Mystics of the Renaissance and their relation to modern thought: including Meister Eckhart, Tauler, Paracelsus,...

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Rudolf Steiner Bertram Keightley

Mystics of the Renaissance and their relation to modern thought

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including Meister Eckhart, Tauler, Paracelsus, Jacob Boehme, Giordano Bruno, and others

Rudolf Steiner, Bertram Keightley

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English

Alicia Editions
20 May 2025

Mysticism; Theosophy & Anthroposophy; Mind, Body, Spirit: thought & practice; Mysticism, magic & ritual

In this work, Rudolf Steiner examines the lives and teachings of Meister Eckhart, Johannes Tauler, Paracelsus, Johannes Ruysbroeck, Jacob Boehme, Giordano Bruno, and others-spiritual free thinkers whose experiences transcended their time and anticipated the soul's quest for meaning in the modern age.

Rather than treating mysticism as mere religious sentiment, Steiner reveals how these individuals cultivated a living relationship with the spiritual world-one that speaks directly to the deeper impulses behind philosophy, science, and personal transformation. By drawing connections between Renaissance mysticism and contemporary consciousness, Steiner encourages readers to rediscover the spiritual heritage of Europe as a vital resource for addressing today's internal and external challenges.

This book is both a tribute to the past and an invitation to awaken the spiritual capacities inherent in every individual. It is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in understanding the profound influences of Christian mysticism, Western esotericism, and the evolution of human consciousness.

Selected excerpts: ""Only he who knows the Spirit, in the sense of true Mysticism, can attain a full understanding of the facts of Nature""""All these thinkers have in common a strong sense of the fact that in man's knowing of himself there rises a sun which illuminates something very different from the mere accidental, separated personality of the beholder.""""It was clear to them that self-knowledge in its true form enriched man with a new sense, which unlocked for him a world standing in relation to the world accessible to him without this new sense as does the world of one possessing physical sight to that of a blind man."" ""For one who looks thus upon the inner life of man, it is also obvious what is the meaning of human cognition within the whole world-process.""

By: Rudolf Steiner
Translated by: Bertram Keightley
Imprint: Alicia Editions
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 7mm
Weight: 136g
ISBN: 9782384555840
ISBN 10: 2384555847
Pages: 102
Publication Date: 20 May 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Mystics of the Renaissance and their relation to modern thought: including Meister Eckhart, Tauler, Paracelsus, Jacob Boehme, Giordano Bruno, and others

""In Rudolf Steiner's vision of human nature, we are energetic as well as physical beings, and our most profound identity rests in our spiritual elements."" - David Marshak, professor emeritus at Seattle University, Counterpoints, Vol. 48 (1997) http: //www.jstor.org/stable/45136401