"Magician's Black Books [sic] ... There were many such books,very popular during the Middle Ages,which described the arts of Black Magic [sic]." 80 p. 115
Monumental sculpture of Christ,Ahriman,and Lucifer in the Goetheanum. Christ is depicted as humanity's prototype,and for this reason the sculpture is sometimes called The Representative of Humanity. The statue is usually described as Steiner's creation,but most of the actual sculpting was done by sculptress Edith Maryon.
group soul.
"[M]any souls are linked by a group in a scale of spiritual evolution." 73 p. 90 [According to Steiner,a group soul is a spiritual being,an over-soul shared by members of a spiritual grouping; it is more characteristic of animals and ancient peoples than modern humans,although human groups — families,nations,races,etc. — today still have group souls.]
"In the Eastern Orthodox Church the belief that in addition to a guardian angel each person has also a guardian devil." 80 p. 116
"A guiding spirit,control or guide,more particularly the personal control who is charged with the well-being of the medium...." 73 p. 90[Steiner's conception was more conventional; he said guardian angels are angelic beings who seek to protect individual humans. Angels,he said,concern themselves with individual humans whereas Archangels concern themselves with large groupings of humans: nations,races,etc.]
Some occultists say that,since humanity's expulsion from the Garden of Eden,each human being has an accompanying demon or imp,analogous to a guardian angel but generally working harm.
The third of four mystery plays written by Rudolf Steiner; finished in 1912.
In Anthroposophy: beings who block access to the spirit realm until one is properly prepared to enter.
"[A] beneficent control who acts in a protective or instructive capacity." 73 p. 90
