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Man in the Light of Occultism, Theosophy and Philosophy
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Man in the Light of Occultism, Theosophy and Philosophy
On-line since: 17th January, 2000
PREFACE
The following lecture-course was given by Rudolf Steiner to an
audience familiar with the general background and terminology of his
anthroposophical teaching. It should be remembered that in his
autobiography, The Course of my Life, he emphasises the
distinction between his written works and reports of lectures which
were given as oral communications and were not originally intended for
print. For an intelligent appreciation of the lectures it should be
borne in mind that certain premises were taken for granted when the
words were spoken. These premises, Rudolf Steiner writes,
include, at the very least, the anthroposophical knowledge of
Man and of the Cosmos in its spiritual essence; also what may be
called ‘anthroposophical history,’ told as an outcome of research into
the spiritual world.
The word Theosophy is used by Rudolf Steiner in these
lectures in the sense of his fundamental work, Theosophy: an
introduction to super-sensible knowledge of the World and the
Destination of Man, first published in German in 1904
(28 th edition,
Stuttgart, 1955). He acted as General Secretary of the German Section
of the Theosophical Society from 1902 until 1913, when the Charter of
the German Section was cancelled by the officials of that Society. In
the Anthroposophical Society which then came into being,
Rudolf Steiner continued to present the results of his own occult
research. The Theosophy of these lectures should thus be
understood as identical with the Anthroposophy of the
years after 1913.
A list of publications in English translation relevant to the themes
of the following lectures, and a summarised plan of the Complete
Centenary Edition of Rudolf Steiner's works in the original German,
will be found at the end of the present volume.
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