Three Lectures on the Mystery Dramas music Given throughout 1911 – the

Given throughout 1911 – the year before Rudolf Steiner split from the theosophists citing fundamental disagreements over the true nature of Christianity – the lectures reflect Steiner’s intensifying emphasis on the central deed of the Christ being in Earth evolution

ranging from the higher hierarchies of angels down to hindering demons

Our habitual understanding falls away

more and more people—regardless of their religious affiliation—would be infused by Christ’s living presence

in particular

Three Lectures on the Mystery Dramas music Given throughout 1911 – theRudolf Steiner wrote four mystery dramas intended to portray the spiritual path of self knowledge as described by spiritual science, or Anthroposophy. Those plays are not merely symbolic but realistic depictions in a spiritual sense. In this book, Steiner describes how "The Portal of Initiation" (the first of his dramas) portrays the intense and tempestuous inner events of initiation as experienced by a young painter. He explains the spiritual