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
From his clairvoyant reading of the akashic record — the
cosmic memory of all events, actions, and thoughts — Rudolf
Steiner was able to discuss aspects of the life of Jesus Christ that are
not recorded in the four Gospels of the conventional Christian Bible.
The results of such research, in that it is not based on historical
records or extant documents, has been referred to as a “Fifth
Gospel.”
After an intense inner struggle to verify the
exact nature of these events, and having checked the results of his
research, Steiner described many detailed episodes from the akashic
record. For example, he speaks of Jesus' life in the community of the
Essenes, the temptation of Christ in the wilderness, and a significant,
previously unreported conversation between Jesus and Mary.
Steiner states that divulging such spiritual research is intensely
difficult, but that “although people show little inclination to
be told such facts as these, it was absolutely essential that knowledge
of such facts should be brought to Earth evolution at the present
time.”
These five lectures are from the lecture series entitled: The Akashic Chronicle and the Fifth Gospel, Published in German as: Aus der Akasha-forschung. Das Fuenfte Evangelium. They are lecture 1 through 5 of 18 lectures in this series. This translation is by Frank Thomas Smith.
After a shattering struggle to arrive at the truth, Steiner presents here the findings of spiritual research regarding the life of Jesus before the Baptism and the life of Christ after the Baptism. Among the scenes described are Jesus in the Essene community, the conversation between Jesus and Mary before the Baptism, Jesus discovering the reverse Lord's Prayer, and the temptation of Christ after the Baptism.
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