Reverse Ritual : Spiritual Knowledge Is True Communion

Every true ritual involves these four aspects: revelation, offering, transformation (or transubstantiation), and communion. The differences between various rituals involves the order of these four aspects, as well as their forms and purposes. Whereas the sacraments go from revelation to offering to transubstantiation to communion, the ritual of spiritual knowledge moves from communion to transformation, then from offering to revelation. Steiner's research and lectures and Benesch's elucidations provide a detailed comparison of various ritual forms and lead us to a deeper appreciation of the reversed ritual: the ritual of knowledge.Rudolf Steiner is the author of 'Reverse Ritual : Spiritual Knowledge Is True Communion', published 2001 under ISBN 9780880104876 and ISBN 0880104872.