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Whitsun and Ascension

Whitsun and Ascension

An Introductory Reader

  • ISBN: 9781855841697
  • Publication Date: June 26th 2007

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Matthew Barton collects excerpts from Steiner’s many talks and writings on the festival of Whitsun ("White Sunday"). Known in America as Pentecost, the forty-ninth day following Easter Sunday commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit on the disciples. The book also includes Steiner's discussions of the Ascension of Jesus Christ forty days after his Resurrection.

Whitsun and Ascension: An Introductory Reader features Barton’s editorial introduction, afterword, commentary, and notes.

    Book Details

    • Format: Paperback
    • ISBN: 9781855841697
    • Trim Size: 5 (w) x 6.87 (h) x 0 (d) in
    • Publication Date: June 26th 2007
    • Publisher: Rudolf Steiner Press

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    Table of contents

    C O N T E N T S:

    Introduction by Matthew Barton

    RISING TO THE CLOUDS, TETHERED TO EARTH
    1. Blossoming to Bear Fruit
    2. Release from Bondage: A Festival of Awareness
    3. Penetrating the Picture

    SUFFERING’S OPEN DOOR
    4. No Celebration but Truth
    5. The Struggles of Prometheus
    6. Gain Only through Loss: All Knowledge Born from Pain

    ALL ONE TO ALONE TO ONE IN ALL
    7. Forming a Conscious Vessel
    8. One Fire, Many Tongues
    9. Warmth Transmutes Matter
    10. The Spirit Lives in Time

    HUMAN FREEDOM AND THE WORD
    11. The Lost Word
    12. From Empty Phrase to Living Word
    13. “The Truth Shall Set You Free”

    Afterword by Matthew Barton

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