
THE GOSPEL OF ST. JOHN - Revisiting the Vision of Rudolf Steiner for the 21st Century
Our Participation in Earth's Evolution as the Planet of Love
eBook | 27 February 2020 | Edition Number 1
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If you have been concerned about the welfare of our planet, in our challenging and transformative times—and if you harbor the hope that you can help bring about a truly better world based in an illuminated spiritual level—then this book is for you.
Rudolf Steiner was a brilliant late 19th-century Austrian visionary whose astonishing spiritual perceptivity brought about the Waldorf Schools, architectural developments, biodynamic agriculture, and much more. But because the books and lectures based on his profoundly forward thinking were written down by others in German, and then translated into overly stilted English, even dedicated Steinerians have often found his books difficult to understand.
And for someone new to Steiner? Not a piece of cake! A pity, since the books contain so much worth reading.
Enter Eliza Joslin Kendall. Raised with Steiner’s ideas from a young age, she found in them a spiritual lodestar for our time. “When I read Steiner,” she writes, “I just knew that I knew all that he was talking about, as if I had read it before. His writings resonated so deeply within me that I immediately felt called to take Steiner and his philosophy to the public in a way that can be taken in by the soul, not just the mind. I continue to feel that this is greatly needed. Especially in today’s world.”
Why “today’s world”? Because being able to read Steiner in a more comprehensible form gives depth, history, and (the best kind of) mystery for how we got to where we are now—where we actually are at this time—what we need to do to become the most authentic spiritual beings we can be. Humanity, says Steiner, has been evolving in its relationship to the Divine since early epochs and civilizations; and the earth has been evolving along with it. This evolution is intimately connected with the incarnation of Christ-Jesus and the evolution of our relation to the Divine, the I AM as an individual.
In The Gospel of St. John, Steiner helps us see what we have been being prepared for, and how to engage with the spiritual forces that direct this transformation. We are here to be the planet of love. Yes, our very own planet, this earth that is going through the sometimes alarming birthing pains of transformation, is meant to be the planet of Love.
If you’ve ever thought, “Isn’t there some reason I’m here on earth at this time? Isn’t there something real that I can do to help?” reading this book will reveal a fascinating epic that you too are part of. Whatever your religious beliefs or background, Steiner’s Gospel of St. John via Eliza Kendall can shift your perspective of yourself, the human community, and the planet, which has the resources—and the evolutionary mandate—to actually become the planet of Love.
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Foreword
Introduction
Chapter 1: Penetrating the Spiritual World Behind the Sense World
Chapter 2: The Role of The Gospel of St. John in Accomplishing Humanity’s Urgent Present-Day Task
Chapter 3: The Logos
Chapter 4: The Evolution of the Human Being and of the Earth
Chapter 5: The Real Meaning of the Logos (or Word) and the Evolution of the Human Capacity for Love
Chapter 6: The Word Became Flesh and Dwelt Among Us: “I Am the Light of the World”
Chapter 7: John the Baptist
Chapter 8: The Transition from the Old Testament to the New
Chapter 9: “For of His Fullness We Have All Received Grace upon Grace”
Chapter 10: The Change in the Earth’s Aura through the Crucifixion
Chapter 11: The Purification of the Three Bodies through the Ego, and Transformation through the Christ Impulse
Chapter 12: Karma
Chapter 13: The Evolution of Humanity through the Descent into Materialism
Chapter 14: The Knowledge of the Christ in the Old Testament
Chapter 15: The Perfect Spiritual Harmonization of the Human and the Environment, and Its Relationship to the Divine Appearing as an Individual Man
Chapter 16: Preparing the Physical Instrument for the Spirit
Chapter 17: The Progression of the Spirit-Self through the Epochs
Chapter 18: The Peace and Brotherhood to Come in Epoch 6
Chapter 19: Drawing Forth the True Spiritual Content of Christianity
Chapter 20: The Coming Third Chapter of Christianity: The Marriage of Humanity and the Spirit
Chapter 21: The Task of Initiates
Chapter 22: What It Takes to Perceive the Higher Worlds
Chapter 23: Developing the Feeling Life Productive of Higher Organs of Perception in the Astral
Chapter 24: Catharsis and Illumination
Chapter 25: The Gospel of St. John as a Means of Initiation
Chapter 26: Esoteric Naming
Chapter 27: The Mystery of the Penetration into Jesus by the Holy Spirit
Chapter 28: How The Gospel of St. John Can Transform the Astral Body into a Virgin Sophia
Chapter 29: The Spiritual Perception of the Disciples and their Realization of the Resurrection
Chapter 30: The Mission of Spiritual Science
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ISBN: 9781734262711
ISBN-10: 1734262710
Series: Simply Steiner : Book 1
Published: 27th February 2020
Format: ePUB
Language: English
Number of Pages: 260
Audience: General Adult
Publisher: Simply Steiner
Volume Number: 1
Edition Number: 1
























