Christianity As Mystical Fact and the Mysteries of Antiquity

Rudolf Steiner shows, by means of mystical knowledge, how the source of Christianity prepared its own ground in the mysteries of pre-Christian times. In this pre-Christian mysticism, we find the soil in which Christianity grew, as a seed of independent nature. Steiner makes it possible to understand Christianity as an independent being, while traced from pre-Christian mysticism. This book is intended to show that Christianity presupposes the earlier mysticism, just as a seed must have its soil. It is intended to emphasise the peculiar character of the essence of Christianity, through the knowledge of its evolution.