Good and Evil Spirits | Free Book
And Their Influence on Humanity
'We learn gradually to raise our eyes not only to material existence;
instead we discover spiritual entities and their actions wherever we
look in the universe... We get to know the deeds of these spirits. We
are alive and active and we are within the spiritual entities and
their activities.' – Rudolf Steiner. >This classic series of
lectures presents systematic knowledge on many different spiritual
entities, ranging from the higher hierarchies of angels down to
hindering demons. Basing his presentation on spiritual-scientific
research, Rudolf Steiner intends to awaken us to the existence of
these beings and how they interact with all aspects of our lives.
Steiner describes how animals, plants and minerals have group souls –
with even an inert stone having a spiritual counterpart in the
invisible world. The various planets in the cosmos are connected to
great spiritual beings and hierarchies too, as is the zodiac, which is
not a static band of fixed stars but is also evolving. Steiner gives a
remarkable picture of how Christ relates to the zodiacal
constellations and to our own higher aspects. Spiritual entities are
associated with the evolution of earth and the previous stages of its
existence – and here Steiner elaborates relevant chapters of his book
Occult Science, An Outline, explaining how our task on earth is
ultimately to develop love rather than wisdom (which was the goal of
earth's previous stage). From cosmic considerations, Steiner leads to
the spirits of the kingdoms of nature – the elemental beings, with
their four classes connecting to the four elements – gnomes, undines,
sylphs and salamanders, or earth, water, air and fire spirits. He
describes how elemental beings are created by human activities – with
coercion of the views of others leading to 'demons', lying leading to
'phantoms', and bad social systems to 'spectres'. Spirits are also
created in the association of humans and animals, whilst other
spiritual entities connect us with the arts. Steiner emphasises the
importance of developing and appreciating the arts – such as music,
sculpture, architecture, painting and poetry – for the sake of
humanity's future evolution.
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