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    Rudolf Steiner's Fifth Gospel in Story Form
    Rudolf Steiner's Fifth Gospel in Story Form
    Rudolf Steiner's Fifth Gospel in Story Form
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    Rudolf Steiner's Fifth Gospel in Story Form

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    3rd edition 2023 ~ One of the wonderful experiences of my Waldorf teacher training was reading Rudolf Steiner’s Fifth Gospel transcripts, with a group of friends, aloud, round-robin style, in a comfy living room. We read a chapter each night over the 12 Days of Christmas. If you've done this, you may also have felt the pull to draw closer to this material. I certainly did.

    Dr. Steiner’s aim was to update the biography of Jesus of Nazareth in light of the expanded intellectual understanding of karma and reincarnation that had been accomplished since 1880. Further, the imaginative capacity of humankind and ability to process metaphor, demonstrated by Depth Psychology and Carl Jung made possible this portrait of Jesus of Nazareth and what he transformed into. RS's Fifth Gospel remains the most psychologically astute portrait this author is aware of.

    If you respond to this book, the rest of Emil Bock's books are your best bet.

    Topics here include:

    Inner experience of the disciples at Pentecost.
    The two Jesus children, tradition of and evidence for.
    Contribution of the Buddha to the Luke Jesus child.
    The shepherds see the astral body of Buddha.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBruce Dickson
    Release dateDec 26, 2010
    ISBN9781449953270
    Rudolf Steiner's Fifth Gospel in Story Form
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    Bruce Dickson

    Thanks to his mother, Bruce is a second generation nutrition-health-metaphysical researcher. Since 2001 he worked professionally as a Health Intuitive. He has lived in seven intentional communities and visited several more. He's visited 25 US Waldorf school communities. He's MSIA, PTS, Waldorf, USM, NVC trained and IFS-educated. He recently studied Iain McGilchrist's new brain-lateralization topics and wrote a REader's Digest version for friends..He's self-published several series of books-booklets:- Best Practices in Energy Medicine,- Holistic Brain Balance,- Best Practice in Group Process,- Growing Sustainable Children and Schools Worthy of Our Affectionhttps://medium.com/search?q=%22bruce%20dickson%22https://holisticbrainbalance.wordpress.com/http://blog.GoetheanScience.netBooklet series:- Growing Sustainable Children and Schools Worthy of Our Affection (5 short volumes)- Group Process as an Art-form (3 books)- Holistic Brain Balance (7 books-booklets)- Best Practices in Energy Medicine (20 books-booklets)- Book series: Group Process as an Art-form (3)- Book series: Best Practices in Energy Medicine all others- Book series: New Directions in Holistic Brain Balance (7)- Team Human, a theme for Waldorf K-12's second 100 years (5)ONLINEhttps://HolisticBrainBalance.wordpress.comhttp://blog.GoetheanScience.netGift initial sessions available by phone-Zoom if you have not worked with me professionally before.

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      Rudolf Steiner's Fifth Gospel in Story Form - Bruce Dickson

      To the Reader

      I'm happy to hand to you, in complete freedom to accept, reject, embrace or cast off, this wonderful volume of Dr. Steiner's continuing legacy.

      RS’s Fifth Gospel material demonstrates where historical Buddhist and Zoroastrian influences converged in the expression of Christ and then evolved into loving.

      This version was composed by reviewing ALL versions of ALL Fifth Gospel material, both published and in transcription form only. A tip of the hat to the Rudolf Steiner Library, Hudson New York, for their kind and generous assistance. It was common to find five sentences, in five places, with different shadings, to be synthesized into one sentence.

      RS never attempted a story form version; still, its value is greatly enhanced in story form! Story form especially enhances its value for study groups and for reading aloud, paragraph by paragraph, around in a circle. I’ve had the pleasure of doing this with friends around Christmas and hope you will do this also.

      Anyone asking for a closer personal relation with the Christ, the Chief Forgiver, is likely to find a touchstone for insight and transformation here. I certainly have.

      This edition conforms with the wishes of the German copyright holders, Rudolf Steiner Nachlassverwaltung. There major concern is that nothing here be construed as a verbatim quote from RS.

      Find more on how the present text was arrived at below. Comments and suggestions for improvements for revised editions are welcomed.

      Warm wishes to every reader who wishes to live more consciously from the heart.

      — Bruce Dickson, editor only

      


      Notes

      Because of the thousands of changes here to Dr. Steiner's original words, this text cannot be construed to be Dr. Steiner's. This text does NOT purport to be Dr. Steiner's exact words. None of this text should be quoted as verbatim from Dr. Steiner.

      In his Fifth Gospel lectures, Rudolf Steiner details his original scientific research into this material that is invisible to materialistic sight. When he made the fruits of his investigations public, he spoke of two ends he had in mind. One end was to complement and supplement details of the existing four Gospels from the images stored in the Akashic Record or Akashic Chronicle. His second end was to add, from his investigations, to the Events of Palestine, the relevant karmic and reincarnational aspects.

      As he explains it, in his day, at the turn of the 19th century into the 20th, humanity had developed very significant capacities of objective thinking, thinking that asks for more than the simple picture-truths that sufficed in medieval and Renaissance eras. In earlier centuries, the picture books of the original four gospels, were sufficient for mankind's development and for thinking based on imitation and 'taking on authority.' But nineteen centuries after the facts, humankind has developed very significant capacities of objective thinking. Independent thinking is valued more highly than imitation and taking on authority.' 20th century persons want the full story. They want to know and experience the truth for themselves--whatever it is. They bridle at being offered as adults, mere Sunday school images. Thinking people around 1900 were refusing the Sunday school images of the Christ held over from earlier times. In Steiner's day, people were hungry for the full story of Christ.

      In rejecting both Sunday school imagery and authoritarian explanations concerning Jesus the Christ, Dr. Steiner saw the public throwing the baby out with the bathwater. He made himself available to clarify facts and create a modern place to stand to view the Christ impulse.

      According to Dr. Steiner, an objective record of Christ's life exists in a purely spiritual form. He said this 'spiritual document' resided in a larger body of information called the Akashic Record, the body of the Angel Akasha. Dr. Steiner called this non-physical record he was quoting from, the Fifth Gospel. He reached into the Fifth Gospel and shared images and insights, that are either absent or not well expressed in the four gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. Dr. Steiner called what he shared additions because he said the four synoptic Gospels also draw their imagery from the same starry picture book that is the Fifth Gospel in the Akasha. Dr. Steiner is clear his research shows the synoptic Gospels are--in part--imagery drawn from the Akashic Records. He discusses the service the authors of the original four Gospels performed in creating picture books of the spiritual path of Christianity for the people of their day and the next thousand years to come.

      All of the Fifth Gospel material is only a fraction of Dr. Steiner's output concerning the Christ. Readers of prior editions of The Fifth Gospel lecture transcripts know fascinating tangents are explored on almost every page. Material not directly related to the story of Christ abounds. Interested readers are encouraged to read the source texts for a wealth of tangential and fascinating material we left out. Complicating matters, large gaps in the narrative, also exist. These gaps have been bridged with excerpts from Dr. Steiner's Christology material, commentary on the Gospels and Emil Bock's The Three Years.

      Emil Bock collaborated with other participants of the Christian Community movement in the 1930s and 1940s to create a series of books beginning with Genesis. Their passion was salvaging from the Nazi attack on humanistic values, the modern standpoint on Christianity Dr. Steiner presented. Bock and his colleagues assimilated and synthesized Steiner's scattered and disorganized lecture material on the Old and New Testament, updated his language and employed his approach. The several books credited to Bock, written collaboratively, are an artistic synthesis of Dr. Steiner's lecture transcripts, unrevised, unedited by Steiner himself Unlike the present book, which endeavors to preserve the substance and character of Dr. Steiner's original words, Bock's books employ Dr. Steiner's substance and approach to clarify and build upon. They also extrapolate many striking original conclusions. The Three Years was invaluable to us in suggesting an organization to the entire body of Dr. Steiner's Fifth Gospel legacy.

      A second purpose to Dr. Steiner's Fifth Gospel lectures was to address in 20th century terms and for persons schooled in logic, the karmic and reincarnational aspects of the Events of Palestine. A 20th century audience could think through the logic of many formerly confused issues for the first time.

      The result of this is his Fifth Gospel material combines two very different moods. On one hand, dreamy images of picture-symbology; on the other, truths of logical, hard-edged, close-tolerant scientific research. Dr. Steiner believed then--as many do today--that if avenues are opened whereby people can work more consciously and directly with their own Christed energies, they will do so.

      This volume is our best attempt to facilitate and further his impulse. We welcome readers' suggestions to improve future editions.

      Several intentions towards the source material were followed in this volume:

      - To maintain the focus on Dr. Steiner's own voice, words and ideas.

      - To follow the chronology of Christ Jesus' life, as the other Gospels do. Dr. Steiner's Christology studies and digressions further afield have mostly been deleted to strengthen the narrative thrust of events.

      - To do the least harm in revising Dr. Steiner's own words. The original transcripts have been edited and revised several times for historical accuracy in German and English. Interest in preserving Dr. Steiner's original words as historical documents is high. This work is the first to our knowledge attempting to bring Dr. Steiner's words up to modern writing standards.

      This work was composed literally by entering all known Fifth Gospel material from any source onto a computer, printing it out, putting all pieces in chronological order, then cutting and pasting to combine the many duplications into one coherent whole. Original material has been spliced together, often merging three or four similar sentences into one sentence. All similar passages have been combined and distinct nuances preserved, to the best of our ability. We have necessarily altered diction and syntax revising it closer to contemporary written standards. We have at all points striven to hold to Dr. Steiner's original voice. The first draft has the precise source of every fragment of every sentence. Each page has about 50 such tags. We were going to leave these in but everybody said it made the text too difficult to read! Dr. Steiner's preface, below retains its tags since very few existed.

      Because of the thousands of changes to Dr. Steiner's original words, this text cannot be construed to be Dr. Steiner's. This does NOT purport to be Dr. Steiner's exact words. None of this text should be quoted as verbatim from Dr. Steiner.

      To assist readers to expand the impulses of the overflowing heart between us as social beings. In this, we hope this work helps counter the tendency to speak of spiritual matters in an otherworldly mood. Two Fifth Gospel study groups over the twelve nights of Christmas inspired this work. Groups using this version will immediately appreciate the enhancements made to readability.

      Your comments and suggestions on how this work might be improved are welcomed. Perhaps at a future date, as Dr. Steiner imagined, The Fifth Gospel will take its place next to the other four Gospels.

      Published Works cited

      (See also copyrights page following)

      This work consolidates the narrative material from the following printed editions of lecture transcripts in English.

      The Gospel of St. John, a cycle of 12 lectures given at Hamburg, May 18-31 (1908). Translated from shorthand reports unrevised by the lecturer. Revised English edition of 1962, second printing 1973. Library of Congress Catalog No. 63- 1084.

      The Gospel of St. Luke, Ten lectures given in Basle, 15th-26th September (1909) [noted as (pg. Luke)].

      The Gospel of St. Mark, ten lectures delivered in Basel, September 15-24, (1912), published from a stenographic report not edited by the lecturer, translated 1950. First edition [noted as (pg. Mark)].

      The Gospel of St. Matthew, A Course of twelve Lectures given at Berne, 1st to 12th September, 1910, revised English translation (1946) [noted in the text as [(pg. Mat)].

      The Fifth Gospel, Seven Lectures given in Oslo, 1st-6th October, 1913 and Cologne, 17th and 18th December, (1913). Revised translation of transcripts, 1968, paperback reprint of 1992. ISBN 0-85440-520-8 [noted in the text as (pg. FG)].

      Published Books by Other Authors Cited:

      The Three Years, The Life of Christ between Baptism and Ascension. Emil Bock, Licensed Theologian (Berlin). First German edition 1948; Floris Books 1955, 4th reprint (1987). ISBN 0-86315-060-8. Noted in the text as (TTT pg.).

      The Gospel of St. Matthew, new translation of the original Gospel (1988), by Kalmia Bittleston. ISBN 0-86315-070-5.

      The Gospel of St. Luke, new translation of the original Gospel (1990), by Kalmia Bittleston. ISBN 0-86315-097-7.

      Never-published in English typescripts cited:

      The Rudolf Steiner Library, Ghent, NY, circulates typescripts of lecture transcripts translated into English but not yet published in English. These have been merged with the above.

      On the Fifth Gospel, Seven Lectures, Berlin, Oct. 1913-Feb. 1914, from a typed manuscript unrevised by the lecturer of an unpublished English translation available from the Rudolf Steiner Library, R.D. 2 (Harlemville) Box 215, Ghent, NY 12075 [noted as (pg. Ber)].

      On the Fifth Gospel, single lecture, Hamburg, Nov. 16, 1913, from typed manuscript unrevised by the lecturer of an unpublished English translation available from the Rudolf Steiner Library, R.D. 2 (Harlemville) Box 215, Ghent, NY 12075 [noted as (pg. Hamburg)].

      Current copyrights for material

      Some readers will know complete sets of Dr. Steiner's works exist in many languages. The primary cataloguing is in German. The German catalogue is the primary catalogue used. All material used in this current volume is copyrighted in both English and German.

      The sources and copyright of RS's lecture cycles on the Matthew, Mark, Luke and John gospels are unambiguous in German and English. Every edition contains the same lecture transcripts in each language. On the other hand the German and English editions of Fifth Gospel material differ substantially. The following books from the German catalogue comprise the source of the current copyrights for this Fifth Gospel material. Questions on copyright can be directed to http://www.rudolf-steiner.com/en/contact. Thanks to Herr Taja Gut for his assistance in the 1990s on this matter and other details.

      The following is necessarily in German. It is taken from the free pdf catalog, Katalog des Gesamtwerks http://wvvvv.rudolf-steiner.com/katalog.pdf

      Katatlog Titel

      148 Aus der Akaska-Forschung. Das Funfte Evangelium (1913-1914) Leinen 5. Aufl. 1992, 348 seiten. Tashenbuch Tb 678

      152 Vorstufen Zum Mysterium von Golgotha (1913-1914)

      Leinen 3. Aufl. 1990 176 seiten. Taschenbuch Tb 679

      Chronological list of topics

      as they appear in the text

      To the reader

      The two aims Rudolf Steiner had in mind when he delivered his lectures.

      Dr. Steiner's preface. He makes his case for presuming to add new dimensions to the existing gospels.

      Chapter One

      Pentecost, looking back from after the crucifixion.

      The event as seen from the inner experience of the disciples. Their confusion, joy, and fellowship.

      Chapter Two - The early years

      The two Jesus children.

      Contribution of the Buddha to the Luke Jesus child.

      The shepherds saw the overshadowing astral body of Buddha . Some of the lineage of the Luke Jesus child: Adam.

      Massacre of the innocents.

      Discussion of the tradition and evidence for two Jesus children. Mary visits Elizabeth.

      The Quickening.

      Chapter Three - Two Houses, two children

      Two houses of Jesus, Mary, Joseph, two children.

      Rest of the Adam Lineage of the Nathan-baby (Luke Jesus child).

      Zarathrustra Lineage of the Solomon Jesus baby (the one described in Mark Gospel). Characterization of the spiritual stream of Zoroaster.

      The fusion of Buddhism and Zoroastrianism that was to come.

      (The contrast between Christ and Buddha appears at Baptism)

      The Magi, devoted students of the successively reincarnating Zarathrustra. Priestly and kingly lineage of the Jesus children.

      Flight into Egypt.

      Contrasting personalities of the Two Jesus Boys.

      Mature Qualities of the Solomon-Jesus, the returned conscious self of Zarathrustra. Zarathrustra's religion.

      Longer characterization of Buddha's teaching.

      The task of Zarathrustra

      Chapter Four - The 12 year old boy in the temple

      The change.

      The fusion of the two psyches of the two boys.

      Withering of the Solomon Jesus boy.

      Deep intensity of feeling in the Nathan Jesus-boy.

      The exceptionally mature Zarathrustra-Ego.

      What happens when the old Zarathrustra Ego passes into the young Nathan-Jesus.

      The learning at the feet of the Jewish scholars.

      The inner voice of the Bath-Kol.

      Infinite loneliness of the 13 to 14 year old Jesus of Nazareth.

      Other deaths in the two families.

      Chapter Five - Travels among peoples

      Jesus of Nazareth's first travels among heathen peoples. His first pagan adventures at age 16, 17 and 18.

      Out of body adventure, age 24, at the heathen Mithraic altar. The Reversed Lord's Prayer.

      He returns home.

      The Nathan-Joseph father dies.

      Foreshadowing of the Essenes.

      Chapter Six - The Essenes

      Details of lifestyle, community and communal organization, esoteric culture and practices. Jesus meets a fellow lay student, the future John the Baptist.

      Encountering the spiritual forces at the Essene gates.

      Decisive significance of Lucifer and Ahriman for the whole drama.

      Preparation for the gateway realization.

      Jesus's conversation with the Buddha in the spirit.

      The error of the Essenes: not a path for all humanity.

      Chapter Seven - The conversation with Mary

      Jesus pours out his entire soul to Mary.

      Mankind has no viable spiritual future.

      Mankind has no leaders to a viable spiritual future.

      His critical observations of Judaism, his mother's religion. Mary tries to soothe Jesus.

      Favorite stories of Rabbi Hillel.

      His conclusions about Judaism.

      His observations of the dried up streams of pagan religion. The Essene disappointment.

      No renewal of human relationship with the Divine seems possible. The Moon blocks the Sun, how the intellect blocks Spirit.

      No way out for humanity or for Jesus.

      Chapter Eight - The walk to the Jordan

      The state of Jesus of Nazareth at this point.

      The mysterious conversation with the two Essenes. The Fata Morgana.

      The future of the two Essenes.

      The mysterious conversation with the despairing man. The clarifying dream of Ahriman.

      The mysterious conversation with the leper.

      The clarifying vision of Lucifer.

      Chapter Nine - The Baptism

      John the Baptist.

      What baptizing was, for that time and place.

      How baptism worked.

      Difference between John and Christ, the transition from the Old Testament to the New. His Baptism.

      The full arc of humanity's evolution: condensing down into matter; etherializing back into spirit.

      The change in the path to the supersensible for humanity.

      Uniting with Spirit on the descending and ascending arcs.

      The Blessed Mary, which Mary and how it happened.

      Chapter Ten - The two calls

      The soul-quality of the Judean landscape, from Bock.

      The Judean call to the disciples.

      Description of the soul-quality of the Gallilean landscape from Bock The Gallilean call.

      Chapter Eleven - The Temptation

      The power of creation breaks into the earthly human body (Bock)

      Cosmic life breaks into human strength.

      The majestic divine breaks into the [inner child].

      What happened at the Baptism could only be a beginning.

      The threefold Temptation did not come from without but rose up from within: the Temptation as soul-trial (RS and Bock)

      The Temptation as metaphor for self-discipline.

      Lucifer's first attack, Lucifer defined.

      Lucifer's second attack.

      Lucifer's third attack.

      Without self-discipline in His own [inner child], he would not have been able to work among men and women the way He wished to.

      Chapter Twelve - Ministry

      The Way of Passion: rise and fall of His bodily manifestation.

      Second period of the three years, how He lived through the Disciples. The folly of Christ as Man of Sorrows.

      How people came to know of Him so quickly.

      At the end, great suffering changed to compassion, a heroic deed. The physical body in one place, the Spirit in another.

      How Christ came through one then another of His disciples. Jesus revisits people he had met on His travels before age 30. Earliest ministry. Healings and removal of possessions. Origin of the Lord's Prayer, line by line.

      Jesus had no teaching program.

      Christ is not a teacher, rather He is the content:

      To be childlike.

      Man has an unconscious part, a virginal element from prior to Lucifer's influence.

      The grown up conscious self is the part influenced by Lucifer. Christ cannot unite with the grown up part.

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