The Whitsun Impulse and Christ's Activity in Social Life - Softcover

Prokofieff, Sergei O

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1906999155 ISBN 13: 9781906999155

Publisher: Temple Lodge Publishing, 2010

Synopsis

What is Whitsun, or Pentecost, and how can its impulse be furthered for the future of society? How can social life become the bearer of the Christ impulse, and how can Christ himself enter social life directly?

In this small booklet, Sergei Prokofieff discusses the significance of spiritual work conducted in a social setting and its crucial role in preparing for the future epoch of the spirit-self. The spiritual and social tasks before us, he tells us, can be achieved only “through mutual efforts with one another.” Moreover, for such social activity, the General Anthroposophical Society, “with all of its different groups and branches, which unite all anthroposophists in the world,” plays a fundamental role. Thus, the spiritual tasks of the General Anthroposophical Society gradually unite with the tasks of all humankind.

This booklet, consisting of the report of a lecture and supplemented with an essay, is an important companion to another publication by this author, The Esoteric Significance of Spiritual Work in Anthroposophical Groups.

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About the Author:

Sergei O. Prokofieff (1954-2014) was born in Moscow, where he studied fine arts and painting at the Moscow School of Art. At an early age he encountered the work of Rudolf Steiner and quickly realized that his life would be dedicated to the Christian path of esoteric knowledge. He wrote his first book, Rudolf Steiner and the Founding of the New Mysteries, while living in Soviet Russia, and it was published in English in 1994. After the fall of Communism, he helped establish the Anthroposophical Society in Russia. In 2001, he became a member of the Executive Council of the General Anthroposophical Society at the Goetheanum in Switzerland. More than 30 of his books have been translated into English. Sergei Prokofieff passed away in Dornach, Switzerland.

About this edition

• Publisher: Temple Lodge Publishing
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1906999155
• ISBN 13: 9781906999155
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 48