{"product_id":"9781855846814","title":"The New Spirituality","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe constitution of the human soul has undergone a profound\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003etransformation in recent centuries. With the rise of ‘I’-\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003econsciousness, individuality and intellectual thought have moved\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eto the foreground, opening a path toward freedom and selfdetermination.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYet this gain has come with a loss: the vivid,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003einstinctive spiritual perception of earlier epochs has faded. In this\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eunique series of lecture, Rudolf Steiner traces this decisive shift in\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003econsciousness and situates it within a wide panorama of world\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ehistory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCentral to our time is the question of Christ’s continuing presence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSteiner follows the changing perception of Christ, from early\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGnosis through the formation of Church doctrine to the modern\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eage, indicating a renewed mode of spiritual perception –\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eImagination – through which Christ may again be experienced as a\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eliving reality. This reappearance, not in physical form but within\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ethe etheric realm, marks a decisive threshold for contemporary\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ehumanity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough a ‘symptomatic’ reading of events, Steiner explores the\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003edistinct spiritual missions of East, West and Central Europe,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eilluminating their contrasting modes of thought, social life and\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ecultural inheritance. Platonism and Aristotelianism, economy and\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ejurisprudence, spirituality and civic life emerge as interwoven\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003estreams shaping humanity’s present crisis and future task. With\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ereflections on Goethe, Schiller and the threefold social principle,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ethese lectures articulate a form of spirituality suited to modern\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003econsciousness – one that honours human freedom while awakening\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003enew faculties of perception.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis revised edition features an introduction by Richard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRamsbotham.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"RUDOLF STEINER PRESS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47557572231220,"sku":"9781855846814","price":60.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/9390\/2132\/files\/9781855846814.jpg?v=1774765950","url":"https:\/\/woodslane.com.au\/products\/9781855846814","provider":"Woodslane","version":"1.0","type":"link"}