Four Mystery Plays by Rudolf Steiner

"Four Mystery Plays" by Rudolf Steiner is a series of dramas written between 1910-1913. These modern mystery plays follow the spiritual journeys of interconnected characters across multiple lifetimes, exploring themes of initiation, karma, and reincarnation. Inspired by Goethe's "Tale of the Green Snake and the Beautiful Lily," the plays dramatize how spiritual development unfolds within a group bound by karmic destiny. For the first time in dramatic poetry, Steiner presents fate's driving forces through the lens of past-life entanglements, offering a unique theatrical exploration of consciousness and human destiny. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Steiner, Rudolf, 1861-1925
Translator Collison, Harry, 1868-1945
Translator Gandell, Shirley M. K., 1866-1946
Translator Gladstone, Robert Theodore
LoC No. 20006848
Title Four Mystery Plays
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Steiner%27s_Mystery_Dramas
Contents The portal of initiation -- The soul's probation -- The guardian of the threshold -- The soul's awakening.
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Reading Level Reading ease score: 75.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures
Subject Mysteries and miracle-plays
Category Text
eBook-No. 59191
Release Date
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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