According to Steiner: abnormal descendants of the population of Atlantis; spiritually adolescent. Also see "Asians".
In Anthroposophy: gods three levels above mankind. They stand in the highest rank of the Third Hierarchy,and are located principally in Venus. They provide the energy and direction for human groupings such as races,peoples,and nations.
In Christianity: the innate tendency of all humans to sin. In Anthroposophy: descent to the physical realm.
In Anthroposophical belief: an Archangel who oversees periods of tribulation; he is the Archangel of Saturn; he is also called Uriel.
Ahura Mazda,the chief god of Zoroastrianism. In Anthroposophy: Christ as apprehended by the ancient Persians.
"Greek philosophic religious cult...enormously important in...Western mysticism and in occultism ... [I]t celebrated the concepts of reincarnation..[and] karma ... [It taught that] the body [is] a prison of the soul...." 80 p. 212
"A term descriptive of the spirit world,coined by the spirit of Betty Buck [sic]...." 80 p. 212
"The chief god the the ancient Egyptians ... [H]e represented the sun,fire,was ruler of the day and night,and arbiter of the soul's destiny...." 80 p. 213[In Anthroposophy,Osiris is Christ as apprehended by the ancient Egyptians.]
"A small wooden board [bearing alphabet letters] ... Under control [by spirits],messages are spelt out by the hand's movements." 73 p. 151
"The mystical-magical figure of a snake biting its own tail...meaning everything changes but nothing dies...." 80 p. 213[Ouroboros or Uroboros is usually taken as a symbol of infinity or the eternal cycle of creation and destruction,life and death.]
