The Karma of Vocation

THE KARMA OF VOCATION by Rudolf Steiner THE ANTHROPOSOPHIC PRESS Spring Valley, New York Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Steiner, Rudolf, 1861-1925 The Karma of Vocation. “The ten lectures presented here were given in Dornach, Switzerland, November 4 through 27,1916. In the Collected edition of Rudolf Steiner's works, the volume containing the German texts is entitled Das Karma des Berufes des Menschen in Anknüpfung an Goethe's Leben (vol. 172 in the Collected edition). They were originally translated from the German by Olin D. Wannamaker and revised for this edition by Gilbert Church, Ph.D. The final revision was prepared by Peter Mollenhauer” — T.p. verso. Rev. ed. of: The karma of human vocation in connection with the life of Goethe. 1st ed. 1944. Includes bibliographical references. 1. Anthroposophy — Addresses, essays, lectures. 2. Karma — Addresses, essays, lectures. 3. Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749–1832 — Addresses, essays, lectures. I. Mollenhauer, Peter. II. Title. BP595.S8544813 1984 299'.935 84-2902 ISBN 0-88010-085-0 ISBN 0-88010-086-9 (pbk.) First Edition 1944 Second Edition 1984 Copyright © 1984 by Anthroposophic Press, Inc. Cover design by Peter Stebbing Printed in the United States of America