The occult mysteries of antiquity

Originally published as Christianity as mystical fact, and, The mysteries of antiquity.. This is the authorized translation for the Western Hemisphere by agreement with the Rudolf Steiner-Nachlassverwaltung, Dornach-bei-Basel, Switzerland.. This book is published in Switzerland under the title Das Christentum als mystische tatsache und die mysterien des altertums.. Translated from the German and with notes by E.A. Frommer, Gabrielle Hess and Peter Kandler.. Introduction by Alfred Heidenreich.

Introduction -Rudolf Sgeiner--a biographical sketch. Author's preface to the second edition. Points of view. Mysteries and mystery wisdom. Greek sages before Plato in the light of mystery wisdom. Plato as a mystic. Mystery wisdom and myth. Egyptian mystery wisdom. The gospels. The miracle of the raising of Lazarus. The apocalypse of John. Jesus and his historical background. The essence of Christianity. Christianity and pagan wisdom. Augustine and the church. Comments by the author

'Rudolf Steiner wrote in his autobiography concerning this book: "I did not intend simply to describe the mystical content of Christianity. I attempted to show that in the ancient mysteries cult-images were given of cosmic events, which occurred later, on the field of actual history, in the Mystery of Golgotha as a FACT transplanted from the cosmos into the earth." By means of what is termed in this book "mystical cognition", Steiner shows how the source of Christianity created its preliminary conditions in [this book]. The discoveries of the Dead Sea Scrolls only confirmed what Steiner had already written about in this book in 1902....'

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