Glossary
Hibernian Mysteries in Anthroposophy
The pre-Christian Irish initiation centre Steiner identifies in GA 232 (Dornach, December 1923) as the last Great Mystery before the Mystery of Golgotha, marked by the double-pillar trial before two...
St John's Tide in Anthroposophy
St John's Tide in Anthroposophy is the summer-solstice festival on 24 June when, in Rudolf Steiner's reading (GA 223, Dornach 1923), the Earth has fully exhaled her soul-element into cosmic...
Michaelmas in Anthroposophy
Michaelmas, observed 29 September, is the autumn festival of Michael, the Archangelic Sun-Spirit and Time-Spirit since 1879. Systematized by Steiner in GA 223 and GA 229 (Dornach 1923), the festival...
Easter in Anthroposophy
Easter is the spring resurrection festival in Steiner's anthroposophic year-cycle, observed on the Sunday after the first full moon following the spring equinox, on which the Resurrection Body emerged from...
Christmas Imagination in Anthroposophy
Rudolf Steiner's term for the inward cosmic picture given at the winter pole of the year, when the Earth has drawn its spiritual life most fully into itself and the...
Melancholic Temperament in Anthroposophy
The earth-pole temperament of Steiner's fourfold: the physical body presses heaviest on the soul, producing depth, brooding, and lasting attention. Defined in GA 57 (1909) and applied in Waldorf since...