Glossary
The Mystery Centres in Anthroposophy
The Mystery Centres in Anthroposophy were the ancient temple-sanctuaries where spiritual knowledge was guarded and initiation conferred, before the open teaching that followed the Mystery of Golgotha.
The Temple of Solomon in Anthroposophy
The Temple of Solomon is, for Rudolf Steiner, far more than a vanished structure in old Jerusalem. He treats its plan as a deliberate symbol: a building shaped to mirror...
The Bodhisattvas in Anthroposophy
The Bodhisattvas in Anthroposophy are the succession of twelve great teacher-beings who surround the cosmic Christ and carry spiritual nourishment down to humanity from age to age, each rising to...
Gautama Buddha in Anthroposophy
In Rudolf Steiner's spiritual science, Gautama Buddha is the great teacher who, after many lives as a Bodhisattva, reached Buddhahood around 600 BCE and gave humanity the religion of compassion...
The Two Streams in Anthroposophy
The Two Streams name the polarity Rudolf Steiner draws out of the Temple Legend: one line of humanity descends from Abel and Seth and receives its wisdom as a gift...
The Temple Legend in Anthroposophy
The Temple Legend is the founding narrative of Freemasonry, the story of the master-builder Hiram-Abiff, who raises Solomon's Temple and is murdered for refusing to give up the Master Word....