Rudolf Steiner Audio CW 131 From Jesus to Christ: Lecture 5: (Karlsruhe, 9th October 1911) by Rudolf Steiner
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Mar 22, 2023 A tour through spiritual science about the Christ impulse and human evolution. Short reflections contrast Greek love of form, Buddhist rejection of ego, and Hebrew resilience. Fourfold human constitution and earlier planetary stages are sketched. Questions arise about the fate of the physical body after death and the Redeemer’s possible role.
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Fourfold Human Being Across Incarnations
- Steiner presents humans as fourfold: physical, etheric, astral, and ego, evolving across incarnations.
- The ego persists across lives while etheric and astral bodies leave extracts that carry progress forward.
Cosmic Origins Of The Physical Body
- Steiner traces the physical body's seeds to Saturn, refined through Sun and Moon, with the ego added on Earth.
- The physical form is the product of cosmic, long-term spiritual work across planetary evolutions.
Maya Versus Spiritual Science On The Body
- Steiner questions materialist maya that the physical body simply vanishes at death given its cosmic crafting.
- He reserves fuller explanation for Christology, implying a deeper fate for the body.
