May Human Beings Hear It!: The Mystery of the Christmas Conference

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Temple Lodge Publishing, 2004 - 926 páginas
'It depends on the human being whether he merely conceives of anthroposophy or whether he experiences it.' - Rudolf Steiner During the Christmas period of 1923-4, Rudolf Steiner refounded the Anthroposophical Society at its headquarters in Dornach, Switzerland. This important event, which has come to be known as the Christmas Conference, can be studied on many levels, and its many mysteries have been central to Sergei O. Prokofieff's anthroposophical research over the years. His beginning point has been an enduring question: What did Rudolf Steiner mean when he called the Christmas Conference the 'start of a World-Turning-point of Time'? In this far-reaching work, the author - working from several different viewpoints - guides the reader towards an answer. Prokofieff suggests that the impulse of the Christmas Conference can only be reenlivened today through conscious action by individuals to experience its spiritual essence. Rather than offering dogmatic conclusions, he opens up paths of approaching this goal by throwing light on different aspects of the Conference and what lies at its heart: the Foundation Stone and its Meditation.In particular, Prokofieff explores three key perspectives: the connection of the Christmas Conference with humanity's evolution; the inner relationship of each individual anthroposophist to the Christmas Conference; and the significance of the Conference to Rudolf Steiner himself. Although this is major work of some length, the individual chapters of May Human Beings Hear It! are complete in themselves, and can therefore be studied independently of each other.

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The Mystery Act of the Foundation Stone Laying
91
The Rhythms of the Christmas Conference
169
The Foundation Stone Meditation in Eurythmy
261
The Esoteric Archetype of the Original Council
306
The Anthroposophical Society as the Temple of
385
The Philosophy of Freedom and the Christmas Conference
460
Rudolf Steiner and the Karma of the Anthroposophical Society
514
The Foundation Stone Meditation Karma and Resurrection
583
Comments by the Members of the Original Executive
701
The Tragedy of 1 January 1924
714
The Apocalyptic Seals and the Rhythms of the Christmas
749
The Reverse Cultus and the Nature of
771
The Spiritual and the Sacramental Communion
784
The Christmas Conference and the School
807
Notes
830
Bibliography
917

On the Origin of the Book Christianity as Mystical Fact
661
On the Question of the Constitution of
676

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Sergei O. Prokofieff was born in Moscow in 1954, where he studied fine arts and painting at the Moscow School of Art. At an early age he came across the work of Rudolf Steiner and soon realized that his life was to be dedicated to the Christian path of esoteric knowledge. He wrote his first book, Rudolf Steiner and the Founding of the New Mysteries while living in Soviet Russia, and it was published in Germany in 1982. After the fall of Communism, he became a co-founder of the Anthroposophical Society in Russia. He currently works for the Society in Russia and as a writer and lecturer worldwide.

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