Glossary

Moses and the Zarathustra Stream in Anthroposophy

Among the figures GA 109 follows, none carries a stranger gift than the law-giver. Moses and the Zarathustra Stream names the thread Steiner traces from the Persian initiate to Sinai:...

Hermes and the Zarathustra Stream in Anthroposophy

Among the figures Steiner traces through GA 109, Hermes and the Zarathustra Stream names the moment Persian initiation wisdom crossed into Egypt. A favoured disciple of Zarathustra, trained to see...

The Etheric Body of Zarathustra in Anthroposophy

When an ordinary person dies, Steiner taught, the life-body dissolves soon afterward into the general ether, and only an extract remains. The etheric body of Zarathustra met a different fate....

The Principle of Spiritual Economy in Anthropos...

Steiner returned to the Principle of Spiritual Economy again and again across the first half of 1909 because it answered a question external history cannot: what becomes of the accomplishments...

The Preservation of the Sheaths in Anthroposophy

Most etheric and astral bodies return to their elements once a life has ended. The Preservation of the Sheaths names the exception: where decades of inner work have refined these...

Copies of the Etheric Body of Jesus in Anthropo...

When Rudolf Steiner asked why so many believers of the early Middle Ages felt the reality of Golgotha without ever consulting a document, his answer ran through the copies of...