Rudolf Steiner Audio Festivals and Their Meaning: Lecture 9: Easter: the Festival of Warning. The Event at Damascus and the New Knowledge of the Spirit (Dornach, 2 April 1920) by Rudolf Steiner
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Aug 25, 2021 The lecture explores why Easter moves with the moon and how that timing links Earth to cosmic forces. It examines Paul of Tarsus, his Damascus encounter, and his shift from opponent to spiritual initiant. The talk challenges materialist theology and urges a revival of inner, supersensible knowledge. It frames Easter as a call to inner transformation and renewed spiritual striving.
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Easter's Date As A Cosmic Reminder
- Easter's movable date signals a link between Earth and cosmic worlds beyond sensory perception.
- Rudolf Steiner explains Easter is set by the first spring full moon to remind humanity to lift thought to super-sensible realms.
Paul's Damascus Initiation Transformed His Mission
- Paul transformed from an antagonist to an apostle only after the Event at Damascus, a profound super-sensible initiation.
- Steiner recounts Paul’s prior skepticism in Palestine and how the Damascus experience made him an initiate who grasped cosmic happenings.
Epochal Shift In Body Soul Parallelism
- Human bodily and soul development used to remain parallel much later in life, enabling atavistic clairvoyant vision.
- Steiner maps epochs: Indian (to 50), Persian/Egypto-Chaldean (to 40), Greco-Latin (to 35), modern consciousness (~27).
