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EGYPTIAN MYTHS AND
MYSTERIES
by
Rudolph Steiner
Translated from shorthand reports unrevised by the lecturer, from the German
edition published with the title, Aegyptische Mythen und Mysterien (Vol.
106 in the
Bibliographical Survey, 1961). Translated by Norman Macbeth.A series of
twelve lectures.
CONTENTS
Lecture 1 . . .
Spiritual connections between the culture-streams of ancient and modern times.
Lecture 2 . . . The
reflection of cosmic events in the religious views of men.
Lecture 3 . . . The old
initiation centers. The human form as the subject of meditation.
Lecture 4 . . . The
experiences of initiation. The mysteries of the planets. The descent of the
primeval Word.
Lecture 5 . . . The
genesis of the trinity of sun, moon, and earth. Osiris and Typhon.
Lecture 6 . . . The
influence of Osiris and Isis. Facts of occult anatomy and physiology.
Lecture 7 . . .
Evolutionary events in the human organism up to the departure of the moon.
Osiris and Isis as builders of the upper human form.
Lecture 8 . . . The
stages of evolution of the human form. The expulsion of the animal beings. The
four human types.
Lecture 9 . . . The
influence of the sun and moon spirits, of the Isis and Osiris forces. The change
in consciousness. The conquest of the physical plane.
Lecture 10. . Old myths
as pictures of cosmic facts. Darkening of man's spiritual consciousness. The
initiation principle of the mysteries.
Lecture 11. . The
ancient Egyptian doctrine of evolution. The cosmic view of the organs and their
coarsening in modern times.
Lecture 12. . The Christ
impulse as conqueror of matter.
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