Clearly it is non-sense to assert that the New Age and Islam are totally alike. Modern Islam is an ancient religion, complete in itself, with its own set of...
The very nature of art is asceticism: the negation of reality "as it is" for that which is suffered for, willed, that a new reality may be forged closer to the...
I'm going through the process of transferring my VHS tapes to DVD. The tapes that I've already recorded, I'm auctioning at EBAY, along with some Xango...
There is a wonderful lecture entitled " The Work of the Angels In Man's Astral Body" (GA 182), where Steiner tells us that the Heirarchy of Angels who are...
" The following translation (from German) of the Lord's Prayer is the version reportedly used by Rudolf Steiner in his daily spiritual practice during the...
If you read RS discussion forums, you'd think Steiner was anti- ascetic. It is true Steiner spoke against false asceticism, but people seem to forget, or they...
"Christ said: "I am with you always, even unto the end of the world." And He is with us not as one who is dead, but as a living Being among us, revealing...
Let's not be mistaken. In himself, Ahriman is not evil. It is only when he extends himself beyond his natural sphere (the Sephirah Daath) that he works...
In the elemental world, after death, the etheric body reverses direction in relation to the self. Instead of flowing into the self, as it does in physical...
Most, if not all, of our knowledge of the cosmos comes to us through the study of light. Celestial objects radiate light emissions, and telescopes collect...
Lucre warm water is between hot and cold, a fulcrum if you will between two extreme states: that which is Ahrimanic and that which is Luciferic. Yet all but...
In the "News for Members" 2005 #1 on page 11 the author Ernst Katz I believe wrote it. He is writing about the mission of R.S. and he writes, "It is a ...
After re-reading my last post, I decided to organize my thoughts a little better and re-write the post in a less intuitive, more deliberate manner that better...
Note how, in the Bible, God never speaks through the prophets. Unlike the Koran, God speaks to his prophets (including Paul and the Disciples). God's words...
When human thinking embraces Spiritual Science, one is led to the Truth, at least to the Truth that man is currently able to comprehend. Spirirtual Science...
Today I browsed through some of the Web sites that are highly critical of Waldorf schools. I even entered a few chat rooms, and spent some time reading their...
Anthroposophists are doing a poor job realizing that JZ Knight's "school" in Yelm, WA. is, in fact, a cult. Although it's not cult in the traditional sense of...
As I watch the Benny Hinns' and Kenneth Copelands of this world, languishing on their majestic thrones, working for their masters, the 3 great Beasts, I am...
In the biographical notes of the 1910 publication of The Way of Initiation (the first half of Knowledge of the Higher Worlds and It's Attainment by Rudolf...
Just thought I should pass on my knowledge to all you guys (and gals) on here. I know just like heaps of other men I am pretty shy when it comes to going up to...
Were Steiner acquainted with Van Gogh's art work (to my knowledge, he wasn't) he could have used these canvases to visually demonstrate the idea of "pure...
I'm drinking my usual today at Starbucks, a $1.75 grande decaf---no room for cream. Spread across my lap is my physics text book, and at my feet is my...
I can't say as if I know what the 12 Holy Nights are, either. Does it have anything to do with the song, "The Twelve Days of Christmas"? The lyrics are...
Yes there is, and I'm studying it for the second year running with our study group here in County Clare. The study focuses on the 12 Virtues. After last year's...
I read with interest the article in the Files section "The Dead Sea Scrolls" by Frederick Hiebel. Could someone help to identify this article: where did it...
A unique brand of hedonism has emerged from our Faustian Late Culture that distinguishes itself from earlier forms of hedonism, but whose outcome is ultimately...
Sorry to be late with this week's calendar again. -starman The Calendar of the Soul Rudolf Steiner gave out the 'Soul-Calendar' in 1912, 52 meditative mantras...
