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THE

GOSPEL OF ST. JOHN

in relation to the other Gospels especially that of St.

Luke

A course of fourteen lectures given at Cassel

24th June to 7th July, 1909

by Rudolf Steiner

Rendered into English by G. Metaxa

from a text unrevised by the Author

first published 1933

reprinted 1944

This translation has been made from the original of Rudolf

Steiner, by permission of H. Collison, M.A. (Oxon) by whom

all Rights are reserved.

Printed in Great Britain

by Morrison and Gibb, LTD.,

London and Edinburgh

CONTENTS

I. The Christians of St. John. The rebirth of the higher Ego

in man and in humanity

II. The living spiritual history. The leaders of humanity.

The creative Word

III. The metamorphoses of the Earth. The prototypes of

created types. The servants of the Word

IV. The hierarchies of our solar system and the kingdoms of

the earth

V. Human development during the incarnations of our

Earth. The kingdom of the Luciferic and Ahrimanic

spirits and the kingdom of the divine spiritual beings

VI. The Atlantean oracles. The post Atlantean Sanctuaries of

initiation. The Baptism by John

VII. The Baptism with Water and the Baptism with Fire and

Spirit

VIII. The Mysteries of initiation. The rebirth through Christ

Jesus

IX. The artistic composition of the Gospel of St. John. The

climax of power in the signs and miracles

X. What occurred at the Baptism by John? Christ's mastery

over the laws of the bony system and the conquest of

death

XI. The establishment of harmony in the inner forces of

man through the Christ-impulse. The connection

between the ancient Mysteries and the Gospels

XII. The decline of the ancient wisdom and its renewal

through the Christ-impulse. The significance of the

Mystery of Golgotha for human evolution upon earth

XIII. The cosmic significance of the Mystery of Golgotha. The

conquest of death through the expulsion of the Luciferic

and Ahrimanic influence. Death as the bringer of life.

The Earth becomes a new Sun. The power of Christ

radiates into the human etheric body. The effects of the

Christ-light and its reflection in the earth's periphery as

a spiritual sphere. The Holy Ghost

XIV. The Earth as the body of Christ and as a new centre of

light. The Last Supper as the preparation for the

mystical union with Christ. Paul, the apostle of the

spiritually living Christ. The seven stages of Christian

initiation. Death, the seed of eternal Ego-hood. Spirit-

knowledge is the fire of life

LECTURE I

Cassel, St. John's Day, 1909

My Dear Friends,

The celebration of a particular festival on the present day of

the year was a custom to which a large portion of aspiring

humanity adhered, and it is a matter of importance for the

friends of the anthroposophical movement assembled with us

in this city that the present series of lectures should begin

precisely on midsummer or St. John's Day. As long ago as in

ancient Persia a festival known as the ‘Baptism of Fire and

Water’ was associated with a day which would roughly

correspond to a day in June at the present time. In ancient

Rome the festival of Vesta fell on a similar day in June, and

that again was a festival of ‘Baptism by Fire’. And if we look

back upon European civilization before the spread of

Christianity, we again find a June festival which coincided

with the time of the year when the days begin to shorten and

the nights to lengthen — when the sun begins to lose a part of

the strength he lavishes upon all growth and increase on

earth. To our European ancestors this June festival appeared

as a gradual withdrawal and disappearing of the God Baldur —

Baldur who, in their minds, was associated with the Sun. In

Christian times this same festival gradually became that of St.

John, the forerunner of Christ Jesus. Thus it can also be our

starting-point for the considerations to which we will devote

ourselves during the next few days, bearing upon this most

important event in the evolution of humanity — upon the

Deed of Christ Jesus. Indeed, the subject of the present course

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