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The Imaginative Life Tableau
The Spiritually Perceived Story of Our Life between Birth and Death: Meditative Knowledge out of Childhood Forces
Paperback
August 2020
9781855845725
More details
- Publisher
Rudolf Steiner Press - Published
4th August 2020 - ISBN 9781855845725
- Language English
- Pages 152 pp.
- Size 5.5" x 8.5"
$18.00
Many will be familiar with the notion that a person at the point of death sees their life flash before them. Rudolf Steiner describes that when the spiritual bodies separate from the physical body, the etheric body of the dying person is revealed, giving a panoramic overview of their earthly life. This etheric body contains everything we have experienced in our consciousness and kept in memory. The etheric not only generates and sustains all life, but encompasses the life forces out of which we shape our existence.
Although the revelation of the life tableau belongs to the early period after death, it can also emerge as a result of meditation. Rudolf Steiner speaks of this – through the first level of spiritual experience known as ‘imagination’ – as a conscious self-perception of the soul, taking place in the world of images. Here we are confronted with the harrowing knowledge of our doppelgänger – but we also experience the cosmic forces of childhood that are present in all our life processes. These same forces are described in psychology as the ‘inner child’.
In this highly-original anthology of Steiner’s work we are
led to a therapeutic, meditative approach that – through working with
the imaginative life tableau – can strengthen and heal body, soul and
spirit.
C O N T E N T S:
Introduction
Experiencing the Inner Child as the Starting Point for a New Philosophy
The First Supersensible Experience: Time Becomes Space
Experiencing Life before Birth
The Three Levels of the Anthroposophical Path of Meditation
Unbornness and Eternity
Pain and Sadness when Reliving the Life Tableau
Developing Courage and Will Power
The Perspectival Alignment of the Life Tableau
Intensive Backward Thinking
The Life Tableau as the Second Level of Imaginative Perception
Transforming the Forces of Memory
Feelings of Happiness when Experiencing the Life Tableau
Re-experiencing the Inner Child
The Cosmic Dimension: Wisdom of the Individual
Life Epochs
Through the Forces of Childhood to the “Higher Self” and the Christ Experience
Notes
Sources
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. Steiner termed his spiritual philosophy anthroposophy, meaning “wisdom of the human being.” As an exceptionally developed seer, he based his work on direct knowledge and perception of spiritual dimensions. He initiated a modern, universal “spiritual science” that is accessible to anyone willing to exercise clear and unbiased thinking. From his spiritual investigations, Steiner provided suggestions for the renewal of numerous activities, including education (general and for special needs), agriculture, medicine, economics, architecture, science, philosophy, Christianity, and the arts. There are currently thousands of schools, clinics, farms, and initiatives in other fields that involve practical work based on the principles Steiner developed. His many published works feature his research into the spiritual nature of human beings, the evolution of the world and humanity, and methods for personal development. He wrote some thirty books and delivered more than six thousand lectures throughout much of Europe. In 1924, Steiner founded the General Anthroposophical Society, which today has branches around the world.