{"id":5317,"date":"2016-08-09T08:51:05","date_gmt":"2016-08-09T08:51:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsbs.wpengine.com\/?post_type=product&p=5317"},"modified":"2023-09-26T13:25:03","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T21:25:03","slug":"four-seasons-and-the-archangels","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/rudolfsteinerbookstore.com\/product\/four-seasons-and-the-archangels\/","title":{"rendered":"The Four Seasons and the Archangels"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Four Seasons and the Archangels: Experience of the Course of the Year in Four Cosmic Imaginations<\/strong><\/p>\n

5 lectures, Dornach, Switzerland, October 5\u201313, 1923 (CW 229)<\/b><\/p>\n

These five profound lectures look at the cosmic forces behind the four great festivals of the year, providing a wealth of material for fruitful thought and meditation. Steiner presents great imaginative pictures that unite the heavens and the Earth through a portrayal of the activities of the archangels Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, and Uriel.<\/p>\n

In the course of the lectures, Rudolf Steiner offers spiritual insight into subjects that include the alchemical processes of sulfur, mercury, and salt in the cosmos; the realms of humankind and plants; spiritual \u201ccombustion\u201d processes; crystals; clouds and meteors; the movements of elemental beings in nature; and the conflicting efforts of Lucifer and Ahriman\u2014the two great adversaries\u2014to divert Earth from its true purpose.<\/p>\n

The Four Seasons and the Archangels<\/i>\u00a0includes five color plates of Rudolf Steiner\u2019s blackboard drawings made during the lectures.<\/p>\n

This volume is a translation from German of\u00a0Das Miterleben des Jahreslaufes in vier kosmischen Imaginationen<\/em>\u00a0(GA 229).<\/p>\n

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

Foreword<\/p>\n

1. The Michael Imagination
\n2. The Christmas Imagination
\n3. The Easter Imagination
\n4. The St. John Imagination
\n5. The Working Together of the Four Archangels<\/p>\n

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

Rudolf Steiner<\/strong>\u00a0(1861\u20131925) was born in the small village of Kraljevec, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now in Croatia), where he grew up (see right). As a young man, he lived in Weimar and Berlin, where he became a well-published scientific, literary, and philosophical scholar, known especially for his work with Goethe\u2019s scientific writings. At the beginning of the twentieth century, he began to develop his early philosophical principles into an approach to systematic research into psychological and spiritual phenomena. Formally beginning his spiritual teaching career under the auspices of the Theosophical Society, Steiner came to use the term Anthroposophy (and spiritual science) for his philosophy, spiritual research, and findings. The influence of Steiner\u2019s multifaceted genius has led to innovative and holistic approaches in medicine, various therapies, philosophy, religious renewal, Waldorf education, education for special needs, threefold economics, biodynamic agriculture, Goethean science, architecture, and the arts of drama, speech, and eurythmy. In 1924, Rudolf Steiner founded the General Anthroposophical Society, which today has branches throughout the world. He died in Dornach, Switzerland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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