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Title: The Inner Development of Man
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cannot be made in vain, but should become the soul's nature later on.
should not condemn but understand the criminal's personality,
needs personal instruction should be understood in the sense that

Title: Lecture: Newborn Might and Strength Everlasting
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I should like to turn your attention away from this play to a wonderful
should be able to experience something that was active within him, deep
Golgotha can rise from the depths of the soul. This should live in our
I should like to convey in the following words what we should try to

Title: William Shakespeare
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simply faced the problem: how should a ghost or a witch appear on the
We should not forget that the modern stage is not favourable to the
Anyone contemplating reproduction of the above lecture notes should be

Title: William Shakespeare
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we should include Shakespeare in the German classics. And if we
simply asked himself: how should a ghost or a witch appear on the
We should

Title: Lecture: The Work of Secret Societies in the World
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should be unknown. He worked in such a way that he merely added something
moment should be preserved.
everyone should keep secret his own share in the work; thereby he secures

Title: Christ and the Twentieth Century
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Knowledge. The latter, so it has been thought, should confine
Science should embrace only the ‘lower’ order of things,
should be relegated to the domain of Faith. We cannot, however, enter
sanctuaries of learning as we should say to-day — performed for
prepared through the ancient Hebrew culture that which later should

Title: Lecture: The Crossing of the Threshold and the Social Organism
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that we should extricate ourselves from this chaos. Indeed, for this
that we should WILL things in accordance with the direction of
human evolution. We should realise over and over again that the old
taken into account from a SPIRITUAL standpoint! We should not delude
Anthroposophy, should feel that they are a KERNEL from which the
social life may be very useful; but humanity should strive after the
should be conscious of it, for it has nothing to do with his
curiosity. Man should instead be pervaded with the feeling that
night should become fruitful in the course of his day.
should, learn to consider his life between birth and death as a
throughout his life the human being should be able to feel the
the human being should carry into the life of daytime the conscious
should turn to these kinds of feelings, which are far more real in
to-day pertaining to religious beliefs; they should turn to feelings
should move in the direction which I have just now indicated.
One more thing should be grasped clearly. You know that the religions of
The human beings should experience in their souls more or less the following

Title: Lecture: And The Temple Becomes Man
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should find, inasmuch as the countenance expresses the inner man,
invented.” To these words there should really be added: “Styles
a work of art should be taken in hand by the intellect is a really

Title: Lecture: The Migrations of the Races
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they should be able to understand the physical heart, the physical

Title: Being of Man/Future Evolution: Lecture 2: Different Types of Illness
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something else we should note as well, which will gradually have to
should not be taken as separate ones, as is often the case with those given
strongest justification for this form of illness and should not be

Title: Being of Man/Future Evolution: Lecture 3: Original Sin
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either. In cases of psychological treatment, therefore, you should

Title: Being of Man/Future Evolution: Lecture 5: Rhythms in the Being of Man
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to do such experiments, and they are very useful, but you should not
and a time will come for this — we should recognise the rhythms
should have found an exact reflection of cosmic relationships in the
salvation to return to the old rhythm and ask himself how he should
But it is important too that man should not believe he can live

Title: Being of Man/Future Evolution: Lecture 6: Illness and Karma
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beginning, that man should have the possibility of setting himself
we should understand the significance and justification of obstacles
carry out what he should do.
destroys it. When the organ that should have been instrumental in
future incarnations. We should regard illness as a process that makes
someone is knocked down by a train it should be explained in the same
of karma triggers off illness. Therefore we should never really be
have brought it upon myself through my karma.’ For we should
settlement, but we should actually think of illness as just the

Title: Being of Man/Future Evolution: Lecture 7: Laughing and Weeping
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thing should be noticed, for it is accessible to any kind of external
should not imagine that when a man is born it is possible under
should not be condemned in the abstract as egoistic, for laughter can

Title: Being of Man/Future Evolution: Lecture 8: The Manifestation of the Ego in the Different Races of Men
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essential that the sun's force should not work from inside but from
both sun and moon, that these two cosmic bodies should send their
North Pole, we should have found a spiritualising of the earth
should have been; peoples who had completely surrendered themselves
theosophical movement that we should let the divine man within us

Title: Being of Man/Future Evolution: Lecture 9: Evolution, Involution and Creation out of Nothingness
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science should take hold of human life, and how it can become life,
cosmos, as these are expressed in man. And to start with I should
not to speak of a third factor, we should not comprise the whole of
should ponder over such concepts for months if not years, then we
others for their part can progress. Nobody should believe that he

Title: Between Death and Rebirth: Lecture One
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should embark upon all your anthroposophical efforts in this spirit
to say to you during this coming winter should be understood.
content of those worlds should flow into the human soul. But now we
that in certain souls who were sufficiently mature there should be
knowledge of this change, or at least that such souls should be able
and concentration of soul, we should await a revelation of the
not be setting about this in the right way; he should wait until the
the truths of the spiritual world. That is how we should respond to
of life. The sacred riddle that every human being should be to us can
I should like to sum up what I have been saying about

Title: Between Death and Rebirth: Lecture Two
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the attitude of soul in every individual should incline to
sphere. It is therefore essential that Initiation should be preceded
for example, faithful followers of Wotan. We should then be at the
have arisen from Christianity should be no cause of apprehension; for

Title: Between Death and Rebirth: Lecture Three
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car and killed; if we had left home punctually we should no longer be
in which we should have been travelling and thus have been injured.
only through slight displacement do not meet, we should have a

Title: Between Death and Rebirth: Lecture Four
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good and evil, insight into the forces of life should be
— it was ordained that man should not
they saw an animal moving across the heavens in the way we should see
strange if it had been suggested to them that they should try to
should be kindled to life through Anthroposophy; and the methods used
immense significance. It was necessary that the human being should be

Title: Between Death and Rebirth: Lecture Five
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necessary that the evolution of Mars should become a process of
should be compatible with every status in life, that humanity should
necessary that human beings should be educated to think in terms of
could be achieved through the Buddha should become part of the

Title: Between Death and Rebirth: Lecture Six
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that we should endeavour to vindicate to healthy human reason what

Title: Between Death and Rebirth: Lecture Seven
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forms should not continue to grow if nothing were to intervene. But
is very important that teachers should have knowledge of these two
illness. Why, it is asked today, should anyone need to know about
unwilling to believe this on the basis of the occult facts should
some of those who sought to be baptised should be made conscious of
important that this should be known. The work of the Luciferic beings
on Earth, which was that man should free himself from the need for

Title: Between Death and Rebirth: Lecture Eight
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beholding the spiritual should gradually cease and man's gaze be
today in which it is emphasised that attention should no longer be
refreshing colours should be displayed in lecture halls and rooms
Science should feel Spiritual Science to be a dire necessity in life,

Title: Between Death and Rebirth: Lecture Nine
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may be a life after death but why should we trouble about it during
the human being and should not be drummed into him; he should work
logically have to say that human beings should not have to learn to
incarnation, we should find that during that period such human beings
preceding the last two incarnations? We should find that they had
This does not by any means suggest that such work should be
criticised root and branch. It should not be understood in this
despondency is still out of place, but that should not lead anyone to
of worlds. In any case one should not grieve excessively about such
It is in this sense that Anthroposophy should find entry

Title: Between Death and Rebirth: Lecture Ten
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century, should be said to be the first region of Devachan, of the
understanding of the ‘Thou art that’, or, as we should
lectures and lecture-courses, we should be able to form our own
The conclusion which I should like to be able to draw

Title: Michelangelo
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Obviously in such a study we should look at Michelangelo's
the present day we should have no feeling for the very different mode
two horns like this and justify them as symbols of power, we should
not admire them because we should not believe in them. Yet
that we should believe in all the details of what is represented,
of soul; they are set within the actual world around us; we should
rather we should recognize that Michelangelo is the most important
intended that he should go to school like the others, but he was
create his figures. On the other hand, that he should not merely
Here I should like to refer
before us, that something specific should be made from it. It is not
Here is a point of view that we should bear in mind, particularly
should not be surprised that the man who was bold enough to
should be driven out.
should note the following — When developments at Rome prevented
likeness between this head and the Apollo Belvedere. We should
should allow his influence over us to work:
should select to represent plastically the truth which Spiritual
Science tells us — how, that is, we should picture the physical
should be represented in the form which Michelangelo has given to
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Title: Lecture: The Etheric Being in the Physical Human Being
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advertisements, etc. should be addressed to Miss DORA
is what we should be able to conceive. When we transcend our own
the space of 24 hours should instead be compared with the course
should be compared with man's sleeping condition. If comparisons
are drawn in, we should therefore say:
we should indeed consider that in the summer the Spirit of the
into man; their flowers should therefore be sought in man.
human life from the inner aspect, we should look upon it as a
impressions or signs, is still elastic. Consequently we should
should therefore tell a child as much as possible, but without
stressing the point that it should unfold its memory power
should instead be left to its own resources. Spiritual science
productive way. Whereas the power of memory should be connected
astral body, his volitional life should be connected chiefly with
to, we may always deny them. But our observation should be
adapted to life and we should really gain insight into life as it
direction. We should realize that the path leading into the
innermost depths of our soul. Life on earth should not be looked
evolution, life on earth should give us something that flames
these things, we should always say that particularly in the
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Title: Errors in Spiritual Investigation
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unprejudiced a way as they should be seen. From hundreds of possible
longer belongs, into the consciousness that should oversee and judge
said in preceding lectures, it should be clear that all spiritual
in considering that everything should be like condensed ghosts. Here
the justified opinion should be spread that an outer, distinguishing
grasp such matters. This should result from the study itself. If one
has a definite notion of how one should grasp these things, one
moment in which he should approach the real science of the spirit,
one without hatred, it should have done what the others have not

Title: Lecture: The Christmas Mystery, Novalis, the Seer
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should be regarded as an approximate translation of the

Title: Lecture: Buddha
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teaching of Buddha should frequently be discussed to-day, is a fact
the history of Western spiritual life should tell us that the idea of
closely interwoven, he should have evolved the idea that this descent
of my soul I should everywhere be able to look behind the illusion of
not feel it unjust that he should suffer from the faults of youthful
actions committed in a different consciousness. Equally, he should
not feel it an injustice that he should atone in his present state
“Not I, but Christ in me!” The Christian should say:
in Goethe, for instance — demands that man should not give way

Title: Lecture: What Has Geology to Say About the Origin of the World?
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space, we should there observe the blood-system, the nervous-system
to go further back we should see how this path would lead us much
should logically lead to the following reflection – When the
latter itself we should, however, have something in a state of
must be examined with the sternness which should be applied to every

Title: Evolution/Aspect: Lecture 1: Introductory Lecture
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beginning in this direction. For this should not be regarded as
them, should be conscious of the fact that they are working at
theosophical life should be carried into all branches of life and
such a thing should be thought possible). It might even be cultivated
instead of passing from that to a still larger one I should prefer to
attained — that our theosophical life should lead to our
occultism should give its conclusions on these facts in the West.
should not be, (to go into this now would lead us too far) we know
she had an impetuous nature and often said what she should not, for
necessary that there should be any disharmony in the theosophical
and we should not have mentioned these subjects to-day at all, if our
opponents’ side should say, ‘Here it is said that that
these are really things that we must point out, so that no one should
already received. And so I should like in particular, in order to

Title: Evolution/Aspect: Lecture 2: The Inner Aspects of the Saturn-embodiment of the Earth
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nourishment we should come at last to an expression of the cosmos, to
consider the Mystery of Golgotha, but that we should arrive at it
offered by the Spirits of Will to the Cherubim. This should give us
an indication of how we should really look upon fire. Wherever we see
fire, wherever we are aware of heat, we should not think in so
But wherever heat is present we should feel that what is at the
later period, so that we should not at first take such things

Title: Evolution/Aspect: Lecture 3: The Inner Aspect of the Sun-embodiment of the Earth
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observed the space of ancient Saturn we should have found no
what is meant here. And if a man should make a sacrifice, not because
impulse to sacrifice, it is then unthinkable that he should feel
vision of the beatitude of sacrifice! We should be soul-less lumps if
will accept nothing unproved.’ Certainly we should not accept
world as a gift, everything ho possessed — we should thus be

Title: Evolution/Aspect: Lecture 4: The Inner Aspect of the Moon-embodiment of the Earth (Part 1)
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it must appear truly absurd that sacrifice should be recognised
fire nor air should be sought in the world of reality, but sacrifice,
ready to renounce all that we should otherwise wish to choose for
importance that we should accept this renunciation, this creative
thought, however, which we should entertain is this: that man would
Universe, so that we should meet with resistance in that which is
should like to remind you of that Spanish King who considered the
other way of doing it!’ Why, indeed, should it not be done in
it might be said: Why should a triangle have only three angles?
occasion I suggested that we should suppose that the sacrifice of
that has been referred to to-day. It is not necessary that he should.

Title: Evolution/Aspect: Lecture 5: The Inner Aspect of the Moon-embodiment of the Earth (Part 2)
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this boy should experience fresh injustice, perhaps at school; then
Beings. The Spirits of Movement should not be thought of as merely
should continually arise to assuage the feeling of desolation, we
the yearning is satisfied and brought into harmony; but should a
can span with her earthly consciousness! We should not be able to
should like to know how an abstract thinker, one who accounts for

Title: Evolution/Aspect: Lecture 6: The Inner Aspect of the Earth-embodiment of the Earth
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power of the process of acquiring knowledge. We should be able
depends on himself, or at least it need only do so. And he should not
because it is related to him. Why else should people who start from
been told should find an echo in himself. He wishes it to become its
ourselves arrive at the concept of the miraculous, we should see that
therefore be necessary that we should not only try to understand
Hierarchies — we should find that they do not know death in the
historical status of the Gospels. Rather should we, as
I should just like to mention a point I already endeavoured to

Title: Lecture: The Spirit in the Realm of Plants
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print. It should also be remembered that certain premises were taken
the principle that the knowing human being should understand himself
science, we should not speak about the spirit in the vague and
general way indicated today; rather, we should speak in such a way
difficult position if he has worked through to what should be said
should be reminded that in the second third of the nineteenth century
this is admitted today in relation to coal, it should not be
should form itself under the influence of the sun activity. In that
is the earth ego. This should not be said merely symbolically! As the
contribution to research of the plant world, to say that one should
soul nature. If this is done, a soul should also be attributed to
a soul can also be attributed to a mouse trap! We should not speak
regarding the soul life of a single plant, however, then he should

Title: Lecture: Zarathustra
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purpose of human evolution that the two currents should meet. Before
at the same point along both sides. Why should we not assume that the
what lies in the realm of the Asuras, and that he should therefore

Title: Lecture: Hermes
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modern Natural Science should have spoken of the achievements of
must not be analysed merely in the sense of allegory or symbol. It should
statement of Spiritual Science? I should like here to quote from a

Title: Lecture: Reincarnation and Karma
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soul. And should natural science proceed along the lines which
No one should
should — that the one subject of research be approached
had not existed, we should not have been able to benefit by the
clarity and security should be the most important concern of our
say, “We should like to know something about
Ladenburg knows no substratum of the soul; therefore he should
transformation of the skull of lower animals. One should explain
particularly mention that I should never dream of attacking
somehow or other, “inanimate substances” should

Title: Lecture: Life and Death
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Should patch a wall to expel the winter's flaw!”
environment of the developing organism, but should really
we should not take it as real, but only as symbolical, as
should learn to think over what, through the force of logical
of soul such as has been described. Should it be aroused by
artificial means and should man at the same time lead a life
Should patch a wall to expel the winter's flaw.”

Title: Lecture: Birth of the Light
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festival of love and peace. What should be more beautifully
What is it really that we should write in our hearts —
this Christmas night there should pour into our hearts the
powerful. There should pour into our hearts, into our souls,
strength of love should pour into our hearts so strongly that
It was my parents' will that I should gain
picture — all that should be contained in a certain
beings and we should be shutting ourselves out from the world
should achieve, to assist in the tasks that we have set

Title: Lecture: Galileo, Giordano Bruno, and Goethe
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such an intellectual individuality should not be taken
Spirit in Nature. They should not rely entirely upon the
man from beast, arranged that animals should have the
inter-maxillary bones, while these should be wanting in

Title: Lecture: The Mission of Raphael in the Light of Spiritual Science
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ages. Most ages indeed already pointed to one in whom they should find
first time what it means that the being of man should appear again and
it should not be taken merely as a symbolical mode of expression, but
I should like to quote words written about the Sistine Madonna by Karl

Title: The Social Question and Theosophy
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time. The Theosophist should be setting this right again and
again. He should ever and again point out that wherever there
cannot progress in the mosl essential things that we should be
only learned how it looks; but how things should be done, that
human beings took up impulses for which they should be calling
That picture should not be misunderstood. The soul that 1800
through today's thinking. Theosophy should be active in us as a
stimulate every action in us, just so this also should
us achieve in ourselves, as much as we can, what should happen.

Title: Goethe's Secret Revelation: Lecture I
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younger man that plant should be put side by side with plant
and demands that man should lift himself to a stage where he grasps
should he not also be a stimulant for that spiritual tendency
we should be able to show the working of his whole method.
‘Had I known this before, I should not have promised them to

Title: Goethe's Secret Revelation: Lecture II
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where should we be if he were to consider his desire as a source of
is asked where we should come to if not only what the eyes see and
about the way in which nature should be regarded, was still of the
characterize every figure in it, I should have to speak not for three
I should like to show you in two examples how much Goethe's

Title: Goethe's Secret Revelation: Lecture III
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barely one year longer — in that he should have
Faust Mystery should appear in its right light there sounds an
fire which should have come from the foundation and source of life
other. Man may shrug his shoulders and look down on the minds of
laboratories. What should have been experienced in a spiritual
what we should now look upon as swindling and
If we could penetrate every word of this formula we should
and the manner in which it should be seen, as Homer had.
found it strange that so little should be heard in Rome of ghost

Title: Goethe's Secret Revelation: Lecture IV
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the mask of Phorkyas, should step in front of the curtain, take off

Title: Christianity in the Evolutionary Course of Modern Mankind
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is of unique significance as an Avatar-Being. We should seek
should have an Avatar-being woven into his body? It means that
no one should maintain on this account that the language is
great historical law which should be of special importance for
comprehend what is in question, should be cultivated.
concern should now be that the organ within man be opened, so

Title: An Impulse for the Future
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beforehand. It should be specified that what is said now has nothing
the possibility to consider them later should it be so
which, if possible, should enter the world; it refers to the artistic
spiritual task should develop, a task which is to result in a
must be assured in that the will to be a member should not come from
should be the result. But as soon as someone indicates that he
somehow does not agree with what is announced today, then he should
applicable. You will see though, if something like this should come
is no longer what it was, but has added something new, so should this
be like a living tree. Never should what it is to become be
of our endowment, the branch for Theosophical Art, should create a

Title: Supersensible Knowledge: Lecture I: The Significance of Supersensible Knowledge Today
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the subjects to be discussed should contain something of
development far into the future. Spiritual science should be
understand. The truth should result in more than mere
patience and tolerance; it should enable a person to enter
Through spiritual science a person should be able to progress
This is to be expected and should be no cause for division;
rather Truth in all its forms should act as a unifying force.
existence. Religion should enable us to go through life
no one should be given bread without receiving also a world
utmost importance that there should exist, within external

Title: Supersensible Knowledge: Lecture II: Blood is a Very Special Fluid
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of scientists believes that sensation should be ascribed also

Title: Supersensible Knowledge: Lecture III: The Origin of Suffering
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born. It is therefore comprehensible that an inkling should
death process, a destructive process must intervene; should

Title: Supersensible Knowledge: Lecture IV: The Origin of Evil
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with the result that what should remain impersonal becomes
it in the service of the world: The rose should adorn itself

Title: Supersensible Knowledge: Lecture V: Illness and Death
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according to natural laws; that anyone should think it could

Title: Supersensible Knowledge: Lecture VII: Education and Spiritual Science
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this time leave undisturbed what should develop naturally of
inner forces should be ennobled through religion, corresponds
authority and community. The children should experience
teacher's training. An educator should not be concerned with
the school must be its life. Life should not just be
pictorially the teacher should not be thinking that it is
should not merely be shown and described, the child should
should listen carefully to the truth uttered by a child, but
burdened with abstract concepts; what is taught should have a
sense-perceptible, must have spoken to the child; it should
theories are introduced, which should only be done after
by life. But school and education should not be something apart
from life. Rather should it be said that a person's character

Title: Supersensible Knowledge: Lecture VIII: Insanity in the Light of Spiritual Science
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Paranoia. When that aspect of the physical body that should

Title: Supersensible Knowledge: Lecture IX: Wisdom and Health
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that through spiritual science egoistical wishes should be
The spiritual world is there and should not be sought as if

Title: Supersensible Knowledge: Lecture X: Stages in Man's Development in the Light of Spiritual Science
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suggested that a person should contemplate his ordinary
activated. The environment should provide happiness, pleasure
principle is at work in the first seven years, and should be
the emulation. This is why the teaching of history should be
ether body. This influence should come from people who,
principle of education demands that the educator should now,
organs should now become stronger and increase in size.
strength and increase of stature. The child should experience
influence. Only now should appeal be made to the power of
should not be obliged to form personal opinions and
astral body is born. Before puberty the child should be able
definite, too conclusive; they should not become consolidated
contain what it should be able to imprint on the denser ether

Title: Supersensible Knowledge: Lecture XI: Who are the Rosicrucians?
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virtues should be developed. When the Rosicrucians spoke of
the obvious fact that a human being should be moral and
circles, its fruits should be available to all humanity. That
namely, that it should not be embarked upon without
This should only be attempted when the stage of study has

Title: Supersensible Knowledge: Lecture XII: Richard Wagner and Mysticism
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suggest that a botanist or a poet should refrain from
phenomenon conveys. In that case the plant should be able to
subsequently discovered. Therefore, the objection should not
Beauty created by art should also express truth and
what he, Richard Wagner, offered to mankind should have
religious dedication. It should fulfill a religious task and
some action taking place on the stage, we should become aware
of more than can be perceived by eyes and ears. We should be
should not be there to illustrate the poetry, but to complete
it. What poetry cannot express should be conveyed by
to hear it? It should not be said that something arbitrary is

Title: Supersensible Knowledge: Lecture XIII: The Bible and Wisdom
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people should recognize that to interpret the Bible in ways
these religious records should be properly understood. Those
develop spiritually. No one should wish to attempt to do so

Title: Necessity and Freedom: Lecture I: The Past Shows Us a Picture of Necessity
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people should not confine themselves to immediate sense
should also look in the opposite direction and adjust our first
clergyman let it be known — and it should be alright to
people should meet with this disaster at that precise
should be at least a small number of people who are able to

Title: Necessity and Freedom: Lecture II: The Legend of the Prague Clock
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Last time I wanted mainly to emphasize that we should not
where historical phenomena are concerned we should also
could begin to wonder how each of one's own deeds should be
“Perhaps after all one should not make a perfect
what I have said that we should always behave like that
I do not travel by his path to Parnassus, and should have been
good poet does not hurl them at his readers; he should know the
then we should also have to leave the world. For just as there
physical aspect, but should be judged based on the knowledge

Title: Necessity and Freedom: Lecture III: Three Teachers with Different Attitudes
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seems to me that the first two should adapt to the
This is how we should proceed with self-observation. We must

Title: Necessity and Freedom: Lecture IV: The Roman World and the Teutonic Tribes
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all the points that should be considered. For just imagine, if
is that we should extend our view beyond what lies on the
should play a great part in human life, the domain of
significant a light as we should.
a person broods about how differently he should have acted, the
object. If we fill our mind with the thought “You should
physical plane as we imagined it should, we have failed. If
should have been done. We then come a little closer to what is
that he should never give any punishment at all. He knows how
because they envision that future events should take a definite

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a good person. But on no account should the goodness or
impulses he accepts, but they should work in him — and
submitted to objective scrutiny. It should all enter into the
comfortable if they are told nothing about why they should
can emerge unhindered from our inner being. Thus what should be
to bring home to people is that we should not take these ideas
people should work towards acquiring a conception of their

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a necessity that this matter should, once in a while, be
that it should take into account so important a publication
questions of existence. Theosophy should deal with it
And here I may say that I should hardly have dared to speak my
yet why should not this continuous line proceed onwards in a
there were an ancestor whom I should feel shame in recalling it would
point. What is of importance is that the obvious should for
brain, we should find it to be nothing but a jumble of
you will ask, how should a man be able to receive any new
confused. (Should anyone desire more information on this
natural science. But if man should begin to open his inner
senses, if he should come to see and hear that there is such a
connection between ape and man, yet from this it should not
animals. What should be accepted is a primeval creature, a
undeveloped forebears of man should be installed; for

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reconcile it with his conscience that there should be — as he
ought you to do this?” Where should he now turn for counsel?
should do. The sign from within urged him to turn back, and he
ensure that he should really be able to take up this post within three
concerning the world mysteries should come to life likewise
to say to men should be repeated by this person or that, but rather
impossible, as people read to-day, that they should
his work should be read aloud. Then he said to Schiller: “You
by Goethe as a piece of audacity; and I should like to remind you
to illustrate this I should like to read out a passage from Fichte's
after going on to discuss what a man should become in life if in
from long ago. Supposing that this were the fact, I should have to
reference should be made to an observation attributed to Napoleon
“Everything would have gone all right. I should not have
if anyone to-day should assert that he finds this
fresh outlook on the world, should inevitably hold out his hand to
and immortality in God, why should he not face this venture of
why he should listen to this any longer; so he went off and did not
and indeed in Fichte's other writings; but that, as I should like to
should feel the German spirit which pervades his productions,
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they fit in equally poorly with what should live in the depth of the
feel an intimation — in our circles this feeling should certainly
and what should it become in the future? To this end, let us compare,
voices they would awaken all those feelings which the soul should feel
tales of what they wanted to feel and should feel, when the so-called
this event that our thoughts should be directed during this festival
lies in the Christ-Impulse. But it should be perfectly clear that to
in such a Christmas play should become signposts, as it were, by which
You should appreciate this fact neither with optimistic nor with
each period we must learn how to enliven in ever new ways what should

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IN THESE lectures I should like to bring before you a picture of the
should be carried through in the right way.
all the principles that should be observed in looking after it. Well,
whole it should. certainly be possible to keep these two things apart:
those around him: “Why should we do that?” Certainly, when
but what he should thereby attain is at the same moment taken from
that a number of persons should be capable of judging what spiritual
should. be communicated to man during his physical life concerning the

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what good thing the rock crystal has done that it should have become a
upon the idea that all men should be free to compete in the exchange
needed for the higher worlds. This must be strictly avoided. He should
This will have indicated how a person should not let feelings and
Fechner proposed that Frau Professor Schleiden should put out her tubs
important and necessary that one should first gain acquaintance with

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secrets of the Egyptian-Chaldaic period should appear as a kind of
very little agreement with the higher ego of the person. It should be
accepted as the basis of modern education — all this should not
entirely correct. No, all this should be judged in accordance with how
know the Mysteries through occult sight. And they should be most
But that is not the point. What matters is that there should be
of duality must make a unity, and so should bring man a little further
Just as it was right for Egyptian times that one should rise up into

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ice. In this way you should picture the arising of the
Gospel is written should not read it like any other book. The
Thus is it intended and thus should it be used. I have often
the beginning” is not a good translation. It should
plane appear to him as in a mirror. The number 165 should not

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to them, “If you were not there, I should not

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Christian document. We have seen that it should not be read
eaten of the Tree of Knowledge, should also eat of the Tree
quickly enough, and that one should mortify the flesh, the
and to value it higher than our lower world, but we should
principle, in different forms. We should not despise any
parents, but that the works of God should be made manifest in
glory of God should be made manifest in a blind person. This
presumes that it was arranged that someone should be blind so
Thus he said, signifying what death he should die. The people
“All this should only have come to pass once Elias has
to be laid aside until this time. At that time people should
“God-man”, should pass through one incarnation in
history in broad lines, we should not think that we are
should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be
entirety to you, I should have to take the whole winter. I
should have to take it sentence by sentence and then you
critique of this John Gospel. Instead, it should immerse
itself in it, in order to understand it. Then we should see

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document should lie where it does, a strange occurrence played a part
shoulder-blades, his only vulnerable part. This is a prophetic
realities, these Gods should be presented again in their Wagnerian
should feel the Easter Miracle, then, as a mighty Deed, a
These are the feelings that should inspire us in the days when we

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After a long absence I am able to be again in your midst, and I should
events of our time which touch us so deeply. Our attention should not
our days. It is therefore fitting that we should once again bring
should see that with these forces alone man cannot become what he is.
time to which we can go back in memory — should never leave us.
separates from the body should, during the whole time we pass in the
things have to be investigated little by little. And now I should like
the life between death and rebirth. I should now like to bring forward yet
had to proceed from our own initiative, we should be greatly
externally. I should like to give an apt instance of this. Just
own Karma, and we should not on this account wish to die at this or

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spiritual civilisation of the world. I should now like to continue the
I should like to point out — if I may do so without seeming
things, for in these days we should be very broad indeed — that
significance to this cause of ours, that we should meet together in
should experience everything in this review which others have suffered
regards as precious. You would thus be wishing that he should not
important that we should distinguish this. And now suppose a man dies
lecture. Now, I should like to conclude by saying one thing: When you
prepared. And it was necessary that this should be prepared. You see

Title: Forming of Destiny: Lecture 3: The Subconscious Strata of the Soul-Life and the Life of the Spirit After Premature Death
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body contains we should be infinitely cleverer than we are at the
to our physical body as we now have, we should really be born as
For we should then really live amongst our fellow-men as automatons.
should be absolutely aware for instance, that with this or that person
otherwise we should learn nothing for our further evolution: but there
interpret the pictures we see, we should know that in our etheric
there. Anything to which these dead souls attach value should not
spiritual world demands that man should raise himself up to it, for it
everything on the earth should not merely exist; but that among the
things on the earth there should be something which is not earthly, in
there should be also those who point to the earth, who have really
earlier than should have been done according to plan. Thus we may say
We must always bear in mind that we should not imagine men living on
and nevertheless not consumed by it, should, in a sense not
‘that which should exist’ into the spiritual world. Thereby
intermingled there consists in ‘something that should
unless something occurred to arrest it. This conversion should be
ours demands, more than other epochs that we should think, not only on
earthly world, the Idealists bear ‘that which should exist,’

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everything must be proved,’ I should like to put one question:
which should arise from much of what can be cultivated in Spiritual
one must learn to wait, to wait patiently. In reality one should only
have pointed out how clever we should really be if we could with our
to something else — if we could perceive all that, we should see
comes a point which should be correctly grasped with reference to
show an enormous subtlety — we cannot call this wisdom; we should
should come to him from his ordinary consciousness. There are many
course strive to expand our consciousness, but in doing so, we should
that we should not remove egotism from our ordinary consciousness. But
— and quite correctly: ‘Why should one prevent these people
conditions? Why should they occupy the little time they have in
trivial life that which should lead one away from it, even as regards
should bear in mind not only the ‘What’ (the matter) but the
‘How’ (the manner): that we should really bestir ourselves
the physical world. And now, in conclusion, I should like to mention a
that we should acquaint ourselves with this radical difference in the

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consideration, must be brought into connection with much that should
this memory should not be severed. We must remember back to a certain
To-day I should like to add to our considerations a quite special
should lay hold of them, as may truly happen through the inner

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thing is that we should perceive how humanity has proceeded in its
our present epoch should not see it. This may be said, that one ought
should have reached this point, through the critical philosophy of
it that the one strikes the other so that he is wounded, I should be a
absolutely real occurrence through the mirror image. And I should be a
should have just these very senses. If we had other senses the world
Now, finally, that such errors should be manifest in a criticism of
we should become conscious of the necessity for those who wish to be
demands that we should seek to transcend that thinking which answers
forms of thought. Everywhere we should lay aside in our own souls that
That should form part of the practical life of our Spiritual Science.
And it will become more and more necessary that there should be at
we should again make our thinking alive. Let us briefly place before
subsequent historians should arise and comfortably verify His
in the field of matter. For the spiritual you should not and may not
we should not merely regard this Christmas Mystery as that day of the
into ourselves all sorts of edification, but we should look upon it as
As a symbol I should like in conclusion to present something which a
were put to bed and told that they should receive their Christmas
And He is ever to be found, if we only seek Him. That thought should

Title: Lecture: Foundations of Esotericism: Lecture I
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In all esoteric teaching it is important to learn how we should look
with the solar plexus we should live in intimate communion with the

Title: Lecture: Foundations of Esotericism: Lecture II
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self-knowledge. Meditation therefore should not be undertaken without
spirituality of the East should bring a central point into the chaos

Title: Lecture: Foundations of Esotericism: Lecture V
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should be as positive as possible and as little as possible negative;
that one should speak less about what is not, than about what is. When

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should have the human being as he was before the Lemurian race, who is
him, can lead him upward to his higher self. Passion should not be

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sub-race will be founded. The Theosophical Movement should be the
Christianity; namely, that man should make the whole of eternity

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should be so very careful of what one says, and why it is so immensely
important that man should be master of his speech. In the future man

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comprehended the entire physical world we should no longer need it,
for then we should have it within us. At present however man has

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This is why people should be brought together into groups, in order to
A being can however become entangled in what should actually remain
strongly with what should become slag. This will come about when the
forces of the senses, which should now detach themselves, if he is

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outside, education on the physical plane should bring about in the
the physical body. The teaching implanted in them what should in the
as everything that we should learn from physical existence has not yet

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of the word. So that he should become what he is, all the kingdoms of

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elephants. We should however hardly have met in our wanderings in
no frontal brain and no intellect he should say to himself: I must

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thoughts. Should he not have this disposition, it would be useless
and more for ourselves, the final result would be that we should
their pupils to become so strong that this should prove possible, then
should not disregard. Let us imagine that in this life someone were to

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If we wish to comprehend the world in a deeper way, we should not
This ideal which man should attain in the distant future appears in
to creep into the plant world, then we should learn to know from
pleasure outside ourselves, we should be able, through the pleasure,
should provide once more an impulse leading to an understanding of all
first to work upon the astral body. Now feeling should also influence
Movement, then we should have done much. Christianity is not only
same solution. Nowhere should we need majority decisions, if it were
have only such thoughts we should already have become Chelas, occult
pupils; then we should have the Devachanic Plane completely within us.

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This developed further in the bearing of the Cross on the shoulders.
statues. His intention was that the power of reproduction should be
allow you to attain to knowledge but you should. That is the Snake.
man should not be completely spiritualised, divided the
The intention was that man should attain knowledge. This could only be
allowed to disappear entirely from the Earth we should win back for
existence, in order that man should learn to love the Earth, waiting

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we should see yet another Planetary condition before Saturn; if we
were standing on future Jupiter we should no longer see Saturn, but in
we should not have had the Christ-Principle. In the drops of

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stones is such that if we wished to seek its focus we should find it

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from within outwards, then we should be able to immerse ourselves

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it should provide oxygen for breathing.

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should believe that one immediately becomes an adept simply by going
that he should come right down onto the physical plane that the
wine are there as the symbol of the Fourth Race. What should develop
what should be eaten, these are not actually laws, but stories: You
should not expect the effect of substance to be other than they are.

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as now in the Theosophical Society a separation should once again take
heel, Siegfried with the exception of the spot between the shoulders.
the shoulder blades. This is his vulnerable spot, first made

Title: Lecture: The Four Temperaments
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lifeless mineral, say, a rock crystal. Should the crystal be
homogenize or eliminate them, but an effort should be made to direct
We must reckon with what we have. We should see to it that the
a deeper interest. These things should be allowed to speak to him, to
have an effect upon him. They should then be withdrawn, so that the
qualities, as one does with the sanguine child, one should see to it
child. Any showing of incompetence should be avoided. The child must
should expose the child to legitimate external pain and suffering, so
capacity for experiencing pain. This is the essential thing. We should
The phlegmatic child should not be allowed to grow up alone. Although
naturally all children should have play-mates, for phlegmatics it is
especially important that they have them. Their playmates should have
soul of the phlegmatic child. We should bring into the phlegmatic's
Persons of a choleric temperament should purposely put themselves in
ridiculous. Melancholics should not close their eyes to life's pain,
phlegmatics, having no particular interests, then we should occupy
Instead of arbitrarily theorizing, we should seek an immediate

Title: Lecture: The Human Soul and the Animal Soul
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We should have to be very shortsighted before we could possibly
observation of life should be based, and which may be put in somewhat

Title: Lecture: The Human Spirit and the Animal Spirit
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that should serve him in life are concerned. On the other hand,
determined from without should remain indeterminate. With this we
life, and at this later time we should be able to show that these
man, we should see what an infinite amount depends — without it
practiced in this way is mischievous materialism. It should never be
investigation should not, and spiritual investigation will not, be in
sound. We should be able indeed to picture quite vividly this
which for man's life should not be overlooked. We dare not
his soul and expresses himself. In all that, indeed, we should be
from lack of modesty, I should like to refer to the Rosicrucian
understanding it. In this connection I should like to refer to an
should have to imagine that man experiences sadness in his soul
question; namely, the importance for human life that man should not
are inserted into the whole cosmic connection. We should be obliged
must be handled with caution. This should, however, make you too

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Christians, therefore, should not see in the Christmas festival
on today should be understood in the sense in which Christ has spoken,

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Those who are here for the first time should take this into
sees should not be limited only to these external physical bodies, but
he should perceive them as the external bodies of spiritual beings.
rhythm and were the great examples that should be followed.

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to know should not merely know what has taken place during thousands

Title: Lecture: The Ten Commandments
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second chapter of Genesis should actually read, “The following will
essential that he should make clear to his people how their egohood
a nation of priests. Everyone should feel a spark of the Jehovah God
within himself, should have a direct relationship to Him. No longer
he should let it be as a warning to himself: “I shall acknowledge the
the seventh, and man in his creating should follow. In the third
weakens the strength that should flow into his ego. Likewise does he,
weak. It is the same in the tenth Commandment should a man look with
nature of the consciousness that should flow into the people.
Commandments were given them so that they should become capable with

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where the real rules of the Order should be fulfilled, a true
could grasp various things, because things should be considered
spiritual-scientifically striving person should learn from this
lit up in the future of what Anthroposophists should be

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expression of esoteric truths. Today I should like to speak of one of

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To-day I should like to speak about a very important myth, also Greek,
on I should like to preface what I have to say by a few more theoretic

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bathed in the blood of the dragon and is vulnerable in the shoulder.
shoulders, in the very place where the Cross will have to be borne. He

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Since there are some newcomers present to-day, I should like briefly
should like to speak of one in particular of those sagas which are
Before I begin to speak about this saga, I should like to refer to
According to this plan, the guidance of this fifth root-race should
this are terribly afraid lest the initiates should in some way,

Title: Wisdom of Man: I. The Position of Anthroposophy in Relation to Theosophy and Anthropology.
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clairvoyant consciousness, and it is natural that a desire should
First, I should like to make clear through a comparison
what should be understood by the term anthroposophy. If we wish to
written that such revelations from the summit should come to a close,
that they should no longer be open to the ordinary means of
attitude. It is inevitable that science should spread errors, because

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conscious, that each hand should feel the other, they must touch each
should have a burning sensation; as a matter of fact, that is exactly
ego). As the vowel sounds are so important it should be kept in mind

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serve, but the reader should understand that its application is not
visualizations or conceptions, we should keep in mind our premise
but it should be understood that only the meaning it has, for
should be understood as meaning that it operates in a current upward
should be designated as the sentient body in the narrower sense.
believe in it; in fact, I should be a perfect fool not to believe in

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should have a voice in its activity. The meeting of the intellectual
things accessible to the senses we should never forget that they are
necessary not only that an outer perception should penetrate, but
that a certain current within him should flow in the same direction

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It will seem strange to you that I should be so prolix
manifold combinations of these two elements. We should misconstrue
case I should have been guilty of omitting to name something that

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yesterday's lecture. Should any of you have picked up his Goethe
sensation — one that should underlie this lecture cycle. It is
could not even spell correctly, hence it should be permissible to
piling up against it. It is important that you should learn to know
the soul in its true being as a sort of inner realm. You should

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Lest even the nobler sort should find their barking folly
Stir him to wroth even with the holiest, — lest it should be
Of Godhead, which — though all the world should fall —
we should have to represent it graphically by showing the flood
should stray into thought processes like Schopenhauer's.
should find these two currents striving for decisions and
which the soul is bound up. Desires that remain should be sharply
Naturally this is not a recommendation that we should

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certain moment the brain arrangement should be illuminated by
I should like to ask how many people bemoan something
should choose curious names, as is customary. For example, I could
matters, yet I should here like to select names that will recall to
It should be noted here that the child, when it is

Title: Wisdom of the Spirit: I. Franz Brentano and Aristotles Doctrine of the Spirit.
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thinker, in setting out to describe the soul life, should have

Title: Wisdom of the Spirit: II. Truth and Error in the Light of the Spiritual World.
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Anthroposophists should feel ever more strongly that their world view
reason why we should take account of it, as it does not manifest
parable, something that really should be thoroughly presented in a
should not proceed from some obvious, glaring error, but that two
do away with those forces. That is the point that should be
unthinkable that after death he should pass to an imperfect state.
as I should like to point out to you in the works (1889) of the
the satisfaction of a lofty creative urge, as one would assume should

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will bear this purely arbitrary device in mind he should not be
our soul life as organized in this way, we should have to observe
context? It is that we should be able, so to speak, to form a valid
we would be aware of it. We should have to have something that we

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natural that in making this transition we should focus our attention
our own soul and spirit, that we should, so to speak, first of all
purgatory, a prison, a dungeon?” “Should one,” asks
making faces, but that sort of thing should really not be allowed to
as one should depends largely upon having previously developed
really should not possess. We are naturally not concerned here with
last extremity should we engage, as is rather commonly done by
does not progress, which by rights a man should answer himself, is
obvious. He should refrain from all criticism of others except when
outer necessity demands it. Above all, he should never forget what
really should be in one life, but what he cannot be for inner —
that we should long for reincarnation in order to be able to correct
further what little remains to be said, I should like to remind you
all that is given him in this incarnation, it should not seem

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her evolution should have produced a human body with a particular sort
he should or should not do a certain thing, he says that a kind of
necessary that Buddha should already have developed the spiritual
Graeco-Latin period, he should descend again — that he should
of civilisation, should have had to incarnate again in a form in which
meantime it is necessary that they should learn that the Christ-Being

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should continually enter in greater detail into the questions and
point in question is not merely that one should acquire the conviction
Science can teach us. That is why it is a good thing that we should
lives when it is possible so to do, we should find the finest
serves to show that we should not only look as far as the end of our
noses but should survey longer periods of time, and that it is not
materialistic thinking. I should like to illustrate this by an
world, devachanic world, and so on. Why should everything be so split
but that one should speak of the spiritual world in general
terms. — Why should it be divided into classes?
It is of immense importance that Anthroposophy should become aware of
For instance, it is extremely important that we should know the karmic
is good for a child we must not force him to eat it, but should try so
should regard themselves as pioneers for Anthroposophy as a means of
We cannot hope that this should come about from one day to the next.
point is, not that we should know a few single abstract thoughts, but
that we should study the life-truths of Anthroposophy in the details

Title: Christ Impulse: Lecture 3: The Entrance of the Christ-Being into the Evolution of Humanity
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sufficient. I will show thee how these Commandments should sound if
The wish that others should have the same as we have is lacking.
should again see Christ in the flesh, as a physically incarnated man;
nor is it necessary that they should. For Christ will not return in
might tend to prevent men from understanding what should be
spiritually comprehended. What should really be grasped in the spirit
nothing of it should remain, they would not know that this event is

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Hebrew people, in all its details. This necessitates that we should
however, an impulse had to be given to mankind which should to some
his ego — ‘mediumistically’ as we should say to-day
recommend that sorrow should be endured, but that it should be thrown
Christ-Impulse should stand firm on the basis thereof, quite permeated
will then be wrongly understood and so be crushed. Should that occur,
never was an historical Jesus-Christ. This should be comprehensible to

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striven for was that man should come out of himself, and expand into
the ages preceding that of Lemuria we should only find unity of sex.
we should take every one of the thoughts given us by Spiritual Science
we should try to learn what refers to the other side of it.
— the value of which, in its significance to man should be
different form from that which we should have seen if it had but
rather should we look upon it as all the more significant that there
order that thought should descend more and more into materiality. With
Spiritual substance which the human Ego should draw from the universe
these signs, and notice should be taken of it. For a mighty ascending

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the soul should in the course of its development from one incarnation
to another, acquire ever-new capacities and forces; that it should
have a history of its own; that its earth-existence should be a time
that it should continue to live in the human soul in all the ages yet
in our souls, we should now lack what we need for our present life!
appears atavistically, and only in abnormal cases. No blame should
simple way possible, we should never arrive at an understanding of
Asia and Africa who could wait with their ego until there should have
parts of the earth, so that each epoch of development should find what

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one taken from our knowledge of the Spiritual world and which should
the future. On such a day as this it is seemly that we should in a
theosophical life, and should instead go through a sort of
lead us to a sort of prevision of what this movement should become in
the future, and what we should do, and avoid doing.
way should we view the Theosophical movement if we understand it
super-sensible worlds in order that the soul-life of man should be
new kinds of truths? Why should there be constantly new knowledge and
philosophical side of science should assert that there is no historic
considered as a purely Spiritual Being, should have been present in a
possibility should be given of understanding the historic Jesus in a
and historically? It is necessary that people should learn that Christ
that such a book as The Christ Myth should contain certain
arose in the course of the nineteenth century, that there should flow
possibility should be given to humanity — on the other hand the
itself. Some years after, if it should transpire that this person's
by the person. Especially should that be our attitude in the
if it should become an instrument for the understanding of
Christianity we should then be making the right use of the instrument.
official activity; and that in 1930 a totally different man should
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Meeting, I should like to speak from a particular standpoint about
philosophy stands here at a boundary-line, and its task should be to
century it was looked upon as immensely clever. But what should we be
from opinions. That is how people go on! Why should there be any need
what I have said is clear enough. I should like particularly to

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THE STUDY of Spiritual Science should always go hand in hand with
whose business this should be. Nowadays everyone wants to feel that
about the whole world. The point is that one should go to the root of
There is something else I should like to mention in order to show
occur, and can lead to a complete denial of material life. We should
be real in the world, why should not other ideas have equal reality?”
yet clear whether he should accept one or a number of Spirits, but he

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find expression. We should be Transcendentalists if we said: “The

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field, I should like to illustrate one of these points of view by
that the only thinking-activity worked up in us should be that worked
should call a “thought”, whereas for them it is the
must evoke the feeling by which we recognize how there should be
ourselves in these four lectures should inscribe itself deeply into
their aid we should come to look ever more and more deeply, with
should say to yourselves: “Yes, if anyone wants to enter into

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Meeting, I should like to speak from a particular standpoint about
philosophy stands here at a boundary-line, and its task should be to
century it was looked upon as immensely clever. But what should we be
from opinions. That is how people go on! Why should there be any need
what I have said is clear enough. I should like particularly to

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THE STUDY of Spiritual Science should always go hand in hand with
whose business this should be. Nowadays everyone wants to feel that
about the whole world. The point is that one should go to the root of
There is something else I should like to mention in order to show
occur, and can lead to a complete denial of material life. We should
be real in the world, why should not other ideas have equal reality?”
yet clear whether he should accept one or a number of Spirits, but he

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find expression. We should be Transcendentalists if we said: “The

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field, I should like to illustrate one of these points of view by
that the only thinking-activity worked up in us should be that worked
should call a “thought”, whereas for them it is the
must evoke the feeling by which we recognize how there should be
ourselves in these four lectures should inscribe itself deeply into
their aid we should come to look ever more and more deeply, with
should say to yourselves: “Yes, if anyone wants to enter into

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— for then we should get no good comparison — but with
all-important role. I should like to quote just one example. A great
intervene. Should this destruction arise without at the same time a

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earth-existence. One should not speak therefore of the “lower”
man. One should look at the wisdom-filled structure of a bone, for
should look at the marvellous structure of the heart, of the brain,

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of a physical fact or should be supposed to have anything to do with
should always be arising; if that were so, I would need more room.”
once the measure of its work being exhausted — should consume

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Indians. But you should not picture this crudely, but in slight

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against the very disturbing idea that the Easter Festival should fall
Michael” means that we should not organise our life merely out of
the material, but that we should be conscious that Michael, whose
should be determined from a heavenly standpoint. The Easter Festival
What is the nature of this festival? It is the festival that should
resurrection, contained in the Mystery of Golgotha, should teach man
At Easter we should submerge ourselves in Christ's Death and
— would be this: that a number of open-minded people should come

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should not utterly succumb to this world of sense. And so there is
material world as such; this enabled him to shoulder and work out his
should fall back in our progress to exactly the same extent to which
which man should be thankful. For karma says to us: If you have
should be, that is implicit in it. Those who know that the progress of
variations one hears this easy-going way of talking: Why should I

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should be visible to the initiates; and the hosts of Lucifer were
a whole group of human beings; the reason why just this group should
become in consequence of this, we should recognize in the quakes and
since the time of Atlantis, the suggestion should not arise that any
catastrophes. But it should never so much as occur to anyone to attach
with the guilt to which the catastrophes are due and it should never
catastrophes can be foreseen, why should it not be possible to give

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years after cannot annul, that it should make the promise of none
the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should
righteousness should have been by the law.”
they should develop on into the future. In the Letters to the seven
have gone into the Greek Mysteries and we should there have beheld the

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(giving the word a sense in which it should not be used). For Max Müller
subconscious human nature. That is why education should start with imitation,

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anything is not important; what matters is that we should penetrate with our
started with the external facts. The spiritual element should be sought where
right for human development that the ego should be able to free itself
should never be enslaved. Similarly, tears are an expression of the fact that

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cultured scholar declare that Goethe should be numbered among the mystics,
saying should be regarded simply as descriptive. It is impossible to
mysticism should therefore be undertaken at the proper stage of human

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extending beyond our conscious selves, we should be unable to reproach
should be different now. The divine element I aspire to did not belong to my
it is not necessary that he should. For the Lord's Prayer to come into
that one should seek in one's own soul. God is sought by means of an
Can we suppose that we should know the light if we had never kindled it or

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the astral body does not find in the cut finger what it should find when it
us the following: we should be thankful each time that we are healed, for
therefore arises that we take two different points of view. Nobody should
our next life, then we should really permit all illness to end in death and

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to our definition we should have to call him
from the spiritual world and consider ordinary life. Why should a vegetarian
that will enable him to see into the spiritual world, we should be exposing
uncongenial that such facts should be presented in a rational sequence of
This distinction should be given attention in wide fields of education. And a

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correct; but it should be realised that every matter which is correct also
knowledge we should know the limits within which that knowledge is
But such people should also admit the horrible dualism of the chemist
physiologically. In gymnastics such exercises should not be undertaken at all
which are characterised by the view that this or that muscle should be
strengthened in particular; but we should take care that we experience an
from an inner feeling of well-being. The impulses for the exercises should
come from the soul. The gym teacher, for example, should be able to put
outside. That is something which should always be taken into account: in the
developing our soul-life, that for the human being reason should be the rose

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which was capable of immediately declaring what a man should do and what he
should leave undone. However, these mediaeval philosophers say also that
clear ideas as to what he should and should not do, then gradually, through
should say to us: just as the ego rises in this way to higher states of soul,
acquired by man's own endeavours. Where, then, should we look for this
the soul. In order that men should be able to find something of the divine
Christ Jesus, he could equally well say that we should have eyes even if
that we should recognise the spirit in external phenomena. This, however, is

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view that everything connected with truth and cognition should be kept far,
the realm of artistic creation have always felt that true art should flow
sure an idea of what can be represented and of how it should be done, as
stream should be brought down to lower levels in order that such vital
figures as Shakespeare's highly individual characters should
line with the continued advance in artistic creation that Goethe should have
forth again and stands before man. That is how we should respond to the great

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the Berlin Group we should look back for a little at what has passed
this it is not enough that we should confine ourselves to what the
he should understand concerning the education, culture, and spiritual
The most important of them that should rise in our souls is that of
comparison should impress on our souls the way to approach great
cannot be reached, we should all the same never lose the humble
receive an answer to them, it is only natural that he should answer
what leads to the highest should also be the most difficult? Yet: we
the greatest importance that there should be clairvoyants capable of
spiritual world is this:— No one should think for a moment that
“It is self-understood that I should endeavor to overcome
the facts of spiritual science should he studied from every side, and
man's lips he should pause, he should not allow them to pass,
he should rather say to himself: — Thou art really not in a

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true modesty with regard to this knowledge. We should like for a
thoroughness in this respect should not be relaxed. We have four
There is a feeling for truth in man; and he should realise the
it is far more important that we should experience it sympathetically
should he possessed by all who strive earnestly in the theosophical
“One must not be egoistic.” This endeavour should not be
“It is quite impossible that there should be many people who
life can be drawn from this — that we should accept everything,
making what use we can of it in life, but should be as distrustful as

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that these epochs should be described differently. For as men of the
what passed in a living way from one soul to another should not be
spiritual world should be applied to physical things? Are the things
necessary after so deep a descent that he should begin to rise once
soul-knowledge. To do so it is necessary that people should

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how necessary it is that our younger members should take part in the
courses of lectures, that these should be arranged so that early
should work so very energetically at going over the beginnings of
should not be translated in a symbolic sense by

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should say concerning things that lie on the border of spiritual
preparation should he made for any special stage, and this is
should clearly understand through what important factors the
a Spiritual Being should enter into some child, and when the child
had grown up should work within this human being making use of the
otherwise should; though, naturally, people who follow the life of
have to picture great individualities. There should not be anyone in
again been an Excursus concerning those things which should gradually

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man should occasionally turn back and seriously ask himself —
his development should be carefully considered, for they are of very
extended, we should see that it then feels itself to he much more
student of spiritual science should understand.
day he did something he should not have done — he looked back.

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shoulders.
soul, we should be dependent on the activity of substance, for the
part we are considering, whether it be the head or the shoulder or
(It may seem strange that such things should be mentioned, but it is
the human body should not be treated alike. For instance, as a
necessary that the limits should be known, and this is only possible
that sorrow is fundamentally something that should be so experienced,
from the drama that it should represent the victory of the person who
counterfeited, that we should find in it the means of overcoming it.

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I should like, in the
human evolution should be recognised, not recognised only, but kept
for this we should be very thankful, not to allow himself to be too
but why should people trouble so much about them? They note them
Mark we should be able to evolve the necessary strength to stand firm
charged them that they should not tell ordinary men of this! For
all amazed that He should speak these words openly before all
should not be spoken of openly. Then the Christ turned Himself
will come to feel that every book of physiology should begin with the
opening words of the Gospel of John. What our attitude to it should
understand it. It is therefore specially important that we should
important we should realise that our task is to grasp the
Spirit of Christ; and that we should realise how He will
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But it is important that we should impress on our souls the fact that
then find confirmation of what I have said. Only we should have to
evident on the plane of occult endeavour. I should like here to tell
world-wide streams of thought — the one should bring us a deeper
important is not that we should say in what form we desire truth, but
that we should know from the whole course of human evolution that the

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That we should not
our spiritual movement; we should rather listen attentively to what

Title: Spiritual Teachings of Soul/World: Course I - Lecture I: The Eternal and the Transient in the Human Being
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that time. Every judgment should be quiet; one had to make oneself able
How should that remain which
life. But this is a wrong picture which should be used by no researcher.

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natural product. Therefore, we should not ask what the soul is. In doing
what should occupy us mostly. The soul is endlessly close to us. We
predominantly to that which is outside us. But should that be closer
preference to their justification. One should think only as little as
the reasons of the soul researchers. Everybody should find everything
Should these really be Goethe’s

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the knowledge of the primary source of all matters. Theosophy should
faculty; it should show us the way which would lead us to get clearness,
attract and push off themselves mutually should cause what constitutes
God. Feuerbach published a book in 1841 and took the view that we should
and feeling. We should behave as advanced human beings. That is why
cannot really feel against nature. We should feel with nature. What
we should become more and more aware of, this consciousness should be
that they are different aspects of an original religion that they should
be reconciled that they should be deepened. One should search for truth
we realise that we should not recognise God but search for Him. Then
The word theosophy should not be translated as “wisdom of God,”

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time to look up to God, to the spiritual being, which should have found fulfilment
of the learnt theologians that the fourth Gospel should be less significant
the story of the birth belongs to it which says that Jesus should not be born
— What should come to Jesus Christ? But immediately we hear that it was
being should bear Christ in his inside, in his primal beginning. In our heart
we all have claim to Christ. But while this living Word, Christ, should have
should come who once showed the whole fullness of the infinite spirit in himself.
of truth, beauty, goodness which should be realised in the world more and more.
those who should be led only by the weak feeling, only by faith to this salvation.
They should be initiated into the mystery if there were stones that mean human
no other than this occult theosophical teaching. They should get to know this
teaching of reincarnation. However, they should also get the living Word which
until something different would enter. They should have the immediate conviction
that the spirit has risen. If they have this behind themselves, they should
paid to and which should show us how we have to understand the Communion. We
With it should be testified on the
in the sense-perceptible reality that it should be a result of the externally
not to be searched for in the physical consciousness. Therefore, everybody should
This one should remember. Therefore, the sacrificial death should not be considered
should replace the bloody sacrifice. The Communion is the symbol that guilt
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These talks should not deal
with theosophy directly. There are enough others. It should be a discussion
should disprove the prejudice, as if the theosophist is an uneducated,
Therefore, I have resolved to hold a series of talks on it. They should
from this western philosophy. This should not happen juggling with expert
dialectic concepts, but it should happen, as far as I am able to do
provides us; it should happen with everything available to give something
It should be said how real this world is for somebody who knows them.
is a question which one should decide only from pure reason. He calls
This view should be regarded as something steadfast.

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what is there if no feeling eye exists? — It should be nothing else of
there a development, many qualities, and, nevertheless, it should be a thing.
in other way to support what should be valuable for the human being.
in the world of dreams. The demands of the moral law should justify what reason

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be a scientist. “He should unveil his name,” Haeckel wrote, “and
of Schopenhauer which should complete the first one: The world is will. —
built up that strict dividing wall; we have burst that chasm which should separate
and the remaining world, that is, you should say how you recognise your ego

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These three talks should deal with
to inform about the basis of the things about which only the revelation should
it seems to be a result of modern natural sciences that one should no longer
theosophical method. Here, however, should be spoken at first how Aristotle
but it concerns a deepening of such knowledge. Already in the vestibule it should
slightest objection should be said against modern science. On the contrary,

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other, that being in which nobody is the same as the other. Already this should
only by degrees, and nothing should be argued against this sentence, because
never be harmonised with the facts. What should be explicable from another area
here how the incarnations take place. Here should be shown simply in scientifically
of evolution in the animal realm. Just the naturalist should ascend from his
gradually by exercise, we should not consider the genius as a miracle. We have
that revolutions have taken place in former periods which should not be explicable

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the sensuous, to the everyday life. Thus it should be expressed that the human
disciple should have understood the spirit of mathematics. We heard in the first
which the human beings should become; it does not speak about proofs. Nature
part of my lecture — because the theosophical world view should consider
a thought illuminates to me if I should carry out it. As a person I have to
which should develop; the spirit is hidden within the body at first, it remains
he has to solve should be any growing human being to the educator. If he is

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with its wishes, desires, ideas, concepts should also be nothing else than the
in the clock; it should have its cause in nothing else than in the gears which
way. Nothing of the brain physiology should be criticised; everything remains
a scientific teaching of the soul by such people who should have a teaching
it should speak about the soul. Our official science is powerless in the face
judgment: even if the writings should be right which are directed against spiritism,
a necessity. That is why the materialistic movement should not be combated.
should be shown to the human beings that there is something else than what natural
emissaries should bring to humankind. The purpose of these phenomena was not
to satisfy human curiosity, even if of nice and noble kind. Humankind should
get knowledge, insights which should lead it — using them correctly —
of the human right of self-determination if he should give up that level of
should transport himself back to the state which he has already gone through
and, hence, the human being should also not transport himself back to phases
Why should we believe the medium
which we have to learn. Therefore, we should also not become unworldly, not
hostile to the earthly matters, but completely live in the earthly and should
being further. Curiosity should not drive us to get to know anything of the
An example should make this clear
of media to such a high degree. The insight that the human being should contact
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The topic of this lecture should be a kind of supplement of
is. This word should point to certain conditions of the soul which appear in
went beyond the usual human knowledge. Events of the future should got out from
are justified or not, these oracle priests should decide about that; briefly,
should concern us less today; but what must occupy us today above all is the
should support the single parts of a frame in such a way that one achieves the
which the human being reaches this way and which should allegedly be “higher,”
determined view that one should enter the higher spiritual world, which can
if experiments with media should be done — and, indeed, conditions may

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to one of higher level, to an initiate. Only the initiate should be able to
Hence, the bad powers must have captivated him. One should only do research
should lead to the super-sensible powers. In spite of that, initiated minds realised
non-initiate should make himself worthy at first and had to get to a moral and
of bad skills, but this should not touch us. In any case, the way to the super-sensible
thoroughly if it should believe in it in the long run, the scientific circles
are no wigs. Should one also believe that there is no real hair because one

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to such a hypnotised person which he should carry out not straight away, but
about the state of that who should be hypnotised; it does not depend on him
believes. However, this first treatise should not occupy us, because it shows
should go without saying on the part of science striving for progress and tending
commission should have asked itself in those days also honestly and sincerely:
at the moment at which it should pronounce the word. The whole audience looked
is not denied by the materialists should be decisive for causing hypnosis. Bernheim
should be applied with which all people are on a par which does not want to
these phenomena in a coffin for itself if it claims that it should be the field
of medicine only, that it should be a privilege of medicine to deal with these

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nothing more should remain. We see that he forms the idea — on account
state a lot of other similar researches which should teach how religion came
should lead us to the heights of development. With it the spirit has the control

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If a school of thought should be successful in the course of
spirit should become evident as the inner effectiveness of a spiritual work.
the present-day human being. — If we take another book which should inform
there between science and faith, and science should be nothing else than what
consideration of facts and what one abstracts from it. Anything else should
A comparison should make clear what
investigates about his material. Nothing should be argued against it. But that
processes. These processes should be oscillations of any substance. At that
scholarship. Should the theosophist fight against it? He would do something
them to it. — No thinker should doubt that one can see more, can behold

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when on our earth the conditions should have existed that the first living being
last time of his life that we are just within the world evolution; why should
should not deny this world of the pure spirit who stands on the standpoint of
in a new art form which should be more than the art founded on pure imagination.
it should show nothing else than the life within our earth. It should be shown

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with which the human must unite at the end of the evolution one should attribute
in his writings of the fact that one should not even say God, but Super-God,

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Novalis was a contemporary of Goethe. One should not place the

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so difficult to talk about it. Today I should like at least to touch
I should
they should restore to mankind the knowledge of the spirit which had
a festival which intimated to man that he should call to mind again
spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should
should not remain there, however, but must raise his ego to the
spirit of man should be free and not dull. That is also the aim of

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will become apparent. And I should like to draw your attention to

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Lodges. Today I should like to speak about a related subject, but one
expression of profound esoteric truths. I should like to speak today

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he should prevent their realisation. But Solomon, through jealousy,
that he should not hesitate to cast himself into the fire, as he was
be spoken when Hiram was discovered should be the new Master Word. At
mankind should develop slowly. But he also saw what was to

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by Christ. We should understand by this that he saw himself as one
should like to study the matter thoroughly according to the
through death, what should not have been there; to conquer it within
should the technician go into the concert hall instead of the pianist
however: ‘You should not accept any teaching on authority; we only
what it should do. It must express itself in the founding of

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the workers engaged in the building of the Temple should be presented
Word should be the word first uttered after the finding of the corpse
should hesitate to acknowledge every one of your failings and
now ask: Where does all this lead? A Freemason should be conscious of
the fact that one should act on the physical plane in a way which
metal objects — is that the candidate should not retain about his
drawn to the significance of symbols. He should also retain an
enduring memory of the tearing of the trousers at the knee. He should
like manner, the treading down of the heel should act as a constant
important moments and reminds him that he should develop a kind of
cold-blooded attitude. Cold-bloodedness should be the suggestion he
henceforth revealed to me within this Lodge. Should I betray any of

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I should like you to consider that I am in a different position with
instance I should stress to you that I am speaking to you as a non-mason
should be treated by one who is himself a Freemason. He would not do
last time. The regulations are certainly that they should take place in
that what was spoken by the priest should be reflected back from the
ear. That has all been lost and it was inevitable that this should be

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important that we should speak about the higher degrees of
world should not actually pronounce judgment on Cagliostro. As I have
truth to appear in print recently. Therefore where this should have
tendency, you should not imagine that this now has significance for

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transient should be preserved.

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society should best be shaped, and feel themselves called to found
why theosophy should penetrate all spheres of life. Statesmen, social
clergy, about how they should build, wanted nothing else than to
cathedral itself. In like manner, the whole of outer life should be
and about what should happen. It is the overcoming of the third cultural
that the lineage of Numitor should die out. And when Rhea gave birth
we should take into ourselves something of the greatness and all
is not to turn into chaos. As theosophists we should recognise the
should become a reflection of the original and eternal
longer understand this, and believe that man should work on his own ego.
sticks. If just now we do not want anything, why should that concern
only those who are able to build should do so. No, it depends upon
which is to be rebuilt. But should one start reforms — however

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clarity, as the Redeemer actually intended that it should. We saw
relationship of man to the Christ should stream out all over the
world. What was represented symbolically by the temple should become
time should have arrived when Christ will again speak to humanity —
event should be understood.
what he should become. The ego will have attained a certain stage

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the place of Abel, murdered by Cain should have planted the scion in
the Divine itself should for a while develop itself upwards over the
until, in the shape of Christ Jesus, He should arrive Who was able to
physiognomy what the Ark of the Covenant should be, in its soul
forecast of the future. The Divine should now descend into the Ark of
these forces should now become common property; the two streams
should unite together. And it is basically a Christian attitude today
Mineral Kingdom, to which plants, animals and man belong. You should
law should be a model for the inner law. Man must learn inwardly to
temple, which should live in the consciousness of the soul of all

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Pentecost is the festival which should freshly remind man of his
mankind so that it should be prepared for the time in the sixth epoch

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connection with the Lodge of the Masters. That should provide a

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movement, and the Theosophical Society in particular, should be an
we should answer: One can certainly comprehend a great deal in
that the members themselves should be occultists. But if the

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movement should be clear not only about the outward things that are

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the female. It should outlast the female, because the female was the
old priestly wisdom should be transformed into a new

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responsibilities which life lays on our shoulders. It is the most
experienced science and art on an external level; the spirit should

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himself to be as significant as he properly should; as for the second
why the Craft Freemasons insist so much that there should be no more
cultural impulses issued precisely from what Freemasonry should be.
majority can decide whether one should use a plumb-line or a spirit
perhaps tell him something; rather, he should awaken this power in
himself, and should not question all that much. Man starts from
his choice. By this is signified that the pair should only touch each
other with gloves on, so that sensual impulses should have nothing to

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it should also be shown how just spiritual science is destined
— this should be expressly stressed in the introduction
— the point of view should be fixed today; we want to
This talk should be introductory, orienting, and
pronounce it — how the answer should turn out. All
view of the spirit, and especially in the circles which should
Then he must turn to psychology at first. It should be
spirit. Someone who has a healthy logic should talk with such a
same extent we should realise that we go over from something
concept, to the idea of the thing. Then we should realise that

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many relations. Why should he not be a stimulating spirit of
this place. No, it should be approximated to the present;
Christ should take his supper with the Dominicans in
shake and gold pieces drop from them; this should be the
artichokes, three cabbages. They should pay with fruits. We see
Nobody doubts that in these words not only pictures should be
you, should show that Goethe has proved this saying. Everybody

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meanings in the figures of this work which should allegedly be
start that that which should be said today by me has to do
his sympathy or antipathy into that which should be an object
Here nothing should be said against this soul property. If the
Goethe also gives us an example how one should work on the
philosophy as a theory, but as that which it should be, who
highest ones — should be used in such a way that they can
Then we see that that which the human being should attain as a
the temple should rise about the river, so that not only a few
realm, the realm of the human being, the secret that should be
should reach his destination. It says how a certain soul force
must develop if a higher level should be attained, it tells
a meaning of that which should be methodical order. This should
calls that with which he should be united the beautiful lily.
(“achievement”) should be used instead of

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Yahveh or Jehovah. There somebody must ask himself, should an
disassembled in the single pieces from which it should be
himself should see.
he should have a piece of glowing iron in his nearness and feel
author may ask himself, why should this God not assume another
forms of the modern authors. Where exactly and precisely should
say: the time begins when one should understand more and more
These words suggest how the human being should come beyond the

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last talk should suggest with a few lines that spiritual
simple lines should be shown how concerning the Bible such a
things should be stated at first that prove that the question
the modern naming. Old naming should absolutely express the
humankind should become completely aware of the ego. For the
Golgotha should take place. What happened there, actually?
should not take those into accounts who want to keep away the

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superstition today. We ask ourselves, should not the idea light
something mystic in this quite usual experience which should
effects should be connected. I need to mention something only
development of our soul and spirit should depend.
should do it who can develop their mental powers especially.
him, he should try hard to fathom the spirit; he does not want

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anthroposophists care so much about their diet. It should not
that they should avoid this or that, should not eat or drink
diet has an extremely erroneous view. Today nobody should go
often necessary because the human being should be firm on
earth, should be hemmed in the personal. Everything that
human being says: now I do not know how I should do this or
body. However, if that which should be brought to the astral
should happen under the influence of the astral body, namely
is to take over that which should happen, otherwise, from the
what he himself should do with something external. One can say
ego should be subject to, the human being places himself under

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subject that should occupy us today encloses a number of
every day once more to what he should eat, actually, if one had
However, from such a case we should only learn to respect the
individual nature of the human being. We should not derive a
being as an individuality should also consider it. In addition,
should eat. On the other side, he has an indicator in the
emerging sensation of hunger when his organism should eat.
that one should not intersperse reality with pictures of the
one should not cure symptoms. They also do not grasp the
materialistically should only also say, here I see a house.

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to illustrate something that should be just illustrated within
those days, who should receive title, rank, dignity, and medals
and should play a suitable role in the society.
bitter conflicts. Indeed, something most serious should yet
pupil should learn after his talents where it should not be a
should meet the individuality of the child.
should produce a unity of feelings, unity of thoughts. However,
penetrate himself. A worldview should arise from it, and from
this something like a transformation of all present life should
makes the following proposal to him. He said to him, he should
construction of humanity if welfare and progress should
life, where commercial principles prevail, they should not be

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firmly with both feet on the ground of life should not care
spiritual science should not be anything that hovers unworldly
it should be something that can serve our life with all that we
the spiritual senses are opened to him, that should never ever
progress should be implemented: The first German railway should
whether generally this railway should be built. One can read
this judgement, even today. It reads, one should build no
one wanted to build railways, one should fence them on the left
practitioner said when the matter should be decided in the
post-office building. When the first railway should be built
sense. I said to him, he should trace back the matter to a
according to these principles. Nobody should believe that one
firstly, the human being must and should develop an interest in
The things themselves should be the educators of our thinking,
practice of thinking should work, for example, in science. I
with the overview of the big spiritual facts one should apply

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— should imagine the senses of shame and anxiety
should originate. This master builder has been already there
genetic predispositions of fear and anxiety, we should rather
detach something from the human being if healing should take
significance even if it appears wrong. Should we cancel
wrong with some persons? Should we make the doctors father
higher members. One should be able to project oneself
One should experience purposefully what should be the single
can use this life who is not its slave. The human being should

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needs only to pronounce the word temperament, which should form
body is the instrument which he should control by his higher
with every step, but as if the foot should go into the ground a
temperament. We should not ask, what does the child lack, what
have we to drill into it? — However, we should ask, what
pain inside. It should see that there are things in life in
deflects it. The phlegmatic should not grow up lonely. It is
should have them at any rate. It must have playmates with the
reflected in the soul of the phlegmatic child. Then we should
melancholy temperament should not disregard pains and
sufferings of life, but it should just visit them, should

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Faust that should be
the “great God of nature.” This fire should come
really into the secrets of existence once, but it should
laboratories. One took literally, what should be experienced
and then you almost doubt whether you should bring all that in
his young years. There he does not yet know how he should make

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Mephistopheles should walk before the forestage at the end of
should drop his mask, descend from his cothurns and speak a
which has remained now without sense that should be pointed in
understood. The words, which Mephistopheles should speak as a
Mephistopheles how, actually, the audience should position
should be given in this spirit. They go back to Euphorion who
others think, one should not understand that
should be
students” someone should be who comments
in the sense of Goethe. Therefore, this should be taken from the
one should accept such things of the poet as his pictures,
because He will be obvious! No longer should the false teacher
Faust should be placed into the big world with the gifts that
Thus, to Faust the whole masquerade which should signify
should be conjured into existence from the past.
Should Helen and Paris bring up the picture, they must got it
it is marvellous and brilliant how Faust should descend to the
Carthage. Nicias, the friend of the Romans, should be arrested.
about this realm that he should not enter it without
have such things, which is unbound from them. Faust should
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souls escaped to something that should grant spiritual
should do; he did not ask whether it is right or wrong. Only a
the human being has become; should he not develop further?
Should the development be concluded with the human being if we
is something quite abstract if it is not said what should have
Therefore, he teaches that one should give up his longing for
only a vale of tears, which one should leave? No, the earth was
what lies in its concealed deepness and what should be brought

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them Faust has to descend at the moment when he should get
way that his soul from which the higher spiritual forces should
answered — I expressly say that it should not be spoken
their youthfulness until old age. Why should he not be entitled
there that this legend should present the annual run of the sun
the wintry physical powers, which should be characterised by
according to his whole nature to the physical world who should
great model of everything that the human soul should bear out
it should become apparent to
secrets. — One should not be afraid that art becomes
spiritual realities; one should not be afraid that it becomes
should have religion.”

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overcome by our modern humanity or should be overcome. It
should today be talk of a clairvoyant recognising by natural
forces, physical abilities. Next time, it should explained how
next time, it should be talk of those clairvoyant cognitive
astral world should be expressed. The old European

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everywhere where the human soul or a higher being should live
twelve for that which should descend. That means this
Blancheflour, the rose and the lily lived in them that should
Christianity are forged together, the pure Christianity should
stay alive, should be continued purely. In the circles of

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comes from the side that should consider spiritual science as a
be sowed again if life should go on. Thus, the biggest part of
world separates the human being if he should recognise
when the first railway should be built in Germany. At that
whether one should build railways or not. This board meant that
one should not build railways, because if one built them, the
should build high wooden walls on the left and on the right at
, civilisation needs a soul. This soul should be

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develops what we should become according to our former lives on
concepts of the human being: should the human being think that
all, but it asks, should one conceive the thought of a divine
sense as Pythagoras did. With him, the worldview should
such misunderstandings should consider always that he says

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from his denomination, from his religious life. Why one should
intellectual life. How should one not fear this, because wide
if I should point to the bases that entitle to such statements
soul should squeeze out as religious truth and religious
currents of the human soul life. Hence, it should also not be
that that what art should be the human being has to seize
anticipates as it were what just spiritual science should
they should be recognised in their inner essence. Since
like suggestively. Every soul should feel in freedom. Spiritual
world. However, someone who has neither science nor art should

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that should be done today and next time have only a meaning for
should this not be concerning the question of death? However,
death. It is nobler, they said, that the human being should
development, and that he should know that this ego does not
on working in the world. Should the human being be condemned
say that one has to experience what one should investigate.
You gain for yourself by working what you should
that somebody should believe that one gains
life should normally pass lights up from a certain point of
— which you should
if the areas should be investigated which are considered with
— that the soul should
if anybody has been born blind to advise that he should not be
him, and that the shine of the world should not illuminate his

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you cannot be the human being who you should be if you must
self-reproach in particular that you should not have done, so
as wrong what should be different, so that you reach that in
the following life which you should reach, and get the forces
the life after death if one should recognise its spiritual
said that the child should stop at that what it has as a child,
and should not learn what it would have to carry out as an
said that the soul should stop at the abilities which it

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of the evil should occupy us. Although numerous human beings
should make clear how drastically this question occupied the
clarity of his ego. Hence, one should hold down passions and
emotions in the human soul, should strive for rest and harmony.
to which we want to tend -, nevertheless, one should rather say
perfect human being. This should not at all be said with
from any phrase and leads us to the facts which should not be
place where we should overcome egoism. We are obliged to
while they carried into the sensory world what should only
— one should not be
intolerantly against everything that should penetrate into our

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one-sided way. One has said rightly, why should anybody who
empathy? Why should anybody be prevented morally, for example,
What I have just said should lead to the
to point to that what should be mentioned only as it were maybe
The following question should now occupy
that a spiritual researcher should not have such antipathy, but
that he should not have the intention to place himself as a
spiritual world. One should not have come to it, as long as it

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became engrossed especially in scientific studies that should
should be seduced by Discord, so that he causes the doom of
O God! Whose vengeful justice should
back from putting words in the king's mouth what should happen

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with someone who should recognise the results of
what the soul should have done according to its sensation
completely combine with it if right morality should arise in
consciousness of our time. However, how should the
from its indestructibility, should write even immediately, one
not discover America, why should you discover this unknown

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into the elements splendidly where Helen should originate where
she should face Faust, so that her everlasting unites with the
On the shoulder of the producer.
same here that it should be no satire of modern
to do this. However, why should I not take the ultimate
One should assume that this is something
— and this should
determined at which all human beings should decide
the earth should perish. All agree; the day, the hour
quotation: why should we look with the eyes of the Sunday's

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that our will should be used, we can only seek to apply that
first as preparation for the level of knowledge which he should
spiritual research for the preparation of that what one should
this feeling is necessary if the human beings should check and
flow into his desires and thereby knows: you should do this so
usual science is proud if it should make judgements without
and what they should do. This will happen less and less if the
outer means, which should deter from doing this or that. It
should climb up to the spirit. Nevertheless, this is also
produce spiritualism. How should it do it! However, a thinking
this building, only a model should be given that spiritual
that the college that should be once built, indeed, in Munich,
childhood diseases, not everything should be justified that
it does not know it today, craves these life goods if it should

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discussions, as they should be done here in this talks, that
Since phenomena like light, heat, electricity and so on should
of thought, this should continue not through matter, but
talk should be now. I mean Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900). We
exist in the human soul if one should attain the relation to
thoughts should be only foam bubbles on the surface of the
consideration should give what like a tonic has to sound

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only the phenomena of the soul life should be considered,
elements that should explain the human life consist only of
collect experiences of that what should come in from
supersensible worlds what should produce the human body and
Since nobody should think so illogically that the human soul

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himself with the way how he should continue scholarly now what
he should keep to his rate. Then he distributed, as one said,
if it is a legend, what should have happened in Salzburg that

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time. However, this talk should not be given only as a
point to a hint. The ambitious attempt should be done to tell
this alliance should be reinforced with the marriage of Ahab
bigger understanding of the being of Jahveh should arise. One
the following way. A conception of God should now appear which
was, indeed, the old conception of Jahveh, but which should be
This reversal should take place at that
time. If such changes should happen, human beings must always
as it were a new impulse should work; a new force should appear
whom the spirit was embodied first which should make possible
them what should be planted as impulses into the human
Then he should experience a higher level.
Now the way appears to him how he should live personified as it
quietly which should be prepared for you and also for me from
the flour you still have. Trust for everything that should come
sign should decide between the God of Ahab and the God of
brought to the altar. It should became obvious whether really
is still said to us that Elijah-Naboth should carry out
something special, and that that what Elisha should experience
Damascus, this enlightenment of Elisha should take place in the
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beings and the mammals should be descended, one must say to
which should have had a sensory-physical existence once as
matter, this idea should be presented. Besides, I wanted to
in the meditative life from human arbitrariness if they should
Today it should concern only of showing you
a transitory state in which we should appropriate forces which

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knowledge that should confine itself to the lower objects of
speak, historically what should have taken place at the
cannot use, because what should the present research make use
this should be caused just by this event
should begin when the human beings could know: in this ego that
should speak through the ego to the human being, like that what

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the big laws of human history and that what should arise as a
present. One has to mention one fact only at first that should
which humanity should develop with the old consciousness has
And shoulders this earthly destiny.

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such in front of everyone for all eternity. Should one not
Aristotle says that we should never use a complex thought if a
concepts, pieced together, should show the human soul, its

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Since he should get this will culture which the human being
learn to forget in right way. Oblivion should not be

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such a way that that what should happen will happen most
of thinking that should have no impact on science. Those who
should be also glad, because it is like the keystone of the
of Benedikt's results should be stressed here. Benedikt
should exceed, he becomes a criminal. Thus Moriz Benedikt
human being prepares his organism in the childhood which should
should become in the outer animal or generally organic figure,
during the last centuries. Spiritual science should be

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solution of those riddles that should occupy us today. Since
comprehensive way. Today this should not occupy us. Rather a
situation of his life should occupy us which he himself
These words should make the human being aware not to disregard
contrary, the human being should not be turned away from this
world but his attention should be drawn to the fact that one
process at death if consciousness should develop. — Thus,
what I have said today should be the starting point.
What Fechner guessed and longed for should spiritual science

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his thinking says in this treatise that one should take his

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conscious, but should emerge only if it has reached its
concerned should get. Everything was prepared. Then, just
something should work fatefully on the human soul it has to

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the whole area. Someone should observe speech only once in this
concerned with more important matters.” Well, one should
Here the whole knowledge should be conquered by that science
material state.” With it something essential should be

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it should be my task to develop our consideration further.
concept resembles a naturalist who says there, why should I
which should be even thinner. Indeed, psychology proceeds
receives as it were that which should remain an ether movement.
What happens then? That which one should experience, actually,
should just get involved with spiritual science to recognise
study what an artistic dance should be. The artistic dance
should just consist of the fact that a will impulse of which
mud of the soul, one should also speak about that which is
flimsy. Since, of course, one may say that one should not wait
possibly says, should one wait with digestion, until the

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overcome first if spiritual science should be acknowledged. One
published a Psychology in 1874. It should be the first
should be stated. One learns to recognise that the usual soul
should not be searched in spiritual science but concrete
it, I would like to bring in an example; but how should I bring
you should not believe that you have absolutely to break with

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existence should arise. I want to choose the explanations of a
changes, while he should just observe the change. If he started
inspiration is in it that should be regarded with the
what he should do. But if one should rise to the moral, Goethe
thinks, to the ideas of freedom, of immortality, why should it
should absolutely leave that one should disregard. He called
adventure of reason.” Goethe said against him, why should
of your consciousness, you attain what one should really call
perfection which it should reach in the physical life. I have
should not be discussed here believes without being able to

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human being should add nothing to the results that face him
have said. In principle, one should even consider that it must
should happen in order to show how that who stands on the
philosopher should be great who speaks such nonsense:
Should the fact that a disproof becomes easy also lead to the
by the fact that one considers the following: should Hegel
sentence is easily disproved? Should he have thought really
that no one could get up to mischief? Should one not feel
do you still speak about the spiritual beings that should stand
spiritual-scientific results in the way as this should happen
this should be a thing of faith but not of strict science. He
world fantastically that should form the basis of all! -- One
scientific results should be, and that every spiritual region
Against this question, one may object many things. Here should

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being should still feel that the sleep is something that
still has no possibility to let reflect what should be
should be discussed quite comprehensively. — However,
some of the experiences should be now emphasised which a human
senses. Therefore, one should never speak — as in the
unlimited reality. Should influence us only what we perceive,

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consideration, as it should also form the basis of the today's
unforgettable experiences of my life. It should concern of
that which should be forced upon us in this expectation as
its longing. Therefore, if we speak of the ways which should
such a way as it were that the spoken should apply to a narrow
what they should eat and drink or should not eat and not drink,
or what they should undertake usually purely externally in the
then, however, he should learn something at first if he wants
one says that everything that should be science must be
it should give a kind of thought training to that who gets
do they teach all that? Because the human being should thereby
What should it say to us? Someone opens himself properly to it
end, the principle applies to the outer science: what should be
brings dogmas and demands that we should believe! However, the
spiritual researcher does not expect that they should believe
people mean that this is dogmas what is said, then they should
sensations of the things. He should study, if he says, for

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From everything that was regarded up to now and what should be
the predispositions should enjoy life.
should investigate the individuality who enters existence to
what it should imitate. This is of infinite importance because
child should behave, and now there spiritual science comes with
its requirements: the human being should learn from the child
one keeps them secret and permits himself thoughts that should
a way that we have the feeling: this can and should live on in
we should give the child the best treasure if it can have the
say, because I understand it so clearly, nevertheless, I should
does not know to dress what he should say in the words as the
ideas in the time when he should still be formed mainly
situation: you should do this, you should leave this. —
and ideas, that one takes up concepts that should be developed

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especially if persons should be described, who have attained a
speak, the point in time at which a new mission should replace
was in it once. What should happen further, indeed, was
spiritual forces of his soul. If now should be shown that such
should be stimulated to his mission by the fact that he became
is something that should strike every deeper beholder of the
What Moses should experience now as a pupil of this great
spiritual forces which should work on the scene of the soul as
this mission passed as it were, and humanity should be called
for the development of that soul force that should substitute
reason, and mind directed to the outer sensory world should
particular way. Since everything that should appear in its
the human soul is only their scene. Moses, however, should now
the same value that work in other soul forces. Moses should
and what should be considered as the primordial ground from
a culture that should be founded upon self-consciousness, who
will believe me? In whose name should I found my mission? He
that should supersede the ancient Egyptian culture with which
Moses had only to develop his soul to understand what should
not understand each other. The portrayals should show that
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stars worlds face us at which we should look similarly as at
astronomical knowledge is able to shine everywhere, why should
sun to the earth through the empty space? Why should one not
between the atoms and molecules? Why should one not be able to
incomprehensible that it should not be irrelevant to a number
ground of external physics should confine themselves to
to be recognised astronomically. They should confess that
should confess that they would have to stop as representatives
remains true what should be characterised here once again with

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theosophy or spiritual science should spell out its purposes,
should search for God, Whom he had searched for so long beyond
most perfect. We can survey this order. Why should this order
should he absorb anything new in sleep? The internal human

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the spiritual knowledge should be anything that floats above
think. However, it should make us practical leading us in the
should solely show us the importance and actuality of our
the whole world to which the efforts of all governments should
help should be an auspicious sign of the next century.
— that the Hague conference could take place. One should
should decline. Civilisation demands that the weak ones
a way that we should especially describe any single one.
biography of the dog or the monkey. However, a biography should

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ninth talk. However, the most necessary should be
human being should remain, as he is that he already has the
should lead the human being to the ability of mental

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experience, and only a comparison should show us where from

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human beings is different, too. Because the connection should
theosophy or spiritual science should today signify a revival
Should have religion.

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should not become stereotyped that he should develop the forces
lying in him universally that he should enjoy life
wholeheartedly that he should develop what lies in his inside
development of humanity. One should arrange it in such a way
existence. The weak ones should perish. One said that we need
decide who should be left, actually, in the struggle for
should not be asserted that struggle and war do not exist in
believe that here the present conditions should be rebuked in
maintenance of this fraternity principle. If a cathedral should
that who should be judged. Life combined with life. Everybody
should be authoritative, not the expertise. The preference of
How has that become unselfish which should establish a whole in
word, but even the emotion, also if in us the emotion should
consider it with absolute tolerance. We should not only grant
freedom of the human being, but we should also esteem complete
for existence. Indeed, we should do our duty at the place where
our talents should appear. Nevertheless, these talents are

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of this personality lives in you during the day, which should
means if it says that one should become like the little
proper sense. The higher soul of the human being should be
should dare to pass that narrow gate — one calls the
attain the great aim, which should be attained, namely the
to him, which was hidden to him before. Everybody should say
maybe only a few are able. However, this should not discourage

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have brought us. It should not be a pedantic, schoolmasterly
point of view. The spiritual-scientific view of life should not
but it should pulsate in our life directly. The modern human
much more than that which should apply to this word originally.
This external word should be the representative, the
planet to our earth, which should now become the scene of its
should see not only these external physical bodies, but he
should regard them as external bodies of spiritual beings.
yet this soul, which is born with you, but which it should
should not say, glory to God in highest heaven — but God
great ideal for that who should be the leader of the remaining
ruler, for example, Barbarossa who should wait inside of the
moment when Christianity should rejuvenate humanity, it let the
pattern that one should try to equal.
should and must be said already today that nothing was more
they will be to us that which they should be really to us:

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which we have the possibility to look at the future that should
which it should be felt: a duality, a drastic division in two
This question should occupy us today, the Christian doctrine of
world movement should overcome this. Truth is not in our
because it should be only an indication of the true relation
Christianity, but Christianity itself should be understood as a
mystical fact. It should be understood that the event in
something that is actual reality, actual truth. We should
that should transfer the liveliness to the future generations.
Indeed, nothing should be said against these teachings and
the great, significant experience of the mystery temples should
as a deputy on earth. Looking at his death, humanity should
the Egyptian slave knew of the beyond should be substituted by
Nothing of reincarnation should be taught to humanity during

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There are two spiritual-scientific concepts that should form
something that should not give an answer only for single but
bring forward proof of that which you state there if we should
the former states. However, how should such a human being

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should be built on revelation, on faith.
Everything that should live in this striving for perfection
should be aglow with this love, with that which reveals itself
That should also be raised which works not only as a physical
to perfection, but it should also be raised to the human ego.
soul. Spiritual science should aim at this rebirth.
should do something only for himself. This would be the most

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characteristic how Schuré came to that which should
and regarded the human being himself as a draft that should
Greek should experience in those schools — which were
and the order in the sensuous urge. It should not work fiercely
to the present level, but it should comply in harmony and
external order. That which should make order, harmony, and
Christianity, which should spiritualise the drive of the human
being to the other human being, which should refine the actions
should refine. Thus, we look at the subjugating Caesar on the
world-enraptured shepherd and those who should adore him. He is
This strength in us, which should lead us as sons of Dionysus
universal principle. She should solely direct her love to the
a future which should still arise once. Christianity and
as a motto of the theosophical attitude and which should also

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of all deeper religions and should be only renewed by the
have emphasised as especially noteworthy that one should pray
nine days, he suffered there and shouldered the sufferings of
higher worlds. However, he should become a teacher of our
wisdom? This is the astral eye. Now, because he should take up
consciousness that the human being should attain is represented

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because how should the bigger national circles understand the
those who should turn to theosophy that they are not able to do
things have remained a secret doctrine to them. How should they
spiritual substance of the people should be checked. Only that
should be valid which the single personality affirms. You know,
explore the depths of existence should be stopped.
should be shown that the human being cannot automatically
how it should stimulate the divine strength slumbering in the
appointed to Berlin. He should explain before the students what

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pronounce them the deepest basis of human destiny, they should
should be attained for someone who was no longer a sprig of the
dangerous. This should be brought home to the old Germans. For
more intimate: When Siegfried should be betrayed; his woman
legality purified to the divine should flare up in love. This

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the Lohengrin legends should occupy us today. With both these
love. Now both should no longer be valid, but simply the human
her son up far from all those things. He should know nothing
Christianity should bring an initiation that takes place only
There the god should be searched for, the god, who brought
human being in his soul should find this god. The single human
being should really be able to attain that which Angelus
He should ask for the qualities of the Holy Grail and the
soul once if it should really become ripe for the last stages
nothing against the love for our relatives; it should concern
title should give a preference of love. Someone who ascends the
path of knowledge should found love for any human being on his
Elsa should not ask for the name and origin of that who leads

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he did not want to help him because karma should have its
disharmony. Everybody should be reminded by the Easter festival

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judgement can say that the human being should begin with his
the external world; one should look for the higher self only in
theosophy should not be confused with that which one often
the body during the day. Everything that should be developed in
virtues, which should make the lower life rhythmical, give the
referred to any teacher whom he will find when he should find
a form of thought that one should better call a form of
in this sense, one should advance to higher knowledge.

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a certain relation to earth, water, air and fire. These should
that Paracelsus said, the light of nature should shine
whole world: “This is something great you should
should not say, this is cholera, this is melancholia, but this
his method. One should position himself to Paracelsus in this
toads. It is not my will that you should fall down or be

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However, he should sell nothing. A person entered whose eyes
the limbs can turn against each other. If freedom should be in

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to say one thing that should show typically how ambiguous the
about it if should be talk of science.
should find of the highest and supersensible things in his
power of cognition saying the human being should not be so
speak of the mission of occult science in our time, I should
theosophy should spread healthy thoughts how theosophy should
talks will show this, the today's talk should be only a kind of

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sides, spiritual science should be illumined in the course of
calculations. The absolute and most certain that should be

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this should be no criticism, but only a characteristic — the
colour, warmth et cetera: what we perceive. We should soar the
“you.” Should the name I be pronounced, this name

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start one has to call attention to the fact that nobody should
should appropriate to understand the principle of
everything that should be developed is got out from the pupil
characterised the mood that should control the principle of
depth. For Hegel (Georg Friedrich Wilhelm H., 1770–1831) should
should give a picture of
development of feeling. Nobody should train the feeling, before
however, a divine power lives in me, why should I not be
where we must have the leader in ourselves if we should not go
concretely, in which way one should develop thinking, feeling,
the human being should develop the forces slumbering in him. It

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this on which one should absolutely dwell: whether occult
deal with, actually, in life in which they should be
is taken away from it, it should ask itself:
expelled it by boredom? If one compares the life, as it should
life ideal, from that which is not yet there what should become
exists —, one should build no railway, because the human beings
first, we must not forget: something that should work that
should have significance and power in the world works different
thunderstorm at first, should the remedy be kept, therefore,
for example, a stove stands here and I say to it: you should be
someone should write reviews who has big experience of life;
actually, only old people should write reviews. — This was, in
more humanity must demand maturity from that who should have
were surprised, he should also be surprised about the fact that
should be a strong light. Where one speaks of the so-called
pupil. What should come out in some days becomes noticeable.

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for education. Up to this time, one should develop the physical

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poem, has recited the three first stanzas, and should say the
animals — belong to these group-souls. If I should make that

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persons judge about life who should be destined, actually, or
should retain his dollars; one would have no use for
this book. It should be recognised that a councillor brings
question, about what should happen.
should become better that they should develop love et cetera.
that they turn out of own judgment to those to whom they should
view and was taught by experience. From such facts, one should
the spiritual scientist should criticise the historical
dictum that one should be unselfish that one should love the
understand such a sentence again. Something that should enclose
One has to realise that not only a few economists should look

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that life — if it should be practical — must not be arranged
facts. They demand from the spiritual scientist that he should
around himself. One should understand what Fichte said: one

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Hence, he contrasted that what should lead Faust to the bright
there. And another quotation of Goethe should not go
words when he should make the pact with Mephisto that
If I should ever say to any moment:
“If I should ever say to any moment:
the indicated mistakes. If it means, one should observe how in
being should be placed into the spiritual-mental world after
“If I should ever say to any

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should be indicated only briefly, what it depends on. You have
commandment” is “you should never write about
sin against the principle: “you should never write about
most enclosing, the most significant concept should be the
It should be owed to the

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way. The etheric body lives in the finger and should keep its parts
same situation in which we should be, if we had constructed an appliance

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What should be done? That
not only the Gospel of St. Luke or that of St. Matthew should speak
Lucifer and Ahriman exist, is not enough. One should be able to apply

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I should like to add supplementary
political life should be studied the way one studies — that is
should take in order to establish a corresponding system within the
results were gained from this fact. One should reckon with the reality
should be derived from the living organism concerning all matters of
should be derived from his knowledge of the human organism.
that conclusions should not be drawn indiscriminately from the theory
otherwise I should forever labor under uncertainty.” Of course,
science wakes up to the fact that force and matter should be termed

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on the brain that we were forced out of what should have been our normal
That we should become aware of this is of immense importance.
spiritual knowledge through which man spiritually should make his own

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it was a beautiful thought that she should be physically with us once
have as to whether they will be fulfilled should not prevent us from
they have helped me but may not necessarily help others” and “Should
in general should believe and profess. And I concede from the start

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forces. It was inevitable for instance that the code of law should eventually
law should be particularly in evidence and concentrated, so to speak,
Christ came in order that man should not be lost to the earth. Had the
that he should call upon this soul-force. A force which ought to be
knowledge which should be impartial at present; they must also be able
oneself, how one should live for others, not for oneself and so on.
desire to serve the good. In short, ideally a town council should be
19th and 20th Centuries. That the present situation should arise was

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goes on nowadays that no one should be surprised that really fat ones
such an individual should be a member of a learned body is part and
Such things should not be overlooked; they are symptomatic of what takes
such conditions Ahriman and Lucifer have access to them. And why should
by deluding him through the mystery of fear? And why should Lucifer
is a powerful element of the soul's life which should not be artificially

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in your mind why it should be that in the 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th and
their shoulders. But Luther's descriptions were based on experience,
highly significant phenomenon that Luther should appear, embodying the
Luther's life. What one should do is to make so thorough a study of

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last lecture I should like to draw your attention to certain matters
should take what is said by a historical personality such as Luther
man should again recognize the devil who — especially when his
he should have them by the collar.
events are depicted in history we should sense how necessary it is to
superficial thinking. We should sense that the painful experiences we
present only external physical events. Should the events of the 19th

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are concerned. This should be kept well in mind. Man believes he knows
of experience should at least be able to produce a few enlightened ideas,
enough to say that good will is a virtue and should be cultivated, or
one. And why? Because at what should be the most enlightened places
What should be an honest objective discussion becomes a personal attack,
what amounts to a whole library; I should not like to have to count
One should not ask a question

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all the details of the poem. We should not do this at all
obvious thing that in astronomy it should describe the

Title: Reincarnation and Karma: Lecture I
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willed. We must imagine to ourselves: What should I actually have
overcoming, for the most important thing is that we should ardently
there a feeling that man should feel himself overwhelmed because he
for former lives, but in order that there should be understanding of

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memory; it should be regarded rather as a higher, wider power of
of this kind and realise that we extricated ourselves, we should not
at some place a stone fell from a building on to our shoulders and
to expression in mere sympathy or antipathy. We should have to talk
although in reality a sharp distinction should be drawn between
possible, why should it not be possible for what is present in
other ways of looking at the event; that at least should be admitted.
this particular occurrence, but for a special reason; and I should
paid to it. Therefore this should be a consolation to those who say
Spiritual Science should be for us not merely a theoretical
conception of the world, but an inner life-force; we should not
belongs,” but as we go through life we should not only take
but should grasp with comprehension the connections which show us:

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well to ask ourselves what Anthroposophy should and can give to
most needed in their epoch? An anthroposophist should be able to
What are the most important truths that should be implanted in
should after all be bound to live if it were true that man is on the
this thought. It is most important, of course, that the facts should
facts cannot be discovered until afterwards and nobody should allow
less logically I should presumably have gone up in the estimation of
that special attention should be paid to these things and that we
should realise the significance of taking into our very soul what is

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Zarathustra should be put back very many, possibly five to six
descended into the physical world it was ordained that he should
It is remarkable that the two paths should have
we went by the one path or the other. Why, then, should not the
reveal his message to the world, should (in the language of
Zodiac, taken together as forming a closed curve in space, should
then it should be possible to trace and recognize their action to
influence from time to time — there should arise once more, in
the teachings of Zarathustra should rise above these conceptions,
create Ahriman, so that He should obtain an antithesis; then,
should have stated, that while
historical research; and we should carefully weigh all assertions
should enable mankind to achieve a sweeping victory. This

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should, at the very dawn of
therefore a matter of the greatest interest to us that we should
should be regarded as an intermediate condition now only faintly
should still be imbued with a sufficiency of that primal power
the Egyptians should gain wisdom and understanding from this
body, so that I should experience and behold a physical world, in
activity. For instance, we might consider that activity should be
things should be observed during such time as the soul might
essential it was that there should be a certain pre-knowledge of
Hence, we should not look upon the barbaric
life’s course backward through the ages we should in the
so accustomed to term barbaric, should in reality be regarded as

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regarding the external perceptual world, there should arise two
Hence, we should forbear from all pronouncements
there should come to him an understanding which would enable him
unjust that I should now be called upon to make atonement for
Lessing should have made use of the phrase, — ‘Is not all
forward by Spiritual Science. But it is important that we should
upon two points. That Eastern wisdom should hold to the belief
that it is not release and freedom that it should seek, but
Buddhist concepts should enter his mind and mingle with his

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that this point should be repeatedly emphasized. The industry,
that we should first penetrate into the very depths of the import
overpassed the appointed time when a new mission should be
should, shortly after birth, pass through some material
ordained should, for a long period, supersede that ancient
that Moses should apprehend, was of wholly other character, for
passed. Henceforth, the race, if it should continue to live on,
that Moses should point out a way. In remembrance of the events
Passover, and this festival should constantly remind us that it
that the old clairvoyant state should give place to an
chosen should be taken away from the Egyptian nation, in the
future form the basis of an intellectual culture, that should
should be their attitude and mode of conduct. But humanity was
should, or should not, lead his people to Palestine, he still
toward intellectuality, that it was ordained that they should be
was essential that the centre of our being should first unfold in
him, should continue to trust in the Almighty. She therefore
case of a righteous person should equity prevail. Even the
which is not mere blind admiration and wonder, for it should

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consideration, but your thoughts should at all times be guided by
should be the chosen one whose soul should first grasp the
people, that we should presently gaze into the soul of that
he should, at times, absent himself, nor where he went on these
which should come through him, was undoubtedly the expression of
conditions should improve. Naboth realized the nature of his
encounter. It was next ordained that [Naboth] should pass through
judgment should be made between the god of Ahab and the God of
which the god of King Ahab was known, should be the first to
influence from the priests — that all should believe in the god
fulfil my mission in this physical world, should my death indeed
‘The Lord forbid it me that I should give the inheritance
feast be given to which Naboth should be invited, and at which he
it should be taken as such. The word Gilgal merely signifies —
allegorical narratives there should have been evolved an account
obtained through the medium of external science, I should feel
regard as a truly exalted spirit, should descend upon the earth,
witness that sign of the spirit which it was decreed should be
revelation of spiritual power should take place, it was essential
the King, that all should be made ready for the people to be
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should at least touch upon these old spiritual conceptions. There
have reached a point when his Etheric Body should be enclosed
to say upon the matter. At this point I should like to mention a
perfecting of the soul, so that it should be fitted for what we
should ask ourselves the following question: — ‘What
that through The Mystery of Golgotha men’s eyes should be
made it possible that this great impulse should come to humanity.
fuller and truer meaning we should say: — Before Abraham, was
which came into the world through Jesus of Nazareth, should be so

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him, that is to say, in the Holy Grail. He should have
actually signifies. He should have asked!
veils of Isis should be lifted. The disciple at Sais
teachings should become actual experience.

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The attention of those who profess to be Monists should

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have been hypersensitive, over-sensitive. We should have

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elemental nature; the lighting of the Christmas candles should be our
spiritual science should increasingly feel this necessity of our times
necessary to point out the things we talked about because people should
science should not remain merely a lifeless theory. Instead, it must
But genuine culture should teach us above
said he was one himself. And why should those who called him a blockhead
it should not be forgotten; all factors must be taken into account.

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should come to pass and must come to pass.
That is what we should think of. For the
wish, but one bom out of the need of our times. You should feel how
It is true, and we should not forget it,
alone. Otherwise we should be just as pleased with remembering something
should not be taken as just so much empty rhetoric; instead it must

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earlier way of looking at things should not be carried over into later
words, why should we reject ideals when children do not reject dolls?
were. Why shouldn't we do the same with ideals even though we know they
this analogy. The second lies in saying we should base our life on ideals
should be taken. We can introduce spiritual science into modern culture

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view of Lucifer, we should not have the same negative ideas and feelings
connected with the old idea of demons. Nor should the ideas that arose
Well, Fritz Mauthner should just meet what

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way, poetry should represent what human beings experience together with
In other words, we should not feel obliged to always make a long, tragic
so many of our talks, namely, spiritual science as it permeates us should
from the rest of life. On the contrary, spiritual science should give
not take this to mean that you should not read newspapers, but accept
we should also be so sensitive that the style that has gradually taken
me that Oppenheimer's thoughts and feelings about the book should have

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science, people should admit that if they want to see more of the cosmic
what they should. This confuses people because they cannot grasp what
should seem to us something desirable.
because I had said in a lecture one should cultivate self-knowledge
we should have for the great spiritual truths. This reverence consists
it is really necessary should the picture be left behind, and should
to Europe, we find people do not at all live as they should if all we've
people should experience the Christ only inwardly. There are theosophical
on a true picture. This is how things should really flow into pictures.
can see people passing by and ignoring precisely what they should be
So I indicated that he should permeate all this scholarly material with
it should be the same in life too, in our everyday life with each other.
If people come for friendly advice, why should it be denied them even
improve things; we have to advocate everywhere that there should be
it should according to calculations based on the general laws of gravity,
Tell me, should we really never talk about such a case as the one I
have mentioned; should we always keep quiet about it? That is certainly
he should show some kindness and that it would be very unloving not
we constantly have to deal with such things, and nobody should misunderstand
that I had to speak about them; instead you should all reflect on them

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should like to draw upon the following.
mean anything particular in Jacob Boehme, but one should try to
only limit to which one can go. For where else should a person
the limbs, as we should say. (He did not use these words, but
represented here we should not remain standing at any one
be grasped directly through the forces of our age should

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on the Wartburg a legend from Bavaria should have come to the fore —
this element which may disturb us today should make us consider the

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invulnerable. There is only one point between the shoulders where he
Christ, Who carries the Cross resting between his shoulders at the
not keep the Ring encircling what should become free, in order

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in fighting against the Semitic element we should not fight against
he pointed out to us. At least a small part of humanity should

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need to contradict each other at all. Why shouldn't the natural
standpoints. The listener should only consider the thoughts conveyed
from him. The listener should be objective, without a Yes or No; he
should live with this thought, meditate on it and let it work in him.

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nourishment, we should come even to-day to an expression of the
we consider the Mystery of Golgotha, but that we should arrive at it
should give us an indication of how we should really look upon fire.
Where-ever we see fire, wherever we feel warmth, we should not think
to-day. But wherever we see and feel warmth appear we should feel
period, so that we should not at first take such things

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could have observed the space of ancient Saturn we should have found
what is meant here. And if a man should make a sacrifice, not because
impulse to sacrifice, it is then unthinkable that he should feel
vision of the beatitude of sacrifice! We should be soulless lumps if
nothing unproved.” Certainly we should not accept anything
possessed — we should thus be describing those beings spoken of in

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present day it must appear truly absurd that sacrifice should be
keeping quietly ready to renounce all that we should otherwise wish
should accept this renunciation, this creative resignation, which we
however, which we should entertain is this: that man would never have
Universe, so that we should meet with resistance in that which is
connection I should like to remind you of that Spanish King who
other way of doing it!” Why, indeed, should it not be done in
it might be said: Why should a triangle have only three angles a
described may come to us. On one occasion I suggested that we should
to-day. It is not necessary that he should. For such are the

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this boy should experience fresh injustice, perhaps at school; then
Beings. The Spirits of Movement should not be thought of as merely
should continually arise to assuage the feeling of desolation, you
the yearning is satisfied and brought into harmony; but should the
span with her earthly consciousness! We should not be able to
now. I should like to know how an abstract thinker, one who accounts

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should disclose itself to him because it is related to him. Why else
should people who start from purely materialistic or purely
that what he has been told should find an echo in himself. He wishes
should see that amazement or marvel, upon which is based all
therefore be necessary that we should not only try to understand
should find that they do not know death in the human sense; so that
historical status of the Gospels. Rather should we, as
to this I should just like to mention a point I already endeavoured to

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the one or other of them should not be doing more

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one particular great truth that we should have in mind
nationality. This is something we should never forget,
think people with spiritual aims should be, it is proper
How should
epoch, we should find what was best in that culture. With
world, we should find exactly what relates to this. The
should appear to himself, in so far as he is a particular
‘Lenken Seelen’ should be taken to
warrior-souls. And if it should truly prove possible for

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statement that spiritual truths should not be offered too

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mean is one I should like to mention again. It happened
than Constantine's. He should have known that anything
human freedom, the Holy Trinity and other things should
as a support in twining upwards, a power the East should

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and to shun civilization and that we should set up a
this, nor should we aim to protect ourselves against it.
should be our attitude now, in the present age, if we
should that be so?
of what is found outside the body. I should like to put

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should like to refer to a pamphlet which has appeared
opinions held today. You know how this should be taken
quality should an idea have if we are to take it with us
conclusion to be drawn from this is that we should not
thought which should fill the hearts and minds of those
events should not be considered from a materialistic

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There they will be the most fruitful, I should say the

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which it is born, as I should like to put it. There is
instead the thoughts are taking us on their shoulders as
should not use to intervene in the spiritual world. So it

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subtle processes. We should all be able to achieve the
feeling which should arise. If I throw a fragile object
[1823–1909]. It should have been interpreted as
process should not, of course, be seen as one of genuine
science can and indeed should cherish in days like these

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and you should not despair if it seems to be full of
says such things now in Germany. Why should a German
because of present events, it should be obvious that what

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years the still pliable organism should be left to its
own elementary powers and we should not use coercion. We
should tell children as much as we can but not attach too

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Christ. But the issue should not be forced. We must not
black magic. In Part 2 Ahriman should really be taking
reality the words should of course be — Goethe was
All these are things spiritual science should bring out

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great poet one should not demand such a great person to
down. We should consider these ideas not so much for
in at this point. But Russia should not merely cultivate

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conscious man is small, very small indeed. It should
through that light being reflected — should also
seems that modern man should have a fair degree of
understanding and should, with some good will, be able to
feel concerned that we should start to gain something
sword to indicate that the power of his oratory should

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science, it is obvious that we should call to mind that spiritual
science is far from being merely a theory, rather should it be a firm
By way of introduction I should like to tell you some of my
those who are interested in our Movement should form some idea of its
have come to the surface in socialism, we should find that they are
should try to answer practically the question: How quickly can a
cognition, should be taken very earnestly. People lightly reproach
‘love,’ of universal love, of how and what man should
should like especially to speak of all the gifts mankind can receive
past centuries. I should like to speak of Spiritual Science as

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education. A man should not mature for public life before 45. Between
cases where it should be done, and where it is of importance. If
cosmic ordering; and this should be grasped directly and simply, not
Johannes Müller has no perception. I should never expect him to
from the whole aspect of my conception of the universe, and should not
more than anything else. I said that one should look for the

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On falling asleep we should put our questions to the dead and receive
than appears to outer observation — should form a subject for a
part of our dream-life is lost to us), we should be as well
linger through the moment of waking, we should be specially adapted
individual. Funeral services for children or young people should have
way than we do for older people. Our grief for a child I should

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interest. These moments should then lie quiet while used to receive
should not be lost to earth-life. That can only be brought about by
brought us materialism should also show us how absolutely necessary
which should be well observed: the moment of falling asleep and that
should be so cultivated — especially in our time, for the
and often, if we did but reflect, we should find that something
a certain direction; that man should really aspire to consistency and
men. Even now man should ask himself: How does the Oriental regard
spirituality and wise in it, should come to know that there is in
Moszkowski should wish to furnish proof that Socrates was an idiot?
I should like to compare this with
differently or we should be untrue; in no sense a modern
psychiatrist. Nor should we be true modern psychiatrists in the sense
ideal, which the man of to-day should set before his soul, is to be

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to life as a whole, we should try to realise how many germs organised
‘unconsciousness,’ we should say
spiritual world should always see him when he runs about. This type,
result should not appear for a thousand years, will in some way have

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psychically indicate in the proper way how man should and can think
present time, that he should gradually develop this feeling. In
airless space between us, we should not be able to hear what is said;
having lost them, we wish them back in life; we should be thankful we
they have been something to us in life. We should not hold fast to
have to ‘cram’ — and cannot take in what we should.
should be in the superlative, it is only the absolute lack of how we
life should not be driven too far, otherwise in many drawing-rooms
does not usually think about this, but he should reflect on what has
his purpose and attained what he had in view. He should reflect upon
should develop in the soul, for what he should retain as impressions.

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the rest of the body; therefore education should give refreshment to
the head by means of the heart. Examination of teachers should be
in the lower soul should be raised to the higher — the feeling:
not find in life. Such a mood should not be considered superficially;
it should not lead to finding everything in life brilliant and good.
confidence should be augmented by the universal, common
his physical presence. For this it is necessary that we should ray
which should receive more consideration than it does. This can be
this in our time, so that it should gain an influence in the systems
retain what he should. Under the influence of the present method the
Were we to keep this difference in structure well in mind, we should
lives. For this it is necessary that every branch of education should
least necessary to acquire in that way. What should be required above
relationship between himself and the children. Examination should not
necessary that there should be no occasion to grow old in soul. When
and the so-called dead. Otherwise the facts which should establish
should like to go back forty or fifty years and pass through the same
to one point of view I should here like to mention something of
another — each only as ego and astral body — we should be
merge into each other, we should not be separate and would not know
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use of a comparison which should make clear how these things are
always grow out of the shoulder but never a nose, so there will never
should be placed to there. Yet for all that the circumstances I have

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opinion that one should not communicate publicly certain deeper
us should the effort be made to go about trying to form opinions from
sense of view should contradict another; for thereby we get
Spiritual Soul. Thus, in order that man should limit himself as
also becomes the more necessary that he should again through inner
sketched in quite fine outlines, but it should show you that it is
today I should only like to mention just one other thing.
that such truths should not yet be communicated to the humanity of
that to which we should apply the Darwinian theory, the head is that
unknown to man, when he says: “I should really like to be an
animal, I should like to be as well off as the animal, but I cannot

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non-evident, or least not in current use, should again come
conceptions such as should rise are lacking. For that reason
spirit.” It is very important that we should hold this
expressions for the reason that they should not be confused
language first of all, because otherwise we should not be
important. We certainly should not fail to recognize that at
account and sometimes brutally ignore; otherwise we should
things should really be taken with a certain coloring, then
really want?” Then we should see how that which is
should see that although vision is certainly subtle, it is
their feet again. That things should have been turned upside

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Mysteries should communicate nothing to those outside who
should recognize in the truths themselves that they should be
through a long period of time, we should find that they
that he should not only perceive what is disintegrating, but
that he should be able to know that it proceeds from
inside out as one turns a dress or a glove. We should then

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which really leads straight into life, should penetrate human
idleness of thought should be developed. For just imagine if
natural science should be constructed on the pattern of
should be constituted! Today such things are taken very
superficially, and not even noticed; with us not only should
should wonder if the one activity in Oskar Hertwig is praised
spiritual world. I should like to give a little example of
why Fritz Mauthner should excite himself. One could
book of this kind should appear in such a collection. And the
thing among others should be specially observed: the tearing
should be different on the Earth from what it is, the living
be taken in full earnest. The question is not that we should
units should form together in man a whole attitude of soul,
absolutely necessary that there should be some people at the
peculiar who demand that Christianity should go back again to

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Science should above all things be conceived of, by those who
question should come before the soul as to how Spiritual
man should not shoot and sprout, but that it should withdraw.
that it can make up our soul, and we should take note of
our children, we should see the result; we should see that
a similar way, with a certain justification. But this should
feelings, it is necessary they should wake up in regard to
should like to give you two pretty examples of the way in
reporter should begin to write about Spiritual Science in a
flattering manner I should think that something was not in

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desired first and foremost that every human soul should find
must strive. The future life of mankind should so develop
16, perhaps even 17 years ago; and really the thought should
This should give rise to another thought; how greatly we
should arm ourselves with patience, when we reflect what
We should
spiritual world. Such a thought should really be able to
we should be able to apply it to the present day from this
we should look at the objective facts, at what has
we should learn to a still greater degree than the present
point is that a thought should have an awakening
should put it to himself, as a quite serious and I might say
not suffice. What is necessary is that we should not only
should begin to look upon the spiritual as a reality. What is
brought about by the change is that thoughts should become
world of spirit, does one hear this: that one should consider
should like to know how anyone could write
things, I should like to draw your attention to some little
as regards the past; that we should take seriously what is to
should we grow older? But for that some assistance from
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Today I should
past has laid upon our shoulders as karma — at what is
lest he should kill somebody else; he thought that a
Thirty Years War, the tomb of much which should then have
come to mankind. What should have been then understood, was

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detached from man. Directly we set free what should be bound
other, stronger, and more spiritual forces should play into
macrocosm. Whoever stands within this space, should have the
expands into the universe, the macrocosm. Everything should
should feel that he has the freedom of the infinite universe.
Christ Jesus. I should be most glad if that were so; but the

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we should express it, to have sat on a chair and left it for
such influence, we should have felt ourselves as souls, more
alien to the body; we should have regarded it as a sort of
Trotsky should be seen by their contemporaries as the
should attract the attention of our souls — these four
years (of war) should have taught us that the old
tenable. Once and for all it should by recognised that in the
understanding in relation to the whole world, should be taken
see no reason why anyone should need to study the
and only truth is to believe in God, and this truth should
view, should give utterance to such sentiments, but Spiritual
What should fill mankind with the creative force of the

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should be concerned only with the strengthening of faith and
should meddle as little as possible with tie particulars of
should have passed over in the course of these centuries to
that we should learn to face reality. Here is an example. I
the law as to how we should speak to people. Our favourite
men should grasp reality, not merely what they would like to
grasp. We often hear it said: “Man should seek his God
imagine; the point is that they should recognise what is
should this be represented?
such ideas should sink into men's souls; they are needed

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differently we should know ourselves, if we were conscious of
— we should be observing the metamorphosis of our own
it before that, we should appear to ourselves much more
spiritual. We should not have the deceptive notion, “I
and different” — but we should know that though
If we knew what takes place in us, we should have much more
the efficacious, active cause of it. We should see ourselves
from one metamorphosis to another. We should correct any
being is Ahrimanic and the other Luciferic, we should have a
among us, because we should be more closely related to the
spirituel world. We should comprehend the complete reality,
correctly, we should be obliged to look back to a former
of Christ, to bring it about that souls should not approach
demands of man that he should be able, in noticing a thing,

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should be able to adopt this belief: “We grasp the fact
human soul, and that human thinking should confine itself to
same aim — to prove that human ideas and concept should
significant historical backgrounds, which should be studied
soul-life should occupy itself with the super-sensible by
“believing” in it, but should know of it
that Bolshevism should have donned in the place where this
much conventionalism and Americanism amongst us, we should
opposite poles, and we should know that to regard these two
only correct attitude to maintain. We should reject all
Then we should
to awaken the belief that one should not seek contact with

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remarkable events should take people by surprise. Speak of
and ideas devoid of life and vigor. It should be
is that Goethe's teaching should be more widely developed and
should disappear from amongst us. We must more and more
the Guardian of the Threshold. Should this experience come to
I should have
lectures, and which should culminate in realizing the
mere theory but should be expressed in everything wherein we

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This should be borne in mind when reading the following attempt at an
complete or its full meaning clear. This should be borne in mind
first of all, the minds of men should be diverted from the Spiritual
thousand years, thought should be directed away from the Spiritual.
reincarnation but charged them not to speak of it until he should
conditions should be able to do so. Even a century ago, a person who
should be made ever more perfect. We are servants, and it would be
and slave-like. In this passage it is said that the servant should
Christianity, remaining true to the precept that the servant should

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without doubt intended should be taken seriously: “Blood is a
his demanding that the signature be written in blood. I should like to
vegetable covering, and the animal world — should be regarded as
theosophical truths. If these truths should in the ears of many sound
literal sense, should also be ascribed to plants; this, however, is

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Today I should like to indicate the extent to which religious systems
It should be noted by the way that what passes for prayer today would by
all-embracing effect that the granting of the prayer should bring. He would
fundamental attitude of mind that should prevail in all prayer: “Father,
Thus, if you could see yourselves in that condition to which you should
one's era. If an ancient Greek should walk into your life, you would have

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facts in their true nature. We should no longer understand them, for

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go back into the first Atlantean age we should find that

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we should not advance if we did not venture for once to speak about
Why could one call them thus? I should like to make that clear today
compared with what we should call today the most grotesque creatures.

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significance as an avatar being. We should seek the Christ Being
has the mission to be the ancestor of a whole people, should have an
this tribe, but it should not be maintained because of this that the
Here we see verified a great historical truth that should be of
will gradually to comprehend what is in question, should be
development, the concern should now be that the organ within man be

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mere belief but spiritually derived knowledge. Thus why should he not
living. We might go very far back, and actually we should find the
The globe represents the creative activity of the cosmos. I should

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the language of current thought, we should say that the Mysteries are
and legends of Europe to the Mysteries. We should find a great deal in

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this should be expressed by the normal human soul; she
figure also demanded that the soul of the woman should unite

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reason, the subject of to-day's lecture should have a special
astonishing that this idea of Reincarnation should be designated as
depend so much upon theories, we should find that we could far more
had to grow less and less, for it was necessary that it should be

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we should find that the attempts to characterise in this external way
said that we should not understand our own inner life of soul and
half is that we should have no eyes if the light, in a primordial
should be based on imitation, for it exists as a natural impulse in
‘Shi-King,’ we should have the German ‘Liederbuch’
simply presents things. Therefore, in the Semitic language, we should
imagines that he is at liberty to express everything. What should be

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made of ourselves, we should be unable to reproach ourselves
not alter it by fear or anxiety. We should wait for it,
say the pleasing present should remain,
should lose ourselves, but as though we could transfer into
should now be clear that, as has so often been emphasized, we
is not so. In order, however, that the Lord's Prayer should
all-embracing wisdom of the world should be set down in words
wisdom of the world is necessary. That it should possess
however, we should look for it where it really is. Today we

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human beings were prepared who should later receive the Christ

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entity, a self-conscious unity. If he should lose his ego through a
right. Our physical world should become more and more an image of the
make it our purpose that life in the physical world should resemble

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In conclusion, I should

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being it is, as if human beings should tell us not only their names
It should not be a matter

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requested that they too should be recorded, as well as predictions
problematical. But we should not shut our eyes to the fact that

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of ideas. This alone should make those pause who, starting from
the physical, we should admit that everyday life has to offer us proof
subject already mentioned which I should like to call “The
should like to mention here. It gives a wonderful description of how
should turn to the description in my book

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which ought to develop regular forms according to definite laws, should be
asked for — that Alexander should move out of his light. That then was
when he is unwilling that some result, some effect, should depend on
the play is accepted, I should like it returned when I can finish it; but it
exceptional imagination, should have to work in some humble position. He
that it should come about, but now I see that the result far exceeds all that
something within us is not as well developed as it should be. Here we have
strange it may seem to many people now-a-days, I should like to make a

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(what should have been done in the last lecture of this cycle) it
regions is connected with this personality, we should truly not pass
been already in the river mud if living should originate.
and that, in case such an event should have indeed happened once on a
We must imagine that the formative principle — which we should

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matter. But in reality it should not make light of it. And this leads
connection with natural science is to be established, I should wish
is only a question of habits of thought; for, actually, we should
of Denmark, Hamlet — but which we should not have expected to
Should patch a hole t'expel the winter's flaw.”
impossible it is that such a thought should approach the great
science should perceive and observe its limitations, and should
they should be conscious, if they want to remain on the ground of
earth throughout the ages, we should find that in the far-distant
individual existence as we should be if we looked at a single human
our thought world either, if we wish to speak correctly, should we
speak of the life and death of plants. We should keep the whole earth
through the alternation of waking and sleeping. It should be pointed
pleasure and joy can give him, and so on. The soul condition should
say: If there were no death, we should have to wish that it existed,

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continues somewhat as follows. Why, he asks, should this
uncorrupted by all kinds of theorising — why should
of having lived before on Earth. Therefore, even should
own depths, why should it not reveal itself at once, if, in
experiences to our ego, we should never, even in memory,
not sleep at the appointed time, when the ego should be
failure teaches us what we should have done. We have become
— we develop our wisdom, our maturity. But we should go
pass through the gate of death, then it should not be
of ordinary physics; but they should be aware that they run

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dead matter should be a manifestation of life, as it reveals itself
impression of bestiality and yet of grandeur that should be
should only point the way in which such souls can be approached. For
should, in all that it undertakes, grasp the whole of man's

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which we are living, should have come to a decisive conclusion. With
catastrophe has cut into human evolution. All the more should we feel
scientists of that country should have written a comprehensive book
that this should have taken such a remarkable form. Sir Oliver Lodge
say quite new things, But we should be going quite off the track if we
that any transference of thoughts should take place, — passing
interesting himself in these matters, should not know how such a
question of his own son, yet should not have known what has often been
world of sense. The case is an interesting one; only it should not be
must seek for the dead — if indeed we should or ought to seek for them
our movement is to have any meaning at all, a meaning which it should
should hold the hearts of men, a purely spiritual method, one very
force. Christ spoke the word which should be deeply engraved in the
should say: He is here, He makes His presence felt in such a way that
language to man. They had to lay hold of the soul-men should,
‘My kingdom is not of this world,’ should really draw into
attitude that our work in Spiritual Science should bring about in us,

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should become just as alive in us as the feeling — let us say
Now, as we know, in order that man should develop the full
it is also necessary that we should not merely consider what,
Spiritual Science has to give in the abstract, but should take whole
I know that already, I have heard that before!” Rather should we
— that is, you should remain awhile in a state of wakefulness
consequences — which should be taken into account, especially at the
external world. It is not without significance that this should be

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genius, as follows, — I should like to quote the passage
Angels. It is of great importance that one should enter somewhat
sense and this should not be blotted out by the abstract materialistic
should not be made a religion, for we ought to be clear that religion
gates of death, should always be present with him, together with the
Now it is natural that a certain question should arise in connection
do in the near future. I should just like to bring forward one such
that an abnormal meeting with the Father-Principle should take place.
necessary that even now, souls here on the earth should make
to the earth, it is necessary that there should be souls on the earth
People should at least become gradually able to develop a feeling

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demand that we should think deeply about this mechanical world-order,
newer age should be such that it rays into his whole thinking and
what is necessary should be brought over; all that has remained over
the universal laws of nature, that John Smith should be born in 1914;
should adapt himself to the earth and take the earth-conditions into
himself; that he should carry into his future evolution what the earth
is that it should be understood that this is nothing originating in
his conceptions should not remain mere ideas, but that they should
This chymical — or, as we should say today, chemical-marriage
alchemists, who strove for concepts which should help them to master
job should admit the principle that every man should be put in the
those ideas one should penetrate the reality, and recognise it! It is
should really plunge down into the reality, recognise it, and
man who utters them should take his stand on reality. People find that
is that people should try to find ideas and concepts really permeated
themselves should be profoundly imbued with reality and be selfless
should be possible at the present day for people to be impressed
should look at the Mystery of Golgotha in its actuality, in its
reality; that we should see that it was a Fact that Something
connected with reality. I should indeed be glad if such words as these
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consequently feel tired, we should be speaking more correctly than
and emerge from it when they wake up; it is necessary that they should
distinction should be made. Certainly we do get tired with the day's
Spirit. It is of immense importance that this consciousness should be
which if once understood, we should then ascribe all those thoughts
We should not then look upon our waking state, which unites us with
considering the winter as the important time for the earth; we should
no memory we should of necessity be led to believe that there was
certain circumstances, men of bye-gone times could do, we should never
think of doubting the existence of the spirit. We should then be able
crucial point now is that mankind should once more become capable of
deal that lives in our age, should be purified. For man, after all,
important that we should learn to know what we ourselves are in the

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a certain sense that they should know that if they made themselves
that man should so live on the earth that his life should not merely
elements of Christianity will be then united as they really should and
to the whole universe, just as Christmas should point to the descent
seasons of the year through their rhythm in human life, should be
right that these Festivals relating to the Mystery of Golgotha, should
Here we have something in which man should not as yet exercise his
freewill, something in which each year the consciousness should come
adds to them, that should not be a reason for censure. So it is,
contradiction between the demand that Christianity should be for all
earth, we cannot help wondering that there should be anything left
respect to the things concerning which unity should prevail. For we
thing is necessary, my dear friends, it is necessary that men should

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I SHOULD like today to introduce a sort of historical survey into this
reasons why I should refer to this book today, after the two public
Natural Science of today, (as one must and should speak) can no longer
as we today should say: in the nervous system? ) He replies: Salt. And
Thursday we should put the question thus: What works in the
the rest of man? (We today should say: in the metabolic man.) He
deeper into this, I should be giving out truths that I may not
were to say all that could be said on this subject, I should have to
thinking should cease, and another way of thinking should begin. This
was written in 1847. I should like to quote some of it here, that you
to say, and this they have done in so clumsy, or perhaps we should say
element of the Bible thoughts, which should organically bind them
the Bible must remain a half-closed book. We should study it with
alone should suffice to make a man who has insight say: Ötinger is one
another standpoint. I should like to go back to the strange fact that

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genius, as follows, — I should like to quote the passage
Angels. It is of great importance that one should enter somewhat
sense and this should not be blotted out by the abstract materialistic
should not be made a religion, for we ought to be clear that religion
gates of death, should always be present with him, together with the
Now it is natural that a certain question should arise in connection
do in the near future. I should just like to bring forward one such
that an abnormal meeting with the Father-Principle should take place.
necessary that even now, souls here on the earth should make
to the earth, it is necessary that there should be souls on the earth
People should at least become gradually able to develop a feeling

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I should like to ask you, by means of the example of a great
learn these truths should first make themselves worthy of them. This
through Spiritual Alchemy, — that it is with which man should
unite himself, that it is with which man should unite his will. Human
that mankind should be filled with the “Stirb und werde”
sacrifice itself completely. Not only should it lead men over the
it should be ready to form the bridge from one side to the other; so
should be able to cross backwards and forwards at any time. The
development. Man should not be led away from everyday life,
but should purify the everyday civilization. In the world man is
tribute to the passions. For from whence should the actual driving

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is not to be the aim, why should the life of the many be the aim? If
we know that this should not be censured but regarded as inevitable -
eternally subject to change. We should be very poor representatives of

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that should be acquired by anyone aspiring to the stage of Chela, or
process of initiation, and for that these indications should
initiation. Now, as the next stage, he should experience
should again bring us. You find it in the case of a German, a young,

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natural that, again and again, the question should arise, “What
should today's lecture be mistaken for a lecture concerning the
that one should become like little children in order to enter the
practical occultist will tell you that no one should dare to
that he will not have to ask everyone what he should do and so that
should someone discover the dirigible in his dream and then
who can tell us how we should develop our organs, who will tell us
destination which should be reached, namely the entrance into

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looks up to the Sun, or to the Moon, he should not only see external
bodies in the heavens, but in Sun, Moon and Earth he should see the
is revelation, not ‘glory’ in the sense of ‘honour.’ Therefore we should
should rediscover these things. Sun myths have been sought for and

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knowledge, but three paths to consider. Yet this should not be
has grown up within Eastern circumstances should never be
described. No one should believe that this path is only for
Should but the slightest mistrust arise between teacher and pupil,
which play a certain role in the Rosicrucian training should be
can do this without the guidance of a teacher. It should be brought

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every plant something that lies behind should arise for him. In the

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Nay then, the sun shall bide behind my shoulders!
higher Self within them, or, as we should say in our time, those who
This should resound and the spiritual Light ray forth from the

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how one should satisfy a child today with the fairy story itself and
would now rather try to clarify what should exist in the soul of the
myths is that we should certainly know more than we are able to say,
indeed, a great deal more; and secondly, we should be willing to draw
unriddle it all, we should gradually be able to find the right
But it was galling to them that there should be anyone stronger than
the branch bent should be his bride; the others would have only the
tale should be related. If you always begin and end this way, you
point out where the other should look for a wife. Through the
should come forth out of the spiritual reality that lies in back of
conclusion, I should like to relate another fairy tale for you to
to know why they should avoid the poplar tree in the forest. So they
that every time he pulled the thread one of the giants should follow.
this tale, we should just let it penetrate our souls in order to

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people should in a way have the essence of an avatar woven
them should be assigned a special task or mission, then this
memories should extend back to those who had listened to the
verified a great historical law that should be of special
the wish to discuss something should actually be construed as
a sign of ignorance. On the other hand, we should cultivate

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should not simply be a theory about the world, life, and the
human being, but that it should become the most profound
Those who have a feeling for these great truths should hurry

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Today we should say that man in his essence is what his whole origin in the
progress of ordinary science should be enough to justify this question.
unraveling the secrets of external nature should indicate to anyone that a
inevitable that these inner faculties should remain as they are now, equipped
that hidden forces should be developed to open the way into the super-sensible
that in the past Spiritual Science should have spoken differently about the
that the frontier between reason and faith should be clearly marked. This was
the spiritual world should be able to inspire absolute confidence and firm
the initiate should be a trustworthy person, and it will then be justified to
Science should bring his unbiased judgment to bear on it.
researcher, for his part, should speak if he feels himself to be truly at one
to which a man should apply his reason more rigorously than the

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himself. His thoughts, feelings and will-impulses should spring from this
must also develop inwardly certain forces which it should love and cherish,
stages, truth should be loved and valued from the start. An inward
first condition for acquiring a genuine sense of truth is that we should get
the love of truth should enter into our striving for it. If passions,
extent that they find truth. That is the essential thing: that we should seek
for truth as something to be found only in our own deepest being; and should
indicated how a man should stand towards truth. If, he says, a man loves
ever more impoverished, although the truth should enrich it. Whether a man
should be our sole guide-line in our search for truth.
right. Phileros, already having sought death, should unite with the forces
Word”, should be rendered as “in the beginning was the
and today should lead us to feel that, although the human being must stand
standpoint he should make his own. From the enhanced consciousness of truth
we should ever and again withdraw into ourselves and say, with Goethe: Much

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natural that most people today should have a somewhat false idea of what the
that belong to our own inner being. The essential thing is that we should be
our inner processes; otherwise we should be lost in illusion.
distinguish between percept and concept, or we should go badly astray. If you
should reflect on it and see how far we can get with it if we bring all our
aid, and should be seen only in relation to the fact that anyone wishing to
body. Vegetarianism is one way of producing this result, but it should never
gain understanding of the spiritual worlds. No-one should suppose that a
and it should be remarked that thoroughly materialistic concepts have spread
our faculties should work in the world.

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no member at any time or place (and especially within the Society) should
is seeking satisfaction in vague phantoms, when he should be giving himself
that should merely reflect that he is repudiating the origin of his
he has no use for. He should realise that he has separated himself from his
world-weariness because they find nothing anywhere to interest them, should
wood and start a fire, so should we bring to human beings the fuel that will
it is quite conceivable that he should
human soul. The folk or ethnic religions should take the form of gods or
through everything human. Veneration for what is below us should especially
a human being should grow up in such a way that, on the one hand, he finds
growing boy should be educated, even down to his gestures and clothes, in a

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satisfying in itself. This fact alone should be enough to distinguish
that Spiritual Science should be charged on this account with being a form of
Buddhism. By now people should surely have grasped that Spiritual Science is
being. With this aim in mind he should avert his gaze from the sense-world
experienced, that we should look on Christianity — a religion for which
world that you should master what can be experienced in earthly
Science should be the instrument for penetrating ever more deeply into the

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certain similarities with human life, why should we not recognise the other
starting-point, should prefer to deal with some even subtler relationships
periods and full and new moon. Why should this be so?
how we should take what Spiritual Science has to say, as shown in our

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some later date we should be preparing for a still deeper
order to read the Gospel records as they should be read, we
modern age we should not find so many people unable to
This analogy should make clear to us what our attitude should
truth in the particular view we may hold, we should always be
in knowledge made possible by Spiritual Science should throw
answers, it is only natural that people should look for an
weÂ Â should not forget that it will
path to the highest should also be the hardest? Hence we
should never be frightened by or blind to the inevitable
naturally of the greatest importance that clairvoyants should
such communications should be made available to contemporary
ask himself how he should act or think in a given case if his
diligent — should recognise that he has failed to take in
this pass his lips, he should check them and admit to himself
in the realm of spiritual life. A man should demand truth of
public. If we know that these things are not true, should we
they say will not get very far, and they should recognise
Consequently it was essential that one particular soul should

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they must be viewed as a whole, just as we should have to do
all of us can make them; to do that we should have to be
spiritual poverty we should experience if we were capable of
spiritual truth should possess.
because it was essential that the pupils should understand
should be receptive to anything we need and apply it in life;
but we should be duly suspicious of truths we ourselves
is a personal experience. He should, however, refrain from
spiritual aspirations that efforts should be made not to
means of knowledge, of enlightenment, should attach to these
experiences; our personal life should not be governed or

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completely regular pattern, and this is as it should be for
is meant to pass directly from soul to soul should not be
should come to see that what they were doing was to apply to
reject Spiritual Science should just ask themselves why man
humanity should be given a stronger and stronger stimulus.
was that psychological study should be confined to the
external manifestations of the human soul and should take no

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meaning of the original language. The words should not merely
candidate should be initiated into the secrets of the
how this Gospel should be read.
should have to describe the movements of cosmic forces.
administered by John the Baptist, we should have to refer to

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spiritual world we should perceive only the effect of the
really mattered was that an impetus should be given to the

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in a very special way. Every rational human being should ask
the revelations of nature herself. We should remember here
should not attach too much weight to biased views that
‘I’, we should witness a happening comparable

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bearing and conduct of this kind we should find that such
parts of the body — the shoulders, let us say. A purely
should be dependent upon material effects, for the action of
a revelation, a manifestation, of the spirit. You should
observation should be led on to spiritual-scientific
him to sorrow should arouse in him the surmise that what has
that in a drama there should be a prospect of victory for the
portrayed before us, that we should be able to feel the

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should people trouble much about them? They will observe them
by which they should let themselves be inspired? The vast
humanity. And from the Gospel of St. Mark we should draw the
such things should not be spoken of openly. Then Christ
We know too that in our age primary attention should not be
science should move in the direction indicated by these
should be saved (that is to say, nothing would have been

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represent the exact sense in which the two ideas should be
we should expect, after the renewal of the Moon-influence had
should therefore expect him to represent a glorious union of
said about the cycles of six hundred years we should not
we should expect it to appear as something new only after his
And here I should like to draw your attention to something,
where two streams converge. The first stream should give us a
Golgotha; the other should inaugurate new ideas and concepts

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should refrain from any agitation or propaganda and far
present and should be recognised as such. But those who
prosper without this spirit working in men we should be
that we should have deprived the World-Spirit of forces
born after them, and longed that theosophy should become

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should give us; we want it to affect us simply on its own. All the
more should this apply to the infinitely subtle and bewitching
should not imagine that all these occurrences in our soul are simply
more; she should spin straw into gold again. She is locked in another
“Then promise me, if you should become queen, to give me your
all this has been said, we should not be surprised to find that the
gods. We should not be surprised to hear that the most significant
of food before the bears should arrive, for he thought he might as
well enjoy his life for a while, in case it should be cut short. Now
more freely when it comes towards a child. It should not be entangled

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of thoughts but the thoughts take us on their shoulders, as it were,
importance that we should learn to pass through these alien
Imagination. This is what we should so like to see resuscitated,

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In our days it is necessary that these thoughts of the festival should
those who have come to Spiritual Science should feel with even greater

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sense of the journalistic style, not in the style that should
what should have been made to prevail directly in Central
should have lived an in us. Nothing of the old spirit could
born out of this insight and should have been fostered.

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traditions. One should not speak about these matters from a
theoretical standpoint; one should speak from the standpoint
of life itself. One should follow the nuances of feeling out
should we not use a word like “unbornness” which,
that the soul is not created at birth? Why should it be
in it with the same fervor with which the child should

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generalize. It is difficult to decide who should survive in the Fight
there is almost no escape from this Fight for Survival. We should,
achieve anything, but after what I have told you, you should

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should be expressed by Easter. The festival of Easter in its

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believes that dream-life should be taken as something

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meditation one should first immerse oneself completely in the content
we're in a world of experience. We shouldn't immediately make
ideas about what approaches us in this world. We should just open
of ice. While we're in esoteric training we shouldn't bring these
life should run completely independently. We must preserve absolute
equanimity with respect to spiritual experiences, just as we should

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we should also see and know this during the day and we get the

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all kinds of thoughts that press in. But that shouldn't surprise us,
activity like meditation. One shouldn't want to fight against these
known: You shouldn't go to the party tonight.
of my nose; what should I do for it? — The best thing would be
development. One should feel that everything that comes there is

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consciousness soul, intellectual soul and sentient soul shouldn't be
should listen well to what they tell us.

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spoke about how the soul should spread out ever more and pour out
ego lives. Things are different in the spiritual world; we shouldn't

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we should suppress feelings of pain coming from the loss. Maria Strauch

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We shouldn't just let these
words pass before us; they should come to life in us. We should devote
sacred word and unspeakable name resounds, the pupil should make a
doesn't correspond to this feeling. An esoteric pupil should
right thing. We should love a man because he's a human being.

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silent. We should speak about such experiences much less than we
think about them. We should look upon and treat our whole spiritual
things it can hang on to. The rose cross, for instance. We should let
it work on us; we should realize that the wood's black is our

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part of the etheric body in motion. This connection should become
can then appear. One shouldn't pay much attention to small pains

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Our meditation should stand
who has read a book two or three times shouldn't imagine that
We should develop certain
we should begin to pay attention to the feeling of grasping an object
geometrical figures in general. One should do this by writing these
in a circle around the first one. Then one should write this in
one's hand and proceed as with the first figure. One should
one thinks of a closed figure such as a loop or a figure 8. One should
One should keep on doing

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sisters and brothers! We should realize that there's a big
shouldn't forget that a light is always surrounded by a lot of
been emphasized in all Rosicrucian esotericism. But we should be
tolerant towards people who make mistakes here, and we should always

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Great seriousness should
reign in esoteric life. An esoteric lesson should be something sacred,
something that we're entrusted with, and we should never take it to be
should place this seriousness before our soul ever more now and try
fall back into everyday life. One should look upon all exercises that
the harmony of feelings. In esoteric life one should pay particular
someone, and as an esoteric we think that we should tell him the
truth or should not have to take this or that from him. When such
feelings arise we should realize that we're living in great
way indicated, it should make us realize how deeply entangled in lies
An esoteric should always

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disease releases force, but this doesn't mean that one should
Everyone should do his best to get well fast. But if he's been
sick for three weeks or six months, he should look at this as karma and
in everything. We shouldn't just believe in the karma idea
theoretically, but should sense that karma is active in everything
that is, one should calmly confront all the pains of life that hit us
purple and a brown root as dark blue. One should permeate all of

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these words that you should open up for yourself in mediation that

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feeling makes one strong and one should cultivate it. Another feeling
that one should practice is one of thankfulness towards spiritual

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average person, but it shouldn't happen to an esoteric; he must
One shouldn't think that
Also we shouldn't
myself — but in such despairing moments one should repeatedly
What should be attained
soul's basic mood and shouldn't be shaken by anything,
mean that one should deliberately look for solitude or avoid
one's duties in the world; we should let this lonely feeling
Here one shouldn't just imagine
radiating light rays that symbolize the divine — one should imagine the
feel great thankfulness that should be carried into the
the pupil. One should make this clear to oneself. It always signifies

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continually arouse in us, and it should never be our intention to let
him, he should occasionally experience a mood of longing to press

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should imagine that his teacher or master is standing before him in
pupil should now replace the image of the golden calf with the image
the pupil should imagine that fire burns the child's form that
doesn't mean that one should suddenly hug someone one disliked,
made him into what he now is as a form. And we should take what the
spirit has made out of us back into ourselves. We should drink the
go into a region for which a man should feel that he's too
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is a thought that thinks me. But this thought should never arise
esoterics know that there are certain thoughts that shouldn't
feelings. The feeling that should accompany “It thinks
connect it with this feeling. An esoteric should consider it to be
higher beings have brought about in us. A man should never forget
Therefore, the feeling that should always be connected with this is
should cultivate there. We're not always able to have these
feelings of piety, thankfulness or trust, and reverence that should

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intended the today's talk as introduction at first. It should
nature of the human being. One should exclude everything that
in them that he colours that with his imagination which should
repetition that we should do. Nevertheless, in the end, any
somebody does such exercises, as they should be discussed
science should become a spiritual researcher by such exercises
that which should be performed as outer institutions for the
being should just become strong because he knows his relation

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borders of that what should be regarded here methodically, as
sense of touch the other senses should have gradually developed
This is such a place again by which the ground should be pulled
truth, also for social reasons that should be stated in the
already the human soul should rise to a spiritual world, it
exercises are demanded by which the human being should
supra-naturalism starts, science stops. No, it should be just

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should be only my task to attach some connections from
is and beyond this line the human development which should be
should not stand the “adventure of reason”
the same way, you have to exceed the thinking if it should
question: should one take the one or the other soul force as
the thinking original? How should one imagine the mutual
Daughter which should have become a trilogy and

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that such a simile should only hide the helplessness compared
the words which should characterise the object of the today's
to that true soul observation whose impossibility should be
that is nothing but a preparation of that which should happen,
things, actually. Only these things that should form the basis
something new, but something that should be built up only in a

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rejected if this soul has prejudices. What should become a soul
spiritual ears are generated only if anything should be
should be talk of it in the next talks where I speak about the
that which should be forced upon us in this expectation as

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history should teach is associated with the judgement of the
in a crisis how one should found history. I would like to talk
history, how it should be anew founded in the present, which
kind how history should be taught out of the requirements of
history goes on, and he investigated incessantly how one should
mental pictures. We probably imagine what we should do, but it
legends. These myths and legends that should describe the
should be done or be omitted in a social situation. Briefly,

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least thirty talks if it should be treated in detail. Thus, I
if understanding should develop for such things, which are
which was necessary and by which all those should be lectured
he should go over from the accustomed ground to another area.
consideration of the facts that are immediately round us should
These explanations should confirm it: the human being
oversleeps his being. A part of the talks should show that the
sleep gives, you need for the usual knowledge if it should be
everywhere the same material they should think about whether it
the same material. However, one should feed a wolf for longer
time with nothing but lambs, and one should try once whether he
francs, but only on the condition that he should leave the city
not know how it should be produced then; but it will be solid

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soul activity which should lead him to spiritual research
strongly, can deceive himself very easily. Hence, you should
immediately. This should be “a scientific view.”

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Maybe another comparison can illustrate that which should be in
not because something unreal should be expressed, but because
because the matter should be shown truthfully, I was already
that which should flow from spiritual-scientific research.

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his inaugural lecture “How should we study history in a
everyday, and show us what should be the true attitude

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one hand, in the other the striving after truth, I should beg
above-mentioned essay on “What is, and how should we

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beautiful building that it should make an impression of harmony

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not what we should nowadays call poetry. It was the world-drama
of the action. It is a fine point that the first dream should

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the matter in itself that it should have artistic effect. This

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should not ask if Schiller can mean anything to us nowadays; on
present time, that the individual should develop freely, we

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demanded that duty should coincide with inclination; he wanted
antipathy. The spectator should stand before a work of art with

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etc. should be addressed to Miss DORA BAKER,
events of the day. But at the same time, one should not
to tell you that spiritual science should make us practical;
the men of daily practical life. It should make us practical,
nations should turn their attention. My sovereign completely
at that time agreed that the Conference at The Hague should
— civilisation demands that the weak should perish.
or of the monkey. But a biography should not contain what
Darwinism should have found a new representative in Huxley who
beautiful words on the unfolding: of love, words which should

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that, I should like to say, the life of the organism does not
one objection which lies close at hand should be dealt with
I should now use an expression for the connection between the
should sometime observe how speech develops out of the unformed
— in order to characterize this more exactly I should
next time. Today, in conclusion, I should only like to draw

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are of such misunderstandings. Today I should, above all, like
should now be my task to extend our considerations in a similar
these details. Attention should only be drawn to the fact that
scientist who says: Why should I trouble myself about what else
weaves within the etheric and which should remain contained
a result? That which should only be experienced inwardly as
determined by the soul- spiritual. Should this occur, as a
are indications of bodily conditions which should not be; and,
such an one should consult spiritual science in order to become
And, I should like to say, that for instance automatic writing,
the spirit, although no objection should certainly be raised
should be. The art of dance should consist just in the fact
one speaks of the primeval mud of the soul, one should also
one can say, that one should not wait with ethical action for
Should one wait with digestion until the metaphysicians or the
physiologists have discovered the laws of digestion? I should
splendidly advanced we are. In this, I should like to say, we

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it, we should have to use quite different colours from those we
diagram L should have to draw it in the following way: The Greek was
must be poured what should stream from above as spiritual life into the
people of the future. Should this not come about, the eyes are doomed
connected with man should be of a healing nature. We must return to the
physical plane should be healed. The man who promises an earthly
perhaps find it at variance with some other idea, should wait till they

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spiritual powers concerned with the guidance of mankind, should come
that small notice was taken of how a change should actually come about
intelligent beings. Today they still take pride in this. It should not
gives too long a stretch for one subject; there should be more change.
world should follow the lead of the spiritual world. This lesson is
We should be in constant danger of death were merely that to happen
of this intellect, of which today we are so proud, should it alone be
will be overcome by disease. At least those should accept this

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yet we should make no progress if we did not sometimes discuss things
partition we should only see the ten fingers, the man himself would

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epoch, we should have to say: they were in equal proportion. We should

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of feeling and perception. Yet we should make no progress if we had
recognized. I should only like to remind you of how we have often spoken
reported that a man gave another a box on the ear and one of them should
more is about as sensible as if a man who has seen another should reply
But now there were beings who had remained behind, who should have progressed
that through the action of the Fire-Spirits the sun should be withdrawn
if I should de-scribe it to you, for the present human form has arisen
sun. But in order that the present human form should arise, a molder,
why should just Jupiter work on the consciousness soul, since it is

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we should find nothing of a material nature. We should find in the Saturn
which one can compare with the etheric body of man; thus we should have
their nature we should say: as the human being has the physical body
Form, rayed lower forces to him at the same time, lower than should
that we should find manifested in our surroundings as the lowest member

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the directions which might be taken. So we should have something like
speak actually of combustion. That would not be correct. We should speak

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etheric body, astral body, we should find that this old Moon-consciousness
measure as evolution goes forward, we should not find it existing in
of the Lemurian Age — which I should never describe in a public
lecture — we should find that they represented the extreme limit
today, then we should have a peculiar picture of the evolution of our
personality. One should study and compare the testament of the Roman

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SHOULD like to speak
the Seraphim. Then only, beyond the Seraphim, should we speak of what
the study of the spiritual worlds one should not be satisfied with general
to realize that there are beings who should have risen during the Moon-evolution

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for study, that a few things should be said for more advanced theosophists
sound human intelligence, we should only be deceiving ourselves. We
should not have the real will to unlock that world which must gradually
and perceptions. I should like to relate quite simply and plainly how
But now we should succumb
do not draw out from the incarnation what should be drawn out, but grow
this: “What is it to me that I should carry over something to
course of evolution. Let us suppose such beings should remain on the
we should find ruling wisdom everywhere. How much earlier than man the
to hold him back. We should fall completely into decadence if we were

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that we should not be concerned with the question: Whence come all the
I should like to conclude

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alone and far and wide there is no-one. It is then as it should be at
should have to travel a long road if we would show how through his unique
carried forth into the world. Then we have the impulses which we should
sitting together, but something that should be carried out into the

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a matter of speaking about the essence of these things, I should have
things she should not have said (for it is not legitimate in occultism
issue concerning which we should have to repudiate the statements made

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As an introduction, I should like to tell you two short stories. The
of the kind should have transpired in Berlin.

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consciousness. At the end of Earth-evolution man should have reached

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expressed the wish that I should speak to them about the venerable

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If at the moment when he should get free from himself and pass over
should have been living in China, the Buddha in India, the last
form such a portrayal of Christ should take. For it would have to

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entirely different. Yet the fact should not be lost sight of that the
intelligible that Zarathustrianism should point directly to Cosmic
something wholly and essentially new. Theosophists, however, should
very souls; they should regard it as their good Karma to know

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that if the memory were bound up with the physical body, we should be
instrument for memory and remembrance is the ether-body. We should not

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things I should beg you at the outset not to believe them simply on my
word — but I should never dream of making such assertions
demands that such a test should be within the realm of possibility.
culture which should be the common property of all mankind without
England today the President of the Theosophical Society should be
into the leadership — where it should never be. It makes an
occultist's heart ache that the label “theosophical” should
root-principle of theosophical teaching should be tainted —

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examine. But first of all I should like to put before you
Now I should like to emphasize one thing in particular, for
all I should like to cite an example (which I also referred
But “Imaginations” represent realities; they should
the spirit. They felt that all reference co the spirit should
threatened if it should come to be accepted in any way that

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should like to remind you that this idea of trichotomy forms
indication of what should be regarded of vital importance,
namely, that our “Weltanschauung” should be
were to pursue this question we should come face to face with
They were celebrated in order that man should be reminded
named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all,11:50 Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man shouldJohn XI, 49–52).
how one should understand in clear consciousness the painful

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lecture today I should like to remind you how easy it is to
I should like
experiences they underwent the candidates for baptism should
wish that mankind should return to the time before the Fall,
but that they should experience the further stages of Earth
outgrow. It is important that we should really respond to the
Christ that it should be suppressed.

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I should like
always share this attitude. I should like to quote the
sexual behaviour in the plant kingdom should be abolished.
Fertilization should take a different form. The only course
such views should be understood in the future. Despite all
science persists, if it should spread further afield and
that language should remain static. You must have a clear
we should think of the animal kingdom. All this is the
determination of what is good and evil, should not be
or human conventions in order that this should not arise at a
evolution should be worthy of the beginning. It was for this
passage has no such meaning. A passage should not be torn
Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men shouldGospel of St. Matthew (VII, 12):
“Whatever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even
should do to you, do ye even so to them”, and
that men should do to you, do ye even so to them”
of us is that, in the moral sphere at least, our ideas should
men should do to you, do ye even so to them.” And then
Whatever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to

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name of Herman Grimm. I should like to begin this lecture by
should come to the fore in Goethe's
history of mankind should be carefully excluded from the
certain men should be initiated. In earliest times atavistic
firmly insisted that their teachings should not be divulged
they should not look for the future well-being of mankind
than to hasten the destruction of the world. I should be
the first place we should discover that the concepts of
we should have to touch upon many other fields of knowledge

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quoted to you in my last lecture. We should do well to bear
Gelasius, should be dressed in the white robes of a priest
if the occasion should arise, but to the actual successor.
empire. Today I should like to consider him from another
in the Mysteries should be proclaimed to the whole world and
should not be restricted to the temples. Fundamentally, the
city should coincide with this turning-point in world
lecture I should like to discuss the trend of events under

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he should be murdered while still a child and preparations
murder should bring greater disaster in its train. People
therefore made to ensure that the greatest uncertainty should

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declaring that all the pagan temples should not be destroyed
destruction should rather be carried out gradually, for the
permission I should like to read a passage from my school
meaning and the effect it should have. Indeed its efficacy is
has been given to the communicant on what he should
must be followed by an inward experience, that one should
were to enter into the minds of these great souls, we should
our age that Brentano should have written at this precise
should be read by all who value a certain kind of thinking.
different form. It is important that we should grasp
historical necessity that these Mysteries should be destroyed
should suffer if we were suddenly bereft of our senses, when
demands that we should be resolute in thought and have the
lectures in Vienna on the Stoics. I should like to read you a
conclusion I should like to say in defence of the Stoics
a capable philosopher such as Knauer should have said the

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sadness, rather should it be something that can prepare us
a few words on these matters I should like to call your
Science should bring an understanding of these Mysteries. I
became an adept or “occultist” as we should say
devoutly to be wished that as many as possible should feel in
this need not depress us, rather should it encourage us to
valid to some extent, but they should not be so far fetched
present age should be permeated with the impulses of
they should be disappointed. His idiom displeased them. For

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with the nature of the Mysteries. I should like to select an
What we should characterize today as the right path, perhaps
personalities. I should like to take Swedenborg as an example
shoulders above his contemporaries.
science should be supported by thoughts that are rooted in
reality? In the individual case one should not attempt to
reason why X's soul should appear to be dead since it
spiritual world. There are many today who ask: why should we

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today should be the question what, actually, the present human beings
so long time how he had to understand his determination which should
from” and “where to” should be taught in a new way
their new knowledge with the old faith. They should get answer to the
the contentment of all should be achieved.
to themselves that the new human being has become modest. He should
may imagine the divine again how he finds his own soul but love should
should develop the most significant factor of the advanced development
in him through the theosophical movement. He should aim at the cooperation

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of theosophy should give a short outline of the world view and way of
single persons is a personal view, and the Theosophical Society should
lead to the higher spheres of spiritual life; so that nobody should
Goethe? And why should there not be on this ladder upward still much
The human beings should

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horse or a monkey. This should not be doubted. But in the same sense
Why should we not be able to describe the qualities of an ink-pot? But
tries this way to explain the instincts of the animals; they should
This is an instinctive reaction. By which means should the fly have
should be and of that which should not be. This was transformed in the
something should be or something should not be. Conscience developed
matter is that forces make themselves noticeable in life which should
in the super-sensible worlds, should also teach us, on the other side,
should not be obtained by lack of understanding of that which exists
the means of communion with God. The prayer should completely evoke
to us, unless our will should go through, but if our will is lifted

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How should the human being
mathematical and other laws, how should he be able to find the laws
This can only happen successively. What should this mind do? It should

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who should deliver the dates how life has developed and should develop
world view. Who accepts the external material world only, how should
he understand death, how should he cope with life, finally, because
us time and again if science should give information about life. This
We should fit into the community and subordinate to the needs of the
If my single personal life is not directly meaningful, why should the
To whom should we submit, if not to the needs dictated by our low nature,
should not be limited only to single social ranks and classes, but everybody
should take part in it. Indeed, nothing is to be argued against that,
point. The material culture should induce the human being to get a higher
to a higher one, who are able to behold super-sensible worlds, they should
the lofty super-sensible secrets of existence, but this should not be

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the destiny which the human being experiences there and which should

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whether he could recommend that Friedrich Nietzsche should take this.
sounds. The old human being should ascend to the superman, to the divine
for as a new life that should arise from our culture. Now he himself

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in the soul-world or the spirit-land. Today the first level should occupy
that in this important field of life personal instructions should be
true, maybe they are not. He should have neither doubt nor superstition,
should be strictly observed as the chemist must weigh and measure the
the world but love so that that which should be life becomes a service,

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Faust should fathom the

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should be revealed figuratively, as well as it is commensurate with
If a picture should be derived from it, it is fancy.”
With it should not be said that it is possible and good for any person
one should become a vegetarian, than if one asks: what does vegetarianism
to the reason, especially for our scientists. One should consider

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should be made accessible to the public. Goethe promised his cooperation,
know.” This should be a hint to the sources of this fairy tale.
up? Soon, the old man answers. With whom should I combine? The silver

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I pointed to the fact that the basic question should be solved in Goethe's
of nothing with his body; his hands lift no straw, his shoulders would
between both should be attained; this is why the memory of the sensuous
should come true in future.
the left hand that should be which represents the human strength, where
it does not serve quarrel, but only defence. The right hand should be
the young man should live among people and graze the sheep. The golden

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he should always take a special room for the small box and close it
ideal of true humanity; they should live with the dwarfs in good harmony.
is not yet, what should be realised in future. What the human beings
products should represent the world allegorically, about these a flame
should burn and signify the human soul longing for its creator.”
and he sees three female figures in them for which he should select
with the three ropes which should punish that who betrays his trust.
for whom the new Paris should choose the young men. The boy is led into
also precious stones, are signs of that which the young man should make
soul pushes him that he should develop higher and higher. He brings
consciousness which should lead him to higher and higher stages in the
bridge; there the war game should take place. They put up their armies.
image of spiritual events in the human soul. Goethe should announce
the higher things which he beheld not in life but in the art. He should
that he can call the words to the old man which should live from now
has received own talents from nature; now he should apply them and seek
journey to the spiritual land of ancient wisdom should be shown that

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of view only somebody should speak who is also familiar with the whole
Now, however, this should not interest us; for we do not want to pursue

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who wants to ascend to the stage of a chela or student should acquire
which should be sufficient.
has survived to us from the Middle Ages which should show this in a
that should be fertilised by the great initiates is suggested by Elsa
of Brabant. That who should mediate is the swan. Lohengrin is brought
which spiritual science should give us again. You will find it with
way and truth. They announced what should be done and believed, as
with the soul (Seele). Now everybody should become blessed

Title: Origin and Destination of Humanity: Lecture XVII: Ibsen's Attitude
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of art: Plato creates a state idea in which the single human being should
with nature, one seeks above nature. The Christian searches what should
human being had sharply outlined ideals. He knew not only that he should
In which respect should the human being be free? One must want something
which should be, actually, a vessel, a self purpose. That is why the
to the world; he should be an emissary not reproduce, but shape, create.
on the personality, what it should only present in his later dramas
is justified of the personality which should again become an individuality
itself on him: to what end should the personality be freed?

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not possibly from sensations such like: it should be that way, it is
in Germany the first railways should be built, when the railway should
used. Instead of building a railway there, they should rather pour money
one should build no railways, because people could thereby cause serious
impairments to themselves. If one built them, however, one should raise
the parliament in London this proposal should be negotiated, the chief
should occupy us today: the distant future at which we look so that
that humanity can get its goal. Theosophy should not lead us away from

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view. It mirrors the external truth. How should the human being face
in new form: why should it not be there if they looked at life? In the
But he should become free.
in love and in mutual propensity and do voluntarily what they should
have to be filled completely with them, which should be a summary of
not a drama which shows human destinies. It should show the godhead
Greek saw what he wanted to know about the world, what he should know
no longer exist; a self which should be his own action should arise.
Demetrius should act out of it. The problem of the human personality
Preliminaries of Aesthetics (1876). An aesthetics should be created
Why should a society striving for spiritual deepening like the Theosophical
Everybody who strives for a spiritual world view should celebrate such
the big Schiller jamborees. Nothing should be argued against these big

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cultural factors and elements in the present. Theosophy should be no
mere doctrine, it should live. It should flow into our acting, feeling
we deal with the leadership in the spiritual life, if it should be capable
of surviving. Where else should we look for the leadership of the spiritual
life today than in our universities? There really all those should co-operate
They should collaborate with young people who prepare for the highest
to the different branches of our university life? No criticism should
be offered to our university institutions; this should not be an object
should simply give a perspective how the theosophical movement if it
spirit to the clarification of the loftiest questions, what should lighten
its imperfection and asks how it should be made better. The law school
Someone who should be taught
But, how should anybody
the theological science should treat.
will not slip that in his words which should live in the words of the
investigate this. However, it should not depend on this at all. This
form which should express truth of the higher plane, not only symbolically,
humanity, so that it should not be necessary that there are theosophists
from which religion should be announced. If the theologians announce

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the point of view even today that one should do a little logic and psychology
to life; the approach to life which should be the opposite of messing
about everything, which should found a view of life on serious principles.
prepare themselves for the big questions of life, because it should
and that one should be afraid without theosophical attitude to lift
The lawyer should study
a network which extends about our life. There one tells to us what should

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ideals cannot be applied directly in life, but ideals should be the
it should advance to higher fields, it fails. Hence, without intuition
then only the doctor is that which he should be: the noblest human friend

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education, but at a formal education which should form the spiritual
of the unity of the world has disappeared. The arts faculty should pursue
I become a shoemaker or a chemist. The consciousness should become general
as it were, completely digested. The human soul should be an organism
teach the scientific disciplines. However, another human being should
should receive the doctorate who has absorbed this central attitude
of his development. The arts faculty should have the greatest say. It
should develop from the mathematical attitude into a spiritual direction;
everything should run up to this point. Theosophy is not so difficult.
it is a discipline like other disciplines. This should not be; it had
to be the standard bearer of a philosophical attitude. The faculty should
remains an aggregate without spiritual bond. Knowledge should become
Should theosophy fulfil its task, it must not be a doctrine but life.

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education, despite being a much discussed or perhaps I should
and should be self-reliant. In consequence their age remains

Title: Aspects/Evolution: Lecture II
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special importance that the concept of history should be
about as clever, or should I say stupid, as it would be had
are self-supporting physically, so it should be recognized
fifth epoch progresses, there should develop a healthy sense
should try to understand.
was that together they should discover policies that would ensure
knowledgeable about an issue should be the ones to judge what
should be done about it. After all, whether one is a liberal
ought to be, located. He asks, “Should it be the
parliament, the congress? Or should one look for it in the
historian, he should be well able to forecast such a
sentiment! To suggest that one should indulge in fantasy of

Title: Aspects/Evolution: Lecture III
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justifiably required that man should be awake, and pay due
should be arranged and human affairs conducted. It would
article makes it clear that the Russian people should begin
of Czarina Elizabeth. Therefore one should really speak of an
reality. One should be able to sense that it is a document
reality and therefore have the power to affect it. One should
common one at that. That Horneffer should write such things

Title: Aspects/Evolution: Lecture IV
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that common sense should prevail. This is stressed especially
that such a man should understand anything; even when he
such a man should the occasion arise. But let us turn to
Dessoir should
philosophy should not have such an easygoing attitude. It is

Title: Aspects/Evolution: Lecture V
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I should like
people who profess to read Aristotle today should ignore
However, we should be aware that what determines us when it
right to say that our concepts of morals should have
should judge rightly, so in regard to the good he should love
law concerning beauty will ever be discovered, nor should it
he should have been able to say more; namely, that to
should manage its own affairs. This is advocated by most
Christianity would be that nations should come to agreement
should know discuss what a state is or should be, they speak
direction modern man's spiritual striving should take. Yet,
way the present difficult times demand. What one should

Title: Aspects/Evolution: Lecture VI
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I, should want to reach insight and clarity about it
why a thought should be regarded as having real existence.
it should enrich our inner life; i.e., enrich the thought
that he should concern himself with events in life which,
natural that materialists should do so. However, Bernstein's
aim should rather be to seek within the world those hidden
something should possess, and if they are lacking, it is
Brentano should be unable to find the way, had I not

Title: Aspects/Evolution: Lecture VII
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onwards, all he has developed within himself. Should he later
infused with new life, and in particular the Church should be
27-year-old, should emerge with the 27-year-old English

Title: Aspects/Evolution: Lecture VIII
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essential in our time that a feeling should develop for the
should create a certain condition of the comprehension of
believes I am imagining things in maintaining this should
Eastern Europe it will seem incomprehensible that one should

Title: Deeper Secrets: Lecture I
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the greatest problem of life, one should try not to place too high a
realms; one should not imagine that human words can ever be capable
before us. But no one should maintain that study of two such attributes
within our reach. We should then have the right to say: “With all

Title: Deeper Secrets: Lecture II
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should be made with great caution; nor is it too much to expect everyone
of the highest quality should be extracted, which would enable mankind
order that the intrinsic nature of this bodily constitution should remain
and Egypt, should be renounced. Every gift from the spiritual world
such inner experiences. Therefore it was necessary that they should be
taught from outside, that they should learn from a people who still had
their particular gift should not be mingled with that of any other people,
that the quality inherent in their own blood should remain pure and
became possible at a certain definite point of time that there should
misfortune of being led into captivity in Babylon should befall them. We
was necessary that they should be brought into contact with the other

Title: Deeper Secrets: Lecture III
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now be essential. Nobody should imagine that methods which in earlier
Dionysos and were content that their faculties should rise up as it were
to-day should regard John the Baptist merely as a raging fanatic, a
to the real meaning, the translation should be somewhat as follows:
which Christ would give, should contain. The hearts and minds of men
elements should be discarded and that the suitable elements should develop
the spiritual world should be made manifest.

Title: History of the Middle Ages: Lecture I: Celts, Teutons, and Slavs
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that men should take the Bible into their own hands. From this

Title: History of the Middle Ages: Lecture V: Charlemagne and the Church
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then, that the large properties should belong to the Church, as in
otherwise than that dissatisfaction should increase among these
those already established on the Rhine and the Danube, should

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compelled him to abdicate, so that their property should not be
and that everyone should have, who wishes to join in scientific

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had become what is called Mediaeval Science. I should like to give

Title: The Human Soul in Life and Death
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In so doing I should like to indicate at least
boundaries of human knowledge, and that he should be aware that
— there should be no need to mention this — we do
about a spiritual world can only be subjective talk, should
should arise as all of you, you gleaming suns overhead, and the
Government, which demanded he should be punished and dismissed
himself on the battlefield should be filled with the

Title: Insanity from the Standpoint of Spiritual Science
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Firstly the name is not chosen correctly — one should not
arise. If the physical body itself is diseased, (which should

Title: Two Pictures by Raphael
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should make his life's ideal into the very content of his soul.
to do with the artistic value of the pictures! I should like to
pictures by Raphael. We could not expect that he should at once
and looking at the pictures he should recognise any as being
who painted these pictures in order that men should meet in the
so it seems to me good that we should sometimes have these

Title: Karma and Details of the Law of Karma
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a person afflicted with flaws of soul can be healed overnight. It should also be realised
should not adopt the fatalistic standpoint that everything is predestined. A man need not
marks would help you, but if I were to give them to you, I should upset your account book.

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make this objection. He should not say that the things here
should not have had to waken this morning but be
forgotten all I experienced yesterday I should be a new man
ideal of its development. One should not ask: is
laws of karma are so complex that no one should wonder if
opposed to the general validity of this law. It should be
Things such as visa should be considered from the

Title: Evil and Spiritual Science
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of all, permit me to raise one point in advance, that should
Plato, tried to answer this question: how should human beings
they could say to themselves: if a human should strive through
something very positive! This image should make it fully clear,
weaving throughout the world, so he said: how should one then
turns around to say: maybe one should consider more like
experience to which we wanted to refer-, one should rather say
accessible to him/her. Maybe we should ask ourselves here: what
perfect human being. This should not be understood at all
through saying this. But it should be repeated, what was once
what I will now set out here, I should have to speak for
investigation, truly oppressive. So what should one then
and leads us into the actual facts that should not be
Now reference should only be made to this, that in this
be evil? Because we should be spiritual beings! Because we must
should not use the features that make you into an evil human
should be stated today, that people are wrong if they believe
should belong solely in the spirit world.
souls: we should not be deceived about this. Yes, the humans,
should penetrate into cultural development for the salvation of
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Title: Buddha and the Two Boys: Lecture II: The Gospels, Buddha and the Two Boys of Jesus
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what we are looking for within the spiritual-scientific research should not
be taken from any document; it should not approach us as something handed
should be added. Only by this meeting could that individuality appear which
these certain qualities of the people. If the Zarathustra should embody

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reflection. But it should not be taken as a mere symbolic mode
should like to characterize, not in a dull manner, but as
in regard to the world-famous picture in Dresden. And I should
we should not think that the Christian ideas could appear to us
At his point I should like to say, one senses something in

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course of time! [It should be noted that from 1978 to 1999,
should be mentioned that the duke had not only appointed him as
could not see why a painter should not be able to paint such a
the external means were wholly inadequate. Should he in fact
should never violate the truth of the impression with respect
What I wanted to put forward today should not be presented in
theories! In all it is capable of, spiritual science should

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(If I were to say all that I should like to say about the
However, it should not be supposed that these events taking
factor I should like to add here. I am able to establish
Before briefly outlining the fairy tale, I should like to say

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its kind. However, these should be read by those who
grew out of her arms, other shining arms, out of her shoulders,
gleaming new shoulders. And lifting these arms toward Arthur's
his works, Reinhold Steig. And I should like also, in

Title: Impulse for Renewal: Lecture I: Anthroposophy and Natural Science
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one form into another, so thoughts should also take on other
possible, but that one should try and penetrate with this into
certain areas only, or whether it should be applied as the one

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who should be, to some degree, the crown of creation, and the
take part in the subconscious? Why should — I say this as a
through the entire organism and why should the subconscious

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in the rising scientific world view sees what should be taking
science which should present a general world view, right from
appeared the belief that the entire spiritual world should be
these beliefs should develop free from all scientific
separate sciences should create the totality of teaching. This

Title: Impulse for Renewal: Lecture IV: Anthroposophy and Pedagogy
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coloured theory assumes that the bodily-physical should form
means not the entire education should be put down to what is
cultural impulse, something which should only come into
substantiality. In the child's surroundings we should not give
should show that Anthroposophy doesn't want to be radically

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should be judged according to whether they fit into old party
attractive, but it should first be asked how we can enhance the
as illustration to what should happen; because just as I have
it should be something like that.
be modified by contemporary market trends, or should modify the
an illustration, and discuss it for hours, while it should be
should have said: social ideas or social thoughts, because the

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writings should not be applied, but it comes down to quite a
speak about radically, should not be misunderstood.

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should simply have been parallel, in quite a different way for
should be clear about one thing. With nature observation the

Title: Problems of Our Time: Lecture I
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adornment for their personal life, should be
space and time should tend to encourage appreciation of the
anti-social impulses and instincts. No mistake should be made.
should be dishonest if we shut our eyes to the many forces of
that we should learn what phrases and catchwords really
previous Earth-lives, that he should have, in contact with his
do realize the need of the times should be looked at askance.
example: the question is often raised whether education should
“technical.” Should teaching be directed to fitting
serve the State or conduct other business; or should it aim at
is that we should educate prophetically, foreseeing the task of
continuing in existence at a time when they should have
should feel themselves as a centre from which may radiate the
these conditions should be expected from circles belonging to

Title: Problems of Our Time: Lecture II
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should not only speak of life after death, but also of that
anything more. The point is that we should actually retain the
want to emphasize this point. We should really and truly learn
People should be filled with the conviction that during the day
they should realize in a fruitful way what they have arranged
or five years of agony should have taught men that the
should be able to experience throughout his whole life the
his life in the day this vivid consciousness should persist as:
utter and to listen to, but it is necessary that people should
children (I suppose I should say our “young ladies”
manner of teaching. So that what should only work on one living
should not be undervalued, seeing that it had contributed to
things should be possible in our times!

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standpoint of natural science, we should have to say that the
nowadays it is essential that men should absorb them into their
world. In our movement we should awaken the needful enthusiasm
He should penetrate the entire Western view of the world. The
humanity should do so. The Oriental shuns this immersion. It is
view of spiritual science. What matters is that we should act
have shown you during these few days how man should regard his
idealists, we are compelled to speak. No pity should prevent
truth and truth alone — that should be graven deeply into

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should consider such things to-day, should be able to keep
which, all the same, miss the facts. I should like to, give as
that we should produce only for consumption, or that of
of industry does, especially if the latter should be —
but tell us how to teach it. What should be the subject
consider themselves advanced thinkers, is that the State should
should be under State control, and its authority should be even
sphere of economic production itself there should be no more
control of men: control should be limited to the production and
should belong to the sphere of law and right, where each adult
mention this sort of thing to-day: but they should realize that
years or less after his death the spiritual product should no
property, to treat it in the same way, and see that it should
all his faculties. When this is no longer the case it should
whether I should be dividing a horse into parts if I said it
social life should be an abstract unity, if such a unity could
be understood; but in conclusion I should like to point out
his mouth lest he should say “myself” too loudly!

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