwärtig gestellt werden, auf den Weg eines zielbewußten sozialen Wollens zu bringen. ¿ Ob dem einen oder dem andern diese Forderungen gefallen oder nicht gefallen, davon sollte bei der Bildung eines solchen Wollens wenig abhängen. Sie sind da, und man muß mit ihnen als mit Tatsachen des sozialen Lebens rechnen. Das mögen diejenigen bedenken, die, aus ihrer persönlichen Lebenslage heraus, etwa finden, daß der Verfasser dieser Schrift in seiner Darstellung von den proletarischen Forderungen in einer Art spricht, die ihnen nicht gefällt, weil sie, nach ihrer Ansicht, zu einseitig auf diese Forderungen als auf etwas hinweist, mit dem das soziale Wollen rechnen muß. Der Verfasser aber möchte aus der vollen Wirklichkeit des gegenwärtigen Lebens heraus sprechen, soweit ihm dieses nach seiner Erkenntnis dieses Lebens möglich ist. Ihm stehen die verhängnisvollen Folgen vor Augen, die entstehen müssen, wenn man Tatsachen, die nun einmal aus dem Leben der neueren Menschheit sich erhoben haben, nicht sehen will; wenn man von einem sozialen Wollen nichts wissen will, das mit diesen Tatsachen rechnet.

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Zu dieser seiner frühen Schrift schreibt Rudolf Steiner fast vierzig Jahre nach ihrem Entstehen folgendes: «Indem ich sie heute wieder vor mich hinstelle, erscheint sie mir auch als die erkenntnistheoretische Grundlegung und Rechtfertigung von alle dem, was ich später gesagt und veröffentlicht habe. Sie spricht von einem Weg des Erkennens, das den Weg freilegt von der sinnenfälligen Welt in die geistige hinein.»

Der freie christliche Impuls Rudolf Steiners heute Die sieben Sakramente in überkonfessioneller FassungKomprimierte Liturgie-Ausgabe, in der Er- und Bearbeitung des Forum Kultus Initiative für ein freies, anthroposophisch + sakramental vertieftes Christ-Sein heuteArbeitsmaterial zur Kultus-Fragewww.ForumKultus.info