Religious ritual is often seen as a way of bringing divine influences down into the material world. In this profound and stimulating work, Rudolf Steiner and Friedrich Benesch introduce the idea of “reverse ritual”―a way that each of us can raise our souls to the spiritual realm. In this process, the everyday world becomes a portal through which we can enter the dimension of the sacred. Here, each of us can be a “priest,” and each of our actions can be a cosmic, ritual act. This stimulating collection of writings on spiritual communion of humanity includes two further lectures by Steiner that show how this process can engage our social lives. Also included are two additional essays as appendices: “Sacramental and Spiritual Communion” by Dietrich Asten and “Human Encounters and Karma” by Athys Floride. The introduction by Christopher Schaefer brings these ideas into focus for modern seekers. Contents: 
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<li> Part One: “The Spiritual Communion of Humanity” (5 lectures from GA 219) </li>
<li> Part Two: “Preparing for the Sixth Epoch” </li>
<li> Part Three: Commentaries by Friedrich Benesch </li>
<li> Appendices: Selections from Dietrich Asten: “Spiritual and Sacramental Communion” &amp; Athys Floride: “Human Encounters and Karma.” </li>
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Reverse Ritual: Spiritual Knowledge Is True Communion

Politics & Social Sciences

Benesch, Friedrich

STEINER, RUDOLF

Philosophy

SteinerBooks

Whitsun: Community in the age of individualism

Floris Books

Silica, Calcium, and Clay: Processes in Mineral, Plant, Animal, and Man

Wilde, Klaus

Rentea, Ross

Schaumberg Pubns

In the Revelation of St. John, spiritual worlds and spiritual entities appear both in images of the sensory world and in images of the mineral realm. This book disusses these two sides of world manifestation. This book juxtaposes the objects of sensory appearance and natural-scientific research with sayings from the Revelation of St. John to express the joint background of the appearances. When we connect one with the other, it can lead to an encounter with the essence. This is an “esoteric mineralogy.”

Apocalypse, the Transformation of Earth: An Esoteric Mineralogy

Anthropology

A miracle of nature, the tourmaline is a precious stone, having perhaps the greatest range of figuration and coloring of any gem. The importance of this book lies in the lavish illustrations and far-reaching cognitive treatment of the tourmaline. At the heart of this monograph are approximately 400 color photographs by some of the best photographers of these gems. The concluding text looks at these unique specimens from a Goethean perspective and provides a historical survey of our encounters with tourmalines throughout the ages, explaining how tourmalines, through their multifaceted, polychromatic guise, came to be invested with such a panoply of meanings, which remained unacknowledged for centuries.

Tourmaline: A Monograph

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

Rudolf Steiner Pr

LO SILICEO, LO CALCAREO Y LO ARCILLOSO: Procesos en los reinos mineral, vegetal y humano

Editorial Rudolf Steiner S.L.

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