Glossary
The Atlantean Oracles in Anthroposophy
The Atlantean Oracles were the initiation-centres of the lost continent of Atlantis, where souls who had descended to Earth from a given planet were trained to read the mysteries of...
Heraclitus in Anthroposophy
Heraclitus (c. 535 to 475 BC) was the philosopher of Ephesus famous for the saying that everything flows. In two lectures of 1901 to 1902, Rudolf Steiner treats him not...
The Seven Holy Rishis in Anthroposophy
The Seven Holy Rishis were, for Rudolf Steiner, the founding teachers of ancient India, sent by the great Manu to lead the first culture after the Atlantean flood. Each carried...
The Pythagorean Doctrine in Anthroposophy
The Pythagorean Doctrine in Anthroposophy is Rudolf Steiner's reading of the school Pythagoras founded in Lower Italy (die pythagoreische Lehre) as a mystery community, not a mathematics class. In three...
The Argonauts and the Odyssey in Anthroposophy
The Argonauts and the Odyssey, in Rudolf Steiner's reading, are not adventure stories but veiled accounts of how the Greek Mysteries were founded. Jason's voyage to win the Golden Fleece...
The Myth of Heracles in Anthroposophy
The Myth of Heracles, in Rudolf Steiner's reading, is the Greek picture of initiation. In his 1901 Berlin lecture Steiner argues the twelve labours cannot be understood as a strong...