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Esoteric Studies Series 6

Karmic Relationships 6

Esoteric Studies (CW 235, 236, 240)

Paperback
April 2009
9781855842175
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  • Publisher
    Rudolf Steiner Press
  • Published
    15th April 2009
  • ISBN 9781855842175
  • Language English
  • Pages 184 pp.
$22.00

9 lectures, various cities, Jan. 25 – July 20 1924 (CWs 235, 236, 240)

During 1924, just before his final address in September, Rudolf Steiner delivered more than eighty lectures on the subject of karma to members of the Anthroposophical Society. These profoundly esoteric lectures examine the underlying laws inherent in reincarnation and karma, and explore in detail the incarnations of specific historical figures. In Rudolf Steiner's words, the study of karma is “a matter of penetrating the most profound mysteries of existence, for within the sphere of karma and the course it takes lie those processes which are the basis of the other phenomena of world existence.”

The main topics of the final three lectures in this volume discuss “The Karma of the Anthroposophical Society and Content of the AnthroposophicL Movement.”

This volume is a translation of lectures from three volumes in German:
Esoterische Betrachtungen karmischer Zusammenhänge, in 6 Bdn., Bd.1 (GA 235);
Esoterische Betrachtungen karmischer Zusammenhänge, in 6 Bdn., Bd.2 (GA 236);
Esoterische Betrachtungen karmischer Zusammenhänge, in 6 Bdn., Bd.6 (GA 240).

Rudolf Steiner

Rudolf Steiner (b. Rudolf Joseph Lorenz Steiner, 1861–1925) was born in the small village of Kraljevec, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now in Croatia), where he grew up. As a young man, he lived in Weimar and Berlin, where he became a well-published scientific, literary, and philosophical scholar, known especially for his work with Goethe’s scientific writings. At the beginning of the twentieth century, he began to develop his early philosophical principles into an approach to systematic research into psychological and spiritual phenomena. Formally beginning his spiritual teaching career under the auspices of the Theosophical Society, Steiner came to use the term Anthroposophy (and spiritual science) for his philosophy, spiritual research, and findings. The influence of Steiner’s multifaceted genius has led to innovative and holistic approaches in medicine, various therapies, philosophy, religious renewal, Waldorf education, education for special needs, threefold economics, biodynamic agriculture, Goethean science, architecture, and the arts of drama, speech, and eurythmy. In 1924, Rudolf Steiner founded the General Anthroposophical Society, which today has branches throughout the world. He died in Dornach, Switzerland.