Glossary

Ancient Indian Epoch in Anthroposophy

The Ancient Indian Epoch in Anthroposophy is the first cultural age that followed the great Atlantean catastrophe. Steiner placed it roughly between 7227 BCE and 5067 BCE, a 2,160-year cycle...

Polarian Epoch in Anthroposophy

The Polarian Epoch in Anthroposophy is the first of seven earthly epochs in Steiner's cosmology, recorded in Cosmic Memory (GA 11). Humanity existed as warmth bodies and finest etheric forms,...

Hyperborean Epoch in Anthroposophy

The Hyperborean Epoch in Anthroposophy is the second earthly stage in Rudolf Steiner's seven-epoch cosmology, recorded in Cosmic Memory (GA 11). It follows the Polarian Epoch and precedes the Lemurian....

Mistletoe (Iscador) in Anthroposophy

Mistletoe (Iscador) in Anthroposophy is the cancer therapy Rudolf Steiner introduced in 1917 and Dr. Ita Wegman developed clinically at the Klinik Arlesheim from 1921. An injectable Viscum album extract...

Eurythmy Therapy in Anthroposophy

Eurythmy Therapy, called Heileurythmie in German, is the post-graduate medical branch of eurythmy that Rudolf Steiner founded with the 1921 Heileurythmie course (GA 315). The eurythmist already trained in performance...

Sun Spirit in Anthroposophy

Sun Spirit in Anthroposophy is Rudolf Steiner's name for the totality of the Sun's spiritual existence, the cosmic Sun-Being whose central Mystery he identifies with Christ as highest of the...