Evolution
From Anthroposophy
Evolution is an essential cornerstone, but it is also a vast and complex theme to cover.
Main perspectives:
- spiritual hierarchies and their evolution in the great cosmic dynamic
- the macrosmos - heavenly bodies, our solar system, stars and planets
- Man, or the microcosmos .. how the make-up and consciousness of Man evolves
- evolution of the macrocosmos, of spiritual beings and all forms of life, of consciousness
- cosmogony, the origin of our solar system / cosmos
and the mapping to:
- religious texts
- Bhagavad Gita
- Book of Genesis
- Book of Revelation
- Ancient history of myths and legends incl. sages, fairy tales, parables .. from various cultural traditions and artworks
- History
Contents
- Introductory to cosmology
- Three dimensions of evolution : Conditions of Consciousness, Conditions of Life, Conditions of Form
- principles of evolution
- evolution and involution
- sacrifice
- Man and nature's kingdoms in evolution
- Overview of solar system evolution
- solar system evolution in a nutshell
- solar system evolution as the evolution of the Hierarchies
- planetary seals
- Creation
- Creation of our solar system
- Old Saturn
- Old Sun
- Old Moon
- Earth
- Earth rounds perspective
- Various aspects
- Earth's Seven Epochs and MoG perspective: Epochs in Earth physical round
- Polarian epoch
- Hyperborean epoch
- Lemurian epoch
- Atlantean epoch
- Current Postatlantean epoch
- Indian cultural age
- Persian cultural age
- Egyptian cultural age
- Greco-Latin cultural age
- Anglo-German cultural age
- Sixth cultural age ('russian')
- Seventh cultural age ('american')
- Sixth epoch
- Seventh epoch
- Future Jupiter
- Future Venus
- Future Vulcan
- Advanced topics
Illustrations
Various dimensions and sources of information for studying evolution:
References and further reading
- 'Man: Fragments of Forgotten History', by 'two chelas' (1885)
- Cosmic Memory, by Rudolf Steiner (1904)
- Outline of Esoteric Science, by Rudolf Steiner (1910)