The Incarnation of Ahriman: The Embodiment of Evil on Earth

Rudolf Steiner

Dimensions : 21.59 x 14.0716

Binding : Paperback

Number of pages : 115

Date of issue : 2006.08.01

Publisher : Rudolf Steiner Press

ISBN : 9781855841789

Ahriman is a significant figure of Persian mythology. Rudolf Steiner however spoke of Ahriman as an actual living spiritual entity. This being he said works to embed human beings firmly into their physicality thus encouraging dull materialistic attitudes and a coarse dry intellect. In these extraordinary lectures Steiner assumes a rare prophetic mode. He talks about an actual incarnation of Ahriman on Earth and the potential consequences of this event. Just as Christ incarnated in a physical body so would Ahriman incarnate in the Western world - before a part of the third millennium has passed. Steiner places this incarnation in the context of a cosmic triad that includes Ahriman Lucifer and Christ. Ahriman will incarnate as a counterpoint to the physical incarnation of Lucifer which took place in the East during the third millennium BC. The incarnation of Jesus Christ took place in Palestine as the point of balance between the two. During the period when Steiner developed Anthroposophy - a teaching career of more than twenty years that included over than six thousand lectures - he spoke of Ahriman's incarnation only six times. For the first time these six lectures (plus a supporting excerpt) are reproduced in their entirety in a single volume.