Only in our time has it become possible once again to unlock the sources of Rosicrucian wisdom and allow them to flow into the whole of culture... Christian Rosenkreutz has always lived among us and he is with us today too as the guide of spiritual life.... The spiritual stream related to Christian Rosenkreutz offers the most potent assistance to those who strive to understand the Christ impulse. Rudolf Steiner Rudolf Steiner spoke often of the relationship of Anthroposophy or Spiritual Science to Rosicrucianism but he spoke less of the being of Christian Rosenkreutz himself. As he said To speak of Christian Rosenkreutz presumes a profound trust in the mysteries of the life of the spirita trust or faith not in the person of Christian Rosenkreutz but in the mysteries of spiritual life. For Steiner Christian Rosenkreutz was active in at least three ways. First as one of the great leaders of humanity he worked to bring esoteric spirituality into the modern world and to lead it into the future. Second as the greatest teacher of Christianity he worked to bring to humanity true heart knowledge of Christ through the continued unveiling of the Mystery of Golgotha in the etheric. Third as a concrete particular individual being Steiner had a living actual personal relationship with him. As such because of our failure to understand Steiner called him a noble martyr...who through his way of working endured and will in future endure more than any other person. I say person for the suffering of Christ was the suffering of a god. In the first part of this inspiring booka work of devotion both to Rudolf Steiner and to Christian RosenkreutzPeter Selg as The Great Servant of Christ Jesus gives a detailed chronological and fascinating account of Steiners portrayal and as much as possible experiences of Christian Rosenkreutz. He shows how Steiner had essentially two teachers the Master Jesus Zoroaster and Christian Rosenkreutz. Moreover Selg shows how these two with Rudolf Stei