Glossary
The Spiritual Guidance of Humanity
Steiner answered the question of whether history steers itself with a precise hierarchy of helpers. The spiritual guidance of humanity names the work of Angels, Archangels, and Archai who lead...
Cosmic Intelligence in Anthroposophy
Cosmic Intelligence is Rudolf Steiner's name for the ordered thinking that once filled the cosmos and was administered by the Archangel Michael from his abode on the Sun. For long...
The Michael Age in Anthroposophy
The Michael Age is the name Rudolf Steiner gave to the spiritual epoch that began in 1879, when the Archangel Michael took up rulership as Time Spirit over human civilization....
The Origin of Evil in Anthroposophy
Steiner's answer to the origin of evil reverses the usual hunt for a dark counter-power: nothing in the world is evil in itself. Capacities that serve the soul's perfection in...
Body-Free Cognition in Anthroposophy
Body-free cognition names the moment in spiritual training when the soul's activity detaches from the brain and senses yet remains fully awake. Steiner placed it at the centre of his...
Healthy Human Understanding (Steiner)
Healthy human understanding is Steiner's name for the sound, unprejudiced judgment of the ordinary waking mind. He held that spiritual science only becomes science when its findings are expressed so...