The Esoteric Significance of Spiritual Work in Anthroposophical Groups

The Esoteric Significance of Spiritual Work in Anthroposophical Groups And the Future of the Anthroposophical Society

“The anthroposophical community seeks to lift human souls into supersensible realms so that they may enter the company of angels.” —Rudolf Steiner

Sergei Prokofieff traces the three stages of heavenly preparation of Anthroposophy—the “spiritual thunderstorm,” the Michael School in the Sun sphere, and the “imagination-based cultus” in the spiritual word nearest the Earth. These events involved the nine spiritual hierarchies, associating them with the karma of the anthroposophic movement.

The author goes on to elaborate the tasks of the Anthroposophical Society and indicates how these are connected with the spiritual hierarchies, the Michael movement, the Grail mysteries, the work of new group souls, and the “Foundation Stone Meditation.” He shows that, in an esoteric sense, the General Anthroposophical Society was created so that people could learn to work with the gods.

This is a vital book for all those who care deeply about the future of the Anthroposophical Society and the proper evolution of humanity.

C O N T E N T S:

Foreword

1. The Karma of the Anthroposophical Society
2. The Cosmic Thunderstorm
3. Spiritual Pre-history
4. The Threefold Source of Karma
5. Work with Karma and the Foundation Stone Meditation
6. The Modern Michael Mysteries
7. The Esoteric Structure of the Anthroposophical Society
8. The New Group Souls
9. The Grail Mysteries and the Third Hierarchy
10. The Tasks of the Anthroposophical Society

About the Author

Sergei O. Prokofieff (1954-2014) was born in Moscow, where he studied fine arts and painting at the Moscow School of Art. At an early age he encountered the work of Rudolf Steiner and quickly realized that his life would 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 English in 1994. After the fall of Communism, he helped establish the Anthroposophical Society in Russia. In 2001, he became a member of the Executive Council of the General Anthroposophical Society at the Goetheanum in Switzerland. More than 30 of his books have been translated into English. Sergei Prokofieff passed away in Dornach, Switzerland.