Week 6
There has arisen from its narrow limits
My self and finds itself
As revelation of all worlds
Within the sway of time and space;
The world, as archetype divine,
Displays to me at every turn
The truth of my own likeness.
Week 32
I feel my own force, bearing fruit
And gaining strength to give me to the world.
My inmost being I feel charged with power
To turn with clearer insight
Toward the weaving of life's destiny.
—Translation by Ruth and Hans Pusch
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Steiner describes the formative work of the Elohim, as well as other spiritual beings, in this detailed study of the seven days of creation as recorded in the Book of Genesis. He explains the reality behind Jehovah, variant translations from the Hebrew, and the correspondence of the Genesis account with the anthroposophical description of the evolutionary periods.
This translation has been made by Dorothy Lenn with the assistance of Owen Barfield from the revised 3rd edition of the German text-published under the title, “Die Geheimnisse der biblischen Schöpfungsgeschichte.” For the convenience of English readers quotations from the Bible have been given in the words of the English Authorised Version, or if this has seemed impracticable, the Authorised Version has been given in a footnote.
I. | The Mystery of the Archetypal Word | August 17, 1910 |
II. | Ha'arets and Haschamayim | August 18, 1910 |
III. | The Seven Days of Creation | August 19, 1910 |
IV. | The Forming and Creating of Beings by the Elohim. The Aeons or Time-Spirits | August 20, 1910 |
V. | Light and Darkness. Yom and Lay'lah | August 21, 1910 |
VI. | Elementary Existence and the Spiritual Beings behind it. Jahve-Elohim | August 22, 1910 |
VII. | The First and Second Days of Creation. The Work of Elementary Beings on Human Organs | August 23, 1910 |
VIII. | Stages of Human Development up to the Sixth Day of Creation | August 24, 1910 |
IX. | The Moon Nature in Man | August 25, 1910 |
X. | The Harmony of the Bible with Clairvoyant Research | August 26, 1910 |
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