Glossary

Spiritual Seals

The spiritual seals are the seven seals of Revelation 5 through 8 as Rudolf Steiner reread them: a clairvoyant record of seven future civilizations on Earth, set inside Earth's cosmic...

Anthroposophia

Anthroposophia is Rudolf Steiner's term for the wisdom of the human being: Anthropos plus Sophia, the divine wisdom risen now from within the awakened human soul.

Guardian of the Threshold

The Guardian of the Threshold is the spiritual being a student of inner development meets at the boundary between ordinary consciousness and the supersensible world. Steiner described a Lesser and...

Physical Body

In Anthroposophy, the physical body is the mineral structure of the human being, built from the same materials and forces present in the mineral kingdom and so combined that thought...

I-Being

In anthroposophy, the I (also called the I-being, the ego, or the I-bearer) is the fourth and highest member of the human constitution, the spiritual core that says "I" to...

Astral Body

The astral body is the third member of the human being in Rudolf Steiner's anthroposophy, sitting between the etheric body and the I. It carries sensation, desire, instinct, and the...