Lucifer and Ahriman

THE INFLUENCES OF
LUCIFER AND AHRIMAN

Man's Responsibility for the Earth

by

RUDOLF STEINER

Five lectures given by Rudolf Steiner in November, 1919
Authorised translation from shorthand reports unrevised by the lecturer.

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First printed in English by Rudolf Steiner Publishing Co. 1954

Second impression by Steiner Book Centre, Inc., N. Vancouver, 1976

© Rudolf Steiner Press, London, 1954

Authorised translation by permission of the Rudolf Steiner Nachlassverwaltung, Dornach, Switzerland

Translated by D. S. Osmond

The original German texts of these lectures can be found in the Collected Edition of Rudolf Steiner's works under the titles: “Soziales Verstandniss aus geisteswissenschaftlicher Erkenntnis” and “Der innere Aspekt des sozialen Ratsels. Luziferische Vergangenheit and ahrimanische Zukunft” Nos. 191 and 193 in the Bibliographical Survey, 1961.