Glossary
Myth as Memory of the Spirit in Anthroposophy
When Steiner stood before the Osiris story or the births of the Greek gods, he did not see early science fumbling in pictures. He saw myth as memory of the...
Francis of Assisi in Anthroposophy
Among all the figures Steiner discusses in his 1909 lectures on spiritual economy, Francis of Assisi receives the most tender portrait. The poor man of Assisi, who kissed lepers, rebuilt...
Elizabeth of Thuringia in Anthroposophy
A king's daughter who scrubbed the sores of lepers, Elizabeth of Thuringia (1207 to 1231) compressed a lifetime of charity into twenty-four years. Betrothed at four, widowed at twenty, she...
Buddha and Spiritual Economy in Anthroposophy
Most portraits of the Buddha end at the parinirvana, the moment he leaves the wheel of rebirth behind. Buddha and spiritual economy begins exactly there. In the lecture cycle of...
Augustine and Spiritual Economy in Anthroposophy
Augustine and Spiritual Economy names the most personal case study in Steiner's 1909 lecture cycle: the restless rhetorician from Roman Africa who declared that the authority of the Church compelled...
The Astral Body of Zarathustra in Anthroposophy
When the first disciple of Zarathustra was born again in Egypt, he carried something no ordinary birth supplies: the Astral Body of Zarathustra, the master's own organ of perception, offered...