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1 h 6 minChristiane Haid
Guilt and Responsibility
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A contribution by Christiane Haid
Guilt and Responsibility in a Community of Destiny – On the Figure of Maria in the Mystery Dramas
The lecture delves deeply into the figure of Maria from Steiner’s Mystery Dramas: as leader of the house, karmic centre and spiritual mediator between gods and human beings. On the basis of the Egyptian temple scene, her failed initiation, the connection to Benedictus and her three soul forces Filia, Astrid and Luna, it shows how a higher working of destiny arises from the fall, guilt and sacrifice – and why Maria becomes the secret guide of destiny for the whole community.
A contribution by Christiane Haid to the study week “Reincarnation and Karma in the Work of Rudolf Steiner”.
German | simultaneous interpretation · EN
Publication: 2 January 2026
Translated by AI from the original (Deutsch), not reviewed · Read the original
Speakers
Christiane HaidChristiane Haid, born in 1965, studied German literature, history, art and education in Freiburg and Hamburg and from 1993 to 2001 researched the history of anthroposophy in the 20th century at the Friedrich von Hardenberg Institute in Heidelberg. She has led the Section for the Literary Arts and Humanities at the Goetheanum since 2012 and directed the Goetheanum publishing house from 2009 to 2019. Since 2020 she has edited the journal «STIL – Goetheanismus in Kunst und Wissenschaft» with Ariane Eichenberg.
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Details
- Series
- Reinkarnation und Karma im Werk Rudolf Steiners, Episode 2 of 6
- Section
- Belles-Lettres
- Language
- German, English
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