"That aspect of astrology which is devoted to prognosticating the future of a country or national activities...." 80 p. 194
"There are many instances in history of strange music heard by people during religious revivals. We hear of it again at deathbeds." 73 p. 142[Steiner taught that music provides passageways to and from the spirit realm.]
"Pythagoras' purely speculative mathematical relationship between the frequencies of the diatonic scale intervals,and the orbit distance of the planets (then unknown)." 73 p. 142 [In occult tradition,the planets create a mystical,inaudible music as they move,expressing the harmony of the created universe.]
"Divination by watching the actions of rats and mice." 80 p. 196
According to some esoteric accounts: ancient initiates concerned only with their own divinity.
Spiritual realities that transcend ordinary human understanding; also the occult knowledge of such matters,and rituals performed by occult initiates.
mystery schools.
Occult or hidden knowledge,especially knowledge of spiritual mysteries.
The occult meaning of Christ's Crucifixion: enabling humanity to evolve higher following our long descent. Also see "Turning Point of Time".
Dramas or pageants presenting spiritual mysteries. Steiner wrote four: THE PORTAL OF INITIATION,THE SOUL’S PROBATION,THE GUARDIAN OF THE THRESHOLD,and THE SOUL’S AWAKENING.
