Rudolf Steiner Audio Festivals and Their Meaning: Lecture 26: The Michael Impulse and the Mystery of Golgotha II (Stuttgart, 20 May 1913) [a written piece] by Rudolf Steiner
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Aug 25, 2021 A rich tour of spiritual currents shaping our age, including the rise of the Michael impulse and its contrast with earlier forces. The lecture centers Golgotha as a pivotal point in human evolution and explores Christ's descent and the mystery of death. Cultural preparations in Hebraism and Greek thought are traced. A call to turn inner life toward concrete spiritual experience and resist materialistic worldviews concludes the talk.
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The Countenance Of Jehovah
- Ancient peoples felt providence so intensely they avoided naming the divine directly.
- Steiner explains the Hebrews referred to the "countenance of Jehovah," personified in Michael, to convey divine presence.
A New Michael Age Returns
- The same spiritual being who prepared Golgotha is now reappearing to bring spiritual life into our age.
- Steiner identifies a repeat Michael age that differs significantly from the earlier one.
Life Is Supersensible; Death Is Sensory
- Life and death are separate domains: life eludes physical science and death doesn't exist in higher worlds.
- Steiner asserts occult knowledge is required to grasp life, while death is a phenomenon confined to the sense world.