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Title: Lecture: On the Reality of Higher Worlds
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easily misunderstandings arise. For these reasons I want to express
of its research are based entirely upon misunderstanding.
world of the senses can stand the test of searching examination; the
denotes complete misunderstanding, for the very reverse is the truth.
matter where he stands, in time or in space, no matter what the
stand the test of healthy human reason — the eternal, immortal
ceased to be an external reality, stands before you in a
Mysticism and the like. As science stands in contrast with
superstition, so does anthroposophical Spiritual Science stand in
the problems of destiny, for we have learnt to understand these
understand the nature of the human bodily organisation, when we
understand how the astral body which has descended from worlds of
stomach, brain, and so forth ... then we understand the nature of
perception, to concrete understanding of the spiritual world. The
every unprejudiced mind will admit, we stand in dire need to-day.

Title: Mission of Folk-Souls (1929): Lecture 1
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your goodwill and sympathetic spiritual understanding. For indeed the
Perhaps you will better understand what we mean if you
very, very little understanding. In the first place a certain
nation from which you have sprung; you have no understanding for that
they have, first of all, an understanding of the folk to which they
belong, an understanding of what we might call ‘The
present time to acknowledge that a man, as he stands before us in the
take something neutral — what does modern man understand by the
Just as the sentient-soul stands in a certain
and understand each other or try to understand each other as regards
Folk-spirits, and yet there is something in which they understand one

Title: Mission of Folk-Souls (1929): Lecture 2
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beings, of these Archangels? and how are we to understand this work?
peoples. When we consider this aura we must clearly understand that,
and we must clearly understand that man could in no wise have
understand that real physical preliminary conditions are necessary in
Sometimes these configurations stand out in strong
Moon-cycle moved forward to their present standpoint.
spiritual understanding, which must be clothed in ordinary words
conceptions, if from the anthroposophical standpoint one observes a
Thus you will see, that we shall only understand the

Title: Mission of Folk-Souls (1929): Lecture 3
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important that we should understand that there are such
this reason they fully understand all the joy and sorrow the human
not stand still, because he would then be allowing the germs for
think of him as being a higher Being, one standing two stages higher
Now you can understand that the law of renunciation, of
of these normal and abnormal Spirits of Form, we shall understand

Title: Mission of Folk-Souls (1929): Lecture 4
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Therefore if we want to understand man, such as he
activity of the several Beings, do we learn to understand how through
of the child from the standpoint of spiritual science, you will admit
And now you can understand the whole course of human
inherited; and we shall understand what is shown by spiritual
removed from the understanding of what does really take place in the
significance to him. We shall more clearly understand these
not to misunderstand what is now being said, it only refers to man in
also understand, that in a certain way the tendency of civilization
You will understand now why I said, that what I had to communicate
Hence you will understand, that with this whole process
the surface of the earth. You see that we must understand what it is
ground on which we stand, down to the formation of islands and
understand that Plato was a descendant of Solon, an Ionian, a Greek,
a Caucasian, this expresses, if we understand the law underlying it,
We do not understand the individual man, if we do not

Title: Mission of Folk-Souls (1929): Lecture 5
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so long will it be difficult to obtain an unprejudiced understanding
Now in order to acquire a complete understanding of the
far removed from us, in order to acquire an understanding of how we
lay a foundation by acquiring an understanding of the Hierarchies, to
understand these Hierarchies, that we say, at the lowest stage stands
really upon which we stand and which offers us resistance? What man
he is able to stand upon solid ground he owes to the circumstance
understand our planet in this way: Where its boundaries of air and
element standing on just the same level as the others. To fulfill the

Title: Mission of Folk-Souls (1929): Lecture 6
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understand also, that statements such as those made in our last
arrive at a complete understanding of these very complicated matters
mission of the earth, we must clearly understand that these seven
of Form, for they stand higher in the rank of the hierarchies —
from an occult standpoint, quite correct in describing what appears
system, and only the physical body stands for itself, it is an image
polarity, if we wish to understand the depths of the Folk-souls.
Now you will also understand that a people like the

Title: Mission of Folk-Souls (1929): Lecture 7
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post-Atlantean evolution, — then we must clearly understand
best understand this mission of the Semitic people by taking it in
it would never lead to a real understanding of the world, to a
understand the several Folk-spirits. Whereas the leaders of the
which the understanding of this mythology has for the further
development, this people understands how to bring to perfection the

Title: Mission of Folk-Souls (1929): Lecture 8
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this Germanic Scandinavian mythology, notwithstanding its many points
understanding of those relationships is possible. There must at one
time have been a similar understanding of the unique character of the
is not at the present day easy to understand this essential element,
We can scarcely understand the fundamental character of
familiar; they could in a certain respect understand them, and they
East it would be particularly difficult to understand the Western
stage higher than this standpoint, so that they experienced in the
to understand him? He learned to recognize him as being one of those
this in mind we shall also better understand many things that have
been handed down. For us it is a question of being able to understand
within; and later on he still understands the way in which, coming
understands how the inner answers, so to say, to the outer. He could
also understand when Initiates told him how the world forms itself
macrocosm and understands when he is told that it is called
is able to look back into that time and he can understand that these
beings. Then the man of the North understands how the later

Title: Mission of Folk-Souls (1929): Lecture 9
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will be able to understand it philosophically also, as you will all
mythology. If you bear this in mind you will understand why Europe
Zoroaster made it his task to understand and make known the
understand more and more clearly is, that the Luciferic influence
down to the smallest details. But we must clearly understand therein
once been accessible. Hence in Asia Minor one could well understand
nigh unto you.’ One could understand when it was said:. ‘The
even if ye are not able to rise above the physical plane; understand
ye that Figure in Palestine, understand ye the figure of Christ.’
The Initiates of the Northmen made them understand that
he plays it in the Twilight of the Gods. When we understand this rôle

Title: Mission of Folk-Souls (1929): Lecture 10
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Angelic Being, who stands between man and the Folk-soul, by Donar or
Greek culture was one which we can only understand if we try to do so
Then you will be able to understand the peculiar nature
will understand the details of the Chinese culture. This culture was
perfectly unbroken stream. You will understand that only the remnants
time encircled the Atlantean Continent. You will now also understand
It would be misunderstanding what is being pushed
misunderstanding this culture if we were to compare it with that
prepare ourselves to understand a spiritual, a higher culture. For
Child of these two worlds, stands in front of them as a third world.
disputes, and which in reality rest upon great misunderstandings, is
suffice to make one understand that therein the human and the

Title: Mission of Folk-Souls (1929): Lecture 11
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does not know that this event really did occur, will understand what
We understand, therefore, that the Germanic Scandinavian
tendency, and this enables him to understand modern Spiritual Science
come before his eyes which at first he will not understand. But if he
place in accordance with law, he will then learn to understand,
understand that they have to see the spirit in the spirit, that they
Christ; or whether they will remain at a standstill on the physical
Germanic Scandinavian mythology, it ought then to understand that
belongs to us all in Northern and Central Europe, will again stand
of Vidar, of whom we are now trying to understand the deeper side, we
having a proper understanding of that which is to come.
insist upon retaining the name Christ.) But if we understand the
understand Who Christ is. In the same way the Christ-Being must not
It is wonderful to me how well people understand each
to understand each other in the deepest essence of our
Anthroposophical knowledge; it is proof of how we shall understand
Let us endeavor to understand one another on this
anthroposophical world-movement, could misunderstandings arise from
from his own standpoint and his own ground, — to contribute to
understand this. We must learn to understand that it would be a bad
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Title: Paths to Knowledge of Higher Worlds
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the contrary, those who honestly and earnestly stand within our
these boundaries with the ordinary forces of human understanding.
where he stands in ordinary life and in ordinary science; from there
Activity called forth many misunderstandings, because people simply
Activity gave rise to so many misunderstandings. But it had to be
This conception leads to a standpoint that makes it appear childish
possible to understand what takes place in the medium of time and
understand the relationship of the human head to the remaining human
which is very difficult to understand, namely, a kind of turning
and timelessness; it is not easy to understand that it reappears in a
rest in regard to the reality of our knowledge. From the standpoint
Please do not misunderstand me. I do not mean that the forces which
should have to speak for hours from the standpoint of a theory of
problems of the present time from the anthroposophical standpoint.
Those who bear in mind that from the anthroposophical standpoint the
along these paths do not stand outside the ordinary

Title: Lecture: The World Development in the Light of Anthroposophy
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and the understanding. The fact that love or perhaps hate are
with a purely analytical artistic understanding, quite coldly and
we loved, stand before us as souls. In our super-sensible vision
this mirror which stands before us.
in more popular terms. But it is possible to understand that the
mineral life on earth, we understand why there should be mineral,
who at least try to understand them, will see that the
investigator entirely stands upon the ground of strictest
exceptions can be easily explained) stands upon the ground with
in the human being whom we see standing upon his two legs, at
changes from the abstract understanding ordinarily described
such an artistic comprehension. This is how matters stand. That
Darwinistic theory comes to a standstill, we perceive that man,
The human being, such as he stands before us today, is a
through a higher understanding it is simply impossible to place
will then also understand why it is so.
the human being stands within the cosmos. The human head is set
the point of understanding that through the fact that the human
understand the human being through the development of the world.
artistic sense and understanding, we finally comprehend why the
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Title: Lecture: Foundations of Anthroposophy
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firm standpoint in life, we must first obtain a conception of our
ordinary sense perception and by the understanding which is based
of anthroposophical research from an anthroposophical standpoint,
life and in science. One must, of course, have an understanding
must stand before our souls. Those who believe that the
memory, the picture of some real event stands before the soul,
understanding described in the last few days, pictures which
longer penetrated by it subjectively, because it stands before us
stands before us when we go out of the body with the will and
plate; in looking back upon our body our thoughts stand before us
understanding, with ordinary thoughts which are applied to
for the standpoint indicated today.

Title: Mission/Folk-Souls (1970): 1. Angels, Folk Spirits, Time Spirits: their part in the Evolution of Mankind.
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contribute in some degree to the general understanding of
spiritual understanding. Indeed the province we touch upon here is
discussing the path of knowledge — what we understand by the
man’ is one whose understanding and grasp of the great laws of
homelessness they would meet with little understanding. In the first
if they have, above all, an understanding of their ethnic origin, an
understanding for what we might call “the self-knowledge of the
that is non-controversial — what do we understand today by the
external cognition. The first steps towards the understanding of this
it. Just as the Sentient Soul stands in a certain relationship to the
is man as we know him today; such is our understanding of man at the
take? In order to understand this, we must bear in mind that from a
individual differences, we shall have no difficulty in understanding
many different countries and who understand each other or try to
understand each other when they touch upon vital questions that have
understanding. In the same way various people were able to understand
epoch is different from that of our own age. Those who understand the

Title: Mission/Folk-Souls (1970): 2. Normal and abnormal Archangels and Time Spirits.
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Archangelic Beings? And how are we to understand this work? You all
this aura we must clearly understand that the saying, everything in
understanding of the higher worlds are very much mistaken. With a few
Archangels, Beings who stand at the same level as the Archangels, but
constitution of our Earth. Sometimes these configurations stand out
spiritual understanding and which must be clothed in ordinary
understand a people when we feel intuitively the activity of these
various forces at work. If, from the anthroposophical standpoint, we
Personality. We shall therefore only understand world history, in so

Title: Mission/Folk-Souls (1970): 3. The inner Life of the Folk Spirits. Formation of the Races.
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necessary in order to ensure a full and complete understanding and
towards an understanding of the consciousness of the Folk Spirits if
they mediate between Archangels and man. You must understand quite
task. At the present time man stands at the initial stage of this
understanding for the joys and sorrows of man. But because they
because it is peculiarly his own. He cannot afford to stand still
you must understand that the law of renunciation, of deferred
we shall understand the designs they entertain for the races of

Title: Mission/Folk-Souls (1970): 4. The Evolution of Races and Civilization.
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understand the relationship of the races of mankind to one another
so when we seek to understand man as he is today, we find a richly
understand how man first came into existence through the cooperation
being, they would be standardized. Only a single, uniform humanity
wheel in our mind and have not the slightest understanding of
active. These forces — I beg you not to misunderstand what I am
the universe. Nevertheless we can now understand that racial
This was always known in the Mystery Schools. You will now understand
understand that the whole process of the evolution of mankind is
the way of understanding. Therefore it is only natural that those w
of mankind in every corner of the globe. We must understand therefore
a Caucasian, expresses a profound mystery if we understand the law
cannot understand the individual if we do not see how he owes his

Title: Mission/Folk-Souls (1970): 5. Manifestation of the Hierarchies in the Elements of Nature.
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people, it will be difficult to reach an unprejudiced understanding
mysterious relations of race and nation. If we rightly understand the
order to acquire a full understanding of the characteristics of the
and we now understand how the Beings of the spiritual Hierarchies
an understanding of the Hierarchies of which man is the lowest
substance”. What is the real nature of that upon which we stand
velocity into space. He owes his ability to stand on solid ground to
Air is an illusion behind which stand the mighty Beings we call

Title: Mission/Folk-Souls (1970): 6. The Five Root Races of Mankind.
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of balance or equilibrium be achieved. You will understand therefore
another period. Hence in order to arrive at a fuller understanding of
clearer understanding of the cooperation between the normal and
the Earth, we must clearly understand that these seven Spirits of
forces than the Spirits of Form — for they stand higher in the
in the sunlight. If, however, we wish to understand how the abnormal
standpoint we are perfectly correct in describing the Negro race as
standpoint you will become aware of the five centres where the
distribution you will develop an inner understanding of the racial
understanding of this unique cooperation of the normal and abnormal
will now understand the peculiar character of the Semitic people and
worked principally in the blood, you will understand why racial
you will also understand why a people like the Greeks who were
something which will be easier to understand, because we shall be

Title: Mission/Folk-Souls (1970): 7. Advance of Folk Spirits to the Rank of Time Spirits.
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have a true understanding of cosmic events. This advance in rank is
understand the period when the division of mankind into the five root
later Atlantean times. If we wish to understand the pattern and
understand this if you bear in mind that, in reality, this particular
all other peoples. One can best understand this mission of the
understanding of the world, to a comprehensive, concrete view of the
understanding’ The task of the Semitic people was to eschew all
antipathies. Therefore we must have a clear understanding of the
the signal importance of Scandinavian mythology for the understanding
lies the great significance which the understanding of this mythology

Title: Mission/Folk-Souls (1970): 8. The Five Post-Atlantean Civilizations.
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understanding of the kindred relationships between those mythologies.
At one time there must have been identical understanding of the
present time it is not easy to understand this essential element
should learn to know to some extent from an understanding of the
can scarcely understand the fundamental character of Teutonic
understand them to some extent and they were particularly interested
additional factor which may help to clarify our understanding. The
account the influence of special forces, nor understand the
understanding the spiritual life of the West and that superior
retained this feeling, this understanding of how the forces of the
Odin and above all to understand him? He learned to recognize him as
this in mind we shall also understand more clearly the fragmentary
understanding of these individual Gods. Germanic-Nordic man perceived
within, and in later years he still understands how, originating in
understands when he is told that they are called Muspelheim. Thus,
look back into that time and he could understand that these events

Title: Mission/Folk-Souls (1970): 9. Loki - Hodur and Baldur - Twilight of the Gods.
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Anthroposophical Society. What you will come to understand more and
last series of lectures will easily understand that. [
to the smallest details. But we must clearly understand that what the
Minor could well understand the words: “Change your mental
understand the words: “The Kingdom of Heaven is nigh unto you
special role. When we understand this role we shall then perceive the

Title: Mission/Folk-Souls (1970): 10. The Mission of Individual Peoples and Cultures in the Past, Present and Future.
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Being, Donar or Thor, who stands midway between man and the Folk
was a culture that we can only understand from within, if we realize
able to understand, however, the peculiar characteristics of those
soul, only viewed from the standpoint of the Spiritual Soul and
Spirit”; you will understand the peculiarities of Chinese
through which we prepare ourselves to understand a higher spiritual
potentialities, showing that our understanding of Christ today is
sublimated Spiritual Soul could understand Him. But Solovieff's
polemics which in reality rest upon deep misunderstandings, because
ordinary conceptions are inadequate for an understanding of the dual
attributes. We must first of all understand the two natures of Christ
fullness. Only that philosophical understanding can achieve this
John's Gospel and its opening words. Only if we stand upon the

Title: Mission/Folk-Souls (1970): 11. Nerthus, Freyja and Gerda.
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will understand the account Tacitus gives of the Goddess Nerthus
tendency he is particularly fitted to understand modern Spiritual
is best fitted to understand what I could only indicate briefly in
first he does not understand. But if he has heard of Karma, of how
nineteen hundred years ago can have little understanding of the
who are able to understand that they must perceive the spirit in the
understand. We hope that those forces which the Archangel of the
having a proper understanding of the goal ahead. If, then, Spiritual
from a true understanding of this Being whom we look for in the very
on this understanding, then we shall not be motivated by any kind of
we understand the Christ Impulse in the right way we would never say:
be conscious of it, to understand each other at the deepest levels of
spiritual knowledge and that we shall understand each other,
understanding on this subject, for then this somewhat dangerous theme
clear understanding of the essence of our Anthroposophical Movement,
could misunderstandings arise from what has been said. But if we have
high ideal — each from his own standpoint and from his own
progressive development of culture. We must learn to understand this.
We must learn to understand that it would not redound to the credit
them to work in harmonious cooperation. The better we understand

Title: Fifth Gospel (1950): Lecture I
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which are essential to any real understanding of it. Let me
will realise that any real understanding of the Christ
profound thought in attempts to reach an understanding of
understanding. But is this, in fact, the case? Quite simple
even by theosophical conceptions towards an understanding of
to-day towards an understanding of Christ. This whole
judged by present-day standards, that it is said: human
that will help us to understand what will be said in these
if with an understanding of the nature of Christianity
standpoint of Greek philosophy by these men of high
culture, the impression we get is that they did not understand
understanding nothing of its real nature. And yet ... men bore
Impulse who themselves do not really understand it? What power
let us go further. The same spectacle stands out in still
poor understanding on the part of those who claim to hold fast
not understand the fruits of Christianity. Those who see more
merely the surface of spiritual life will understand something
in order to understand these things correctly we must be able
entirely unprejudiced eyes. Anyone who understands the
an impulse in someone who lacks any deep understanding of
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Title: Fifth Gospel (1950): Lecture II
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understanding for everything that is human on the earth.
that everyone present could understand them. It was felt that
within them a new understanding of what had, it is true, come
dawned in their souls an understanding of what had actually
because for a full understanding of this event the quickening
own and yet to come, they will find more understanding than is
because it has no understanding of the sovereign power of the
day, perhaps, people will understand — in the scientific
Teacher, but that they had not been mature enough to understand
to understand with their ordinary minds what this Being
understand because He transported them into quite a
better understand what I mean by “overcoming

Title: Fifth Gospel (1950): Lecture III
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understand Christianity we must apply to the Christ Being
the case of a human being. And we understand the life of Christ
dear friends, to understand this in its true meaning and
understanding of these extraordinary events in Palestine which
are drawn to Christ, even when they understand nothing about
astonished gaze of the people standing in wonder around Him to
understand the real significance of the Christ Impulse in the
the future will need such understanding if they are to make

Title: Fifth Gospel (1950): Lecture IV
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doctor of the law, one who would attain outstanding eminence
he does call upon the Bath-Kol ... it stands written that the
stands over the site of one of these earlier places of worship
cult on the site of which St. Peter's stands. And the cult
them. In this way he learnt to understand the souls of the
easy to understand, these things have not found their way into
understand the deep and overwhelming experiences which came to
of outstanding wisdom. And they were deeply moved on being told
understanding with the Essenes was not as easy as it had been

Title: Fifth Gospel (1950): Lecture V
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intimate understanding between Jesus and this mother, a far
closer understanding than prevailed between him and the
profound understanding of human life, deep and sensitive
profound and intimate understanding of his mood of soul, of his
love. Therefore deep understanding of what he was saying welled
ground while standing at the heathen altar, how he had heard
no human beings would understand. To-day it would all be
I stand alone, what am I! But that is what the Essenes do; they
different standpoints, as I have often stressed. I have made
man must find on earth if he is to stand firm against Lucifer
stand opposed to the whole present age, above all to the kind
understanding the proclamation of the Spirit, has yet to grow.
of Truth must abide in us and the Spirit must stand before us
so when we serve the truth of the Spirit to-day we stand
cults, there come these clever people who do not understand
culture stand in high repute to-day and their science is
we must be alive to how and where we stand in the world to-day,

Title: Eternal Soul of Man in the Light of Anthroposophy
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stand on the same ground as the accustomed scientific views
that we understand by such means this different cognitive
to make myself understandable so that what I want to add as
dream from the standpoint of wakefulness?
the child, so must it be presumed that from the standpoint of
we cannot understand our own words. Then, removed from the
understand quite well, because you have first to think as a
slightly different way. Because he will understand, yes, that
us, and we feel ourselves standing next to the other being if
understanding. In the intellectual conceptions of today, people
that they stand as images. As we awaken, we switch on our
science provides us with the opportunity not only to understand
that stands in everyday life, is connected with him, is part of

Title: Cosmic Forces in Man: Lecture I: Cosmic Forces in Man
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the lead in public affairs to understand the forces at work in the
of insight was required to understand the strength of the forces
understand what it means. The peace of the world depends upon this,
with inner understanding men are prepared to ascribe to it a mission
stands upright in contrast to the quadruped animals. But his
earnest in their striving for spiritual insight to understand these
is thus recognised and acknowledged will it be possible to understand
understand them until we realise that just as in earthly life between
limb-structures. The Sun itself stands in the middle and is mainly

Title: Cosmic Forces in Man: Lecture II: The Soul Life of Man ...
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it were, by our thought-life if we are to understand them. In our
standpoint of life between death and a new birth what we encounter in
Those who try to understand life to-day from the spiritual
is necessary to go beyond what is earthly in order to understand man
and death in order to understand social life, racial life on the
perceived we are called upon to understand it.
To understand the human form, we must turn to the heaven of the
fixed stars; to understand the stages of life in man we must
turn to the planetary spheres. If we wish to understand man's life of
Again, if we wish to understand thinking, feeling and willing, then we
life. If this spiritual life does not stand upon its own foundations,
Divine-spiritual. Man stands to-day at a critical point where he must

Title: Cosmic Forces in Man: Lecture III: The Mission of the Scandanavian Peoples
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And we then tried to understand how the heaven of the fixed stars and
understands these things. In the world of education to-day people
expected of them. But through a truly spiritual understanding of the
countries like these in the North, this is in a way understandable.
upon Christianity. Efforts are made to understand Christianity through
necessary to understand the Mystery of Golgotha with the help of this
did not understand the old spirituality and brought a more
maintain their stand against what is brought over from the East, first
abstract theorists, who view the whole world from the standpoint of
standpoint of life between birth and death, but also from the
standpoint of life between death and a new birth; we must be mindful
understand what comes to pass on Earth. In the external national
in Norway to-day will understand their destiny and task in the world
as a whole, only if they look back with spiritual understanding to the
character of the people. And if we are to understand the western and
that subconsciously and inwardly it understands certain secrets of
understanding — permeated with feeling — of the external
standpoint, to say to you what a man says to his fellow-beings on this

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understanding for Christianity, what was the situation in the
look at his life from this point of view, we will understand
such a way that it is able to come to a true understanding of
supposed to reach an understanding of it through its own

Title: Colour: Part Three: Colours as Revelations of the Psychic in the World
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abstract understanding, but to artistic feeling. What is artistic must
In this way we live in colour; we understand it with our sensibility
If you appreciate from this standpoint the painters of the
from reason and understanding, by the light of which one can in no

Title: Question/Economic Life: Lecture: The Central Question of Economic Life
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another general human standpoint. That is Robespierre.
Over against the life of production stands the life of
natural necessity stands as an individuality. From the
is this which on the one hand stands so vividly before one's
that at to-days' time of human development we stand before the
misunderstand the demarcation of the spiritual realm within the
Through a misunderstanding of the three-folding of the social
understands the social question rightly cannot see it as one
stands in relationship to man, not as economic object, over
by one will come to an understanding about this cardinal
wants to understand this through a true realization of the
for an appropriate understanding of the social organism as
possible, for an understanding which can look at the social

Title: Foundations of Anthroposophy: Lecture I: Foundations of Anthroposophy
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gain a foundation and a firm standpoint in life, we must first
understanding which is based upon it.
one who speaks from an anthroposophical standpoint, must draw
course have an understanding for these ordinary human
enigmatic character must stand before our soul. Those who
some real event stands before the soul, and that our soul-life
our soul, in the imaginative understanding described in the
subjectively, because it stands before us as an object.
object which stands before us when we go out of the body with
body our thoughts stand before us like a photographic plate.
the ordinary understanding, with ordinary thoughts which
the universe, from the stand-point indicated to-day.

Title: Foundations of Anthroposophy: Lecture II: Man in the Light of Anthroposophy
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understanding by a certain modern scientific direction which
birth, we can understand that in its development it absorbs the
pictures, so that our whole life stands before us, from the
to the normal consciousness and to the ordinary understanding.
through time, he can now survey from a higher standpoint what
then stand in regard to freedom,? — For if man is
guided by destiny, how do matters stand in regard to human
an understanding for the problem of freedom, have prepared
we attain this intuition and understand the interweaving of
understand how the soul-spiritual part descending from the
understand the' human being unless one goes back to his
This is how man stands within the evolution of the world,
anthroposophical standpoint, the spiritual-scientific
world. He must always stand as his own critic by the side of
into all the circumstances, understand the connection existing
developed understanding of science, of external science. And
finds on earth stands upon a firm ground, and when someone
stand then? He resembles such a person if he asks for ordinary
standpoint it is possible to prove everything, I shall hope to

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world a connection with the senses and the understanding. The
paintings with a purely analytical artistic understanding,
loved, stand before us as souls. In our super-sensible vision we
But it is possible to understand that the purely mineral in
world, for instance, the mineral life on earth, we understand
described, those who at least try to understand it, will see
investigator stands entirely upon the ground of strictest
animals, and exceptions can be easily explained) stands upon
in the human form, in the human being whom we see standing upon
spiritual research changes from the abstract understanding
artistic comprehension. This is how matters stand. That is why
ordinary Darwinistic theory comes to a standstill, we perceive
as he stands before us to-day, is a descendant of the whole
understanding it is simply impossible to place man at the
understand why it is so.
the human head, observe how the human being stands within the
comparative independence. And we come to understand that
now begin to understand the human being through the development
form with an artistic sense and understanding, we finally
Only in this way we gradually learn to understand man's
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nature from three standpoints from which a study of man has been
to the standpoints of occultism, theosophy and philosophy.
Now it is obvious that we shall first have to come to an understanding
understanding and judgment — are here not enough; and it is shown
It is easy to understand why this had to be. Higher occult knowledge
understand why symbols were chosen for this purpose; for symbols have
them. Theosophy is absolutely understandable by anyone with a healthy
decadent peoples that an un-understanding anthropology calls
recognised that while it is true that the healthy human understanding,
human understanding, and provision had also to be made for those who,
which we understand the word today. In the first Post-Atlantean epoch,
longer be assumed that man with his healthy human understanding could
standpoints, and does not see the sequence of these personal
human standpoints.
with understanding all the world over. Occultism strips itself
reality there is no such thing as a difference of standpoint in
as little admit the existence of different standpoints in occultism as
we can imagine there might be different standpoints in mathematics.
expounder of its truths. For theosophy is in a position to understand
understandable that occultism has been clothed in many and varied ways
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I have given that we stand now at a point in time when through the
acquired a certain standing in life, he has made himself master of
into the occult world, not to make use in his outer standing in life
external standing in life. This, however, has nothing to do with the
your occult development to acquire an advantage over those who stand
stand, neither more nor less. You will observe that they are concerned
Take the intellect or understanding, — that capacity of the soul
external standing in life. We are not allowed to apply this knowledge
the whole way in which we stand in the ordinary world with our
understanding and have clearer insight than he could before into the
but only in regard to his own standing in life. He is under no
will, that is to say, not to apply it to his own standing in life. He
own egoistic ends, we apply our understanding in the external physical
into which he enters by applying his intellect and understanding to
detect fine differences. His understanding grows subtle and delicate.
understanding,” and is ready to go on to the next.
Having for a long time applied his understanding with all keenness and
understanding. This step is a very difficult one. The pupil has to
understand and judge as he did before he became an occultist.
only the power of understanding and judgment which he had previously.
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long time on the way) — comes to the point of understanding the
You will now understand why we have to ignore our intellect and
else, something of which we could say — notwithstanding that we
the understanding. They do not, as at first, lay claim only to the
faculty of memory; they have become so powerful that the understanding
conditions. We can only understand the human brain when we know that
behind them stand the forces which were active in Pre-Earthly
still hardly understand what the second experience is. The effect of
understand, a language that is never spoken on Earth. No word that
Thus, in order to understand philosophy, we must have in us
know very well, this happens but rarely. In order to understand
person has forces that suffice for the understanding of theosophy.
that he does not meet them with preconceived judgments, can understand
adequate understanding of the fundamental truths of theosophy. A very

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which he himself stands. Consequently man cannot by means of his own
maintain this attitude. He must feel himself to be standing here on
understanding, in a word, outside the world of human consciousness.
nor can we imagine it otherwise. Man and the divine world stand over
standing over against the divine world, which must be revealed to him.
seeks to develop himself upward to his God, when he should only stand
who stands here on the Earth and establishes a relationship with a God
in forms men will understand by making use of the instrument of the
we find that some speak more to the understanding, to those
namely, that a man stands on his own feet and confronts the divine
understanding and his power of thought, to that extent his soul forces
this one aspect of human experience overshadows all others. He stands
was indeed an outstanding feature of his life.
stands fast in earth life, — Hegel has it only as a thought. Of
understanding. Last of all, she overcame the powers of the heart. The
understand also from other connections, it is a peculiarity of woman's
able as it were to stand aside in their human personality and look on
human standpoint, interspersing in this way his mystical moments with

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understand the term “human form” as indicating the form of
And it is this. He must clearly understand that it is no different
understand that the human form — which apparently we encounter
perception that stands at the beginning of occult consciousness,
experience. At the very beginning stands a judgment about the human
man as he stands before us in his form is not dependent merely on the
fact that man is a being who stands and walks upon the earth. All the
— that man shall be a being able to work and stand and walk upon
whole human figure stands before us as the result of the conjunction
bound to take them into consideration if we would understand the

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begin to understand how it is with the I, the centre point of
must learn to understand how man has in him as it were, three men. Let
stand nearest to him.
It is essential for the occultist to come to an understanding of this
Let us now go on to consider the second man. We shall best understand
to have understanding of the whole being who is in truth a
all because man has to stand firm and upright on the earth. In the
looked at purely from the standpoint of utility, there is very little
misunderstanding on the part of present-day science. We have so far
work into and with one another, and no understanding of the nature of
a position to understand it, because we do not from the outset
feeling man and the willing man, who stand each over against the other
misunderstand it and make it into a materialistic dogma, is its true
connections — then we must learn to understand this mysterious
understand the mystery of how the Three can be at the same time One,

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approaching it from the standpoint that we were obliged to take in
understand by the Mysterium Magnum. We saw on the one hand how it
We shall best understand how matters really are in this connection if
learned to understand yesterday as the three-membered human being.
Look at man as he stands before you in everyday life! What has to take
another; and for man to stand before us as Earth man, the head must
projected outwards and stands there, outside, for our perception. In
good understanding of it. For we can approach it in the following
them: “Man as he stands on Earth, is not merely a being belonging
The Jahve religion is thus seen to stand in a remarkable relation to a
Our study has brought us to an understanding of certain important
alone can lead to an understanding of the true nature of man.

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the founder of any religion and take pains to understand him, you will
find you can only do so by learning to know and understand the
the beginning He holds steadfastly to His God, withstands the attacks
It is evidence of the very deepest misunderstanding of the life of
mistake in regard to the Spirit of Christianity. He would understand
kernel of these, or to understand what occultism has to say concerning
and we are justified and right in understanding their life as
stands at His side as the instrument for the act is no higher
right relation to Christianity, for a true understanding of
Ascension, we show a complete misunderstanding of Christianity.
imagine any of these would make it impossible to understand the

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without parallel. If you want to understand with the ordinary powers
understand — the founder of any other religion, you will find it
for you will want to raise yourself to an understanding of the
Bodhi tree, and learn to have some understanding of how such a thing
have made the effort to achieve this understanding, then, if you think
If you want to understand the Evangelists, who wrote their Gospels out
able to arrive at the things that stand written in the Gospels. With
If, however, we want to understand the Christ, we do not need all
be understood with the most ordinary human powers of understanding. It
to understand the Christ. And this is because the Christ brought into
understanding.
understanding will there be for the Christ. The understanding will
Christ Impulse, never to lose it but strive always to understand it
has been said with intelligence and understanding. The corresponding
strengthen or weaken one another, as when one stands in front of
Zodiac, it will not now be difficult for you to understand that a
see, man, as he stands before us with his threefold seven-membered
stands written in the heavenly spaces in the writing of the
constellations of the Stars, so stands written there too what is yet
Education of the Child from the standpoint of Spiritual Science.)
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understand. I began by endeavouring to explain to you the true
death appears Christ Himself, giving us to understand that this I of
essentially different, and the difficulty you have in understanding
have found little understanding, in the time when
human words, notwithstanding the fact that these are quite inadequate
twelve World-Initiators. Today we behold standing in the directions of
as he stands before us, been created out of worlds that go as far as
understanding can be awakened for what the occultist investigates. The
man from the standpoint of occultism, where we speak of
evolution, to the knowledge of man from the standpoint of
detail, but I will ask you to call to mind what stands written in
It transpires therefore that in seeking to understand man in his
simply of believing in, but of grasping with his understanding, the
standpoint, that if Christ were so important, then a one and only
and Buddha stand to one another? Is it actually so, that Buddha
is the Being who stands behind the later Buddha. He went as a
a forerunner of the Sun. And now you will be able to understand that
stand in great peril, even as the Earth men were in peril, from which
you will understand that among men who develop in this way there must
caste-distinctions, and you will understand the mission that Buddha
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our beginning with that moment at which we happen to stand
and astral body have come to a standstill at the moment
the same as our real ego; that remains standing at the
Thus, in passing through the portal of death, we stand at our
still standing at life's beginning; whereas the mirrored images
children” who stand again within the heavenly realms, we
While standing amidst earth-life, we judge the whole
penetrate spiritual life if we desire to gain a standpoint from

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presumably to anthroposophists of long standing, I may venture
Here on earth we stand at a certain point of the physical
these things in the right way, you will understand the
divine, we learn to understand the world as a revelation of the

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realize that on sinking into slumber we do not stand still at
stands like an abstract world amidst the laws of nature. And
man's dynamics of walking and standing and the faculty of
being during sleep, we can also understand how the little child

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stand amid spiritual reality and essence.
order to understand man's being in the right way, these things
do not quite understand how to deal with this physical body.
understand all the things contained in the physical body.
Those understanding spiritual science are able to read.
cannot understand that we are not only able to spell but also
anthroposophist could easily reach an understanding with the
view of these things, those standing on anthroposophical ground
nature that no understanding can be reached until those, who
envisaged by those standing on anthroposophical ground.

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discuss this subject from a particular standpoint.
now imagine it. In order to understand the changes it has
dimmed. He was obliged to stand on earth — totally
religions found little or no understanding, because the Christ
stand only at the beginning of anthroposophical teachings. As
Gospels in a way commensurate with their understanding of these
Christ-words are recorded in the Gospels, for the understanding

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we shall see, on the one hand, standing there before our soul
science, stand extremely close to nature. We do nothing of the
“How can I understand what the Christ has
very few people who had been able to retain an understanding of
spiritual standards. Here is preeminently shown that we
we are unable to understand the connection between our
the earth stands no longer in so close a relation to the
Just by standing correctly on natural-scientific ground, we may

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in dem das Ich gearbeitet hat, die Verstandes- oder Gemütsseele
die Verstandes- oder Gemütsseele in einem gewissen
Verstandes- oder Gemütsseele ein schwaches Vorbild dessen ist,
Verstandesseele,
geworden ist die Empfindungs-, Verstandes- und Bewußtseinsseele,
Kräften der Ernpfindungs-, Verstandes- und
Entwickelung seines astralischen Leibes, nicht in demselben Zustande
früheren Zustande des Erdendaseins, dem Mondendasein. Wie wir
wir Empfindungsseele, Verstandes- oder Gemütsseele nennen,
früheren Dasein unserer Erde, dem Sonnenzustande, wurde der
Saturnzustandes der physische Leib. So daß wir auf drei
anderes ist zu betonen, wenn wir von dem Saturn-, Sonnen-, Monden-Zustande
reden. Genau so, wie wir als Menschen auf der Erde den Zustand durchmachen,
den wir den selbstbewußten Menschheitszustand nennen
Sonnen- und Saturnzustandes andere Wesen die Stufe
während des Mondenzustandes unserer Erde auf der Stufe
standen, auf der der Mensch heute steht, und die die
während des alten Mondenzustandes waren. Sie waren es aber nicht
höherer Art, welche während des alten Sonnenzustandes
Erdendaseins, bis zum Saturnzustand, da finden wir, daß da
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Grunde genommen niemals so recht verstanden wird oder wenigstens
Sonnenzustandes der Erde auf dieser Stufe hätten stehen sollen.
ganz bestimmte physische Konstellation zustande kommen. Denken
die während des Mondenzyklus auf ihren jetzigen Standpunkt
ausdrücken in Worten, die den Tatbestand etwas bildhaft
entstanden war, der sonst überall entstanden wäre,
wenn vom geisteswissenschaftlichen Standpunkte aus ein Volk wie das

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die Verstandes-
sowohl in der Empfindungsseele als auch in der Verstandes- oder
Verstandes- oder Gemütsseele und wird ganz klar erst in der
die Verstandes- oder Gemütsseele, und im physischen Leibe die
beim Menschen unterscheiden Empfindungsseele, Verstandesseele,
Gegenstand an Ihre Sinne heranzutreten, es bedarf nur dessen, was
hinein. Sogar ein Teil der Verstandesseele ist noch kein Element, das
Verstande verarbeitet und dem Gemüte durchlebt, auch das
geht die Erzengel nichts an. Aber in die Verstandesseele des
menschliche Verstandes- oder Gemütsseele hineinspielen,
aus der geistigen Welt und sie in der Verstandes- oder
architektonischen Ideale und so weiter sind in der Verstandes- oder
inneren Wesens, die Hälfte unserer Verstandes- oder
Verstandes- oder Gemütsseele verarbeitet wird.
auf das Gebiet, das sich von der Verstandesseele und der
sich einschließt die Empfindungs-, Verstandes- und
sein Seelenleben anfängt bei seinem Erleben in der Verstandes-
wir Menschen in uns als Verstandes- oder Gemütsseele kennen.
Erlebnisse in der Verstandes- oder Gemütsseele abspielen; ihre
wenn er irgendeinen Gegenstand mit der Hand ergreift, er ihn warm oder
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früher — bevor sie den jetzigen Zustand erreicht hat
sondern daß zum Zustandekommen des Menschen auch noch nötig
zustande gekommen ist. Da können wir nun sagen: Die
was über die Erziehung des Kindes vom Standpunkte der Geisteswissenschaft gesagt worden ist,
Verleihung des Ich, erst im Zustande des Erdenlebens eingreifen. Wir
würde der Mensch erst in dem Zustande, in weichem er sich um das
Keimzustand. Und wenn ich etwas bildlich sprechen darf, so
kommen in dem Zustande, den er um das zwanzigste Jahr herum hat, das
heißt, er müßte in diesem Zustande als physisches
Erdenlebens wird nicht durch die den Erdenzustand beherrschenden
wenn wir in dem Zustande geboren würden, den wir um das
Zustande so recht eigentlich auf die Erde herabgestiegen wäre,
vergeistigten Zustande durchmachen. Durch die abnormen
von dem Orte, weil er sich in einem Zustande mit der Erde verbindet,
Sonnenstrahlen, von dem Umstand, ob die Gegend nahe dem
Die Rassen sind entstanden und werden einmal vergehen, werden einmal nicht mehr da sein.
Zustande, den wir als Rasse werden bezeichnen können. Wenn
entstanden, so daß bedeutsam wurde für den Menschen der
zurückliegender Zeit schon gestanden hatte. Damals in urferner
Halbinselbildung bestanden hat, besinnen muß. Das ist der Grund,
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andere Waagschale zu legen. Das ist die wirklich verstandene Lehre
ist das eigentlich, worauf wir auftreten und was uns Widerstand
festem Boden stehen kann, das verdankt er dem Umstande, daß aus
Wie ist diese Alpenkette nun eigentlich zustande gekommen?
auf einem Bergesgipfel der Alpen gestanden hat und die
zähflüssigen Zustande war, stattgefunden hat. So würde
dem, was notwendig war, um diese Erde zustande zu bringen. Die Erde
den Sonnen- und den Mondzustand. Wenn Sie die Darstellungen in meiner
Sonnen-, Mond- und Erdenzustand, gab es eine andere Art des
sich von Planetenzustand zu Planetenzustand — zu definieren,
wirkt aber auch jeder vorhergehende Zustand in den auf diesen Zustand
Sonnenzustandes bekommen Sie einen Begriff, wenn Sie das, was man
wir endlich auf den Mondzustand blicken, so sehen wir, daß der
also die Mission des alten Saturnzustandes erfüllt werden, sonst
um das Verhältnis zustande zu bringen, was in uns als
daß im Gleichgewichtszustande zusammenwirken diese drei
unserer Erde. Zum Stillstand zu bringen den Kampf dieser Elemente
Gleichgewichtszustand von innen heraus vorbereitet werden kann. So
Frde. Um diese die Erde durchdringende Kraft der Liebe zustande

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daß wirklich das zustande kommen würde, was wir in einem
der besonderen Einrichtung, die mit der Mondtrennung zustande
entstanden. Sie müssen sich also denken, daß die Geister
den Buchstaben, von welchen er nichts verstand, vorgelegt
So sagte der Indianerhäuptling von seinem Standpunkte aus.

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wurden, welche unter der Leitung je eines Erzengels standen.
Leitung des Erzengels stand. Nachdem der Zeitgeist Indiens
Völker, die durch Mischung entstanden, wieder andere Erzengel,
verstanden wird, dasjenige auszubilden, was diese Volksentwickelung

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Religionsvergleichung ist für denjenigen, der den Tatbestand,
Tatbestand kennt, ungefähr den Eindruck, wie wenn jemand sagte:
bestand, so müssen wir uns sagen: Es waren die Völker des
dumpfem, dämmerhaftem Bewußtseinszustande. Sie waren
Erkenntnis führen könnte. Die Griechen standen den
dabei noch in einem dumpfen Bewußtseinszustande. Doch in der
verschlossen. Sie standen auf einer menschlich hohen Stufe zu der
hohen Stand des Ich, mit einem Darinstehen des Ich in untergeordneten
konnten, daß sie noch darin standen, daß sie die
stehen. Daher standen diese Völker am allernächsten dem,
über diesen Standpunkt hinauserhoben, so daß sie in
Welt, entstehen läßt. Er ist imstande, zurückzublicken
Sonnen- und Mondzustand, durchgemacht hat, wo die Erde sich also aus
Entwickelung stand, wie der nordische Mensch hineinsah in die

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erkennen, einen anderen Gegenstand oder ein anderes Wesen als das
äußerer Tatbestand ist, kann aus ganz verschiedenen
Tatbestand erkennen wird, dann wird er finden, daß der nordische
aus dem hellseherischen Bewußtsein heraus entstanden ist. Das
menschliche Bewußtsein aber bestand in diesem abwechselnden
Zustand des Traumbewußtseins da, so sah man hinein in die
geistige Welt; wa,r der Zustand des Tagwachens da, so war man blind
für sie. So wechselte der Zustand zwischen Blindheit und
den alten, hellseherischen Tatbestand angepaßt hat.
gut verstehen. Man verstand es, wenn gesagt wurde: Die Reiche
Du standest mit ihnen in Verbindung, und es wird derjenige, der

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verschiedensten Rassensplittern, Volksbestandteilen und
Veden und in noch verfeinerterem Zustande in der Vedanta-Philosophie
Verstandes- oder Gemütsseele; in dieser Verstandes- oder
Gemütsseele arbeitete er. An der Verstandes- oder
daß diese Verstandes- oder Gemütsseele wiederum im
Verstandes- oder Gemütsseele und aus der Bewußtseinsseele
zustande gekommen sind, um das Ich nach den verschiedenen Nuancen,
nach der Empfindungsseele, nach der Verstandes- oder
Verstandes- oder Gemütsseele mit dem Ich betrachten. Die
zustande kam, so werden Sie finden, daß die großen
griechisch-lateinische Zeit hatte auszubilden die Verstandes-
Impuls zu geben mit der Verstandes- oder Gemütsseele, sie
ägyptisch-chaldäischen Kultur, die Verstandes- oder
fortgeschrittenerer Christus-Begriff hat zustande kommen können
zustande gekommen ist. Von allen ihr Fernstehenden hat den
nur von Schülern der Geist-Erkenntnis verstanden werden kann,
wird, wo seine Bewußtseinsseele in dem Zustand sein wird,
wirklichen indischen Einflusses entstanden, dann haben Sie da

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das war ein Zustand, der damals damit zusammenhing, daß eben
Menschen gestanden, sich dem menschlichen Blicke entzogen die Welt
werden, was selber aus alter Hellseherkraft entstand, sondern
verstandenen ChristusPrinzipes zurückweisen. Mögen
auch diese gefährliche Frage zum Gegenstand der
jeder auf seinem Standpunkte und auf seinem Boden —, was in

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is burning and shining. The bowl stands there, the oil is

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wants to be a creator God, then Lucifer is standing behind this.

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evening, he stands far below a simple primitive man who has already
consciously. But 12 helpers had to stand at his side so that the
12 pure priests had to stand beside him, to prevent his lower drives,

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That my I be grasped by an understanding of your light's shining,

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independent discoveries than for an intelligent understanding of the

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can understand, that appeal to one's intellect. One should
become familiar with nature and try to understand it, and not

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das Christentum wahrhaftig recht schlecht gestanden, wenn die
Naturen verstanden von dem Wesen des Christus — wir
griechische hochentwickelte Bildung, verstanden von alldem
hatten von dem Standpunkte der griechischen Philosophie aus, so
verstanden. Wir sehen, das
Verteidiger des Christentums bringen nicht viel zustande. Und
Leuten sprachen, aber unmittelbar ihre Herzen ergriffen. Sie verstanden die Worte so zu
man leicht verstanden werden dann, wenn man davon
sehr schlecht verstanden hat; sie brauchte bis ins
Betrachtung erscheint es nämlich unmöglich, daß ein Haeckel entstanden
entstanden wäre aus dem Christentum heraus. Ernst Haeckel ist ohne die
wird verstanden werden müssen: Die Zeit ist vorüber,

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in einem ihnen ungewohnten Bewußtseinszustand
einem anderen Bewußtseinszustand ist. Dennoch trat der
traumhaften Lebenszustand, so fühlten sich die
verstand. Man empfand gleichsam, daß sie
Zustand, eine Art Traumzustand, der eine
Zustand eintrat, an dasjenige, was man gewöhnlich
daß sich ausbreitete über seine Seele jener Zustand,
sich jener Zwischenzustand
höheren Bewußtseinszustand darstellten, die
Offen gestanden: mit einem Gefühl, das
standhalten könnte. Es fällt der hellsehende
Erde. Der durch das Beben entstandene Spalt schließt sich, der Stein wird danebengeschleudert.
Bewußtseinszustande.
sie: Dazumal war schon gekommen jener Zustand, der
diesen Zustand verfallen waren und
schlafartigen Zustand mit ihm
gewöhnlichen Verstande, was dieses Wesen
Bewußtseinszustand. Und so sahen sie jetzt erst: Sie waren
auferstandenen Christus gegangen. Jetzt aber
dem Auferstandenen, wie der
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Title: Das Fünfte Evangelium: Dritter Vortrag, Kristiania (Oslo), 3. Oktober 1913
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in einer Art von anderem Bewußtseinszustand waren. Das war dasjenige, was
Opfer der Christus-Wesenheit bestanden hat,
Einweihung bestand gerade darin, daß die Seele des Menschen aus dem Leibe
sich widersprechenden Erklärungen, in welcher Weise ist es mißverstanden worden! Und
Jordan bis zur Machtlosigkeit. Und bald darauf stand die
nicht mehr bewundernd um ihn, sondern stand vor dem Kreuze,
Christus-Impulses, wie sie wird verstanden sein müssen in

Title: Das Fünfte Evangelium: Vierter Vortrag, Kristiania (Oslo), 5. Oktober 1913
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dieser Umstand der Inspiration durch die Bath-Kol wirkte auf
damals auf derselben Stelle stand, auf deren Stätte die
verlassen worden war. Und nun entstand, man möchte sagen wie auf einen Schlag,
hin, sie stellten ihn auf den heidnischen Altar. Und er stand auf dem heidnischen Altar, und sie
Essäer entstand eine gewisse Stimmung. Es hatte
die in der Seele des Jesus von Nazareth entstanden war. Daher
entstand ein reger Ideenaustausch zwischen Jesus von Nazareth
nicht als ob er durch den Verstand

Title: Das Fünfte Evangelium: Fünfter Vortrag, Kristiania (Oslo), 6. Oktober 1913
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innig und vorzüglich verstanden, viel
schon gut mit ihnen verstanden,
zustande brachten, daß ein ganz bestimmtes Gespräch stattgefunden hat zwischen ihm
Zeitgenossen, die ihn verstanden. Er war ein Lehrer,
Hillel wird gesagt, daß er wie ein wiedererstandener alter
Einstmals ist verstanden worden, was die Propheten lehrten,
verstanden worden ist vom hebräischen Volke die Sprache
Verstand verloren. Wie schade,
völlig von Sinnen gekommen, jetzt hat er den Verstand verloren! — Man sah ihn als
Dadurch kam zustande, daß ihm
wird ja noch manches zu sagen sein — entstand auch
oder Goethe gekommen und hätte, durch irgendeinen Umstand
verstandesmäßig, sondern auch mit dem

Title: Lecture III: WORLD-PENTECOST: The Message of Anthroposophy
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mankind stand out in strong relief. The greatest of all these events
understanding, a new conception, must arise. It is the task of
Anthroposophy to promote an understanding of the Mystery of Golgotha
understand the birth, life and suffering of Christ Jesus. There were,
incapable of this do not understand the Christ Event at all.
Moreover this knowledge can give a new understanding of Christ, in the
not understand what the missionaries were saying.
Men will again understand the meaning of the words: The kingdoms
thousand years.’ They will understand that the Being who was
through the fiery tongues of a Christian understanding of the world.
understanding in men — the Spirit by whom the sickness of human

Title: Arts and Their Mission: Lecture VII
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state. Whereas intellectuality approaches everything from the standpoint
vital in it would elude logical understanding. And nature is indeed an
forms. Understanding is achieved only by living cognition that has been
over, for the edifice standing there should live as image, not in abstract
purposes. To understand architectural forms, one must feel the human
what the well-coated bear and dog received. In sense appearance he stands,
one begins to understand why the Greeks with their splendid artistry
force of the reposing universe. And one understands how, in the
understanding of the physical body which falls away from cosmic space-forms
to become a corpse, if you acquire an understanding of the way the soul
architect. If you understand the soul's intention of placing itself
is shaped by and emerges from the cosmos. If one understands the physical
Therefore it is not just mimicry, nor mere dancing, but stands midway
the insufficiency of the words standing alone. Mimic art is indicative
gesture. Between the two stands the visible speech of eurythmy which

Title: Arts and Their Mission: Lecture VIII
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form a world in themselves and we understand them with our feelings
They must live with their material; must listen and understand its vital
the nineteenth century notwithstanding. Once a Munich artist told me
nature of things is to understand man's position in the cosmos. The
To understand
wish to understand phantasy, study the living force in plant forms,
point. How do we behave on a stage today? Standing in the background
of standing in the foreground when about to start a long speech. The
while striving for understanding. Such an orientation leads beyond
If people say: Well, we couldn't understand the art forms of Dornach,
we must reply: Can those who have never heard of Christianity understand

Title: The Fifth Gospel: Lecture I
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important points for a complete understanding of what we
knowledge is required for a full understanding of the
concepts and ideas for a full understanding of what Christ
understanding Christ and his appearance on earth. For
ideas in order to understand Christ. Here also it would
activity would be sufficient to understand Christ. Has it
to the understanding of Christ by scholarship, science,
for an understanding of the Christ idea. If that were all,
Greek culture didn't understand it at all. They had
they argued from the standpoint of Greek philosophy, and we
could not understand what the Christ-impulse meant. It is
when they themselves didn't understand much about
culture could not understand about the essence of the
the Christian impulse, it is easy to understand that in a
did not understand the fruits of Christianity.
stand on solid ground in relation to these things, one must
impulse impartially. Whoever understands Darwinism and
Understanding that, one comes quite logically to the
profound understanding of Christianity which lies in
is that you have as little understanding of Christianity as
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Title: The Fifth Gospel: Lecture II
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tolerance, a deeply heartfelt understanding of all that is
everyone present could understand them. One felt also that
understanding for what had acted in common in their souls,
instant, understanding of what actually happened on
understanding of that event the fecundation by
with more understanding than is the case now. For in order
to understand much of what will be said at this
stand up to the scientific concepts which dominate the
in order to withstand the demonic powers which arise during
a way which we cannot understand, then one has the
higher knowledge as the moon stands before the sun during
can consider this offensive because it has no understanding
understand it as a symbol of what has happened in the
them to the mount and said: Stand guard! And they fell
they were able to understand how they had wandered with the
understand what this being had to say, how they had to
understand with normal reason what he had to give them. He
them in secrets which they could only understand when he
standing before this spiritual being. And in order to
“overcoming”, please understand the word as it
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Title: The Fifth Gospel: Lecture III
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scientific considerations. If we want to understand the
understand the Mystery of Golgotha itself as an earthly
we must understand as corresponding to what we are
to clearly understand the Pentecost event in the sense of
human understanding of suffering. In order to conceive of
correctly understand those extraordinary events of
though they don't understand him. It can go so far
say: Now Christ Jesus stands physically before us, or now
of Nazareth. From that moment of amazed bystanders it took
things we must keep in mind if we want to understand the

Title: The Fifth Gospel: Lecture IV
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thought myself to possess only allow me to understand that
Cathedral in Rome stands on the same spot where a Mithras
ritual, on whose site St. Peter's stands.
services. It is not difficult to understand why these
our times, understand the enormously profound experiences
– but what was understandable was that the Essene
that human thoughts are insufficient to understand them.
could no longer understand themselves well. For something
"voice" stands without berath = bath, "daughter": "A
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia —

Title: The Fifth Gospel: Lecture V
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intimate and excellent understanding existed with her, a
much better understanding than existed with the other
understand him. Previously he spoke with his mother about
kind-hearted, had a deep understanding of what is human,
intuitive understanding of what he meant reached her. He
there today who would understand. Nowadays it would be
done,” he inverted so people could now understand it,
understandable in a god: He didn't know that it was
We stand
spirit of truth must live in us and the spirit must stand
We stand at
only in understanding but also in feeling. What is meant is

Title: Lecture: Reading the Pictures of the Apocalypse: Part 2: Lecture One
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These explanations always carry a subjective imprint of the understanding
nevertheless, it is wholly prejudiced by subjective understanding.
kingdom; and finally with an I or I-bearer. Standing before us, the

Title: Lecture: Reading the Pictures of the Apocalypse: Part 2: Lecture Two
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To understand this we
planets in our solar system and the spiritual powers standing behind
should lead us up to an understanding of the secrets of the stars and their

Title: Lecture: Reading the Pictures of the Apocalypse: Part 2: Lecture Three
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with weapons. It will be a war of souls, of souls who no longer understand
for present-day consciousness to understand.
We must understand the
we see these four group souls appearing again. The lamb will stand in
the fruit of the theosophical movement in an understanding of peace
or illusion. Only the spirit standing behind the surrounding world could

Title: Lecture: Reading the Pictures of the Apocalypse: Part 2: Lecture Four
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of God, who stands behind the physical world. The ancient Hebrew nation
understand well the second letter of the Apocalypse, is this: human
that our culture now begins to climb upward to a spiritual understanding
this teaching. How will there be people in the future who can understand

Title: Lecture: Reading the Pictures of the Apocalypse: Part 2: Lecture Five
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age stands in the middle. In manifold ways it brought to expression
did not yet have the concept of the single man or woman standing firmly
Greece they could only understand the divine-spiritual residing in the
in terms of external science, outstanding people such as Marcus Aurelius,
then spread from Spain into Europe. This science is outstanding with
was not able to understand a reference to something spiritual standing
behind the sun. He did not understand Manicheism because it speaks of
of the future will not speak of atoms; they will scientifically understand
We are standing only at
that this new science is approaching, that humanity will understand
be only a small band of people who understand Theosophy in our age;
who will understand what Zarathustra proclaimed.

Title: Lecture: Reading the Pictures of the Apocalypse: Part 2: Lecture Six
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already in those thin Atlantean bodies. They stand one degree higher

Title: Lecture: Reading the Pictures of the Apocalypse: Part 2: Lecture Seven
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an understanding for Christianity can be developed, then what was the
understanding in the rest of the Greek and Latin age that lasted until
understandable. But we can understand especially his humility, his
understanding of Christ.
humankind should come to the point of understanding it through its own

Title: Lecture: Reading the Pictures of the Apocalypse: Part 2: Lecture Eight
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of animals. Zoology will one day understand how these sixteen groups
us understand Paul correctly, who said: “I live, but it is no

Title: Lecture: Reading the Pictures of the Apocalypse: Part 2: Lecture Nine
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selfless — and taken in with increasing understanding. Its followers
ray forth from them as spirit. The human being stands firmly as on two

Title: Lecture: Reading the Pictures of the Apocalypse: Part 2: Lecture Eleven
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does the I understand the structures of the physical body. This is
18:10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come. \
18:15 The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing, \

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sketch, and some explanations that can help us understand this mighty work.
to stand so high that they will be able to work in a very special way.
meditate upon them with understanding.
understand ancient religious texts literally, taking them at their word.

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