Glossary
Original Sin in Anthroposophy
Original sin, in Rudolf Steiner's anthroposophy, is the heritable element in human nature that began when the sexes separated in Lemuria. As humanity grew independent of the divine-spiritual world, the...
The Bath-Kol in Anthroposophy
The Bath-Kol, in Rudolf Steiner's lecture cycle The Fifth Gospel (GA 148, 1913), is the diminished voice of inspiration that lingered in Judaism after the great prophets fell silent. Its...
The Moon Religion of Jahve in Anthroposophy
The Moon Religion of Jahve is Rudolf Steiner's name for the ancient Hebrew worship of Jahve, or Jehovah, understood as a religion of reflected light. Just as the Full Moon...
The Ten Commandments in Anthroposophy
The Ten Commandments, in Steiner's spiritual science, are far more than ethical rules. They are the moment the divine teaches a people to seek God only in the human I,...
The Mission of the Hebrew People in Anthroposophy
In Steiner's reading of sacred history, the mission of the Hebrew people was to be the stream that received its moral Law from outside rather than discovering it within. Where...
Jehovah, the Moon Deity in Anthroposophy
Jehovah, the Moon Deity is, in Rudolf Steiner's spiritual science, the leader of the Spirits of Form who departed the Earth with the Moon and from that station bestows on...