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Unit number:     NES 420 

Unit title:           Steiner and the Druids

Credit value:      3 credits

Description:       This unit presents an overview of the esoteric teachings of Rudolph Steiner (1861-1925), the founder of Anthroposophy, concerning the Mysteries known to the Druids of ancient Hibernia and of Wales. You will read a modern English edition of Steiner’s original writings giving an account of prehistoric Celtic mysteries at the height of Druidic spiritual practice.  Topics include initiation; imagination and spiritual perception; Celtic Christianity, and the function of standing stones.

Key textbook:  Steiner, Rudolf.  The Druids: Esoteric Wisdom of the Ancient Celtic Priests. Forest Row, East Sussex, UK: Sophia Books/Rudolph Steiner Press, 2001

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