03446cam a22003373u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003701000130007804000110009104100170010205000070011910000320012624501570015826400510031530000470036633600260041333700260043933800360046550000310050150801750053252021660070753400620287365300140293570000260294970000350297585600550301085600430306575994UtSlPG20260610134746.0mcr n260607r20251911utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  a11029053  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aBV1 aSteiner, Rudolf,d1861-192510aMystics of the Renaissance and their relation to modern thought, including Meister Eckhart, Tauler, Paracelsus, Jacob Boehme, Giordano Bruno, and others 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2025  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2025-04-30  aRichard Illner and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)  a"Mystics of the Renaissance and their relation to modern thought, including…" by Rudolf Steiner is a historical and philosophical account written in the early 20th century. The book explores the lives and teachings of significant mystic thinkers from the Renaissance such as Meister Eckhart, Tauler, Paracelsus, Jacob Boehme, and Giordano Bruno, with an emphasis on their influence on and connections to modern intellectual currents. Its central topic is how mystical insight into self-knowledge and the spiritual rebirth of the individual shapes both religious experience and philosophical understanding, bridging medieval belief systems and modern conceptions of the self and freedom. Readers interested in the intersections of spirituality, philosophy, and history will find this a thoughtful analysis of mysticism’s enduring relevance.  The opening of the book features a foreword in which Steiner situates his exploration within his personal intellectual development, describing the book as both a culmination and a clarification of years of work on the nature of mysticism and its critics. He acknowledges criticisms of his eclectic intellectual stance, positioning himself as someone who unites scientific rationality with genuine spiritual searching. The introduction then delves into the essence of self-knowledge, drawing on classical philosophical aphorisms such as "Know Thyself" and connecting them with the experiences of various mystics. Steiner distinguishes between mere sense-perception and the deeper, transformative inner vision that mystics report, arguing that this "rebirth" in spirit grants access to universal truths beyond the reach of ordinary logic or science. As the narrative proceeds into his discussion of Meister Eckhart and successors like Tauler, Steiner highlights how these figures express the dissolution of the isolated self in favor of a union with the divine, and how such spiritual awakening underlies true freedom and creativity. This opening portion sets the stage for a nuanced investigation of mysticism’s role in individual transformation and cultural evolution. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cNew York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1911  aMysticism1 aGysi, Max,d1874-19461 aKeightley, Bertram,d1860-19444 uhttps://archive.org/details/mysticsofrenais00stei/40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/75994