Glossary

Old Moon

Old Moon (alter Mond) is the third planetary condition in Rudolf Steiner's cosmology, the stage where the watery element first condensed and the astral body germ joined the human being...

Old Sun

Old Sun is the second planetary condition in Rudolf Steiner's spiritual science, following Old Saturn and preceding Old Moon and the present Earth. During this stage the human being received...

Old Saturn

Old Saturn (alter Saturn) is the first of seven planetary conditions in Rudolf Steiner's cosmology. A primordial warmth-state preceding Old Sun, Old Moon, and Earth, it is the stage in...

Lemuria

Lemuria is Rudolf Steiner's name for the third earthly epoch of human evolution, set between the Hyperborean age and Atlantis. Steiner read it from the Akashic Records and described it...

Six Subsidiary Exercises

The Six Subsidiary Exercises are Rudolf Steiner's preliminary training in soul character, given as the indispensable ground for anthroposophical meditation. Practiced one per month and then circulated in unbroken cycle,...

Lotus Flowers

In anthroposophy, the lotus flowers (Lotusblumen, Padma) are supersensible organs of perception that take form in the astral body when a student practices the inner exercises described by Rudolf Steiner.