Accordingly, he turned to the deepest, most spiritual of the Gospels--that of the initiate St. John.In this lecture course, readers will find that the incarnation, death, and resurrection of the Divine Word, or Logos, reveals the mission of the Earth: Love. We learn of the mysteries behind Lazarus' resurrection, the "I AM" sayings, and the seven degrees of initiation. We come to understand that the Gospel of St. John is a continuing spiritual presence--to be recalled, meditated, and permeated with one's own life. In doing so, we realized that our purpose--and that of all humankind--is to become the Virgin Sophia, a receptical for the Holy Spirit.All of Steiner's work, as Marie Steiner writes in her introduction, was "to pave the way to Christ." Indeed, at the conclusion of these lectures, Rudolf Steiner said: It will come to be understood that Christianity is only beginning its influence and will fulfill its real mission only when it is understood in its true, spiritual form.... The more these lectures are understood in this sense, the better they will be understood as they were intended. This volume is essential if one is to truly understand Rudolf Steiner's understanding of esoteric Christianity and its place in the world today and in the future.Contents: Introduction by Marie Steiner-von Sivers1. The Doctrine of the Logos2. Esoteric Christianity3. The Mission of the Earth4. The Raising of Lazarus5. The Seven Degrees of Initiation6. The "I AM"7. The Mystery of Golgotha8. Human Evolution in Its Relation to the Christ Principle9. The Prophetical Documents of the Origin of Christianity10. The Effect of the Christ Principle11. Christian Initiation12. The Nature of the Virgin Sophia and of the Holy SpiritThis volume is a translation of Das Johannes-Evangelium (GA 103).

    Battles have been few and far between since then, in what the Germans have been calling der Sitzkrieg—the sitting war.  In May 1940, under the leadership of their new prime minister, Winston Churchill, the British are hoping to stem the tide of Nazi invasion along their southern border. But now, flanked to the east and west by German troops and cut off from the Allies further south, Sergeant Williams and his battalion must retreat to Dunkerque in the north, and escape by sea is their only hope.

    covered with the shadow of death,”there can still be poetry. Featuring characters based on actual inmates and warders—including the abominable Dr. Mengele—Psalm 44 is a baring of many of the themes, patterns, and preoccupations Kiš would return to in future, albeit never with the same starkness or immediacy.

    Herter Norton offer Rilke's work to the English-speaking world in an accurate, sensitive, modern version.