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Occult Signs and Symbols

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Occult Signs and Symbols

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Occult Signs and Symbols

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Transcribed from a series of lectures in Stuttgart, September 13-16, 1907. Translated from German shorthand reports unrevised by the lecturer (Vol. 101 in the Bibliographic Survey, 1961) by Sarah Kurland with emendations by Gilbert Church, Ph.D.

by
Rudolf Steiner

Four lectures given in Stuttgart,
September 13–16
, 1907
Translated by Sarah Kurland
Emendations by Gilbert Church, Ph.D.
Bn 101.2; GA 101 (and 284)

Steiner discusses the occult significance of Noah's ark, Gothic churches, animal forms, symbolism in numbers, and the Seven Seals. With seven illustrations.

Transcribed from a series of lectures in Stuttgart, September 13–16, 1907. Translated from German shorthand reports unrevised by the lecturer (Vol. 101 in the Bibliographic Survey, 1961) by Sarah Kurland with emendations by Gilbert Church, Ph.D. Electronic transcription by John Roland Penner, 1998.

Lecture Four, given on September 16, 1907, is also included in Bn/GA 284.

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CONTENTS

 Cover Sheet  
 
Lecture I Stuttgart 13th September, 1907
  The Creative Cosmic Tone. Flooding Colour and the Formative Forces of the Akasha.
 
II Lecture II Stuttgart 14th September, 1907
  The Symbolic Meaning of Noah's Ark and the Gothic Churches. The Symbolism of Certain Animal Forms and Their Relation to the Elements: Snake, Fish, Butterfly, Bee.
 
III Lecture III Stuttgart 15th September, 1907
  The Symbolism of Numbers. The Mystics and the Time of Copernicus. Involution, Evolution and Creation out of Nothingness. The Number Four, the Sign of Creation.
 
IV Lecture IV Stuttgart 16th September, 1907
  Man, the Most Significant Symbol. The Seven Seals.
 




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