{"product_id":"sebastian-niklaus-what-is-hermeticism","title":"Sebastian Niklaus   What is Hermeticism?","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA study of the Christian Hermeticism of Valentin Tomberg in the light of Rudolf Steiner's school of Initiation Science\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContents:    \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eI.   The living stream of Hermetic tradition\u003cbr\u003e        \u003cbr\u003eII.  The Arcana as mediator to the Hermetic stream\u003cbr\u003e        \u003cbr\u003eIII. The experience of conscious life\u003cbr\u003e        \u003cbr\u003ePostscript: The Rose-Cross Method\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat are the steps of the path, in concrete terms? The general principle of development is described at the end of the IV. Arca-num “The Emperor”. In order to become “a human being in the true sense” and an image and likeness of God, the lower in man’s nature needs to be restrained, so that his true being can blossom forth:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“But if they (i.e. human beings) are to become, again, what they are in their essential nature they must undergo the work-ing of sublimation. This process is crucifixion for what in them is lower, and is at the same time a blossoming forth of what is their true being. Cross and Rose, the Rose-Cross is the symbol for this process of the realization of the true human being.”\u003cbr\u003e(VT: Meditations on the TARO, Letter on IV. Arcanum)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe general principle of development is, therefore, the principle of the Rose-Cross: The black cross from whose central point bloom seven roses. The image has the following meaning: The lower is to be restrained or extinguished, so that the purified blood of the human being can flower in such a way that the soul can strive towards the spirit as chastely as a flower strives towards the sun (seven roses in bloom). Blood that has been purified in this way will be able to receive and be a bearer of the essential being of man. Rudolf Steiner gave this exercise to many of his personal pupils, as something to accompany them on their path, together with the exercises that were designed for each one individually (cf. RSt: GA 267, p. 165-215 or 307-423).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEnglish\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e29 pages \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBooklet\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1. Auflage\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Achamoth Verlag","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49097326166353,"sku":"1051","price":8.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0841\/9501\/7041\/files\/978-3-923302-46-8_What-is-Hermeticism_d5be0cc5-ffb8-4603-890c-41662ab5d081.jpg?v=1722332029","url":"https:\/\/tombergbooks.com\/products\/sebastian-niklaus-what-is-hermeticism","provider":"TOMBERGBOOKS","version":"1.0","type":"link"}