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Title: Evil and Spiritual Science
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may perhaps be able to feel about such a question, that it is
anything positive. It may be that in this regard, we have
comment that I will not suppress, because maybe it will make
turns around to say: maybe one should consider more like
the senses? Maybe it has already arisen before us, so that we
accessible to him/her. Maybe we should ask ourselves here: what
several hours; but I will only set this out and each person may
selfishness, if I may use a trivial expression.
the other, so that it may be something of value for the larger
basis. Humanity may one day finish with the perfection of the
may laugh more or less at this; whoever better understands the
Philosophers and others may look away from such a human
materialism and that of spiritual science. And maybe nothing
we may extend Goethe's remark, in that we take the following as

Title: Popular Occultism: Lecture 1: Popular Occultism, Introtroduction
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body. We may therefore say: in the upper parts of man's being, the etheric
before his memory and goes past him. Sometimes this may happen in moments

Title: Popular Occultism: Lecture 2: Man's Ascent into the Supersensible World
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this is very confusing. He may see all kinds of animal-forms, even terrible
and images. A bursting rage, for example, may appear in the form of
may attract our attention. Nothing sacred, nothing having a religious
which existed in the Middle Ages! The religious yearning may suddenly
Anyone who can look into the astral world may perceive them.

Title: Popular Occultism: Lecture 3: The Different Conditions of Man's Life After Death
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teach us to turn away from life. The spiritual scientist may use the

Title: Popular Occultism: Lecture 4: The Devachanic World
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We may compare this with the photographic negative. The physical object
life here on earth, all that enables plants and animals to grow, may
may be felt like the winds which blow on the Earth. Every calamity that
engraved there and may be read. But we come across a still larger writing

Title: Popular Occultism: Lecture 5: Life Between Death and a New Birth
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backwards. Only then may he enter Devachan.
and this may be compared with the following process: There are iron

Title: Popular Occultism: Lecture 6: Man's Return to a New Earthly Life
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The external deed may be the same, though the motives may differ. Deeds
In this life we may thus

Title: Popular Occultism: Lecture 7: Effects of the Law of Karma
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will be a hard one, he may have a strong shock, and under certan
conditions he may become an idiot, because his etheric body rebels against

Title: Popular Occultism: Lecture 8: The Evolution of Man and of the Solar System; the Atlantic Evolution
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sunshine alternated. This may be found in the description of the Old
Religious documents may
interpretation (which may be very clever, but is in many cases quite
sense of devotion for facts which others criticize. Here we may apply

Title: Popular Occultism: Lecture 9: Lemurian Development
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lived in a sleep-like condition which may be compared with our dream-consciousness
may be considered as obsolete, for it is based upon a false train of
another at all, but they may have a common father and be brothers!
between ape and man may be viewed in this light. On Atlantis, the human

Title: Popular Occultism: Lecture 10: Paths of Occult Training
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development, its present state may be changed by training, particularly by a
may be considered as a last remnant of descending
of our modern one. To him everything external and visible was Maya, Illusion;

Title: i Spirituality: Lecture 1: Historical Symptomology, the Year 790, Alcuin, Greeks, Platonism, Aristotelianism, East, West, Middle, Ego
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be something there when one has debts. The debts that one has oneself may still seem a very
absolutely call for the qualities that may arise in individuals who are able to penetrate the
"It may seem dubious to allow the realm of the history writer and that of

Title: New Spirituality: Lecture 2: The New Spirituality and the Christ Experiance of the Twentieth Century - 1
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different angles, the characteristic of the Western world. We have characterized it, if I may put
over-individualization — a kind of, if I may put it so paradoxically, unegoistic egoism.

Title: New Spirituality: Lecture 3: The New Spirituality and the Christ Experiance of the Twentieth Century - 2
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foreign language as though, if I may put it so, into a garment of civilization. What lives in the
We may say that, just as minds like Darwin arose
if I may put it so, rather like a fading away of the actual language element. Everywhere these

Title: New Spirituality: Lecture 5: The New Spirituality and the Christ Experiance of the Twentieth Century - 4
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of transition. And now try and grasp a thought which, however strange it may seem to you, must be
abstract. But he will very soon make a certain discovery. Strange though it may still seem to the
counterpart of this maya element (Scheinhafte) in the world, what gave the human being
strange as it may seem. Not because he is good, but because the others are worse.
economic life — and that it may be shown how the downfall can be averted if a consciousness
what he may want, saying that I said so, even though from me he actually heard the exact

Title: New Spirituality: Lecture 6: The New Spirituality and the Christ Experiance of the Twentieth Century - 5
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Golgotha itself. And preparation must be made so that this Mystery of Golgotha may shine forth
that he may draw it out of himself rightly we must take care that the child has the right
desire of spiritual science to prepare him for it. This is something of which one may not say

Title: New Spirituality: Lecture 7: The New Spirituality and the Christ Experiance of the Twentieth Century - 6
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Strange as this may sound it is out of the modern
people may have. And the expectation, the longing, that there has to be a solution to this human
this 'scientific conscientiousness'? The lie — which, albeit may arise from impotency, from
spiritual science may not be hostile towards Christianity, but is culturally valueless. And then

Title: Abbreviated Title: Lecture I:
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A lecture given at Dornach, 30 May 1915. From a shorthand report unrevised by
given at Dornach, 30 May 1915. From a shorthand report unrevised by
with the other lectures (Dornach 23, 24, 29 May 1915) which I gave here, a
in a manner inimical to the world, and have done only what may be called,
our thoughts to continue, we may say that we are also able to pursue a
by. Each grain of cereal, if I may put it like this, has the will, the
and dense and that they may be softened again only slowly. So no one, I

Title: Talk To Young People:
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people, which you yourselves may have read by now: “How do you
lazy to insist on “being clear.” There may well be no time to become

Title: "Heaven and Earth will pass away but my words will not pass away"
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his thoughts educated through Spiritual Science, may also ask: What is
We may now go a step
of everything we may develop in this direction, will be able to evolve
Science. We may therefore say: The experiences of the sleeping Sun
they may appear to be. The culture of Spiritual Science demands deep
centre — (you may call him the Christ, if you wish), with Lucifer
That may be expressed

Title: Tree of Life/Knowledge: Lecture I: Tree of Life - I
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has already been said that may bring us again some understanding of
February, March, April, May, etc. The Romans could make something of

Title: Tree of Life/Knowledge: Lecture II: Tree of Life - II
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forming world-history may be divided on the one hand into what may be
draw this somewhat diagrammatically (see p.5a) so that you may
there. And most people act in a wrong may towards the Luciferic and
life, have shown how Lucifer and Ahriman work together so that we may

Title: Tree of Life/Knowledge: Lecture III: The Power of Thought
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but in something which may be described as a copy of the
whoever he may have been — who said:
Hence we may understand as living
dissolve them into a sort of etheric eye, so that they may lead one

Title: Tree of Life/Knowledge: Lecture IV: Harmonizing Thinking, Feeling and Willing
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although it may be difficult to attain; for all that is contained in
death, — through the Maya of death, in a different
passes over to the medium or to whatever else may be manifesting in
day when he himself dies. Truths may be contained in all this, but
spread the teachings further, may also only appeal to living
my dear friends, it happens all too often that one may become a
of feeling; naturally faults may arise — but one

Title: Tree of Life/Knowledge: Lecture V: Tree of Knowledge - I
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neighbouring planet (you may read this in my
arise so that we may live on earth in the way we do. One could also
lies centuries earlier may be related later. Sometimes, too, facts
like physical orders. For that is a part of Maya-existence, of
substitute had been found. And now one may think as one will about
again, so that attention may be fully fixed on the real subject,
one now leaves the microcosm for the macrocosm one may say

Title: Tree of Life/Knowledge: Lecture VI: Tree of Knowledge - II
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someone, that it is justified — may say so, it may
Society. But I may speak about others; for I am quite selfless when I
did before. It may be softly whispered that discrepancies in such

Title: World Downfall and Resurrection
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may see the world around us as a spiritual world, knowing that
ourselves may labour. The fourth condition is upon us. It only

Title: Lecture: Philosophy and Anthroposophy
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form of distress, or it may rob a man of the power of rightly disposing
soul; it may be more or less unconscious, but it is always present. It may
sum of natural operations. It may become an ideal of knowledge to
of Nature. With genuine Natural Science this ideal is justifiable. It may
helpless in the face of reality. With however powerful a grip we may be
Heraclitus, Anaximenes, or yet on Socrates and Plato. We may begin at once
And since this may be said for the first time of Aristotle, it is not
determined in dogmatic quarters. Let us rather be undisturbed by what may
in sense-observation; further, it may press forward a stage, even up to
of the modern era. It was maintained on the scientific side (and we may
the modern era, as we may gather from Luther's hard words; “Reason is
may be better understood. A deep chasm had opened between reason and its
differentiates sharply between faith and that knowledge which man may claim
self-made network of concepts and forms. For this reason man may claim a
difference between form and matter by means of an illustration which may,
elaboration of the art of thinking, in order that thought may provide a
me, there is therefore no connection whereby I may learn the nature of that
matter, however grotesque this may seem at first sight. For the sake of a
we must be at pains to acquire. Following Aristotle, we may look upon pure
my thought. It can therefore follow that our thought may possess
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Title: Meditative Knowledge of Man: Lecture I: The Pedagogy of the West and of Central Europe: The Inner Attitude of the Teacher
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sense to thinking scientifically — this he may do as a
when we go into the class. The teacher may (since he is 'only human', as is
beginning of the next. It may be that he has been warned by his creditors,
or he may have had a quarrel with his wife, as does happen in life. These
father of one of your pupils who likes you particularly may have sent you a

Title: Meditative Knowledge of Man: Lecture II: The Three Fundamental Forces in EducatioN
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may teach with reverence and enthusiasm. Reverence and enthusiasm
that man may become Man. We must naturally keep in mind that the teachers

Title: Meditative Knowledge of Man: Lecture III: Spiritual Knowledge of Man as the Fount of Educational Art
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— however paradoxical it may sound —
remarkable way, and to help you understand it fully perhaps I may remind

Title: Meditative Knowledge of Man: Lecture IV: The Art of Education Consists of Bringing Into Balance the Physical and Spiritual Nature of the Developing Human Being
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is a difficulty here. As we may place too small or too large a weight on
in rigid concepts; and in trying to rectify one error we may always fall
in a child, who by virtue of his gift or through other circumstances may be
its whole state of life. No matter how paradoxical this may appear to
in such a way! One may then cease to judge matters emotionally, as one
necessarily give pleasure, things which may even be unpleasant and even

Title: Social Understanding: Lecture II: Social Understanding Through Spiritual Scientific Knowledge
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body is carrying out the process of digesting too well, you may find you
theories, they may be interesting, but to take them as theories is not
once, and you may even have experienced this yourselves
much it weighs, for he may only eat a piece of meat of a quite specific

Title: Buddha and the Two Boys: Lecture I: Buddha and the Two Boys of Jesus
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in the course of time. We ourselves may have once lived in ancient Egypt,

Title: Lecture: Art As A Bridge Between The Sensible And The Supersensible
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Ahriman.” You may have become aware that the attempt is to

Title: Raphael's Mission in the Light of the Science of the Spirit
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then one may ask: How does it stand with this overall
periods. What we may call the “internalizing” of
that what may be called, in the best sense of the word,
in today's presentation may sound like a kind of symbolic
word. This was in May of the year 1498. Having now forsaken
one of his best-known paintings may be singled out, so as to
in what we call the life of Raphael. How, we may ask, does this
moral-religious impressions, Greek culture may be said to have
immediate feeling deriving from Raphael's works, it may be
in the beauty of outer revelation, and to what may be seen as

Title: Leonardo's Spiritual Stature: Lecture
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Maria delle Grazie we may attempt as it were with the
the enormous amount of work of a personality who, it may be
In short, this work shows Leonardo in his greatness and, it may
could not bring this to realization. Though someone may have
what it was for instance in Greek times. We may attempt to
result in asserting: this individual may be viewed only in
adopt a different standpoint and say: Whatever Leonardo may
provide indications as to how such souls may be approached.

Title: Fairy Tales: in the light of Spiritual Investigation
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that what may be offered as a kind of spiritual scientific
may be regarded as entirely natural that someone like
for us, we may feel, in seeing the human being — for
a particular life situation may become involved in. It is
aesthetic, artistic enjoyment of the fairy tale may
favorable circumstances, one may have the feeling:
it may sound that such a battle takes place daily in the soul's
the human soul may be called a feeling of its own
lectures, additional light may be shed on hidden aspects of the
experience of a quite vague and indefinite nature may lie
comparison may be trivial, it is perhaps still apt:
would like to be. In conscious life it may
part of the soul, we may feel reverberating in this fairy tale
“Sun” existence. Thus, we may speak of a
piece of it, so to speak. Thus, we may speak, as it were, of
And we may also refer to the moon of today as a product of the
We may remind ourselves of the relationship of the
child. For it may be said of fairy tales that they have brought
can come alive more fully in the child. The childlike soul may
considerations as we have presented today. It may be

Title: The Worldview of Herman Grimm in Relation to Spiritual Science
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this lecture was given at the Architektenhaus in Berlin, may be said to
those whose growth is as yet far from being at an end. we may
Herman Grimm's Homer book may seem intolerable. All the many
reveals him to be the finest knower of human souls. We may
in Herman Grimm, of which we may say that it came close to what
which he can likewise affect us. We may treat this or that

Title: Imperialism: Lecture 1
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preconditions to what we may call the people's will, the voting
brought other preconditions to what we may call the people's will.
physical reality may no longer be thought of as spiritual.

Title: Imperialism: Lecture 2
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historical origin of what today may be called imperialism, and you

Title: Imperialism: Lecture 3
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the earth as the ruler. That was, if I may say so, a secure
“nation-state” is construed. Or we may have a certain
Esthetics may be symbolically present, but the actual clothing is the

Title: Impulse for Renewal: Lecture I: Anthroposophy and Natural Science
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— particularly if I may express it as the field of
in which to verify human causalities — if I may use
problems. That may of course be admitted. I also don't believe
different sides may appear taking on this or that, adapting
to “read” as well. You may remain within the
may not take a system of beliefs which have been fully

Title: Impulse for Renewal: Lecture II: The Human and the Animal Organisation
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place in the animal and human organisms. We may assume that in
we may speak about the sense of equilibrium as we speak about a
may also, when we go to work without prejudice, not say: we get
in an outer lay method, research may be done which can also be

Title: Impulse for Renewal: Lecture III: Anthroposophy and Philosophy
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back over the experiences, of — if I may use a pedantic
thought experiences developing into living form, then it may on

Title: Impulse for Renewal: Lecture V: Anthroposophy and Social Science
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thoughts. We may say that in the time when people didn't think

Title: Impulse for Renewal: Lecture VI: Anthroposophy and Theology
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Now, my dear friends, this event may be anything; what it
would like to say that Catholics may obviously take part in the
spiritual content — if I may express it this way —
may use this expression again — comes to a Father-godly

Title: Impulse of Renewal: Lecture VII: Anthroposophy and the Science of Speech
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in the words. We may not at any stage confront Sanskrit with

Title: First Class, Vol. I: Lesson 1
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humanity, may find the spirit in the world.
so that we may approach the revelations of the spiritual world

Title: First Class, Vol. I: Lesson 2
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maya-darkness:
What we should feel at the abyss of being between the maya, the
Humor may be called for with respect to some aspects of life.
In esoteric life only the truth works, nothing else. You may
order that we may find the path to the spiritual world.

Title: First Class, Vol. I: Lesson 3
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all the knowledge of the senses and reason you may have gleaned
are united by exterior forces, may be expressed by the words

Title: First Class, Vol. I: Lesson 4
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together. A trivial example may be used to demonstrate how

Title: First Class, Vol. I: Lesson 5
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Today we want to approach these things esoterically. So it may
remember that we are supposed to be human beings. We may not
to be ignorant of the true situation. We may think that courage

Title: First Class, Vol. I: Lesson 6
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may not simply continue to see things as first glances provide;
elements in their relationship with us, then we may not look
it, but so that he may transform it into a higher psychic
moment we may fall into animality. But it is just this fear

Title: First Class, Vol. I: Lesson 7
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circle of the School. We may not forget that many people are

Title: First Class, Vol. I: Lesson 8
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we may say today: This School must develop into a true Mystery
it gradually, may choose to exercise their opinion outside the
lesson, date to be announced, in which no new friends may
not live. Whatever he may think with his brain about the

Title: First Class, Vol. I: Lesson 9
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physical in the world is only semblance, maya; the world is

Title: First Class, Vol. II: Lesson 10
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such considerations in individual verses, which may then be
prevail. We may call it a magical feeling for it cannot be
permission may these things be passed on from one to another or
may not be sent by post, and I ask that this be strictly

Title: First Class, Vol. II: Lesson 11
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Dornach, May 2, 1924
Much old karmic residue may exist to be worked out which
(London, 9 February 1872 – 2 May 1924 in Dornach, Switzerland)

Title: First Class, Vol. II: Lesson 12
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Dornach, May 11, 1924

Title: First Class, Vol. II: Lesson 13
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Dornach, May 17, 1924
consciousness immediately shows its maya; for it is maya when
consciousness offers us at first is maya, the great illusion.
I-organization may be conscious of itself and come into
the world of maya, will not deliver it to us, that we must

Title: First Class, Vol. II: Lesson 14
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Dornach, May 31, 1924
may lose the everyday capacity for understanding, which holds
The Guardian of the Threshold must call out to him: You may not
do that. You may not succumb to Lucifer. You may not merely
The person may be inclined to fixate on his experiences on this
It must be perfectly clear that the human being may not carry
threshold, and that he may not carry over to the other side
in the physical realm, may not be brought over into the
My soul absorbs it, that I may learn divine creation.
Ahriman: My soul absorbs it, that I may learn divine
My soul absorbs it, that I may learn divine creation.

Title: First Class, Vol. II: Lesson 15
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may tell them.
But we may only consciously enter this realm in full
that we may not enter immaturely. He is the first spiritual
with each of the elements, so that we may feel ourselves to
My soul absorbs it, that I may learn divine creation.
Therefore, the question may arise: Why do we have here

Title: First Class, Vol. II: Lesson 16
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means that the leadership may also place conditions on
And may its presence still
And may its presence still
And may their harmonies
And may their harmonies
And may their words of verdict
And may their words of verdict
And may its presence still
And may their harmonies
And may their words of verdict

Title: First Class, Vol. II: Lesson 17
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And may its presence now
And may their harmonies
And may their words of verdict
sense-perceptible may be brought into the spiritual domain, to
When the Guardian of the Threshold — if we may express with
organized in a certain way for good reason may be changed from

Title: First Class, Vol. II: Lesson 18
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heart may resonate with it, we must feel ourselves to be within
That we may illuminate their thinking.
That we may illuminate their thinking.
That we may live in feeling.
That you may live in feeling
That we may live in feeling.
That you may live in feeling
That we may work in willing.
That you may work in willing,
That we may work in willing.
That you may work in willing,
That we may illuminate their thinking.
That we may live in feeling.
That you may live in feeling
That we may work in willing.
That you may work in willing,
may remain alive when they go through the gate of death. This we

Title: First Class, Vol. II: Lesson 19
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stick closely to the literal translation, he/she may
realm of illusion, of maya, which led us to the Guardian of
may experience in ourselves the true “I am”,
where it may stream from the heart; when it streams from

Title: First Class Lessons: Lesson XX (recapitulation)
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the riddle of humanity may be solved from out the darkness. The
Guardian, one may return, remembering, to the point of
“rosae et crucis”, the words may be pronounced:
mantric words written on the blackboard may only be kept by
have been issued the blue certificate. No one else may possess
these words. Of course, those may have them who for some reason
obtained. The one who is to receive the words may not request
either by Dr. Wegman or by me. The words may not be sent by
letters, but only personally; they may not be entrusted to the

Title: First Class Lessons: Lesson XXI (recapitulation)
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But then he used words which at first are dismaying for the
self-knowledge is dismaying, even shattering.
with maya-reality, we cannot cross.
any reason could not acquire them personally, may receive them
mere administrative measure. The verses may not be sent by
mail. Only the person who is to give the verses to another may

Title: First Class Lessons: Lesson XXII (recapitulation)
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may be sure, if we are honest and open minded, that Michael's
strength will stream through this room, which may be indicated
mantric verses which are given in this School may only be
Those members who have recently joined may only receive the
in special cases, which must be judged individually, may the
verses may not be passed on from one to another.

Title: First Class Lessons: Lesson XXIII (recapitulation)
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north, from above and below, may also today begin to describe
life and death. For we may not only belong to the power of the
light. In light alone we would be benumbed, dazzled. We may not
You may constrict the Self to nothing.
You may constrict the Self to nothing.
is present in the holy will of Michael. It may be confirmed by
Only those who have been accepted as members of this School may
present during a lesson when verses have been given, may
request may not be done in writing — it has happened, so
which may not be ignored without punishment. So, this is not an

Title: First Class Lessons: Lesson XXIV (recapitulation)
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When you enter the spiritual world with your thinking, you may
your thoughts in the earthly environment you may fly around
may not merely carry over to the spiritual world what we have
before our souls so that we may develop the wings of soul
Therefore, it may be accompanied by Michael's Sign. Michael's
Thus, we may understand what is spoken as having been
in this School may only be possessed by the School's rightful
may receive the verses given after the date of his admittance
Only the person who wants to give the verses to another may
another. But permission may not be requested by the one who is
Whoever copies something other than the mantras may keep it for

Title: First Class Lessons: Lesson XXV (recapitulation)
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space of this School, Michael is present, which may be
which may be confirmed by his seal, which he has impressed on
members of this Class may possess them, no one else. If someone
he would have received the corresponding verse, he may receive
myself. However, the one who is to receive the verse may not

Title: First Class Lessons: Lesson XXVI (recapitulation)
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given, another member, who has the verses, may give them to
who is to receive the mantras may ask, but only the one who is
return to our earthly duty. For we may not become dreamers and
works downward - I explained it last time, so may say it now -,

Title: The Social Question: Lecture I: The True Form of the Social Question
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burning question. In particular, one may say that the terrible
find a place such as this — be as it may towards this content
other. It may well be revised later for those observing social
take, if we may call it ‘successive’ development, what happens
become goods, but the Proletariat feels it may not be goods.
everything. Spiritual scientific awareness may reveal a wider
are the ones upon whom we may depend. They are the ones who do

Title: The Social Question: Lecture II: Comparisons at Solving the Social Question based on Life's Realities
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Perhaps I may use a comparison to clearly communicate what I
say yes, science can wait, they may gradually rush to their
right way, in the social organism. May it come about with some,
accomplished, while others may well raise a shoulder, that it
value when it is known that they may not reach success through

Title: The Social Question: Lecture III: Fanaticism Versus a Real Conception of Life in Social Thinking and Willing
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Whoever — I may say it about myself, by presenting these
the need of life at present, may direct his focus from the
if humanity wants to advance in knowledge it may experience
world. It may already be that some or other super-sensible
a certain direction towards which single questions may be
organism. One needs to look away from the fact that it may well
The general interest of humanity may be asked whether the
may reveal themselves. Someone might create poems, as many as
he wants; may find friends for these poems, as many as he
live in a right way in the social organism. It may not —
does not persist in being held by itself. Not only may
appointment of personalities, the limitations which may not be
have spread over spiritual life. Spiritual life may however not
way, you may combine something out of ingredients of
be separated from the mere circulation of goods and may not be
if I may use this trivial expression — makes the three
who may research the real evolutionary conditions of mankind

Title: The Social Question: Lecture IV: The Evolution of Social Thinking and Willing and Life's Circumstances for Current Humanity
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I may say, want to be ruled through constraint according to a
Therefore I have believed that a right program, if I may call
formulation may be done in the appeal to humanity for a task

Title: The Social Question: Lecture V: The Social Will as the Basis Towards a New, Scientific Procedure
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first, not from the basis as perhaps some of you may believe
goodwill, their ideas and so on. There has, if I may say so,
many may see it, the actual, purely scientifically orientated
personally and alone may possess and work on. Ownership has
— no one can — that a discrepancy of interests may
may be made, firstly took scientifically orientated methods of
merely offers a favourite opinion. Certainly one may sympathise
person may at the same time be a deputy in the field of the
Dr Roman Boos: May I be permitted to refer to a question
has not been broken. May I ask you to say more about this?
life; you may believe me that it is not an impulsive assertion
Thus, this impulse resulted in always, over the next maybe five

Title: The Social Question: Lecture VI: What Significance does Work have for the Modern Proletarian?
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which human labour may flow into the social organism.
goods called ‘labour power.’ However, the power of labour may
needs may come through production. Both are based on natural
Proletariat may be striving for, will it be placed on a healthy
plan, where they may really become the most important and most
intellectuals, then I may do it too.’ Really, when you want to

Title: Lecture: Richard Wagner and Mysticism
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Another stumbling-block which may crop up now-a-days, is connected
in spite of what superficial philosophy may say. The Music of the
saint, a sinner must arise. Strange as this may appear it is
are explained by Spiritual Science, however contradictory they may be
said to the pupils of the Grail: ‘Look at the plant. Its flower may

Title: Lecture: Spiritual Wisdom in the Early Christian Centuries
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or maybe seventeen Gods from the four hundred and seventy-four,

Title: Community Building
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strength and power may come in turn from another side for
processes alone; and one may even accomplish this all the
from which we may learn a lesson even though in a primitive
manifest which may become manifest in such an ideal instance as
may safely presuppose karma wherever we are brought together
order that there may emerge within the Society the community
day. The world of dreams may be beautiful, may be splendid,
matter how beautiful the pictures we may see in the isolation
of the dream, no matter how splendid the experiences we may
world, although we may theoretically enter completely into all
Anthroposophy, which may be called the awaking of the human
place may otherwise be, it will be rendered sacred by the
Anthroposophy together, there may be nurtured in us, not, of
discovered the possibility that human souls may awake to human
something to what may have been aroused among you through this
Anthroposophical Society may in some periods of time present
Anthroposophical Society and may be found independently of such
other, may the two associations I have sketched be formed
matter what it may be called. Therefore, the important problem

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present — which may be described by saying that a true
who have withdrawn, and the like. In short, what may be called
two lectures belongs also to the system, if I may express
of this other condition of consciousness, which we may call a
reasons. He may go to the most extreme excesses because he is
being said but only in his own opinion. This may do, however
knows that the most diametrically opposite views may be
have said that the spiritual worlds may be entered by various
this by reason — paradoxical as it may seem — of
research, in order that he may be drawn away from his research.
experiment that may seem to you very insignificant, I was
most, it may be retarded by opponents.
Therefore, something in the physical world may appear to be as
another, that which corresponds to what the opponents may
the human being may be a participant

Title: Polarities in Evolution: Lecture 1: Evolution and Consciousness, Lucifer, Ahriman
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beings we are part of an ongoing evolution that may be
compare it to the preceding age. We may say that one
dreamy in his thinking, if I may put it like this, did
to be in communion with nature spirits. Today we may say
spiritual powers who may be said to be involved in human
will who may admit that there is more to life than is
fathers, surely it is like this: You or I may have some
therefore possible to say that it may indeed be true that
mineral organization. That may indeed be right, but human
may appear on the outside. If you shoe a horse with

Title: Polarities in Evolution: Lecture 2: East, West, and the Culture of Middle Europe, the Science of Initiation
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may call intellectual more into its soul elements. We can
of Asia may thus be said to have taken the intellectual
yet grasp in their hearts and minds. Things may come to
state that it is possible to learn that something we may

Title: Polarities in Evolution: Lecture 3: Political Empires
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considering. They may help to make some of the ideas on
times the idea of a ruler of the realm, as we may call it
This may
very much alive in Roman times. Whichever way you may
though it may be said today partly as a joke, in the
worlds, that we may find gods again.

Title: Polarities in Evolution: Lecture 4: Western Secret Societies, Jesuitism, Leninism
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it may be true to say that Lenin, Trotsky and others are
age, we may well ask ourselves how many people reading
movement that one may quite rightly consider to be wrong,
that we may ever hope to achieve anything by converting
‘nature’ in the spiritual world, if I may put
in human minds, in the form of dreams, may or may not be
teacher, shaking in his boots if I may put it like that,
Records’ — well, I suppose the typesetter may
gentleman may have done so. I therefore said that it was
clear about one thing. You may feel tempted now and then
have the courage, however few they may be in number, to
pastorals. Now you may ask me if that is consistent with
We may

Title: Polarities in Evolution: Lecture 5: How the Material Can Be Understood Only through the Spirit
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Thus we may
This may sound radical, but it is absolutely essential
other interests, may form; a spiritual movement may even
rest. Well, that may be so. To date — and on this
gratification—you may feel like this when you are

Title: Polarities in Evolution: Lecture 6: Materialism and Mysticism, Knowledge as a Deed of the Soul
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entirely on what may be gained in the material world.
example, though they may appear more solid than a
however solid they may appear. A rock crystal can of
it may affect our sense of touch, it should still be
refined and subtle this metabolism may be. Matter as such
world in an ahrimanic way. Someone else may merely look
This gradually evaporates. I may be permitted to use the
world evaporate downwards — that the following may
really happened. It may happen, then, that someone

Title: Polarities in Evolution: Lecture 7: Materialism, Mysticism, Anthroposophy, Liberalism, Conservatism
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Maya. It is the world of phenomena. Look as we may we
erroneously looking for in the outside world, may be
world of phenomena, Maya, and that inward observation
earth through some instrument or other — we may
It may seem
future that may be reckoned in thousands of years. It is
of today, drawing a conclusion that may be bold but
form of childishness. a have given it the name that may
inspiration, or genius, on this side may justifiably be
platitudinous mystic may on occasion do more to make the
may be said that all the parties that now exist are
however one party that may immediately be characterized
in the physical world may be a reflection of something of
abstract thinking being merely an image. It may thus be
that their souls may grow free of the body. It is
spirit and soul may be torn away from matter. The aim is
more and more right. We may well find that by the
liberalism after Lucifer. That may seem peculiar to the

Title: Polarities in Evolution: Lecture 8: The Opposition of Knowledge and Faith, Its Overcoming
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supersensible, non-physical world on the other that may
abandoned them, but it was for their own good, if I may
physical knowledge. These people, who may be called the
to the senses or may be established on the basis of
may hold whatever views he or she likes.
Quite apart from this, the signs of the times may be read
horses. If you have lived in a village you may still
it may happen that having created such a material image
preach on what people may expect after death, therefore,
in 1920. Maybe you could make amends by saying: ‘We

Title: Polarities in Evolution: Lecture 9: East, West, and Middle
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thoughts, though these tend to be more imageless. It may
is in the waking state; or we may also say that it is not
world—an insight that, whilst it may have been
Those other parts of the human being may be flesh and
It may
from technological processes, if I may put it like this.
that we may certainly say: The human being once perceived
West, if I may put it like this, we have Keely and his
senility on the other hand may be seen in the work of
Someone belonging to the present age may of course be

Title: Polarities in Evolution: Lecture 10: Transition from the Luciferic to the Ahrimanic Age and the Christ Event to Come
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Perhaps I may again be
They saw elemental in everything nature presented to them. Thus we may
may have been, some illumination was received as to the nature of those
may form the content of the human intellect.
which we may expect during the first half of the 20th century, enters
that may be brought to expression as follows: ‘Well, what am I as a
prepare the eye of the soul so that it may perceive something that is
any way in which the Mystery of Golgotha may be perceived.
of the times. Those may be honeyed words, but their sweetness does not
A question we may ask even
new understanding of the Christ must be found so that humanity may be led

Title: Polarities in Evolution: Lecture 11: Modern Science and Christianity, Threefold Social Order, Goetheanism
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that human beings may be characterized as possessing a
We may say
develop, in order that in future times we may progress to
part of the last two talks we have had. We may be guided
back to the Mystery of Golgotha and we may be guided to
ideas. So we may indeed say that modern scientific
may come when Ahriman has won the day! — such a
letters — except maybe at aesthetic tea parties
produces if one licks the King of Mixed Metals. You may
socialist leaders today, or you may be wearing elegant
I may be
have to defend ourselves? It may seem regrettable that we
love. On the other hand there may be hope after all that,

Title: Life Between Two Incarnations
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higher worlds in front of a somewhat larger circle. Today it may be
the past life, however good it may be, as you know the recollection in
exceptional cases this separation of physical and etheric body may
about from the other world. A person walking across a meadow may well

Title: Problems of Our Time: Lecture I
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quality, may not find in the future the same comprehension as
time of transition may result in some dimming of the
life to be fostered here, may be taken as symbolical of the
may say without hesitation that the great movement of the
that we may hold any view if it is agreeable to us, a belief
— but that he may consciously raise himself to
time is beginning when we may not leave this out of
a pupil for this or that calling, so that he may be suited to
to the higher Hierarchies and about karma. A third thing may be
existence so that this revolution in our inner life may be
expressed. We may say that all pessimism is wrong; but it does
should feel themselves as a centre from which may radiate the
sides for the reorganization of social life may be useful, but
have put before you some of the important things which may give
these new rooms with the wish that in our work here we may

Title: Problems of Our Time: Lecture II
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spiritual forces can flow. The question may and must be asked,
answer may deal with things which apparently have little to do
creeds may speak of to-day, whether of God or Christ or other
the Angeloi, they may rise in their feelings to the
nature — what is it all? It is Maya! What then is
meaning, knows that the words “Maya” in the East
economics — as Maya. The Westerner, on the other hand,
“Maya,” and what arises in his soul is for him
into complete fatalism, as the philosophy of Maya
Maya, in the outer world, reality in the inner world alone. In
learning, maybe instinctively, yet still learning (as they
been saying about the opposition of Ideology-Maya, etc., works
speaks of these things — Maya, Ideology and so forth
mayst carry thy soul wide awake through the gates of
classical education. It may have been mere coincidence that a
spiritual, all outside it is Ideology, Maya. These

Title: Problems of Our Time: Lecture III
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which we may call “the present,” much must be made
supersensible means may discover what can only be
soundly, we may see from a fact like the following:
and fire, so that the necessary understanding may be given to
same thing may be noticed in other parts of the body. Forces
they usually are; so that we may be able thereby to struggle

Title: Problems of Our Time: Main Features of the Social Question and the Threefold Order of the Social Organism
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therefore I may be pardoned if I give you one of my own. It is
future may bring.
thoughts are inadequate to master facts. We may say that the
the masses which may in reality be ever so deeply justified but
proletariat. We may understand the form of the words when they
sufficient wage to keep him alive, in order that he may
capital and technical organization. If I may once again speak
must form its experience, I may remark, on such an occasion as
represent these facts, pointing out how healthy it may be to
is control of capital) and of labour: we may only admit
May it be received and grasped by many, many minds, so that
what is only a question to-day may be the practice of

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