The lectures included in this volume are devoted to the consideration of spiritual impulses that shaped cultural and historical eras from ancient Indian to modern. The anthroposophical view is aimed at the worldviews of various peoples of antiquity, supersensible connections in human life, the principles of the emergence of speech, the goals and secrets of mummification. The ideas about the essence of Christ in ancient times and in modern culture are analyzed, the prerequisites for the entry of Christianity into the ancient world and Europe are indicated. Three forms of Christianity, Islam and Judaism are explored; Some guidelines are offered for understanding the occult symbolism of the Tree of Sephiroth. Attention is also paid to ancient knowledge about the stellar spheres and the provisions of modern spiritual-scientific astronomy.

The material is presented in an accessible form.