By Rudolf Steiner

Bn/GA 105

“Our time must not bring forth an ancient wisdom. Rather it must find a new one, one that not only points to the present but also works prophetically, apocalyptically, into the future.” With these words Rudolf Steiner summed up the thesis of this volume. Beginning with ancient Egypt, the pyramids and sphinxes, and a comparison of that epoch with our own, he leads us through the evolution of man in relation to the cosmos, the workings of the spirits of form and much more. Through this panoramic survey we discover how the changed conditions of human consciousness and its path into the future call for a new wisdom.

Printed for the Members of the School of Spiritual Science, Class I. ¶ No person is qualified to form a judgement on the contents of this work, who has not acquired — through the School itself or in an equivalent manner recognized by the School — the requisite preliminary knowledge. Other opinions will be disregarded: the authors decline to take them as a basis for discussion.

In the Complete Edition of the works of Rudolf Steiner, the text is published with the title: Cosmos, Earth and Man ..., published in German as, Welt, Erde und Mensch, deren Wesen und Entwickelung sowie ihre Spiegelung in dem Zusammenhang zwischen aegyptischem Mythos und gegenwaertiger Kultur (No. 105 in the Bibliographic Survey, 1961). This First Edition, original translation is from shorthand reports unrevised by the lecturer. It is published here with the kind permission of the Rudolf Steiner Nachlassverwaltung, Dornach, Switzerland.