Christ and the Spiritual World: The Search for the Holy Grail (Lectures Section)

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Steiner examines the historical pattern of humanity’s thoughts and spiritual development in its search for the meaning of existence. He discusses the Sibyls, Zarathustra, astrology in Egypt, the poets and philosophers in Greece and Rome, and the Hebrew prophets. These lectures culminate in the esoteric background to the Parsival story and the Holy Grail, and a discussion of how to behold the picture of the Holy Grail by reading the stellar script in the sky at Easter.
Link: http://wn.rudolfsteinerelib.org/Lectures/ChrSpiWld/ChrWld_index.html

The Ego (Lectures Section)

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Three lectures held at Munich in December 1909 and 1910. From a manuscript unrevised by the lecturer. The first 2 lectures are from GA 117, Deeper Secrets of Human Existence in the Light of the Gospels, Die Tieferen Geheimnisse des Menschheitswerdens im Lichte der Evangelien. The last lecture is from GA 124, Excursus in the Area of the Gospel of St. Mark, Exkurse in das Gebiet des Markus-Evangelium.
Link: http://wn.rudolfsteinerelib.org/Lectures/The_Ego/TheEgo_index.html

The Karma of Untruthfulness, Volume One (Lectures Section)

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In the midst of the turmoil and upheavals of the First World War, before a steadfast circle of members of the Anthroposophical Society, Steiner speaks out against the frenzy and hatred in the propaganda of the time. Out of his insights into the spiritual impulses of human evolution, he gradually leads his audience to an understanding of the new world and new social structure that is struggling to be born. He unmasks the stream of accusations and counteraccusations, of attacks and counterattacks, as an illusion veiling the true spiritual struggle taking place behind the outer events. Shining with the clear light of the speaker’s courage, these lectures have much to teach us about a spiritual understanding of the political world conflicts we are confronted with in our time.
Link: http://wn.rudolfsteinerelib.org/Lectures/GA173/English/RSP1988/KarUn1_index.html