
Lord of the Elements
Interweaving Christianity and Nature
Bastiaan Baan(Author)
Floris Books (Publisher)
Published on 21. March 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
248 pages
978-0-86315-959-6 (ISBN)
Description
The four classical elements of earth, water, air and fire are present in Genesis and continue to be significant throughout Christianity. Different streams of thought, such as the School of Chartres, and Celtic Christianity, have emphasised the elements in different ways.
In this unique book, Bastiaan Baan, an experienced spiritual thinker, brings these elements together with ideas from Rudolf Steiner's anthroposophy. He considers, in particular, how elemental beings -- nature spirits -- relate to the four elements, and explores the role of elemental beings in our world.
This is a fascinating and original work on the connections between Christianity and the natural world.
In this unique book, Bastiaan Baan, an experienced spiritual thinker, brings these elements together with ideas from Rudolf Steiner's anthroposophy. He considers, in particular, how elemental beings -- nature spirits -- relate to the four elements, and explores the role of elemental beings in our world.
This is a fascinating and original work on the connections between Christianity and the natural world.
Reviews / Votes
'Baan presents us with a rich and lively narrative? [he] gives us many helpful and practical ideas on how to approach nature in a Christ-filled way ? This book can enable us to take a positive step towards our right destiny as human beings. It can be used as a friendly guide and source of encouragement so that each of us can find the courage to stand upright, free from the bonds of materialism, balanced between the earth at our feet and the heavens at our head.'-- Perspectives
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Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Illustrations
b/w illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 162 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
408 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-86315-959-6 (9780863159596)
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03/2013
Floris Books
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Persons
Bastiaan Baan worked as a teacher in the Netherlands before being ordained as a Christian Community priest in 1981. From 2013 he was the director of the Priests? Seminary in North America before returning to the Netherlands in 2019. He lectures widely, and has written many books, including Lord of the Elements and Old and New Mysteries, both published by Floris Books.
Content
What is matter
The path through the elements in the mystery centres
Lord of the elements
Elemental beings
Genesis and the four elements
The elements in the New Testament
John the alchemist
The elements and the sacraments
The School of Chartres and the goddess Natura
Elemental beings in nature
Natural disasters
Seeing with other eyes
Elemental beings in art and science
The role of the angelic hierarchies and the adversary powers
New developments and experiences
Elemental beings in future
The path through the elements in the mystery centres
Lord of the elements
Elemental beings
Genesis and the four elements
The elements in the New Testament
John the alchemist
The elements and the sacraments
The School of Chartres and the goddess Natura
Elemental beings in nature
Natural disasters
Seeing with other eyes
Elemental beings in art and science
The role of the angelic hierarchies and the adversary powers
New developments and experiences
Elemental beings in future