<p>Written in the late 1920s, these astronomical writings of Dr. Vreede are culled from her monthly newsletter and explore both modern astronomy and classical astrology in the light of spiritual science.</p>

Anthroposophy and Astrology: The Astronomical Letters of Elizabeth Vreede

Religion & Spirituality

Vreede, Elisabeth

New Age & Spirituality

Rudolf Steiner Pr

This collection of the astronomical writings by Dr. Elisabeth Vreede is a fascinating compendium of scientific and spiritual knowledge. Between September 1927 and August 1930, Dr. Vreede wrote a monthly “letter,” available by subscription, about both modern astronomy and classical astrology in the light of spiritual science. These letters include clear explanations of the fundamentals of astronomy and discussions on the role of astrology in the modern world. They also include inspiring presentations of a worldview that sees the stars, planets, and all physical phenomena as manifestations of spiritual beings and spiritual activities. CONTENTS:   Foreword by Norman Davidson  Introduction  YEAR ONE September 1927–August 1928  Letter 1 Astronomy and Anthroposophy  Letter 2 Concerning Rhythms and Constellations  Letter 3 On the Diurnal Movement of the Stars  Letter 4 The Annual Movement of the Sun  Letter 5 On the Annual Movement of the Sun and Stars  Letter 6 Concerning Our Planetary System  Letter 7 Concerning the Movements of Venus and Mercury: The Easter Festival  Letter 8 More About the Planetary World  Letter 9 Eclipses of the Sun and Moon: Whitsuntide [Pentecost]  Letter 10 More About Eclipses: The Saros Period  Letter 11 The Precession of the Equinoxes  Letter 12 More About the Precession of the Equinoxes: Nutation  YEAR TWO September 1928 –August 1929  Letter 1 When Mercury Stood in Libra: The Writing of the Stars  Letter 2 The Nature of Astrology  Letter 3 More About Astrology in the Light of Spiritual Science  Letter 4 Isis-Sophia  Letters 5-7 The Life Between Death and Rebirth in the Light of Astrology  Letter 8 The Horoscope  Letter 9 The Future of Astrology: The Life of Christ Viewed in Terms of Astrology   Letters 10-11 Comets  Letter 12 Comets III: Shooting Stars and Meteors  YEAR THREE September 1929 –August 1930  Letter 1 Comets IV: Shooting Stars and Meteors―Cosmic Iron  Letter 2 The World of the Stars I: Planets and Fixed Stars  Letter 3 The World of the Stars II: The Spiritual Beings in the Stars  Letter 4 The World of the Stars III: The Human Being and the Stars  Letter 5 The World of the Stars IV: Plants and Stars  Letter 6 The World of the Stars V: Nebulae  Letter 7 The World of the Stars VI: Nebulae and Variable Stars  Letter 8 The World of the Stars VII: New Stars  Letter 9 The Copernican System  Letter 10 Copernicus, Kepler, and Their Systems: The Movement of the Apsides I  Letter 11 The Movement of the Apsides II: Glacial Epochs  Letter 12 The World Ages  Notes on the Text  Index

Astronomy and Spiritual Science: The Astronomical Letters of Elisabeth Vreede

SteinerBooks

“Enthusiastic readers are sometimes heard to say of a book: ‘I couldn't put it down.’ This is obviously either a metaphor or else a gross hyperbole. But I can't recall any book as to which in my case it came nearer to the literal truth than The Bodhisattva Question.” ―Owen BarfieldAccording to Eastern tradition, the twelve sublime beings known as bodhisattvas are the great teachers of humanity. One after another, they descend into earthly incarnation until they fulfil their earthly missions. At that point, they rise to buddahood and are no longer obliged to return in a physical form. However, before bodhisattvas becomes a buddhas, they announce the name of their successors. According to Rudolf Steiner, the future Maitreya Buddha―or the “Bringer of Good,” as his predecessor named him―incarnated in a human body in the twentieth century. Presuming this to be so, then who was this person? Theosophists believed they had discovered the bodhisattva in an Indian boy named Krishnamurti, who did indeed grow up to become a teacher of some magnitude. Adolf Arenson and Elisabeth Vreede, both students of Steiner, made independent examinations of this question in relation to Steiner's personal mission. They reached contrasting conclusions. More recently, a claim has been made that Valentin Tomberg―a student of Anthroposophy but later an influential Roman Catholic―was the bodhisattva. In this book, Meyer analyzes these conflicting theories and demonstrates how the question can be useful as an exercise in developing sound judgment in spiritual matters. Elisabeth Vreede's two lectures on the subject, included here in full, are a valuable contribution to our understanding of the true nature and being of Rudolf Steiner.

The Bodhisattva Question: Krishnamurti, Rudolf Steiner, Valentin Tomberg, and the Mystery of the Twentieth-Century Master

Meyer, T.H.

Temple Lodge Publishing

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