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The Mission of the Individual Folk-Souls

In Connection with Teutonic Mythology

On-line since: 30th September, 2005


By Rudolf Steiner

Translated by A. H. Parker
Bn/GA 121

Eleven lectures given in June of 1910 at Christiania (Oslo). From the lecture series entitled, The Mission of Individual Folk-Souls, published in German as, Die Mission einzelner Volksseelen im Zusammenhange mit der germanisch-nordischen Mythologie. [Bib. No 121].

These lectures, and those in The Spiritual Guidance of Man, are the only lectures reworked by Steiner for the public.

The lectures in this volume explore the nature and working of the various folk-souls, their influences, and their meaning in the modern world. It is presented here with the kind permission of the Rudolf Steiner Nachlassverwaltung, Dornach, Switzerland.


Be sure to read the Study Guide for this lecture series:
Souls of the Nations,
and another version of this book,
The Mission of Folk-Souls (publ. 1929).

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CONTENTS

 Cover Sheet  
Notes
Contents
Preface
Synopses
 
Lecture One: Angels, Folk Spirits, Time Spirits: their part in the Evolution of Mankind. June 07, 1910
Lecture Two: Normal and abnormal Archangels and Time Spirits. The Spirits of Language and of Modes of Thought. June 08, 1910
Lecture Three: The inner Life of the Folk Spirits. Formation of the Races. June 09, 1910
Lecture Four: The Evolution of Races and Civilization. June 10, 1910
Lecture Five: Manifestation of the Hierarchies in the Elements of Nature. The Mission of the Planetary Epochs of Old Saturn, Old Sun, Old Moon and Earth. June 11, 1910
Lecture Six: The Five Root Races of Mankind. June 12, 1910
Lecture Seven: Advance of Folk Spirits to the Rank of Time Spirits. Monotheism and Pluralism. Exoteric and Esoteric Christianity. June 12, 1910
Lecture Eight: The Five Post-Atlantean Civilizations. Greek and Teutonic Mythology. June 14, 1910
Lecture Nine: Loki - Hodur and Baldur - Twilight of the Gods. June 15, 1910
Lecture Ten: The Mission of Individual Peoples and Cultures in the Past, Present and Future. Solovieff. June 16, 1910
Lecture Eleven: Nerthus, Freyja and Gerda. Twilight of the Gods. Vidar and the new Revelation of Christ. June 17, 1910
 
Appendix
List of Relavent Literature
Summarized plan of the Complete Edition of the Works of Rudolf Steiner in the original German


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