The Driving Force of Spiritual Powers in World History

RUDOLF STEINER

THE DRIVING FORCE
OF SPIRITUAL
POWERS IN WORLD
HISTORY

Seven lectures given in Dornach,
11th to 23rd March, 1923

Lectures I, II, IV, V. VI, VII, translated by Dorothy Osmond
Lecture III translated by Johanna Collis

STEINER BOOK CENTRE
Toronto, Canada

First edition in English 1972

Translated from shorthand reports unrevised by the lecturer. In the Complete Edition of the works of Rudolf Steiner the volume containing the original German texts of the following lectures is entitled: Die Impulsierung des weltgeschichtlichen Geschehens durch geistige Machte. (No. 222 in the

Bibliographical Survey, 1961).

This edition in English

is published by
permission of the Rudolf Steiner Nachlassverwaltung, Dornach, Switzerland.

Printed in Great Britain by
Bookprint International Ltd. England 1972

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

© by Steiner Book Centre 1972