ANDREW WELBURN is a wide-ranging author whose works explore the history and evolution of human consciousness. Beginning with a thesis on William Blake and the Gnostics, his writing bridges academic scholarship and spiritual inquiry. He has engaged deeply with Rudolf Steiner's philosophy and esotericism, seeking to illuminate the Christian imagination in poetry and art - with a particular focus on the Romantic writers. In The Beginnings of Christianity and From a Virgin Womb, Welburn examines archaic traditions of the 'transfiguration of the world', tracing their significance for Christian origins and their implications for a visionary future. His most recent work, Neanderthals and Atlantis, expands his research into evolution and prehistory, pushing the boundaries of conventional understanding. A distinguished scholar, Welburn has held fellowships from the British Academy and the Frances Yates Trust at the universities of London and Oxford.

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• Preface: RUDOLF STEINER AND THE NEW PREHISTORYChapter 1: AFTER ATLANTIS: FROM THE CRISIS OF PREHISTORY TO OUR CRISIS TODAYHumanity's Dual Origins: The Neanderthal's Gift-Atlantis and the Sabine Women: Myths of Modernity-Oracular Guidance: The Rhythms of HistoryChapter 2: FIVE CULTURAL EPOCHS: A PROBLEM OF DATING AND A BIG IDEARudolf Steiner and a Big Idea-Time and MotionChapter 3: ICE AND INDIA: FIRST CULTURAL EPOCH'The Role of Fire in Human Life'-Mountain Snow and Forest Subsistence-Past and Future in Ancient IndiaChapter 4: NEOLITHIC FARMING OR, THE RIDDLE OF ZARATHUSTRA: SECOND CULTURAL EPOCHTurning Points-Zoroaster Neolithicus-Zoroastrian Problems-Zarathustra Returns-Godhead Ancient or Modern?Chapter 5: THE END OF PREHISTORY: THE STEP INTO SPACE AND TIMEThird Cultural Epoch (Bronze Age): Egypt and the Sentient Soul-The Bible Story: the Time of God-The Bible and Before-The Moses Conundrum-Return to PrehistoryConclusion: FROM THE STONE-AGE TO CHRISTIANITY (RUDOLF STEINER AND THE FUTURE)Appendix 1: STEINER AND EARLIEST HUMAN DEVELOPMENT (A RESUME)

ANDREW WELBURN is a wide-ranging author whose works explore the history and evolution of human consciousness. Beginning with a thesis on William Blake and the Gnostics, his writing bridges academic scholarship and spiritual inquiry. He has engaged deeply with Rudolf Steiner's philosophy and esotericism, seeking to illuminate the Christian imagination in poetry and art - with a particular focus on the Romantic writers. In The Beginnings of Christianity and From a Virgin Womb, Welburn examines archaic traditions of the 'transfiguration of the world', tracing their significance for Christian origins and their implications for a visionary future. His most recent work, Neanderthals and Atlantis, expands his research into evolution and prehistory, pushing the boundaries of conventional understanding. A distinguished scholar, Welburn has held fellowships from the British Academy and the Frances Yates Trust at the universities of London and Oxford.

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• Preface: RUDOLF STEINER AND THE NEW PREHISTORYChapter 1: AFTER ATLANTIS: FROM THE CRISIS OF PREHISTORY TO OUR CRISIS TODAYHumanity's Dual Origins: The Neanderthal's Gift-Atlantis and the Sabine Women: Myths of Modernity-Oracular Guidance: The Rhythms of HistoryChapter 2: FIVE CULTURAL EPOCHS: A PROBLEM OF DATING AND A BIG IDEARudolf Steiner and a Big Idea-Time and MotionChapter 3: ICE AND INDIA: FIRST CULTURAL EPOCH'The Role of Fire in Human Life'-Mountain Snow and Forest Subsistence-Past and Future in Ancient IndiaChapter 4: NEOLITHIC FARMING OR, THE RIDDLE OF ZARATHUSTRA: SECOND CULTURAL EPOCHTurning Points-Zoroaster Neolithicus-Zoroastrian Problems-Zarathustra Returns-Godhead Ancient or Modern?Chapter 5: THE END OF PREHISTORY: THE STEP INTO SPACE AND TIMEThird Cultural Epoch (Bronze Age): Egypt and the Sentient Soul-The Bible Story: the Time of God-The Bible and Before-The Moses Conundrum-Return to PrehistoryConclusion: FROM THE STONE-AGE TO CHRISTIANITY (RUDOLF STEINER AND THE FUTURE)Appendix 1: STEINER AND EARLIEST HUMAN DEVELOPMENT (A RESUME)

ANDREW WELBURN is a wide-ranging author whose works explore the history and evolution of human consciousness. Beginning with a thesis on William Blake and the Gnostics, his writing bridges academic scholarship and spiritual inquiry. He has engaged deeply with Rudolf Steiner's philosophy and esotericism, seeking to illuminate the Christian imagination in poetry and art - with a particular focus on the Romantic writers. In The Beginnings of Christianity and From a Virgin Womb, Welburn examines archaic traditions of the 'transfiguration of the world', tracing their significance for Christian origins and their implications for a visionary future. His most recent work, Neanderthals and Atlantis, expands his research into evolution and prehistory, pushing the boundaries of conventional understanding. A distinguished scholar, Welburn has held fellowships from the British Academy and the Frances Yates Trust at the universities of London and Oxford.

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• Preface: RUDOLF STEINER AND THE NEW PREHISTORYChapter 1: AFTER ATLANTIS: FROM THE CRISIS OF PREHISTORY TO OUR CRISIS TODAYHumanity's Dual Origins: The Neanderthal's Gift-Atlantis and the Sabine Women: Myths of Modernity-Oracular Guidance: The Rhythms of HistoryChapter 2: FIVE CULTURAL EPOCHS: A PROBLEM OF DATING AND A BIG IDEARudolf Steiner and a Big Idea-Time and MotionChapter 3: ICE AND INDIA: FIRST CULTURAL EPOCH'The Role of Fire in Human Life'-Mountain Snow and Forest Subsistence-Past and Future in Ancient IndiaChapter 4: NEOLITHIC FARMING OR, THE RIDDLE OF ZARATHUSTRA: SECOND CULTURAL EPOCHTurning Points-Zoroaster Neolithicus-Zoroastrian Problems-Zarathustra Returns-Godhead Ancient or Modern?Chapter 5: THE END OF PREHISTORY: THE STEP INTO SPACE AND TIMEThird Cultural Epoch (Bronze Age): Egypt and the Sentient Soul-The Bible Story: the Time of God-The Bible and Before-The Moses Conundrum-Return to PrehistoryConclusion: FROM THE STONE-AGE TO CHRISTIANITY (RUDOLF STEINER AND THE FUTURE)Appendix 1: STEINER AND EARLIEST HUMAN DEVELOPMENT (A RESUME)