Rudolf Steiner Handbook 804
Rudolf Steiner Handbook 804
Rudolf Steiner Handbook 804
95) 5017 Short characterisation of Paracelsus (1493-1541) who still understood the medical activity as a kind of cult action. Tip to the fact that he was murdered*. See next lecture on his concept of mummy. * Remark: Blavatsky also states that Paracelsus was murdered (lit. 9, vol. I).
8(10/1/1922, Dornach) (125ff.) 5021 216-09 Account of the historical situation of Pope Nicholas I (~820-867, Nicholas the Great, pope from 858 to 867). His decision between three cultural currents: (1) A southwestern esoteric current going out from the Mystery of Golgotha (current of the Holy Grail); (2) An eastern esoteric current which had lost the spiritual to a great extent and realised itself especially in the cult with pilgrimages to Jerusalem; (3) A Central European current in which the esoteric was looked at in the cult (less experienced than in the east) and the esoteric knowledge was fixed in dogmatics which were only accessible to faith. It was supported by Nicholas, because he regarded the Western humanity as not yet capable to absorb the spiritual of the Grail current as Boniface (~ 675-754) already did before him. Enthusiasm of the crusades flamed up some centuries later when the first two currents flowed together which had, however, become quite materialistic then. Reference to lecture of CW 216 in 208-03.
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