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Title: Memória e Amor
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This lecture by Rudolf Steiner was given in Stuttgart a few weeks
destroyed by fire. In this lecture he speaks of the heritage brought

Title: Evil and Spiritual Science
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This single lecture is the 7th of 11 lectures in the lecture
This single lecture is the 7th of 11 lectures in the lecture
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view that, fundamentally, this question cannot be defined any
and again. For this question is indeed not one that rises up to
striving towards knowledge, precisely when faced with this
the lecture cycle this winter about Spiritual Science, as the
that this significant question must be addressed in a wholly
make clear how deeply this question has occupied the hearts and
Plato, tried to answer this question: how should human beings
This can be designated as the fundamental question for the
of the Stoics, and how this all is connected with the general
This was said in the stoic manner: this I, through which
world, this I, can be darkened, and can at the same time deaden
itself; and this deadening happens if a human being allows
befogged by the being of pain and emotion, this seemed a kind
of spiritual impotence. For this reason, for the Stoics,
of this: that the wild waves of the being of pain and emotion,
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Title: Popular Occultism: Lecture 1: Popular Occultism, Introtroduction
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there are about three or four hundred people and all who have this clairvoyant
capacity. But it lies dormant in every human being; for this reason
harm the person on which it is practiced, all this has nothing to do
are all as real as the former. This is the astral body seen from within.
still more closely connected with clairvoyance, used to paint this aura
This form of light soars around the human being and sends out rays.
from within. Consequently, during this period, the only way of educating
therefore be a pure one, and this even applies to the thoughts of the
a form, etc. This rouses and awakens the child and develops the forces
becomes free, and for this reason we should now begin to exercise an
before his memory and goes past him. Sometimes this may happen in moments
is hanging down, it is loosened. In a hypnotized person this condition
him with the aid of fairy tales and beautiful stories. During this period
body is the carrier of reason, of the conscious judgment. During this
power of judgment. If this is attempted sooner, we sin against a child,
This is a greatly significant
could only be uttered by the highest initiate, by the High priest. This
by which God begins to speak in man. Never can this word enter into

Title: Popular Occultism: Lecture 2: Man's Ascent into the Supersensible World
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supersensible worlds. For this purpose we must cast a glance into what
world the number 365 would be 563. Especially in the beginning, this
this is very confusing. He may see all kinds of animal-forms, even terrible
a tiger that attacks them. This is how all these wild shape should be
fantasies. Yet this is not true, for what he sees, is an image, a mirrored
through such experiences to-day? The cause for this must be sought in
the yearning for religious things; this feeling lies deeply buried within
it. Of course, this does not imply that we should long for the things
this quality of the astral world at the end of his “Faust”:
of a thought. For example, we first have in our soul the thought: “This
man is a bad fellow.” In the astral world this thought takes on
This important fact indicates
forces in work, etc. He grows tired, his forces must be restored. This
the night the astral body no longer needs to do this work; it can then
body. In order to do this work of restoring the balance, it must go
out of physical body. When we dream a lot, this work is so to speak,
the organs enabling them to see this. But for a clairvoyant, the night
that of a friend. The dreamer wakes up and asks himself? What can this
that night came at the very moment when his friend was in danger. This
more frequent and this new world takes on a more and more definite shape.
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Title: Popular Occultism: Lecture 3: The Different Conditions of Man's Life After Death
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astral world. This will give us a basis for an understanding of reincarnation
of the departed in the form of pictures. This process lasts for about
— and a new condition begins for the human being. What is this
every night during sleep. But this after-death condition greatly differs
as if it were a kind of sleep. But this is not the case; soon after death
the proverb: Sleep is the brother of death. ... and this is justified.
This new state of existence is called life in Kamaloca.
body in order to renew their forces. This work suppresses consciousness
After death the astral body is dispensed from this work indeed no longer to
restore fatigue, and for this reason it begins to grow conscious of
the astral world. Upon the Earth, this force was used for the reconstruction
the images of the astral world. This also shows you why we should strive
in this world, how everyone seeks to satisfy his senses. What a human
This state of existence
Afterwards man enters Devachan. This is clearly indicated in the Gospel
of the senses. In the case of suicides this will be most difficult of all,
the physical world, for the physical body, but later on this will be
after death. The soul could never do this without a life in the physical
enjoyment grows out of this. Physical pleasure changes into spiritual
extent at least. This was a training Occult Schools. The whole trend
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Title: Popular Occultism: Lecture 4: The Devachanic World
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world, between death and a new birth. We should not think of this world
the facts pertaining to this world. We should moreover, bear in mind
We may compare this with the photographic negative. The physical object
would exactly fit into the vacuum. It is however strange that this only
a vacuum, existing in the first region of Devachan. This constitutes,
be compared with the ocean. This is the second region of Devachan. There
we find flowing, streaming life. And this streaming life, these oceans
takes place in the physical plane can be heard in this region. For example,
as the starry sky surrounds us here on Earth, so in this fourth reason
there is a thought, an idea. All this is engraved in Devachan.
discovers his true being. “Tat twam asi — this is thou”,
the great central truth of the Vedanta philosophy resounds in this region.
great school leading to this degree of perfection.
mentality, this truth of the one life contained in everything, will
pale reminiscence of this streaming life which pervades everything.
back to a new earthly life enriched by this observation, this experience
earthly lives. This is only a question of development. Everyone will
finally reach this stage. The frequent repetition of Devachanic experiences

Title: Popular Occultism: Lecture 5: Life Between Death and a New Birth
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soul simultaneously, like a long series of pictures. But this memory-tableau
pain, every joy once connected with them, are silent. This life picture
This picture stands before
cosmos. A clairvoyant to observes a person with course feelings in this
self, man's fifth member, grows out of this complex of forces. It is
which does not become our own experience. Here we must apply this sentence:
to this retrogressive experience: vivisection. This is closely connected
see through the physical body. But this power of vision was lost and
to man's personality is thus illuminated. This process is ended, the
another person, we must experience this injury ourselves in Kamaloca;
we feel the effects which this injury produced on the other. By going
through this experience, we are warned for subsequent earthly life.
is contained in this process of transformation of experiences into capacities.
and this may be compared with the following process: There are iron
This condition of shooting about before entering a new incarnation only
one containing every shade of color. In this condition the human being

Title: Popular Occultism: Lecture 6: Man's Return to a New Earthly Life
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causal body frees itself. This asserts itself in the form of rays which
this is as vivifying an element as oxygen the physical human being.
resembles the others in regard to color and shape; this expresses the
after conception. Until then the bodies are connected, but this connection
works in the individual human being. Let us envisage man deeds: this
In this life we may thus
This transformation of the
because they had this decadent astral substance. But fear and terror

Title: Popular Occultism: Lecture 7: Effects of the Law of Karma
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the past life change into the physical constitution of health in this
a quality in the etheric body; in the case of pessimism this attitude
does nothing but criticize, this inclination will express itself in
that this person will soon grow old and not evince much youthfulness.
were musicians, and they will trace this back to heredity. A great theosophist
As a result of this work
far more difficult to permeate it. This impermeable quality of the etheric
case of an initiate this influence on the etheric body manifests itself
who has reached this stage is called a Chela.
is called Atma. In this lecture we cannot deal with the mystery of
is the result of this work.
karma of the generations. This is in the case of modern people a more
with the best organ for his musical activities. This is the meaning contained
earth. Man also cooperates in this, when he lives in Kamaloca and Devanchan.
he has a foresight of his coming earthly life. (Karma) If this life

Title: Popular Occultism: Lecture 8: The Evolution of Man and of the Solar System; the Atlantic Evolution
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them by investigating the Akasha Chronicle. This living chronicle of
sunshine alternated. This may be found in the description of the Old
of the sinking Atlantis. It was at this moment that the rainbow first
The German saga speaks for example of “Nifelheim”. This
but in supersensible images. For this reason all their spiritual products
in the same way in which our railways are fed with coal. In this field
being existed even at that time. This leads us to the relationship of
upon the astral plane. But we shall speak of this to-morrow.

Title: Popular Occultism: Lecture 9: Lemurian Development
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body. This consisted only of gelatinous, transparent substances, into
This is very significant, for with the development of the lungs is connected
This installment did not
this body which, according to present-day concepts was very misshapen?
in which a living image-world appears. He could only perceive in this
being moved about in swinging, soaring movements. For this purpose he
The lungs developed out of this bladder, under the influence of the
actually breathed in his soul, with the air he breathed. This process
between ape and man may be viewed in this light. On Atlantis, the human
of a body which was even less perfect. This body then took an upward
In this connection we must
could never have incarnated. This is the exit of the moon from the earth.
This event stands in closest
The ancient Greek Mysteries still knew this. In the Lemurian age the
This applies to all living beings. At that time, certain forces were
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that cross, by passing through the three realms of Nature. This is the

Title: Popular Occultism: Lecture 10: Paths of Occult Training
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ancient civilisation arose: This ancient Indian civilisation arose long
further west. This second culture is the ancient Persian one, whose
From the very outset, this ancient primeval science revealed the following
imprints on matter the Wisdom of things. This is how works of art arise. In
the middle of this epoch falls the deed of Christ; the Mystery of Golgotha.
earth. This is the Germanic-English-American culture; its chief task is the
concentration and meditation. Even this can give inner strength to the
this must be overcome. All people who achieved a great deal require this

Title: i Spirituality: Lecture 1: Historical Symptomology, the Year 790, Alcuin, Greeks, Platonism, Aristotelianism, East, West, Middle, Ego
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leading individual personalities are the principal driving forces in this development or whether
the most important things are brought about by the masses. In many circles this has always been a
from real knowledge. This is one fact which, in a certain sense, I should like to mention as
also drawn to the fact that, with regard to this last question, one can only come to clarity
A spiritual science of this kind was not yet
I would like to clarify this by a simple diagram.
Let us suppose that this is a flow of historical facts (see diagram). The driving forces lie, for
in this way, then the real activity of the driving forces would lie beneath it (red). But there
are significant points in this flow of facts. And these significant points are distinguished by
Let us assume that this (see diagram) took place in
say for Western Europe, was of course at work before this and worked on afterwards, but it did
points to a way of looking at history like this, a way which looks to significant moments, such a
this
So let us take this year 800 AD We can point here
of humanity's development, is indeed significant. Around this year there was a kind of learned
theory that this Greek developed from his thoroughly Greek mode of thinking, which was now just
This directs us at the outset to the fact that two
indeed, this is the case. The Greek continued, as it were, the direction which, in the Greek
if I can so call them, of this primal oriental wisdom. And then, like a rapidly developing
similarity. Thus we see how Platonism lives on like an ancient heritage in this Greek who has to
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Title: New Spirituality: Lecture 2: The New Spirituality and the Christ Experiance of the Twentieth Century - 1
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more and more in full I-consciousness. The forces which elaborate this I-consciousness will grow
will take place in the sign of this development of the individuality. This, however, means that
the special characteristics of this epoch are not directed from the spiritual world as they were
results from this. Above all it is essential that a social life take shape, but a social life
which, from our point of view, must have deep inner foundations. This must take shape despite the
everything that can foster this social living together. We have shown in the past,
scientific way of thinking about social life, a certain view of life has been developed. This
into being in our technological age, our intellectual age. I have presented all this, insofar as
that materialistic concept of life which has often been characterized here. This arose side by
side with materialism or was directly produced through the materialism of other classes. This
This is the characteristic stamp of what is going on in
Strike movement are significant precisely as a characteristic of what is taking shape in this
This arises because the Bolshevism making itself felt there is in fact a foreign
through earlier religious impulses and will continue to do so. And it is precisely in this that
All this, however, which can be described
externally in this way, has deeper causes — causes which lie ultimately in the spiritual
world. The more recent life of humanity can only be understood if one understands this
finds expression in the East. This shows itself so strongly that one must say: It is natural for
the West — and this is carried out thoroughly by it — to have everything of an
character. Behind this political character, which has produced all the dreadful things that have
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Title: New Spirituality: Lecture 3: The New Spirituality and the Christ Experiance of the Twentieth Century - 2
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it, in the after-effects during waking. And in this way they bring in everything they wish to pit
perception of the spiritual worlds; how this spiritual life then lived on as a heritage; how it
civilization as spiritual life is basically an inheritance from the ancient Orient. But this
spiritual life is, in fact, completely decadent. This spiritual life is of such a nature that it
what happens here on earth. This shows itself most strongly in Anglo-Saxon Puritanism, in which a
Russian people, as a religious movement. The impetus of this social movement in the East lies not
developed in this direction. But all this was interpenetrated by what entered into these Roman
understood by looking at it in this way. This human being, as regards his soul-configuration, his
moved in the stream of the migrations from East to West. But it is a peculiarity of this Germanic
culture embodied in a language — it dissolves into it, assumes it. It grows into this
world evolution. This is why the concept of one's will and testament first arose in Rome —
the language. Thus, in this stream here (see diagram), there was preserved for the West the
favourable, then this situation
enabling them to incarnate into the human being. But particularly favourable for this incarnating
process is the Anglo-Saxon element. This is because it was a thoroughly Germanic people that
the Anglo-Saxon race, and because of this those beings which incarnate here have far greater
Puritanism certainly represented an abstract sphere of belief, this freer element was
consider body and soul; which outwardly did not use science for this but rather the external part
make themselves felt in the world. In the East this is different. A different stream moves
through this we get all the phenomena of which I have just spoken. The direction of thought, on
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Title: New Spirituality: Lecture 4: The New Spirituality and the Christ Experiance of the Twentieth Century - 3
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Schiller finds this middle state in the condition
that if human beings are educated to this middle mood they will also represent a social community
Schiller came to this composition of his
philosophical treatise. This way of presenting concepts, of developing ideas, was not unfamiliar
this work of Kant's which was abstract, but in a completely different sense. And just as he seems
But this was not the point. For Goethe
this whole construction of the human being — on the one hand logical necessity and on the
— for Goethe this was all far too cut and dried, far too simplistic. He felt that one could
to Schiller that he did not want to treat the problem, this whole riddle, in such a
philosophical, intellectual form, but more pictorially. Goethe then treated this same problem in
this and on the far side of the river, in a pictorial, rich and concrete way; the same thing that
(the Copper King) and in which the Mixed King falls to pieces. Goethe wanted to deal with this in
But it is no longer possible to give things in this
way. I have shown this in my first Mystery Drama
This was how, in images, Goethe pointed to what
One cannot do it like this. You, dear friend, picture the
human being far too simplistically. You picture three forces. This is not how it is with the
here. One could say: This is the general tendency of human evolution (arrow pointing upwards).
like this — portrayed only schematically — but loops
takes this course, be continually new impulses
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Title: New Spirituality: Lecture 5: The New Spirituality and the Christ Experiance of the Twentieth Century - 4
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a kind of renewed manifestation of the Christ-Event is to take place. This will need a certain
point of view the spiritual complexion of the civilized world and, from this point of view, draw
— the education of humanity as a whole in the near future-by the facts of this human
form an exact idea of what the constitution of soul was like in the people who lived before this
great turning-point of modern history. People do not consider this. But one could easily imagine
impossible an event like this, resting as it did on an idealistic spiritual background, has
different nature of humanity's interests before this historical turning-point, nor the interests
which can be attributed to this more recent time, one wishes to single out the most significant
one, then this must be the increasing ascendancy, the increasing intensity of the human power of
thus also takes on the configuration of this technology. What then is the cause of this? It comes
from the fact that it is just in this time that we find the particular development and
elaboration of the intellect. This, of course, did not happen all at once. The intellect was
phenomena of nature; when gods spoke through the appearance and movements of the stars. This is
into a deterioration. And it is this decline of real intensity in the pursuit of knowledge that
came to know the spiritual. This is no longer the case. But the condition of intellectualism is
only a transitional condition. For what is the deepest characteristic of this intellect? It is
not just there for knowing. This is the greatest error to which the human being can give himself:
in turn, be able to relate this to nature.
under the dialectical-legal spirit. It is out of this that intellectuality was born. Spiritual
culture was retained as a heritage from the ancient Orient. And when people still had this last
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Title: New Spirituality: Lecture 6: The New Spirituality and the Christ Experiance of the Twentieth Century - 5
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corresponding form of this constitution of soul into different times.
still strong remnants of this old clairvoyant condition of humanity existing at the time of the
Other people had already lost this clairvoyance — were already definitely in the beginnings
of an intellectual development. This was particularly so in the Romans. And one can therefore say
could be indicated — by those who had these remnants. This instinctive clairvoyance was a
of all through the remnants of ancient oriental wisdom. And when this Mystery of Golgotha moved
remnants of old clairvoyance — this was Christian Gnosis. And the presentation of the
oriental perception. One could say that this ancient oriental perception was preserved up to the
Mystery of Golgotha to such a degree that a truly human grasp of this Mystery could find a place
but in which this intellectuality already lived. Dialectical-legal thinking spread out and, in
turn, led to civic-political thinking. This spread from the South into those northern regions
forms. Many external facts show how this dialectical-legal, political thinking, in which the old
spirit in 869 — this old spiritual life moves over entirely into a political Church-Empire
here from the spiritual-scientific point of view how this continuous cross-flow of the Roman
was entirely permeated by the spirit, by the old instinctive clairvoyance, and all that this
From what source did this ancient oriental vision
inborn faculties of such a nature that they were able to come to this instinctive perception. Out
this physical world came remnants of the experiences in those spiritual worlds. (I am still
recognize the intentions of the gods regarding human beings, for they had experienced this before
birth and had an instinctive memory of it in this life on earth. And they were sought out by the
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Title: New Spirituality: Lecture 7: The New Spirituality and the Christ Experiance of the Twentieth Century - 6
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this yesterday already — that the prophecies of those who see the most central matter of
Strange as this may sound it is out of the modern
And this experience will have a clearly definable connection with the modern outlook on life
before that time. History does not take this into account because external history ever and again
fundamental change. This also has been taken into account far too little because people
from this clinging by force of habit to what has been inculcated when one observes with a wakeful
soul the outlook on life of today's younger generation, and compares this with the outlook of
science. And this is connected with the fact that popular science has totally captivated the
general consciousness. People underestimate this today. Just think how rapidly, especially in the
rooted in this piety; a refusal to face what is spreading here and which one can only define as
The spread of this materialism will not be checked
with furious speed and we shall see how, out of the chaos of modern civilization, this
a stimulus for the right kind of development — then out of this materialistic mood, out of
this chaos, individual souls can emerge who will have a very strong sense of something which I
the most perfect and lays down the view that man also derives his origin from this line of
world-views. But this science has not been capable of raising man's power of understanding to the
few people are aware of this today and these few can certainly be clear about it theoretically.
is born out of modern intellectuality, but the further we enter into this science, the more we
This intellect, which was the principal soul-force
developing in recent centuries — and is so still today — this intellect creates a
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general physical and the general etheric world, through this, and out of
often been pointed out that this period of time is a long one for the
in a true sense of the word, criminal. In this case there is a short lapse
incarnation regulated?’ The reply to this question is
surrounds you, this does not stand there by itself but is the result of
certain current which goes beyond our birth. This current hp brought with
dwelt in the spiritual world. Many things happened on Earth during this
We observe this
destroyed and annihilated. Consequently this idea of the destructive
see the body fall away from our soul-spiritual, is intensified in this
moment of death, at this beholding of destruction; this beholding of the
period have the tendency above all, if nothing interferes with this, to
the present spiritual-scientific movement, at this time when it is not in
environment. The spiritual-scientific movement is in this case not
into which they are born disappear. If you can grasp this last thought, you
heart and a soul for Spiritual Science were placed into this period in
this arrow. They do not bother about that at all. Rather they have only the
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Title: Talk To Young People:
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If this anthroposophical movement is sincere and if young people find
If this anthroposophical movement is sincere and if young people find
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You have come to this Youth Conference
beings. We can observe this in the many people who don't seem to
remained at a certain age but they are still (however ridiculous this
century feel this in their unconscious, feel it inwardly, like an
this: â€œThe emperor's enemy is the crown prince.â€ Certainly in every
between what comes to the surface in response to this inner
in human evolution. Sometimes you can observe this quite intensely,
of an answer for me. Yet I know that many of them know very well this
young feel this strongly. They feel even much more. (However, in this
century find this sort of thing, if they are honest with themselves,
Sometimes this is necessary in life â€” but at the same time one must
this â€œyouth crisisâ€ in its very dawning; now it is already noonday. I
general stuck inside that young man,â€ and this he really did become
longing for. This has
that our hearts recognize what the others are feeling. In this way we
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Title: "Heaven and Earth will pass away but my words will not pass away"
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This lecture was given on Corpus Christi, which is the Thursday after
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any other — contain this basic query: What is the evolutionary
indicated how a question such as this can only come from uneducated
various previous stages, and that this earth-state was preceded by the
therein; we can put it this way: that we are earth men, but that we in
part of us. We could show this in diagrammatic form thus:
imagine that this diagram in any sense reproduces the truth. In
this ‘dual’ man, the matter stands thus, for example: That,
this our fifth post-Atlantean age mankind has gradually replaced the
— and that, this materialism we endeavour to impregnate with the
perceptions, conceptions and ideas today — we have all this as
also have in us the Moon man. This Moon man is incapable of serving us
clear perceptions of waking life. And yet this Moon man resides in us,
consciousness, the burden of this dreamer also accompanies us. Even
though you are perfectly unaware of this dreamer, other Beings know
the dreams of this dreamer are transposed by them into their own
this dreamer developed the only possible consciousness that could
further to something that can be depicted by diagram, which this time
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Title: Tree of Life/Knowledge: Lecture I: Tree of Life - I
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1915. In this lecrure series, they are the 8th through the 13th
Christ-riddle, the riddle of Christ-Jesus. And with regard to this,
an extraordinary sense this Christ-riddle is a riddle. We must not
expect just that regarding this Christ-riddle much will be solved for
prefers, new aspects of this great riddle.
this great problem. And I beg you to be entirely clear that only
conception upon this greatest riddle of man's earthly existence, nor
Now behind this primordial two-foldness
attention to one of the many applications to life of this
the Graeco-Latin age and that two-thirds of this age follow, having
This was not to be. Earthly humanity was
race, and which is independent of this human race
in its various branches. This New Testament theology, as is only
By this Roman age I mean the time that
countenance to the European world. And what we see flare up in this
day. It is all that developed as continuation of this Latin-Roman
world-conception had taken refuge in Rome. This Roman element was no
Through this, however, we can recognise
conception in order to understand what hid behind this Mystery of
the Mystery of Golgotha. And this struggle as a matter of fact
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Title: Tree of Life/Knowledge: Lecture II: Tree of Life - II
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1915. In this lecrure series, they are the 8th through the 13th
with this wisdom. It is an example of the cooperation
rests indeed upon this rhythmic succession of the more or less united
to themselves: Yes, this or the other came; it placed itself before
in which one was during this nocturnal weaving and living, in this
— of this one must be clear —
cannot be grasped by this physical consciousness, and is generally
waking life. This fact too, of which everyone can really very easily
place, man would obviously be in a different position in this earthly
mingled in his earthly life. This means: in our earthly life we
Luciferic temptation had not come to pass. This is exactly what the
Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. Had man not partaken of this
fact to be known from many occult perceptions. This is the fact that
eat of this Tree then something similar would have come to pass for
sleep as for waking. But this was not to happen. And thus for the
But now when this unconsciousness of
spend this life from going to sleep to awaking —
that underlies this whole world of facts when we see: in the same
echoes to us in waking, then this weaving and living in what does not
draw this somewhat diagrammatically (see p.5a) so that you may
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Title: Tree of Life/Knowledge: Lecture III: The Power of Thought
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1915. In this lecrure series, they are the 8th through the 13th
— and this is effected by every individual in
that the images in fact reproduce something of the world. This is the
exactly like us, but as similar as a shadow-picture. This phantom of
practically no knowledge of this at all. People do not notice, they
regeneration. This applies also to thoughts, but the European
the life element of thought, in this continuous shaping process of
it was spoken of, because this last characterised consciousness
world-conception this feeling about thought which I have just
in a high degree that one must seek for this feeling of an inner
This then is the difficulty, as well in
Moon evolution and the Sun evolution. This separate state was of
. Man as he now is could not have arisen if this
later reunion with the Sun they refused to take this step, and be
actually Moon-beings. Their remaining behind consisted in this. The
descended upon our Earth naturally contained in their ranks this kind
thinking in this manner, alter it, externalise it, who endeavour to
to the karma of the Oriental peoples to be preserved from this kind
of in this connection always seems made of
swing of the pendulum to one side, man goes too far in this activity
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Title: Tree of Life/Knowledge: Lecture IV: Harmonizing Thinking, Feeling and Willing
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1915. In this lecrure series, they are the 8th through the 13th
creating, and activity. We saw how through this fact man comes to the
opposite of this, namely, how the impulses of feeling and will are
connected only with this inner nature.
pointed out that this originates from the fact that certain spiritual
made this step of sharing in the Moon existence, they are now going
willing from the outer cosmic existence. They confine this feeling
there arises through this, as you can readily imagine, a kind of
to make a sketch of what this denotes we could perhaps
If this is
consciousness. As a consequence of this, man can easily acquire the
examined this process of observation of the outer world and of the
This Kant called the ‘categorical
however, give our chief attention to this: that as a matter of fact,
has therefore come to this dual partition and must experience it as a
ground of what has here been characterised. We can say; this state of
is the essential character of this Luciferic influence? The essential
instead what has been made out of this normal evolution by Lucifer.
into the Earth-evolution, and in this evolution experiences for his
beg you to pay great attention to this, for it is full of importance,
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Title: Tree of Life/Knowledge: Lecture V: Tree of Knowledge - I
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1915. In this lecrure series, they are the 8th through the 13th
plants, any kind of plants grew in this meadow. And suppose that here
surface. This little grub or caterpillar, or whatever it is, creeps
these plants. Naturally, as this creature never comes out above the
certain time comes in this creeping about of the caterpillar,
when this worm is creeping about underneath, up above, caused by
— that this caterpillar or grub were a
for the caterpillar can know nothing of this; it creeps around, this
caterpillar, this worm, and studies the changes in the roots, and
something is happening, and he now expresses all he knows, this worm.
He expresses all of this, but in the picture of the world which he
the sun, the coming forth of the plants; this indeed is self-evident.
That is to say, a world-conception arisen in this worm-philosopher
know, this worm, whence this warmth comes ... That it becomes warmer,
scientifically philosophical-technical way. Then this worm will creep
the sun shines, and the plants come out, and through this the
see, it is quite clear to you, I think, that this worm-philosophy
see from this how the much vaunted inner completeness of a
himself genuinely with his whole heart and soul into this
worm-existence can give the assurance that nothing at all in this
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Title: Tree of Life/Knowledge: Lecture VI: Tree of Knowledge - II
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1915. In this lecrure series, they are the 8th through the 13th
of perceptions. [This important
). This physical nature of the sense-organs can be
must be drawn in this way, with something left outside the
ego I must do it schematically in the following way. This ego would
Naturally, this is drawn schematically
Now you can conclude from this that the
this with physical cognition: the eye can be looked on as a camera
our periphery. And it is on this reciprocal action with the outer
This is the etheric body as it has
Earth-existence. Thus, there remains, as it were, outside this
physical sense-zone. But if this were really to be the case in man
(as in the drawing), if he had really only developed in this way,
years of childhood the child really has this consciousness, even if
but observes the perceptions it has in its own inner being. This
Sun. This means that Luciferic spirits thrust their influence from
this. For only when science will one day be real spiritual science
You see from this that it lay in the
the world inwardly. Lucifer has caused man in this respect to be torn
aware of it. This means: Lucifer has given man to the world, he has
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Title: World Downfall and Resurrection
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This the sixteenth of seventeen lectures given in Dornach, Switzerland.
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This the sixteenth of seventeen lectures given in Dornach, Switzerland.
This lecture was given on April 2, 1921. In the Collected Edition of
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but knows as an Angel. This idea — which springs
soul. This very fact indicates that man's whole way of looking
Indeed, this understanding can only come from Spiritual
was rife on such subjects as predestination. This is an
they are commonly rendered. If we read the first verses of this
Son, is conceived as the creator. This doctrine has persisted
words of the Gospel of St John. One cannot take this Gospel
is, as we realise, contained in the words: ‘This is My
body’ (the bread); ‘this is My blood’ (the
wine). There was a real understanding of this mystery in those
The further we go back in time, the more deeply was this
stock, and that the soul and spirit of this father of the tribe
under this ancestral sway. These bodies are all related, they
felt the sway of the Divinity behind this tribal ancestor whose
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Title: Lecture: Philosophy and Anthroposophy
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consciousness and science. The development of these faculties renders this
spiritual science of this nature is usually held by accepted philosophy to
philosophy I attempt to show that this reproach is entirely unjustified.
rudderless ship on the waves of life. A drifting of this nature produces,
life, thus causing him to disturb and not promote this order.
fear of these feelings obsesses us. If we could overcome this anxiety we
the human being, can prove helpful. But this thorough knowledge requires
go. But this insight can only result from a true inner experience of their
of Nature. With genuine Natural Science this ideal is justifiable. It may
organization. Efforts in this direction must be accepted as the rightful
of this rightful ideal, press forward to an insight promoted by a sound
of Natural Science should give us occasion to make this experience. We must
Natural Science in order to draw nearer to reality; we believe this to be
coincide with knowledge of Nature. This insight can prove a turning point
pursuit. This recognition is the final result of genuine experience and
knowledge of the human being. Not to have reached this standpoint and still
This is
knowledge of the human being. Many a thinker has felt the thrust on this
inner self. A certain progress can also be made in this direction, in the
however deep the immersion in the inner self, this experience leaves us
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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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during this time, that I am hardly able to say whether we shall get further
would like to speak of in this introduction is this: to what I gave you
shape out of this the education necessary for the present time
— it is this crucial fact above all, to which attention
formulated in a way one deems to be correct. Now in real life this is not
clear that our present work is to prepare this next generation for definite
When something of this sort has been said, the question at once arises:
have to admit that this is particularly true where the art of education is
science. What, according to this, should be done in school? We should teach
scientific researchers or thinkers. It is true, this sort of idea is
reason that our textbooks are written with this in mind (and it would occur
he has the natural ability to become a zoologist, he can become one. This
through his predetermined karma, the laws of destiny. This must follow from
our insight: in this child a botanist is hidden, in that one a zoologist.
prepare him for this scientific speciality. But just reflect on what has
scientist. This has gone so far that a scientific training is taken to be a
sense to thinking scientifically — this he may do as a
or research institutes? They try to be both, and precisely for this reason
as to point to this as a particular advantage of our universities, that
this is the very thing that introduces into the higher centres of learning
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Title: Meditative Knowledge of Man: Lecture II: The Three Fundamental Forces in EducatioN
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For during the period of a child's development this whole man needs to be
considered far more than later on. We know this whole man embraces the ego,
body and ego. The outer signs of this differentiated development are
different way in the female. The nature of this phenomenon in the female
the child, reaching the tips of his fingers and toes, this is soul
from below. The change of teeth is the physical expression for this
secret is this: such forces are related to what we have experienced between
activity, something that can have a religious quality, if we raise this to
directed down from the spiritual world. This reverence before the
before birth, if I have this feeling, it generates a deep reverence. And
you will see that the presence of this feeling will accomplish more than
that a teacher has are his most important teaching tools. And this
fifteen. During this time something is stirring to life in the regions of
this spheric harmony is incorporated in every plant, in every animal. This
All of this the child is taking in unconsciously, and for this reason are
children musical to such a high degree. All of this they are taking up into
linear, of the sculptural, this comes from within, proceeding from the
configuration of tones or the content of language, this comes from outside.
This is compacted now, in the female in her entire organism, in the male
of this is caused by an element from within, bearing more the character of
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Title: Meditative Knowledge of Man: Lecture III: Spiritual Knowledge of Man as the Fount of Educational Art
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by man. This shows you that the essential thing is that certain things
the human being in this way, what you are then receiving corresponds to
of this knowledge of man there will arise in us, in a very individual form,
the art of education itself. This has actually to be invented by the
teacher every moment of the time. I want to put this point as an
of initiation science we have to challenge this classification. There is
possibility of looking very closely into this whole organic process where
perception as such. This perception as such actually takes place within the
assimilating what we perceive and visualise. Through this fact though, that
memory can retain it. Thus with each process of this kind we have to
memory to retain it. And this third element is connected with the metabolic
races are. Everything of this kind is dependent on the delicate
all this refers to experiencing the pictorial element conveyed by means of
for this — and in order to be perceived properly it has
organism upwards. And you must now combine this with what I said in the
first talk. You can do this very well if you feel it. Through the fact that
aspect of tone experience. You can find this in those parts of his
lives in speech, yet this sound is altered in a certain way. I would like
it down' when we speak. This is really not just a metaphor but something
in the child before the seventh year, as I told you previously. From this
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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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the spiritual worlds comes into this one, I should like to say on wings of
Considering this incorporation of the ego we can characterise what is
which this can be done.
can describe this process from one aspect. However, one can also do it the
This is what people who understood something of these matters in bygone
absorbed; yes, this process is from one of its aspects indeed best
music, as sound is vibrating through the astral body. Through this activity
the astral body is emancipated from the connection which it had up to this
itself precisely through this imitative activity in the physical body, and
This
always be carried out in the light of this gradual incorporation of the ego
into the human organism as I have just described it; this process of the
artistic education. What does this mean?
understand the utter seriousness of this matter when I tell you that the
useless in life because he only lives in fantasies. This would be the other
protected from this by their teacher when he or she sees to it that the ego
— then one must strive to prevent this tendency to
which can achieve this. They are the following: everything in teaching and
situation which draws the ego into the organism. You will see from this
that this happens too strongly in a child, I will try to involve him in
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Title: Social Understanding: Lecture II: Social Understanding Through Spiritual Scientific Knowledge
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acquire knowledge of supersensible worlds. They try to answer this question
our physical body between birth and the seventh year, and this work comes
obvious that the forces doing this work of developing the physical body are
life when this growth culminates in the change of teeth. These sleeping
this still happens today — the forces that create organs
this you will see that the forces of Imagination, Inspiration and Intuition
This wanting to remember but not being able to remember entirely, arises
body can make use of. If you eat a piece of bread and this bread is
this is apparently a physical process. This physical process, however, is
above this. If you imagine you simply have physical-perceptible existence
supersensible world. In reality it is like this: The world of the senses
Let us represent diagrammatically by means of this line this world that is
there are forces above this line, supersensible forces (red side). We
only what is in the realm of this line.
this
standing in front of you belongs entirely to this line. But supersensible
The forces of will enter into us from the planet itself. This is how the
question now arises as to how this activity is distributed. There is a
considerable difference in this respect in the first, second and third
fourteen to twenty-one. At this stage the subsensible passes over into the
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Title: Buddha and the Two Boys: Lecture I: Buddha and the Two Boys of Jesus
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to the Mystery of Golgotha. About this high Christ being has already been
in the Jordan formed the main topic of the Basel lectures. Already in this
possibly about the Gospel of Mark in the member lectures this winter. The
new presentation. One does not yet know this event sufficiently in the mere
great teacher of humanity. This latter gradually takes on other capacities
himself this or that. But it was not like that in the primeval times. At
the Buddha could recognize this teaching alive in himself, the possibility
certain people have been able to recognize this and, following the example
experienced at that time, has this matter become the own and proper concern
to it as a bodhisattva. In this way The great Christ event was also
namely Joseph and Mary of Nazareth, received a child, Jesus by name. This
could say to himself that this child would have the possibility in his
mere forces have become here special entities. This system of entities is
willing. The clairvoyant perceives this host of related entities of the
this in natural life as well: for example, in the gall wasp, the front body
is connected to the back body only by a thin stalk. If one thinks of this
this child. In the Indian legend we are told that an old sage came to the
prominent. For example, this child was also able to talk right from birth,
Jesus. This Jesus child had to be led to Egypt in order to live there for
â€˜Iâ€™ had left him. This transfer of the
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Title: Buddha and the Two Boys: Lecture II: The Gospels, Buddha and the Two Boys of Jesus
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If this were so, then an explanation of the
these gospels in this way, one gets to know them in a certain sense. I have
possible for this important essence of the Christ to flow into the
this personality, which met us as a child in the Nathanian Jesus child, the
Nirmanakaya of the Buddha, what we see as the aura of this child. It is
earth. This is a great achievement, that an individuality does not need to
be embodied anymore. That this can be, however, depends not only on the
individuality. After this embodiment, the Bodhisattva Buddha did not have
descended to a fleshly embodiment, this Buddha, but only to such in the
man develops more and more upward. This process is described in,
this multitude of entities that the writer of the Gospel of Luke tells us
This ethereal body, called the Nirmanakaya of the Buddha, hovered over the
that was the Buddha into Christianity in this way. Thus we see how Buddhism
flows into Christianity. You have to think of this in concrete terms, not
just in the abstract. If you want to understand how this happens in
Buddha, who has progressed to that next level, joins Christianity. This is
re-embodied. This is expressed in the Gospel of Matthew. For in the gospel
that this boy descended from the Solomonic-royal line of the house of
conditions. This can only happen when the powers of the physical and the
in this Nazarene Jesus in his twelfth year.
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Title: Lecture: Art As A Bridge Between The Sensible And The Supersensible
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This lecture was held just over one hundred years ago, in the
appropriate to bring this lecture to the fore.
true form with active comprehension. On this point one has only to avoid
wrong even so to see it as a matter of looking at this alone. Well into
— and precisely this is of significance
of earlier ages assumed this direction. In ancient times there were
imbued with the higher elements of spiritual life, but this spiritual
of a certain spiritual life, but what they gave out of this spiritual
and printed word. And this written and printed word increasingly took on
education. This soul-duality in social life has manifested itself ever
transpired that in this fifth post-Atlantean time-period involving the
personality. By virtue of this development of the human personality,
reality, of entering into each other. We have finally arrived in this
maturation, by way of extended experience, this sense has reached the
— this has retreated more and more. Hence people
religion. This “religion” signifies
stressed yesterday and the day-before-yesterday, how abstract this life
intimately connected with understanding the social question. This will
depict this Representative of Humanity in a way that otherwise
gestures, and we recognize this mobility expressing itself in physiognomy
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Title: Raphael's Mission in the Light of the Science of the Spirit
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From this translation: “Human beings will always want to know about
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this spiritual history. Closer observation reveals that such
organism. One has this feeling quite especially with
show this, one would like to say on the other hand: The
to think of yourself as the centre of this eternally existing
applying this saying to temporal evolution, one would like to
whole — even if this becomes evident only from a later
through humanity's development and how this shines forth quite
follow each other, the human soul comes onto this earth so as
of Raphael as such, since this would require showing such works
then one may ask: How does it stand with this overall
spiritual in the world — this did not exist in the same measure
general property of the humanity of primeval times. This
withdrawn from the external world — how impossible does this
beauty. This is already the outer symbol for the profound
ancient Greece in the development of humanity. We see this
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Title: Leonardo's Spiritual Stature: Lecture
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countless human souls. Who does not know it, this
this picture! Vividly personified, we see a significant moment,
this in the numerous reproductions of this work distributed
received this impression of the underlying idea of the picture
This is all that remains of the original painting that has
this wall as something of an artistic miracle, not only in
Yet, for a considerable time this has no longer been evident on
the wall. — What has this picture not suffered in the
far as this remains. — And to extraordinary
In this way part of the picture was devastated. [The feet of
colour it once had. Even so, standing in front of this wall
exerts an effect on the soul, yet this works powerfully.
just as little remains to us of this magical creation once
melancholy before this picture in Milan; and so it is in
Strangely indeed does this personality of Leonardo stand before
look at this “shadow” on the wall of the refectory,
reproductions. Letting the picture re-arise for us in this way,
a question can emerge for us: Did the one who once painted this
seems to me, one arrives at this question, as a matter of
sum total of life forces must have belonged to this human being
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Title: Fairy Tales: in the light of Spiritual Investigation
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From the contents of this lecture: 'Fairy tales and sagas are comparable
again for the soul's most noteworthy experiences. This is what
otherwise. This applies even with regard to the most compelling
individual. The shock-waves of tragedy derive from this
in a particular destiny, as this is presented to us.
complicated, hidden processes this food undergoes
determining what purpose this food has in the whole
with one's whole being, this remains profoundly concealed
That is one of the strangest experiences — this peering
mentioned, ordinary consciousness has no notion of this,
foundations, glimpsed only in spiritual investigation. This can
happens, but it experiences this battle every morning, and each
and every soul stands under the impression of this battle
act in accordance with this entanglement. It feels the
full of dreams, only the human being does not notice this,
might separate itself from a vast lake. But this dreaming
Connecting this with a further fact arising from these
soul-life spoken of here. We have often stressed — this
of our understanding, our reason, feeling and will. This
This was characteristic of the original clairvoyant
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Title: A Mongolian Legend
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From the contents of this lecture: 'Fairy tales and sagas are comparable
profoundly gripping in this Mongolian saga which tells us:
head. This mother hurries inconsolably through the world,
ceaselessly through the world, repeating this procedure over
This story is nothing other than the memory of the tribe driven
called an eye, since this organ was not an eye. It was an organ
this, they could see not only bodies, but also souls, and what
This organ has shrunk to become the so-called pineal gland, now
bear this ancient organ, with which they were able to
yearning for this world has remained, though not the
possibility of looking into it. This longing is expressed in
this not indeed a compelling story, in which this woman, the
the eye at the top of the head still functioned? This is no
to see today by means of the senses. In this way, the
vicinity. This power will begin to permeate the current nature
cosmos. This will have to occur by degrees, it cannot be caught
this with patience, then the power of the eye situated on the
being, through all their organs, as an aura of love. This power

Title: The Worldview of Herman Grimm in Relation to Spiritual Science
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This is a lecture, given by Rudolf Steiner, entitled
this lecture was given at the Architektenhaus in Berlin, may be said to
conceives of this spiritual science in a somewhat
life in various ways. It will be seen that this manner of
in some degree related directions. A direction of this sort is
considerations can connect especially well onto this
to be said: Everything in this remarkable book,
By virtue of the connection with this circle — as mentioned,
his own “kingdom” within this German cultural
development of his own powers. In this way, out of the whole
Within this domain in which Herman Grimm felt himself at home,
cultural life, entering into this, it was always the essence of
Goethe that he sought. This then became a yardstick for him in
that he wanted to have this conversation with me — about
sentences without feeling: all this affects one as though the
soulful participation. This contributes to the wonderful
immediate effect as such. In this way, his style takes on a
certain justified, noble pathos. However, this noble
sincerely absorbed Goethe's spirit. Yet this is not all; it
also had close ties to popular tradition, combining this with
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Title: Imperialism: Lecture 1
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much as possible with them. Therefore I will structure this lecture
historical evolutionary epoch and that we can only understand this
everything said about this economic imperialism is untrue,
sufficient to study this first phase of imperialism only in the last,
This is so much the case that when ancient
This is so paradoxical for the contemporary mind, that it seems
do this? Dionysus the Areopagite presents it as though in this
second phase was characterized by signs, by symbols. But this has been
of the heavenly hierarchies. This has been mostly forgotten.
physical reality, something like this would have been unthinkable.
more towards the priestly. But where this phenomenon of God's
pre-Christian times and extended into the late Middle Ages. But this
soul. This “all are one” feeling, the national
And little by little this became what the elected parliaments
this third imperialism psychologically.
This is an objective description of the
psychological path is this: from reality to symbol and then to
empty words. This is the reality of the third imperialism: squeezed
important role in the development of this third imperialism. The
responsibilities confront humanity in these times. Only in this way
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Title: Imperialism: Lecture 2
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participants in the rise of the [new] spiritual life. And this will
This knowledge must dawn especially on the peoples of the west. The
Human evolution can not advance further without this moment of truth.
greatest talent for this truth. All the prerequisites for the dawning
the reality: Lenin or Trotsky. And, continuing this analogy, if you
This phenomenon is particularly
power in this traditional form. Why?
content. But this content depends upon the people who are banded
the members' religious beliefs — although this criterion is
worker — although this is also sinned against. Workers are not
This is a particularly important reality in
the rituals. This is the real reason for present day social
this happened in the realm of names, in the realm of designations, in
the realm of platitudes. Reality played no role here. This is of
him. This kind of cooperation is justified under the circumstances in
this the case? Because we are living in the age of platitudes and
Just to the extent this judicial finery corresponds to reality,
inwardly is real? There is such a thing as auto-suggestion. This
humans possess reason, but we only use this reason to insure the
This must however be prepared in the correct
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Title: Imperialism: Lecture 3
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thus justified in expanding his domain as far as possible. This
nothing to discuss in such empires; but this impossibility of
try to judge whether this will was justified or not makes no sense.
human form should or should not do this or that made no sense. In
predicate to a subject. In the oldest forms of human expression this
western countries more or less spreads over the world. This is the
stage of platitudes. This stage of platitudes, as I characterized it
can see how this definition consists of nothing but platitudes. He
Wilson says in this book about the German Empire after he describes
describes this with the following sentences: “The final
success in this struggle, fought in the interest of German patriotism
reality. And yesterday we showed how this [present] age of platitudes
People have quite a skimpy idea about this
burdened with the most ridiculous misunderstandings. For this new
special attention to this, let's take something quite banal, quite
common: “The tree is green.” This is a manner of speaking
will understand me better if you imagine that we try to paint this
innermost life of the soul. This will take a long time to accomplish,
this. But it is necessary to know which paths lead to the light. I
one's subjective beliefs play no role. And consider it from this
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Title: Impulse for Renewal: Lecture I: Anthroposophy and Natural Science
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This course was organized by the Federation of Anthroposophical University
committees of this High School week that I give an introduction
you to take up this first lecture.
contemporaries find the most difficult to understand, is this,
theory about lifeless, inorganic nature. This system of
with this causal orientation, which has proved itself so
organic nature. This is what is usually understood today, as
This is of course quite the opposite of what Anthroposophy
know this intimately, can then shift over to quite different
entire scientific world view. This is usually misunderstood and
rationalism being established in science. This period which
outer world of facts, this still went over to a far-reaching
comes from — at least for me it comes from this, if I
phenomenological concept of nature. In a certain way this
Goethe arrived at this point by establishing what he called the
science.’ I want to still support this sentence today because I
concepts, and he prized this way of thinking, which lives
of the triangle. When you consider this, you can see that with
is this particular kind of mathematics which Goethe regarded as
mathematical brain. This for example also leads to the basis of
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Title: Impulse for Renewal: Lecture II: The Human and the Animal Organisation
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This course was organized by the Federation of Anthroposophical University
Welcome, all who are present here! In this second lecture I
Due to this it wasn't possible in this short time to quite sort
world view — I have mentioned this twice here at least. The
came to this treatise on the basis of some anatomical and
embryological studies he attributed this to.
a separated bone, made people believe that this part of the
how this phenomenon relied only on later development because in
Century, it could not be stated in this way — also for
Anthroposophy it could not be stated in this way. What Goethe
accepted was this: By the animal organisation developing up
This, I might add, needs to be established as the foundation in
appears in both man and animal, and this relates to the sense
take part in the subconscious? Why should — I say this as a
development in all organ processes? Through this we can follow
are in equilibrium. This equilibrium we accept, although from a
sense of seeing. Let us be clear about this. When we speak
we look outwardly. However, this experience of equilibrium
of people in this unprejudiced way, then we need to, with the
other, reveal a particular meaning. This meaning can exist even
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Title: Impulse for Renewal: Lecture III: Anthroposophy and Philosophy
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This course was organized by the Federation of Anthroposophical University
ourselves with philosophy. This vague experience is extremely
also spiritually — one can quietly declare this —
world which this philosophic era thoroughly dismisses and which
one would more or less consider this classical time of German
Besides this is the endeavour to develop something out of
all kinds of thoughts and research in this area.
third kind of thinker appeared in this sphere, who couldn't go
himself, and place this in an objective relationship to the
but this way to Kant was aimed in the most varied ways; there
This was to a certain extent in the middle of some or other
philosophic character of today. Inwardly this had to some
Mill to Spencer, but this can't be my task today. In Herbert
with science and out of this agreement arrives at a conclusion:
‘This is the way in which all philosophic thought in the world
expanding, differentiating and consolidating. He saw this for
no kind of centralised nervous system. For this reason, he
What lay ahead for the West with this? It meant that scientific
to remain within this outer sense-world of facts. There was
antipathy against this universalist natural scientific way with
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This course was organized by the Federation of Anthroposophical University
this accusation, however justified it seems, belongs to the
case this doesn't make it unnecessary that at least the first
results of anthroposophical research this is not necessary
because this proof can simply come through a healthy human
penetrate. This was only possible in a limited area — and also
possible to apply these things in practice, and since this time
for me to give more than a few indications in this introductory
are being created out of an anthroposophical source, this is
real human power; this is something which passes into the whole
person, this makes love more intense, transforms human vigour.
— life skill, on his understanding of life, and it is this
life's opportunities. If one takes on this life and fructify it
ideas, acquire greater power, greater urgency and so on. This
of this. The next thing was the attempt to use the given
strive for an abstract head knowledge — if I might use this
For this reason, our Waldorf pedagogy is developed upon an
by recognized science. However, this psychology theorizes
kinds of theories about this. Here we have three types of
try to define this in some way, to formulate an abstract
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This course was organized by the Federation of Anthroposophical University
theoretical standpoint. Today — I mean at this very present
is in the background. Into this desolate situation was also
this economic life at present which is intimately intertwined
impulses. In this respect my book — I say it here in quite
contradiction. Only, this book is not to be regarded as a
theoretical book on social science. This book wants to give
suggestions above all to life practitioners; this book was
decades. Because this book strives to be completely realistic,
action in the moment — it had to contain a contradiction. This
with this clarity achieve relationships.
am thus in an unusual position today by giving this
sociologically, socially, and to this I would like to say a few
that a person could think out of this complicated world
it in a utopian sense by asking: How will this be, how will
the economic life, who know about this or that branch of
theoreticians. This shows that one can have a routine practical
reject wanting to talk in this way about the possible form
have to wake up before it is too late — that this “too
Conference”. With this once again our daily situation is
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This course was organized by the Federation of Anthroposophical University
In this notice it says: “From 5 to 12 March an
day for theologians is Friday the 10th. This event
Now, my dear friends, this event may be anything; what it
lectures and introductory observations in this university
involved in today's event (which is an insertion into this
if I'm forced by this challenge given to me by shortly
apart within the work, with today's theology. This has happened
scientific research. Through this natural scientific research
progress and human well-being. During this time natural
scientific field — I have already mentioned this —
working scientifically. This then holds true for all
I can't give you proof of this. This remains a truth: for all
outer sensory observations this sentence is valid: “there
Once you have understood this in a lively manner then there is
When you make this attempt in earnest then the rest is a direct
Intuition. This is simply a fact for further progress in inner
human development. Through this the result is a true
observation of the spiritual world. This observation of the
often forced that what one is observing — I admit this
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This course was organized by the Federation of Anthroposophical University
dear venerated guests! The organisers of this university course
aphoristic manner to open our discussion. I am aware that this
However, this is then a discussion which happens purely within
This is not the case in spoken language. A large part of speech
illustrate this.
Goetheanum regarding pedagogical didactic themes. This lecture
for. When it became known that this course was going to take
lectures. Because this course couldn't contain the 900 visitors
twice, one after the other. Already before this I believed that
— not out of political grounds; I stressed this clearly.
to them. I thought this was something through which its
this lecture I want to indicate the ethical, moral education
can be called human duty. It would be necessary for this
applied to the other days but on this day, it was particularly
was this so? Yes, while I spoke about duty during the hour from
related to “pflegen” (to care for). Out of this
activity flows the feeling, as to what belongs to this
activity. This is the impulse which one designates to the word
soul when this impulse is designated by the word
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With this lesson, I would like to restore to the Free School
years. In this introductory lecture, I will not go further into
importance of this moment by indicating the seriousness with
undermined — must be imbued, especially in this School.
This is no unnecessary observation, for such seriousness has
friends. And I would like to emphasize that in this School
you will be able to consider this School as an institution
times. This spiritual life can be deepened in all its aspects.
But a center must exist from out of which this deepening
fact that every word spoken within this School is based on the
epoch in a special way. And this spirit will only give to
humanity and this fact should not cause us to undervalue those
received with all earnestness. For this — I must say it
School. This must be gradually corrected. For it is only
matter itself demands this. And on the other hand, we must
of the School are by no means sufficiently attentive to this.
All this, my dear friends, must be kept in mind.
first and foremost thing to be observed in this School must of
Anthroposophical Society and this School. And it is necessary
that this difference be felt in all its explicitness by the
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being. And we want to first develop this sensation before
being. We shall therefore develop this theme. And although the
with this sensation, which one can have when one gazes out to
For your own being, this light of day grows dim
that we can never find our own being in this world. For the
this sensation in his soul. Because by deeply experiencing the
no answer to the question of who we are, feeling this sensation
having this sensation we will be carried up into the spiritual
Then the Guardian himself speaks while we are still on this
for us is unmitigated darkness while we are on this side, but
is bright. He speaks, indicating the apparent darkness, this
that this looking back, the perception in looking back,
obtain on this side of the threshold of spiritual existence,
Begat this weakling in your feeling;
Begat this ghost within your thinking;
This earnestness should not be expressed as sentimentality.
number of our friends were to undertake something in this
the Anthroposophical Society has begun? To ask this question is
you see, this is connected to the life-blood of the
interpreting lies as truth. If one tries to do this in esoteric
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stands to a certain extent on firm ground, for this process has
birth and death. Wherever he doesn't have this firm ground, he
experience proves this or that? He doesn't like to accept
something in ordinary life which is not proven by this or that
certain security in human life. And because of this security,
we have already seen, only darkness streams at first from this
this capacity to distinguish between truth and error, reality
and semblance in respect to the spiritual world. It is in this
where does this come from? You see, when you confront the outer
world as a physical person, you think about this outer world.
is just this splitting of the human being - I described it in
This is possible if one has cultivated such reverence for the
comforts. Well, this desire not to be deprived of life's
urge to deny this is so strong that one submits to the illusion
strongly before the soul's inner vision. And this honesty must
Begat this weakling in your feeling;
this inability to bestride our cosmic thoughts, that the third
Begat this ghost within your thinking;
less we succumb to illusions about this trinity, which reflects
“O man, know thyself!”. For through this
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Guardian of the Threshold. And we must understand this meeting
world cannot take place without this understanding of the
spiritual world is on the other side of this threshold. So when
original, this appears to be the end of the story. Trans.]
you reflect on this, my dear friends, it will be of great help
feelings. One day someone reminds you of this person, says
with her, this is also recalled. You cannot separate what you
feel and will towards this person with what you think about
her. [In German, the gender of this person is not specified; it
With this kind of attitude it is not possible to understand
aspects of this person are most antipathetic to you. When you
are reminded of this person, you can think of her without the
practice this with a correct grasp of art. You could ask
such excellent villains. This is possible in the artistic area,
feeling in this way in order for it to be absorbed by the soul.
us in the brightest enthusiasm. But this enthusiasm, this world
we see it in this way, the School's existence will give us the
is gradually developed to hear beyond the words. And when this
- the silence which preserves holiness. And this
connected with innermost humility. And without this innermost
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essence of this Guardian. In particular, we have seen how what
the Guardian of the Threshold, this Guardian draws his
this chasm must be bridged. For this chasm, only the exterior
depends on our ceasing to simply accept this unconsciousness,
which we perceive as being foreign to humanity. For this chasm
bridge over this must be built. We must, in a sense, merge with
us, nor do we ask the plants, or the animals - and in this
this relationship of the human physical body with the earthly,
to normal consciousness. But with this consciousness man feels
the moment we enter the spiritual region this is no longer the
This is not only so in respect to the air, but to an even
beings are in the light. One must imagine that in this
and waves around it, in this space many beings are present, as
for this visitor from space all human thoughts are in this
Then this being would say: I have qualitatively differentiated
Threshold this is not speculation, but experience. And this is
elements of the earth's being. This is something which must be
again, we will hold you back in the light. This expresses the
This is what we encounter when we meet the Guardian of the
spiritual living and moving in this sunlight when the enticing,
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hardly aware of how he has evolved out of this world, how a
However, one cannot feel this relationship by merely letting
one's gaze wander over this exterior world. One must advance to
a self-knowledge of belonging to this world. And when one
wishes to gain this self-knowledge, my dear friends, then one
earth has developed in such a way that he only senses this
condensed, it is nevertheless true that he also lives in this
us now lay out this elemental world before us, a world which is
I'll put it this way: We walk into fog - and our own watery
element. And with this easy transition from our own watery
this dependence in practice.
advances to Imaginative life, he feels exactly this
we develop this feeling in the right way, we will make a
profound admission. This admission to ourselves is progressive,
there is something else. One feels fear of one's self. This is
life feels this fear of himself. Not so that he gets stuck in
is like this: when we become aware that our human form exists
don't merely understand this theoretically, as is mostly the
moment we may fall into animality. But it is just this fear
which encourages us to always wish to raise ourselves over this
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Quite a large number of new members of this School are present,
First if all, this School represents the impulse of the
gradually absorbed into this School, because with the Christmas
Anthroposophical Society in general and this Esoteric School
become members of this School declare that they want to be true
representatives of the anthroposophical movement. In this
which is responsible for this School. In this case, it means
members of this School must know that they must adapt to those
entity. This is not generally understood. So something must be
members of this School see the School as not having been
one of the tasks for the members of this School. We want to
about this; it must be completely clear. It is not a question
divine-spiritual powers - whose forces stream through this
consider their membership in this School with heartfelt
can see from this that anthroposophy - the movement for
illusory - dreams rise up from this unconsciousness. But
the physical body. And the reason for this is that he is
which encourages us to pause at this line of the mantric verse
Through this cosmic-heavenly place the cosmic rhythm resounds
as if this human heart were only beating as a result of the
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of this new element. I have often indicated this, but I know
the spiritual world. This anthroposophical movement exists not
which was founded at Christmas. I can explain what this means
friends are conscious of this can the Anthroposophical Society
possible to achieve this objective.
other relationships will be even more human, but by this means
Goetheanum. This means that nothing by way of formulations and
Furthermore, the relation of this School to the
this Free School for Spiritual Science one assumes truly
not say, my friends, that this is a limitation of freedom.
can be a member of the School and be free in this relationship,
revoked. This must be strictly observed in this future, so that
this respect.
possible. So that this School is to be understood as an
we may say today: This School must develop into a true Mystery
This makes clear how serious membership in this School should
For this School is the esoteric foundation and source of all
cannot be a member of this School. They must then do the
esoteric work outside the confines of this School and
include anything which originated in this School. Relations
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heaven's vault effective in our inner consciousness. If this
itself to create it, then it will be able, through this
we again create a picture in our hearts of all this, the
world. And today everyone can make this beginning.
This leads to the question: Why is it then that so few do so?
The answer to this must be: most people don't want to
understood to inner life. Whoever wishes to do this must decide
the spiritual world through this School wishes to speak to you
child retains this characteristic only as long as we protect it
child develops this inner sensory capacity only as long as we
earth forces as long as this sensory-being is especially vital
remember back to this first stage of infancy, and therefore
Thus, we let the first stage of this inner experience work in
experience this touching, feel inwardly as the person doing the
vibrant touching. When we advance enough to feel this touching
for this nurturing, you can love these nurturers, but you
then, having done that, you have a specific feeling. This
created entities within you. You achieve this with thought. Now
in respect to the body. But note how this strengthening, this
to our souls. For this we must not concentrate on the elements,
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reference to this common sense where a touchstone exists
independently of corporeality. And this healthy common sense
starts with this understanding through healthy common sense and
truly aware of how this earthly environment is related to us,
according to the usual methods and called to this or that work
the relationship of this work to the totality of human
people today cannot even begin to glimpse this process due to
really enter meditating into this vision of the star-filled sky
the distant flooding stream of this illusionary
immerse ourselves in it. When we have this feeling — I
within the imaginative cosmic web. If we can accomplish this,
concentrated deeply on this reading, then we begin to hear in a
find this path by meditating profoundly on the
experienced with the necessary deeply meditative feeling this
this excursion into the outer universe. But these feelings must
use it correctly. Imagine yourself vividly in this meditating
After this
soul, then this means of creating a relation to the spiritual
in the soul which will gradually lead this soul onto the
approach — in the unconscious — with this hearing
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You have all probably been deeply affected this morning by the
This was the result of her having been familiar with
the Anthroposophical Society and through this esoteric school
course how far one or the other comes along this path depends
Here in this Free School for Spiritual Science everything
appreciated in the world, because the task of this Goetheanum
this School as representing, through us, a renewal of the
for this to happen the objective truths which apply to
intensively and intimately keep this threefold man in
head. We can feel this directly: when we think, our head is
impaired. We sense the head's association to this clearest
circumstances. This doesn't mean that the head is really the
sisters and brothers, when we are aware that this human head
about this; we are only taking into account what is visible
In the previous lesson much was said about this. The
we will learn today the different ways he sends this I into
being into this rolled together cosmic space which is the
And this is not a teaching given to us on the earth; it
the background the directing archangeloi. This element of
human nature — this I — has a relation to the
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But it is just when one gets to know this Guardian –
It has also often been said that this living in the
seen through the senses. This imaginative-super-sensible
brothers, have this experience of the spiritual more so than
this working and weaving.
And when you have sensed this, ask yourselves: When I think
And you will have the sensation: I feel this under the region
When this becomes an intimate experience for you, when you
outer events of the day is necessary in order to sense this. It
can lead to the goal. This is a good foundation for meditating
spirit-beings. And it is just this transferring to a condition
Today's mantras will be given with this objective. The
distant universe – we must experience this situation
This is the being who as
First we had “Behold your senses' shining radiance.” This
it is like this:
[mind] can be achieved by imagining a definite image, this
We call this image to mind and hold it there: the eye
us, in this mantra we are spoken to by the Guardian in a manner
called into cosmic being itself. This resounds from the
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And I also pointed out last time how this
this speech.
this point was described in the previous class
By means of this verse we imagine how at
ranks of the Archai. So we should imagine this mantric verse
So if we can always feel ourselves in this situation
by means of this mantric verse we come in contact with the
spirit which speaks through this esoteric school wishes to
carry us forward. This is the most convenient idea one can
know anything about this force – streams into the legs.
Of course this does not mean, my dear sisters and
astral body serves this purpose, also the etheric body and,
without this perception it could not have a connection with
of this connection. In order that in walking the
this consciousness is created in a less than perfect
All this we must translate into feeling. We must
experience if we let it work upon us in this situation as we
Therefore, we will let the third part of this mantra
the human will's actions in this deep meditative practice we
this discovery if it wishes to advance in the field of
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a step further in this esoteric
regarding this situation. Man leaves the physical world in
although this sensible-physical world can be wonderful, joyful
he merely directs his attention and his feelings to this
the scope of this environment.
cross it. One can only cross this abyss by freeing oneself
which rise up as spiritual figures from this abyss, that one
can be a reality within him: the one on this side
Here on this side of the threshold we are standing on the earth,
In ordinary life this watery element cannot support us, but
push, my dear friends — this separation of the elements
this ending of the differentiation between earth, water, air
this state of spiritual beatitude. It overcomes him because
karma, he can be more or less susceptible to this temptation.
he will no longer leave this state of mind. He succumbs to
the danger of continuing in this state of mind when he
are still present in this thinking, feeling and willing.
The person may be inclined to fixate on his experiences on this
When this World War broke out, I said to many people: The history
of this war can not be written from the physical plane alone.
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correctly, how this world demands our intense attention. We
majesty of all this. And participation in any kind of
The first being we encounter stands at this abyss.
But we may only consciously enter this realm in full
This is all given in mantric verses for those who
also refers to this water-element, which is also the
asking. This answer, which the cosmic-powers themselves
as we are in the spiritual world we should be one with this
Ahriman. In meditation we must imagine ourselves in this
to the extent that, in this liberating spirit-experience, we
Today we must review this situation again. We must
strongly feel ourselves on the other side of this threshold
We can only achieve this, my dear sisters and
and we say: this mineral essence also exists in us. We have
we feel identified with this animality because we bear it in
The Guardian indicates this to us again. And the
Archai. We feel ourselves to be in this situation. The
sisters and brothers, then feel that in this thought a being
This is what replaces the earth-element in the
in this willing.
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this school.
I will put it briefly. This School must be
From this you will understand that membership in the School
This seriousness has only become possible
dear friends, that the leadership of the School takes this
And I must again emphasize that this measure will have to be
esotericism, could in any way despise this world that speaks
we gaze before us and see that this sunny field, which is
before us. We must cross over this abyss. The Guardian stands
spiritual being we encounter. Every night we are in this
our I and our astral body, because we can only enter this
In this way, we are doing what is appropriate
We already know this question; it is the
Cherubim admonish us in this second stage, which we pass
We must feel ourselves completely within this
are standing within this black, night enclosed darkness,
ourselves are within this glimmering light. We feel ourselves
light. In this weaving, moving light we make our way to the
felt; in this felt light the Guardian of the Threshold,
experiences itself in the warmth. And this inner self feels
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But the human being cannot enter already seeing into this light
Guardian. And this admonition refers to a powerful cosmic
The Guardian reminds us of this rainbow's impression at the
this rainbow, with which you will pass below, through the rainbow
rainbow and from this vantage point
This is the imagination which the Guardian first
[This first stanza of the mantra is written on the
[This second stanza is written on the
third hierarchy are visible to us in this breathing of
we have this powerful image before us — the pure
If we have heard and have absorbed all this, then we will see
What is remarkable is this: first we were witnesses to a
[This fourth stanza is written on the
This is the experience with the Guardian while the spiritual
I walked in this world of senses,
members have not followed this procedure, but have done as they
this clear to others who want to participate.
On this occasion I would like to bring to your attention
answer to be affirmative. Those who have written in this way know
about it. I wish to inform those who have written in this way,

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On the path to the answer which the soul can find to this question,
This stands before our souls as unshakable, all-pervading truth:
spirit is. And we do well to place this truth before our
is outside this red is nothing. This is placed before our souls.
nothing. We are profoundly impressed by this truth:
spirit, is nothing. And now we wonder: How did all this
This weighs on the Angeloi. They are concerned as to
illumination of the Angeloi. But the light force for this
This is the world, existing in the holy words of
we experience true reality. And only when we possess this
all this, if what he experiences after death it is not to remain
Paul speaks about this in the Gospel — that
may remain alive when they go through the gate of death. This we
seems to indicate that this means sometime in the future.
Guardian, and have heard a conversation such as this:
about this sensory world the words:
I entered in this world of senses,

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perception. We have seen in this spiritual world how the
know this from previous lessons:
After the Guardian reveals to us this
feel ourselves surrounded by this Spirit-Word. We feel the
world penetrated by this Spirit-Word. We feel ourselves
woven within this Spirit-Word. We feel it penetrating into
our humanity. Finally we feel this cosmic Spirit-Word
immersed in the waves of this Spirit-Word. We feel
voice. And in experiencing ourselves in this blazing
This is contained in the Guardian of the
cosmic-word. This lies in the Guardian's second question,
This is what the human being who stands within it all says.
This is the second dialog – as though
In this dialog we can experience, when the
certain sense we have completed the first section of this
received from the spiritual worlds – for this School
here. And now we are here in this anthroposophical School
The third stage of this School will consist of
this in the spiritual world. We should always keep looking
repeated sufficiently within this Esoteric School, have
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it turns out, many more friends have come to this Class Lesson
members of this esoteric school who participated in the earlier
lessons, because the content of this esoteric school is such
again they return to the beginning. This return to the
stage. We should therefore consider this lesson of today in
took place in this hall, from now on an esoteric breath is to
Society since Christmas. The nucleus of this esoteric activity
This Esoteric School, coming from the entire character of
the future, this cannot continue. The intention of what was
Michael took over this guidance during the last third of the
nineteenth century. And it was made known that this guidance
this.
nucleus, this Esoteric School, could only be founded by the
spiritual power which is incumbent for its guidance at this
time. Thus, we are in this Esoteric School as one which the
be spoken in this School are Michael words. Michael will is all
that is willed in this School. You are all students of Michael
in that you are present in the right way in this School. Only
then, when you are aware of this, is it possible to be present
in this School in the right way — with the correct
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Despite the fact that a number of new members of this Esoteric
spiritual path in our times. For this School is the true
as imaginations. There this willing, this feeling, this
This erroneous self-knowledge, the knowledge of the self which
Begot this weakling in your feeling;
Begot this ghost within your thinking;
Begot this weakling in your feeling;
Begot this ghost within your thinking;
When the Guardian shows us this - the shattering picture of our
has shown us this picture, he approaches us in order to give us
this thinking by which we acquire the things and events of the
unreal. What is then this thinking?
must place what this thinking really is before our souls in
this corpse. As it is now, it can never have come into being in
Let us keep this picture in mind.
this way, do we feel it esoterically in the right way and
experiencing the truth. This is what the Guardian of the
when we feel that this earthly feeling is a weak, half-living
only do we feel correctly about feeling. This the Guardian of
The Guardian tells us this as a clarification of the three
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which I will describe at the end of this lesson.
Threshold has placed this shattering view before our souls, he
lesson in this Michael-School — how we are first to delve
down into our thinking, but that this thinking is of a seeming
the spiritual world. Therefore, this mantric verse is shaped so
This coming down by the spiritual world to us is to be felt in
the trochaic rhythm. Only then do we receive this verse
correctly in our souls. Only when this speaking down to us by
the spiritual world is with this intonation do we receive this
must live in these words, which are mantrically united in this
After the Guardian of the Threshold has presented this to our
must carry this out, as the Guardian of the Threshold indicates
yawning abyss of being, says this to us as feeling human
willing. This is what he says:
Next Saturday, when this mantric verse will be written on the
When all that streams through this Michael-School from the
strength will stream through this room, which may be indicated
mantric verses which are given in this School may only be
possessed by those who are members of this School. In the case
them from another member who has them. For this it is necessary
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end of this lesson. They should also describe the conditions
for acceptance in this School.
this self-knowledge in the true sense of the word, which is the
what this Michael-School should mean:
that we need this image. We need — if we wish to feel in
Guardian of the Threshold exhorts us at this point to maintain
This is one of the last of the Guardian's admonitions:
no other way can we do this, my dear sisters and brothers, than
human being must learn to feel in this way in respect to the
Guardian of the Threshold teaches us that we should do this,
of being at one with this object, because at the moment you
Guardian of the Threshold says this when he admonishes us in
Once the Guardian has said this, he sums it up again in one
in his soul to this secret of the universe-pointing, planetary
Threshold tells us this with these words:
universe, if we wish to feel ourselves to be members of this
we sense and feel this in the right way, we are internalized by
to remember what is happening on this side of the threshold.
And on this side of the threshold every stone and every plant,
out with full spiritual force in this room — words which
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members have again come to this School today. It isn't possible
duties and meaning of this Michael School. Therefore, I ask the
a member of this School must necessarily know.
self; that the brightness, this glistening in the sunshine,
this living and interweaving which is so grand and powerful, so
thinking, which lies in the coffin as a corpse. But we use this
Once we grasp how dead this thinking is, we can learn from the
corpse that lies before us. We look at this corpse. We say to
ourselves: This corpse could never have come into being the way
conscious of this externally.
first representative of Michael, for the real leader of this
from this apparent thinking, from this dead thinking
into the living essence of thinking. For this we must be
the pledge that our soul makes, now that we are in this
must go through this by letting the mantric verse work on us.
He admonishes us that we should feel this way when we tread the
how we sleep dreaming in this water element, which is our
human feeling, that this feeling awakens us, for it shows us
the air-element — then we will feel in this air-element
by feeling this death by cold that we pass through, the
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become bright there, and in this brightness the light arises to
love flowing to this or that being. Because we feel it, we form
thought that we want this or that; the thought appears, grasps
in the thoughts. But this radiant being he sees is not the
wanted — is grasped; then this thought merges with
between this warmth, from which our willing streams toward us
reflection of our cosmic will) — between this warm, dark
do this once we are permeated with what could otherwise be a
that we want to view the head from within, how this perspective
say to us in this situation:
The Guardian makes this sign:
that we stop and feel the head's cosmic form in this closed,
upward pointing triangle. Let us concentrate on this.
The Guardian makes this sign:
us to feel in this sign the wave-like pulse of the universe,
should concentrate on this line in order to sense the mantric
force of this line and of the whole verse.
This is the verse by which the Guardian announces how we are to
spirit, in that it contains thoughts. At first, though, this
Threshold's admonition. In this situation, as we are preparing
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members' lectures will have noted how this esoteric breath
This was a necessity which, above all, flows from the spiritual
this esoteric school be the body for something which flows out
reality occurs in the spiritual world itself. Therefore, this
the course of time this will of Michael again and again
that this same Michael-Will - which we can also call the
anthroposophical movement's formation of this Esoteric School
be rightful members of this School must accept this in their
manner to those who feel they belong with him in this age.
it is because of this that the anthroposophical movement will
receive its true spiritual strength. For this it is necessary
that what membership in this School means be taken with the
whether this is the case or not must lie with the School's
not consider this, my sisters and brothers, as a limitation of
fact that this Esoteric School exists under the direct force of
Basel. And I could add many other examples to this list. And
amazing things happen as a result of this lack of earnestness.
the firm structure that this School must have. Therefore, these
thought to the School. For only in this way what today is to be
other individual. This is not an administrative rule, it is an
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decades, occupied because this question has not only become
crystallized out of this so-called war has sprung out of fear
other. Things would have developed in a different way if this
the social demands appearing in the history of this time.
of all of this, a thinking person viewing life at present, who
Just at this moment when, as we said, solutions to the social
clearer feeling than this: a more or less greater role is
this doubt. One sees how important personalities within the
desire to find a solution for the social question out of this
This I don't say purely out of consideration. If I'm permitted
to add a personal remark it would be this: For years I have
in the souls of the modern proletarian worker. From this I came
experience in life. Whosoever — this is so seldom the case in
wonderful phenomenon this is, how a certain direction of
souls. It is this which makes it so difficult today to take a
find a place such as this — be as it may towards this content
wish to speak about the content of this philosophy at all. The
proletarian world. Added to this, one can express it in the
alone based on a purely scientific thought as this modern
basis. Nevertheless, if all of this is considered — I've
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take these four lectures as a unit. This means the content of
one lecture is not to be taken as independent and judged this
through the capitalistic process which organises this economic
observe this modern technology and modern capitalism as they
into the modern community. Besides this claim for human
most important member of this system where the nerves and
a real understanding of this organism it is necessary to
research science has claimed, to characterise this threefold
this threefold head-, circulation-, (or chest system) and
evolution of knowledge. This means however that our thinking
knowledge of the necessities of this social organism. Healthy
understand that this social organism, if it is to be healthy,
to what we are considering here. Those who at the end of this
not been penetrated by the listener. This I don't want —
the natural organism that this method, this way of sensing can
made this comparison with a natural organism. The very moment
want to call your attention now to how this play of analogies
healthy, leads to the three members of this social organism,
the following. You would say that this human head- or
abilities; the circulatory system rules the relation with this
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Title: The Social Question: Lecture III: Fanaticism Versus a Real Conception of Life in Social Thinking and Willing
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thought habits and what I characterized last week, this having
between them, how difficult understanding is; this failure to
the present day. We can see this in Paris, in Bern. When one
other, and vice versa. For this reason, it is also so difficult
has taken on, that the actual impulse of this modern
we will refer to the historical importance of this matter.
this movement became known when it was examined more at that
this view of life as something which must emerge, as something
view the proper answer would be: ‘At the moment this is of no
That was programmatic. This is not actually properly thought
evolutionary powers in history this is the question: ‘Yes, what
does this modern proletarian point of view actually mean within
can be formulated in the following way. It can be said: ‘This
this modern proletarian experience themselves as the criticism
of modern technology, capitalism and the economic order.’ This
have become this way is provided by the criticism in a way
Because this is so the souls of these modern proletarians were
needs to study things in life in this kind of relation. One
classes as respectfully difficult, this has entered into the
However, what lives in this theoretic teaching? Here is a
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Title: The Social Question: Lecture IV: The Evolution of Social Thinking and Willing and Life's Circumstances for Current Humanity
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this week and last week, proves from a certain point of view
the life of single people — this penetration will happen
attention to this: the historical life of humanity in its
intensity. One of the last big changes — this I explored
at the same time, as if followed by this elementary change in
human soul in earlier times; this social impulse led to the
structure of the social impulse. In earlier times, this social
conscious social impulse. This conscious impulse came to the
wanted to make the state ever more into the economist. This
last time. The essential aspect from this view is that social
state territory. Due to a lack of time I can't enter into this
Proletarian circles. I consider this to be the most tragic
existence of this abyss which makes it so difficult for an
existence in confrontation. The essential fact in this fight,
That is the essential basic principle of this struggle which
takes place in disguise in the consciousness: this striving
the given forms. So it could happen that this struggle towards
Because this indicates something hidden and masked in the newer
enters, but that this understanding brings no learned aspect
expresses itself in individuals as this or that necessity to
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Title: The Social Question: Lecture V: The Social Will as the Basis Towards a New, Scientific Procedure
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theme for this evening's lecture has been requested as
proposing this theme, but when the request came to me I found
other side, having something sneaking into this social will,
this. The social life of humanity as such is admittedly nothing
This is something which wide circles of humanity still need to
structure.’ — One cannot proceed this way. One can't
developed from the basis of technology and this has hypnotised
at all see this belief as something unfounded — a belief
This mistrust has come out of the origins, which up to now did
convictions but by feeling, have been tricked out of this final
This decisive moment in the more recent historic development
must surely allow the observer to notice that within this
such a way out of the old spiritual impulses, but that this
Century and still continue in remnants later. Out of this
they were actually doing. This is how it came about that this
This question is not to be answered out of a context, of life
old classes didn't need to apply this scientific way of
what was new and allow it to enter their soul content. So this
acknowledge the entire scope of this fact one should not only
want to clarify this by an example. For many years I shared a
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Title: The Social Question: Lecture VI: What Significance does Work have for the Modern Proletarian?
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could have been asked: ‘From which angle is this going to be
mouths and they are no longer able to swim in this sea. They
such an interpretation I don't want to speak this evening. It
centuries. When we observe where this development of the last
comfortable living in this capitalist economic order. One hears
don't need to mention all the praise declarations about this
civilization has developed out of a foundation. Without this
foundation, it is inconceivable; it thrives from this
foundation. What was in this foundation? In this foundation
because of this foundation, while the other one must create the
this education, the Proletarians developed something which has
the all too necessary facts. This development brought about the
the foundation for this modern civilization, to be able to
insight any more but it enabled them to pose this question in
can't deny this — the facts teach us — in both
should be. This has been achieved in a way, by state life. On
‘It can't go on like this!’ — On the other
social situation, should form the base for this modern
This was created in the following way.
This was something which the earlier ruling classes didn't want
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dawn upon us that this is indeed the mission of Spiritual Science when
that he was fully conscious of this impulse. It is so meaningless when
quite another matter. Detailed evidence in support of this point would
this the very thing that helps him to understand its nature? And will
anyone deny him the right to speak about the plant from this aspect
consciously realised by the plant. I say this at the outset in order
sphere of human knowledge.” He showed by this remark that he
nebulous and vague. But true Mystics have never done this. Precisely
this simply means that they have never taken the trouble to understand
word Mathesis was not used because this kind of experience was
in the domain of true Mysticism, and it is purely in this sense that
which man can penetrate. This, too, is the attitude of Mysticism. Did
Wagner himself ever express this conviction? Most certainly he did!
— Indeed, the true Mystic realises that this higher kind of
speak openly of this world. We are reminded here of certain words of
pervade the created universe. He felt the reality of this music and
set himself the task of bringing about this re-union in what he termed
asked himself: ‘Is this not evidence of a severance that has taken
is something at this point which had perforce to remain unexpressed,
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be the guardian of this kind of knowledge.
stream of Scholasticism acknowledged that this knowledge acquired by
shall find that the characteristics of this knowledge through
of this change by saying that the Mystery of Golgotha occurred in an
evolution of man. The nature of this Being, how He had worked before
But then we find that from the fifth century A.D. onwards, this old
Brentano had allowed himself to be influenced by this hatred and
deeper Mystery-wisdom, although this wisdom was still possessed by
says something like this: Plato did not admit the existence of a
But now let us scrutinise this logic more closely. The Ideas are
family-likeness but this family-likeness is actually expressed through
This is what we find to-day in famous histories of philosophy and
My only object in saying this is to show that in the present age there
century A.D.) only the first, elementary traces of this kind of
penetrate with the same intensity into this spiritual substance.
the ideas, and this is at a lower level than the picture itself.
is not enough merely to observe this phenomenon, for three hundred and
the planetary Spirits. I will draw (on the blackboard) this pentagonal
altogether different world. He was able to assimilate some of this
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background of this mood the terrible picture of the Goetheanum
an artistic way the construction of this building, and for
in each plastic form, in each color there was embodied this
view, this life. Intimately united was this building with
together with one. The endeavor had been to achieve this. To be
been made, and one could sense this, and it is for this reason
that anyone who had expended his labor on this Dornach building
felt that his own emotions, which he had embodied in this work,
completely from direct vision and according to this vision, and
very profound. But this must pass over, my dear friends, into
Goetheanum, who experienced this profound harmony. And we must
means must we strive to set up for eternity in our hearts this
remains this terrible flame, into which all the parts of the
disaster,” this unites them in a certain way, so that
community. I wish to connect these things with this theme for
been poured into the Goetheanum; and the impulses to this
sacrificial spirit, this devoted labor, have come about in the
guard against such a misunderstanding as this. One who has
criticized in it, and with full justification. In this regard,
in this Anthroposophical Society who can affirm as a weighty
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should certainly have been glad if I could have spoken at this
Anthroposophical themes. But the whole course of this meeting
like in connection with this to say something about the manner
one can take it without this.
differentiates this Anthroposophical Society from others, but I
societies. This is a peculiar phenomenon. But Anthroposophy
understanding this phenomenon. And what I have to say in these
We know that this person is isolated among other persons living
this state into the ordinary every-day consciousness, to which
this case — this person should be in such a state that in
that this person does not understand other persons and that
of this other condition of consciousness, which we may call a
about this and you will find that such is the case. Such a
set over against this the other state of consciousness —
of other persons. In other words, one awakes, even though this
expressions relating to this world. There follows the
temper of soul of the every-day consciousness over into this
this is as if we should carry the configuration of the
at a certain stage an egotist in a perfectly natural way. This
this everyday consciousness, which is also the consciousness of
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Title: Polarities in Evolution: Lecture 1: Evolution and Consciousness, Lucifer, Ahriman
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this a number of times. It is necessary to take a very
minds cannot really achieve this serious mood unless we
before. Thinking of this you will want to be aware of the
Part of it is this training of the intellect. Human
century, particularly in this respect. We tend to take
people have always been thinking like this. That is not
not sufficiently aware of this. We are not even aware of
the source from which this way of thinking, the
this way of thinking, this intellectualism. Another
are normal to the age in question. This also applies to
this path the human soul developed activities more akin
to dreaming. If we follow this dreamlike activity of the
the Old Moon evolution. Human beings were part of this as
peculiar thing about this was that it related to the
dreamy in his thinking, if I may put it like this, did
thinking. This ancestor said — and I must translate
it. This provides the actual potential for the freedom of
be bound up with the existing world; he knew that this
two objects. We call this a special case of a law of
This would normally cease the moment Earth evolution
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Title: Polarities in Evolution: Lecture 2: East, West, and the Culture of Middle Europe, the Science of Initiation
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by taking this state of mind and spirit as our basis. To
to everything this soil produces, to the way the soil
habitat. You can conclude from this — and spiritual
ordinary terms this means that the soil of Europe had a
This type of thinking did not fully emerge until the 15th
This form
post-Atlantean times, has been tending towards this
earlier. This however was a civilization of the soul that
it from this point of view.
life we become more independent, though this independence
Publications of this kind contain a trace of the real
spirit of ancient Asia. It is necessary to point this out
there is this belief in authority in Europe which is
occurred. This event of Golgotha — it cannot be
the notions people have of this Mystery of Golgotha. At
this was able to find concepts with which to grasp the
blending their own unique characteristic into this
thinking, but then this body gradually began to die.
century and even to this day consisted in the physical
cannot demonstrate this with the methods of ordinary
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Title: Polarities in Evolution: Lecture 3: Political Empires
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characterized this a number of times. None of us should
groups. Subsequently states developed out of this, and
this, however, lies something that unites human beings in
that with this kind of preparation the person called to
faint notion of this, called the Son of Heaven. There was
train people for some office or other in this world by
this more or less as follows: I am talking to someone who
present day. He tells me this and that, I tell him this
to someone who had been properly trained in this respect
given in the mystery cult. This must of course sound
this, particularly when the population at large came to
Remnants of this still survive, for instance in the title
times. Spiritual science has established this. To the
on earth in human form. In this respect the earliest
earth. In this world, where human beings walked the
This may
the flesh of Jesus. Things like this have their origin in
ruler was the god. This way of looking at it was still
divine spirit. This god would be similar to them in
this earth. He stated very clearly that the social
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Title: Polarities in Evolution: Lecture 4: Western Secret Societies, Jesuitism, Leninism
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its extremes this movement is represented by people who
among them. This has made it possible for people like
the interest brought to this spiritual-scientific
that interest in this spiritual-scientific movement is as
who go along with this spiritual-scientific movement, or
the fore, and then compared this with the intensity of
reason for this The cleverness of the human animal, the
this — are to become the forces that determine
— and this is something else I have often stressed
similar creatures made this invention very much earlier,
of this kind that exists within the whole animal kingdom,
and imagine ahrimanic powers taking this up and making it
genuine sincerity will however only come from this
this kind of thing in a newspaper article pull up short
reflect on what would happen on this earth if these words
ideal! I do not think it is right to continue with this
in the wider interest of humanity on this earth. It must
Christ Mystery to the world. The more we do this, the
principle. This makes them sit up and listen; it makes
everything you have there and this shadow becomes the
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Title: Polarities in Evolution: Lecture 5: How the Material Can Be Understood Only through the Spirit
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example of this. The materialistic way of thinking has in
through the organism. This idea of the human heart being
like this: The whole of our rhythmical circulatory system
this spiritual principle enters into the rhythm of the
principle, and the heart is caught up in this rhythm. The
misunderstood. This is just one of many examples.
This would
right or the wrong idea about the heart.’ But this
with everything else in life, and because of this
you what lies behind this. You can draw it like this. I
approximately like this [see (a) in the diagram]. Two
them like this (b):
actually touch anything. I can draw it like this (a). The
Imagine this is the horizontal plane. The two arrows
visual axes like this. And these arrows (b) could
early awareness; this however is a
intellect must illumine the material world in this way.
effect in this world. It is necessary to gain a thorough
understanding of this today. It is a serious matter when
leading personalities. This is now to be presented to the
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Title: Polarities in Evolution: Lecture 6: Materialism and Mysticism, Knowledge as a Deed of the Soul
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more and more of our members to come to feel this in
do people regard the search for truth within this
admit to this? People who imagine they have both feet
realize that when we gain insight this is no mere theory,
unaware of this. Characteristically, and it is something
spread about like this, irrespective of whether it comes
from Catholic or Protestant sources. This materialism on
is new. This, however, does not have to be taken into
informed about these things and out of this very
people imagine. This can only be transformed with the aid
have. This is the feeling that everything immediately
This applies also to atoms seen as points where forces
can do this thanks to the findings reported in the
impresses itself on the senses. You will come to see this
need to develop this feeling further. Here we come to
matter; this kind of word-cleverness is in vogue
makes definitions or explains things. And this is where
reality be satisfied with this. The essential thing is to
definition that takes hold of realities, in this case the
At this
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Title: Polarities in Evolution: Lecture 7: Materialism, Mysticism, Anthroposophy, Liberalism, Conservatism
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our human environment. This can be clearly understood on
way human beings relate to this world. Physical matter is
matter of the earth. This form of self-perception takes
This gives
possible to see this by considering the natural phenomena
reality of the spirit this sometimes sounds like children
this now. These things present themselves to human minds
All this
but it is essential to make this point with real
to follow this road Is an error in logic. We should say
illness. This is entirely within the sphere of
see through the tissue of this mysticism it is
well be given when one perceives this from beyond the
threshold.) If we call this the threshold from the
inspiration, or genius, on this side may justifiably be
that normally belongs to childhood. This is seen in its
subsequent life stages, then this element, which in its
mere contents of intellectual life. This is something I
the quality of mind that matters. Recognition of this
content. This is something we have to learn. We must not
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Title: Polarities in Evolution: Lecture 8: The Opposition of Knowledge and Faith, Its Overcoming
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This kind of attitude then leads to a distinction being
This
this a number of times — that was inherited from
with divine spheres; they felt this and perceived it the
them. This certainly was ‘knowledge’ in the
the Power by their initiates to look up to this union
humankind was taken as a matter of course when this
This primal
however. As a result this primal divine knowledge
put it like this. Divine knowledge withdrew so that human
healthy for that time. Mingled into this was an element
members of this association in post-primeval times want
given many examples of this — and why defects have
I am speaking wanted to prevent this, however.
Considering this in present-day terms — because it
deny this. They therefore did not call themselves
conquerors of all that this earth holds for you; you will
wrong time, and that they should use this knowledge to
experiments. As I have often said, this science is now
This science is ordained to grow and in growing to assume
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Title: Polarities in Evolution: Lecture 9: East, West, and Middle
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considering this alternation between sleeping and
know of course that this is only an approximate way of
the human being. Everything said in this respect applies
consider this dream life you will be able to say that it
use their will to connect one thought with another, this
spiritual science will be able to establish this beyond
organs face the outside world and compare this with the
position to make use of this sense organ in normal life.
will not take time at this point to consider the nature
of this outside world; we merely need to understand
This soul
going to sleep and waking up. In a way this was reflected
himself: ‘My ideal model looks like this. This
This whole
this was only instinctive, but it did give them the firm
walking around on this earth was merely the image of a
heavenly human being and it was this which largely
This can only be done with the aid of spiritual science.
instinctive, was also sublime. This culture then fell
divine human being. Echoes of this underlying trend are
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Title: Polarities in Evolution: Lecture 10: Transition from the Luciferic to the Ahrimanic Age and the Christ Event to Come
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my starting point. This will lead us to the event I referred to in just a
thoughts that were in people's minds, and that this spectre is still
there in the minds of people today. We have seen that this spectre of
other. Unlike earlier wars, however, this war involved energies and
recent times and the coming of this powerful technology has changed the
This change determined the course of events in recent years. Yet there
aspects of this. During the period preceding this disastrous war the
significant stage. Although people had no real awareness of this, human
What does this really mean?
his side. This means that the inhabitants of Germany did so much work in
large proportion of this work was then used for the purposes of war, with
million in 1912. Clearly this means a complete change in the human
until this was achieved. When war broke out, therefore, not only were
sphere of human activity determined the fate of this [part of] human
laws that had nothing to do with human beings. Add to this the fact that
power years. This gives you the relative figures for energies mobilized
have thought up have however been channelled in this direction, and in
and in the final instance this had to decide the issue. In very recent
This reveals one of the
striking example of it. Examples like this can be used to illustrate a
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Title: Polarities in Evolution: Lecture 11: Modern Science and Christianity, Threefold Social Order, Goetheanism
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earliest embodiment of this earth, which we call Ancient
relates to the present earth. This immediately suggests
this means that we have something in us that needs to be
developed to go beyond this earthly realm; we will have
guide. As human beings we are part of this earth and our
continue with this development for the rest of Earth
has developed so far, and for this we shall be indebted
make us into full human beings. We are on this earth and
makes reference to this by showing that our evolution
however, we are on this earth. We have to develop on this
on this earth. We look around us. None of the many things
give. This is something we must feel, something that must
must progress to something for which this earth cannot
to feel, the full gravity of this question. In a sense we
will have to grow beyond this earthly realm.
consider again the event that is to happen in this
from spheres beyond this earth — doing so at
something united with this earth that came from outside,
from beyond this earth. If we really experience the
this principle from beyond the earth, and in this way
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place with man between death and a new rebirth. This is one of the most
happening in this interim, we must first consider the nature of man.
this physical body of man is only a part of his whole beingness, and
indeed man has this physical body in common with the mineral world. We
the human body in this case is a corpse.
still present as a continuous fighter against this decay of the
of us. If this second member were not in man, the body would at every
against this decay is the etheric body or life body. Only in case of
death this life body separates from the physical body. Man has this
second member of living beings, man has a third member beyond this
able to see this. Let us assume that a man stands before us. In this
room he occupies, in this hand he uses, is there nothing more than what
exactly that something more is in it. This something more, that is the
sum of his suffering and his pleasure; this something everyone knows,
sensation body of man. This astral body, which is not perceptible to
this third limb of his being in common with the animal, for the latter
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gathered in this volume, reveal the 'inner,' or 'esoteric,' aspects of the
for the work which they have accomplished in this time of
man to work himself out of this world-mechanism.
turned our thoughts to this — how valuable it is,
anything, outside of this growth of “the phrase,”
person mean this? Had he not the best intentions? Did he not
assert over and over again that to grasp this social impulse
at that point and has developed up to the present time--this
animal, plant and. mineral. (We shall speak later of how this
awakening is to be achieved.) To speak of this fact expresses
draw your attention to-day to this important fact in human
evolution, for by holding fast to this thought we can best
celebrate the inauguration of this Branch.
our age, however, this preoccupation with mankind has in a
belonging to the beings of these three Hierarchies is this: to
the primal times of human evolution this picture was quite
spiritual observation that, with the actual working out of this
essentially finished their task in our age. This picture of
man, is really completed. Let this significant fact work
finished; we have set man as physical man into this earthly
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Title: Problems of Our Time: Lecture II
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gathered in this volume, reveal the 'inner,' or 'esoteric,' aspects of the
this connection has come to an end. They have for the moment no
the human soul. We can see, from the way in which this question
deal with the subject of immortality from this point of view is
this also is important: that people of our day must hear a very
and death. For as you know, this life is also a
between man and man. For this the important, the
Many things will follow on this. For one thing we shall
outwardly less noticeable. In olden times this was not so; what
want to emphasize this point. We should really and truly learn
this a new education will be necessary. We elders find that to
invigorating source of life. Now this will bring, as you can
reckoned with. This mystery of life is that man, constituted as
whom we call the Angel is a pre-vision of the coming day. This
life. Only when the feeling of this fact fills our inner being
definite to do, say at noon. This that he has to do has already
at night in co-operation with this Angel being.
to regard this life between birth and death as a
his life in the day this vivid consciousness should persist as:
world must move in this appointed direction.
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gathered in this volume, reveal the 'inner,' or 'esoteric,' aspects of the
supersensible world. All this is bound up with significant
etheric bodies, but then this return takes place in varying
28th year. Conditions will change again with time. This is a
meaning of this complete immersion in the physical body?
ideas and this scientific view of the world the physical body
body. With this fact is connected everything else I have
spoken of this from our own point of view. We must educate
into an age marked by this complete plunging into the physical
power. It is in this sense that we must understand the feeling
century A.D. When about a third of this period had elapsed,
experience were more instinctive than they are to-day: this
that time. It was natural for this instinctive understanding to
— became fainter and fainter. This great Mystery,
there is as a hope from this new Christ-Impulse, something we
which can evoke a unity such as this “League of
Science. This f act must sink deeply, deeply as a conviction
into the soul. All else, which does not lead in this direction,
time has come when this meaning must be grasped in a different
way. Until men realize the duty of this understanding there
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Title: Problems of Our Time: Main Features of the Social Question and the Threefold Order of the Social Organism
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gathered in this volume, reveal the 'inner,' or 'esoteric,' aspects of the
men to-day. True, this change is not recognized by a sufficient
face of this fact, wholly new in history, we experienced
became possible, and at this point occurred a great historical
facts, which had grown above their heads, out of reach. This
unpractical. I give you an illustration of this; for to-day,
a social tumour, a malignant social illness or cancer; and this
three times as many. I am not saying this to re-new a
sensation: it must be mentioned because we can see by this how
conditions what we need is not a small change in this or that
theory.” This theory, which might, after the break-down
This strictly limited piece of work was fundamentally all he
the “worker” in this life, but his social position
consequence! But there is no indication whatever in this phrase
we would be honest with the proletariat, we must say that this
we try to describe the genesis of all this in a few words,
hopelessly naïve to deal in this way with the theory of
registers too low a temperature to please us. By this temporary
recognize the forces active in the social question from this
aspect, now and in the immediate future. In this we are much
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