At Passiontide 2004, Judith von Halle received the stigmata, the
duplication on her body of the wounds of Christ. Following a period of
careful consideration, she eventually decided to share this intimate
occurrence with a small group in Berlin in Michaelmas of that year.
Usually, the phenomenon of the stigmata is either seen as a sheer
miracle or simply denied. By contrast, in her first lectures contained
in this volume, she tries--based on Rudolf Steiner's spiritual
scientific knowledge--to understand it and its significance for personal
destiny.
As a result of receiving the stigmata, von Halle began to experience the
events of the life of Christ in full sensory detail. Moreover, she has
explored these events through spiritual scientific research, sometimes
called "continuity of consciousness." In the following five lectures,
she offers commentary to the Mystery of Golgotha, the "turning point in
world history." Her intention is to stimulate the reader to reflect
patiently and repeatedly upon this great mystery and to enter an
continually closer relationship with Christ.