It was in 1912 that Rudolf Steiner first formulated the Calendar of the Soul. April 7th was Easter that year, and Steiner was in Finland for a lecture-course that could be experienced by the Russian members for the first time, i.e., GA 136. Thus, the 52 verses that were promulgated that year also bore the stamp of the Sun's movement through the constellations of the Zodiac in true sidereal fashion. What had occurred to make this all possible was the revealing of the birth of Christian Rosenkreutz for the first time in the lectures contained in GA 130 from September 1911. The CoS was the outcome, which only proves that forward progress was the goal. Every year was like the advancement of a watch on a clock. Father Kronos? Indeed.
I am very much interested in this blog, Max, and especially Barfield's discussions with C.S. Lewis about Steiner's version of Christology; the so-called, "Great War". When will Fundamentalism pass into the New Future? This is the question.
Barfield and Lewis were both just 14 years old when Steiner constructed the Calendar of the Soul in 1912. Interesting that they were born just twenty days apart in November 1898, but would have a pivotal relationship for about 40 years in which Rudolf Steiner was the consistent and solid undercurrent. Only about three years represent the so-called, "Great War", c. 1927-1930, but it helped Lewis become a believer, and then a Christian. Barfield's major influence for Lewis was about the realm of Imaginations, which is a Consciousness stage. Lewis got very good with it, and wrote some memorable Christian books.
The so-called, "great war", between C.S. Lewis and Owen Barfield, was documented in a book by Lionel Adey, c. 1978, which covers the matter. In its terse description, Lewis gains the faculty of 'Imaginations' from Barfield, and goes on to become a true writer of Christian worth. He always esteemed his colleague, Barfield, but despised Steiner, who he thought went to the south, ref, Pilgrims's Regress.
“I hear rumours that Goethe's approach to nature deserves fuller consideration— that even Dr Steiner may have seen something that orthodox researchers have missed.
…When it explained it would not explain away. When it spoke of the parts it would remember the whole.“
This is a very apt quotation because it expresses Goethe's "primal phenomenon", which only Dr. Steiner fully elaborated as early as 1886. Lewis was primarily a fideist when it came to matters of reason and revelation. Yet, it took the arch-thinker, Barfield, to bring belief back into the life of Lewis. The atheist gained a new lease on life, which became, "Surprised By Joy." Today, we can survey the whole enterprise between these two, and the other Inklings. Spiritual Science has grown in order to become the "Primal Phenomenon". Thanks Max for this blog!
It was in 1912 that Rudolf Steiner first formulated the Calendar of the Soul. April 7th was Easter that year, and Steiner was in Finland for a lecture-course that could be experienced by the Russian members for the first time, i.e., GA 136. Thus, the 52 verses that were promulgated that year also bore the stamp of the Sun's movement through the constellations of the Zodiac in true sidereal fashion. What had occurred to make this all possible was the revealing of the birth of Christian Rosenkreutz for the first time in the lectures contained in GA 130 from September 1911. The CoS was the outcome, which only proves that forward progress was the goal. Every year was like the advancement of a watch on a clock. Father Kronos? Indeed.
I am very much interested in this blog, Max, and especially Barfield's discussions with C.S. Lewis about Steiner's version of Christology; the so-called, "Great War". When will Fundamentalism pass into the New Future? This is the question.
thanks Steve
Barfield and Lewis were both just 14 years old when Steiner constructed the Calendar of the Soul in 1912. Interesting that they were born just twenty days apart in November 1898, but would have a pivotal relationship for about 40 years in which Rudolf Steiner was the consistent and solid undercurrent. Only about three years represent the so-called, "Great War", c. 1927-1930, but it helped Lewis become a believer, and then a Christian. Barfield's major influence for Lewis was about the realm of Imaginations, which is a Consciousness stage. Lewis got very good with it, and wrote some memorable Christian books.
The so-called, "great war", between C.S. Lewis and Owen Barfield, was documented in a book by Lionel Adey, c. 1978, which covers the matter. In its terse description, Lewis gains the faculty of 'Imaginations' from Barfield, and goes on to become a true writer of Christian worth. He always esteemed his colleague, Barfield, but despised Steiner, who he thought went to the south, ref, Pilgrims's Regress.
“I hear rumours that Goethe's approach to nature deserves fuller consideration— that even Dr Steiner may have seen something that orthodox researchers have missed.
…When it explained it would not explain away. When it spoke of the parts it would remember the whole.“
—C. S. Lewis, “The Abolition of Man”
This is a very apt quotation because it expresses Goethe's "primal phenomenon", which only Dr. Steiner fully elaborated as early as 1886. Lewis was primarily a fideist when it came to matters of reason and revelation. Yet, it took the arch-thinker, Barfield, to bring belief back into the life of Lewis. The atheist gained a new lease on life, which became, "Surprised By Joy." Today, we can survey the whole enterprise between these two, and the other Inklings. Spiritual Science has grown in order to become the "Primal Phenomenon". Thanks Max for this blog!