Glossary

The Three Years in Anthroposophy

The Three Years are the period in Rudolf Steiner's Christology stretching from the Baptism in the Jordan to the Mystery of Golgotha, the years 30 to 33 of the era....

The Prologue of John in Anthroposophy

The Prologue of John is the opening passage of the Gospel of St John, which Rudolf Steiner read as an exact account of how the world and the human being...

The Temptation in Anthroposophy

The Temptation is the episode in which Christ, withdrawn into the wilderness, is approached by the Tempter and offered dominion over the kingdoms of the world. Steiner reads the scene...

The Gospel of John in Anthroposophy

The Gospel of John, in Rudolf Steiner's anthroposophy, is not biography but an initiation document. He held that its author was Lazarus, raised from a three-day temple sleep by the...

The Washing of the Feet in Anthroposophy

The Washing of the Feet in Anthroposophy is the first of seven stages in the specifically Christian path of initiation, sourced from Rudolf Steiner's lecture cycle The Gospel of St...

The Gospel of Luke in Anthroposophy

The Gospel of Luke is, for Rudolf Steiner, the Gospel of love and compassion: the writing in which the wisdom of the Buddha is reborn in a form simple hearts...