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From the Mysteries:\u00a0Genesis \u2013 Zarathustra<\/strong><\/p>\n

During the early part of the twentieth century, Professor Hermann Beckh began a search to discover the truth about the mystery wisdom of antiquity. As a recognized specialist in the field of Buddhist texts, he knew that complete knowledge of such mysteries could not be found within the limitations of ordinary daily consciousness, sensory perception, and logic.<\/p>\n

Beckh was well aware that Gautama Buddha had indicated the stages of higher knowledge, and his studies of Rudolf Steiner\u2019s anthroposophic teachings revealed that such knowledge could be experienced directly with the help of disciplined meditation. Clairvoyant cognition includes the conscious penetration of sleep consciousness, the dream state, and an experience of prenatal consciousness. He concluded that the mysteries and Rudolf Steiner\u2019s written works are both based on the same perceptions.<\/p>\n

Hermann Beckh\u2014a world-renown authority on Tibetan, Sanskrit, Pali, and Avestan texts\u2014quickly became disenchanted with Madame Blavatsky\u2019s Theosophy, since it displays little precise academic knowledge of primary records. Moreover, universities showed scant understanding the texts they analyzed through philology and sociology. Thus, based on his comprehensive studies and personal experience, Beckh resolved to present his own perceptions and vision to the public.<\/p>\n

C O N T E N T S<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Introduction: Seminal Ideas and Historic Moments, by Stephen E. Usher<\/p>\n

PART 1: OUR ORIGIN IN THE LIGHT: PICTURES FROM GENESIS
\n<\/strong>Introduction
\nPreface
\nThe Dream of Eden in the Consciousness of Humanity
\nPrimordial Creation
\nThe Second Creation
\nParadise
\nEve
\nThe Fall
\nCain
\nThe Rainbow<\/p>\n

PART 2: ZARATHUSTRA
\n<\/strong>Introduction
\nForeword
\nZarathustra in the Present Age
\nThe First Zarathustra and Primordial Wisdom
\nAvesta
\nAppendix<\/p>\n

PART 3: FROM THE WORLD OF THE MYSTERIES
\n<\/strong>Introduction
\nForeword
\nThe Sacred Primal Word of Zarathustra, with excerpts from the Avesta
\nPostscript on the Name Zarathustra
\nISIS\u2014the Star-wisdom of the Early Egyptian Mysteries and Its Connection with Zarathustra
\nThe Name Isis
\nThe Name Eve
\nBuddha\u2019s Passing
\nThe Tree of Life
\nthe Christ-secret of the Early Mysteries<\/p>\n

PART 4: APPENDICES
\n<\/strong>The Rainbow\u2019s Revelation
\nThe Dream of Eden in the Light of Christmas
\nQueen Maya: The Christmas-mystery in the Indian Flower-garden
\nEtheric Formative Forces and Hieroglyphs
\nEgypt in the Light of the Grave and Resurrection<\/p>\n

This volume collects for the first time in English three ground-breaking publications:\u00a0Our Origin in the Light<\/i>\u00a0(Genesis 1\u20139) (1924);\u00a0Zarathustra<\/i>\u00a0(1927) and\u00a0From the World of the Mysteries<\/i>\u00a0(1927), as well as five of articles by Beckh from contemporary periodicals.<\/p>\n

About the Author<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hermann Beckh\u00a0<\/strong>(1875\u20131937) studied Law and later Sanskrit, becoming Professor of Oriental Studies at the University of Berlin. A master of ancient and modern languages, he wrote extensively on religious and philosophical subjects, including Buddhism, Indology, Christianity, alchemy, and music. In 1911, he heard a lecture by Rudolf Steiner and was inspired to join the Anthroposophical Society, where he became a valued coworker. In 1922, he helped found The Christian Community, a movement for religious renewal. His many books are gradually being translated from the original German and published in English.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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