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The Ahrimanic Deception
(booklet)
1 lecture in Zurich, Oct. 27, 1919 (CW 193)
Rudolf Steiner
ISBN: 0880101466
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SteinerBooks
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An important lecture on the influences of Ahriman in which Steiner describes the dark spirit of materialism and the rigid thinking of modern minds. He describes the coming of Ahriman in physical form and the necessity of developing a relationship with the Christ:
People who swear by the Gospel alone and reject every kind of real spiritual knowledge form the beginning of a flock for Ahriman when he appears in human shape in modern civilization. From these circles, from these members of confessions and sects who repulse the concrete knowledge brought by spiritual endeavor, whole hosts will develop as adherents of Ahriman. Now this is all beginning to come into existence.... This is the call to humanity: "Free yourselves from all these things that form such a great temptation to contribute to Ahriman's triumph!"
 Rudolf Steiner (1861–1925) was born in Kraljevic, Austria, where he grew up the son of a railroad station chief. As a young man, he lived in Weimar and Berlin, where he became a respected and well-published scientific, literary, and philosophical scholar, known especially for his work with Goethe’s scientific writings. At the beginning of the twentieth century, he began to develop his earlier philosophical principles into an approach to systematic research into psychological and spiritual phenomena. Formally beginning his spiritual teaching career under the auspices of the Theosophical Society, Steiner came to use the term Anthroposophy (and spiritual science) for his philosophy, spiritual research, and its results. The influence of Steiner’s multifaceted genius has led to innovative and holistic approaches in medicine and therapies, philosophy, religious renewal, Waldorf education, education for special needs (including the Camphill Village movement), threefold economics, biodynamic agriculture, Goethean science, architecture, and the arts of drama, speech, and eurythmy. In 1924, Rudolf Steiner founded the General Anthroposophical Society, which today has branches throughout the world. He died in Dornach, Switzerland.
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