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Title

Astronomy and astrology : finding a relationship to the cosmos / Rudolf Steiner ; compiled and edited by Margaret Jonas.

Author

Steiner, Rudolf, 1861-1925

Publication

[East Sussex] : Rudolf Steiner Press, 2009.

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Additional Authors

Jonas, Margaret

Description

vi, 250 pages : illustrations; 22 cm

Summary

From the Publisher: In the Middle Ages, Astronomia-one of the Seven Liberal Arts-was as much about astrology as astronomy. In fact the two disciplines only parted company in the seventeenth century, as the materialistic world-view gained greater prominence. Where once human destiny was connected to stars and planets, and spiritual or soul qualities were associated with the natural world, now the cosmos was seen as consisting of gases, fire and dead rock. Rudolf Steiner brings a new spiritual perspective to our study of the heavens. Humanity, he says, is intimately connected to cosmic beings, who in turn are related to planets and stars. There is meaning in the cosmos. Although Steiner rejects the simplistic notion of the planets determining our lives and behaviour, he makes a clear connection between the heavenly bodies and human beings. Whilst criticizing the superficial nature of much astrology, Steiner shows that as individuals, and with the guidance of spiritual beings, we choose an appropriate time of birth to match the destiny we are to live. This enlightening anthology, expertly collated by Margaret Jonas, features excerpts of Steiner's work on the spiritual individualities of the planets, the determination of human characteristics by the constellation at birth, the cultural epochs and the passage of the equinox, cosmic influences on the individual and humanity, life in the planetary spheres between death and rebirth, solar and lunar eclipses, comets, and much more.

Subject

• Astrology
• Astronomy
• Astrosophy
• Astrologie
• Astronomie
• astrology
• astronomy

Note

• "Originally published in German in various volumes of the GA (Rudolf Steiner Gesamtausgabe or Collected Works) by Rudolf Steiner Verlag, Dornach."--Title page verso

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction / Margaret Jonas -- 1: How does theosophy regard astrology? -- 2: Prophecy: its nature and meaning -- 3: Cosmic influences on the individual and humanity -- 4: Subtle impact of the stars -- 5: Human being as expression of the constellations and the planets -- 6: Understanding the human form out of the universe -- 7: Changing vision of the universe -- 8: Forces of the planets -- 9: Spiritual individualities of the planets -- 10: Human being's inner cosmic system -- 11: Planetary spheres and life between death and rebirth -- 12: Spiritual preparation of the human body between death and a new birth -- 13: Human being and his pattern in the stars -- 14: Forces of the earth and the constellation at birth in determining human characteristics -- 15: Revelation of the stars at death -- 16: Human and cosmic rhythms -- 17: Solar and lunar eclipses -- 18: Comets and other cosmic phenomena -- 19: Cultural epochs and the passage of the equinox -- 20: Michael and the manifestation of the divine spiritual -- Notes -- Sources -- Suggested further reading -- Note on Rudolf Steiner's lectures.

ISBN

• 9781855842236
• 1855842238

OCLC

• 557339260
• SCSB-11395117

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library