In Christianity: the first person of the triune God. In Anthroposophy: the planetary spirit of Saturn,and/or the ultimate divinity that we will evolve to become.
A female god. "The source of life and being,once prevalent in religious imagination,but much suppressed during the millennia of male control of religions." — OXFORD DICTIONARY OF WORLD RELIGIONS (1997),p. 380. Also see "great goddess".
The ground of being or divine nature. The Godhead is often conceived to be the origin of all existence,although the concept tends to be nebulous and not distinctly coterminous with an identifiable Creator God. On the other hand,perhaps reductively,Anthroposophists sometimes equate the Godhead with the Holy Trinity. More accurately,according to Steiner's indications,the Godhead is divine will,the beneficence that the nine ranks of gods seek to fulfill.
Deities; superhuman beings having great powers,and often worshipped. In polytheistic faiths,many gods are recognized. Anthroposophy is polytheistic — Steiner taught that there are nine ranks of gods divided into three groupings he called hierarchies.
"One of the last universal men ... one of the greatest poets and dramatists ... [H]is interest in alchemy and the occult was utilized in his masterpiece Faust."[Steiner admired Goethe and named the Anthroposophical headquarters,the Goetheanum,after him.]
The form of physical science advocated by Steiner and often found in Waldorf schools. Based on the teachings of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe,it emphasizes "discerning" spiritual essence in physical phenomena.
The Anthroposophical headquarters,named for Goethe,whom Steiner admired. The original Goetheanum was destroyed by fire; the current building was begun before Steiner's death and completed afterwards. It stands in Dornach,Switzerland.
"In occultism,the evil or malign — Black Magic [sic]." 80 p. 113
"In the occult [sic] this metal represents the metal of the sun,or true knowledge,and of spiritual worth." 80 p. 113
In general usage,a "golden age" is any idyllic period of the past. Often it is equated with life in the Garden of Eden. In Hinduism and Theosophy,the "Golden Age" is the first major age in each recurring cycle of ages: Krita Yuga.
