The Spiritual Origins of Eastern Europe and the Future Mysteries of the Holy GrailTemple Lodge Publishing, 1993 - 551 sivua "And however paradoxical it may seem today, the 'Grail mood' is in the fullest sense to be found in Russia. And the future role that Russia will play in the sixth post-Atlantean epoch, a task of which I have so often had to speak, rests firmly upon this unconquerable 'Grail mood' in the Russian people." --Rudolf Steiner (Nov. 3, 1918) Although Eastern Europe has been part of Christian humanity for more than a thousand years, its task and spiritual identity remain a mystery, the answer to which cannot be found unless we look behind outer historical events to the spiritual, meta-historical dimensions of history. This momentous work, breathtaking in its scope and detail, represents just such a penetrating, esoteric study of Eastern Europe in the light of Rudolf Steiner's spiritual research. Prokofieff shows how, from the earliest times, the future "conscience of humanity" flowed from hidden mystery centers in Hibernia to the eastern Slavic peoples. As a result, qualities of "compassion, patience, and willingness for sacrifice" developed in their souls, creating a truly Christian "Grail mood." Despite incalculable suffering--from the persecutions by the Mogul hordes of the thirteenth century to the Bolshevik experiment of the twentieth century--this quality has become an unconquerable force in the depths of their being. In illuminating the maya of outer history, Prokofieff reveals the forces that have been at work to hinder the progress and future intentions of humankind. Those adversarial forces have created a "karma of materialism" that the eastern Slavic peoples have taken upon themselves out of their exalted willingness for sacrifice. Will we be able to use the present opportunity granted by this sacrifice to fulfill the primary purposes of the present cultural epoch? Serious study of this book--intended for students of spiritual science--can lead to a profound awakening to the challenges that face humankind today. |
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Foreword Part One 1 Formulating the Question | 1 |
Scythianos and the Mystery of Golgotha | 2 |
Scythianos and the Grail Stream | 3 |
Scythianos and the Christ People | 4 |
The Hibernian Mysteries as a Wellspring of Human Conscience and their Relationship to the Grail Mysteries | 5 |
The Impulse of Conscience amongst the EastSlavic People | 6 |
Exoteric and Esoteric Aspects of the Historical Christianising of Russia | 7 |
EastSlavic Mythology and its Occult Origin | 8 |
Regarding the Sources of the Grail Mood amongst the EastSlavic People | 129 |
Towards a Symptomatology of Russian History | 145 |
Historical Symptoms of Russia before the Mongols | 146 |
Historical Symptoms of the Arising of the Muscovite State | 156 |
Historical Symptoms of the Arising of the Russian Empire | 166 |
Historical Symptoms of 20th Century Russia | 214 |
146 | 217 |
156 | 223 |
The Legend of St Andrew and Early EastSlavic Christianity | 9 |
The Spiritual Sources of Church Architecture in Old Russia | 10 |
The Old Russian Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh | 11 |
Historical and Occult Events around the Year 1250 in the Light of the Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh | 12 |
The City of Kitezh and the Grail Castle | 13 |
The Sophia Impulse and the Sixth Cultural Epoch viii 1 10 72 22 16 20 | 14 |
166 | 225 |
214 | 244 |
Part Three | 251 |
The Three Great Temptations in Russian History | 253 |
Regarding the Occult Streams of the Present which oppose the Spiritual Evolution of Mankind | 270 |
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