Sorat

aliases (en): Sorath; sun demon; demon of the sun.

aliases (de): Sonnendämon; Sonnendämonium.

How this entry was madesections 10 · references 66 · books 1 · articles 1 · lectures 64 · generated

selection principle. The headings are this index's own. Texts are listed where they treat Sorat, whom the lectures on the Apocalypse call the demon of the sun. Texts that explain the number 666, or treat the attempt of the year 666 and the Academy of Gondishapur, are listed under those headings also where Sorat is not named; several of them ascribe the attempt to ahrimanic powers.

usage. This entry lists where Rudolf Steiner's collected works (the Gesamtausgabe, GA) treat the subject. It contains no quotations: the headings, scope lines and notes are this index's wording, not Steiner's. Under each heading Steiner's own books (GA 1 to 28) come first, then articles and notes (GA 29 to 46), then lectures in date order. A text is listed when it treats the subject or the point its heading names, not when the word merely occurs. A paragraph number marks the one passage that is the point; otherwise the reference is the whole chapter or lecture. A book's defining paragraph is also listed in German where the German edition numbers it differently. A lecture with more than one English translation is listed once. Texts with no English translation are listed in German, and so are the esoteric lessons (GA 266), whose German is the original record; each reference's witnesses name every language the site serves it in. A reference marked as listeners' notes was written down by others (a listener, a newspaper, the minutes), one marked report by others is another person's account of a meeting or event, one marked mixed sources comes from a volume that holds both listeners' records and texts in Steiner's own hand, and one marked may be abridged is a translation shorter than the German. Read a passage before saying what it contains.

Who Sorat is

7

Where Rudolf Steiner says who Sorat is: the demon of the sun, the adversary of the Lamb and of the Christ.

Lectures

  1. GA 104a From the Pictorial Script of the Apocalypse of John: Lecture I-I22 April 1907p008en:Englishlisteners notes
  2. GA 96 Original Impulses of Spiritual Science: XIX. How We Come to Christianity through the Science of the Spirit27 April 1907p051en:English
  3. GA 104 The Apocalypse of St. John: The Number 666 and Sorath: Black Magic's Cosmic Adversary29 June 1908p018en:English
  4. GA 104 The Apocalypse of St. John: Freedom, Love, and the Two Deaths of Humanity30 June 1908p011en:English
  5. GA 104a From the Pictorial Script of the Apocalypse of John: Lecture II-X19 May 1909p008en:Englishlisteners notes
  6. GA 184 The Polarity of Duration and Development in Human Life: Christ's Intervention: Preventing Ahrimanic Knowledge Premature Flooding11 October 1918p026en:English
  7. GA 346 Lectures on Christian Religious Work V: Sorat and the Sun Demon: Apocalyptic Spirituality in the Michael Age12 September 1924p015en:English

The name Sorat and the number 666

17

Where the number 666 of the Apocalypse is explained: as the name Sorat in Hebrew letters, as a count of stages of evolution, as the number of a man.

Articles

  1. GA 46 Posthumous Essays and Fragments 1879-1924: 61. The Sign and Evolution of the Three Logoi in Humanityen:English

Lectures

  1. GA 90a Self-Knowledge and God-Knowledge I: XXV. On the Apocalypse I21 May 1904en:English
  2. GA 90b Self-Knowledge and God-Knowledge II: IV. The Apocalypse and Theosophical Cosmology I30 January 1905en:English
  3. GA 90b Self-Knowledge and God-Knowledge II: XXVII. The Apocalypse of John II19 March 1905p024en:English
  4. GA 93a Basic Elements of Esotericism: Devachan and the Development of Spiritual Organs9 October 1905p022en:Englishlisteners notes
  5. GA 93a Basic Elements of Esotericism: Planetary Evolution and the Fourth Earth Round28 October 1905p053en:Englishlisteners notes
  6. GA 104a From the Pictorial Script of the Apocalypse of John: Lecture I-I22 April 1907p008en:Englishlisteners notes
  7. GA 96 Original Impulses of Spiritual Science: XIX. How We Come to Christianity through the Science of the Spirit27 April 1907en:English
  8. GA 68a The Essence of Christianity: 34. The Bible and Wisdom II9 June 1907p007en:English
  9. GA 111 Introduction to the Basics of Theosophy: XIII. Training The Rosicrucians II3 October 1907p010en:English
  10. GA 104 The Apocalypse of St. John: The Apocalypse as Christian Initiation: Structure and Misunderstanding18 June 1908p009en:English
  11. GA 104 The Apocalypse of St. John: The Number 666 and Sorath: Black Magic's Cosmic Adversary29 June 1908en:English
  12. GA 104 The Apocalypse of St. John: Freedom, Love, and the Two Deaths of Humanity30 June 1908p026en:English
  13. GA 104a From the Pictorial Script of the Apocalypse of John: Lecture II-X19 May 1909p008en:Englishlisteners notes
  14. GA 104a From the Pictorial Script of the Apocalypse of John: Lecture II-XI20 May 1909p012en:Englishlisteners notes
  15. GA 205 Becoming Human, World Soul, and World Spirit Volume I: Human Opposition to Natural Law and Hierarchical Redemption17 July 1921p026en:English
  16. GA 346 Lectures on Christian Religious Work V: Sorat and the Sun Demon: Apocalyptic Spirituality in the Michael Age12 September 1924en:English

The sign of Sorat

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Where the occult sign of the sun demon is drawn and explained, and set beside the sign of the Lamb.

Lectures

  1. GA 104a From the Pictorial Script of the Apocalypse of John: Lecture I-I22 April 1907p008en:Englishlisteners notes
  2. GA 96 Original Impulses of Spiritual Science: XIX. How We Come to Christianity through the Science of the Spirit27 April 1907p045en:English
  3. GA 68a The Essence of Christianity: 34. The Bible and Wisdom II9 June 1907p007en:English
  4. GA 111 Introduction to the Basics of Theosophy: XIII. Training The Rosicrucians II3 October 1907p008en:English
  5. GA 101 Myths and Legends; Occult Signs and Symbols: V. White and Black Magic21 October 1907en:English
  6. GA 104 The Apocalypse of St. John: The Number 666 and Sorath: Black Magic's Cosmic Adversary29 June 1908p019en:English
  7. GA 346 Lectures on Christian Religious Work V: Sorat and the Sun Demon: Apocalyptic Spirituality in the Michael Age12 September 1924p013en:English

The two-horned beast of the Apocalypse

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Where the beast with two horns like a lamb in the Apocalypse is shown as the picture of Sorat, and the beast with seven heads it leads astray.

Lectures

  1. GA 104a From the Pictorial Script of the Apocalypse of John: Lecture I-I22 April 1907en:Englishlisteners notes
  2. GA 96 Original Impulses of Spiritual Science: XIX. How We Come to Christianity through the Science of the Spirit27 April 1907p045en:English
  3. GA 68a The Essence of Christianity: 34. The Bible and Wisdom II9 June 1907p007en:English
  4. GA 101 Myths and Legends; Occult Signs and Symbols: V. White and Black Magic21 October 1907p024en:English
  5. GA 104 The Apocalypse of St. John: The Number 666 and Sorath: Black Magic's Cosmic Adversary29 June 1908en:English
  6. GA 104 The Apocalypse of St. John: Freedom, Love, and the Two Deaths of Humanity30 June 1908en:English
  7. GA 104a From the Pictorial Script of the Apocalypse of John: Lecture II-X19 May 1909en:Englishlisteners notes
  8. GA 346 Lectures on Christian Religious Work V: Sorat and the Sun Demon: Apocalyptic Spirituality in the Michael Age12 September 1924p013en:English

Sorat and black magic

5

Where the human beings who put spiritual powers in the service of the lower self and give Sorat a body are described.

Lectures

  1. GA 90a Self-Knowledge and God-Knowledge I: XXV. On the Apocalypse I21 May 1904en:English
  2. GA 101 Myths and Legends; Occult Signs and Symbols: V. White and Black Magic21 October 1907p025en:English
  3. GA 104 The Apocalypse of St. John: The Number 666 and Sorath: Black Magic's Cosmic Adversary29 June 1908p021en:English
  4. GA 104 The Apocalypse of St. John: Freedom, Love, and the Two Deaths of Humanity30 June 1908en:English
  5. GA 104a From the Pictorial Script of the Apocalypse of John: Lecture II-XI20 May 1909en:Englishlisteners notes

The separation of Sorat's followers

5

Where the falling away of those who follow Sorat at the end of earth evolution is treated: the abyss, the eighth sphere, the colony of Sorat.

Lectures

  1. GA 90a Self-Knowledge and God-Knowledge I: XXV. On the Apocalypse I21 May 1904p023en:English
  2. GA 90a Self-Knowledge and God-Knowledge I: XXVI. On the Apocalypse II24 May 1904en:English
  3. GA 104 The Apocalypse of St. John: The Number 666 and Sorath: Black Magic's Cosmic Adversary29 June 1908en:English
  4. GA 104 The Apocalypse of St. John: Freedom, Love, and the Two Deaths of Humanity30 June 1908en:English
  5. GA 104a From the Pictorial Script of the Apocalypse of John: Lecture II-XII21 May 1909en:Englishlisteners notes

How Sorat works on human beings

3

Where the working of Sorat in the human being is described: forces in the astral body, possession by sun demons, the hardening of the members.

Lectures

  1. GA 96 Original Impulses of Spiritual Science: XIX. How We Come to Christianity through the Science of the Spirit27 April 1907p041en:English
  2. GA 104a From the Pictorial Script of the Apocalypse of John: Lecture II-X19 May 1909p008en:Englishlisteners notes
  3. GA 346 Lectures on Christian Religious Work V: Sorat and the Sun Demon: Apocalyptic Spirituality in the Michael Age12 September 1924en:English

The year 666 and the Academy of Gondishapur

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Where the attempt of 666 to give the consciousness soul too early is treated; GA 184 of 11 October 1918 names its being Sorat, other texts ahrimanic powers.

Books

  1. GA 26 Anthroposophical Leading Thoughts: 27. The Apparent Extinction of Spirit-Knowledge in Modern Timesp009en:RSP1973

Lectures

  1. GA 184 The Polarity of Duration and Development in Human Life: Christ's Intervention: Preventing Ahrimanic Knowledge Premature Flooding11 October 1918en:English
  2. GA 184 The Polarity of Duration and Development in Human Life: Christ's Prevention of Premature Ahrimanic Wisdom Revelation12 October 1918en:English
  3. GA 184 The Polarity of Duration and Development in Human Life: Historical Equilibrium and the Crisis of Spiritual Consciousness13 October 1918en:English
  4. GA 182 Death as a Transformation of Life: How Do I Find the Christ?16 October 1918en:English
  5. GA 204 The Materialistic Impulse Toward Knowledge and the Task of Anthroposophy: Soul-Spirit Knowledge: From Egyptian Earth-Wisdom to Modern Abstraction5 June 1921p039en:English
  6. GA 346 Lectures on Christian Religious Work V: Ego Incarnation, Spiritual Conflict, and Transubstantiation Mystery11 September 1924en:English
  7. GA 346 Lectures on Christian Religious Work V: Sorat and the Sun Demon: Apocalyptic Spirituality in the Michael Age12 September 1924en:English

Sorat in 1332 and at the end of the twentieth century

1

Where the return of Sorat in periods of 666 years is described: Arabism, the destruction of the Templars, the years toward 1998.

Lectures

  1. GA 346 Lectures on Christian Religious Work V: Sorat and the Sun Demon: Apocalyptic Spirituality in the Michael Age12 September 1924p016en:English

Sorat and the Christ

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Where Sorat is set against the Christ, the spirit of the sun: the deed of Golgotha that held the beast in balance, the vision of the etheric Christ.

Lectures

  1. GA 104a From the Pictorial Script of the Apocalypse of John: Lecture I-I22 April 1907p008en:Englishlisteners notes
  2. GA 104 The Apocalypse of St. John: The Number 666 and Sorath: Black Magic's Cosmic Adversary29 June 1908p015en:English
  3. GA 104 The Apocalypse of St. John: Freedom, Love, and the Two Deaths of Humanity30 June 1908p011en:English
  4. GA 184 The Polarity of Duration and Development in Human Life: Christ's Intervention: Preventing Ahrimanic Knowledge Premature Flooding11 October 1918en:English
  5. GA 346 Lectures on Christian Religious Work V: Sorat and the Sun Demon: Apocalyptic Spirituality in the Michael Age12 September 1924en:English

distinguish from. Ahriman, a being of his own: GA 346 of 12 September 1924 names the demons that follow Sorat beside the ahrimanic powers, and GA 182 of 16 October 1918 ascribes the attempt of the year 666 to ahrimanic and luciferic powers; Lucifer, whom GA 90a of 21 May 1904 names as the first dragon of the Apocalypse, apart from the human beings who give their bodies to the sun demon; the Asuras, spirits that remained behind and enter the consciousness soul and the I, named as a third power after Lucifer and Ahriman (GA 107 of 22 March 1909); the beast with seven heads and ten horns, the human beings left in animal form, whom the two-horned beast leads astray (GA 104 of 29 and 30 June 1908); the Antichrist, in GA 130 of 9 January 1912 a being of the Moon who will seem cleverer than the Christ, in GA 205 of 16 July 1921 the ahrimanic principle in Christian form.

see also. evil; Christ.

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