The Old Sun, not to be confused with our present Sun, was according to Rudolf Steiner the second embodiment of our Earth or our entire planetary system. The Old Sun was preceded by the Old Saturn, a pure heat world, and followed by the Old Moon. The old solar world is occasionally also called the Cosmos of Strength. (Lit.:GA 104, p. 169) Its development was guided by the Spirits of Wisdom. The highest regent of the sun's development was the Christ. The light ether and the air element arose on the Old Sun. The world mission of the Old Sun was to form the etheric body of man and to make feeling possible inwardly from the outflowing element of wisdom. (Lit.:GA 121, p. 86ff) The Old Sun development is also called the second day of creation: Dies Solis = Sun Day (= Sun God, for Dies and Deus are of the same origin). (Lit.:GA 99, p. 93ff)

Literature

• Rudolf Steiner: Aus der Akasha-Chronik, GA 11 (1904-1908), Kapitel Das Leben der Sonne {English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org
• Rudolf Steiner: Die Geheimwissenschaft im Umriß, GA 13 (1909), Kapitel Die Weltentwicklung und der Mensch English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org
• Rudolf Steiner: Die Theosophie des Rosenkreuzers, GA 99, Neunter Vortrag, München, 2. Juni 1907 English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org
• Rudolf Steiner: Die Apokalypse des Johannes, GA 104 (1985) English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org
• Rudolf Steiner: Geistige Hierarchien und ihre Widerspiegelung in der physischen Welt, GA 110, Vierter Vortrag, Düsseldorf, 13. April 1909 English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org
• Rudolf Steiner: Die Mission einzelner Volksseelen, GA 121 (1982), Fünfter Vortrag, Kristiania, 11. Juni 1910 English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org
• Rudolf Steiner: Mysterienstätten des Mittelalters, GA 233a (1991), ISBN 3-7274-2335-8 English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org

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The seven planetary stages of world evolution

Old Saturn | Old Sun | Old Moon | Earth | New Jupiter | New Venus | Vulcan