Concerning The Affinity of The Living And The Dead E-Book

Rudolf Steiner

• Herausgeber: Rudolf Steiner Press
• Kategorie: Ratgeber
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2015

Seitenzahl: 28

Beschreibung

A single lecture taken from the volume Life Beyond Death.

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RUDOLF STEINER (1861–1925) called his spiritual philosophy ‘anthroposophy’, meaning ‘wisdom of the human being’. As a highly developed seer, he based his work on direct knowledge and perception of spiritual dimensions. He initiated a modern and universal ‘science of spirit’, accessible to anyone willing to exercise clear and unprejudiced thinking. From his spiritual investigations Steiner provided suggestions for the renewal of many activities, including education (both general and special), agriculture, medicine, economics, architecture, science, philosophy, religion and the arts. Today there are thousands of schools, clinics, farms and other organizations involved in practical work based on his principles. His many published works feature his research into the spiritual nature of the human being, the evolution of the world and humanity, and methods of personal development. Steiner wrote some 30 books and delivered over 6000 lectures across Europe. In 1924 he founded the General Anthroposophical Society, which today has branches throughout the world.

CONCERNING THE AFFINITY OF THE LIVING AND THE DEAD

RUDOLF STEINER

RUDOLF STEINER PRESS

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Published by Rudolf Steiner Press 2015

First published in English in Life Beyond Death by Rudolf Steiner Press 1995

Originally published in German by Rudolf Steiner Verlag, Basel. This authorized translation is published by permission of the Rudolf Steiner Nachlassverwaltung, Dornach

© Rudolf Steiner Nachlassverwaltung This translation © Rudolf Steiner Press Ltd., 1995

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ISBN 978 1 85584 466 7

Cover by Andrew Morgan

Contents

Concerning the Affinity of the Living and the Dead

Notes

Concerning the Affinity of the Living and the Dead

Berlin, 5 February 1918

WE HAVE often remarked from various points of view that the alternation of waking and sleeping has a deeper significance than is apparent to ordinary observation. This fact needs to be kept well in mind when we are considering the world at large and—in an ideal but quite practical sense—where we as human beings stand in it. The apparent fact is simply that human consciousness is either awake or asleep, but we know this is only an appearance. As we have often said, the so-called sleep-condition does not last only from falling asleep until waking; in a certain part of our being it continues during the waking hours. We must realize that we are never completely, thoroughly, awake with our whole being; with part of ourselves we are always asleep. Hence we may ask: with what part of our being are we genuinely awake in the time between waking up and going to sleep?