Glossary
The Occult Significance of Blood in Anthroposophy
The occult significance of blood is Rudolf Steiner's 1906 teaching that blood is no mere physical fluid but the carrier of the human I, the bodily seat where selfhood is...
Manifestations of Karma in Anthroposophy
In Steiner's spiritual science, the manifestations of karma are the concrete ways the law of destiny shows itself in life: in health and illness, vocation and accident, gift and limitation,...
The Lord of Karma in Anthroposophy
The phrase Lord of Karma names a cosmic role rather than a separate deity. Steiner reserved it for the being who, from our age forward, weighs the moral account each...
Moon Beings in Anthroposophy
Moon Beings are the creative spirits Steiner associates with the Old Moon, the third great phase of planetary evolution that preceded the Earth. Foremost among them stand the Spirits of...
The Karma of Vocation in Anthroposophy
The karma of vocation is the destiny-thread running through a person's working life. Steiner taught that occupational labour, unlike free creative art, is carried out in a state close to...
Repeated Earth Lives in Anthroposophy
Repeated earth lives is Rudolf Steiner's term for reincarnation understood as the soul's passage through a sequence of bodily lives on Earth. He distinguished it sharply from a vague transmigration...