In Anthroposophical belief,these are physical embodiments of the powers of the Zodiac; as such,they are used in Anthroposophical medicine. Minerals are alive,Steiner taught. The mineral kingdom is the first of the four primary natural kingdoms,standing above the elementary kingdoms and below the plant,animal,and human kingdoms.
"Effects or events which are supernatural." 73 p. 136 [Usually miracles are deemed welcome events that are hard if not impossible to explain without reference to spiritual beings or powers.]
In some accounts: nerve cells in the brain that fire in sympathy with another's brain,enabling one to feel another's experiences.
"A monster female spirit...who gorges herself by devouring souls." 80 p. 189
In Anthroposophy: purposes assigned by the gods.
"The white-berried evergreen steeped in mystery and occult qualities ... It is so mysterious it must never be cut." 80 p. 189[Steiner taught that the mistletoe is not of this Earth,and he promoted it as a treatment for cancer.]
"A religious cult of fertility,which originated in Iran,Persia,about 400 B.C. ... The Mithraic cult centered around a saviour sun-god hero Mithras,who lived and died for the sins of the world." 73 p. 137
"(Zoroastrianism) The Invincible Sun-God,born in human form who,as a chosen servant of God,kills a sacred bull,the blood of which fertilizes the Earth." 80 p. 189[The Anthroposophical "Christ" — the Sun God who descends to incarnation on Earth — is in some ways nearer to Mithras than to the Christ worshipped in mainstream Christian denominations.]
"(Hinduism) Salvation from Maya and liberation from the effects of Karma...." 80 p. 190
Director of the Waldorf-Astoria cigarette factory in Stuttgart,Germany; bankroller for the first Waldorf school.
