Rudolf Steiner Audio CW 26 Michael Mystery: Letter 11: Before the Door of the Spiritual Soul (II) by Rudolf Steiner
Aug 11, 2025
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Spiritual Forces Metered By Historical Chaos
- Spiritual entry into human life faced obstacles because past and future spiritual forces struggled for influence during medieval conflicts.
- The Hundred Years' War and contemporaneous turmoil hindered the spiritual soul's freer development into humanity.
Joan Of Arc As A Spiritual Intervention
- Jeanne d'Arc acted as a soul open to spiritual impulses and decisively altered Europe's course during the 15th century.
- Her presence shows the spiritual world shaping history when humans lacked imaginative understanding to grasp it.
Decline Of Imaginative Understanding
- By the 15th century people no longer understood spiritual interventions because the imaginative faculty had waned.
- Spiritual agency then acted independently of ordinary human comprehension.