Relating to Rudolf Steiner (Prokofieff Sergei O.)

Even within the Anthroposophical Society and the anthroposophic movement, people's relationship to Rudolf Steiner is weakening and dissipating. This is problematic, says Prokofieff, as the future of both the Society and movement depends on a sufficient number of people aspiring to and realizing a true spiritual connection with the founder of Anthroposophy. Prokofieff deals in detail with this issue and asks, 'Can one be an anthroposophist without being Rudolf Steiner's pupil?'

In the second part of this book, Prokofieff elaborates on the mysteries surrounding the laying of the spiritual Foundation Stone at the Society's Christmas Meeting that began 1923. That event, he asserts, ensured that a personal relationship with Rudolf Steiner 'would not remain within the realm of the generally abstract or intellectual, but would become a real inner deed.' Thus, Steiner gave each