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Title: Lecture: The Alphabet
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Lectures Section
This edition of Rudolf Steiner's lecture THE ALPHABET is an extensively
revised edition of a translation done by V.E. Watkin.
Translation by V.E. Watkin
This edition of Rudolf Steiner's lecture THE ALPHABET is an extensively
revised edition of a translation done by V.E. Watkin.
The revision was done by comparing it to the German in
INTRODUCTION
communications, not to be printed ...
hesitation ... to depart from the plan of circulating this printed
communications from the world of spirit.”
An Expression Of The Mystery Of Man
knowledge of Man's relation to the universe, and today we would like
present period of his evolution — taking this period so widely that
characteristic at this moment of the cosmic evolution of mankind. It
In the lectures last week, I mentioned that in the course of mankind's
evolution, language, speech as a whole, has also undergone a
the transition from the Greek culture to the Roman-Latin culture, that
eminently concrete changes into abstraction. It might be said: as long
experienced a certain amount of inspiration in it, but the moment he called it
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Title: Lecture: Soul and Spirit in the Human Physical Constitution
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Soul and Spirit in the Human Physical Constitution
the being is taken into consideration. No account whatever is taken of
the fact that in addition to his physical body, man also has higher
regarded as a state or condition of his organism, but not as an actual
member of his constitution. We shall presently see what I mean by
saying this. I have already drawn attention to the fact that when we
caused by inhalation and exhalation; when we breathe in, the cerebral
definite functions. This air is breathed out again. — Then people
speak of the warmth condition of the body, but in reality they regard
that in addition to this solid structure they should also see the
In addition to the solid man, therefore, we must bear in mind the
the air that is within us, in regard to its organization and its
differentiations, is an organism in the same sense as the solid organism,
only it is gaseous, aeriform, and in motion. And finally, the warmth in us
be investigated in the same way as the solid organism, by dissection,
differentiation. It is permeated by the forces of the Ego. — That
condition. But that ‘organism’ is by no means identical with the
— and it can also be done with physical methods of investigation
state, we cannot make such a definite demarcation between the fluid
each indrawn breath causes a change, a modification, in an upbuilding
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Title: Lecture: The Moral as the Source of World-Creative Power
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I tried yesterday to give certain indications about the constitution
man's external constitution and what it unfolds, through
bridge we must know how man's constitution is to be regarded. We saw
the organisms in the human constitution; that the existence of a fluid
penetrate into this delicately organized constitution. Naturally, up
perceptions with our intellect; we also have feelings in connection
with these perceptions, and we have our will-impulses. But we
perception studied in physiology or physical anatomy. But in regard to
consciousness too, we know from ordinary life that in addition to the
in our dreams it comes to expression in pictures. I said that we may
may dream of an excessively hot stove and wake up with palpitations of
connection with his body if he did not leave it during sleep and seek
for it again on waking. It is through the deprivation undergone
it enables us to have perceptions and ideas, we are led to the
we can say: On the one hand our conception of the life of soul is such
that it leads us to the body. And our conception of the bodily
constitution, comprising as it does the fluid organism, the aeriform
take these things into consideration if we are to reach a view of the
The great question with which we have been concerning ourselves for
weeks, the cardinal question in man's conception of the world, is
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Title: Lecture: The Path to Freedom and Love and their Significance in World Events
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hand, and as a doer, a being of action, on the other; with his
responds, on the one side, to what is presented to his observation; on
the other side, feeling enters into his actions, his deeds. We need
success or lack of success of our deeds, how in truth all action is
deed, of action. Only through the fact that we are thinking beings are
As doers, as men of action, we have our place in social life and
But even when we are entirely engrossed in contemplation, when the
actions or deeds — which may also take effect in the realm of
Imagine that you are living for a time purely in reflection as usually
arrive at judgments and draw conclusions, how we orientate
If we study this life of thought in careful self-examination we shall
in pursuit of sensations does not make us more spiritual. We become
our thoughts. This is why meditation, too, consists in not indulging
this inner radiation of will into the sphere of thinking, the more
are given over to the concatenations of things and events in the
judgments, draw conclusions and the like. Thereby, however, our
new edition of the book (1918). What is thus within us lies in the
"Moral Imagination." Moral Imagination rises
to the Moral Intuitions which then pervade and illuminate our will
that is inherently our own, and prepare for Moral Intuition. And
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Title: Lecture: Search for the New Isis, the Divine Sophia: The Quest for the Isis-Sophia
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very deepest questions presented by the evolution of humankind upon earth.
Regard the evolution of history from whatever point of view you will, take
into consideration historical events in order to understand human
evolution, to penetrate the meaning of human evolution on earth — in all
power to lift the soul to this mystery of human evolution as the thought of
When we look back upon the beginning of human evolution on earth, and
various nations were so great, nevertheless, in reality all these achievements
constituted only a kind of preparation — they were a preparatory
through the Mystery of Golgotha has played an active role in the evolution
of humanity ever since. Many things in human evolution may at first appear
superstition, for example the kind of superstition that believes that
and meaning that the evolution of the earth has acquired through the fact
of earthly humanity. We know how intimate the connection is between what takes
place in the moral-spiritual sphere of human evolution and what takes place
the world's moral order we can approach also another relationship with
which we have been concerned for many years — namely, the relationship of
Christ Jesus to that being whose outer reflection appears in the sun. The
hostile toward the recognition of this connection between the mystery of
representatives of Christianity so often are. Dionysius the Areopagite,
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Title: Evil and the Future of Man
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speak to-day, we in the fifth Post-Atlantean period of civilisation this
emotion to those things which concern the mystery of evil. For in so
Post-Atlantean period, and any discussion of it comes up against the
that in the past certain hints or indications of the mystery of evil,
pictorial, imaginative descriptions have been taken very little in
of which I spoke here nearly two years ago, in relation to very
Even what I lately said about the configuration of philosophical
as a simple characterisation, so that human beings may see what kind
candid recognition of the fact should have some positive effect upon
evolution of mankind during the epoch of the Spiritual Soul, in which
we may ask this very significant question: How stands it with death
altogether, in relation to the evolution of mankind?
scientists, is merely the cessation of life. Death is regarded merely
is their function, apart from the fact that they bring death to man?
generally unveiled. For the proper function of the very forces which —
instill, to implant into his evolution the faculty for the Spiritual
way of criticism, but as a pure characterisation — our modern thinking
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Title: Lecture: The Human Heart
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This edition of The Human Heart, is a reprint of a
lecture from The Golden Blade. 1978. The editor's permission
The Human Soul in Relation to World Evolution,
The Formation of the Etheric and the Astral Heart.
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information about the external world. It is the same with the other
senses. But this restriction of the imitative principle to the
him. Language itself he will of course learn by imitation, but that
union with the physical body until the change of teeth begins.
rather more inward characterization of these processes.
they are so utterly different from earthly conditions. Man models his
must always have recourse for our descriptions. Today, however, we
permeated by the etheric world. And before man gets the inclination to
closely into the nature and constitution of this body.
and in its lower portion something that appears more or less as an
These configurations of the etheric body remain during the embryonic
it gradually decays. (This may not be a very beautiful expression, by
new, the real, etheric heart. This etheric heart is a concentration of
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Title: Lecture: The Invisible Man Within Us
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organization of the human being is spiritually prepared during the
organization before the human being enters with his ego into earthly
existence. This spiritual organization continues to be active
visible. The outwardly visible aspect of this spiritual organization
— the chorion, the allantois, the amnion, the yolk sac —
organization when the human being attains a free physical existence
organization continues to be active in the human being throughout his
restoration of forces through nutrition. And this work is the
conscious manifestation. Today I would like to describe to you the
contained in our forces: growth and nutrition, as well as in our
organization, the etheric organization (and therefore the body of
formative forces), and the physical organization. Of course in the
human being after birth the physical organization of the invisible
man is inserted into the other human physical organization, but in
the course of today's considerations you will begin to understand how
the invisible man can lay hold of the physical organization.
have first the ego organization (yellow); then we have the astral
organization (red), then the etheric organization (blue), and finally
we have the physical organization (white). This physical organization
of the invisible man penetrates only into the nutrition and growth
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Title: Lecture: Outlooks for the Future
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version of the three lectures comprising the series,
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form of modern science. It wishes to draw our attention to epochs of human
evolution which lie far back in time, for instance, to the Atlantean epoch,
out to us the true nature of the evolutionary processes in which the human
in connection with the ancient continent of Atlantis are allowed to pass
up in our mind the facts which we know in this connection.
substance of the earth. From descriptions which have already been given in
this connection, we know that the human bodies of the Atlantean epoch were
very different from ours. I have repeatedly drawn attention to the fact (you
assumed the expression of his inner being; his countenance changed
shape were altogether the expression of his inner life. The human being
capacity of transformation was far less conspicuous, although they also
change expression, but in a certain way the bodily form has grown firm
evolution of the earth, the human beings will therefore be born with
constitution is like, for his outward appearance shall reveal it. In
expression from the series of our incarnations. The human beings will
consumption, shall then have died out. In future, a great hymn of praise
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Title: Lecture: Self Knowledge and the Christ Experience
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This translation is based on shorthand notes not revised by
It is presented here with the kind permission of the Rudolf
such an insect's life, and find a certain connection between them, for the
larger human communities during earlier stages of the earth's evolution
thread through long ages of our earth's planetary evolution, as we have
any such inner orientation but lived his life though, from birth to death,
We may say, therefore, that the insect has a certain direction in its life
lost a particular inner direction in his life. This directing quality of
historical age. The kind of presentation of the past which is customary
unfolded, but that leaves us without any key to the position of each in the
those preparing for initiation in the Mysteries.
people these days, did not exist among those working for initiation in the
today, through the exercise of observation and logic. Rather, people had to
has been an ideal in all civilizations, in all ages of human cultural
Undertaking to obey the injunction ‘Know Thyself’, however, he found
In his Mystery-initiation man lived through this crisis. Yet out of it,
particular conviction about Life, a conviction on which every ancient
civilization was based. It meant that really enlightened people in those
them.’ This is at the root of all ancient civilizations: this living
conviction that man does not belong to the earth in the same sense as do
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Title: Lecture: Social Understanding Through Spiritual Scientific Knowledge
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Today I just want to draw your attention to some deeper aspect of the
People very often do not ask the question as to which of man's forces are
this question merely by saying that there is a possibility of acquiring
actual connections are between these forces and man's being, they do not
what its connection is with ordinary everyday life.
realms is the force of Imagination, the second capacity is the force of
Inspiration and the third capacity the force of Intuition. The question now
connection with knowledge of super-sensible worlds or whether these
Education of the Child in the Light of Anthroposophy
often mentioned, is connected with the development of forces that are not
man's organization during the first seven years of his life, become, as it
Intuition. For the forces that are applied in the acquisition of intuitive
forces you use in super-sensible knowledge to reach Intuition.
and form the power of Inspiration. And the forces that in bygone times
twenty-first year — it would be too much of an assertion to say that this
their state of slumber and use for the acquisition of Imagination.
From this you will see that the forces of Imagination, Inspiration and
Intuition are not just any old forces gotten from we do not know where,
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Title: Lecture: Spiritual Emptiness and Social Life
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all those who held any kind of ruling positions in Middle Europe at
many domains of life, was really only able to give a few indications
often mentioned an incident which listeners may have thought trivial,
symptomatological aspect. Among the many conversations I had with
mention of the spiritual was to make a warding-off gesture with his
his penetration into many things connected with the so-called
spiritual evolution of mankind, into art, into matters of universal
Hermann Grimm. He made a parrying gesture because he had no notion of
the spirit, without a notion of its real nature, are the theosophists
typical representative of the times — raises the question: how comes it
civilisation. For when we envisage this brilliant culture of the
hitting upon words for such characterisations. Take a simple example.
To hit upon such a characterisation indicates real ability to shape
flair for apt characterisation. And other kindred minds, belonging to
good-will born of a true appreciation of Hermann Grimm, we study his
if out of a three-dimensional figure one were to make a
two-dimensional shadow-picture, thrown on the screen. Goethe seems to
expression only to a rich life of the soul, not of the spirit.
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Title: Lecture: The Sun-Mystery in the Course of Human History
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In the deep foundations of man's being lies the will. In many respects
is obvious that aberrations, inclinations that often run counter to
operations of the will, it has again and again been emphasized that
these operations of the will are as withdrawn from human consciousness
True, we cannot perceive the will in actual operation, but the effects
operations of the will, only we are not aware of them — precisely
afterwards, as having been part of the condition of sleep.
to expression in the form of feeling, surge upwards. We know that
connected with man's sleeping condition. This kind of feeling lives
dreamlike experience of feeling which comes to expression in
illumination will be shed upon it. Waking life arouses in us sympathy
our connection with the outer world becomes abnormal, and when the
way. This happens when our breathing, for example, functions
indeed even to those he loved or knew intimately. These conditions can
give rise to persecution mania in all its forms. When feelings of
say, to an abnormal intensification of the one pole in the life of
hatred can assume incredible proportions. The aim of all education and
and persecution mania in all forms is nothing but superabundant,
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Title: Lecture: Truth Beauty and Goodness
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Lectures Section
Rudolf Steiner stated that the primary function of education is to
These basic human qualities manifest in civilization as the "eternal
art and religion.
Rudolf Steiner stated that the primary function of education
and willing. These basic human qualities manifest in civilization
and these in turn in science, art and religion.
Company, London. This booklet was reprinted in 1986 by kind permission
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conscious evolution these words have expressed three great ideals:
his connection with the universe, when Truth, Beauty and Goodness had
more concrete reality than they have in our age of abstraction.
be vague and nebulous whenever it is a question of getting beyond the
physical body — nowadays the object of purely external observation.
How the single organs, the form and functions of the body have been
where, in communion with higher Beings, he is engaged in building up
from inaccuracy, laziness or positive aversion to truth, he may evolve
nay also with his sense of the connection between this physical body
many illusions as to his connection with cosmic existence.
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Title: The Individuality of Elias, John, Raphael, Novalis
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today — the day when the Michael mood of dedication must pour its light
able to say today what I desire particularly to say to you on the occasion
worlds — through long periods of time, in preparation for all that can now
be accomplished for human evolution in the course of this present century by
considerations a little further, and that is what I want to do today.
who in at least two successive incarnations made a powerful impression on
in their true unity when we recognize them as successive incarnations of one
traditions of Judaism the prophetic figure of Elijah. We know what
moment of human evolution, appeared again so that Christ Jesus Himself could
give him the Initiation he was to receive for the evolution of mankind. For
incarnation is understood.
upon us and take their share and part in all the deeds of the evolution of
worlds, the realm of spiritual evolution, taking with him the power of his
he comes into association here with the Spirits who live in the Moon sphere
lived in earlier stages of Earth-evolution. We see how he unites himself
association with the great Cosmic Healers, he transforms for his
the unending inspiration of such as can understand — all his work that
connection in which it is able to stand when it passes through the Beings of
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Title: Lecture: Exoteric and Esoteric Christianity
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The mystery of death taught by Jesus Christ to his disciples after his resurrection. Saul and the event at Damascus when he became the apostle Paul. The role of Ahriman, Satan, the World Prince, in the course of human evolution.
living teaching of the Risen Christ: resurrection. Today it lies in the
resurrection of thinking: how dead thoughts can be awakened to life in
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in the form of ‘anthroposophical history’ in the communications
The evolution of
world-conceptions. But it must be emphasized over and over again
that, in addition to these records that have influenced mankind
throughout history (and there is, indeed, a deep justification for
deeper sense of a knowledge of man and of man's conception of the
world, they always made a distinction between an exoteric teaching,
Mystery of Golgotha, is concerned, we must make a distinction between
exoteric conceptions and esoteric knowledge. An exoteric
contemplation of Christianity, accessible to all the world, is
contemplation, there has always been an esoteric Christianity for
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Title: Lecture: The Origin of Speech and Language
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Soul, and Spirit. In the collected edition of Rudolf Steiner's
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encouraged them to raise questions, to express their opinions and
objections. Far-reaching, momentous issues as well as matters closer
questions of therapy and hygiene; this proved how much such problems
workers asked for an introduction to spiritual science and for the
after hours on the construction site for those interested in such
questions. Later, other members of the Anthroposophical Society
Rudolf Steiner's death by the Agricultural Section at the Goetheanum
Rudolf Steiner spoke extemporaneously, in a special situation, guided
definitely not with a view to publication. The tone and style of
encounter between what lived in the souls of the questioners and what
occasions so that we will be better able to understand the full
roughly how nutrition and breathing work in human beings. We also
talked about how closely connected nutrition is with our life and
experiment; all we need to do is pay attention to how nature
convolution on the left side of the brain.
This brain has convolutions. We call one of them the temple
convolution because it is located near the temple. Well now, in every
damage in this left convolution of the brain. This injury happens
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Title: Lecture: The Sense-Organs and Aesthetic Experience
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reaction of higher activities and higher connections. The sense of
reflection of something which becomes great and significant in the
according to the attraction or repulsion they exercise upon us,
explanations, but have to turn to those realms of the senses which
the situation in ancient times was more favourable, though knowledge
knew more about the connection between the soul and spirit on the one
example, very beautiful descriptions of the outer forms of courageous
that has a certain justification he describes what sort of hair, what
sort of complexion, what kind of wrinkles brave or cowardly men have,
what sort of bodily proportions the sleepyheads have, and so on. Even
their perception of the truth, one has to speak more in generalities
if we ask the right questions about what has been recently described
exist in the human being today, are in a way separate and stationary
regions, as the constellations of the Zodiac are stationary regions
their journeys and alter their positions relatively quickly. In the
same way, the regions of the senses have definite boundaries, while
the regions of the senses and permeating them with the effects of
Moon. Such an atavistic falling back into Moon-visions must today be
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Title: Lecture: A Turning-Point in Modern History
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Goetheanism as an Impulse for Transformation ...
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turning-point in the history of mankind, particularly in relation to
is tending towards the destruction of all that springs from middle
If one looks at the present situation honestly and without prejudice,
find, in a certain sense, the direction for his life. These four are
German cannot look in the direction given by these four personalities,
he feels unsupported and alone among the nations of the world.
feeling of oppression. For one must admit: Luther does not live on
effectively in the German tradition; Goethe has never been a living
and Bismarck belong to conditions which no longer exist. Thus —
among the nations of the world. People do not feel deeply enough to
Aesthetic Education of Man; this was the time, too, when Goethe
You can read about the connection between Schiller's “Aesthetic
When Schiller wrote these “Letters”, his intention was not
Revolution and tries in his own way to say what may be thought about
the will behind it, and behind the whole revolution at the end of the
eighteenth century. He had no particular expectation as to what would
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Title: Lecture: Elemental Beings and Human Destinies
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The Mission of Michael. The Revelation of the
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recognise his division into three members, each of which is,
limbs. These are of course crude expressions that are only roughly
there is a connection between the head of Man and his life
of thought and ideation; the whole rhythmic activity in Man —
the system and organisation of the limbs. Relatively speaking, these
A recognition of these distinctions allows us to indicate more exactly
human being are more objective in proportion as they are less
one division that shows itself in the course of human life.
for external physiology. The division into seven-year periods holds
Now let us go back to the event that makes a strong impression on our
days of crude observation is not generally noticed. The impression
made upon your feeling is there, and then gradually the vibrations of
up of a vibratory motion. It vibrates out into the world. And the
in upon our feeling life and are the reaction of the world to an
recently. You will remember how in another connection I brought them
stimulation of the feelings. When we understand these things rightly,
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Title: Lecture: Man, Offspring of the World of Stars
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The civilisation of the fourth Post-Atlantean epoch — the period
from the Greek Mysteries. In other words: the indications upon which
Southern Europe. Now the secret of man's connection with the Sun was
and enters into possession of its full, inner force during the age of
concerned with the secrets of the Sun and their connection with the
time a perception, just as we today have a perception of colours or
sounds. The thoughts and conceptions of the Greek were not brought
quite clear from his famous conversation with Schiller. Schiller
stated that Goethe's conceptions were not perceptions, but
as being the creation of the Sun. With the rising Sun they beheld the
insight into this entirely different world of perception and
experience, we cannot understand the further evolution of man's life
of soul. This faculty of inwardly living perception functioned for a
radiations from the living Sun in cosmic space was waning, and they
saw salvation in the Mystery of Golgotha, inasmuch as the impulse
must never be forgotten when we are studying the course of evolution.
in our inner, intellectual activity, only a shadowy reflection of the
Post-Atlantean period of civilisation. And the task before us is to
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Title: Lecture: The Three Stages of Sleep
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The Sun Mystery ... Death, Resurrection, and is also known as
Mystery of Golgotha and its Relation to the Sleep of Man.
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‘Aspects of Human Evolution’, lecture VIII,
solution would be a matter of course. Human beings would never
come to the point of questioning. The fact that someone asks
about the deeper foundations of life and, while not perhaps
coming to the point of definitely formulating questions as to
deepest foundations of the human soul, though in a more or less
speculation and into the forming of all kinds of philosophies
soon realise that, in the sleeping condition, as opposed to the
waking condition of consciousness, something is concealed, and
of the sleeping condition.
dream life consists of pictures, and if one pays attention to
feelings of anxiety, of joy, of compulsion. The meaning of the
essential thing is the process of intensification: first
only in the intermediate conditions. Imaginative consciousness,
as you will find in the description of world-evolution in my
descriptions as those given in
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Title: Lecture: Spiritual Wisdom in the Early Christian Centuries
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I HAVE said on many occasions that at the time when medieval culture
through the ripest souls in European civilisation — streams which
I have described as knowledge through revelation and knowledge
revelation, in its more scholastic form, was by no means a body of
cognition and must in every case be accepted as traditions of the
research and investigation, albeit those who stood wholly within the
preserved as it were by tradition. But it was not always so, for if we
revelation was less sharply emphasised than they were in medieval
School, for instance, that a distinction could be made between
knowledge acquired by reason and knowledge through revelation (in the
knowledge was beyond the reach of man's ordinary cognition, but they
knew too that by dint of spiritual training and through Initiation, a
age when very much of the old Initiation-wisdom was still living in
men. And indeed there were many who applied their Initiation-wisdom
evolution, had passed into an earthly body and linked Himself with the
evolution of man. The nature of this Being, how He had worked before
His descent to the earth — such were the questions which even at
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Title: Lecture: The Recovery of the Living Source of Speech
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The Human Soul in its Connection with Godly-Spiritual
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The Human Soul in its Connection with Godly-Spiritual Individualities.
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the relationship of man's faculty of speech to those Beings in
soul, must have some relation to Spirits. According as the one or the
awakening, into a wrong or right relation with the Archangels. If he
gradually loses the connection, which is so essential to him, with
to-day more particularly of one aspect of this relationship of human
else in evolution that has to do with man, as we have had full
course of the evolution of mankind on Earth.
If we consider the relationship man has to-day to language, we find
studies alluded to a more intimate relationship between word and
to look on the word merely as a combination of sounds that is
the Greek civilisation, we find that man's relation to language
relationship to external Nature was pre-eminently one of will, we
with long epochs of time when we are considering the evolution of
dependent for its evolution on the decision of man. In language
Mission of the Folk-Souls.
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momentous decisions like the present it is all the more necessary
abstraction but a reality which transcends and works into the
a view, but in our age this justification has ceased. In the lecture
which have been at work in the course of evolution and have led on to
civilisation and its offshoots have paid attention to one fragment
only of the whole story of the evolution of the world, and from a
the creation of man by Jahve or Jehovah as the dawn of
world-evolution.
in still earlier times the intervention of Jehovah was regarded not
evolutionary process. It was said that another, more purely spiritual
phase of evolution had preceded the creation of the world by Jehovah
In other words, it was held that the intervention of Jehovah had been
preceded by that of other Beings, that the creation of man had
occurred after the passage of an earlier phase of the evolutionary
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conditions can only be brought to a healthy state if men are able to
myths. They brought to expression in the form of a myth what they
thought concerning the world, what entered their vision of the world
observations to a positively magnificent materialistic explanation of
are formed about the origin of myths, the creation of mythology,
rests upon the consciousness of the connection of man as
attention to the fact that the Osiris-Isis-Myth is also conceived by
generations of Gods. The oldest God-generation was linked with Gaia
and Uranus, the next generation with Chronos and Rhea, the
Titans, and all that is related to them, and the third generation of
circle. We shall see how the construction of such God-myths springs
Greeks, Israelites and Egyptians had different conceptions of
their connection with the universe. Nevertheless there prevailed in
all, as we shall shortly see, a deep relationship as regards other
foundations of the human soul. The Egyptians desired in this way to
external perception one can see how the Egyptians — in their
preservation of mummies, in their peculiar death-ceremonies —
through birth into earthly existence? This question, more or less
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It was my task yesterday to show how the special configuration of
man's evolution in which there existed an old clairvoyance, a
such things for this retrospection gives us orientation. Mankind
is again to achieve vision directed to the super-sensible; it is
scientific thinking. The realization of what each one can do, no
things take place in later times in connection with events of earlier
certain mythical pictures and imaginations what they thought and felt
about cosmic mysteries. In another connection we have already stated
that in the time of the Greco-Latin evolution, in the time that
Imaginations was the age when Osiris wandered upon Earth. They meant
been a time in which men on earth lived in Imaginations. And this
type of human soul which was able to live in Imaginations was
this life-in-Imaginations. Osiris has been killed by his brother
Osiris and Isis were brought into connection with the Death-Mystery
point to a quite definite heavenly constellation, which the Magi
of the East knew as the constellation in which the new cosmic age was
certain constellation of the ‘Virgin’ the Magi of the
myth looked back to quite definite star-constellations. They have
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of the course of mankind's evolution; we have sought to follow up the
deeper foundations of such Myths as the Osiris-Isis Myth; we have
expression, but which underlie the poetic myths of Egypt and Greece,
and have sought to study, at any rate to indicate, the connection
clairvoyance had stood in the same inner relation to the spirit
knowledge the far-reaching world-conception, which was an inner
experience, signified more than the mere sense-perception knowledge
of the transitional humanity to which we still belong.
contemplation of the Gods, is to be found in the Old Testament
In fact the whole evolution of earthly man is only accomplished
generations of Gods, but men were already in existence. The
important and significant fact this conception points. In the
an understanding of the present-day world conception. For the world
important that we can lay one thing as a foundation; I have
and in a certain connection, I said, certain impulses of the
course of human evolution which points in a significant manner to the
once lived a perception among men through which man could still
his atavistic imaginations. That was the age in which Osiris ruled.
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with the question which has just been raised. The question was: What
question, however, can only be approached slowly and gradually. It
the old Egyptian inscription of Isis: ‘I am the All. I am
acquainted with his civilization knew that what lives as ‘immortal’
where I quoted the often harsh-sounding expressions of Plato for the
There was no intention of saying that the human being as such cannot
quite a wrong interpretation. As the priests transformed the
interpretation: ‘I am the All; I am the Past, the Present, the
expression then came to an end for men living on the physical plane;
that must be said in the course of these observations and it might
truth is to be spoken it cannot be expected that no mention will be
properly into consideration, it can be said on the one hand that we
abstraction in the sense we have come to know it, namely estrangement
harbours within it immense possibilities for the evolution and
highest human goal. Evolutionary possibilities are in our time
phases of post-Atlantean evolution. In point of fact, something of
dear friends, into the connection of man with the whole universe, if
The clever ones in Philisterium, to be sure, call it ‘superstition’
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It is our aim in these lectures to speak of important questions of
mankind's evolution, and you have already seen that all sorts of
purpose. In order that we may have a foundation as broad as possible,
you that in that evolutionary course of mankind which can be regarded
transformations. Now we have already described in what sense I a
geology the Ice Age, in religious tradition, the Flood — from
independently of our own action; we are capable of development
growing older was connected with a transformation of the soul and
external physical cosmic conditions of human existence alter in
with which infinitely many secrets of mankind's evolution are
times can come in which only the views and opinions of youth
and more demands will be made in this direction, and unless an
called your attention last time to the immense incision in the
evolutionary history of mankind which lies in the 15th Century. This
evolution of humanity. It is of course a triviality to say, as I have
often remarked, that our time is a transition age — for in
reality each age is a transition. But it is a different thing to know
transition, but in each age one should also look about and see what
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once in ancient Greece the great and significant inscription
those who sought for spiritual things. Nor was this inscription on
things that must be said in connection with this question are
understanding of man. One must put oneself in the position of taking
an expression for the whole comprehensive being of man. And one can
pay attention to the complications, only we will not do that today.
complications, just as schematically one can picture the human head
be placed in varied positions according to the corpulence of each
This has a deep inner justification; however we will not discuss
in the position of really understanding the being of man. If we were
life, we should never be in the position of really saying ‘I’
time — I have indicated this in another connection —
brought to your attention that besides this external mythology the
question
external anatomical physiological observation — look how a
in his thirtieth year. To outer physical observation such a sudden
matter of the spiritual world, time relationships are different from
his life through. And one can study through it the relation between
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two-fold form something of the solution of the world-riddle. In
man himself, again as totality, is its solution. We must not expect,
solution of the world-riddle. So this is a very serviceable formula:
The world is a riddle and Man is its solution.
certainly has that. For as you know, the configuration of the starry
starry heavens, not in general, but in their configuration at the
in each person's having his special head according to the position of
configuration. And from the various studies we have pursued we
case of man, it is with the formation of his head that the whole
limbs and members that the configuration of cosmic forces acts upon
hereditary transmission from the generations of ancestors.
discovery of something that has met with opposition even in spiritual
whom I have often mentioned in other connections, has recently
mentioned on earlier occasions. It is not the aura of which we speak;
means in the camera obscura. Still there is a connection. Precisely
opposition and abuse, has thus shown its point of contact with
be nationalistic, my dear friends, if we were to follow our head
alone. The head is not in the least adapted to be nationalistic, for
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human evolution, events that have led up to a soul-constitution which
struggled through to the conclusion that the fundamental note of this
world-conception is sought in the observation and elaboration of
of human evolution during the time comprised within the 300
world-conception, which began to ebb at that time, in the course of
attention to this fact) hardly enable us to study the ebb of this
world-conception, because the spreading of Christianity did its
utmost to destroy, with but a few exceptions, every gnostic document.
Within the evolution of
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world-conception was gradually approaching a certain culminating
of human evolution present themselves under the influence of the
materialistic world-conception. This materialistic
world-conception cannot be considered as if it had merely been the
outcome of the arbitrary action of a certain number of leading
conception is nevertheless based upon something through which the
scientific convictions and scientific results of investigation of the
they were able to educate mankind. And again, upon the foundation of
certain materialistic world-conception.
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accustomed, their first reaction will be one of astonishment and, for
course of historic evolution man's life of soul has changed, we
must make our ideas plastic and form quite a different conception of
outlook. This significant example — and I mention his name
was always a kind of inner opposition to what his contemporaries were
conveying much more than the opinions of those around him could
convey. Goethe appeals to the revelations of Nature rather than to
the revelations of the human mind. And this was the real temper of
Think of him as a child with all the religious convictions of his
often drawn attention to this beautiful episode in Goethe's
father's collection; how he placed a taper on the top, lighting
into a closer union with Nature, in whose arms he first of all seeks
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works no clear definition or description of man as a pre-earthly
in connection with space and with the cosmos too. The picture is not
sufficiently clear to indicate real insight into that relation of man
has any traditional ideas of the being of man. Of the old insight
perception and from the Mysteries, there is no trace in him whatever.
by which they are governed. He thus transfers the perception of the
experienced, however, they gradually become vision of man’s
existence after death, for a true clairvoyant perception of man’s
tradition, but inadequate. Giordano Bruno embarks upon a description
adequate description either of the cosmos or of the life of soul
must seek with the powers of free human cognition for the spark of
living knowledge which in earlier epochs of human evolution it had
Indeed if we try to connect the conceptions of modern chemistry with
these expressions — salt, mercury, sulphur — still mean
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bring the outlook of Anthroposophy to bear on questions and
fulfil his mission on earth. ... It represents a force given to man
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approaching the science of Initiation, for the forces out of which
is fashioned and permeated not only by the forces emanating from the
evolution on the earth. A time will come in the physical evolution of
fulfils his rightful evolution, man will no longer tread the earth by
of to-day, if evolution on the earth takes its normal course.
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The Relationship of the Starry World to Humans and of
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evolution of humanity, science, art, and religion formed a harmonious
Mysteries, knowledge was sought as a revelation of the Spiritual in
knowledge of the Spiritual lay at the foundation of all ancient
conceptions of the world. This knowledge came to direct expression,
presentation in the plastic arts and presentation by means of tone
followed by the third stage, that of the revelation of the nature of
the world in religious cult or ritual, a revelation through which the
devotion to this divine-spiritual principle. And the sacred acts and
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should also be able to find in evolution a stage that reveals this
separately. In other words: A nation must once have existed that felt
the soul was still thought of in connection with the cosmos.
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The Spiritual Union of Humanity through the Christ Impulse.
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“MEDITATIONS ON THE NEW
turn our attention to the light-ether. It is true that the whole etheric body
which is light-ether; and in order to fix our attention on that part of the
things. Keeping this in view we say that we have sense perceptions. The cause
of this is that the human ego and astral body first receive a revelation of
things, and this revelation which remains unconscious, is then reflected on
the instruments of the senses and their nerve extensions in the physical
what occurs; the first thing we have to take into consideration is this, that
our having perceived the man with our senses, we received impressions [not
Remembrance is this: the perception from the outer ether of inner etheric
movements; the perception from the outer light-ether of movements in the
perception. We can say: in the external light one perceives the movements
physical body to conceptions that are only possible in the physical body.
man's whole life passes before him, set in motion by the vibrations of the
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Perception
Activity in Earthly Evolution —
evolution.
have acquired from the ancient Saturn evolution can be met with
evolution arose and again passed away; it possessed characteristics,
prevailed within the old Saturn evolution.
evolution had died away, there came as you know, the Sun evolution
and then the Moon evolution and today we are living in the Earth
evolution. Three evolutionary periods have gone by. And all that
is no more to be found in our field of vision. We can only find the
characteristics of the Saturn evolution among the hidden occult
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The Science of Initiation and Knowledge of the Stars.
Initiationswissenschaft und Sternenerkenntnis. Der
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I want to add to what has previously been said some explanation of
certain deeper foundations of world-mysteries of which in modern
civilisation all knowledge has been lost. To realise the loss we need
think only of the modern conception of the planetary system: that it
various planetary bodies were dispersed. The speculations derived
to say a great deal about the material composition of the heavenly
Initiation-science we must again learn to realise that our planetary
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evolution in so far as this evolution is dependent upon man's
relationship with certain spiritual powers during the earth's future.
We have seen how it is possible, through exact observation, to gain
I have often mentioned that a new stream of spirituality is now ready
mankind's evolution between an era of mainly intellectual development
investigation of external nature and the development of technology.
In this direction great and impressive results have been accomplished
western civilization the greatest intellectual achievements have been
It is obvious, even to an external unbiased observation, that the
slid down from the head to some deeper region. That human
from the region of the head must be obvious even to external
observation. This situation has come about because intelligence was
spirituality from higher regions of world existence now seeks entry
Consider how in the older civilizations mankind in general perceived
certain level of human evolution is not the same as attaining that
gain insight into that spiritual foundation of nature which external
nowadays provide mankind with a vast amount of popular information.
What they actually do is explain how sense observation, interpreted
observation and intellectual interpretation.
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This is a time when a great deal of attention, ranging
from serious science to science-fiction, is being devoted to “outer space.”
There is speculation on various levels about visitants from other worlds.
distorted in expression — that the apparent isolation of man on earth is not
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receive new impulses into his life of soul, and we will turn our attention
evolution was the separation of the moon from the earth. The moon as we see
know what incisive changes in the whole sweep of evolution are connected with
this separation of the moon from the earth. We must go far back in time, before
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SPIRITUAL COMMUNIONOF MANKIND
occasion for comparing the Mystery upon which it is based with
Mysteries that were the outcome of different conditions in the
evolution of humanity. The Christmas Mystery — when it is
arose from conceptions of the spiritual world that had primarily to
When we turn our attention to
thoughts were given expression, or when we compare the Christmas
union between man and all that takes place in earthly life during the
Mysteries we must think, first of all, of that part of the evolution
we find that the Mysteries were institutions of men still possessed
dreams were expressions of reality, the men belonging to that ancient
mirror reality, through the very nature of the Imaginations of the
old clairvoyance men knew that they were the expressions — not,
in connection with the pictures which mirrored for them a spiritual
they were received as revelations.
colleges, so in those times there were Mysteries-institutions in
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demanded by present conditions, and I should like now to say a little
direct connection with Nature by life in cities and towns. And it is
stages of initiation is in a position to allow the effects of modern
civilisation to work upon himself, he has experiences which inform
being than external observation can ever do. For example, anyone who
leading to initiation and one who has no connection whatever with it
far as the effects upon the constitution of man are concerned, there
indications, we must remind ourselves of a familiar truth of
certain restrictions inevitably imposed upon us by cosmic laws, the
towards initiation, one can notice on waking from sleep how the Ego
implication, either general or specific, for in speaking of such a
constitution.”
life, or to engage in a sort of hothouse cultivation of the spiritual
true culture of the spirit there can never be any question of such
into the region belonging exclusively to the astral body.
of the evolutionary path of mankind. It has existed, in essentials,
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The explanations which I gave you yesterday on the path which the
with our ordinary power of vision, if it only stood before us as a
conception of yourself if you think that you are carrying through
better conception of yourself, if you were to think of yourself as a
development. There, human bodies had a different constitution from
back to conditions which were normal in the Egyptian-Chaldean epoch.
among the Egyptian-Chaldean population.
Now consider carefully the following question: What does the human
the alternating play of life through complicated combinations of
cognition, and because a lifeless instrument can only be used to
Ego in man are not instruments of cognition, but they remain, as it
Egyptian culture through an instinctive form of cognition. Even
based on the traditions of ancient Egyptian wisdom. Indeed, to the
right foundation, call themselves “Egyptian Lodges.” This
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conditions are bound to develop in the near future, and we saw that
the general course of modern civilisation will inevitably involve the
as this may sound, it is the modern world-conception, based on
time. The course of human evolution has brought it about that ever
prevalent in modern civilisation will again lead to experience of the
clear that just as other incisive events in human evolution come
connection with the modern outlook on life, based on natural science.
the middle of the fifteenth century, the disposition of men's
observes closely the outlook on life of the younger generation and
youth. The poets, especially, furnish us with repeated illustrations
the other hand there is today a terrible reactionary, conservative
element in human evolution. It is the belief in the authority of
increase with furious speed, and in the chaos of modern civilisation
And if sufficient preparation has been made, if the aims of spiritual
its distinguishing features is that it is not in a position to
conception of the world based on modern natural science. We had
occasion here recently to consider the scope of the various branches
evolution expounded under the influence of Darwin or Weismann or
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attention to the fact that in ancient times man possessed a faculty of
known later as the Ancient Indian civilization. Many people nowadays are
to the realization that, in order to penetrate in to super-sensible worlds,
On previous occasions I have mentioned that, from the masses of human beings
spoken about this path on other occasions.
this path. In those remote ages of mankind's evolution, human consciousness
our imagination. It was different in the remote past for then, as we know,
weather, were dream-creations woven into nature by fantasy. This was by no
direction and this has nothing whatever to do with the river. In general,
direction. Just as a swimmer today feels himself carried along by the
civilization.In ordinary life breathing functions unconsciously. We
nerve-sense system, the result was an inner experience of their function
thinking, which he had hardly felt as a function of the head at all, streamed
the physical world he quite rightly does not pay attention to his thinking
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to draw a distinction between the festivals of Christmas and of Easter in
a particular constellation of the stars, a constellation of the stars
their connection with the sun-forces — when the Sunday comes that
constellations in the heavens.
these were laid down at a time when traditions of wisdom were still
current among mankind, traditions that originated from ancient atavistic
knowledge that present-day science can offer. And such traditions were a
means for bringing to expression man's connection with the worlds beyond
evolution [of] mankind.
whose significance lies, not merely within the course of earth-evolution,
earthly conditions; it is a time that can be ascertained only when man
forces of earth-evolution pure and simple. For through knowledge of that
which is beyond the earth, man is to become free of the evolution of the
Christ Impulse, to become free of earthly conditions.
period of earthly evolution have become more and more veiled and hidden
in the evolution of the Christ Impulse within the whole history of mankind.
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Title: Lecture: The Universe
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mind that in regard to the formation of the head, the human
man's connection with the whole environing world.
is man's most external connection with the universe out of which
develop a consciousness in this direction, it would be able
and touch an external object. Every perception of the Ego,
gradual process of man's formation from outside
but we are still outside. Then the imitation of the
form part of him. There are many erroneous conceptions in
expressions which do not exist in ordinary speech and
longer have a real connection with the human being; we must
real connection with his environment, in which he
that is the next stage of perfection. And finally, Twelve:
secondary nature. Man's primary occupations are:
human occupations upon the earth.
be reproduced.] might be made, as an illustration
the influence of the constellations; that is to say, an
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lectures given here for some time it has been my task to draw attention to
into all that these souls bring to expression in earthly life. I have pointed
life. Today, because I want to call your attention to a particular kind of
worked on in broad streams which flow even into the feelings and perceptions
that the Order of the Templars was founded in connection with the Crusades.
but will look at it from a spiritual point of view and turn our attention to
and existence, these souls were, in a sense, to forget their connection with
of the whole human being in union with the Mystery of
being is brought into connection with the divine and spiritual. But something
way a life that is lived mystically is also in connection with the life going
further in its evolution. Through this experience of the Templars, the
Through this intense inward penetration into the Mystery of Golgotha, they
had gained the power actually to attain Christian initiation by means of the
historical event. Christian initiation may be attained in the manner
addition to the immensely powerful influence that it possessed spiritually
through a kind of initiation with the evil principle of gold, Philippe le Bel
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Title: The Year as a Symbol of the Great Cosmic Year
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MEDITATIONS ON THE NEW
I desire to bring before your souls to-day for further meditation,
Every year at this season we pass from one division of
time regard as a childish superstition; we realise it as a true and
regions during the course of the year, but we shall endeavour to
evoke in our souls the conception that the whole Earth has
direct our attention to all that springs forth and sprouts on Earth,
districts only, because it changes with different regions of the
into consideration. To simplify our subject, we say: In the daytime
mineral-consciousness, two streams of evolution — progress
of the unfolding of the rational or intellectual-soul, which was
evolution when that body was the main element of
We can therefore say: Our condition at one time on
Initiation,’ we are preparing ourselves for that new cosmic New
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Title: On the Duty of Clear, Sound Thinking
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“MEDITATIONS ON THE NEW
is made known to us in the course of human evolution, through
recognise the duties here mentioned, if he does not, in his own way,
keep an open view in many directions. We have again and again
feeble powers we should ever be in a position to do much of what has
insight into those forces which in the evolution of time have a
evolution of to-day. We need only carry those very thoughts which
We have seen how at a certain moment of evolution, a
no way tends to a lack of appreciation, or want of understanding of
authority. People live to-day entirely under the impression that they
the sanction of outside powers. They desire a warrant for this or
bequeathed like a hereditary sickness’ and accept conclusions
without weighing how those conclusions were reached; for they
If information on any subject be desired, people go to
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Title: Lecture: Evil and the Power of Thought
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glance towards modern Western civilisation, he might perhaps say to
all that you feel, is saturated with fear and its reverberations in
civilisation.”
this quite clear. I mean a sage of the ancient Eastern civilisation would
same standard of education, the same mood of soul, as those of his
country civilisation was founded on a quite different basis. He would
life. Whenever we were concerned to promulgate a world-conception and
let action and social life spring from it, the main thing was joy
factors and impulses of modern civilisation. And if we knew how to
an echo of the ancient civilisation still persists in Asia, even though
civilisation is in decline, and when the ancient oriental sage
the Asiatic culture, the penetration of this primeval element of joy
when that word resounded which found its most radical expression in
Greek civilisation set in. The old eastern world-picture,
ancient oriental civilisation was founded under a different influence
different from those of Western civilisation. In the ancient East,
oriental wisdom, and in the world-conception that owed its origin to
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Title: Lecture: The Seeds of Future Worlds
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within man a kind of centre of destruction. I showed how as long as
memories of the impressions made upon us by the world, but that this
is as far as we can go. We receive our impressions from the world; we
reflects in quite another way. It reflects the sense-impressions we
— at some later moment — causes this or that impression
described as a kind of centre and heart of destruction meets our gaze.
evil in the life and actions of men.
science we speak of the conservation of matter, the indestructibility
of matter. But in this centre of destruction it really happens that
in the direction of egoism, we pour moral and ethical ideals into the
centre of destruction. Then, in this very centre of destruction, the
will one day suffer dissolution, and of how out of all manner of
intermediate states of transformation the Jupiter existence will
Jupiter existence will contain nothing but the new creation that is
being formed to-day in man within this centre of destruction. It is
look into our deepest selves, we are gazing upon a region where matter is
instinctive vision. And then they looked upon a world where egohood
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Title: Lecture: Exoteric and Esoteric Christianity
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living teaching of the Risen Christ: resurrection. Today it lies in the
resurrection of thinking: how dead thoughts can be awakened to life in
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evolution of humanity is preserved in ancient records mostly
studied, a distinction has always been made between exoteric
undergone the necessary inner preparation. And so in the case of
distinction must also be made between exoteric and esoteric
the communion between the Risen Christ — the Christ Who has
references to this. What the Gospels say of this communion
between Christ after His Resurrection and His disciples does
import to earthly evolution came to pass through the
Resurrection; but unless the step is taken into the realm of
indications.
conviction: Christ had passed through death and in His life now,
after death, is united with earthly evolution. We must reflect
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At the height of the scholastic age two directions can be
considered everything else an illusion; quite the contrary was
quite clearly. In earlier days I explained the conceptions of Realism, by
we gain a conception of the lamb and a conception of the wolf. But
when someone says that ideas and conceptions are nothing at all, and
conception: — What matters, is the form in which the
Also the medieval scholastic Realists were of this opinion. They said
argued that ideas and conceptions — that is, forms taken up by
called these abstractions a reality, because they were the result of
earlier conceptions, far more concrete and essential.
traditionally, as its real ideas and conceptions, living in the
was very thin indeed. When the age of abstraction or of
let us say, of a Thomas Aquinas, has not found a continuation in the more
modern world conception, for man no longer considers ideas and
an answer by placing the question somewhat differently. For instance,
continued. In a modern world conception, everything consists of
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initiation, which will then supply to us a kind of foundation for
for a definite region of the earth. Thus, certain standpoints of
civilisation, and other standpoints would be valid — let us say
We feel that they are the motives of our actions, and that we allow
moral intuitions, and that when we begin to gain possession of these
ethical ideas, they are the foundation of our human freedom. On the
already know from the explanations which have recently been given
here, that in past times man's soul-constitution was essentially
really forms a deep incision in the whole evolution of humanity. And
only if we understand what has really arisen in the evolution
rise of Christianity — not to mention Jewish history — is
preparation for Christianity. This whole extent of pagan
evolution, this truth which I have just explained to you, is
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Social Questions and their Spiritual Background.
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talk to you about various things in connection with our
present civilisation, which are necessary to right
understanding and action in the world to-day. It is not very
within our civilisation, and that it contains within itself
of decline within our civilisation, we have then to seek out
we survey our present civilisation, we shall see that there
experienced in the course of man's evolution — all
beyond our own immediate civilisation—beyond what has
whole course of man's evolution, we may observe that earlier
ages had a groundwork for their civilisation, a groundwork
civilisations — especially the heathen civilisations
conception the Greeks still possessed of worlds beyond the
civilisations and a spiritual world to which they were no
strangers. In all their daily transactions, these men of old
were conscious of forming part of a creation not exhausted
forces. And thus, in the heathen civilisations especially, we
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issues from the secrets of Initiation. We have frequently
and again from Initiation. This shows how Art brings
spiritual life into the physical. Initiation opens out to man
into the physical forms wherein it finds expression.
connection of the facts to which we are here referring,
the last few centuries of evolution have in reality eclipsed
here expressed. Nowadays, if it be a question of studying how
imagination. Dante, they say, was filled with
artistic imagination. They are content to leave it at that.
Needless to say, I shall not deny that artistic imagination
this connection between Dante and a man who was initiated
according to the conditions of his time, which we, in the
absolutely living in that time: the recognition that the path
By way of introduction, let me bring home to you with an
Analysis of Sensations,
dealing with the connections
chance combination of two mirrors in a
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form is an expression of the course of his entire life.
recognise that the special moulding, the special formation of
limb-organisation, extending it — naturally to cover
formation beyond death of the future human head. At the same
time, however, the human form points to man's connection with
certainly say that the particular formation of his head is a
metamorphosis of his previous limb-formation. But the fact of
his having any such formation of the head as the one he
he set foot on the Earth. In essentials, the head-formation
is an outcome of the Saturn, Sun and Moon evolutions; whereas
Vulcan evolutions. It is only the breast-man, embracing all
fashioned on Earth, will be further organised physically,
will go through reorganisation, during the embodiments of
one. Hence we can study the formation of the human head while
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never doubted that the Social Question is one of the problems that is
the evolution of human history, of the sinister or incipiently
included under the “Social Question.” It must, however,
intellectualistic study. No matter whether the social question is
the purely intellectualistic nature of the different conceptions is
there were one generality — “Man.” No attention is
beings. And this is why our whole conception of the social question
observation becomes most clearly evident when we turn to a special
these injunctions and regulations about hygiene? And the answer is,
that when the conclusions reached by medical or physiological science
“profession,” the inner nature of which he is not able to
unquestioning acceptance of everything related to the care of
democratic principles as are possible in modern conditions to a
about the necessity for proper air, light, nourishment, sanitation,
and so forth, but the regulations laid down in regard to these things
superstitions of devils and demons passing in and out of human beings
in the form of disease, nor to support the modern superstitions that
spiritualistic superstitions of earlier times, or with the
superstitions of
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in recent lectures how certain functions or activities of the human
not yet fully adapted to the earthly gravitation, the earthly
conditions of equilibrium. We see the child slowly and gradually
adapt himself to these earthly conditions as he learns to stand
and walk. Thus the adaptation of the body to the position of
when, after his birth, he gradually finds his way into the conditions
pre-earthly life, balance and equilibrium signify the relation
Beings of the Hierarchies — a relation manifold and
neither in the conditions of equilibrium of his spiritual
existence, nor is he yet in the conditions of equilibrium of his
essentially adapted to earthly conditions. In the first place it is
an expression of our earthly thoughts. These earthly thoughts contain
earthly information and earthly knowledge; and to all this our
the spiritual in-breathing or inspiration (which we observe to
thinking is gradually adapted to the earthly conditions. In
civilisation. By speech, human beings come together here on
indeed our speech is the earthly reflection of our life in the Logos,
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civilization began to rise to the surface at the turn of the 18th and
then they calculated the results of these collisions. At that time,
penetrate into the world's mechanism. This is where our civilization
now observe the connections that existed before the present age of
deeply submerged in the electric wave of civilization necessarily
different aspect to the imaginative vision than that of the other
power of vision, you will realize that electricity in Nature is not
the least suspicion. They imagine the atom as something electric, and
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Title: Lecture: The Problem of Jesus and Christ in Earlier Times
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sustained as-is and without qualification. Even if all the writings
from generation to generation. This must be what occurred at that
imagine to ourselves that, based on the broad foundation, so to
entirely new and fresh forces. We may say without hesitation that, as
human evolution approached the Mystery of Golgotha, we can see a
very time when the Christ united with earthly evolution, humankind
revelation, made known through the Mystery of Golgotha; in the
Mysteries, the Christ had already been mentioned as the “coming
of historical evolution, we are concerned with a historical
concerned with the Christ. How should we conceive the union of these
creation of the earth; he belongs to the spiritual world; he entered
earthly evolution through the body of Jesus of Nazareth. In this way,
the coming one, who was not yet united with earthly evolution. He
the spiritual evolution of humanity, something was nurtured as a kind
of preparation for Christ's coming. He said, on the other hand,
preparation — humankind first needed to become acquainted with
through Moses and the prophets as a “preparation.” Then,
as the second turning point, or “preparation” (and this
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the Dimensions of Space.
a necessary foundation for many other perceptions which we need — a
foundation on which we shall afterwards have to build in our more intimate
considerations.
Men have always received into their language designations,
consciousness, that something does exist to draw man's attention to the
those who try to grapple with such questions philosophically, shall we
say, the search for this relationship gives rise to the greatest
its three dimensions gives to him, in forming his ideas about things
well-known spiritualistic aberrations. These aberrations are in reality
is unspatial, into relation with the
sense-perception can influence the non-spatial, the soul-and-spirit.
recent times, it is true, men have sought refuge in the conception,
parallelism.’ It really amounts to a confession that we can say
nothing of the relation of the physical and bodily to the
he moves his legs, he changes his position in external space. This is
another. We gain no notion of how they work on one another. And so it
is invariably, when men try to form a conception of the existence of
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Title: Lecture: Thinking and Willing as Two Poles of the Human Soul-Life
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a definite direction. When we turn our attention to the life of the
mutual relationship and interplay between them. Let us suppose
that we can say that our will does not function outwardly at all. We
we are apparently absorbed in contemplation, in pure thought, a
our will-activity, so that in this connection we may say: in the life
if we limit our observation to the affairs of everyday life we shall
there; it takes certain presuppositions for granted. Thinking
is for the most part reflection. Even when we think ahead, as it
in ordinary life there is some indication that this is the case, and so
it is also in the great universe. And in this connection we must say:
before birth, before conception. Fundamentally speaking, the faculty
child, very little connection with the power of thought. To an unprejudiced
observation this is obvious. Watch the sprawling movements of a child during
gradually develop from the time of conception and birth lie the
of conception. The life of the will is therein contained.
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Title: Vortrage: Denken, Fühlen, Wollen - Das Muspilhgedicht
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Konzeption und seit der Geburt, da liegt zunächst der Wille, und
und nicht von der Illusion ausgehen, Sie könnten dieses riesige
wenn man, wie gesagt, sich dieser Illusion nicht hingibt, sondern
Und die Imagination, die bezieht sich auf die Gegenwart. In bezug auf
die Gegenwart hat der Mensch immer Imaginationen.
höchstens als Inspiration in Ihnen. Die Inspiration bezieht sich
Denken:Imagination:Inspiration:
Intuition
Imaginationen drinnen, und man brauchte nur unbefangen das Leben mit
Gegenwart umfassen wir mit Imaginationen.
unsere Hauptesorganisation als Menschen nehmen und die andere
Organisation, die daran hängt, so ist es in der Tat so: Wir
Kopforganisation ins Auge fassen, wie wir aus unserem übrigen
Ihnen gesagt: Die Imagination kommt uns in bezug auf die Gegenwart
von selbst. Wenn wir die Imagination künstlich ausbilden, so
schauen wir in die Vergangenheit hinein. Wenn wir die Inspiration
einem höheren Grade. Und die Intuition faßt alle drei
zusammen. Und der Intuition sind wir eigentlich fortwährend
Intuition. Nur ist der Mensch in dieser gegenwärtigen
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It is a matter of deep satisfaction to me,
of our intentions and of the will to come closer and closer
the light of the present situation, woeful as it is, it seems
the answer to this question must be a negative one. For more
events now taking place are the opposite of our own intentions,
which have come to expression in this very building.
full consideration to the events now raging all over the
impression, they will feel more or the less the way one does
almost routine answer I gave to questions asked over and over
century. The question, you may remember, was:
“According to the statistics, the world population is
earth lives? The increase in population is rapid. How can one
world population is increasing; but we have to take a longer
justice to the question. And I would always go on to say that
discover to their horror that the population can also
that is gnawing away at the evolution of humanity.
order to indicate what was going to happen in human evolution
develop notions and ideas of the world of the spirit. This is
nations, would be achieved so much better if they did away
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summon up an age of wars and devastation did not hold true to
labouring under numerous illusions that have their origin in
in the past as they will be in the future evolution of
intellectual and moral development in human evolution.
conclusion. Haeckel, too, has commented to this effect in his
human evolution is beginning to puzzle people. They say to
the rational mind, has made tremendous advances. This is what
human evolution. No one asks that they should be tackled at
human actions, because elements which are separate and
distinct in man and relate to quite different regions of the
up. People do not make the distinction in modern science. How
different regions and spheres of the universe. Our physical
evolution on earth. The etheric body has gone through three
come in during Earth evolution; it is young and belongs to an
body. It has reached a great level of perfection because the
occasion here in Dornach I suggested that the human being is
principles on which their whole organization is based. The
principle to which it relates. It clearly has to function
principles, whereas the gods have made excellent provision
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Title: Fall/Darkness: Lecture 3: The Search for a Perfect World
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My intention is to give a series of
accepted beliefs. The world holds opinions that not only
difference between those truths and common opinion was
opinion and those who hold it react to these truths; nor do
believe they have long since outgrown the illusions and
superstitions of the past, yet in some respects they are
entirely given up to illusion. There is a growing tendency to
live in illusion concerning some important and essential
extent that these illusions become powers that rule the
world, nations and, indeed, the whole earth. It is important
you of one common illusion which exists today and is closely
growing tendency to form utterly wrong opinions about what in
illusion that their kingdom should be very much of this
never reach perfection. Yet people who think
materialistically have the illusion that perfection can be
other illusions, and particularly and characteristically the
socialist illusion of the present age.
illusions come in all shades of meaning; they are coloured by
life, the same for everybody, and so on. Their vision of the
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Title: Fall/Darkness: Lecture 4: The Elemental Spirits of Birth and Death
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The question
this question, first of all considering why from now on
be made known to human beings under certain conditions. They
have a specific function in the whole universe and especially
also in human evolution. There are many different kinds of
these entities in the other region.
whose function in the great scheme of things is connected
drives, with their passions, had known that destructive
The question
growing numbers of impulses came into human evolution which
our present civilization. Try and go back in your mind to
fly. All this has come to realization in a relatively short
human evolution in recent times. Think of the destructive
without the participation of spiritual entities. This is not
the case, however. The development of human civilization
involves the participation of elemental spirits, even if
the spirit of invention is active, elemental spirits are
providing the inspiration.
spirits who have given impulses to our civilization from the
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The spiritual constitution is such today
which really have to be given for the further evolution of
often stressed that human evolution has to be taken
relationship to the world around us.
they would then think. This created an intimate relationship
The nature of the human constitution was totally different in
the fourth postAtlantean period, and perceptions were
evolution of the present earth, distinction must be made
between major epochs, a general description of which is given in
mentioned this on a number of occasions — we are
today. You find an excellent description of the breaking up,
brush-strokes he presents the outer conformation of the earth
properties of minerals, rocks and the different formations to
conclusion that the earth is decaying and crumbling away.
earth. They are on the downward curve of evolution and have
Evolution does, however, go in waves and it is possible to
Roman civilization, was a kind of recapitulation of what
humanity was on the downward curve of evolution. It was a
in ancient Greece. The total human constitution of the
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being and how human beings are part of historical evolution.
difference on a number of occasions. In my book due to be
published shortly, and which I mentioned yesterday,
head — what is the relationship between the two? To get
us; there is a living relationship. I can demonstrate this to
are not in the habit of making the distinction, and anyway
you do not pay attention to this particular moment of getting
people do not make the distinction, but it can be made in the
at the beginning of earth evolution. So you see, if you
would only get up on reflection, against your nature, out of
therefore Ahriman. As I said, the distinction is not made in
the rest of the body. The construction of the human head is
arose during Moon evolution, though the head has, in fact,
come down through Saturn, Sun and Moon evolution. Humans
had during Moon evolution.
human evolution on earth. The rest of the body was meant to
airy principle — is a manifestation of the higher
luciferic seduction entered into the whole process of
evolution. The outcome was that this whole, more elemental,
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been imitated to give the impression that those are real
biographers and historians who, according to current opinion,
descriptions which are given — for a time. But when you
nevertheless leave me with this impression. I have enormous
with the education, the intellectual content, of our present
descriptions given of historical figures like Luther may be
outside world, Luther emphasized that the relationship with
before Luther's inner eye. His visions of the devil do not
excuses for his visions of the devil by saying that he did
This is the concrete situation as regards the spiritual
the conversion of matter. Anything written about this at a
speak of the transubstantiation of bread and wine into the
transubstantiation from the process of physical conversion of
matter. So what did the sacrament of the transubstantiation
post-Atlantean age. He clung to the spiritual connection
— we know it quite apart from the impression he makes
and give their impressions — these will not give us the
questions arise for people in the present-day state of
consciousness, questions which may well touch us deeply. Why
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time we must come to realize the distinction between abstract
incontrovertible, as free from contradictions as we can make
it. But the world is full of contradictions, and if we really
literally inclined to think in abstractions. This takes them
the application of this to reality itself. Please, consider
The situation
contradictions. Reality itself comes to realization in
the connection between the inner life of people who lived in
which comes a little later. It is always the situation that
then in human actions. And we can see how abstract thinking
peculiar situation with regard to reality. People no longer
situation and you will find this everywhere.
has been considering the question as to whether it is possible
to have an opinion regarding the length of time for which this
war will continue. It is a vital question, I think you will
agree, but it is a question which needs to be decided by
conclusion reached by people who say the war must continue
philosopher therefore applied his ideology to the question,
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following further preparation.
processes in that world which have come to outer expression
came to a certain conclusion for the world of the spirit by
above all of their inner constitution. The battle thus took
place in the 40s, 50s, 60s and 70s and came to a conclusion
its evolution — the fight between Michael and the
of evolution. We may characterize it by saying that every
something into world evolution, but they are always overcome.
regard to certain powers of perception. Before this, these
perception and of will — became the personal property
these ahrimanic powers from 1879 onwards, personal ambitions
and inclinations to interpret the world in materialistic
personal inclinations since then, to understand that they
century and of our own time are not inclined to pay attention
go back to very early times in evolution, you would find a
mentioned, these battles have recurred over and over again,
life-forms which the medical profession now calls bacilli.
evolution. The Moon was once part of the Earth; it was cast
threatens human beings from this direction. This is the
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developmental factors which evolution has given except for
the necessary conditions for life.
inclined to face the realities of evolution, though the
three years have brought those ideals to realization. People
been in preparation for some time in the spiritual world. I
abstractions over and over again and to say something as
Society you are in a position to hear of these things and to
question and so confused. You have to bring to this the best
friends, know of the spiritual situation I have described and
than ever, people are much given up to illusion. Just
is amazing how effective modern communications are and how
say on the subject. But we only need to take a cool, rational
— I am merely giving an illustration — that the
and many others whose works went through numerous editions.
The work in question was Dreizehnlinden by Wilhelm Weber,
the sources of many things that live in their emotions, inner
processes of evolution do know, however, how impulses and
emotions are produced. This was the case with a book
principle comes to expression in different ways in individual
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period of civilization which will make special demands in
these considerations that human soul nature will essentially
reality, evolution is never as consistent as those who
present the modern scientific theories of evolution would
confusion than completely wrong ideas. They assume simple
linear evolution from incomplete life-forms all the way to
evolution of humanity and also of the world outside the human
situation is reversed again: the more spiritual line goes
considerations are concerned, and the depth of the human soul
consideration to two aspects which will be extraordinarily
heights of the spirit into the realm of human evolution, and
specifically into the evolution of the human intellect and
seek above all to take possession of our heads, of anything
secret, hidden soul development is given due attention. As I
conscious attention; they would far rather it stayed down
things. If it is not given attention, those ahrimanic powers
to face the danger soon to come in the evolution of
civilization, and stand guard in our most holy, inner human
Educational
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preceding lectures, the occasion when certain spirits of
realm of human evolution. They are now among us and the
prepared to recognize the relationship which exists between
which are part of historical evolution. They will have to
concepts and definitions when considering the world and not
on direct observation of reality. One always has the feeling
one hierarchy or another? Those are the questions we ask, and
we believe that having got the definitions we have also
extreme example of the inadequacy of definitions is the
definition which was given in a school in Greece: A human
definition.
definitions of this kind are generally accepted, and many of
our scientific definitions are therefore more or less in
definitions in anthroposophy, however. Perception will be
poor if we base ourselves on abstract definitions. Yes, it is
who have the task of guiding human evolution make use of such
the ‘luciferic temptation’ of old held major
significance for human evolution. It did, of course, arise
symbolically described in the expulsion from Paradise. In
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theme, as this will provide a background for the evaluation
place in the spiritual regions of the world between the early
which occur repeatedly in world and human evolution and are
question must arise as to the actual nature of the battle
which raged in the spiritual regions between the 1840s and
in which a reflection of the battle was cast on human
regions. I have often drawn attention to the great
turning-point in the evolution of modern cultural spheres
in a downward direction and gradually caused materialistic
events in spiritual regions were reflected here on earth, two
that anyone who studies the evolution of humanity and has an
conception, acumen and critical faculties for the adherents
inventions, to criticism and to brilliant definitions, is
who wanted to describe human evolution would have reason to
mirror-reflection develop in human souls of the aims certain
get possession of an ancient inheritance of humanity. This
tribes, nations and races, uniting those who belonged
a feeling for missions which went a very long way back in the
world, missions designed to make the blood bonds —
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on, I want to draw your attention to something of great
the transition from the fourth to the fifth post-Atlantean
period of civilization came in about 1413, that is in the
this in such a way, however, that the relationship between
relationship is entirely unconnected with the physical world.
relationship, on blood bonds. Both the Archangels and the
— will take possession more of the blood, and the
century marked a specific period in earth evolution and in
the corresponding evolution of the spiritual world. We can
attraction for the regular Archangels who were seeking to
make the transition from the blood to the nervous system.
eleventh centuries we find the earth's power of attraction
their centres of civilization to make the whole earth their
own. Events like these must be seen in conjunction with
earth held the greatest power of attraction for the
then began to train the Angels to take possession of the
transition to the nervous system. By the early 1840s the
consider its most material physical reflection, it took place
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and Redemption
civilization is really understood today from the spiritual-scientific
man, to which all religions refer. The religions speak of this fall
more detail today — is an expression of something that once
occurred in the course of human evolution: man's becoming independent
consciousness soul appeared in human evolution in the first half of
evolution depicted in myths and history is a kind of preparation for
preparation for the fact that earthly humanity is meant to acquire a
decision-making ability that is independent of the divine spiritual
powers. And so the religions point to a cosmic-earthly event that
just this kind of human decision making. As I said, we do not want to
speak in more detail about this now, but the religions did see the
being has placed himself in a certain opposition to his guiding
speaking in Old Testament terms. If we look at this interpretation,
in his evolution, man no longer felt that divine spiritual powers
oneself that the intellect, arising in human evolution since the
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Man's Fall and Redemption
limitations of our knowledge of Nature, really arises from the view
above earthly contemplation. I said that when people speak to-day of
interpretation of how man was cast down into sin; this was felt in
modern humanity cannot reach the goal of the evolution of the earth,
civilisation of the present time changes, there is no hope of
attaining mankind's goal in the evolution of the earth. To-day it is
consciousness of our civilisation. It is necessary to contemplate
civilisation.
consciousness of our civilisation arose, on the one hand, from a
particular conception of the thinking human being, and, on the other
hand, from a particular conception of the willing human being. To-day
believe that this conception of the thinking human being, of man who
observes Nature and thinks, is an unprejudiced conception. All kinds of
things are mentioned that science is unprejudiced, and so on. But
scientific investigations (according to which other people then
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be clothed in this question: “How did it happen, in
necessity.’ We must turn our attention to those events
important transformations that have taken place in the new
sense, an echo or aftermath of earlier transformations. I
things of a certain event in earthly evolution — an
significant cosmic transgression — if we may call it so
connection of which with the evolution of humanity differs
in Saint Martin was supplanted, we must not put the question
expression?”
transformation, at the end of the 18th century, the
expression of the prevailing Zeitgeist of the turn
limitation was the essential characteristic of 18th century
middle-class limitations. His was in a sense a heavenly
considerable distance. When the Revolution broke out, he was
afraid his telegraphic communications might appear
a Commissary of Public Education in France at the end of the
1780's. Leaving Paris when the Revolution broke out, he was
elected very soon after as a member of the National Assembly;
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in World-evolution was more and more exterminated, I tried to
into direct connection with this super-sensible world,
Mystery-revelations are fundamentally based on error or
sense, the whole of the evolution of the 19th century —
influence of this rejection of all things super-sensible.
introduce some kind of connection between the human soul and
the necessary conclusions. He must perceive the connection of the
materialistic — or, as we may also put it, rationalistic —
of which we spoke yesterday, in the direction of harmful magic
spiritual Wisdom in modern time to draw the attention of mankind to the
fact that the union of certain feelings with the material knowledge
modern sense, of international finance and the like — if the
outlook purely national, then, by this connection of national feeling
— national pathos, one might say — with the international
thoughts of Physics, Chemistry, Economics, international commerce and
more into things utterly contrary to the wholesome evolution
of the last three civilisation-epochs which the human race
devotion to the Mystery of Golgotha. The mere narration that
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world-conception is indeed connected with the Mysteries of
and in the most varied regions of the Earth, we find
patently at hand in every case; the inner connections are not
was not pursued with the abstract calculations of to-day, but
behold the secret of the constellations. It was, especially,
observe the Moon establishing its various positions through
the constellations of the Zodiac. They knew that when the
Moon was shining from the region of the Pleiades, or from
were shining from some other region of the sky. Likewise the
other planets in their several constellations were brought
the starry constellations. Throughout the ever-changing
association of the fixed stars with the several planets, they
saw the expression, as it were, of a language which he who
himself up with devotion to the language of the stars, he
birth as on a Question, in those ancient times; and the old
was intended as an answer to this question. What the stars
were speaking through their constellations, — they did
regarded the starry constellations as a Question, and human
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Nevertheless a deeper insight into present conditions should not
customs and traditions, without considering the difficult,
of tradition, things which people have been accustomed to do for
that to keep up such old traditions and customs in almost …
Christianization of our whole life, in which it does not suffice
advanced today. And we can already perceive that the region, the
European region which has for many centuries been the stage of
human civilization cannot remain so in future. We perceive that
mechanical-naturalistic foundation. This spiritual life is only
illusion – apart from the fact of it being expressed more
illusion that confronts man, as Maya.
know the characteristics of the life conceptions of the East,
must experience that this conception of Maya was not originally
into a development of the Oriental civilization stretching over
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also known as: The Widening of Man's Perception.
Intellect into Sin, the Spiritual Resurrection.
The Widening of Man's Perception.
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envisage, to begin with, his physical organization and his
etheric or vital body revealed to spiritual investigation; and
then we speak of the astral body and of the Ego organization. But
place in the universe. We are able to grasp man's position in the
relation to the universe. We can do this in the following way, by
certain impressions from outside. How matters really stand in
impressions coming from outside.
Man's position on
earth easily enables us to see that the chief direction which
perceptions can approximately be described as
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Title: Lecture: Human Freedom and Its Connection with the Mystery of Golgotha
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ITS CONNECTION WITH THE MYSTERY OF GOLGOTHA
showed the fundamental difference between man's whole conception
something which we may designate as the connection with the
his ordinary consciousness any conception of his own self. He
cannot look into his own self. It is, of course, an illusion to
a knowledge of the inner constitution of the human organism by
the corpse. This is an illusion, a deception. Here, between birth
and death, man only has a conception of the external world. But
of what kind is this conception? It is one which we have
frequently characterized as the conception of illusion (Schein),
semblance, as an illusion. This semblance may be taken into our
us when looking out into the world, it is an illusion which
illusion during our existence from birth to death, if we were
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On many occasions
evolution is the one in which intellectual life predominates. The
age, as the Graeco-Roman age, was a preparation for the present
Fifteenth Century man's whole relation to the world of the
a certain inclination towards the intellectual life which existed
historical description — it is possible to recognize, even
Greek gained what we now call an intellectual world conception,
this gave him pleasure, or at least a sense of satisfaction, and
full measure inner joy and satisfaction derived from the life of
though later on a somewhat cooler form of discussion set in, we
for example, the intellectualistic world conception still
essential transformation. Scientific knowledge, for example, is
living only as a kind of chemical combination of lifeless
substances. The idea of spontaneous generation from lifeless
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hearts with special devotion to those who are without on the scene of
action, and who have to devote their lives and souls to the great
May your vibrations carry
May your vibrations carry
of the Earth's evolution.
‘Revelation of the Divine in the heights of existence and peace
one thought, which, in connection with this verdict, sounding through
at any other time — one thought. Nations are facing each other
countless dead around us at this time. The atmosphere of sensation
aversion are heard murmuring through the spiritual realm and might
their hearts are united in their connection with Him Who entered the
enmity, aversion and hatred, one and the same feeling may everywhere
may spring the thought of an inner union with One, with Him Who has
within human evolution if connected with this thought — this
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mind the words that resound out of the depths of earthly evolution's
Revelation of the
is a thought that, perhaps in connection with these words resounding
other times. One thought! Nations confront one another full of
united. Within their deepest hearts they carry their connection with
intensely, especially in our time. Then we will have an intimation of
great and strong and powerful within human evolution. If this
tradition within the history of Christianity that arose repeatedly in
later times and was a custom in certain Christian regions over many
centuries. Already in far distant times in various regions, mostly
emerging from Christian churches, there were presentations for
ancient times, the presentation of the mystery of Christmas night
began with a reading, yes, at times even with a presentation of the
story of Creation, the story of Creation as it is presented at
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other such things I have repeatedly drawn your attention to the amount
considered. Aviation, however would only assume its right form could it
see this and learned folk explain it by observations under a microscope
has entirely transformed itself into a caterpillar. Inner sensation is
connection between all things in outer Nature. The butterfly you see is
fertilisation of the female ovum. A sheath encloses the light within the
seen to be prevalent where the light is most effective. In regions where
is produced by the action of imprisoned sunlight? In every instance
butterfly owes its colour to the action of imprisoned light. The
you see a lion, it is the animal's buff colour that its ego works upon
from outside. The whole world of nature is responsible for the lion's
you here that there must be a transition from moisture containing air to
and loses the watery element. New regions appear where it must have
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condiciones en la evolución de la humanidad. El Misterio de Navidad
intrínsecamente al invierno. Surgió a partir de concepciones
eminentemente Misterios de Verano, relacionados con la unión entre
Misterios eran instituciones de hombres aún poseídos de la
donde los sueños eran expresiones de la realidad, los hombres
realidad; a través de la naturaleza misma de las Imaginaciones de
la antigua clarividencia, los hombres sabían que eran expresiones
fueron recibidos como revelaciones.
aquellos tiempos había Misterios institucionales en los que el
manifestaciones de este divino-espiritual en los detalles, por ejemplo,
adoptó en sus creaciones artísticas.
conexiones entre los pensamientos debían ser formulados, porque
venían a él como revelaciones. Pero esto significaba que
pensamiento en esta forma. Eran iluminaciones; habían venido a
esta manera el curso tomado por las estaciones del año, entrando
año. Así, las estaciones se interpenetran. Cuando la tierra se
cristianismo original y envolviéndolo en tradiciones que
punto de partida de las descripciones habrían sido los cielos
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life as is contained in man's calling or vocation and in all
‘vocation’ one remark must perhaps be made, namely this:
or vocation with what is commonly spoken of as his office or
position in the widest sense of the term. For it goes without
saying, much confusion would arise, if, having in mind what one
man or another represents in his official position, we
to bear on the vocational life. Frequently, though by no means
always, man has to pursue his vocation in some official
position, and many an extraneous factor comes into play at this
one which we may call the ‘Karma of vocation.’ We are
living in a time which is slowly undergoing a certain transformation.
outlining for the ‘Karma of vocation’ are by no means
position in life. As you are well aware, the Karma of vocation
social castes, etc. Within such groupings, ambitions, vanities,
vocation as extraneous factors, make it possible for Ahrimanic
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the present time to enter rightly into these questions, and
appear to lead in quite a different direction from what is
arise. Nowadays one may often make a certain observation,
spoke the other day in a different connection. This book
interest and real devotion. ‘Vischer with a V’ as he is
very outset we are told how even the grammar school education
educational system are cited.
choice. He wanted to have an education which would make it
the existing system of education, demanding the
introduction of far more science into the schools. And when one
in question. Forming ideas like that, one simply cuts as with a
feel this latent cruelty in the whole manner of exposition. In
is far more widespread in the foundations of human souls
present time; but many a one finds satisfaction for
civilization of our time. Let us make no mistake about it. Much
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that of immediate relation to real life. We shall presently
present studies: On the foundations of Spiritual Science, to
gain an idea of the individual man's position in
practical life, even in his calling or profession.
the last three or four) ‘The Karma of Vocation.’ But it is
other things, connected with our question in a wider sense.
no matter in what profession — is connected,
speaking of this question, no calling need be thought
callings, a recognition of simple and straightforward
scientific world-conception of to-day, educationists, when they
account if he wishes to pass judgment on the questions
person who is about to enter into life. But the question of
this connection they are generally thinking more or less
qualities from former incarnations.
the question of heredity when they consider it in conjunction
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gate of death the other section of his life begins. He then
conception are very prone to say that this science of spiritual
and find his way directly to the Godhead, without any mediation
hear this objection hurled at Spiritual Science from very many
spiritual needs of our time. For it is really not the question
his God. The question is whether, as a matter of fact, he can
do so. The question is, not whether he imagines that he is
God when they declare: ‘We will have none of your mediation
all the ideas and conceptions such people have of their God:
all their descriptions — however sublime they sound
Beings whom we call Archangels. Their mission is to bring about
are the guides and leaders of the Folks and Nations. And the
life on Earth. It is the mission of the Angeloi to lead the
relationships among men. And the Time-Spirits regulate these
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civilisation, to which people still mistakenly cling, will sink into
explanation, even for someone who can “read” in the
astral light. In the spiritual world and in its communications,
through inner investigation, through experiencing inwardly the riddle
and much else, can one discover what the inscription on a spiritual
Injunctions
celebrated with festivals — has another side, also mentioned
his skin. He experiences his breathing, the circulation of his blood.
conscious of it, than the breathing and blood-circulation which go on
the sun rises over any region of the
like a sensational novel but so that what it imparts becomes the
the usual descriptions of sense-perceptible events — we can
sympathetic participation in the cycle of the year, and we can
conventional way of reacting to the outer world merely by putting on
— of germination and budding, flowering and fruiting. Even if
perception for it than they have for the autumn season of fading and
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nothing else than a reflection of what human beings feel in relation
have the watery regions (blue). I must of course indicate the jutting
bringing Imagination and Inspiration to bear on it, one comes to
an extraordinarily rarefied condition.
possibility of these high attenuations
exact footing. It has been possible to make dilutions of substances
up to one part in a trillion, and in fact to establish precisely the
effects which such high dilutions of particular substances can have.
realm the effects of enormous dilutions must be reckoned with.
oxygen: that is only a first approximation. All water, wherever
far as we are considering the hydrosphere in relation to water, we
forms. Hence we have before us this formation of warmth, water, air:
added the mercurial process, as I have described it in connection
acid-formation process, and especially to the salt-process, for
relation to the salt-formations in the soil. It is these
salt-formations — in the widest sense of the term — which
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the depths of winter the Earth, in relation to the cosmos, is a being
transition from winter to spring takes place.
Ordinary observation is so superficial that for most people limestone
considerations we have gone into here, and since we know that soul
we enter into the being of winter-limestone with Intuition —
the Intuition described in my book,
the solution. We perceive — for Intuition always embraces
the limestone formations during the winter season.
through the process of limestone formation, we perceive this winter
contentment on all sides. It expresses itself as an inner permeation
living, spiritual forms which appear as Imaginations.
power of attraction for the Ahrimanic beings. Whenever spring
beings. But when spring draws near, the impression which the
endeavour, this illusion, lays hold of
illusions are shattered.
of these illusions. He consumes the nature-products which flourish in
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year. This may sound like a contradiction, but it is not so. In
Nature-consciousness. During spring, if he has the perception and
with Nature, but, if he has the right feeling and perception for it,
Nature, if only man has the perception for it, the spiritual which
look with Imaginative perception into the depths of the Earth at St.
John's-tide, we really have the impression that down there are the
into lines, angles and surfaces. If we are to have an impression of
So we can say: On looking downwards, we have an impression of
impression one has is of out-spreading cosmic Intelligence.
reverence and worship, to what the Easter Imagination, the
cosmic Easter Imagination, is. And now, for the St. John's time,
We have the impression that this figure forms its
just mentioned takes form.
which are reflected up above the blue crystal-formations of the earth
below, just as these blue crystal-formations mirror in turn the
concentrated Imagination of Cosmic Understanding.
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before you the four cosmic Imaginations which can be called up
we are to arrive at an understanding of the whole place and situation
the Beings who appear in conjunction with these imaginative pictures.
And here I would like first to say something by way of introduction.
we open our souls to the impressions
in the course of human evolution as an echo of old, instinctive
from the traditions of the past, and make use of them just when
they wish to express their highest and greatest conceptions. But even
From the translation of
translation are included, as necessary, throughout this lecture
of old traditions and his feeling for them — all this stands in
four great cosmic Imaginations, as I described them to you —
the Autumn Imagination of Michael, the Christmas Imagination of
Gabriel. the Easter Imagination of Raphael, and the Midsummer,
St. John's Day, Imagination of Uriel. You must really picture to
this connection there is very little
is then compared with external combustion, in which all sorts
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for the transformation of the present age, belongs an ever wider and
those regions which open to Imaginative, Inspired and Intuitive observation.
this observation. It must be emphasised ever again and again, that what
is no fully-awake condition, because there is still something asleep in
awake. But how the Will arises, and passes over into action, of this man
chalk, and think of this action, then you have of course an idea of
while man is awake is similarly performed in a half-sleeping condition.
would follow the actions we perform right into the body; with everything
of the Tree of Life meant this inner gratification. That might
because it would lead too far; but through your own meditation on the
such an inner enjoyment. In the perception of any object in the outer
senses; it is as it were thrown back, and from this, sense-impressions
that a man appeared, who was in the position not merely to follow along
to receive reflection of what his blood does, not merely to follow his
learn to know ourselves when we learn to know the imaginations which
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transformation of the present age belongs an ever wider and more
those regions which open to Imaginative, Inspired and Intuitive
observation. For what first makes our world into a whole, raising
spheres which open to this observation. It must be emphasized again
asleep, is not a fully-awake condition, because there is still
and passes over into action, of this man can only dream in daily
think about this action, then you have of course an idea of it in
similarly performed in a half-sleeping condition.
follow the actions we perform right into the body; everything we
gratification, and this must not happen to man. I cannot develop
through your own meditation on the motif here touched upon you will
In the perception of any object in the outer world, and in
thrown back, and from this, sense impressions arise. And that which
appeared who was in a position not merely to follow along the path
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considerations, and to go more deeply into then. To-day,
by way of preparation, I should like to point to a few
revelation of certain historical personalities, we shall
then draw conclusions upon which we can base our deeper
considerations.
two streams of world-conceptions which we have mentioned:
one traverses to reach a World-Conception.” Now the
personalities more characteristic of the World-Conceptions of
pass through the impressions of the most diverse World-Views.
in ouch a way that men's visions of the Spiritual world were in
their very content, similar to the impressions made by the
Sense-world of perception. Now, because Manichaeism took into
impression of materialising the spirit, as though it presented
materialisation of the spirit. That was one of the
attention to the fact that through the mere observation of what
And, if one is of opinion that one cannot stand for the
perceptions, from which radiated all the light which rules in
subject to absolutely no deception, which can only he acquired
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on the Third Anniversary of the Laying of the Foundation Stone
This translation has been made from the original of
Rudolf Steiner, by permission of H. Collison, M.A. (Oxon),
our friends met to lay the foundation-stone of this building,
life. Three years ago we held this celebration, feeling that we
no time for joyful celebrations. We should be untrue, in
a way, to our own hearts, were we to allow even a suggestion of
visible representation of our spiritual movement. But to
creative thing, not merely on a foundation of modern spiritual
A deep question then arose: What building does modern culture
style corresponds to the emotional expression of the Greek
to his tremendous question about humanity: What powers are
his Grecian land with his particular conception of the world,
Greek experience is reflected in the beautiful proportions, in
harmony, suffuse and permeate the creations of the Greek tragic
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Title: World History: Lecture I: Evolution of the Soul and of Memory
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you a kind of survey of human evolution on the earth, that may
when we can see already in preparation events of extraordinary
importance for the whole civilisation of humanity, every
configuration, the present make-up of the human soul arisen?
How has it come about through the long course of evolution?’
thought about the evolution of man and of mankind. It is
soul-constitution which man has to-day was also possessed by
be admitted that modifications may have occurred in detail, yet
see man in his animal imperfection as a kind of higher
ape-being. Such is approximately the usual conception of
such a conception, we do not take the trouble to observe the
important differences that exist in the soul-constitution of a
deeper when we compare the constitution of soul in the human
Oriental world of which the Greek civilisation was, in a sense,
a kind of colony, we find there a disposition of soul utterly
perception of some ten years ago. Now try and understand
let us jump a long way back in human evolution, and consider
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to gain a correct view of the historical evolution of humanity
when one takes into consideration the totally different
conditions of mind and soul that prevailed during the
define the Asiatic period of evolution, the genuine ancient
took place in ancient Asia in connection with these peoples was
under the influence of a condition of soul accustomed and
Oriental evolution this localised memory passed over into
rhythmic memory, and I showed how with the Greek evolution that
evolution (we are now speaking of what may rightly be called
dependent than in later times on the character and constitution
that knows no connection with the circulation of the blood. Man
experienced in the rhythm of the breath, in the circulation of
experience man had of his relation to the world about him, to
stream of evolution. To an Oriental, the world around him which
we to-day call our physical environment, was the lowest portion
wherein according to our method of cognition we to-day place
must remember that the present-day conception of things that we
processes of Nature in this way, in their connection with
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human evolution, prehistoric as well as historic. In to-day's
human evolution the so-called Atlantean catastrophe which
described, five great successive epochs of civilisation,
have no trace in historical tradition, for the literature
We have already had to draw attention to the fact that during
relationship with the past; and not alone with his own personal
this connection we have not only to think of memorials that
constellations in the heavens served man as memorials,
especially in their recurrences and in the variations of these
recurrences. From the constellations man perceived how things
constitution of his being from the man of a later time, and
waking condition, bears the Ego and astral body within him
more important organisation than itself, namely, the astral
body and the Ego-organisation. You, of course, are familiar
with these connections. But an ancient humanity felt this fact
to the third epoch of Post-Atlantean civilisation, — the
downward with his physical and etheric bodies, had a connection
when man experienced a certain separation of his
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Title: World History: Lecture IV: Atlantean Wisdom in the Mysteries of Hibernia, Gilgamish and Eabani at Ephesus, Logos Mysteries of Artemis at Ephesus
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personalities how the historical evolution of the world runs
its course. If one seeks to come further in the direction of
connection with the entire Cosmos. The consciousness of this
had their part later in the historical evolution of the world
order now fully to understand the course of Earth evolution in
through a kind of Western Post-Atlantean initiation.
us first form an idea of the nature of such an initiation, that
turn to a place where echoes of the old Atlantean initiation
foundation of Christianity. And they are the Mysteries that in
able to receive the initiation he had to be strictly prepared;
the preparation that had to be undergone before entering
sense-perception. Then he was made aware of all the
the senses is an illusion, that what the senses give is
illusion, and that the truth conceals itself behind the
illusion, so that in fact true being is not accessible to man
through sense-perception.
Now, very likely you will say that this conviction you
tragedy that men of that time suffered in their preparation for
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Title: World History: Lecture V: Mysteries of the East, West, and of Ephesus
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ancient times Ephesus holds a unique position. You will
in the evolution of the West, I had to mention also this
civilisations sprang) in passing from the East to the West,
everywhere the impression: The priests of the Mysteries are
able, from their own vision, to reveal great and important
more are these Wise Men or Priests in a position to call forth
connection of the human being with the macrocosm was revealed
that I pictured for you yesterday, in connection with the
dominion, it was not only a physical impulse that came from
the whole of Nature. Here we have something in the relation of
Ephesus. There was still alive in men of that time a vision and
perception of the connection of the human being with the Spirit
of Nature. This connection they perceived in the following way.
to this conclusion: All around me I see displayed on every side
this slight connection with the Cosmos. Through the airy part
have a living connection with the great Universe, with the
say: I look back in the evolution of the world to an ancient
— and you will by this imagination call up again in your
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West in its relation to the East is the period that lies
expeditions of Alexander to Asia, is contained in the fact that
they form, as it were, the last Act in that civilisation of the
only traditions of the Mysteries, traditions and
divinely-inspired civilisation. And four hundred years after
century, as far as initiation was then possible, by one of the
in the setting of the whole history of human evolution. If we
want to look back beyond this period into the earlier evolution
of vision and perception, a change that is very similar to one
of which we hear in another connection. Only we do not often
I had to describe the different worlds that come under consideration
for man. I described them as the physical world; a transition world
have to give a new orientation to our whole thought and
what came before the burning of Ephesus with the conceptions
surely is he in constant union through his soul with the
of the Mysteries, we have to see in the civilisation that has
on into our own time, a civilisation that has been formed on
help of his own conceptions and ideas. We may see a beginning
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incision into the historical evolution of mankind is the
transition from the evolution more particularly of the
Spiritual Soul. For we live in an age when the evolution of the
entirely bereft of true insight into the connections of the
of man and his constitution as physical man, we speak,
real substance of man's nature to these material abstractions
any true vision of the connection of man with the Universe.
Until the 14th or 15th century this vision and knowledge
man's connection with the Universe, little by little, died
up since the 15th century, know of the relation, let us say, of
scientist examines the plants in their chemical constitution
on the diseased human being. All this investigation however
knowledge of man on the foundation of historical insight, is
that we should learn to know again what is the real relation of
Until the time of the last great revolution in men's
was still a clear perception of the great difference that
combination with various other substances; magnesium is also
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Title: World History: Lecture VIII: The Burning of the Ephesian Temple and the Goetheanum
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descriptions of Nature, of relationships that can be observed
worlds and the revelations of the spiritual worlds in the
their whole nature and being into close connection with what is
with that to which our Goetheanum in its whole intention and
you again of these things, as it were in continuation of the
expression, although of course it is only a figure of speech to
even in external historical tradition, but that speaks with
Nature and in her smallest manifestations, and Whom we discover
true to say that an intimate relationship exists between good
human hearts and the good Gods, and this intimate relationship
further spiritual evolution was only possible if men became
expression of the Jealousy of the Gods. And then into this
but through spiritual means of communication. Notwithstanding
receive true Rosicrucian instruction. For the temples of the
action. And any man who was able to perceive the language of
conversation, wherein is shown once again — though in a
of the Gods lives and moves upon Earth. For the instructions of
this pupil would receive in all humility an instruction
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Title: World History: Lecture IX: World History in the Light of Anthroposophy
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giving tentative indications concerning the future of
Western civilisation will continue to steer. When we think of
primitive in respect of understanding and conceptions of the
there sometimes arises, even in men to-day, a premonition that
indicated a remarkable premonition. It consisted in a
men. A kind of revolution is taking place in the Cosmos, the
course of historical evolution in order that hearts could be
opened for the reception of the spiritual impulses which have
This prompts the assertion that the impulses we ought rightly
bodies. During recent decades, explorations connected with the
the course of evolution the Guardian of the Threshold has been
in the form of historical tradition that things of the greatest
thoughtful human being, not as a visionary or as an ecstatic
schools, education and civilisation of to-day, with the
what a man has become through them in modern civilisation
and education means that he enters the spiritual world
experience during sleep. For if the condition that is
civilisation were to remain long enough under the sway of what
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A full insight into those relationships which we
and waking up; that is, the sleeping condition. Of course,
diagrammatically, the sleeping condition is well-known to you. That
condition that a man experiences the reality of what we discussed
condition, condition, man does not grasp the full reality of his
man by day; in his waking condition there only comes to his
If man were conscious in the sleeping condition, that is from going
could thus become conscious through his sleeping condition, he
the inner experiences during the sleep condition, he experience in
life he stands in intimate connection with what we must designate
this consciously during the waking condition; and that constitutes
the deception in man's waking condition. He remains aware only of
is the essential — that throughout the waking condition man
wake up in his sleep, if I may use that expression, he would not
friends we have in the constitution of our soul something which we
Intuition, therefore we feel ourselves as earthly human beings
evolution to the very end of Earth-life. In that way we can feel
Consciousness. There remains a kind of reflection of this
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call destruction, or perhaps dissolution. And he
destruction, to dissolution; so that it seems quite natural
the concept of a connection during physical life between our
concept of destruction or dissolution. Were there only
destruction, by processes of dissolution. On this basis we
initiation gives us concerning man's so-called evolution
bring into them processes of dissolution, does fuller and
who has gone through initiation observes how consciousness
bound up with the fact that processes of destruction are
When we look at conscious life we look at destruction; and we
observing, that is, the processes of death and destruction.
previously pointed out that it is due to spiritual initiation
with what in earth-evolution should call up the fullest
have also called attention to how in more ancient times, when
manes knowledge proceeded more from his participation in the
sleeping condition of the earth, when his soul had to sink
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certain considerations connected mainly with special
“The Problem of Death in Connection with the Artistic
we will turn our attention today to a more general
time: that all spiritual-scientific observation is won by
enter into direct union with the spiritual worlds.
Direct union
enter into relationship with the world, and in the sleeping
state all our will is concentrated on our connection with the
scientific activity as such, and its relation to the personal
strivings, which through meditation and concentration of
unity of the world? How they only find satisfaction when they
whole, as a unified formation; and those people who to a
unity, arrive at all possible abstractions in thought, while
of the opinion, in his pleasure, that this unitary principle
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He shows how destiny works into our routine vocational activity and how
Tomorrow I shall begin my discussion of the problems related to
the connection of the spiritual scientific impulses with
cultural epoch, the karma of human vocation.
epoch. In relation to the spiritual interests of humanity, the
without effect. Are not his works known? Has not an edition of
of the scientific world conception in such a way that he
[*Except when noted otherwise, quotations of
Goethe's works are from translations by Ann Swanwick.]
reflections, let us, then, bring up before our mind's eye the
we wish to study human life in connection with the important
question of destiny, if we study the questions of karma, we
conditions clearly of much meaning for his life. The family of
He had traveled in Italy and representations of important Roman
creations, about which he liked to talk, hung on all the walls
relations to the tones. This indicates how Goethe was to be
orientation of his life. As he grows in childhood, he is just
as strongly inclined to follow with complete absorption the
become entangled in varied situations through which he
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He shows how destiny works into our routine vocational activity and how
present worlds if we wish to answer questions regarding his
history, and I will associate reflections with it that are
contemplation of it. Therefore, let us not be annoyed if the
connections with our special questions, which we shall
are due to the adoption of the principle, “After a thing,
observation of human life we have not yet come to reject this
Such conclusions are frequently drawn when people say: A thing
description of this life shining above ordinary humanity, that
youthful impressions according to the principle that, because
the scientific sphere, this superstition has been sharply
occupation of Frankfurt, he saw how the famous
productions and employed painters there. Goethe thus came into
more than a child. His later inclination to art is thus glibly
traced to these youthful impressions. To be sure, in his case
aspiration to know the truth in natural phenomena? Do we not
finds in his father's collections and place them on a music
this orientation of the mind to what lives and weaves as spirit
incarnation worked with special force.
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He shows how destiny works into our routine vocational activity and how
reflections from another point of departure. In spiritual
sense, and approach it from various points and directions. When
that may become a profound riddle in the evolution of humanity.
This is so even when we take into consideration repeated lives
on earth and include them in our deliberation of the molding of
that of each individual and ask ourselves: What conclusion can
question can be answered only when we observe life somewhat
keep unprejudiced reflections out of touch with them. This
the description we generally give in spiritual science is that
ego. In explaining the alternation between waking and sleeping,
the full reality in this description. We can never encompass
the full reality in just one description, and thus we exhaust
vivid activity in the rest of the human organization. It is,
organization is subjected to a far stronger influence of the
that the action that the ego and astral body bring to bear upon
perception, which is primarily connected with the head;
it is important to grasp correctly the connection of the
unified organization, and it is really sheer nonsense,
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He shows how destiny works into our routine vocational activity and how
Someone might say that the spiritual scientific reflections
touching on the problem of vocation are among the least
period all human relationships will be essentially modified in
mission in the evolution of earth could be carried out almost
instinctively; that is, when he received by inspiration the
direction into which he had to go.
sure, there was a compensation for this limitation of freedom.
conditions in ancient times were such that those who were then
with what was willed by beings who guide life from regions
extraterrestrial relationships. The consciousness of these
who guided the earth from extraterrestrial regions, and what
action.
with the earthly thoughts that gave expression to the cosmic
remain in a particularly worthy position and who should be
leading position in ancient government or priestly life.
transition from the ancient, quite definite conditions in which
more chaotic conditions. Everything tends to be handed over
the will of the cosmos shall penetrate earthly conditions in
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He shows how destiny works into our routine vocational activity and how
these reflections on the segment of human life that is formed
by, or associated with, a vocation, you will have seen that it
into consideration. We must bear in mind that everything that
special comment is in order here if, in the word vocation, we
other words, what is called the vocation of an individual must
as his official position. It is obvious that all sorts of
confusion would result if we directed our attention to what
someone represents in his or her official position and subject
this to the point of view of vocational life represented here.
vocation within an official position causes the most complex
karmic threads may, after a fashion, also weave into their
vocational karmas.
transformed, but the things we must mention here relative to
vocational karma are by no means the sole determinants in
placing a person in this or that position in life. We know that
today vocational karma is crossed in many ways by the karma of
entire ranks and classes of human beings. The ambition, vanity,
he or she occupies a position in life within a group. All of
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He shows how destiny works into our routine vocational activity and how
have seen how involved the more profound questions of destiny
we proceed further, therefore, permit me to draw your attention
misunderstandings arise. A certain observation may frequently
have mentioned in a different connection, Friedrich Theodor
Aesthetics, and describes with loving devotion the life
Permit me to mention him here simply as an example of some
things that we desire to consider in connection with the
question of human destiny; we could just as well select another
is that at the very beginning attention is called to the fact
such defects in the educational system are mentioned.
just the education that would keep it for a time from seeing a
education, demanding that much more natural science be
the scientists: “You yourselves experienced these conditions —
cruelty in descriptions and representations. We observe it in
magic, of course, but to our present civilization. Much today
only by paying attention to such things; it is achieved in no
relationships of the fifth post-Atlantean epoch do exist
without taking into consideration that what appears in the form
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of humanity, in order to cast light on the direct relation to
our present considerations is to attain a spiritual scientific
understanding of the position of the individual human being in
practical, even vocational, life.
On The Karma of Vocation
sense much that is related to the questions we are
world in any vocation is by no means something to be set aside
vocation, none of which is to be considered more prosaic or
of vocation, a knowledge of the significance of the immediate
life, may truly dawn upon us through such reflections. It is
precisely the mission of our spiritual scientific endeavors not
not revel in comforting conceptions, but will take in those that will
called your attention to a significant fact that may, in a
role if only those whose mission is to cultivate learning are
the vocations a person is destined to have also mention
those things related to the future vocation of a person just
its mind to a recognition of repeated earth lives and the
incarnations. People talk about heredity, but a correct opinion
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present considerations will impress us with their deeper and
get into the habit of forming opinions about this or that, not
opinion, paying no attention to the fact that the world may be
example, a kind of illustration of what I mean. We are now
certain harshness in the expression of his life. He was
and his profession was that of a merchant. His harshness may be
dedicated the book to him, saying expressly in the dedication,
and, in addition, learned drawing, perspective, and the like
no true connection. Then he turned to philosophy. In those days
instruction for him with the money he earned with sweat and
through a book that was published containing a description of a
although he had already succeeded in attracting attention to
mention the following authenticated fact; it was related by a
had little time to pay attention to the impulses of his heart.
striving to gain more free time to devote to inventions and
pretty good translation, a letter that he wrote to obtain a
more fitting position at the court of the Grand Duke. He writes
to write me in such friendly fashion about circumstances of
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Christian foundation, but without understanding it correctly,
sections. One of them takes its course between birth and death.
death, the other section of his life begins; he or she ascends
without understanding, that his own foundation is that of
be unusually advanced in their Christian conception will
or, as it is said, into a kind of paganism. In their opinion it
is precisely the mission of contemporary man to place nothing
mediation of angels, archangels, and so forth. Many people
mediation, face to face with their god.
may hear this objection raised against spiritual science from
many directions. It indicates that in those very circles there
at all the question of whether the human being imagines he has
a conception of his god, but whether he really does have such a
conception. From our point of view, we must ask what the
conception is that those individuals really hold when they say,
“We do not wish any mediation by other spirits but will ascend
by such men? Do they really have a conception of God when they
is not the conception they hold, but rather something quite
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we seek the answer to the question to which we referred in the
relationship with the Christ today, the objection is made by
many that a number of human beings already have a relationship
with Him. I have spoken frequently about this objection, and we
know that it is invalid. On more careful consideration, it
turns out to be a thoroughly egoistic objection that can be
mine.” But in general, humanity's relation to the Christ-Being
answer to this objection can be given by everyone by saying
that a basic element in the confession of Christ must be the
possessions, it can never be done in His name. It is possible
apply himself solely in egoistic fashion to his own creed.
Certainly, but then no attenion is paid to the fact that the
primarily concerns human society. We will now have to mention
something that may draw our attention to what is essential in
shall discover a contradiction of a view that is generally
argumentation since it is justifiable and must first be
evolution of the earth. But, as we know, everything that occurs
illusion; that is, it does not belong to the real and eternal,
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he must do so out of wider cosmic connections. The pettiness of
connections, to enlighten himself about the impulses, the
necessary to hark back to the conditions through which
of the whole course of evolution, the whole evolution of man.
and after the Mystery of Golgotha. Naturally one condition
consider the mood, the condition of man's soul, before the
thoughts they are harboring in these reflections they have to
superstition to think as the modern physicist
was the manifestation of unified goodness, the active centre
expression of the Good and of Helios, the physical Sun. Thus,
knew, veneration of the Sun was one with veneration of the
of course, it was necessary to have the constitution of soul
existing at that time. But this constitution of soul
Golgotha — 747 the actual date of the Foundation of Rome.
At the time of the Foundation of Rome the old possibility was
element' comes into human evolution. The Greeks, for
instance, preserved in the whole of their world-conception
the wisdom and perception of Greece, but into the wisdom and
perception of Rome, has it happened that knowledge of the
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significant conceptions that must be gained concerning the
separation between the three members of man's nature is not
is, as you saw yesterday, a young formation (see small yellow
formation whereas the head itself is an old physical
formation, a physical form-being. For the head, what is
man during sleep it remains in close connection with the
is practically no real separation between the sleeping and
waking conditions. One definitely cannot say that the
the breathing man. The division here is not so simple as in
belongs to the breast man. Thus the partition in reality is
the old Sun — the second stage of earth-evolution. Our
head, in all its complicated formation, would not be as it is
the old Sun-evolution. Thus they are actually old, primeval
cosmically at our formation, in our heats-forces we are
earth evolution, and in so far as we are extremity man we
bear in us the seed of the Venus evolution. This is regarded
the human individuality as it progresses from incarnation to
incarnation. Then we have to say: what in this incarnation we
previous incarnation; what we now bear in us as breast-man is
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Certain questions will increasingly
are many such questions, and today I should like, out of all
questions belong those, for instance, raised in the course of
to old age and then die — concerning this fact questions
inner reflection. Yet in human life these are burning
questions; and surely anyone can feel that infinitely much in
to these questions: why do some human beings die early, some
ideas, concepts, with which to answer these questions up to
mind of those times, the solution to such questions as are
here mentioned. What today we call science cannot connect the
right meaning with these questions and has no idea that there
time indicated, all conceptions related to spiritual and
conceptions remain that are connected with man's transitory
attention to how in all the old world-conceptions they spoke
is spoken of in our modern materialistic world-conception has
representation we form of the world. It is not taken
all our physical representations of the world, in what is
illusion, Maya.
fundamentally this kind of representation of the Sun that
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must speak for itself. An explanation of any kind is not in
groups of individuals in reciprocal relationships and
positions. These movements are not mere gestures, nor are
perception which is at the same time “sensible”
expression of Goethe. But in speech those inner movements,
is the function of the larynx and the other organs of speech
to bring into expression, are arrested as they arise and are
world-conception. The following rather abstract remarks about
conception to cover all organisms — can be applied to
organic functions and development and then transformed into
obvious, of course, that there will be opposition to an Art
unfamiliar, but this opposition will all disappear in the
movement of the arms, for instance, and a certain emotion of
That which comes into expression in speech, in song, in
speech, such as recitation, or declamation. The poem is
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Differentation of
what are usually understood as the connections of nature are
interchange, the inter-relation between man and the world.
speaks of the connections of nature, it is, as a rule, merely
the mineral connections in nature to which one refers. To
only mention that human beings, with reference to their
external knowledge, their external cognition, will become
necessities, unless they can rise in their own evolution to
the production of a higher knowledge, through the very effort
of their own Will. And in the future it is a question of
ordinary education customary to-day.
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tendency to reject spiritual conceptions and occupy himself
will be saved to man for all eternity without any action
progressive evolution; that is to say, when he unites with
been living through the phase of evolution in which, as he
have no connection with existence as it actually is. Neither
convention to imagine that man's life of soul is
a world of pictures having no essential connection with
effect it has upon a conception of the universe to see,
course of evolution, just as the oyster sheds its shell. But
contemplation of the external world alone. Let us not imagine
spiritual evolution in the Past.
man is a residue of divine-spiritual evolution was Philip
Mainländer whose philosophy of self-destruction was born
connection with external Nature, you may ask: Where then, are
within the organs — if I may use this expression. The
continue its evolution is the soul and Spirit permeating the
inner organisation of man. This will constitute the future.
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THE FOUNDATION
Practice spirit contemplation
Into earthly evolution;
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printed one. The version translated here is the one recited by Rudolf
other version
1924, does not mention the spiritual hierarchies, and is entirely in
Steiner explained this apparent contradiction as follows:
decision to publish the verses of the 1923 laying of the Foundation
hierarchies by making the salutation more abstract. He wanted this
toned-down version to be the one used exclusively within members'
years later, and after both versions have been published in book
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have to be said on the subject of the connection of man's being with
time human beings are living through incarnations in which they can
our time these members are held together without our intervention. Nowadays,
easy-going minds can still speak with irritation about the complicated
saying this. But they say it under the influence of the Luciferic temptation
under a delusion. Times will come when knowledge, and knowledge alone
civilisation for that age in the future when the human being will have
to know how to maintain the cohesion of the different parts of his being
of the metaporphosis of the body of the preceding incarnation. The body
of the present incarnation, that is to say, the body with the exclusion
of the head, will become the head of the next incarnation, after we
We can therefore picture man's progress through incarnation as follows:
into the head of the next incarnation. Once again he will receive the
body of the next incarnation from the Earth. The head disappears,
of man, with the exclusion of those of the head, are transformed during
the head of the new incarnation. In our present incarnation we have,
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CONTRASTING WORLD-CONCEPTIONS OF EAST ANT WEST.
constructs a picture of the world from these perceptions. I only
allude to this, in order to draw attention to the way in
we do not only live in the world during our waking condition,
extraordinarily significant moment in the evolution of
we are asleep? When we ask this question, we immediately
human evolution, unless we bear in mind the development
there was no educational system of the kind required to-day,
East, when it was not necessary for man to have the education
differently the men of earlier epochs regarded education in the
developed through our education, and what we have learned
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you can meditate in your soul, because long explanations would
subdivision of time, but this is not the case. For a deeper
time. The festival which marks the transition from an old year
childish superstition, can be experienced as something
lie at the foundation of everything physical, of the solid
during the course of the year in a definite region, but shall
of plants, we can only bear in mind a definite region of the
various regions of the earth.
the other side. This too is only a transformation of
transition of one annual cycle into the next, let us now pass
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merely on the factual act, it means that something makes an impression
For a superficial observation
absolutely clear about this: what first comes into consideration in
organism. With the eye, there comes into consideration (just see for
once the complicated way in which the eye comes into consideration)
which is not only there in excretion of the kidney system, but goes
liquid there are finely dissolved those solid parts, mentioned before,
the impression from outside, which had at first really been in the ego
water, meets the astral body with all that which outer impressions are
meet our whole human constitution, our-whole inner situation depends,
complicated. The head-organization of man is, at first so (see diagram
only a dead body. This human head is a marvelous creation (Gebilde).
It is a faithful impression of the physical, etheric, even of the astral
the plastic configuration to his organs during his growth correspondingly.
the outer impression (diagram). One can say in this direction (arrows
something tonight. It is also an impression. It occurs differently in
an impression. What has been communicated to you there, again wants
to salt (to pickle) right away all impressions, then you will have a
this in turn; what, as radiation of the watery element in connection
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which can enable us to take greater connections of history into consideration.
So that tomorrow we can go onto understand something in this direction
about man himself in his constitution. I would like to do this today
before. Next we inwardly digest particularly through the excretion of
out right away just through the first stage of digestion (varverdauung)
I would like to say — and through further digestion all that what
substance, if we add sugar, which through outer preparations —
These underlie the least transformations in us; they really undergo
only a transformation, which one could accomplish already also in an
on. This is done more thoroughly through our digestion, so that —
We cannot tolerate in our human organism a continuation of that kind
way from the intestinal organisation through the vessels toward the
body can cooperate in the further configuration of all that, what is
firm. These organs get their configuration through the kidneys, and
a kind of radiation into the organism. It is approximately somewhat
are formed by the kidney-system in connection with the head system and
that proceeds under the extraordinarily strong alteration of nitrogen.
higher animal. But only indications take place in the lower animal of
that then through the communication from the heart towards the kidneys
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several earlier contemplations, that I do not like the phrase: “We
live in a time of transition”, because every age is a time of
transition — a transition from the earlier time to the later one.
It is only a question of in how far a time is the time of transition
into the spiritual world, ours is indeed the time of an important transition.The
wisdom of oldest time has always pointed to this important transition.
that they meant that the transition from the Dark to the Light Age would
is not the case, that with Anthroposophy it is the question of what
wisdom, but a present-day mode of cognition. But as regards the transition
from the Dark Age into the Light Age, present cognition has to completely
from worse conditions into better ones, what the old wisdom had in mind
and Light Ages, looked at this dark age as at the continuation of an
earlier Light Age, and they expressed the opinion that, after the Dark
this or that direction, that he simple was not healthy. However, one
death in the situation where we would say today: this person is ill.
body of man. One did not pay attention to the physical body; instead
one was healing altogether in relation to the etheric body.
too dependent on the region of the earth where he lives. This took place
in times when migrations of people, when the moving away from places,
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our discussions, that is, of the social question. Tomorrow,
however, it will appear that this connection does none the
concerned themselves with conceptions of the spiritual world.
personalities who have lived entirely in the conceptions of
are setting about their return into incarnation in an earthly
pleasurable anticipations of their earthly sojourn.
culmination was reached in the second decade of the twentieth
earth with a deep spiritual antipathy to the civilization and
call up the inclination on earth to wipe out this old
civilization, to sweep away this culture of capitalistic and
technical times. And he who is in a position to penetrate the
interrelationship between the physical and super-physical
that the desire for a spiritual civilization in the hearts
of recently-born children. It is an expression of soul which
should direct finer powers of perception to such things. In
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us — in addition to what is naturally of particular
— is that really the ultimate practical solution of
question from out of a Spiritual Scientific standpoint. For
By degrees a certain comprehension must ray out from those
spring from subconscious sources in human relationships to
ago, has today reached a culmination and will spread farther
these, clearer and clearer conceptions and better and better
conceptions and good impulses of will did not exist that
question. What exists is something like a yielding to what
out of knowledge of the relation between physical and the
other hand, language plays in men's international operation
speech. As I mentioned yesterday we had three periods of
evolution to come in the post-Atlantean period of human
evolution. We live in the fifth, the sixth will follow, to be
turning our attention to the development of language, till
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words it is very easy for them to be misunderstood in some direction.
misunderstanding of the knowledge and conceptions of Spiritual Science.
wishes to pronounce sentence, sentence of wholesale extermination, upon
heed to present world conditions are very ready to enter into the attitude
the question: “What is going on in the souls of my seriously minded
contemporaries in the direction where we have to look for the improvement
world, recognition of the spiritual
concepts and ideas. They do not want to set out on an investigation
where there is any question of penetrating to the spiritual world in
actual experience. This aversion to spiritual reality is a characteristic
feature of our time; it it is a feature of our time to which attention
the spiritual scientist is indeed able really to appreciate the direction
is estimable in this thought. But the rejection of the really spiritual
that should arise in our time is nevertheless extraordinary. This rejection
present world situation. For there are men who understand how to estimate
selves instead of being aroused to some interest in the great questions
considerations today, I will take an example that may be said to have come
a period of the supremacy of great wisdom succeeds that of passion and
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and especially a propos where the kind of considerations now in point
a question of spiritual events that lie at the basis of the physical
in relation to the whole understanding of his connection with the world
seriously then, as life goes at the present time, opposition arises
against this seriousness and against these impulses generally, the opposition
of hate, the opposition of envy, of fear, which proceed from the pettiness
away the many hindrances to which the adherent of such a spiritual revolution
felt precisely in opposition to the most earnest endeavours in world
the questions concerning a world-conception seriously should come to
an understanding about these things. The different currents of world-conception
very fundamental observation, the temptations arising from the scholarly
present. The temptation to fall in with the objections of scholarly
be underrated. It is true that if men have sufficient power of discriminations
would be less exposed to this temptation. But such power of discrimination
or listener. One of the most common objections against what we here
objections made, for example, in the articles by the Jesuit, Zimmermann,
in the publication “Voices of the Time” is this—that
of those from whom the objections come, to go deeply into the truth;
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From our considerations
evolution can be misunderstood and how it is particularly misunderstood
to look for a new relation to external nature since the old means to
this end no longer suffice, and also find his way to a new relation
to his fellow men, the old relation no longer being suitable, so that
outer manifestation of his own essential being and enters into actual
relationship with merely the outer manifestation of his fellowmen. Life
takes on a different form for the different epochs of mankind's evolution,
and we exert ourselves really to study these things just in their relation
sense rather out of the ordinary where the evolution of men is concerned.
For you certainly know that taking earthly evolution as a whole it divides
existence was a recapitulation of the earlier existence of Saturn, Sun
it is true only the beginning of a crisis. There was merely a preparation
of things that were actually to be developed in the following evolution
Atlantean times, however, he had only intimations of what he was supposed
more definite relations were arising. But the Greco-Latin time, the
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what hinders modern man from coming to recognition of the spiritual
recognition of the spirit is concerned, and lack of interest about the
quite another question, a question that can be settled only by each
individual in his own inmost soul, a question to which each one will
Now the next question that
can be learnt about this question by hearing what the things and beings
to be easier, even though this is an unconscious opinion, namely, through
all manner of brooding and things of that kind, which they call meditation.
which indeed in themselves naturally have their justification. It is
we must find out the reason why there should arise this sensation of
With the help of the old mode of expression, we might say that while
When the sleeping condition is unbroken by dreams which implies a certain
immediate perception of this life, this life developed when we as ego
this remains quite unnoticed. We can now look at this precise relation
more closely. It may be asked what actually comes to expression in this
relation of our soul and spirit to our physical and etheric?
you are blinded. It is approximately the same with the relation between
our real experiences in connection with the world around us, and What
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this penetration, as we may have gathered from the various studies made
soul, his whole heart and not just by ordinary intelligent reflection,
the world and in mankind up to the present. Whereas human observation
of Golgotha we shall have our attention drawn above all to the impossibility
notes which, in addition to the Gospels, we have about the Mystery of
what creates the special relation of Spiritual Science to the Mystery
is the thought of Resurrection. The saying of Paul is still undoubtedly
It goes without saying that in relation to its inner law this belongs
contradictions there must always be in life, which logic would always
human guilt was necessary for the greatest blessing to enter the evolution
of the earth, for the evolution of the earth to acquire its meaning.
way we characterise one of those great, fundamental contradictions life
is logic meant for? Logic is meant to do away with contradictions wherever
by this. With the removal of the contradiction, logic kills the life
only when he is willing to rise above logic to Imagination, Inspiration,
Intuition.
of time, in a little mentioned province of the world-wide Roman Empire,
heathen world. In its religious conception Judaism has something radically
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in playing her part in this organisation during the last weeks of her
by her in friendship and devotion, have shown in every case of this
struggles, which came to such a grand conclusion that even on her last
towards the spiritual region
with in the spirit of our world conception, in times when the friend
connection with the Christ and feel themselves strong for their earthly
belongs to the revelation of the Christ impulse. To come to a right
of man that allowed the visions to arise which in a certain way revealed
a crisis. This crisis showed that the force in connection with the revelation
help from a region that was not of the earth, a region outside the earth,
that may be called the truths of salvation. This instruction, however,
could only be given in those olden days out of a certain constitution
of the human organism, the human being, a constitution no longer existing.
The Mystery Ceremonies, the organisation of the Mysteries in their various
we are in today. By bringing about certain functions, certain inner
did not become free in the chaotic condition that it does today in sleep;
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in what will be said, a sort of foundation for their own work. We shall
have, in the near future, to take strong measures in different directions
work in the direction, which we consider is the needful direction for
the age. So to-day, when I have said, I wish to provide a foundation
give you a little of what I have already expounded here in other connections,
conception of the whole may be formed.
conception of the world. The Building was able to grow forth from this
for the very reason that when this conception is rightly understood,
I have said before in other connections, that if any of the spiritual
would have been an external relation between what went on within it
merely external relation between the conception of the world which is
The relation between them is to be an inner one. Every detail connected
had to proceed from the impulses of this world-conception itself. If
position Spiritual Science or Anthroposophy claims in the whole development
any other education than that of thought. When forms have to be created,
or such-like, they do not turn their minds to the conception of the
representation of that which is of a spiritual nature, was lacking in
and of philosophy, many different sciences and popular conceptions of
the establishment relationship with the inartistic element of the present
day conception of the world. Our modern age is not concerned with creating
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the impression that one gets, is, that here is an enclosure that in
in itself which has to be introduced into the present evolution of humanity;
something that has a new element to be brought into the evolution of
contemplation of the universe. They aim at a new style. If the Goetheanum
possible to receive this particular impression that I have to emphasise.
development in the configuration in the capitals of the columns as well
Building, so that it does not appear as a habitation constructed with
included in the Building itself is in organic union with its spiritual
is in vital in connection with the one that has gone before. This is
you see the first pillar and I want to call your special attention to
matter of fact only-relates to exterior conditions.
essential thing is the relation of the second pillar to the first and
change from Saturn formation into the Sun formation. I do not mean to
own form but always in relation with the form that has gone before and
exist as a sequence. They exist in their relationship one to the other.
is in accordance with the nature of evolution. Evolution proceeds from
motif is really very complicated in relation to the one that has gone
be seen in their relation to all the rest. That is the essential thing
repetition, here one has a progressive evolution. This is really the
Whereas elsewhere the dynamics of Geometry are put before us in repetition
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position, and everyone will be in this position who wishes to present
in my Mystery Play The Portal of Initiation, to evolve form
at the initial stages. To allow form to appear as the creation of colour
Yen tried in the art of painting because it offers the special temptation
some naturalistic theme in reproduction. Even though it must be admitted
— and who would not willingly admit, in reference to the production
heights of pictorial art have been reached in striving for expression
in this way, and it must be admitted that the whole modern cosmic conception
expression, yet the time has come when a spiritualization of our cosmic
conception must be sought; another principle, another way of artistic
colour, as a rule, establishes only a relationship between man and colour
colours. Colours have also a certain relation with that which can be
would come to expression. And we do not fully perceive this interchange
our vegetation has sprung forth from the ocean, so that which is living
impulse which can only be explained through the anthroposophical interpretation
of the world. Certainly this anthroposophical interpretation of the
of ideas. It must be an intuitive perception. We must be able to think
it is intended to be, it must in a certain sense, bring to expression,
The spiritual is essentially brought to expression in the forms of the
the spirit, out of itself creating form. The psychic finds its manifestation,
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Title: Problem of Faust: Lecture I: The Problem of Faust
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well as a starting point for more thorough deliberations
that the transition from the fourteenth and fifteenth
significant and suggestive incision into the whole course of
human evolution — a transition from the Greco-Latin age
our action, and which will last until the third millennium.
the connection between this Faust and the figure of
all the transitional impulses introduced by the new age, both
question: What are the most important tasks and the most
state of confusion. It all originated in tradition, the
answer to the questions, the problems, arising from it; he
touching on such a question we come at the same time to one
of disease are the same as those leading to its production.
moral conception of the world. And we shall also shortly see
how little what is called the new freedom in human evolution
freedom in both knowledge and action. This he could not have
transition as those in which Faust lived the old is passing
the old peasant, remembering Faust's connection with the
To fame unknown, who sought with honest passion,
Yet whimsical device, as was his fashion,
In the Black Kitchen's murky region,
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Title: Problem of Faust: Lecture II: The Romantic Walpurgis-Night
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of this kind has naturally made no small impression on those
publication
Walpurgis-night was not written in close coordination with
understand. The witch-apparitions did not attract him; in
the midst of the frenzied confusion the image of Gretchen
Walpurgis-night take too great a place in relation to the
dramatic action. It grew to an independent whole becoming
all the more excessive by reason of the addition of the
own satisfaction how it comes about that, two days after the
certain spiritual connections. Anyone familiar with these
connections, can see that there is nothing dilettante about
whether realities are spoken of, whether a poet's description
connections — for instance, the world of witches. One
must cultivate a little observation in such matters.
a very fanatical way against superstition. He would only
prevent people from believing things that were objectionable
speaking thus to a large congregation, for he himself
fanatically persisted in his opinion that all this had
shows that, for Goethe, the question was not whether it would
separation of the astral body and ego is brought about. In
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Title: Problem of Faust: Lecture III: Goethe's Feeling for the Concrete.
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(Representation of a scene from
with a really intelligent reception in the widest circles
today. For these scenes contain many germs of the evolution
expression of deep knowledge. To help us to a full
understanding in our approach to this deepest manifestation
that Goethe's inner imagination develop out of the
By this means he sought to feel the union of the inner human
spiritual thrust should meet with opposition. Naturally
impressions of Spiritual Science. Hence his language has
impression was needed that personalities such as his could
who, inspired by the same convictions were also teaching in
stressed — to a very deep conception of Christianity,
even to a very deep conception of the Mystery of Golgotha.
This conception gradually developed into a kind of Theosophy
“Philosophy of Manifestation.”
in his opinion had dwelt in those old Mysteries. Then there
wiser with their old traditional knowledge and ideas. So we
“Hyperborean Ass or the New Education”. All this
lives in the progress of good in world-evolution may incline
luciferic. He does not use these particular expressions but
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Title: Problem of Faust: Lecture IV: Faust and the "Mothers"
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present considerations.
in him if we are to have any notion at all of what is meant
this conversion of what Faust has been before into the
some kind of transformation. Leaving aside what one otherwise
said to be learnt through direct perception by those
into regions, into kingdoms, that Goethe thought to be like
remind yourselves of how the moment Mephistopheles mentions
found necessary to impart to the world in connection with the
approached in thought with great caution. As I said, this is
sphere where one may easily fall into deception and illusion
meditation. The cause comes from without. It is
not to develop errornous opinions in this sphere. We, in
come to the sphere that can be called the sphere of action in
he himself must undertake the action. But in what is meant to
a magician, and must accomplish magical actions. It very
connection with Faust, Mephistopheles, in his capacity as an
perceives, beneath the foundation of our world of the senses,
entering this world. Think of the connection of the word
becoming. In the attributes of the mother is the union of
creature, his incarnation. You must picture a certain process
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Title: Problem of Faust: Lecture V: Faust and the Problem of Evil
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human evolution on the earth (referring, to begin with, only
conceptions of the several epochs. To-day we shall speak
think in this connection of a merely theoretic or scientific
emotions, their loves and hates, and the will-impulse which
question about Birth and Death with the same vital intensity
and Death stood before the human beings of that evolutionary
is, in effect, far more concealed to-day from human vision
fundamentally speaking, was after all but a faint repetition
impulses can possibly arise from the foundations of the
to wrestle with Evil in the historic evolution of Earth-life.
what the poet Goethe felt is connected with this perception,
derived as it is from the very nature of human evolution
— of the historic evolution of mankind. Goethe longed
perception, as well as it could be known in his time. He
information. That was not what Goethe wanted. Goethe desired
another kind of vision. Many things could be cited in
remain only in the North, my soul will have a form of vision
vision, — other forms of concept, other forms of
spiritual contemplation, if his state of consciousness was
Mephistopheles out of an empty or merely abstract reflection,
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Title: Problem of Faust: Lecture VI: The Helena Saga and the Riddle of Freedom
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IN the evolution of mankind, as I have
recently been showing, inner spiritual connections prevail,
this in relation to Goethe's endeavours in his Faust,
conscious interpenetration of that which prevails
evolution.
have to do with the great and significant life-question of
Evil, — the mastery of Evil in all directions. Human
impulses of Good. All this has arisen on the foundation of
Christ-Impulse to do with the great and important question
that summons into the evolution of mankind problems of Birth
discussion, how much thought and feeling has there not been
the fourth civilisation-epoch of Atiantis-in the middle of
Atlantean time one saw an actual connection between the
post-Atlantean time — in the fourth civilisation-epoch
Death was transplanted more into the region of the soul. But
dimensions than hitherto. Even directly out of the force of
connection; for in the widest spheres as yet, these details
served in the creation of those orders which, as I told you,
are derived out of the blood-relationship of men. Now they
connected with relationships of blood and clan, nation and
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Title: Problem of Faust: Lecture VII: Some Spiritual-Scientific Observations
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Some Spiritual-Scientific Observations in
Connection with the
is more that to the presentation of the scene as Goethean
observations that will also in some respect link up with what
evolution of man as a physical-temporal being could not have
own bodily organisation, becomes capable of achieving self
hierarchies of the cosmic order whose special mission in the
universe reaches its culmination in the creation of man, on
evolution; if we then trace the human being indicated by this
We should discover the working-together, the mutual relations,
this connection of man with the hierarchies, we should perceive
hog; he is, in a sense, the goal of divine creation. I have shown
how this is so in a conversation between Capesius and the
“The Soul's Probation.”
organisation, that organisation that is itself derived from
organisation to go through a period of sound, all-round
preparation for self-knowledge and for the knowledge of the
his innermost being to give a solution to the question: What
am I as man? This under ordinary conditions at the present e
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I particularly wanted to make clear in connection with
alone. As earth-man he has behind him the evolutions of
the Jupiter, Venus and Vulcan evolutions. Science can know
consciousness lies much from the regions of which dream
asleep. For even en little reflection will show you that men
condition only as regards our ideas and part of our feelings,
distinction between those ideas that surge to and fro,
are fulfilled in idea. So that in the opinion of many people
one-sidedness unless they turn to the investigations of
Spiritual Science — investigations into worlds unknown
intellectual thinking, and yielding conclusions beyond the
position consciously to transport ourselves into that world.
While passing through the earlier stages of our evolution we
extraordinarily difficult to give a clear interpretation of
life. It would be very unpleasant if our relations with other
connection. From the moment you begin to fall asleep till you
I am going to say to the communications we have in sleep,
to send thoughts to innumerable people. The union between men
learn during his earth-mission, nor be able to manage the
reflections, they would be every possible thing. In the first
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Title: Problem of Faust: Lecture IX: Goethe's Life of the Soul from the Standpoint of Spiritual Science
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considerations of yesterday and the day before, we have been
soul the light of a deepened observation upon all that such a
connection with the whole evolution of mankind. Out I wish to
connections I have called your attention to other
manifestations of Goethe's soul-life, manifestations that,
science founded on his own interpretation of the primal
give you a brief description of the primal phenomena and
Goethe's intention when he turned not to hypotheses and
explanation of nature? bince the eighties of the last century
is an abomination and a heresy for the present day scientific
conception of physics. That, however, is of no consequence.
himself; as currents of matter, or as oscillations, or as
Goethe found himself obliged to abandon this conception that
for a materialistic physical representation, but is useless
investigations and experiements, what views he could form
was long before he made his investigations — not indeed
notions this was foolish but, my dear firends, it was sound
up his further investigations. And from these investigations
through immediate perception. It is simply perceived that if
theory perhaps, or the Emission theory, and so on, hypotheses
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Title: Problem of Faust: Lecture X: Faust's Knowledge and Understanding of Himself
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most deeply into Goethe's world-conception will see how,
and aesthetic satisfaction in its series of pictures; the
self-knowledge and self-understanding in human evolution? It
impossible for man ever to arrive at a true conception of his
perception. So that all the knowledge and perception of man
perfection — no man arises, no homo, but only a
conception of man? How can it be brought about that in this
conception man does not stop short at the simple homunculus
Imagination. And he does this first in the Romantic
Walpurgis-Night where he takes the Imaginations from ancient
Imaginations appearing to different people in different
forms. And, in the perception of the ancient Greeks, these
Imaginations in some degree still approached spiritual
Greece, we can see how, in this traditional realm of myths,
must first advance to the world of Imagination, Inspiration,
ourselves back into the conceptions of the old Greeks, to
which Goethe himself went back in his representation of this
a question of having to gain a conception independently of
the body, a conception of the kind that would be attained
into that other world, the world of Imagination, Inspiration,
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Title: Problem of Faust: Lecture XI: The Vision of Reality in the Greek Myths
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to run over again the main thoughts then under consideration.
significant of Goethe's creation, with a scene he added to
prejudices the purely artistic force of its construction. I
have drawn your attention before to what Goethe stressed to
then touch upon. I mean, the conclusion of the scene.
comprehension of himself. For Goethe, knowledge was never
will increasingly be for future human evolution — what
and opportunities of development. But, in addition to this,
comprehension of the self, comprehension of the forces at
ordinary knowledge, dependent on the senses and conditioned
apart from any superstition connected with him; but now let
physical life, can never gain knowledge and comprehension of
man in accordance with Goethe's conception. He will never
knowledge based on investigation pursued, outside the body,
Faust is his conviction that information concerning
real knowledge and comprehension of mankind.
echoes of atavistic spiritual vision. And after showing all
desire was then to take refute in the Imaginations of the
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artistic creation out of this spiritual life, so that in this
creation neither the art not the wisdom falls short and, in
wisdom — achieves harmonic expression.
wishing to give an interpretation of this poem; that was not
at all my aim. For in this sphere I consider interpretation
that too often results in misconstruction and
misinterpretation.
clearly and forcibly as possible, in his own opinion, at
what direction it lies. He wants to hasten towards it, but
me in a certain direction, then I am stopped; were I to
pursue the path of thought in this direction, I should never
certainly no very deep cognitional life. If, by the inner
constitution of his soul, a man can fancy he is able to reach
superficiality into a really deep comprehension of life.
into action, we again come to a boundary. Fundamentally,
our stand in life with the will that passes over into action,
out of superficiality into a profound conception of life.
Self-satisfied philistines, it is true, are of the opinion
and self-satisfaction that the superficiality of life. lies.
testing, after suitable probation and the crossing of an
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Title: Karmic Relationships, Volume III: Lecture I
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Karmic Relationships: Esoteric Studies
Lectures Section
special destiny; to bring to the West a knowledge of reincarnation and
constitute an immeasurable contribution to the understanding of
reincarnation and karma, and the tasks of the Anthroposophical Society
in connection with the Archangel Michael.
special destiny; to bring to the West a knowledge of reincarnation and
constitute an immeasurable contribution to the understanding of
reincarnation and karma, and the tasks of the Anthroposophical Society
in connection with the Archangel Michael.
is presented here with the kind permission of the Rudolf Steiner
Thanks to a donation from Frank Thomas Smith, this Lecture has been made available.
Karmic Relationships of the Anthroposophical Movement
explain many questions that may emerge out of the subjects we
light on the mood of soul of the civilisation of the present
years past, we have had to draw attention to a certain point of
time in that evolution of civilisation which is concentrated
moment in the evolution of humanity when intellectualism began
— when people began mainly to pay attention to the
but experience the present time to gain a notion of what came
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Title: Pastoral Medicine: Lecture 1
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September 8 to September 18, 1924. In the collected edition of Rudolf
for the combination, from the intended content of the course itself.
will be an example of how ancient traditions must be renewed through
our study. Yet out of the very foundation of this present age there
of the Medical Section of the Goetheanum. How this standpoint is to be
individuals who are exceptions to the general requirement, and these
for reasons based on the opinion of the Medical Section of the
two professions working together hand-in-hand. The course will stress
very strongly the importance of preventing any kind of confusion by,
the other hand, physicians must be clearly aware of the position they
clearly that physicians, in addition to the cultivation of their
the other hand, physicians must develop a special conception of their
profession; they must learn through pastoral medicine that something
is a healthful cooperation possible. One must not want to heal with
this is realized, the better their cooperation will be, with
thrown together in chaotic fashion: the seriousness that we should be
can have knowledge of the general procedure for a foot operation, but
operation. And this holds true for all medical matters. Above all,
The Medical Section at
to give an individual a position out in the world as an
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recently been given a crass interpretation by Lombroso
opinions they voiced were not only coarse but extraordinarily
characteristics pointing in one or the other direction. It is a
can under certain conditions clearly reveal some psychological
with the karma that works over from earlier incarnations.
evolution behind it, three preparatory stages before it became an
stage, and even to a certain degree of the ego organization that
being is also an image of the breathing and blood circulation. But
circulation and breathing system can only be understood if one thinks
circulation. We can perceive in eurythmy how the octave goes out from
formation of the arm cannot be understood from a mechanical view of
if we want to find the impression of the astral body upon the
physical body, upon the breathing and blood circulation, we are
to understand is the ego organization. For this one needs to grasp
concretely to the real human being, it provides an explanation of how
the ego organization penetrates the human physical body. You can see
fashion today that if there's something new to be included, you must
organization. In waking life these four members of the human
organization are in close connection. In sleep the physical body and
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Title: Pastoral Medicine: Lecture 3
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from such symptoms how important the transition is from health to
evolution and a kind of natural initiation that constitutes another
stream in human evolution. This phenomenon lies midway between the
pathological tendencies of human nature and the stream of initiation;
world at the threshold of perception. Naturally this is difficult to
abnormal conditions do not have such meanings in our everyday speech.
What appears at the threshold of perception is the first stage for
presence of some spiritual being, but they have no precise vision of
the being. If the experience comes to a definite conclusion, they
them of a vision, because these people think their own experience is
reach a second stage. They tell of actual, shaped perceptions of the
any visual experience. Then the condition is raised to vision that is
like optical perception. It can be so enhanced that they see Jesus,
experience is remarkable. Their description of it is highly colored
these moments they can be heard groaning; other reactions can be
pain comes, its objective condition is still there, but now the
expression is not quite exact — into a feeling of bliss. Then
stages follow in succession. We can understand them clearly through
our anthroposophical knowledge. After the preparatory condition I
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Title: Pastoral Medicine: Lecture 4
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examination of healthy responsibility and pathological
important that we look into the question: What is really inherited by
organization, one is not in a position to understand their
picture must be modified somewhat. For if this abstract assertion
years of etheric body, astral body, and ego) fashions a new physical
Still, to thoughtful observation it will be apparent that in the case
up to the change of teeth, the astral body and ego organization
than a very special kind of impression from the outer world. Here we
come upon an important secret of human evolution, a secret that
answers the question: What does a child really perceive? The answer
between death and a new birth (or conception) in the spiritual world.
further, although they are hidden from human sense perception. If you
gradually diminishes up to the change of teeth. A sense impression is
recognized. To a child the sense impression is something entirely
during this time is turned entirely toward spiritual foundations and
sense perceptions. But behind all that, what is the fundamental force
Only invisible spiritual beings make an impression on the child,
Then we will have the explanation for a problem that today is solved
in the medical books by empty words and formal elucidations that do
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Title: Pastoral Medicine: Lecture 5
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in one direction, of individuals who, although not exactly
having intuition, do develop a perception of the spiritual world and
more. For as you have seen, the pathological condition remains with
as well as with male visionaries.
individuals, we find that as a first stage the ego organization
into a kind of dream condition. From a spiritual-scientific point of
brings about a kind of dream condition. But because of the special
into the dream condition receptivity for the perception of the
extreme opposite condition. Here the ego is weak, and the astral body
again in the waking state. Then there is not illumination, as with
visionaries like St. Teresa, but the opposite: a darkening, a
— to a dream condition.
by letting them tell about their conditions. They talk more
even more interesting than the usual visionaries, who do not develop
intuition. For it is a matter of understanding what they do
or do in such a way that one can think of it in relation to the human
organism. Such persons, if one asks them a question, show a certain
amount of stupidity, also unwillingness to answer a question. They
association of ideas such as the ordinary person does not have.
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Title: Pastoral Medicine: Lecture 6
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in one or the other direction from what can be called
“normal”: toward a pathological condition or toward a
connection to the real spiritual world.
contrasting conditions, such as, for instance, a capacity to reach
how karma works in relation to pathological conditions and also to
visionary capacities.
enter into their parishioners' life situations in the right way, if
In this connection we
“enlightened” point of view may regard with derision. If
surely magnify it a hundred-fold in their estimation of us! For they
evolution a complete reversal has taken place in the conception of
find a universal conviction that illness comes from sinfulness, that
fashion. The new belief said that every sin can be traced to illness.
bodily defect. Sin comes from disease. That's how evolution goes
shortsighted ideas, one certainly will not perceive real connections.
to you the deeper connections to be found in this matter of human
want to take you back to one of his earlier incarnations that had
person was incarnated in a southeastern region of Asia where the
region to love animals intensely and to take very good care of them.
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If one had no other means of investigation
body from every direction. With modern science we follow these
continued within the human being. For instance, combustion is
the process within the human body, and combustion is still described
combustion is related to external combustion precisely as something
living is related to something dead. Combustion in the external world
combustion that has become living. This fact is important for all of
science. External combustion, so far as the substance it affects is
concerned, is definitely subject to conditions of warmth. According
of combustion always relates to this external condition. This does
and produce combustion. Within the human being the same temperature
hypotheses that appear to be perfectly plausible. Earlier conditions
are assumed from the conditions that now exist on the earth. Preyer,
certain dynamic fire processes from which evolution was supposed to
conditions, one would get quite different results.
that become fashionable are particularly important when one wants to
understanding of the external world, either in its evolution or in
characteristic — you will find it mentioned in my autobiography.
research, or of medicine. And yet at the same time evolution stood
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Yesterday we examined the human constitution
themselves or in connection with their immediate environment. Now we
relation to the forces in the universe, and one can only understand
these various relations if one explores the immense diversity of the
the growth of a root downward, we would find the connections in the
connected with the stem's upward growth has some relation to the
connected with the root's downward growth has some relation to the
properly, we already come to see through its form a relation between
the stem differently as it unfolds in an upward direction. Someone
who combines sensitivity with observation will have the definite
to unfold in a rounding, circular direction; the stem wants to unfold
in a linear direction. That is the archetypal form of the plant. And
the forces of Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. Thus in addition to the
in the disposition of all living things.
lung breathing to a higher area where there is a finer inhalation.
And we discovered that this finer inhalation carries karmic streams
with the human constitution as it is at the present time. When one is
body and ego without any connection to the etheric and physical
what the situation is when the astral body and ego approach the
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state of illness in connection with a person's spiritual life, this
can be said from our perspective about these two conditions.
at all suited to the constitution of the human physical body. And yet
must be aware of this contradiction in the human being precisely
The general assertion
certain conditions. And it must not prevent us from examining the
true situation without prejudice. Physical processes in the human
organization are down in the physical body, as is the normal
condition during waking life. It is constantly interrupted by the
sleep condition. Normally, however, even during sleep the catabolic
condition, a residue of these processes piles up in the human
investigation to the etheric body, we find that during sleep only the
sides! On one side, in the sleep condition of the human physical and
illnesses. Thereby illness is brought into direct connection with
a condition of non-ego, a sum of processes that are egoless,
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we want to cure this condition? We can search outside in the mineral
effect. Thus the transition from pathology to therapy rests upon a
correct insight into the relation between the processes of the human
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at their foundation has been completely forgotten in this age of
is perpetrated throughout our present civilization. You surely know
of instructions go out to people telling how they can enhance their
seeds are strewn in every direction of something that in earlier
things, one already has a clearer perception of the illnesses and
This is all of great importance. The intent of instruction about
every possible kind of instruction today with this intent —
financial transactions. In this area a tremendous amount of mischief
satisfaction over the fact that materialism in science is on the
materialism. But truly this is slight satisfaction for those who see
are much worse than the hard-shell materialists whose assertions
the evolution of our civilization if they don't allow themselves to
Therefore the question
spirit? Thoughts that evolve in connection with material processes
power in our thinking is connected with our education, which has been
it evolves through time presents a kind of rhythmic repetition,
largest intervals for human perception, it will be the so-called
We can find this spot in some constellation; attention has been given
place in the sky in relation to the other stars, and now in 1924
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may perhaps provide a connection to that old mystery wisdom for the
understood most correctly in its historical connection if what is
path of initiation, particularly that path that was pursued at the
because healing was regarded as related to the entire evolution of
human civilization. There were deep reasons for this. People of those
worlds into the physical-earth world through conception and birth,
the soul-spiritual entity undergoes a transformation by which it is
universal recognition that a person does not in the first place unite
through some anomaly of the general evolution the forces that a human
entire ancient consciousness the education of the human being was
related to healing. The entire educational process in very ancient
times of human evolution was thought of primarily from a medical
point of view. Connected with this was the recognition that the
mysteries united the professions of physician and priest, both of
accepted custom. This recognition of the importance of healing, which
described their initiation they would say that after they had crossed
given to what today would be called physical conditions. That is, the
elements, which have qualities. Under certain conditions one is
fluid, another solid or gaseous. The condition of warmth belongs to
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for the combination, from the intended content of the course itself.
will be an example of how ancient traditions must be renewed through
its original content. Yet out of the very foundation of this present
two professions working together hand-in-hand. The course will stress
very strongly the importance of preventing any kind of confusion by,
the other hand, physicians must be clearly aware of the position they
clearly that physicians, in addition to the cultivation of their
the other hand, physicians must develop a special conception of their
profession; they must learn through pastoral medicine that something
is a healthful cooperation possible. One must not want to heal with
this is realized, the better their cooperation will be, with
thrown together in chaotic fashion: the seriousness that we should be
can have knowledge of the general procedure for a foot operation, but
operation. And this holds true for all medical matters. Above all,
The Medical Section at
to give an individual a position out in the world as an
impulses as the Medical Section at the Goetheanum will have their
status and their relation to the Section properly defined by the
Section. There will be no progress unless this procedure becomes a
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recently been given a crass interpretation by Lombroso
opinions they voiced were not only coarse but extraordinarily
characteristics pointing in one or the other direction. It is a
can under certain conditions clearly reveal some psychological
with the karma that works over from earlier incarnations.
evolution behind it, three preparatory stages before it became an
stage, and even to a certain degree of the ego organization that
being is also an image of the breathing and blood circulation. But
circulation and breathing system can only be understood if one thinks
circulation. We can perceive in eurythmy how the octave goes out from
formation of the arm cannot be understood from a mechanical view of
if we want to find the impression of the astral body upon the
physical body, upon the breathing and blood circulation, we are
to understand is the ego organization. For this one needs to grasp
concretely to the real human being, it provides an explanation of how
the ego organization penetrates the human physical body. You can see
fashion today that if there's something new to be included, you must
organization. In waking life these four members of the human
organization are in close connection. In sleep the physical body and
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from such symptoms how important the transition is from health to
evolution and a kind of natural initiation that constitutes another
stream in human evolution. This phenomenon lies midway between the
pathological tendencies of human nature and the stream of initiation;
world at the threshold of perception. Naturally this is difficult to
abnormal conditions do not have such meanings in our everyday speech.
What appears at the threshold of perception is the first stage for
presence of some spiritual being, but they have no precise vision of
the being. If the experience comes to a definite conclusion, they
them of a vision, because these people think their own experience is
reach a second stage. They tell of actual, shaped perceptions of the
any visual experience. Then the condition is raised to vision that is
like optical perception. It can be so enhanced that they see Jesus,
experience is remarkable. Their description of it is highly colored
these moments they can be heard groaning; other reactions can be
pain comes, its objective condition is still there, but now the
expression is not quite exact — into a feeling of bliss. Then
stages follow in succession. We can understand them clearly through
our anthroposophical knowledge. After the preparatory condition I
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examination of healthy responsibility and pathological
important that we look into the question: what is really inherited by
organization, one is not in a position to understand their
picture must be modified somewhat. For if this abstract assertion
years of etheric body, astral body, and ego) fashions a new physical
Still, to thoughtful observation it will be apparent that in the case
up to the change of teeth, the astral body and ego organization
than a very special kind of impression from the outer world. Here we
come upon an important secret of human evolution, a secret that
answers the question: What does a child really perceive? The answer
between death and a new birth (or conception) in the spiritual world.
further, although they are hidden from human sense perception. If you
gradually diminishes up to the change of teeth. A sense impression is
recognized. To a child the sense impression is something entirely
during this time is turned entirely toward spiritual foundations and
sense perceptions. But behind all that, what is the fundamental force
Only invisible spiritual beings make an impression on the child,
Then we will have the explanation for a problem that today is solved
in the medical books by empty words and formal elucidations that do
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KNOWLEDGE in one direction, of individuals who, although not exactly
having intuition, do develop a perception of the spiritual world and
more. For as you have seen, the pathological condition remains with
as well as with male visionaries.
individuals, we find that as a first stage the ego organization
into a kind of dream condition. From a spiritual-scientific point of
brings about a kind of dream condition. But because of the special
into the dream condition receptivity for the perception of the
extreme opposite condition. Here the ego is weak, and the astral body
again in the waking state. Then there is not illumination, as with
visionaries like St. Teresa, but the opposite: a darkening, a
— to a dream condition.
by letting them tell about their conditions. They talk more
even more interesting than the usual visionaries, who do not develop
intuition. For it is a matter of understanding what they do
or do in such a way that one can think of it in relation to the human
organism. Such persons, if one asks them a question, show a certain
amount of stupidity, also unwillingness to answer a question. They
association of ideas such as the ordinary person does not have.
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in one or the other direction from what can be called
“normal”: toward a pathological condition or toward a
connection to the real spiritual world.
contrasting conditions, such as, for instance, a capacity to reach
how karma works in relation to pathological conditions and also to
visionary capacities.
enter into their parishioners' life situations in the right way, if
In this connection we
“enlightened” point of view may regard with derision. If
surely magnify it a hundred-fold in their estimation of us! For they
evolution a complete reversal has taken place in the conception of
find a universal conviction that illness comes from sinfulness, that
fashion. The new belief said that every sin can be traced to illness.
bodily defect. Sin comes from disease. That's how evolution goes
shortsighted ideas, one certainly will not perceive real connections.
to you the deeper connections to be found in this matter of human
want to take you back to one of his earlier incarnations that had
person was incarnated in a southeastern region of Asia where the
region to love animals intensely and to take very good care of them.
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MEANS OF INVESTIGATION than that provided by modern science, one
body from every direction. With modern science we follow these
continued within the human being. For instance, combustion is
the process within the human body, and combustion is still described
combustion is related to external combustion precisely as something
living is related to something dead. Combustion in the external world
combustion that has become living. This fact is important for all of
science. External combustion, so far as the substance it affects is
concerned, is definitely subject to conditions of warmth. According
of combustion always relates to this external condition. This does
and produce combustion. Within the human being the same temperature
hypotheses that appear to be perfectly plausible. Earlier conditions
are assumed from the conditions that now exist on the earth. Preyer,
certain dynamic fire processes from which evolution was supposed to
conditions, one would get quite different results. In short, with the
understanding of the external world, either in its evolution or in
— you will find it mentioned in my autobiography.
research, or of medicine. And yet at the same time evolution stood
there before my eyes as a spiritual vision. And the need arose to
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HUMAN CONSTITUTION as far as it can be seen in human beings
themselves or in connection with their immediate environment. Now we
relation to the forces in the universe, and one can only understand
these various relations if one explores the immense diversity of the
the growth of a root downward, we would find the connections in the
connected with the stem's upward growth has some relation to the
connected with the root's downward growth has some relation to the
properly, we already come to see through its form a relation between
the stem differently as it unfolds in an upward direction. Someone
who combines sensitivity with observation will have the definite
to unfold in a rounding, circular direction; the stem wants to unfold
in a linear direction. That is the archetypal form of the plant. And
the forces of Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. Thus in addition to the
in the disposition of all living things.
lung breathing to a higher area where there is a finer inhalation.
And we discovered that this finer inhalation carries karmic streams
with the human constitution as it is at the present time. When one is
body and ego without any connection to the etheric and physical
what the situation is when the astral body and ego approach the
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state of illness in connection with a person's spiritual life, this
can be said from our perspective about these two conditions.
at all suited to the constitution of the human physical body. And yet
must be aware of this contradiction in the human being precisely
The general assertion
certain conditions. And it must not prevent us from examining the
true situation without prejudice. Physical processes in the human
organization are down in the physical body, as is the normal
condition during waking life. It is constantly interrupted by the
sleep condition. Normally, however, even during sleep the catabolic
condition, a residue of these processes piles up in the human
investigation to the etheric body, we find that during sleep only the
sides! On one side, in the sleep condition of the human physical and
illnesses. Thereby illness is brought into direct connection with
a condition of non-ego, a sum of processes that are egoless,
we want to cure this condition? We can search outside in the mineral
effect. Thus the transition from pathology to therapy rests upon a
correct insight into the relation between the processes of the human
relation of the human etheric body to the plant world on the other.
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at their foundation has been completely forgotten in this age of
is perpetrated throughout our present civilization. You surely know
of instructions go out to people telling how they can enhance their
seeds are strewn in every direction of something that in earlier
things, one already has a clearer perception of the illnesses and
importance. The intent of instruction about thought power is to give
instruction today with this intent — for instance, how business
executives can be successful in their financial transactions. In this
satisfaction over the fact that materialism in science is on the
materialism. But truly this is slight satisfaction for those who see
are much worse than the hard-shell materialists whose assertions
the evolution of our civilization if they don't allow themselves to
Therefore the question
spirit? Thoughts that evolve in connection with material processes
power in our thinking is connected with our education, which has been
it evolves through time presents a kind of rhythmic repetition,
largest intervals for human perception, it will be the so-called
We can find this spot in some constellation; attention has been given
place in the sky in relation to the other stars, and now in 1924
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may perhaps provide a connection to that old mystery wisdom for the
understood most correctly in its historical connection if what is
path of initiation, particularly that path that was pursued at the
because healing was regarded as related to the entire evolution of
human civilization. There were deep reasons for this. People of those
worlds into the physical-earth world through conception and birth,
the soul-spiritual entity undergoes a transformation by which it is
universal recognition that a person does not in the first place unite
through some anomaly of the general evolution the forces that a human
entire ancient consciousness the education of the human being was
related to healing. The entire educational process in very ancient
times of human evolution was thought of primarily from a medical
point of view. Connected with this was the recognition that the
mysteries united the professions of physician and priest, both of
accepted custom. This recognition of the importance of healing, which
described their initiation they would say that after they had crossed
given to what today would be called physical conditions. That is, the
elements, which have qualities. Under certain conditions one is
fluid, another solid or gaseous. The condition of warmth belongs to
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draw a distinction between the festivals of Christmas and of Easter in
particular constellation of the stars, a constellation of the stars
their connection with the sun-forces — when the Sunday comes that
year of the constellations in the heavens.
Principles such as these were laid down at a time when traditions
of wisdom were still current among mankind, traditions that originated
such traditions were a means for bringing to expression man's
connection with the worlds beyond the earth. They always point to
something of supreme importance for the evolution [of] mankind.
within the course of earth-evolution, but within the whole world-order
festival must not be determined by ordinary earthly conditions; it is
earth-evolution pure and simple. For through knowledge of that which
is beyond the earth, man is to become free of the evolution of the
Christ Impulse, to become free of earthly conditions.
which during a certain period of earthly evolution have become more
the part played by the figure of St. Paul in the evolution of the
event in the evolution of Christianity was the appearance of the
himself, by external observation, of the events in Palestine
acquainted with the secrets of the religion of the Jews; he was
familiar with their knowledge and their conception of the world. He
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the beginning of Christianity. Easter is an appropriate occasion for
conditions of the times. A true Easter impulse needs to be inculcated
direction of decline. It is very necessary to realise how far men are
to-day in statements often made by well-intentioned people.
the destruction of the old without putting anything new in its place,
almost eagerly to illusions. The author of the article himself says:
emerge. But he adds two or three lines which deserve attention,
illusions to which people readily succumb to-day that must be heeded,
These well-intentioned people are the really difficult ones to deal
with. They realise that civilisation is going downhill and are always
impossible to make any progress by perpetuating old conditions and
always dangerous because the new that is trying to come to expression
earth-evolution, something that has glimmered on but at the present
old from the new age, although the transition is not noticed because
perception of the divine and spiritual passed over into the views that
were held concerning the social order, the configuration of life that
this configuration of the social life was regulated by the Mysteries,
bestowed upon man without action on his part, as a gift proceeding
A man who through the circumstances and conditions obtaining at
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living relationship between them will lead to an experience which, in
constitution is derived. The Christmas thought, therefore, links us
with the super-sensible. Together with all its other associations, it
observation of material existence.
civilisation this Easter thought assumed a form which has influenced
the growth of the materialistic conceptions prevailing in the West.
On other occasions I have said that the head-organisation of man
emerge from conceptions still based upon Eastern wisdom, it was not to
the Death but to the Resurrection of Christ Jesus that men's minds
The Resurrection, the triumphant victory over death, the overcoming
which took stronger and stronger hold of Western civilisation. The
original Eastern concept of religion came to be bound up with
State religion — in other words, there crept into Christianity
something that is not religion at all.
under Constantine. And so we see how in the fusion of Christianity
feeling. The crucifix is the expression of the transition to Christian
it is a fact that with the concentration on this picture of the
spiritual conception of Christianity.
Then there crept into this conception of the Man of Sorrows, that
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relation between the soul and spirit of man and the purely material,
physical world around him; and there is, indeed, some justification
Where, then, are the astral body and ego? This is the question put to
consideration of certain facts of spiritual history which today are
We know that the old traditional conceptions, which were incorporated
later on into various religions and became matters of faith, may be
existed the Mystery centres which really fulfilled the functions alike
relation with the cosmos — a relation which enabled them to
individuals were wont to pass into a mediumistic condition, and when,
trance; everything is a confused jumble and has no foundation in fact.
But in times when the old methods of entering into relationship with
trance-like consciousness was looked upon as a revelation of the aims
for regulating their actions. I shall now try to make clear to you one
mission it is to direct and govern the phenomena of Nature. Such
initiates, after they had undergone a long period of preparation
above the horizon, a feeling of awe and intense inner devotion was
any conception of this mood — it was a feeling of the deepest
world when we read the wonderfully beautiful description of the rising
description was, however, written more than a hundred years ago, and
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The Relation of the Planets to the Human Organism
Relationships Between Cosmic Events ...
[The Relation of the Planets to the Human Organism
Relationships Between Cosmic Events ...]
I will allude briefly to the indications given in last Sunday's
lecture. They were on the subject of man's relationship to the
universe and attention was called to how the forces of the human will
find their way out into the cosmic expanse in the direction opposite
dissolution of his physical body is of the nature of will and thus
structure of the universe to illustrate them, an illustration only is
the outset that this cannot be an exhaustive presentation of the
process. However much this material explanation of cosmic happenings
forces working in the growth of plants. Such an explanation of cosmic
happenings is an abstraction even if a materialistic abstraction. It
primal nebula is only the outer, material expression of something
the bodily expression of an element of cosmic spirit-and-soul. Where
have here described would represent the Jupiter evolution. But within
this Jupiter evolution would be contained the element of
spirit-and-soul prepared during the Earth-evolution of humanity. In
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The Relation of the Planets to Man's Life of Soul
The Human Being in Relation to Planetary Life
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The Human Being in Relation to Planetary Life]
must bring it into relation with the two preceding lectures.
spatial; from our own point of vision we look outwards. When,
to us. The natural question is this: Is it possible to view the
As we know, man alternates between the conditions in which he lives
the description given of the conditions in which man lives between
birth. Naturally, in such descriptions, a few selected details only
can be mentioned. And it has always been my endeavour to add more and
more information about matters which, at the beginning, are presented
contemplation is necessary, and you know too that no ordinary, logical
exposition of the subject could ever reach the reality. It can
A vantage-point of vision lying outside the physical-material cosmos
the first time he finds the solution of those questions which cannot
Such questions have, of course, constantly formed part of
philosophical discussions: Is the world of space, the spatial cosmos,
finite or infinite? However much discussion there may be — Kant's
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Man's Relation to the Surrounding World, Schist(slate), Lime, Carbon, etc.
Man's Relation to the Surrounding World, Schist(slate), Lime, Carbon, etc.]
I have lately been describing to you man's relationships to the
surrounding world, as they appear when we turn our attention away from
the observations and experiences gained by spiritual vision concerning
man's relationship to his immediate earthly environment.
discrimination and arrives at fallacious conceptions of being and
reality. Let me remind you of what on various occasions I have already
given as an illustration. When we look at a rock-crystal, we can say,
observation, the rock-crystal as a conceptual entity is quite
Unfortunately, far too little attention is paid to such things, and
spiritual observation has to say. Clear concepts could be attained
easily enough if only people would pay the necessary attention to such
kinds of earth: the limy kind, the lime-formation which, especially as
and the slate-formation, where the rock, the mineral, is not in such a
compact form as in the limestone-formation, but where it is schistous.
opposites: slate-formation and lime-formation.
Judged by present-day conceptions, these mineral deposits represent
living world of plants and human beings. To have such a conception of
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in connection with the development of natural science. Through this,
field of spiritual science. At the outset of our considerations I
to offer you at this particular time can only be indications in one
or another direction. Such indications as will be offered in my
individuals interested in the anthroposophical world conception flow
together in true social cooperation, in mutual give and take, then
The indication that I shall try to give in this lecture course will
of that spiritual Being who produced a renewal of all human evolution
you will perceive my conviction that beneath the
external trappings of scientific conceptions one can see the first
beginnings of a new spirituality. My opinion, based on objective
perception and a new spiritual activity of will. It is from this
aim at any kind of opposition to science. The aim and intent is
productive modern methods of scientific research. On many occasions I
have often described as very significant in modern evolution; namely,
can see, as it were, the whole transition from an earlier to a later
Cusanus received his early education in the community that has been
absorbed his earliest impressions, which were of a peculiar kind. It
is clear that Nicholas already possessed a certain amount of ambition
together who were dissatisfied with the church institutions and with
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in connection with the development of natural science. Through this,
symptomatological What takes place in the depths of human evolution
depths of evolution are so manifold and so significant that we can
I mention this because, in order to characterize the birth of the
human development; this is why I give such descriptions. There are in
When I described Cusanus yesterday, my intention was to suggest how
method of perception, is symptomatically revealed in his soul.
theology nor the precise perceptions of mathematics can lead any
expression in Cusanus in a remarkable way. He could go no further
way to the divine spiritual foundations. Meister Eckhart arrived at a
traditional knowledge. Out of this nothingness, after the ancient
through the course of evolution. It is knowledge that still gave man
admission: When I seek this something here or there, all knowledge of
an act of creation, kindle to life the consciousness of self out of
mentioned in any history book or historical document, for these do
information concerning the origin of science if, through spiritual
science, through purely spiritual observation, we go farther back
less traditional. It was a recollection of far older visions, a
recapitulation of what wise men of a much more ancient age had beheld
whence the motions and constellations of the stars had spoken to
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in connection with the development of natural science. Through this,
beginning most clearly in Copernicus’ conception of astronomy,
one might almost say a revolutionary change — in human
perception in regard to mathematical thinking itself. We are much
position today in regard to mathematics and to the relationship of
and that this is the correct relationship. There are debates about it
true relationship. We forget that in a none too distant past mankind
Cusanus presented his dissertation to the world. Shortly after this,
calculations play no special part — yet in such a manner that
the whole form of drawing conclusions, of deducing the later rules
three-dimensional space (or merely dimensional space, if he thinks of
In three-dimensional space he distinguishes
three mutually perpendicular directions that are otherwise identical.
without questions being raised such as: Where does this form come
the three perpendicular dimensions of Euclidean space. Man would have
orientation within himself. One orientation that man experiences in
intake and excretion of food, as well as other processes in the human
organism, take place from front to back. The orientation of these
right. Finally, in regard to the last orientation, man grows into it
gradually, stands upright, so that this last orientation flows within
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in connection with the development of natural science. Through this,
world conception in which the triangle or another geometrical form
This conception could change into a different one only when men lost
connection with the universe. It changed when the point was reached
determine this moment of separation precisely. It occurred when all
fact. Therefore in reality it cannot be an object of any perception.
The most that can be said of such an imposition of mathematics on
perception.
back on oneself, on what — in union with one's own divine
bodily constitution. As a work of art is not something obscure but is
that are no longer seen as a reflection of spirit, in that instant
intention today or in any of these lectures to defend either the
man experienced his own orientation in space: above-below,
right-left, front-back. He could experience this only in connection
orientation in himself only in relation to the direction of gravity.
He experienced the other two in connection with the four compass
feeling himself within the nature of the gravitational force, man
therefore intimately bound up with the transformation of civilized
cannot be separated from the general mental and soul condition, but
be seen as arising inevitably out of human nature and evolution. In
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Title: Origins of Natural Science: Lecture V
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in connection with the development of natural science. Through this,
The isolation of man's ideas (especially his mathematical
acquire as knowledge of the world was experienced in communion with
threefold orientation — up-down, left-right, front-back —
felt himself within the universal whole; hence, his own orientations
were to him synonymous with the three dimensions of space. What he
only arisen along with the more recent civilization. We see it slowly
developing under this condition of uncertainty. This state of affairs
his age had to say concerning the scientific world perception. John Locke
such as shape, position, and motion. Secondary qualities in his view
can picture these vibrations in the air that emanate from a
quality of sound, a secondary quality, only arises when the vibration
of man is form, position, and movement, whereas all that makes up the
participating in his own bodily orientation and placing this
orientation into his own movement. He experienced this, however, in
communion with the world. Therefore, his own experience was
sufficient reason for assuming the objectivity of position, place,
and movement. Also, though in another portion of his inner life, man
again had this communion with the world in regard to color, tone, and
man distinguished position, location, movement, and time-sequence
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Title: Origins of Natural Science: Lecture VI
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in connection with the development of natural science. Through this,
last lecture, I said that one root of the scientific world conception
motion and to size. From these he distinguished what he called the
form, motion and geometrical qualities; and he further assumed that
the external things. Something out there has size, form and motion,
abstraction in relation to the dimensions. Man was no longer aware
that the three dimensions — up-down, right-left, front-back
no longer took this reality of the three dimensions into
consideration. AS far as he was concerned, they arose in total
abstraction. He no longer sought the intersecting point of the three
dimensions where it is in fact experienced; namely, within man's
dimensions had an independent existence, but only an abstract
age experienced the three spatial dimensions in such a way that man
The dimensions of space had, as it were, already been abstracted and
character. Man had forgotten that he experiences the dimensions of
like kind with the three dimensions of space, the latter being a sort
connection of these qualities with man's inner being was no
qualities, vibrations that were formed in a certain way, but no
really does not take into consideration that these secondary
turn our attention to the inward life-filled activity whereby we
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Title: Origins of Natural Science: Lecture VII
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in connection with the development of natural science. Through this,
with yesterday's considerations concerning the inability of the
scientific world conception to grasp the nature of man, we can say
perception has lost the ability to see into man and grasp how he is
and the I-organization. I need not go into detail about this
formation, since you can find it all in my book
up-down, and front-back directions. We experience motion, the change
monumental importance for a world comprehension are completely
certain disintegration of the organism. This in turn tears the
atomization they fall a prey to gravity. But we do not actually feel
effects that are unquestionably working within us. We obliterate them
the three dimensions or motion, or with less obvious ones such as
scientific world conception, people today no longer have any idea of
the observation of the falling stone. The processes of the external
Until the beginning of the Fifteenth Century, all the conceptions of
onset of the Fifteenth Century begins the divorce of the observation
the falling stone, it can be traced with external vision.
falls. This produces comprehension that goes through the whole man,
not one related only to visual perception.
Fifteenth Century, let us look at a man in whom the transition can be
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Title: Origins of Natural Science: Lecture VIII
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in connection with the development of natural science. Through this,
in the whole evolutionary process of mankind. We must clearly
dealing with in this direction if we include in our considerations
what in certain epochs was practiced as initiation science, a science
of the deeper foundations of life and history.
clairvoyant perception of what goes on behind the scenes. Moreover, we know
relationship of the spiritual world to the physical, the possibility
can behold the foundations of what takes place in the external
So we can say that an ancient instinctive initiation science made way
for an exoteric civilization in which little was felt of any direct
instinctive science of initiation, we can discover that until the
beginning of the Fourteenth Century, opinions prevailed in the
modern conceptions about nature. They were ideas of quite a different
understood only by men who specifically study initiation science. The
If we examine the ancient initiation science, we find that, in spite
profound insights, deep conceptions, concerning man and his relation
People today do not greatly esteem a work like De Divisione
Naturae (Concerning the Division of Nature) by John Scotus Erigena
Erigena on the division of nature, where even the term nature
text, we must come to the following rather odd conclusion: This
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Title: Origins of Natural Science: Lecture IX
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in connection with the development of natural science. Through this,
to be content with given guidelines and indication. Today, therefore,
organization that we can describe as solid and sharply defined. On
at work. Finally, the ego organization is active in everything that
human organization is in close interaction, in constant interplay. We
human organization has been experienced in different ways in the
course of evolution. This was one of the main themes of these
function merely as a science that observes outer nature. During the
organization, but in the course of time he cast it all out of
turned into subjective perceptions with which nothing could be
man experienced as spirit in union with the universe was
ago, man accompanied motion by means of inward experience and judged
What can be observed in the outer world? It is motion, change of position.
coefficient. But it is motion that we observe, and we express
its motion, meaning its change of position in space. We can do that
the bare change of position, we have to view the velocity in the
regard to the outer physical world must be extended in the direction
of proceeding from mere observation of motion to a feeling for the
velocity possessed by a given object. We must advance from motion to
hold of if all we see is that a body changes its position in space.
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Title: Philosophy/Cosmology/Religion: Lecture I: The Three Steps of Anthroposophy
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Philosophy, Cosmology and Religion
Steiner gives a description of philosophy based on Imagination, cosmology
based on Inspiration, and religion based on Intuition. This is followed
spiritual cognition.
ancient spiritual traditions which are no longer properly understood,
very often fantastic, and deceptive introspection.
training of pure psychic vision. It counts only such results as are
obtained through this vision of the soul, by which the
psychic-spiritual organization is just as accurately defined as a
mathematical problem. The point is that at first this organization is
presented in scientifically indisputable vision. If we call it
on that preparation which is in his ‘spiritual organs’. If
preparation of vision. And when vision begins, science must already
have fulfilled its mission. If you like to call your vision
three are Philosophy, Cosmology and Religion.
other sciences, whose justification is found in observation through
refer? That has to-day become an important question. We find in these
concerning the observations made by the senses is a putting-together
physical body. Man can use the organization of this etheric body just
Observation and Experiment. The results of research in these lines are
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Title: Philosophy/Cosmology/Religion: Lecture II: Exercises of Thought, Feeling and Volition
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Philosophy, Cosmology and Religion
Lecture II: Exercises of Thought, Feeling and Volition
Steiner gives a description of philosophy based on Imagination, cosmology
based on Inspiration, and religion based on Intuition. This is followed
spiritual cognition.
EXERCISES OF THOUGHT, FEELING AND VOLITION
modern times. In these days it is a connection of ideas which are not
Now with Anthroposophy it is a question not of attaining the reality
cultivation of a method which on the one hand is similar to that by
The ancient method was semi-conscious. Compared with the condition of
soul-content the abstract character of the modern presentation, but
according to the modern stage of human evolution; exactly in the same
super-sensible knowledge in the condition of ‘imaginative
consciousness’. It is reached through a process of meditation in
presentations which are easily visualized and held fast in a state of
the thought of ordinary consciousness is a reflection of a spiritual
the incorporation of the human physical organism in its course.
physical organism by meditation, and the soul then experiences the
presentation before our soul's consciousness with the character of a
picture. We have before us in this kind of presentation pictures of
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Title: Philosophy/Cosmology/Religion: Lecture III: Methods of Imaginative, Inspired and Intuitive Knowledge or Cognition
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or Cognition
Steiner gives a description of philosophy based on Imagination, cosmology
based on Inspiration, and religion based on Intuition. This is followed
spiritual cognition.
METHODS OF IMAGINATIVE, INSPIRED AND INTUITIVE KNOWLEDGE OR COGNITION
relationship to the world is also changed. This change is brought
about by the concentration of all the powers of the soul on a
presentation-complex which can easily be seen in its entirety. This
last condition is necessary to avoid any kind of unconscious process
playing a part in the meditation; for in this everything must come to
same with Meditation. If we take for it a thought which is brought up
presentation during meditation. It is, therefore, best to choose for a
subject of meditation something which one knows for certain to be
depends on the power of reposeful meditation with such an
image-presentation. The spiritual and psychic powers are strengthened
by such a calm meditation just as the muscles are strengthened by
performing a piece of work. The meditation can be short at a time, but
after years, according to natural predisposition. The man who wishes
systematically and intensively. The first result of meditation in the
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Title: Philosophy/Cosmology/Religion: Lecture IV: Exercises of Cognition and Will
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Philosophy, Cosmology and Religion
Lecture IV: Exercises of Cognition and Will
Steiner gives a description of philosophy based on Imagination, cosmology
based on Inspiration, and religion based on Intuition. This is followed
spiritual cognition.
EXERCISES OF COGNITION AND WILL
WE said that for the development of ‘inspired cognition’ one
which have arisen in it in meditation or in the sequel to the process
of meditation. But this exercise is really only a preliminary one to
etheric cosmos works in opposition to heredity. It is of a kind which
In continuing these exercises of inspiration it becomes clear that the
through a higher inspiration a picture of the psychic-spiritual nature
physical, and there formed union with the body which exists through
conception and the development of the embryo. We get a vision of how
the astral and Ego-organization covers itself with an etheric
organization which comes from the etheric Cosmos, and with a physical
man, which during his life on earth exists in the reflection of the
soul's imagination, feeling and will. But we acquire also through it
the idea of the true nature of this imaginative presentation; for in
In the same way, from a higher stage of vision, one recognizes earthly
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Title: Philosophy/Cosmology/Religion: Lecture V: Experiences of the Soul in Sleep
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Steiner gives a description of philosophy based on Imagination, cosmology
based on Inspiration, and religion based on Intuition. This is followed
spiritual cognition.
soul-experiences of ordinary consciousness — observation,
representation, realization, volition — are dependent on a state
that is all it can do. It can bring no contribution to a definition of
described in the foregoing considerations, can give such a definition.
organization; and during sleep the experience of the soul is outside
organization. The experiences of sleep reveal themselves only to
Imagination, Inspiration and Intuition. They do not appear in the
it is hid from ordinary consciousness, such a description of this
naturally appear grotesque. But the foregoing explanations have shown
that such a description is possible, and how it is to be taken.
We shall now have to use expressions such as ‘Feeling’,
differentiation, there arises in the soul a longing for rest in what
life both awake and in dream by means of that conception of the soul
The next state through which the soul lives then is like a division or
partition of itself into inner happenings which are differentiated
soul-saving effect which corresponds in the waking condition to his
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Title: Philosophy/Cosmology/Religion: Lecture VI: Transference from the Psycho-Spiritual to the Physical Sense-life in man's Development
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Steiner gives a description of philosophy based on Imagination, cosmology
based on Inspiration, and religion based on Intuition. This is followed
spiritual cognition.
and intuitive approach. Attention was drawn to the fact that the inner
life of man was filled by reflections of cosmic happenings. In the
reconstructions during sleep. Man's inner world becomes the external
being part of this earth. The contemplation of that state in which man
foundations in cosmic worlds, as growing out of the spiritual Cosmos.
on. When we talk of a cell in this connection we designate something
sees in connection with himself in his pre-earthly spiritual state, is
In order to represent these relationships clearly we have to make use
of expressions ‘Large’ and ‘Small’. But we must
is non-existent. The expressions used therefore are only similes for
During his pre-earthly existence man lives in the cosmic creation
Over against this existence he is in a kind of Intuition. The
Man has his pre-earthly existence in the active recognition of the
and his activity consists in helping its construction, just as his
filled with the collaboration of these spiritual cosmic powers with
his own power. The state of sleep is in a sense a reconstruction of
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Title: Philosophy/Cosmology/Religion: Lecture VII: The Relationship of Christ with Humanity
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Philosophy, Cosmology and Religion
Chapter VII: The Relationship of Christ with Humanity
Steiner gives a description of philosophy based on Imagination, cosmology
based on Inspiration, and religion based on Intuition. This is followed
spiritual cognition.
THE RELATIONSHIP OF CHRIST WITH HUMANITY
I ATTEMPTED to show in my last observations how, in the realm of human
evolution, the psycho-spiritual existence is transferred to that of
bring to bear on this transference whether he can gain a relationship,
individual knowledge derived from observation, but rather of
understanding with one's whole nature and being what observation has
Our earthly souls have attained the condition in which they now live
condition of the soul as it is to-day and constructs a
condition was quite different — times when there was no such
sharp distinction between sleeping and waking. Dreams now are the only
questionable about them. Primitive man knew a stage between full
sense-observation reveals something of the actually physical.
spiritual evolution, and the decisive epoch of this development is
Moreover, from this moment the perception of death took on a new
point of his being. He knew it through the contemplation of this echo
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Title: Philosophy/Cosmology/Religion: Lecture VIII: The Event of Death and Its Relationship with the Christ
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Philosophy, Cosmology and Religion
Lecture VIII: The Event of Death and Its Relationship with the Christ
Steiner gives a description of philosophy based on Imagination, cosmology
based on Inspiration, and religion based on Intuition. This is followed
spiritual cognition.
THE EVENT OF DEATH AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CHRIST
thus seized. In successful meditation one experiences this loss of
then seen as if it was something present. As in sense-perception the
relationship with the corresponding memory-life of the ordinary
imagination but with an experience of a visionary kind.
In visionary experience consciousness is not adding a new content to
the old, as in imagination, but it is changed; the old content cannot
‘imagination’ has his ordinary self next to him, as it were;
the visionary has been turned into quite a different being.
something visionary. This view has to be strictly rejected by the true
consciousness by a visionary one, but he incorporates an imaginative
at every moment. The visionary picturing is a stronger entering of the
constitution of the soul remains by its side consciously held in the
remains in the same psychic condition. The interchange between the
experience of imagination and that of ordinary consciousness is just
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Title: Philosophy/Cosmology/Religion: Lecture IX: The Destination of the Ego-Consciousness in Conjunction with the Christ-problem
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Philosophy, Cosmology and Religion
Lecture IX: The Destination of the Ego-Consciousness in Conjunction
Steiner gives a description of philosophy based on Imagination, cosmology
based on Inspiration, and religion based on Intuition. This is followed
spiritual cognition.
THE DESTINATION OF THE EGO-CONSCIOUSNESS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE
physical organisms. Through thinking the sense-perceptions are
this thinking, but its reflection is presented to ordinary
head-organization of man strives continually to be changed from a
tendency during earthly existence. The physical organization resists
head-organization would have to cease as a physical one, the state of
sleep intervenes. It replenishes the inner head-organization with
strength from the rest of the physical organization by means of which
differentiated inside the head-organization during the waking state.
formations. In those formations are manifest the forces which during
In the head-organization a two-fold activity is thus enacted during
destruction takes place through the astral organism.
head-organization is found that which is capable of reflecting the
thought-reflections mirrored by them and experienced by him in his
soul. The physical and etheric organizations hide for him the astral
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Title: Philosophy/Cosmology/Religion: Lecture X: On Experiencing the Will-Part of the Soul
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Steiner gives a description of philosophy based on Imagination, cosmology
based on Inspiration, and religion based on Intuition. This is followed
spiritual cognition.
WHEN the ordinary consciousness sets Will in action there is a part of
organization of the limbs. But it is only actively connected with
these parts of the human body while in the act of volition.
The connection between the thinking part of the soul and the
head-organization is a surrender of the psychic-spiritual to the
physical. The connection between the feeling soul with the rhythmical
organization is an alternate surrender and drawing-back. But the
connection of the will-part to the physical is at first felt to be
limb-organization, the will-part is stimulated to surrender itself to
the physical and etheric organization and to be active in it. The
physical organism. During the making of thoughts this destruction
extends only to the head-organization. When the will ordains something
the destructive activity of metabolism and of the limb-organization
takes charge. The thought-activity flows into the organization of
soul to oppose this destruction with a re-building and the dissolving
will, aiming at supernatural vision, are successful only when they
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Title: Bridge between the Ideal and the Real: Lecture I
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considerations, and to go more deeply into them. To-day,
by way of preparation, I Should like to point to a few
revelation of certain historical personalities, we shall
then draw conclusions upon which we can base our deeper
considerations.
two streams of world-conceptions which we have mentioned:
one traverses to reach a World Conception.” Now the
personalities more characteristic of the World-Conceptions of
Augustine had to pass through the impressions of the most
in such a way that men's visions of the Spiritual world were in
their very content, similar to the impressions made by the
Sense-world of perception. Now, because Manichaeism took into
impression of materialising the spirit, as though it presented
materialisation of the spirit. That was one of the
attention to the feet that through the mere observation of what
And, if one is of [the] opinion that one cannot stand for the
perceptions, from which radiated all the light which rules in
subject to absolutely no deception, which can only be acquired
impressions on our other Sense-organs, are really so
no unconditional certainty, can give no unconditioned truth;
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Title: Bridge between the Ideal and the Real: Lecture II
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full insight into those relationships which we are now
waking up that is, the sleeping condition. Of course,
diagrammatically, the sleeping condition is well-known to you.
the sleeping condition that a man experiences the reality of
lecture that in his waking condition, man does not grasp the
condition there only comes to his consciousness a copy, a
conscious in the sleeping condition, that is from going to
condition, he would experience not a mirror-image, as by day,
the sleep condition, he experiences in his Ego and Astral body
in intimate connection with what we must designate as the
consciously during the making condition; and that constitutes
the deception in man's waking condition. He remains aware only
waking condition man does not progress beyond experiencing this
may use that expression, he would not have external nature
the constitution of our soul something which we would not have
in our nature, filling it with their Intuition, therefore we
earthly humanity, from the very start of earthly evolution to
remains a kind of reflection of this Imaginative Consciousness
Personality into the whole human stream of evolution, (and
various epochs of time, alterations brought about by the
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Title: Lecture: The Revelation of the Cosmic Christ
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The Revelation of the Cosmic Christ
the festival of the 25th of December did not become an institution in
Christian world as a great and memorable contribution to the times. It
was out of the very deepest instincts of Christian evolution that such
a contribution to the times was made in the fourth century of our era.
regions of Europe, in Roman districts and in Greece; pagan customs
realisation of the nature of man's own soul-being was intimately
In the life of the ancient pagan religions, man felt himself inwardly
himself in intimate connection with the earth and with all the forces
so intimately in connection with the universality of the cosmic
up with the conceptions expressed in the Old Testament.
for communion with the Fathers was replaced by something else. The
century, Christianity brought its contribution towards the union of
souls of men within Christianity were filled with loving devotion for
the Jesus Child. And this loving devotion is the revelation of
celebrated on the 25th of December, neither was it a commemoration of
of January as a commemoration of the Baptism in the Jordan. It was a
It was the celebration of a birth that was not an ordinary birth. The
festival was a celebration of the descent of the Christ Being, whereby
dedicated to the revelation of the Christ, to remembrance of the
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Title: Inner Impulses: Lecture I
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Inner Impulses of Evolution
These lectures trace important developments in evolution such as the
made of the relationship of man with the universe. I want to take you
that are operative in human evolution, especially those that are
begin with a historical introduction that will, of course, accord with
scientific observation that clarification, can also be thrown upon the
historical evolution of humanity.
You well know that when we study evolution in its main features, we
comprehension when we take into account what is progressing in a
Today I would like to direct your attention again to the Greco-Latin
age, the fourth post-Atlantean age of civilization, and to present
understand how man, standing in the midst of present evolution, can
when he does find his way and is thus in a position to know how to act
strange position today because of the possibility of misunderstanding,
intentional one. Within the last three months I have been regarded by
Today, then, we will turn our attention to the Greco-Latin age, which
social organizations are recorded. Such descriptions often start with
attention to this chapter than the first, which can only provide
information of the past deeds for which the heroes became famous, but
expression whereas “entelechy” is positive. Goethe, however,
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Title: Inner Impulses: Lecture II
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Inner Impulses of Evolution
Development. The clear Perception of the Sensory World and Free
Imaginations as the Task of Our Time. Genghis Khan and the
These lectures trace important developments in evolution such as the
The Influence of Luciferic and Ahrimanic Beings on Historical Development. The clear Perception of the Sensory World and Free Imaginations as the Task of Our Time. Genghis Khan and the Discovery of America
gave some indication of where we have to look today for signs of
want to ask you now to turn your attention once again to our
description of the civilizations of Greece and Rome.
In the way it developed, the civilization of Greece was a source of
say these things out of imaginative cognition, and this will also be
civilization was a great disappointment to the luciferic powers
this means. They had expected the civilization of Greece, the fourth
forever and repeatedly disappointed?” Such a conclusion would be
yet to come to this conclusion. On the contrary, it is their practice
seen, directed to carrying over the ancient imaginations of the
Chaldean-Egyptian period, and to incorporate them into the creations
work so strongly on the human beings of the Greek civilization that
their imaginations, refined and distilled to fantasy, should fill
have consisted entirely of those subtle imaginations that had become
imaginations refined to fantasy, if these enticing imaginations had
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Title: Inner Impulses: Lecture III
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Inner Impulses of Evolution
These lectures trace important developments in evolution such as the
It is extraordinarily difficult to speak of the conditions that were
science. The information that can be given is, therefore, more in the
nature of indications. Moreover, there is a further reason, which is
further reason that causes certain difficulties in treating conditions
not always possible. Knowledge can fill us with inner satisfaction
should find satisfaction in truth since even regarding the most
unfolding in our thought and deed of free imaginations and an attitude
a necessary part of the evolution of the fifth post-Atlantean epoch
the two faculties mentioned above under this protection. Foundations
be laid. They have now progressed so far that evolution cannot
and caution, to these matters.
he himself does and sets going, has but feeble reflections of what is
What we described at the end of our observations yesterday we see is
purpose of evolution to see things so peaceful and harmless. That is
becomes necessary from time to time to indicate with care and caution
greatly disillusioned through the Roman evolution, as we described in
Now I have already mentioned that something is coming to expression
our calm and peaceful evolution in this fifth post-Atlantean epoch,
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Title: Inner Impulses: Lecture IV
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Inner Impulses of Evolution
These lectures trace important developments in evolution such as the
Association have not heard the recent lectures held here, I will not
form what works and lives behind sense perceptions.
description of single letters that are printed or written on a sheet
were to do no more than observe in this way, our relation to the
also read. Here, we pass on from mere observation and
description of what is on the page to the meaning of the words. We can
insofar as the revelation is necessary to man. We also seek in this
way the meaning of historical evolution and the concrete forces that
by external history as the transition from the Middle Ages to modern
times. With the exception perhaps of its very last centuries, but
If we consider the evolution of humanity only in the way that ordinary
evolution, to the extent that it can be spoken of at all, has always
sees historical evolution in such a way that the human being remains
a real spiritual observation of history, as we know. The truth is that
little inclined to look into mankind's evolution. If one considers the
whole configuration of the social life of the soul, the way of
conception, science and knowledge play a part, but is also seen in the
the simplest farmer today is, in his whole configuration of soul, an
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Title: Inner Impulses: Lecture V
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Inner Impulses of Evolution
These lectures trace important developments in evolution such as the
As a continuation of yesterday's lecture, certain things must be said
At the very outset let us be quite clear that the course of evolution
as we have learned to know it in connection with great cosmic
that the thoughts, the perceptions, and also the social life of the
imagination and thoughts, and through the will, which, in turn, was
inspired, by fantasy and imagination. We must realize that this
Greco-Roman culture constituted a deep disillusionment for the
the intention of the luciferic and ahrimanic powers that everything
disillusionment for the luciferic and ahrimanic powers. Through their
gradually have become weary of the earth, would lose their inclination
fantasy and imagination in the Greeks, which also influenced their
imagination where his soul would be alienated from earthly existence,
state organization. Thus do Ahriman and Lucifer play into each other's
The Greek and the Roman epochs were a great disillusionment for
earth evolution and repeatedly make the greatest efforts to hold back
the wider progress of evolution; they try to establish a realm for
themselves, and have again and again to suffer disillusionment. As I
understandable that they are repeatedly disillusioned, but their
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Title: Inner Impulses: Lecture VI
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Inner Impulses of Evolution
These lectures trace important developments in evolution such as the
over from one age into another in the course of world evolution is
forces that underlie world historical evolution. We have seen how what
must come to expression in our fifth post-Atlantean epoch has been in
preparation since the fifteenth century. We have seen what new
If we wish to find a spirit who has brought to expression in the most
equally in his conception of nature and in his imaginative world,
pointed out that Goethe has expressed in intimate fashion in his
The intention was to bring to expression, in the way in
which it can again be brought to expression today, a hundred years
little about such cultural impulses in connection with yesterday's
spiritual tendencies were born out of human evolution. In doing so, we
In order to describe the configuration of the cultural impulses that
underwent a certain spiritualization in Goethe, I must refer to the
those other powers worked in, as it were, from the direction that was
from entire and holy devotion toward the Mystery of Golgotha and its
Bearer. In addition to the religious vows of duty to their spiritual
belong to them but to their great spiritual mission. Whatever wealth
intention that it might be entirely absorbed in the progressive stream
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Title: Inner Impulses: Lecture VII
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The Education of Man through the Materialistic Conception.
These lectures trace important developments in evolution such as the
Henry VIII and Sir Thomas More. The Education of Man through the Materialistic Conception
wisdom-filled guidance, exists in the historical evolution of mankind
foundations. I endeavored to bring this especially to your attention
spiritual development of our age is not fitted for a full penetration
sentiment and thinking is essential to mankind, a transformation of
many ideas, perceptions, feelings and will impulses; spiritual science
is ready to contribute its share toward the comprehension of such a
opinion that the greatest part — yes, perhaps even the most
denomination, the Anglican Church, to which many people belong; let us
lead up to a consideration of his character. One can really gain some
Thus, a kind of Reformation took place that was of a quite
Church simply because the Pope had refused to sanction Henry VIII's
So we have the outer historical fact that many millions of people have
lived throughout a long period in a religious communion because a
religious life within the communion that originated in such a
questionable manner. This implies that something can arise in history
through a most questionable procedure, and the ensuing fruits can
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Title: Mystery Centres: Lecture I
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Concerning the Soul-Life of Man, and the Perception of the Spiritual
Foundations of the World
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to a penetration into cosmic secrets.
human being as it is seen when he carries his inner self-reflection
introduction, a preparation for that which we are now to consider.
When we practise self-reflection in a wide and
in that we allow the impressions of the outer world to live on
the impressions made on us from outside. We are not doing anything
self-reflection if we focus our attention rather on the inner energy,
thought what has come to us as impressions of the outer world. One
man may thereby be led, according to his disposition, into mere
man, while reflecting upon the things that have made an impression on
some even more fanciful conception or other.
this inner thinking, devoid of outer impressions, may develop, but we
often perhaps in the direction of mere possibilities only.
living in thought, in the direction of mere possibilities. Even in
sufficiently sound sense of reality such a continuation of our
truly say that in all those who at that time were in a position to
thinking we come to this realisation, viz. that if a man really
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Title: Mystery Centres: Lecture II
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Heredity and Adaptation to Environment
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our attention in yesterday's lecture, and investigate the activity of
also discussed yesterday we are led in two directions. Memory points
advanced to the revelation of the soul and spirit in the physical.
a taking possession of the physical by the soul and spirit, and if,
to begin with, we limit our considerations to memory, we find that
The question now arises just as memory points back to
we will leave to a later consideration) and something else connected
extinct. This book devotes itself to the question of heredity in this
house. Qualities are mentioned which can be traced back in heredity
kind would have to admit that one cannot draw conclusions from such
The other side to which our attention is drawn is that
which man acquires through education, through intercourse with his
this is called the adaptation of man to the conditions around him. As
heredity and adaptation the most important influences on living
spiritual world he can come to no conclusion about such things. We
starting-point of earthly human evolution.
are there today, united with the moon. They belong to the population
followed with Imaginative vision beyond the gate of death, and that
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Title: Mystery Centres: Lecture III
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Identification with the
Inner Life of Nature, through Imagination and Will
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is subject to the influences of the outer world, to adaptation to
sense, is comprised in adaptation to the external world is connected
within the spiritual substance which lies at the foundation of the
memory, fashions man within as regards the soul. In reality, far more
than we think we are fashioned as soul-beings by our memories. The
fashioned our souls; we are a result of our memory-life more than we
think, and he who can exercise even a little self-observation, so far
impressions of childhood play throughout the entire earthly life. The
inherited teeth, the impressions received during all these periods of
thought that is not caused by external impressions is connected with
out by our astral body when we pass over into the condition of sleep.
If now with Imaginative vision we can behold man in sleep as a
consciousness, and in the constitution of the dream he can inwardly
memories forms a union with the forces that lie behind the minerals,
relationship but to be able also to say: “I love the rose-bush
with our external impressions.
be in a position to build its new body — now no longer the
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Title: Mystery Centres: Lecture IV: The Ephesian Mysteries of Artemis
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The Connection of Man with the Earth-Planet
and the Connection between Earth-lives
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THE continuation of the
studies we made here on the last occasion leads us today first of all
to something which will furnish a preparation for the next two
lectures. It leads us to glance at the connection of man, and indeed
connections that man is subject to a kind of deception if he ascribes
I will describe to you today how this connection of man
with earthly existence can appear to super-sensible vision, and I will
do so in a more narrative form by way of preparation for the next two
region we walk upon the hardest rocks on earth, which, when they
receiving impressions from those hard and stern rocks towering up from
Imaginative cognition, while the outer surfaces appear as the walls
that within this rock there lives an inner reflection of all that is
impression that in everyone of these quartz rocks something is
formations on the surface of the earth that are just so many eyes of
in each single one of these snow-flakes there is a reflection of a
everywhere reflections fall to the earth of parts of the starry
I need not mention that the stars are also there during
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Title: Mystery Centres: Lecture V
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Mineral and Plant-Animal Creation
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the evolution of the earth, and which have brought about its present
through inner vision comes into a certain relationship with the
metals. This relationship into which man can enter with the metals
happened on the earth in the times preceding the Atlantean evolution,
receive an impression of how wonderful is everything in the sphere of
atmosphere we take oxygen into ourselves, that our relation to the
quite a different condition of the earth from what we have today.
times, but there could be no question of there being round the earth
combination, but that is nonsense. What we know as certain higher
albumen in an excessively fluid condition. The whole of this
being, and so forth. Formations arose, producing effects which remind
reflections of light, gleams of light, rays of light, sparkles of
the earth's atmosphere. The first thing to be fashioned from out of
primeval mountains. These were fashioned from out of the cosmos. Thus
we transfer ourselves through Imaginative vision into these rocks of
the primeval mountains into what are now the hardest formations of
developed later. All that was thus fashioned out of the cosmos in
If you go now into those mountainous regions and there
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Title: Mystery Centres: Lecture VI
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sacred to the ancients. We find that the instruction given in the
Mysteries not from any historical presentation (for human barbarism
has taken sufficient care for the destruction of historical records),
thought accessible to spiritual cognition, in which the events of the
perception the way in which the pupil was directed by the teacher to
be apprehended by coarse perceptions, for they are delicate and
for it was with this external side of speech that the instruction
The attention of the pupil was first directed to the way
make a positive and a negative assertion, “I am-I am not.”
The pupil's attention was then directed even more
watery element, this pours downwards, as a glandular secretion pours
Again, because an alternating condition arises —
embodied in the word — the air, like a glandular secretion,
conservation of energy and of matter. In man matter is being
the evolution of the world.”
the evolution of the world.”
“The evolution of the world is revealed through
This was brought before the pupil as preparation for the
really deeper mystery, because through this preparation he was able
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Title: Mystery Centres: Lecture VII: The Mysteries of Hibernia
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order to draw your attention to certain connections between that
which in the course of human evolution has become known, and that
indications are given in my
in meditative vision the pictures which are imprinted in the Eternal
these Mystery Centres of Hibernia are approached with inner vision
one receives the impression that the pictures of these Centres
kind of bewilderment. So that it is only against obstruction that one
the next few days why there had to be such obstruction to knowledge.
candidates for Initiation, in the particular way in which instruction
we look into the preparation which, first of all, the candidates
received in Hibernia, we find that this preparation consisted in two
becoming disillusioned through Logic and Dialectic, be these ever so
time they were led from this preparation actually to enter the Cosmic
Mysteries they had come to the conclusion: if it must be so, then we
commonplace reasoning considers as without foundation. It is easy to
huge dimensions, the other was equally large but it was in addition
press the statue in every part. Through this action, it revealed
content of the whole macrocosm. This manifestation of the whole
macrocosm came to expression through the Sun in this colossal head.
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Title: Mystery Centres: Lecture VIII
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have seen that the Initiation of the Hibernian Mysteries described
We saw, then, how in Initiation in Hibernia the
sensations and soul-experiences the pupil was conducted on the
occasions for contemplation of these statues.
impression that one receives from such majestic statues in
compared with that which one receives through description only, but
is an extraordinarily powerful, inner impression. Hence it was
were first made in the case of both statues, for the impressions
fashion to the experience of the impression which he had received
from the male statue. And I will now describe the impression as it
coined for initiation experiences such as these. Hence much that is
himself up to the impression from the male statue, was a kind of
numbness. This numbness brought about an alteration of his
consciousness — it was certainly a very stern Initiation even if
felt that this state of consciousness was filled with a sensation of
not a vanishing of consciousness but an alteration of consciousness.
he attained a remarkable perception. He now actually learned to know
from this or that, the most manifold impressions of
which always gave him the impression of reality. So that he felt
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Title: Mystery Centres: Lecture IX
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the transition to Plato and Aristotle, the soul striving in the Middle
peculiar path of evolution which men pursued on the island of Ireland
senses. No religious or fanciful hallucinatory impressions were thus
into his own inner being in the case of the enchanted vision of the
Imaginations which were connected with that which he otherwise saw
Imaginations that he was about to penetrate further by means of these
Imaginations to something quite different.
vision of the time before earthly existence, and to the time after
earthly existence; by vision forwards to the time after death as far
as the middle point between death and a new birth, and by vision
through, and because his soul was strengthened through the vision of
tract, or in the sensation of feeling, etc., when he thus became
The pupil had learned to revive these conditions in
himself with strong inner energy, and out of these conditions to
before himself the condition of inner numbness, so that he felt, as
the condition of consciousness which resulted he received a clear
vision of the Moon-existence, which preceded that of the Earth.
actually at first only in a watery, in a fluid condition, but not
organization of the whole planet streaming out from his own
organization.
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Title: Mystery Centres: Lecture X: The Chthonic and the Eleusinian Mysteries
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The Transition from Plato to Aristotle
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religion, physical perception, or at least a tradition based on this
the end of our last consideration. We pointed to the Being of Christ
physical perception of the Mystery of Golgotha, without any
possibility of information concerning this Mystery coming across to
of today. Even though not present in the general civilization, yet,
there in all the regions mentioned single individualities able to
we have said, this was not to be found in the general civilization of
the world and its civilization, that which had been initiated in
spiritual perception is not required, that which could be linked on
to the mere historical tradition, which simply related the physical
divine what a colossal contradiction lies in the fact that the
course of development of civilization in Europe.
spiritual world, towards the actual guidance and direction of the
perception, though still somewhat abstract, into the highest regions,
and side by side with this, a conception of nature which was capable
which is of special significance — the union of both Mysteries.
Concerning this union of both Mysteries we see that
as part of his organization. He also carries other metals within him,
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Title: Mystery Centres: Lecture XI: The Secret of Plants, of Metals, and of Men
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gathered together the whole knowledge, the sum total of the cognition
in the logical presentations of Aristotle, that a certain inner
connection with the secrets of nature underlies the Aristotelian
express it in this way, his own personal path of evolution to have to
gather from the short representations I give in my book,
can form an idea of the content of that seven years' instruction
compress into a short space the content of this instruction, drawn as
This Mystery-instruction taught men to regard nature in
Cosmos was accessible to man through his relationship and affinity
with it. All instructions, all teaching which was taken seriously in
the outer powers of observation of man. What we today regard as
connected with a complete transformation of human nature; with an
appeal, not only to human thought and observation, but to the whole
to bring about this transformation of man's nature by causing to work
instruction and who was gradually to acquire this knowledge was
exhorted to feel himself intensely as man in his relation to nature
instruction. The connection with nature was not made by saying: “Here
then it undergoes transformation.” No, the starting-point was
man himself, and he was made to realize his connection with the
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the course of the last few weeks I have drawn your attention to many
say that as in the world of external nature the different regions of
the earth bring forth this or that kind of vegetation, so in the
course of human evolution there streamed down into the different
regions of the earth the most manifold influences from the spiritual
as we are to do shortly in a historical connection — we should
If we look back at the course of human evolution, we may
possible clearness, a threefold evolution. I say “before our
will today take these middle stages of human evolution, which appear
not through Inspiration but already in all clearness before our
Imagination; these we will place before our souls today and study
substances, let alone those abstractions which we today describe as
relation of those planets, Jupiter, Mars and Saturn, which travel in
of a soul-spiritual nature in their perception of the whole cosmos
body and to see in it a relative, a sisterly relation, as it were, to
Macedonian nation arose, we find how at that time there flowed over
nation, we see how, besides what outer history relates, which is
fact that the whole cosmos is a Theogony, an evolution of the Gods,
deeds. What man sees as cloud formations, what he hears as thunder,
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Title: Mystery Centres: Lecture XIII: Transition from the Spirit of the Ancient Mysteries to the Spirit of the Mysteries of the Middle Ages
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TRANSITION
regions of the earth, and took different forms; each region of the
earth according to its people and according to the conditions for
that region of the earth, had its own special form of the Mysteries.
nature of the Mysteries. That is the time which in the evolution of
the earth commenced a few centuries after the foundation of
on Golgotha was in a certain sense a combination of everything which
Samothracian Mysteries mentioned in the last lecture, or, lastly, to
tragedy in them, and any man who sought initiation into these
initiation, and was told that he would have to undergo much
of the world, for that will lead me finally into the Light-region of
Then there came a transitional epoch (when I hold the
transitional epoch, which finally led on to the 14th and 15th
centuries when, as you know, a new epoch in human evolution began.
And so this transition time came, and after it came that which
for one who then sought cognition in the higher worlds. It is a fact,
Following that there came a transitional epoch; and then
personalities who devoted themselves to knowledge and investigation
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this or the other region of the earth; and I shall attempt to show
Rosicrucians. This designation is in a certain sense quite
must look behind, and direct our attention to that deeply earnest
every region of Europe, in Central Europe, Western and Southern
but who laboured between the 14th and 15th centuries. I mentioned in
knowledge which came from their inner feeling, a cognition acquired
attention to the form taken by human cognition on earth in very
for he knew that just as there exists a blood relationship between
relationship, between the members of a planetary system. There was a
through his eye to the sun orb it made an impression on him which he
but they are not prepared in their feeling to receive this impression
which the sun makes as a special impression. But the pupil in these
ancient Mysteries received this impression of the darkened solar orb
after long exercises had been undergone, and this impression was then
Mysteries, was able to have this impression could truly never forget
With this impression the pupil also gained something
impression of the sun to permit the especial quality of the substance
gold to work upon him; and through this preparation, through this
sun-preparation, the pupil was led to a deep understanding of the
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represented by professionals; otherwise they will not be accepted in the
relation to therapeutics from the viewpoint of spiritual science. Our
You know that in our higher education the actual study of medicine is
natural scientific orientation, the study of medicine is certainly led to
gain a correct relationship to pathological processes.
connections between certain natural processes in accordance with this
presupposition. In the ill human being, however, or, let us say, in the
determined natural processes is abnormal in relation to the healthy
organism, falling out of the causal connections of the healthy organism in
are immediately made uncertain and skeptical in relation to the approach
relation to therapy. I was acquainted with the famous professors who
therapeutic nihilists. Choosing an illness in their discussion to which
gradually develop into a mere pathology, for in relation to the
investigation of diseases, especially from the viewpoint of a
advances of the pathological method of investigation during the second
truly remarkable progress. In addition to this, however, he would have to
penetrate to quite another recognition. He would have to say to himself
This materialism nevertheless had a kind of mission, you could say. It
experimental research through observation. Something like our modern
out of which perhaps even the most contradictory directions and world
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conclusion of the lecture. I pointed then to a personality who was
the soul-spiritual into an intimation of the connection of this
in greater or lesser satisfaction for the patient than is the case
with many well-trained physicians, for this question of how much
improvement in a person's condition can be attributed to therapeutic
This instinct arose in Schelling out of the entire disposition of his
entire practical conception of the nature of the healthy and sick
forth with such an expression is its quite obvious absurdity, for no
knowing nature. Obviously in technology there is continuous creation,
composition of the forces of nature, nature in turn is given the
foundation of all his thinking.
science, developing his own spiritual investigation, sees that both
inspiration. Schelling, who certainly was by no means an initiate but
instinct. When a person pursues the kind of spiritual investigation
either in relation to each other or by themselves, these phrases are
importance in the human organization, something as important for the
healthy condition as for the diseased condition.
When we consider outer nature in relation to the finished processes of
of organization, and we can perceive them, as it were, through
Anyone who acquires such perception knows that these soul-spiritual
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In the short time available to us for this therapeutic portion of our
questionable whether one should speak in detail about specifics,
professional audience, as was the case when I gave a series of
guiding principles of healing in order that a trusting relationship,
It must be firmly stressed that I have absolutely no intention of
themselves in our chaotic social order: this is the formation of
remedies and so on, has generated a great deal of confusion in the
I have already directed your attention to how, on the one hand, the
soul-spiritual stands within the human process of organization; this
are faced with all those illnesses that tend toward new formations in
organization but to subordinate processes of natural existence. In this
repeatedly, though in very different connections from those we require
constitution of the human organism must not be understood merely
intellectually but through inner perception. A person would be unable
the system of functions in the human organism (for we are concerned
here not with spatial limitations but functional limitations) that is
constitution of the human being is functional, and not defined by
spatial limitations.
When an individual really understands this constitution of the human
the distinctions between the head system, and therefore the
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fructification of medical-therapeutic study through spiritual science.
Obviously for the reasons already mentioned this morning, I cannot
knowledge must be held for a really professional gathering of
direction, something that can lead to a general understanding of the
This morning I directed your attention to the fact that the life of
come to understand how such intrusions of one system upon the other
processes, as I have explained to you), can occasionally be overcome
metabolic-limb system inwardly and functionally. The reverse can also
take place, because the same functional system that is normally active
subordinate way Occasionally this activity can get the upper hand, can
organization of human nature, we can see in the phenomenon I have just
abdominalis. The manifestations of typhus may certainly be studied
human organization only if one is able to penetrate the human being in
this way from the standpoint of a rational medicine, if I may use this
Goethean designation.
transition from the physiological-pathological to the therapeutic by
about the plant world and its connection with the human being can be
penetrated in a similar way in relation to the mineral world. In order
to penetrate this matter in relation to the mineral world, however, we
considerations in these lectures, this soul-spiritual element works in
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Today I intend a kind of introduction. In tomorrow's lecture we shall
begin and try to give a more or less complete picture of the questions
very recent creation. It did not arise until the time when the
in comparison with earlier conditions. As this Course is intended
introduction to point out this peculiarity of the economic thinking of
century. The great social questions which arise out of economic
questions in modern times were being asked in England as early as the
social and economic questions in the modern sense could pursue their
all, the conditions of trade and commerce on a large scale had already
England, a foundation was already there in the shape of trade capital.
resulting from the consolidation of trade and commerce even as early
was only possible on the basis originally given by England's relation
economic system is unthinkable without the relationship of England to
Ages. The economic customs and relationships within Germany in the
snail's pace, for it had only to adapt itself to technical conditions,
But in this respect a great transformation took place in the second
approximation to English conditions, a development of the industrial
into an industrial country, far more rapidly than any other region of
But there is an important fact in this connection. We might describe
it thus: In England the transition to an industrial condition of life
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conceptions and ideas which we have to develop cannot but be a little
considerations really merge in this question of Price. All the
circulation. There we have the simplest — if I may put it so, the
price lies in the devaluation of money. On the contrary, let us assume
never in a position to apply some general statement to the single case
specified conditions. To begin with, we can say little more than this:
Then, perhaps, we can trace some of the conditions whereby at a given
as a general definition stating how the price of a thing is composed:
impossible to get anywhere near the realities by definitions.
Such instances will show you how indeterminate are the conditions on
You only bring about a redistribution: and it is no true economic
conditions obtaining at a given time and at the actual place to which
mankind will still come to the conclusion that such and such things
— by seeking to grasp it with sharply defined notions. In the
find three factors mentioned — three factors, through the
equally good reasons, that, in the whole connection of economic life,
reality of economics. Excellent as a basis for agitations, they are of
no importance in a serious economic science. Quite other foundations
justification. Adam Smith, for instance, sees the real, original
of taking hold of something static and giving it a definition, whereas
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circulation of values and the mutual interplay of fluctuating values
direct observation of something that is for ever fluctuating. The only
sensible procedure is to consider it in connection with what really
For instance, we estimate 20° of warmth in relation to 5° and so on.
consider the various conditions which determine the lower temperature
the positions of the mercury — as indications, pointing to
life. Now this consideration will lead us to the true and proper
ought to be. This distinction has been made since ancient time:
should be. We mention this here only to help define the concept of
Economic Science. For we may well ask ourselves this question: Is
ought to be? That is the question.
undoubtedly necessary to make observations. We have to make
observations, just as we must observe the readings of the barometer
Take a special case. Let us assume that by certain observations
(which, like all observations, until they lead to action, will be of a
stage of reading the thermometer. But now the question will arise:
do something to accelerate the circulation, the commerce or trade in
the commodity in question. This will be one possible measure, though
comes to action, we must start from quite a different angle. Then only
other aspect is one to which I drew attention many years ago, though
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an illustration. It appears that this drastic illustration has caused
addition.” This objection is so obvious that it is bound to
of community or national economy'. We must, in fact, reckon with all
that arises from the division of labour.
a better position if he made his own suit for himself, or will he be
in a better position if he refrained from doing so?
In effect when the division of labour works, it makes products
division of labour, precisely in the whole system of economic
relationships. Whereas, if we work against the division of
price. It will only be a question of time. After a certain time, he
number of other suits before the very small fraction by which they are
I want to mention this especially today, for, while we take our start
from such ideas as these. But now, in the application of human Labour
to Nature, we come with the further evolution of the economic life to
the division of Labour. The division of Labour arises whenever men
by each individual in conjunction with the man who provides the cart.
Capital always lies in the division, the qualitative division of
application of Spirit to Labour. In one respect or another human
Spirit which arises in the process of the division of Labour.
Where we see Capital arise in the course of division of Labour, we
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economic process, as we have seen, is set in motion by human Labour
Capital, giving it additional value, as I described in the last
the present. First the elaboration of Nature by human Labour, then the
works in the Capital as inventive Spirit in connection with the whole
social life. The technical aspect of invention need not concern us
here; this will only come into question at a later stage.
for, apart from a few occasional hints, I have been speaking only of.
production. I have indeed included, now and then, ideas that had to do
with consumption, especially when we were trying to approach the
question of price. But apart from that you will have found practically
nothing about consumption in our discussions hitherto. I have been
speaking of production. And yet, the economic process does not merely
consist of production — it consists also of consumption.
A simple reflection will show you that consumption is exactly the
opposite pole to production. We have been endeavouring to find the
production. Consumption on the other hand consists in a perpetual
elimination of these values. In consumption they are constantly being
used up. That is to say, it consists in a constant devaluation of the
process — this constant devaluation of values. Indeed it is just
organism there must be a continual production and consumption, and
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endeavoured to express in a formula how we may arrive at a conception
formula is only an abstraction. And it is the object of these lectures
abstraction.
the varying proportions of the sides, so shall we have to introduce
in setting future processes in motion with the help of what went
motion, it inevitably happens in some cases that the values are
point, and we must now try to understand its fuller implications
out the economic process in this direction, counter-clockwise, and we
found that at this point congestion must not be allowed to occur. On
a kind of seed to carry on the process. A state of economic congestion
must not be allowed to arise through a fixation of Capital in ground
economic process — works in direct opposition to the interests of
will be able to make it dearer simply by a reduction in the rate of
possible for the installation of works for the production of valuable
practice without taking additional steps. 100% interest for money
that the life of Associations is the only thing that can make it
Production and Consumption. We must observe the producing and the
used for purposes of agitation. There has especially been much dispute
upon the question, whether spiritual or intellectual work, as
producer in the economic sense is a question which has been much
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the trouble in our present economic conditions. On all hands we have
hidden or masked relationships — relationships which develop in a
satisfy his needs during the production of another like product)
— under the influence of the division of Labour — he cannot
tension, arising between the various products in the economic process,
reciprocal determination of value. We may fancy that we are paying for
use of the conditions present in the social organism and by his own
which gives him his profit. He gains on the transaction because,
expressions) to enhance their value.
— by the price of land. You see, the conditions under which the
portions of the conquered territory to those who helped him to
economic domain bordering on the one hand on these relationships of
relationships of right and power? This is what happens continually:
the prolongation of his relationship to them of conquest or right.
relationship in this case? It is none other than compulsory gift!
Here, then, the relation of giving comes in, with the sole difference
but by compulsion; it is in fact a compulsory gift. That is what
happens in relation to the land. Through the compulsory gift, the
Thus the price of all things capable of subjection to such
relationships of “right” has an inherent tendency to rise
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Title: World Economy: Lecture VIII
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Today we shall have to correct certain current misconceptions which
We have already seen that the most important question in Economics is
must fall to the Associations to discover, from the barometer of
its reduction — the supply will not be maintained at that level.
In this way a regulation of prices will automatically ensue.
merely moving in a theoretical world — in a notional system
But the question is: With such observations, are you entering deeply
be mobile in relation to life. We must be able, as it were, to carry
and wants to sell them, in his case it is unquestionably a demand for
inter-action of what is ordinarily called “supply and
undoubtedly influenced by the question, whether the demander can
at once that we cannot simply speak of an inter-action of supply and
commodities and money — it is unquestionable that prices evolve
“Price is a function of supply and demand,” or — to
and that the price is a function of the two. No; we have three
the market, in the relationship in which Adam Smith saw them — if
approximately so for the circulation of commodities as seen from the
quite different is true. The standpoint of the consumer is conditioned
he gives, a relationship arises, similar to that which arises
consider the mutual inter-action between price and
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Title: World Economy: Lecture IX
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Let me give you an example that will serve as an introduction to some
hidden connections. I give only one example which I myself have
of observation; although Unruh is a man completely wrapped up in State
their right relationship.
composed of the costs of raw materials, the costs of production and a
we should find that they do not correspond to the costs of production
undoubtedly influence the balance in a negative direction. As I said,
Such connections, as I said, have been observed as matters of pure
regarded also from a different aspect. I mentioned a few days ago that
economic circulation. And now, I said, suppose he gets a skilful
make the following calculation. Reckon it up, according to the market:
balance emerged, we should not make a true calculation in the wider
— it may be in the form of Foundations, Scholarships or the like.
to help him in his training, or that he benefited by some Foundation.
In short, from this point of view you can raise the weighty question:
What are the most productive transformations of Capital in the
connections as I have just described: follow especially those portions
of available Capital which go into Foundations, Scholarships and other
react to fertilise the whole process of spiritual production and
we cannot extract from theoretical notions; it can only transpire from
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Title: World Economy: Lecture X
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speaking to a few among you. I mean the relation between Labour and
nevertheless, it is Labour which sets economic value in motion. The
Nature-product, as such, comes into economic circulation by being
worked upon; and the elaboration which gives it its value is the real
Production Capital proper — Industrial Capital.
economic circulation. To get the right idea in this respect, we
must today concern ourselves with a somewhat ticklish question of
Economics. This question cannot be seen clearly unless we try again
profit. The question of profit is extremely difficult. Let us
that this cannot be so; otherwise every transaction of purchase would
be an exploitation of the buyer and that is obviously not the case. We
objects passing in exchange — the one in one direction and the
do more with it than I can. This therefore is the position: The two of
situations. The increase of value can only come about through that
case, by virtue of his particular connection with the economic system
fact of buying or selling in the abstract. The essential question is:
What are the respective economic relationships in which the buyer and
seen by taking another illustration.
even by the introduction of money into an economic community. In
both parties make a profit in the transaction, we shall see
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Title: World Economy: Lecture XI
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In the opinion of a number of economists, as you are probably aware,
actually did last. From their knowledge of economic relationships,
at any rate, adduced for their assertion, you would by no means be
conviction. Nevertheless, the reality of life refuted them. The War
nature of the evolution of economic life upon the Earth. It
somewhat like the earliest living creatures of Earth-evolution. Thus
us to bring our line of thought to its conclusion.
administration, possibly even its own defence force, its own police,
grown to gigantic proportions, it is true, but still preserving in all
proscription is automatic, inasmuch as no books are printed and
Now if we trace the further course of evolution, we see how private
economies gradually passed over into national economies,*
and thus the fiscal administration grows increasingly into industrial
organisation. We see the economic passing over into the life of the
“national economy,” is also the ordinary word for
form to its origin in the period of national economies is, of course,
book The Wealth of Nations. — Translators.
be called economy on a larger scale — national economy; and in
phase of evolution was still there as an insertion in the new. What is
it that arises at this stage in the true sense of national economy? It
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Title: World Economy: Lecture XII
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Yesterday we formulated a very important question which came to the
fore with the transition from national economy to world-economy. With
this transition the question of price begins to acquire a very
But there are other things to consider before we can gain a conception
market, or in the circulation of goods, is really of far less economic
and of which price-formation and price-fluctuation are merely the
relationships in the midst of which the buyer and seller stand. It is
these relationships which determine whether the buyer will attach a
an objective sense. The economic question nowadays cannot be isolated
from the social question. Only by observing the interplay of the two
price-formation which, under the existing economic system, ultimately
finds expression in the rate of wages — we really have an
disputes really depends on social relationships in which both the
worker and the enterpriser are involved, relationships of which the
upshot is that kind of price-formation which constitutes the payment
place money must have a universally recognised value. But the question
But this again can only be brought about by some act of recognition.
circulation — when it is taken up by Labour — and again,
such receives its value by the free process of circulation. And now we
circulation. The premises are given to us by what we have said already
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Title: World Economy: Lecture XIII
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maintained, we must now turn our attention to certain features in the
economic process which also take a part in the determination of
they are sure to set up an institution to collect his
speculation: all I desire is to have a reasonable interest on my
simply the prudent exploitation of the fact that the poet's reputation
was growing — a growth which in the end found expression in the
not draw the attention of others to it; nor did they hit on the idea
I mention this case only to illustrate how complicated the question
difficult it is to grasp them all. Thus the question arises: Is it
and women of sound intelligence, in the right associations, to
expression. But there will still be many things — things of
Labour. There is the Nature-product. In an economic organisation based
on division of Labour, the Nature-product has, properly speaking, no
“function” of value-formation. For instance, we can
see at once that it cannot be a question of simply superimposing
Nature-element. It cannot be a merely additive function. It will be
Therefore, when all is said, we must always look upon the cultivation
starting-point of economic life. This is the condition precedent to
such a thing as the redistribution of values plays a considerable part
one side (or, as I said, whatever the right function is); then we must
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Title: World Economy: Lecture XIV
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which I have myself been taking part — is it my opinion that all
objections can be made to what has been said. In a sense I shall be
in one direction or another. You may have fairly definite ideas of
Many objections may no doubt be made. Here is a very easy one: How
time? They will only wish to give me money on the assumption that they
on this foundation will you be able to make proper use of what is
only partial observations.
conditions determining price-levels are the following, so far as the
money, the costs of production which he has to meet and the
competition among buyers. But if you analyse these concepts you will
money, prices rise or fall in a particular direction? Can the
unhealthy way. Or again, speaking of costs of production, it may be
price will come out if costs of production are looked upon as
production for a given article might have to be reduced so that it has
example, with the competitive relation between buyers or between
sellers. For the question is: May it not be, under certain conditions,
competition should exist at all, as between sellers or between buyers?
parts of our exposition, the endeavour has been throughout to make
grows old, then, inasmuch as money comes into circulation and figures
allowed to function in a purely economic and unhampered way —
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Title: Rosicrucianism/Initiation: Lecture I: Research into the Life of the Spirit During the Middle Ages
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Rosicrucianism and Modern Initiation
These lectures, given just after the Christmas Foundation Meeting,
In close connection with what I had to bring before you in the lectures
given at our Christmas Foundation Meeting, I should like, in the
Rosicrucianism or some other occult designation, and I should like to
something, by way of introduction, about the whole manner of forming
view, but rather to place before your mind's eye conceptions
well-defined conditions — conditions of warmth, e.g., and other
person to unite a conception of reality with something that,
conditions that obtain for man's physical life on Earth. It was
the realisation of facts like this that underlay research during the
I have marked a transition
because before this time man's perceptions were still
such vision had been common human experience, but they knew that in
conscious of how, in the course of their celebration of the Mass, it
however, the direct and immediate connection with the Intelligences
planets, that lead the planets across the constellations of the fixed
spoken of today merely as a condition in which bodies exist. No one
evolution of the Earth accord at any rate a little with the
reflection when he has the experience of being filled, shall we say,
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Title: Rosicrucianism/Initiation: Lecture II: Hidden Centres of the Mysteries in the Middle Ages
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Rosicrucianism and Modern Initiation
These lectures, given just after the Christmas Foundation Meeting,
the Christmas Foundation how the human being who was an Initiate or
was about to receive Initiation could verily meet with the Gods. And
The preparation of these
centres and the adoption of them as the official places — if I
may use so crude an expression — is at the foundation of the
impulses for all the older civilisations. Gradually, however,
this, however, Initiation never ceased; it was only the form in which
directions in accordance with the karma of mankind or the karma of
some people or nation. I have described one such instance in what I
it were, a sketch of the situation.
union with the spiritual world — one may truthfully say, for a
meeting with the Gods. And the whole situation and condition of the
connections of destiny were at work in the event. And it was so in
conversation between them. I do not of course mean that only one
such conversation took place between teacher and pupil, but I am
work, the creation of divine-spiritual Beings. When one looks at what
recognise that behind these creations stands the working of
time, because of the kind of connection of the physical body with the
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Title: Rosicrucianism/Initiation: Lecture III: The Time of Transition
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Rosicrucianism and Modern Initiation
Lecture III: The Time of Transition
These lectures, given just after the Christmas Foundation Meeting,
Time of Transition
was shut for the evolution of the spirit of man, a door that had been
evolution, however, take place slowly, gradually, step by step. And
new paths with inner zeal, with sincere and whole-hearted devotion,
few men were there gathered together, making devotion, so to say, of
there is there no question of any mediumistic power. The little
or any sanctioning — of mediumistic powers, as deeply sinful;
and honoured tradition. Just in those very communities of which I am
peculiar constitution of the physical body; they knew that it is the
information that came by the help of mediumship they could not but
think of anything mediumistic in this connection. There was the mood
of mysticism and meditation, and that alone. And it was the enhancing
together, the picture, the imagination. I have, however, been able to
give you no more than a mere indication of that which will come to
fulfilment within you; you will go on further and find a continuation
might establish a special union with the spiritual world, once more
they wrote down, in symbols, revelations which they received from the
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Title: Rosicrucianism/Initiation: Lecture IV: The Relationship of Earthly Man to the Sun
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Rosicrucianism and Modern Initiation
Lecture IV: The Relationship of Earthly Man to the Sun
These lectures, given just after the Christmas Foundation Meeting,
Relationship of Earthly Man to the Sun
knowledge, showed itself in this later age more in a devotion of
Intelligence of the planet. This points to traditions which
something more than traditions. To look up to a planet in the way
looked in the direction of the star. And Agrippa of Nettesheim knew
Earth in the Cosmos. Their conception of Man was expressed by saying:
by the World-Spirituality, but in the course of his evolution had not
for there the point is that originally Man had quite another position
on the Earth and in the Universe from the position he takes today; he
conception and considering the realm of thought, where men think they
Fall into his present narrow limitations.
example, that one may have a conversation with a person — I am
spiritual realm. The conversation turns on whether Man, as he stands
questions? And yet it is only by facing them that man can ever find
relationship of the Earth to the Sun, or of Earthly man to the Sun,
this relationship, then I must again speak in Imaginations: for these
in Imaginations.
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Title: Rosicrucianism/Initiation: Lecture V: Occult Schools in the 18th and First Half of the 19th Century
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Rosicrucianism and Modern Initiation
These lectures, given just after the Christmas Foundation Meeting,
recently made its appearance, is the external observation of Nature,
observation of Nature nor with the mere sequence of abstract logical
sort of existence in traditional form and may be found even as late
foundation. A similar picture has really to be made of the conditions
time to make observations in the physical world, since I was not then
orientation to the wisdom that has survived from olden times, and
of which I speak, a tradition goes right back in history, back
the times, that is to say, of Aristotle. The tradition does not,
words in Hebrew. It was impossible to find any direct connection with
of this master knew through the instructions they received that what,
being of the human organisation itself.
with their bodies. They had to assume such a position that the body
this in deep meditation, standing in the attitude I have described.
connection with something I said to you only yesterday. I told you
then, in another connection, that if men continue only to think so
be really and truly experienced. Explanation and interpretation of
the world. They found in one direction, namely through Man, the path
connection with the world of the Gods.
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Title: Rosicrucianism/Initiation: Lecture VI: The Tasks of the Michael Age
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Rosicrucianism and Modern Initiation
These lectures, given just after the Christmas Foundation Meeting,
periods of Michael. For so it is in the earthly evolution of mankind.
This is due to the fact that man stands in quite another relation to
than he ever did before. This new relation to the spiritual world
also determines a peculiar relation to the Spirit guiding the
charlatanry. Nevertheless, as I have explained on former occasions,
relation with the spiritual world at the dawn of the new phase of
Rosenkreutz it was vouchsafed to ask many questions, deeply
recognition — were differently situated from the Rosicrucians,
whole relation of the Gods to mankind.
the secrets of the world: he beheld them in Imagination; he beheld
them hearingly in Inspiration; he united himself with them in
Intuition.
it is a question of deriving real knowledge out of the being of man,
depended on many and varied things in the course of human evolution.
thereby alone, the perceptions they drew forth from their inner being
grew into actual visions.
his inner vision. The Initiate of the Egypto-Chaldean epoch looked
transient — to the creation of the Gods in transient things
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Title: Michael Meditation: The Festivals and their Meaning: IV Michaelmas
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MICHAEL MEDITATION
This meditation is from Rudolf Steiner's last lecture.

Title: Lecture: Michaelmas IV: A Michael Lecture
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evolution of mankind different ones among the seven great Archangel
in quite another relation to the spiritual world since the first
third of the 15th century than he ever did before. This new relation
to the spiritual world also determines a peculiar relation to the
occasions, there did exist an individuality whom we may describe by
relation with the spiritual world at the dawn of the new phase of
Rosenkreutz it was vouchsafed to ask many questions, deeply
recognition — were quite differently situated from the
it the whole relation of the Gods to mankind.
the secrets of the world; he saw them in Imagination; he heard and
perceived them in Inspiration; he united himself with them in
Intuition. These things, however, are impossible so long as man
diagrams. But when it is a question of deriving real knowledge out of
depended on many and varied things in the course of human evolution.
and hence the perceptions they drew forth from their inner being grew
into actual visions.
his inner vision. The Initiate of the Egypto-Chaldean epoch looked
transient — to the creation of the Gods in transient things
Graeco-Latin period, the visions were there like a Fata Morgana in
him under the proper conditions. Hence he assigned his gods to
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Title: Lecture: Festivals and The Mysteries. The Adonis Mystery. The Easter Thought
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connection of Easter with the secrets and riddles of the Universe when
of which has to be reckoned year by year from that constellation of
evolution.
foundation but in the course of the first centuries — Easter
arises for the true Christian from the fact of the Resurrection of
Easter is the festival of the Resurrection. Yet at the same time it
plays a part in our calculation, at least, of the date of Easter). It
lectures; for here already we must touch upon the connection of Easter
with the evolution of the Mysteries in the history of mankind.
Easter as a Christian festival is a festival of Resurrection. The
the year as our Easter, was a kind of Resurrection festival of Nature
Autumn season. This is a remarkable fact in the determination
in the course of evolution, in the world-conceptions of mankind with
evolution. Consider the content of this Easter Festival. What is it in
union of Christ with Earth-existence. This time is celebrated in
Festival: the Death, the lying in the Grave and the Resurrection of
connection between the Easter Festival and the Mysteries. In many
religions often thus present the character of fetish worship. Many
every human being who was about to reach initiation. For within the
initiation was led into a special chamber. The walls were black, the
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Title: Lecture: Moon-birth and Sun-birth. Necessity and Freedom. Stages of the Ancient
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MOON-BIRTH AND SUN-BIRTH.NECESSITY AND FREEDOM.STAGES OF THE ANCIENT EASTER INITIATION
centuries humanity of the civilised world has undergone an evolution
thought of his connection with Cosmic powers and Cosmic forces. Man
became more and more restricted to those relationships alone which
today, no other relationships can be considered. If a man who stood
near to the sanctuaries of Initiation in pre-Christian times, or even
live without a consciousness of his non-earthly, cosmic relationships.
religion. In such religious systems of antiquity — in so far as
Christian conception as the First Person of the Godhead — the
Now all those religions in which this conception of the Father God was
aware — of the connection of the Father God with the cosmic Moon
connection with the Moon forces — unless it be the imaginative
inspiration which the poetic mind still feels that it receives from
lunar months. But the older world-conceptions had a clear
lives in him as the forces of nutrition, breathing and the like, in a
destruction of his form; indeed they must be battling all the
religions revered and worshipped in these forces which guide man, so
praise — such was the content of certain monotheistic religions
of ancient time. But the old religions were more consistent than we
The religions which looked up to the Moon — to the spiritual
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Title: Lecture: The Moon-secret Spring and Autumn mysteries
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life is expressed in the forms of the constellations and in the
calculation of their movements if they are planets, and so forth.
one were to consider the outer measurements and proportions and
conditions of movement of the human body in complete unconsciousness
just as though one were to forget that in the proportions and
movements of this body a soul-and-spirit comes to expression.
that comes to expression, but a multiplicity. It is an immeasurable,
the forms of the constellations, in the movements of the planets, in
with the physical man on Earth. And the first and nearest relationship
when it withdraws entirely from our external vision, the time we call
body moving out there in cosmic space, illumined in various directions
by the Sun and thus showing itself to our vision in varying shapes and
the New Moon. The New Moon, through all the cosmic relationships in
whole world-relationships we become conscious of the appearance of the
spiritual way. We have indeed the perpetual rhythmic alternation
between the physical manifestation and the spiritual manifestation of
reflection the Sunlight is essentially transformed. In effect, all the
his etheric body — all this depends on the results of observation
knew that constellations, relationships and movements of the planetary
into the consciousness of mankind in relation to the forces of the
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Title: Lecture: The Mysteries of Ephesus The Aristotelian Categories
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the consciousness of men with the world in such manner that this union
comes to expression in the festivals of the year. We have understood
initiation. From all this you will have realised how great a part the
Mysteries have played in the whole evolution of mankind. All the
less in connection with such a mighty guidance as proceeded from the
number of human beings have passed through incarnations in which the
the fruits of these incarnations are not yet ripe today, though the
will be necessary, that the knowledge, the vision, the conscious
experience of the Spiritual that can arise from present-day Initiation
progressive evolution of all that has taken place in human history.
forth from here, from the Goetheanum through the Christmas Foundation
— this Anthroposophical Society will provide the foundation for
which can be turned to good account in future evolution even as a
constellations of the Sun and Moon considered in a spiritual sense. I
We want to gain a true and vivid conception of how this light-ether
body is created through the Moon forces, through the observation if I
the image of the Goddess they had a feeling, a sensation which grew
A deep impression was made on those present when the Temple Goddess
And as a consequence a certain instruction could be given with great
clearness in these Ephesian Mysteries, an instruction, if I may call
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Title: Significant Facts: Lecture I: A Convulsive Element in Humanity in the Nineteenth Century
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in October and November, 1915. Authorized translation from the German
of Notes unrevised by the lecturer. Published by kind permission of the
evolutionary process of humanity, and how from different sides it was
evolution once laid down for humanity.
for speaking of many aspects of it — for illustrations will
itself into the course of evolution. As numbers of illustrations
of conditions apparently so remote from those prevailing in Europe,
the traditions strictly laid down in the Tibetan canon. The details
of these figures must be absolutely correct: the proportions laid
down for the facial structure, the size and position of the hands —
import of the word “terrible” in this connection will be
of the Inquisition — the dread Council of black Inquisitors. —
Inquisition, there is no need to fetch them. So the maker of gods set
god. The Shaman impressed upon him the danger of his position, saying
to be merciful in the administration of justice — but if
Dalai-Lama. The conviction is that in the boy who shows the most
the incarnation of the god in human form, a Vice-Dalai-Lama must rule
sinner. According to the Tibetan Constitution, his brothers are also
caravan procession is beautifully described in the book: the
beginning to help her father, she had a companion with whom she liked
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Title: Significant Facts: Lecture II: Ancient Occult Magic. The Ahasver Mystery.
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in October and November, 1915. Authorized translation from the German
of Notes unrevised by the lecturer. Published by kind permission of the
the evolution of humanity, who in the middle of the 19th century
came to us from the realisation that what was astir in the inmost
depths of the evolutionary process made its way into the external
directs our minds and hearts to the great moment of world-evolution
of the new element that must be received into the evolution of
humanity — but with the co-operation of human souls who are
materialism veiled all possibilities of vision into the spiritual
becomes a natural process in the souls of men. The situation today
arise, so it will be natural one day for the living impression to
today will die and return in new incarnations. Then, having learnt
the impression that will rise up from within them of the truth of
this inner impression that will arise quite naturally in the soul
the impression that will come of itself, as a kind of remembrance.
But the foundation for understanding this
from incarnation to incarnation asserts itself in the future —
and this means in our future incarnations — men must be
Christ in His living activity within earth-evolution not to remain
his inspiration, spiritual science has to say, no sentiments or
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Title: Significant Facts: Lecture III: The Tragic Wrestling with Knowledge. The Secrets of the Future Sixth Cultural Period.
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in October and November, 1915. Authorized translation from the German
of Notes unrevised by the lecturer. Published by kind permission of the
too prone to give way to delusions. On the one side they want to be
any individual efforts to acquire knowledge. The rebellion against
The man in question lived through that wave of philosophy which
transition to the time when this thinking was held to be of no avail,
predominant and faith was invested in external, material observation
external observation, in a domain that is extraordinarily
sense-observation, there surged within him those inner forces of the
soul which wrestle with the question: How can man find the link with
is there any criterion for knowing that it has not all been brought
investigations are made in the domains of chemistry or physics where
bound to stand in a peculiar position in the world — for such a
the appearance of some apparently important invention or discovery
And so in the year 1821 he writes the first edition of a short
second edition appeared in 1832. It actually reckoned to find a
Mises. Second edition, Leipzig, 1832, Published by Leopold Voss.]
happenings on the earth. I have told you how the decision as to which
spiritual conception of the world. You can see how he endeavoured
that such a soul is a clear illustration of the reality of the
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Title: Spiritual Science and Medicine -- Lecture I
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take it as obvious that only a very small proportion of what my
present hearers probably expect for the future of their professional
Any medical subject under discussion today has, as its background,
bias the medical mind in a certain direction from the first; and it is
curriculum to any really objective recognition of the nature of
disease per se. Secondly, I would suggest the direction in which we
foundation for medical work. Thirdly, I would indicate the
possibilities of a rational therapy based on the knowledge of the
relationship between man and the surrounding world. In this section I
would include the question whether actual healing were possible and
of orientation. My principal aim will be to collect for consideration
give special attention to everything that may be of value to the
can only be attained by consideration of the factors to which I have
been baffled by the question: “What does sickness mean and what is a
sick human being?” The most usual definition or explanation of
a deviation from the normal life process; that certain facts which
affect human beings, and for which normal human functions are not in
process and in the organisation; and that sickness consists in the
functional deficiency of the organs caused by such changes. But you
must admit that this is a merely negative definition. It offers no
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Title: Spiritual Science and Medicine -- Lecture II
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phenomenon in the chemical reactions of the muscle. If these ideas are
in our consideration of the heart. What in Osteology and Myology is
There have been intricate mechanical analogies, in explanation of the
heart's action — analogies totally at variance with embryology, be it
noted! — but no one has begun to doubt the mechanical explanation, or
My outline of the subjects for consideration in the next few days will
all the organic activities centering round nutrition, digestion,
absorption into the blood, and so on: follow, passing upwards through
the human frame, the process of digestion up to the interaction
receives air. An unbiased observation will show a certain contrast and
opposition between the process of respiration and the process of
digestion.
towards mutual saturation. Other words, of course, could be chosen for
description, but we shall understand each other more and more. There
is an interaction in the first place between the liquefied foodstuffs
intricate and worth attention. There is an interplay of forces, and
respiratory. A damming up organ is inserted and its action is
effect, to begin with. The only hopeful investigations on these lines,
practising in North Styria, who published a contribution to the
(1892, No. 15), “The Heart Action and Curve
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Title: Spiritual Science and Medicine -- Lecture III
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repetitions, so I shall group the answers together, as far as
basis for every future consideration, taking into account what I have
had from you in the way of requests and suggestions.
occasion, the circulation in the cardiac system.
Today I shall describe the introductory principles of a conception
will be dealt with in subsequent comments, but it is my intention to
although there is no clear and evident connection between the two. And
generally prevail. It is hardly possible to discover a rational cure,
century, these deficiencies in the medical conception led to what was
sceptical as regards any rationale of healing.
But in a purely rational approach to medicine, we might surely expect
diagnosis? The connection between therapeutics and pathology must not
And thus the question arises: How far does the whole intricate web of
the medical man must pass Nature's examination. But it cannot be
less exceptions, for there have already been injuries of one kind or
Nature, in order to gather from them some conception of the healing
connection. We can of course, only observe curative processes in
in Nature itself, so that we can pass Nature's examination and thus
question, which will be fully dealt with in the course of these
lectures. But one can say at once in this connection that the path
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Title: Spiritual Science and Medicine -- Lecture IV
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THE DISCUSSION
must enter a caveat in connection with a question that has just been
handed to me. I must again — as on a previous occasion — emphasise
relationship between individual remedies and individual phenomena of
questions.
discover about the connection between man and that external nature
with the connection between specific remedies and specific organs, for
the simple reason that the connection is a complicated one, and we can
preliminary questions. This we shall try to do today and perhaps also
in part tomorrow. Then we shall be in a position to point out a
definite connection between particular remedies and the disease of
you to accept it provisionally, because it throws light on many
infrequent, and of course, I only make this suggestion so that you do
course, only mention this amongst persons who have acquired a certain
university institution, you would cease to be a minority in opposition
one might say — sought in this way a legal justification for its aim
of healing the individual. But this justification really consists in
people! Now, this justification would be valid if patients were really
that certain dispositions of disease spread over a wide region, as was
mentioned yesterday by Dr. E., is of great importance. After curing one
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the two, we shall need to mention many things that can only remain a
practitioners have given me their confidence, and discussed various
topics with me, and I have often been amazed. My first question was:
“How old is the patient?” and the practitioner could give no definite
answer. He had himself formed no opinion on the patient's age. As we
Here arises the question whether there was any
connection between the failure and the age of the patient under
attention to the stature and build of the patient — whether he is
the etheric body of man. I have given much consideration to the
wherever possible find out — (I will mention every factor, although
facts are symptomatic of what we might term the action of the etheric
body, or let us say, of the functional manifestations of the man in
relation to his physical body. This must be taken into account, if we
want to perceive a connection between the man and his medical
Then we must find out the relationship of both physical and etheric
bodies to the higher members of the human organisation, to what we
an extremely important constitutional peculiarity, for it testifies to
Another question that should be put — although it may be
movement and exertion, or inclined to inertia. For personalities with
I would offer a further suggestion which might some day be feasible.
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cursory introduction, within the limits of an hour, in order to make
will seem without foundation. Nevertheless I will try to show in the
presentation of the subject, that these matters are indeed
relationship to the cosmos. We have already pointed out that in man
the opposite process to that of plant formation is active in a
functional sense. Therefore, in order to find the direct
root. This dependence of the flower formation upon forces originating
same forces utilised by the plant to initiate the formation of flower
functional reversal of the plant process in man. They are utilised
through the abdomen as well as in all functions of evacuation
secretion and the physical base of sex. So if we examine the
complementary relationship of man and the plant, we find special
You must take note of the spiral sequence in the actual formation of
cannot be explained by internal forces of tension in the plant. No;
respective motions of earth and sun can only be taken relatively.)
sun's action were the sole operating force, it would take complete
possession, so to speak, and the plant would be drawn upwards into the
formative forces which cause the formation of flower and seed. So if
you consider the plant's upward development, from the region of
formation of the foliage, you must ascribe it to the combined action
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drawn your attention to certain fundamentals in human
adaptation to telluric and cosmic conditions. The indications referred
super-sensible research, and then we shall be in a position to proceed
Just as educational theory and practice for the young have to take
medicine contemplate human life and constitution as a whole from birth
It is most important to grasp that in childhood the functional content
this functional content becomes fitted into the organism, so that
substance. Therefore it can occasion no surprise that the disturbances
associated with this permeation of the higher human elements into the
etheric body has to struggle for its right place in relation to the
out in physical manifestations, as, for instance, in chorea. All
that is, accompanied by psychic disturbance, in addition to the
organic manifestations, are linked up with the unaccustomed effort and
must see that the functions of the astral body are so directed as to
age into consideration — you will find that diseases tending to
relationship with the physical and etheric, and if it has not been
it will not be able to establish the correct relationship. The result
inclination to assume that such is actually the case. Of course there
Mercury and the Moon, to give them the titles already mentioned. But
Thus we have to complete the consideration of Space by the
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of expression in which we use to abridge or to simplify
physical functions. Nowadays, people are not very ready to link up
expressions in the realm of physical functions with the spiritual
foundations of existence. But this must be done if medical thinking
and conception are to become permeated with Spiritual Science. For
the interaction between what we term the etheric body and what we term
the physical. You have learned that this interaction is at work in man
relation to the influence of the astral body. But the same interaction
Think this out thoroughly to its conclusion, and then consider that
you are gazing profoundly into the relationship between man and
this earthly sphere, in the planetary and astral regions, in the
to the atmospheric and astral regions (in the literal sense of a
certain intuition here; but as I have already remarked, you will not
get very far in medicine without intuition.) Let us Suppose that
our own inner being. There, too, we shall find a certain relationship
kinship between this union and the manner of connection of the etheric
How then can we speak concretely about this relationship of the
relationship between the etheric and the physical. So we must take
ramifications in your olfactory organs. Turning your conscious thought
to this process of perception, you become aware of a certain
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yesterday what may be termed the approximation of the
a closer connection with the occurrences of extra-human nature. We
make these investigations because it is important for spiritual
as closely as possible. In healing, the main consideration is always
the correct perception of the particular factors contained in what we
functions of the organism and are missing in the morbid state. One
These two processes approach most nearly in the perception of taste
body, between seeing and digestion — even using “digestion” in the
in the intestines. The remaining region of the digestive apparatus I
comprise within elimination, which may occur within the body (by
absorption) and evocation which disposes externally of waste matter.
The functions which occur below the great glands I would classify
under the heading of elimination.
region. True, the connections with the whole universe are present in
man: man is related to Saturn, Jupiter, etc.; but the relations are
concealed in the depths of our organisation. At the risk of offending
affiliations form the most deeply unconscious region in man, they are
within; and thus bring man into relationship with what happens at a
relationship with the meteorological world, in its widest meaning. And
processes, we must include within our purview the relationships of man
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relationships between external nature and man may well tend to equip
Of course the spiritual-scientific investigation proper in yielding
excitation of the secretory functions, primarily in the secretion and
excretion of urine, of milk and also of sweat. How is this effect
is linked with the minutely distributed portions of iron or iron
and pushes them for a while to the region below the sphere of the
their effects extend to different regions; and this provides us with
guiding threads to find out in a rational way the curative remedies.
admitting disturbances in the composition of the blood fluid itself.
reach to our periphery and under certain conditions may affect the
lungs. This wide range of strong action on every part of the human
One finds its effects extending fan-like in so many directions. We may
ask, for instance: what is the origin of the counteraction to weak
digestion? We shall find that this effect is due to the bitter
the blood and have their farthest stage of transformation in the human
digestion by natural affinity. The forces inherent in the alkaline
divisions of the human organism.” Such are the experiments of Nature
can be, as we put our questions to it in experimental form.
Another plant full of interest in this direction is Equisetum arvense
weak digestion and also strong effects on the periphery of the human
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will give the most cogent illustration of the need to widen the
horizon of our observations if we wish to obtain a real insight into
predisposition for understanding. We find carbon in extra-human
those portions of the world we are able to observe has been expelled
or removed from man in the course of human evolution. Mankind has had
preparation Perhaps I do not express this adequately, but those who
that even homeopathic practitioners are somewhat afraid of becoming
My reason for studying that subject was due to very definite opinions,
medicaments: for example, the preparation of silicon or of vegetable
carbon. The process of preparation contains the clue.
I have made many investigations into what actually happens in the
when homeopathic preparations are made? For it is the preparation
comes to a condition in which there is no more positive fortune, but a
opposite effect to what is normal to the substances in question,
the substance. This medium adopts a new configuration; just as one who
opposite to the normal, and imparts this condition, which was formerly
subdivision displays certain characteristics, it changes at a certain
point in this subdivisional process, acquiring another character; it
the same direction.
reaction” above mentioned may be directly provoked. But it may also
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for the surprising connections between extra-human and intra-human
facts. For significant intuitions can emerge from such study,
from these spas, and the addition of arsenic, as though to make their
mutual compensative operation even wider and more firmly based, we
prepared for certain conditions in mankind. Of course it can happen
peculiar conditions are beginning to affect certain regions of the
These matters compose a bundle of questions, upon which I will base
consideration of another remarkable circumstance, which perhaps only
there is some significance in the relation of oxygen to nitrogen in
composition of the atmosphere which alters the normal proportion of
oxygen to nitrogen, in either direction — is associated with
into this hidden relationship more definitely. You know that in
this separation takes place more in a dynamic sense, and return again
state, we must accept a less intimate connection between astral body
a remarkable and astounding way. The composition of the external
connection between astral and etheric bodies, and concurrently between
regard to the composition of the air, how we must notice whether we
are in a position to give men air or whether to deprive them of it.
find that (with two exceptions) all these are found in combination
compounds and solutions. Two only appear in their pure state within
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assume a more spiritually scientific orientation, in respect of three
diseases, and their really rational treatment. And finally there is
with their culmination in cancer, by means of merely physical methods,
now you have only to refer to my publications, to realise that
necessary, in fact, to talk of the intervention of the etheric body,
— or is not adequately active — through the observation of very many
processes which are opposed to the action of the etheric body. In
order to obtain valid representations here, we must take into
consideration all the manifestations associated with inflammation or
developing out of inflammation, and also all that is associated with
the formation of tumours, and spreads its destructive activity through
frustrated by social, especially hygienic, conditions which should,
unifying process, which is common to all inflammations, is not a
best characterised as follows: in all cases of inflammation, whether
impaired or impeded in a particular direction; to redistribute its
activity of the etheric body in definite directions, whereas the
all directions. It is possible to set up reactive processes — we
special direction.
But tumorous formations of every kind are a different matter. They
physical body, against the action of the etheric body; these processes
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this opinion can no longer be held, but that Anthroposophy appears to
correspond with the results of additional research into the ancient
possibility of accusation and attack, whether on one score or the
physical judgment — I use this term with intention and reference to
into the operation of intellect and judgment. This will not yet mean
vehicles, and at the present stage of evolution its main sphere of
action is on the physical body. In mankind today the ego has as yet
later on. Only in those who retain in later life a vivid imagination
distinct from their imagination and become dry intellectualists, there
us through our ego-organisation; its structure is most delicate, and
with creative imagination we find a half-conscious, dreamlike remnant
conditions.
the human organism is of great importance, as is the realisation of
the constant organic defensive reaction against it as a “foreign
organisation. You will arrive at a visualisation which helps your
judgment if you study psycho-physiologically the organisation of the
this scaffold. There is an intimate interaction between the
the world around it. I have often had occasion to study this
interaction of eye and ego, in blind-born persons and in those who had
lost their sight. Such cases reveal very plainly the mutual reactions
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remote from the experience of contemporary civilisation. The first
to complain that our considerations here set out are difficult to
and therefore it occasionally devours garden spiders. And when
there were no henbane available, the blackbird falls into convulsions
occurrence which furnishes an illustration.
blackbird devours a spider? The spider is in its whole organisation
very much interwoven with certain cosmic interactions outside the
retention of a substance which it cannot wholly work up under the
it off with our hand, by a simple reflex action.
We may learn a very great deal from these instinctive actions of
animals and plants. Their observation will help to cure us of another
error; namely the conviction that everything deserving the name of
injury and self-protection affords a quite intelligent behaviour.
the instincts for injury or protection in a special portion of the
more detail. But it is beyond question that we no longer think so
be: the education given us at school and at the university — for both
will be the criterion as to whether we in our pursuit of science
therefore only very rarely reaches by intuition what ancient mankind
reached instinctively. But that is the course of evolution, from
instinct through intellectualism to intuition. And both physiology and
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were good enough to put questions, in the course of these lectures.
But there must be a certain foundation for rational answers to these
inquiries. Now, it is my intention to start from the point to which we
functions in the human organism. These functions must be regarded as
functions can be taken over by its etheric equivalent, and this for
This brings us to the consideration of a remedial method which has
arrive at its consideration by way of the spleen. You may convince
yourselves by experiment that mild massage in the region of the spleen
that this method of local massage has strict and close limitations. In
Gentle massage of the regions round the spleen, brings something into
those regions which is not there as a rule. In a sense, the
those regions. And very much depends on this displacement of
there is a powerful interaction between the unconscious activities of
reason of which the splenetic functions rather than the spleen itself
are the mediators, and the actual conscious functions of the human
organism. What precisely are these conscious functions of the human
activity; and counteracts these toxic conditions continually through
the operation of the unconscious will. The centre for these conditions
imbue it with a certain awareness, by means of massage, we take action
well. You may dispute the term massage in this connection, but you
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foundation of the material of the preceding lecture I must
referred to the development and retrogression of the teeth I want to
of health and sickness. It is inadvisable to take such explanations on
perception, but has consequences which are externally visible.
You will understand the whole process of dental formation, if viewed
whose correct significance can only be judged in connection with tooth
formation. Girls and young women have good teeth — and after their
circumstance should help to explain the connection of toothache and
defective teeth with the whole bodily constitution. There is another
very interesting connection, between dental processes and the tendency
body of man — for dental formation is our most mineralising process
— is also closely associated with the general process of organisation
and shows this association and interdependence in the human area most
the process of dental formation, which cannot be disputed. The
completion of this dental formative process — the external cusp of
the tooth which projects from the gums, is a region of the human frame
process of decomposition which accompanies the formation of the teeth
pole of the organisation at which the extremity of the tooth develops,
the internal organisation cannot contribute very much to the formative
process. But we must not forget that this internal organisation is
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origins of pathological conditions. Of late there has been a cumulative
tendency to disregard the origins proper, and to fix attention on
description of a disease by stating what bacillus caused the disease
arguments and objections against the invasion of micro-organisms, for
attention is diverted from the primary element. Suppose that in the
the presence of these bacteria all manner of inflammations arise. But
if all these results are ascribed wholly to the action of the
bacteria, attention is actually directed only to the activity of these
micro-organisms. Attention is thus drawn away from the true origin of
real primary causes of the disease. And attention must be directed to
the region of these primary causes. We must therefore return to the
them our attention.
the entire content of vegetation. We must understand that this flora
in continuous operation, and as essential to the growth of plants as
interaction between the forces passing into the plant from the earth,
is the essential factor in this interaction that permeates our whole
environment? Should these cosmic forces attain their full expression
and take full possession of the plant, and should the planets not
tendency to become animal. There is a tendency towards animalisation.
suppression of the plant-nature in mineralisation.
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possible of the questions before us. In a preliminary outline, such as
same time an indication of its therapeutic value, and can use our own
prescriptions which say that is for this and the other for that. On
this occasion, I shall again start from something apparently remote,
questions put to me, one continually reappears, and it must, of
course, be of interest to you all — the question of heredity in
relations, reveals itself somewhere in an externally visible form.
and concealed by illusions, so that sound judgment becomes most
difficult. If a judgment is formed on a question of heredity, there
facts of heredity are wrapped in the most powerful illusions which
manifestations of heredity follow a pattern of law, but one very hard
to regulate. Just as the horizontal position of the arms of a balance
it also, we may say, with the operation of heredity. It is a similar
through a wide range of varying manifestations. This is due to the fact
the internal processes of her organisation. This contrast may remind
you of something already touched upon in these discussions. Now there
through conception, and develops; it is inclined to become more and
law but is subject to variation, and hence arises the following
processes apart from the formation of the ovule, that is to say from
the organs which serve the functions of reproduction. Thus woman
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and preparations. In order, however, to do this successfully, we must
first acquire a general view and conception of man, must illuminate
as he is today stands in a certain relation to the outside world. This
relation is most highly evolved in the interplay of the external
For up to a certain point, man's digestion is nothing but a
transformation and continuation of sense-activity. Up to the point
action of lymph and blood formation — all that occurs is
organic in its manifestations the lower its evolutionary grade. So
digestive process is a continuation of the sense of taste.
for the recognition of wholesome and necessary methods of treatment in
this region. Gradually, too, we should be able to recognise injuries
Follow the operation of — for example — ammoniac salt on the human
between the sensory and the motor nerves. The whole conception of such
a distinction is absurd. The matter in question is entirely different.
blood formation — there is also a continuous process of taste in the
same time a process in the astral body and releases a reflex action in
that body, which is manifested in perspiration. If you can accept the
sebaceous process, and to some extent of the urinary excretion as
absorption of foodstuffs taken into the body secretion of the
question reduce themselves — more or less — to this dissolving
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an astonishing number of fertile suggestions for the treatment of retarded
education and the relationships of the four bodies of the human being,
of Steiner's major contributions to the treatment of children "in need
deviation from the supposed normal. Distinction between soul and
reflection of higher permanent soul life which passes through
repeated incarnations and is seated in organisation of body. Head
thought to be transformed to action. A man whose philosophical system
excluded the will produced a pathological son with no connection to
Curative Education
application. Then, when Frau Dr. Wegman puts some of the children at
our disposal for demonstration — for this is permissible among
education for healthy children should already be possessed by one who
practise a more intimate and close observation. In some corner of the
to deal, educationally or medically, with serious irregularities,
made progress in accurate description of complexes of symptoms; and
the “being ill” really means. And in this connection I
want to ask your attention to the following. You will find it
of soul, which can show itself in varied expressions and
manifestations, may be normal or it may be abnormal. But now the only
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Judgement. Case described of a genius who in a later incarnation
agricultural methods there advocated and in curative education.
is, as you know, my dear friends, our intention to work things out
here from their foundations, in order then to pass on afterwards to
the practical side. I called your attention yesterday to the fact
what lies deeper — that is to say, to the region where, as we
into the question of how mental illnesses in grown-up people should
observation of the superficial life of soul can be. (I use the word
books on the subject. How does he reach his conclusions? For he
obviously does not take his start from professional medicine. In his
profession with his subsequent reading, and evolved a theory which is
eventually to come to the conclusions arrived at by Wulffen, or we do
questionable compromise.
of the soul. It is important that we should pay attention to what is
profession, took severely to task the penniless Swabian, Fritz
several revolutionary writings) in a brilliantly constructed lecture
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an astonishing number of fertile suggestions for the treatment of retarded
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Steiner's major contributions to the treatment of children "in need of
ego organisation enters directly into physical forces (gravity) and
light (in spiritual science "light" is perception of all
conditions an organ (e.g. liver) may restrict this activity and
have been speaking of the connection between etheric body, physical
body, astral body and ego organisation, and of different ways in
which this connection may manifest in the so-called abnormal child.
can lead to irregularities in many different directions. If you can
grasp this, then the conviction may also be brought home to you in
healed only under conditions extremely difficult to provide. And this
a right educational treatment; and we shall find that in an illness
we are able to acquire a correct perception of how it stands with the
altogether. When once we understand how to make the transition from
time have no notion that there is such a thing as a real ego
organisation or a real astral body. The existence even of the etheric
pressing forward today from the physical to recognition and knowledge
astral body and of the ego organisation. For we have to proceed with
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Steiner's major contributions to the treatment of children "in need of
Congestion of astral and ego forces in an organ connected with
consciousness leads to fits. Congestion in an organ which hinders
this condition ego and astral grasp surrounding world too strongly
him pain, ideas evoke fear and depression follows. Enuresis connected
with this condition. "Soreness of soul" and relation to
child. Alternation of depression and sense of well-being. Teacher
must enter into child's inhibitions and give him the right stimulus
and encouragement. The best self-education for the teacher.
the practical consideration of particular cases; for it is indeed so,
certain conditions for the patients which, so long as things are in
be achieved — by education.
soul we have to do with karmic connections which come to
manifestation in the illness. This is, of course, true of other
justified in asking the question — we do not formulate it in so
a feeling for what lies behind it — the question, namely: how
ways. I have frequently said, when people have raised the question of
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Steiner's major contributions to the treatment of children "in need of
Differing Inter-relation of the four principles of man described for
the head and metabolic systems. Impressions in the head system reach
memories. Condition under which the metabolic man cannot retain the
impression, leading to fixed ideas. Opposite condition when
impressions are too strongly absorbed and produce disturbances. These
two conditions related to lack or excess of sulphur in the albumen.
Educational treatment for boy mentally apathetic but excitable in the
creative ideas. Educational treatment for a child mentally active but
undefined. In order however to be able to come to correct conclusions
bear in mind the whole connection that exists between the pre-natal
continue to speak, by way of preparation, of general principles; then
demonstrate a condition that is strikingly typical.
That there be no confusion, I will always
draw the ego organisation red, then the astral organisation
purple, the etheric organisation yellow, and lastly, the
physical organisation white. And now let us be quite clear and
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Steiner's major contributions to the treatment of children "in need of
Case history of a boy in whom the head organization has failed to
therapeutic methods - taking medicines internally, injections,
and bath lotions. Prescription for the boy concerned. Necessity
the rest of the course. We may naturally have occasion to extend or
basis for our discussion together, the case of a boy who will
dentition was with him also very considerably delayed.
feet are disproportionately large. He is very clumsy with his hands.
manage. His manners are rather bad. The bodily functions are in good
take this opportunity to emphasize that mere intellectual attention
What is important is that one introduces the child to an occupation
movement, but yet on the other hand makes him pay attention, for in
speak and understand German. There, then, you have the description of
notice. Let me draw your attention, first of all, to the strongly
connected also the peculiar formation of the teeth. It is important
to note these things, for they are unquestionably bound up with the
whole soul-and spirit constitution of the child. We must not make the
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boy of eleven. Astral organization cannot properly enter body,
imagination to be stimulated by giving him "unfinished"
absorption with the sound R. For him lessons must rise to a climax
conversations with it just as one does with one's fellow beings,
for instance, he thought he was a lion and went about roaring like a
lion. Has he changed into any other kind of animal? His favourite
animal, anyway, has been a lion. We have here a sign that the boy's
condition, and they go to show how very difficult it will be to
organisation. The head is rather too big, though scarcely enough to
which the physical organisation ought to be particularly active —
just in this period the physical organisation has in his case been
organisation in the first period of life — that it is the
lived. The I (ego) organisation is now beginning to come forward, but
it lacks the ability to bring about much deviation from the first
we have to note a retardation of development.
weak astral body and a weak ego organization, which cannot make
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formation. A charming little girl with blue eyes is a sulphurous
hold of things, he has a very good appetite, and with the exception
continues in this direction. The face is not affected; it is a
eyes. As a matter of fact, he has no more than a general impression
of light — no precise impressions at all.
child as a whole, and compare it with the form and proportions of an
up to now succeeded in achieving any reduction in the size of the
shall have to find their interpretation. And let me ask for your
special attention to what I said last — that the mother felt
condition — the child showed nothing unusual. The embryo
condition had, you see, been normal throughout; not until after the
had convulsions — a solitary attack; an important fact to note,
for it provides the first clear evidence that the ego organisation
configuration. For this, you know, can happen; as it did with Goethe,
receive into him the astral body and ego organisation. In the child
now before us, the convulsions (and blueness) occurred of course
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effects. Set-backs as part of a cure. Lead to induce decomposition.
had before us yesterday a succession of children to whom we gave our
attention. It is in this way for the most part that the study of the
namely, in relation to particular examples. Abnormality manifests in
all possible directions, and each single case is a case by itself.
to you how spiritual vision can discern, in the case of such a
belongs to human beings in the world. In this connection, you must
which it can be said that our conception of it must needs include
moral impulses, comes to expression within Earth existence alone. We
bad beings. As little as you can say of a lion that he ought, or
ought not, to be lion-like, just so little can you say, when you have
choice, of saying Yes or No, a possibility which comes in question
solely within the organisation of man and where human beings are
question has not evolved his astral body far enough to enable him to
the concept of possession.
higher world about possession and non-possession. The child does not
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Title: Lecture: Curative Education: Lecture 10
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Curative Education
an astonishing number of fertile suggestions for the treatment of retarded
education and the relationships of the four bodies of the human being,
Steiner's major contributions to the treatment of children "in need of
Cases from Lauenstein. Boy of sixteen able to do a subtraction
deep observation to be cultivated by teacher. Epileptic boy of
Peculiar relation of algae and mushrooms to air and water. A girl of
devotion can help to discover disturbances like these without
Movement of great significance but marred by lack of devotion to
small details. Need for true confidence. A meditation for night and
Lauenstein children. Their horoscopes show a special relation of
Uranus and Neptune. In albinism organisation resists iron and drives
inherited? Geology of locality to be studied. The Saal region
occasioned by the failure of the I and astral body to penetrate the
physical organisation. He was given into your care comparatively
education, then, in the time between the change of teeth and puberty,
and if in addition the boy could at the same time have been given
a problem in subtraction, put in the form that accords with the
methods of Waldorf School education. For we always ask, you know:
way of stating the problem puts the condition of mind and soul to
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Title: Lecture: Curative Education: Lecture 11
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Curative Education
an astonishing number of fertile suggestions for the treatment of retarded
education and the relationships of the four bodies of the human being,
Steiner's major contributions to the treatment of children "in need of
etheric in region of bladder. Defective astral lies behind both
symptoms. Strong impressions needed. Child remembers simple folk
Tone Eurythmy recommended and repetition of strongly rhythmical
Horoscopes characterised. Strong predestination of the will.
Nerves and senses unable to endure strong impressions. Medical
treatment with radiation of iron. Two questions: Is the mood of
those attending the lectures good? Is there a connection between
Meditation of point and circle (already given) fundamental to grasp
is connected with an excess of etheric powers of growth in the region
of the bladder, which condition is then reflected in the head. Thus
relationship with the child.
moment. The inflamed condition that shows itself in the neighbourhood
of the bladder and has its reflection in the upper part of the
co-operation with the astral body is not able to come about as it
this kind occurs, which finds expression in the soul organism, then
organisation of the body; for the coarser, cruder organisation cannot
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Title: Lecture: Curative Education: Lecture 12
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Curative Education
an astonishing number of fertile suggestions for the treatment of retarded
education and the relationships of the four bodies of the human being,
Steiner's major contributions to the treatment of children "in need of
plant. Goethe's interest in malformation in plants, the study of
which can lead to observation of archetypal plant. Spirituality lives
in human malformations. Earlier education balanced Luciferic and
Ahrimanic aberrations. The virtue of mother's milk. In embryo
that every animal represents an illness. Meditation for the teacher.
to find in that pedagogy the kind of education with which we can
from our discussions that, if you want to educate an abnormal child
estimation of him in quite another way than you do for the so-called
Goethe's work in this direction was a beginning, it was still in its
malformations that can occur in plants; and the passages where
is able to express itself in such malformations, Goethe sees a
behind the plant manifests quite particularly in these malformations;
so that if we were to carry out a whole series of observations —
it would of course be necessary to make the observations over a wide
suffer malformation, then again how the leaf, the stem, the flower,
upon all these malformations together, to arrive at an apperception
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Title: Lecture: The Cycle of the Year: Lecture I
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relation to sub-earthly and super-earthly powers, the equinoxes, the
spiritual cosmic connections, the meaning of the festival year. And I
gradually evolved out of the whole constitution of the Earth. If we
make clear that we cannot conceive the Earth as a mere conglomeration
conditions, to the budding of plants, to the appearance of animal
mighty breathing which the Earth carries out in relation to the
work for example in vegetation, those forces which push the plants out
course only consider one part of the Earth in connection with this
the conditions are of course reversed on the opposite side of the
in such a way that in one region there is out-breathing, and in the
opposite region in-breathing; but this we need not consider today.
what I am drawing here in yellow to be the held breath in our region.
initiation connected a deep meaning with the view which placed the
ancient days, when our places of initiation stood within the Chaldean
vision — along with the flooding moonlight the manifestation of
the Spirit of the Universe. And the meaning of this manifestation was
realized in a more external way when they regarded the constellation
of the Moon in relation to the planets and fixed stars.
In this way the position of the stars, especially in relation to the
meaning was read in the relation of Aries, or of Taurus, of Venus, or
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Title: Lecture: The Cycle of the Year: Lecture II
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relation to sub-earthly and super-earthly powers, the equinoxes, the
placed in relation to the fall equinox approximately in the same way
contemplation.
had undergone death and the succeeding Resurrection, having thereafter
so united Himself with mankind that He could still give revelations to
Resurrection thought has more and more faded away, whereas when
Christianity was in its inception it had been so living that Paul's
that is with the thought of the Resurrection. People who have received
the education of the present day call the Resurrection a miracle, and
So that for all those who can no longer penetrate to the Resurrection
have mentioned this from the most varied points of view.
Resurrection thought must be regarded as such an event. Then it will
it cannot be for a humanity that relegates the Resurrection to the
earth-evolution, man had a certain instinctive clairvoyance by means
preparation began for what has come to full expression since the first
thoughts, which we have often mentioned. In these abstract, dead
changed by beholding the event of the Death and the Resurrection of
onset of puberty. These are bodily transformations. In the
contemplation of the Easter thought the early Christians felt
power, and it can regain it only when the Resurrection, which
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Title: Lecture: The Cycle of the Year: Lecture III
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relation to sub-earthly and super-earthly powers, the equinoxes, the
to focus the whole attention during the year on a festival-time.
Although in our time the celebration of religious festivals is largely
certain relationships among the other weather conditions, certain
relationships also between the growth or non-growth in plants or
of the year, through the various feeling perceptions associated with
expression in the way they related themselves to what the festivals
Thus people partook in the course of the year, and this participation
need of the vision of the Entombment and the Resurrection, of that
inspirations arise for men. People are not always conscious of
these inspirations, but it is a secret of human evolution that from
inspirations for the whole of life proceed.
ordering of the festivals. They set the tone for the celebration of
this content very deeply; and the entire soul-condition that resulted
other Scholastics — if this philosophy, this world conception,
vision of the descending Christ, Who lives for a time in man on Earth
and then goes through the Resurrection, that soul impulse was given
which led to the particular relation between faith and science,
between knowledge and revelation which was agreed upon by the
super-sensible world has to be gained through revelation — this
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Title: Lecture: The Cycle of the Year: Lecture IV
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relation to sub-earthly and super-earthly powers, the equinoxes, the
I have frequently referred recently to the connection the course of
days I pointed especially to the connection with the celebration of
say more on this subject, just in relation to the ancient Mysteries.
And indeed it was out of this dream condition that those insights
But precisely through this more intensive kind of participation, not
our Christmas, were celebrated in connection with the old Mystery
today to imagine what the human perception was in this regard, that
did not extend to the comprehension of the mineral world. So the
[shaded portion in drawing], while the mineral and the
side and the perception of the general mineral kingdom on the other.
Certain presentations and performances were filled with distinctive
Modern man can have no true appreciation of what was accomplished by
round-dances, accompanied by singing and primitive poetic recitations,
been given to us by tradition, for those who went before us have also
tradition, if one simply develops further what manifests itself. One
dominated everything, they have forgotten the connection of singing
configuration of the animal kingdom, streams back to the Earth on the
great questions to the divine spiritual of the cosmos. Their
sensitive feeling for that particular transformation which took place
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Title: Lecture: The Cycle of the Year: Lecture V
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relation to sub-earthly and super-earthly powers, the equinoxes, the
I should like to carry to a still wider horizon the reflections I have
already made here concerning the relationship between man and the
well perhaps as from the recollection of much that I could still say
external events is just as much the expression of a living being
standing behind it as the actions of the human organism are the
manifestations of a being, of the human soul itself.
of a certain relationship to their ego, an ego which they did not yet
is hardly likely to think of it as having any special connection
that period in which, after long preparations had been made, the
“I” perceptively as having a real connection with the entire
But what was felt above all else with regard to the relationship of
deemed to be the very center of the most ancient moral conception of
of, but man did not direct his attention primarily to them. Rather, he
yesterday as belonging to the celebration of these festivals during
this outbreak of thunder and lightning men felt the moral admonition
There are vestiges from this ancient time in conceptions such as that
night time. Only he made a distinction, saying to himself:
conjured by human imagination that wove through this midsummer time on
be a divine-spiritual moral revelation of the cosmos to man.
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Title: Lecture I: The Balance in the World and Man, Lucifer and Ahriman
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very familiar to us, and as an introduction to what I propose to put
consciousness is the so-called world of Imagination. The world of
Imagination is far more inwardly mobile and flexible than our physical
world with its clear-cut lines of demarcation and its sharply defined
different relationship to the physical body; it is a relationship such
totality works as if it were a kind of organ of perception; but we
the ether-body that is the real organ of perception, The physical body
You will see from this that there can be a relationship to the
ordinary life. This is a fact to which attention must be called by
more common in human beings as evolution leads on into the future.
I have said repeatedly that the cultivation of Spiritual Science today
evolution at the present time. This feeling of separation from the
experience of division within them really signifies.
In the domain of Education, particularly, attention will have to be
whole impression made by the physical world is very strong, these
connected with deep secrets of evolution.
definition as time goes on, is here revealing itself in the life of the
experience reached a kind of culmination in the Greco-Latin epoch, we
which, lacking the definition imparted by the senses, remain
in-breathing and the out-breathing. The relationship between a man's
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Title: Lecture II: The Balance in the World and Man, Lucifer and Ahriman
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direction. I said that for the ancient Finnish folk these three limbs
are obviously nothing else than extensions of the surface of the sea.
solution of the contradiction is in every case to make a still deeper
study of the matter in question. And this I want to do today in
place, processes take place also in the soul. The conclusion is drawn
that the processes in the soul are no more than the expression of the
Such a conclusion is of course a crudely mistaken one, the truth being
man has also been walking on the road and made the other impressions
do with the actual thought-processes. The relation between them is no
nearer than the relation between what the man and the wagon are doing
solve the contradiction of which we were speaking — that the gulfs of
puzzling and mystifying illusions. For the external Maya of appearance
can find traces of this deception in the science of the present day,
has been written on this question of why we see with two eyes and hear
nevertheless the case that in all human perception a symmetry comes to
expression, a right-and-left symmetry. Had he not two ears, two eyes,
and two noses, man would not attain to the perception of his own I or
similar process, when we unite into one whole the perceptions of two
eyes or two ears. Every time we make a sense perception, we perceive
that we have these two directions of perception left and right, and
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Title: Lecture III: The Balance in the World and Man, Lucifer and Ahriman
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form of man's body is a result of the co-operation of Luciferic and
this co-operation between Luciferic and Ahrimanic powers; for only by
such recognition can he gradually learn to understand the forces that
very well that we have no occasion either to hate Ahriman or to
and we have also given indications in
this direction in lectures here in Dornach.
form to the interaction of Luciferic and Ahrimanic powers, we were
foundation of our physical organism — and embedded at the same time
In order to give focus to our study of this question, let us now turn
our attention to the three fundamental activities of the human being
does the physical body give us any indication of what is in man's
movement, is continually giving expression to man's thinking, feeling
none of the philosophies of modern times can offer a solution. This
inability to form a correct idea of the relationship between thinking,
rightly to the world around him, set out to form a clear conception of
We have explained on other occasions (and you may read of it in my book
begin with, a uniform and single action of the soul does not come to
body that we have to make our observations — then we are obliged to
this comes to expression in the etheric body, without Ahriman and
thinking. In between stands a region where Lucifer and Ahriman are in
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Title: Lecture I: Nutrition and Health
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Lecture I: Nutrition and Health
question during the last weeks?
Question: Sir, I would like to ask about various foods — beans
Dr. Steiner: So — the question is about the relation of various
nutrition itself. One's immediate thought of nutrition is that when we
secretions in our stomach. Starch is something we need without fail,
converted once again, in the further process of digestion, into sugar.
In the course of the earth's evolution, gentlemen, which I have
animals. For this evolution has been going on for a long time. As you
plant gives him, but he needs the entire plant. With the exception of
connection. A plant consists of root, if it is an annual plane (we
special relation to the mineral realm of the earth.
carrot. All it needs is saliva and stomach secretions, pepsin and so
there must be more exertion still, because sugar has to be derived
Now a question might be raised. You see, human beings have come in the
course of their evolution — shall I say, quite of their own accord —
bring the foods to a condition in which my body can more easily digest
intestines; in either case there is no further digestion. But if the
nutrition.
connection with nutrition — for instance, the raw food faddists, who
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Title: Lecture II: Nutrition and Health
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Lecture II: Nutrition and Health
Herr Burle's question last Thursday. You remember that I spoke of the
four substances necessary to human nutrition: minerals, carbohydrates,
nutrition is with regard to protein as compared, for instance, to
have become an exceptionally clever person, so clever that you are
Actually, we are saved by the organization of our body so that when we
There is a similar situation with fat. We make our own protein, using
digestion.
You can see that it is also a question of giving proper nourishment to
So you see, when one speaks of nutrition one has to consider how the
in many ways. One doesn't usually pay any attention to that fact.
conditioned that he can endure any kind of air. The toughened-up
the best preparation for later attacks of appendicitis, they would be
more thoughtful. But fashion is a tyrant! — no thought is given to
stomach — that will be the fashion! Fashion has a strong influence.
But what is really at stake? People pay no attention to it. It is
in this connection it is especially important to know that a man
are not made stronger by the treatment I have just mentioned. They are so
them, they drip with perspiration and they can't make it. Someone has
weakest human beings are those living in regions where almost nothing
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Title: Anthroposophic Movement: Lecture One: The Homeless Souls
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They were delivered in a lively, informal and conversational tone,
no justification.
The reflections which we are beginning today are intended to
think about their current position. They will present an opportunity
for contemplation, for self-reflection, through a characterization of
the anthroposophical movement and its relationship to the
about the people who are central to such self-reflection: yourselves.
karma, to leave the ordinary highway of civilization on which the
Let us think for a moment about the conditions in which most
almost unquestioned assumption, which remains unspoken and sometimes
follows its natural course of education and schooling. And during
determine his position in life. The institutions of state and
religion make the adult.
Occasionally people have the urge to rebel when their situation as
a trainee, or even following qualification, unexpectedly dawns on
expectations. These are reactions against what people are forced to
party because his professional position demands that he belong to
enveloped by the state and our religion; now that must be
after death human beings enter a region where they become
attention to earth again. For a long time in advance of their birth,
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Title: Anthroposophic Movement: Lecture Two: The Unveiling of Spiritual Truths
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They were delivered in a lively, informal and conversational tone,
no justification.
When we discuss the history and position of anthroposophy in
relation to the Anthroposophical Society, any such reflections have
to take into account two questions. First, why was it necessary to
Theosophical Society? The answers to these questions will only become
Quite apart from the reaction to modern materialism, which
civilization: neither in the popular literature or art of a secular
age, nor in the traditional religious faiths.
Society, which found its most potent expression in the English
order to understand their thinking. After all, they gave expression
assembled, held meetings, lectures and discussions. They also met and
intervals. It was really what might be described as a reflection of
evident that they sought to have two conceptions of every person. The
first one was the direct impression on meeting someone. But the other
was the conception which everyone else had of each individual. This
called it — or not, about the seriousness of one's inclinations
so on. These were pretty theoretical considerations. And everyone
walking around in flesh and blood. The naive impressions of
example, and forming a naive impression of him, to form a spectral
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Title: Anthroposophic Movement: Lecture Three: The Opposition to Spiritual Revelations
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They were delivered in a lively, informal and conversational tone,
no justification.
The Opposition to Spiritual Revelations
certain connection with the Anthroposophical Society, I yesterday had
pointing to the questionable nature of some of the episodes in her
sensational affair, when evidence of all kinds of sleight of hand
examine her writings. Then you will come to the conclusion that
denied, in spite of all the objections which are raised.
significance in the spiritual history of civilization. Why is it that
at the end of the nineteenth century revelations from a spiritual
world became accessible which merit detailed attention, even from the
further investigation; revelations which say more about the
currents of thought? That does seem a significant question.
with phenomena which require the application of judgement.
formulation of Ohm's Law his work was rejected as useless by an
in modern civilization. When Reis,
Or there are occasional fine examples which characterize the
have called into question the application under certain circumstances
of the law of conservation of energy, which attaches to his name. But
contemporary physics defends this law unconditionally as one of its
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Title: Anthroposophic Movement: Lecture Four: Spiritual Truths and the Physical World
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They were delivered in a lively, informal and conversational tone,
no justification.
Then there were those who were in possession of ancient,
traditional wisdom, members of one or another secret society. One
actions from such secret societies. They were concerned above all to
find a way to prevent such a depiction of the spiritual world having
behind the accusations that Blavatsky engaged in dishonest
personality made a certain impression on a large number of people.
I would like you to remember that in these discussions I always
dictionary definition in order to avoid having to look at the issue
dictionary — which may well be a dictionary in their minds
This must always be juxtaposed with the question: How did the
in the dictionary. But a body of knowledge about the spiritual world
But there is one question which should particularly concern us:
urge to follow up these revelations? Because that will provide us
ancient religions. But everything which might have been expected as
an objective depiction is clouded by her subjective judgement, the
deep sympathy for all religions in the world other than Judaism and
latter as inferior to the great revelations of the various pagan
religions: in other words, an expressly anti-christian perspective,
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Title: Anthroposophic Movement: Lecture Five: The Decline of the Theosophical Society
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They were delivered in a lively, informal and conversational tone,
no justification.
orientation. I wish to throw a little more light on this
anti-christian attitude, a perspective which I also mentioned in
connection with Friedrich Nietzsche.
reality of the Mystery of Golgotha represents the culmination of the
wisdom was preserved only in a more or less traditional form,
these traditions. But the kind of continuous development which the
The tradition remained. The Gospels existed, kept secret at first
nations. The cults existed. As the western world developed it was
described yesterday as modern education, made its appearance. And
Now consider the following. In none of the ancient religions was
there any division between knowledge of the natural world and
knowledge of God. It is a common feature of all pagan religions that
to become a religion. However, although religion will always need to
desire for harmony to exist between cognition and the religious life.
It must be possible to make the transition from cognition to religion
and to return from religion to cognition without having to cross an
education. But since he was not a bread-and-butter scholar but a
although people do not realize it and are prone to illusion because
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Title: Anthroposophic Movement: Lecture Six: The Emergence of the Anthroposophic Movement
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They were delivered in a lively, informal and conversational tone,
no justification.
by others. This period concludes approximately with the publication of my
During this time it would have been an illusion not to recognize
transmit something which, although passed down by traditional means,
version of Theosophical Society tenets, impregnated with all kinds of
in connection with an American called Judge
of initiation, the so-called Masters. Judge had distributed these
America, so that he could say he had been given a mission by
as particularly characteristic of modern education.
we were in a position to start a centre for the anthroposophical
molecules. Their formulae and definitions and so on were applied not
no longer had any links with these investigations.
motion of atoms with his index fingers: Yes, it has to happen in this
incarnation and then the wave motion continues through the spiritual
worlds; then it changes and that is the next incarnation. In the same
calculated the passage of souls through various incarnations.
A special version of this way of thinking was evident in the
between death and a new birth, and appears in the new incarnation.
That is the permanent atom which passes through incarnations.
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Title: Anthroposophic Movement: Lecture Seven: The Consolidation of the Anthroposophic Movement
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They were delivered in a lively, informal and conversational tone,
no justification.
The Consolidation of the Anthroposophic Movement
today and tomorrow to provide an interpretation of the conditions
We have to understand clearly our position at the time when the
around 1913 and 1914, and our position today. Let us look back at the
content of the movement. The foundations were laid for a truly modern
various directions. The journal
expansion of the Society was essentially linked with this inner
civilization, as with the Munich performances of the mystery dramas.
begin to think about the construction of the building which has
construction of such a building assumed that a considerable number of
everything that had gone before, would focus the attention of the
draw people's attention. It was the construction of the building
for self-reflection among anthroposophists. That self-reflection
the limelight the opposition would inevitably grow.
construction of the Goetheanum. Let us examine in what form the
The Secret Machinery of Revolution.
On page 13 of this pamphlet you will find the following exposition:
of the Carbonari. Not only so, but in association with another Theosophist
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Title: Anthroposophic Movement: Lecture Eight: Responsibility to Anthroposophy
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They were delivered in a lively, informal and conversational tone,
no justification.
Today we will have to reach some kind of conclusion in our
deliberations. Clearly that will have to include drawing the
consequences which arise for the future action of the
what this action might be, let us take another look at the way
anthroposophy emerged in modern civilization.
From the reflections of the last eight days, you will have
was already present. This impulse came from all kinds of directions.
from Blavatsky or from that direction in general, save for the forms
of expression which were chosen to ensure that they were
paradoxical, given the immense spiritual confusion of language which
our modern civilization has produced. Thus it can be seen from my
concept of love, if we are to progress from observation of the world
to observation of the divine-spiritual. I indicated that the Godhead
philosophical tradition in that period on which I could build. That
is why it was necessary to seek this connection through someone who
with a Goethean world conception,
in relation to the plant world which is still unresolved in modern
science. In his observation of the vegetable realm, he was able to
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Title: Art/Mystery Wisdom: Lecture One
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impulses of transformation in artistic evolution, the moral experience of
The main intention of
kind of conception of life which our time demands, and I intend
also giving a few indications on this theme in the coming days.
been torn away from a direct connection with nature. And we
well as the material progress of human civilisation. And now
as a kind of compensation for those things in modern life
initiation, really to let modern civilisation affect them in
first steps in the life of initiation will pass differently
initiation and the one who has not had any connection with it
initiation knowledge of things also undergoes the effects
understand what these indications actually mean we must
fact, because of certain limitations which cosmic laws impose
need only have taken the very first steps in initiation to
fact bring back with you the wildest confusion, the most
clumsy expression, but you will not misunderstand. This is an
making a general allusion, of course, let alone a particular
allusion, for when one holds a talk on a matter like this,
organisation.
of our spiritual movement could any kind of recommendation be
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Title: Art/Mystery Wisdom: Lecture Two
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impulses of transformation in artistic evolution, the moral experience of
IMPULSES OF TRANSFORMATION
FOR MAN'S ARTISTIC EVOLUTION I
considerations I shall be speaking to you about the important
impulses of transformation present in our era for the
artistic evolution of mankind. I would like to connect this
observation of this building
beginning. But as a basis for these considerations it will be
necessary to establish a connection between art and the
knowledge we have gained about man and his relationship with
more theoretical considerations and continue tomorrow with
our actual theme concerning the impulses of transformation in
designations in a diagram of man's being but the expression
intimate connection with the real being of man than has
space body or described as an organisation in space. But the
inhabits the physical body. For human imaginative perception,
of forces, a manifestation of forces, and we notice them in a
life. One of these phenomena, to which not much attention is
the physical body into a vertical position. Here we see the
formation of the physical body.
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impulses of transformation in artistic evolution, the moral experience of
IMPULSES OF TRANSFORMATION
FOR MAN'S ARTISTIC EVOLUTION II
we turn our attention for a moment to the greater part of
are necessary as a preparation for the subject, we can begin
his relation to birth and death, and his life in the
spiritual worlds. After this comes a description of the great
cosmic relationships, of course only in rough outlines; we
are led through the transformations of our earth before it
evolutions leading up to our present Earth evolution. Then
glimpse of the future Jupiter, Venus, and Vulcan evolutions.
Finally, instead of a more detailed description of the
Jupiter, Venus, and Vulcan evolutions we have an account of
motion within his being those inner soul experiences which
must eventually lead him to initiation. These processes have
parts. In one part we describe cosmic relationships; we
review the many observations that we have made, you will see
other words, to reach initiation. It is these inner
experiences, conquests, battles, redemptions, and
in this second sphere of observation.
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impulses of transformation in artistic evolution, the moral experience of
Frau Dr. Steiner giving us a recitation of the beautiful
that time that he had the kind of relationship with the whole
immersion in the macrocosm he was able to experience things
shut himself off from all the impressions his environment can
round him by closing off his sense perception, likewise the
from the impressions of the rest of the cosmos. The outer
discover in conjunction with the earth spirit, because the
accounts of olden times connected with festive presentations
macrocosm, surrenders in a state of intoxication to the
impressions from the macrocosm.
hand, the legendary or other kind of presentations of that
impressions from the macrocosm have least effect on the
often heard the words that are included in all proclamations
relationship with man's soul experience.
description we are given of his experience as he descends
indication of his going through the element of water, and of
description of the experiences in the earth realm originally
conclusion was undoubtedly also much more impressive and less
exist in folk legends. The present conclusion merely moves on
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impulses of transformation in artistic evolution, the moral experience of
human soul should acquire reverence and devotion for the
spiritual worlds. The opposite pole to this devotional
taking-in-hand of the evolutionary factors of our own soul,
kind of devotion for things we were talking about yesterday
remembering devotion, and I would like to follow that with a
quiet moments this year let this indication work on us in
first about the transformation the power of reverence can
the transformation that the power of inner preservation, the
should now be getting an inkling of the direction the further
world conception to a spiritual one. What is meant here,
already had various indications showing that an understanding
our feelings and is not merely rational, is bound to bring a
appreciation, because the forces we gain from this can give
us an artistic conception of the world. And in our Goetheanum
conception, a time when the way to artistic creation will in
more alive and the medium of artistic creation will be
creations we shall meet, as it were, traces of the artists'
essentials, the attitude of artistic creation and artistic
appreciation in this past epoch was a kind of external
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impulses of transformation in artistic evolution, the moral experience of
another tone has so-and-so many vibrations, or that oxygen
impression made on us by a wonderful cloud formation in the
and loveless. Yet there is every justification to feel this
unscientific kind. What terrible desolation would befall
us a diagram, he tells us which particular refractions are
will come a perception of movement and life in rich
expression like that I am hoping to lift people out of their
our experience of architecture brings about a reconciliation,
will lie, through learning to experience the reconciliation
building itself an impression, a copy of this reconciling of
interpenetration of the fine arts and their forms by musical
spiritual foundations of the cosmos.
remain something that can cause a bit of a sensation, but
will choose the realm of education, any kind of art of
education. Let us begin from the fact that children are
passes from one incarnation to another, and there is also an
invisible part in the child that goes from incarnation to
incarnation.
only understand this properly if we focus our attention on
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impulses of transformation in artistic evolution, the moral experience of
connection with the evolution of the Earth through the
these evolutionary stages, one particular kind of being from
have seen from our talks on evolution, that each level of
preparation in advance. We know that the human being was
evolution, beings are being prepared to attain their human
higher hierarchies took part in the preparation of humanity.
There is a description of how the Angels, Archangels and
therefore an obvious question is whether human beings, during
This question
behaviour in general during the course of Earth evolution
Earth evolution as to make it impossible for proper Jupiter
important secrets of initiation, the kind of initiation
importance to the question of whether what science says is
horses, is controlling the direction in which they should
the point of view of the destination. Modern science can be
about the relation of modern science to modern research into
come more and more into the position where he can defend and
only if you enlighten yourself as to the relation of modern
always approach spiritual-scientific questions with a certain
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impulses of transformation in artistic evolution, the moral experience of
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building has to come to expression in the artistic conception
of the building itself, if this conception is correct. It
should not be an abstraction but has to be expressed in the
have a look at the whole question of related artistic forms.
natural creation as a product of the spirit. I would like to
draw your attention to the forms of the bony system because
world, call the combination of chance and human genius.
direction but also in other directions, then the form that
formation which forms our skullcap. Our skullcaps are
has is a transformation, a metamorphosis of a single form.
primitive views of what can arise through transformation. If
the concept of transformation far enough.
able to set the forces of transformation in motion that are
forms are transformations of one archetypal form. There is
dissimilarities, although they are all transformations of the
what I want to tell you, and only mention one point of view.
for these double domes are an expression of the living
concept of the double dome must be borne in mind in relation
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anyone thought of a question?
Steiner would speak again about the creation of the world and man.
about the creation of the world and of humanity, since many new
conditions on the earth, which have led on the one hand to all that
in its present condition. The fact that plants grow on the lifeless
primeval mist came into rotation, that the planets then split off,
schoolteacher; it can cause the rotation itself.
whole. The original conditions of the world are therefore due to the
warmth condition the “Saturn condition”; it has been
In this original condition there
Now the first thing to come about in connection with
we can say that the second condition to come about was gaseous,
So now we have the second condition that formed itself
in the course of time. You see, in this second condition something
second condition “Sun” in my Occult Science; it
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would like to speak further about the creation of the earth and the
I described the condition that existed before our actual
Earth condition by saying that warmth, air, and water were there but
Our present water has become what it is by the separation of certain
water and you get a fluid-a salt solution, as one calls it-which is
The fluid condition, the water condition which existed
has to do with a thickish fluid that contained in solution all the
during the earth period itself. Thus we have as an original condition
I have just mentioned, which is present in small quantities in the
chlorine, a combination of the two. Such things come about in nature.
according to the function they are needed for. It is very interesting
solution, yet it is comparatively thin. But in that early time every
half-swimming creatures became adapted to the sulphurous condition of
developed by those below and this again was a fructification.
Reproduction was at that time of a very different nature; it went on
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we want to compare its earlier condition with anything, we can only
they could be reached by quarries, railway cuttings, excavations, and
People find today in southern regions churches or other buildings
excavate [arrow], and if you look merely at the stratification, then
I were to lay a chair on the table and the original position would
has been an inversion, a turning upside down. And one can come to the
following conclusions as to when the inversion took place: It must
have changed their positions. The Alps, this mighty chain of
mountains stretching from the Mediterranean Sea to the region of the
form. The dental formation is always in keeping with the whole
formation because there is life in it. What goes on there is very
earth must once have been alive, or these convulsions of inverting
our original condition on the earth, as it was then, we could not
but also of civilization. If you think back to what I said just now —
not observe that it evolved out of paganism as its foundation. In
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its strata. Conceptions such as are now held by science have been
extent these conceptions are really false and cannot stand up in face
perfect condition.
explanation can be that when they were alive, suddenly a mighty water
catastrophe occurred, and the water froze in the region of the North
present-day situations. And if we look at the Alps, we have to think
that these happenings cannot have gone on through millions of years
could develop only when the latest conditions came about on the
happens in the mountains. One such region that has become cold is the
region of Siberia. Siberia shows through all its plant growth and so
Therefore, gentlemen, the question surely arises: How
the most diverse ideas. The most convenient opinion people have
earth, could have fashioned himself? There was, so to speak, a great
such conditions that it had been forced to work, and so the feet, the
if this ape-man had come into such unfavorable conditions, he would
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Rudolf Steiner: Gentlemen! I mentioned our wish
conditions on the earth were such that men were able to live upon it
of action where the Atlantic Ocean is now. We have to imagine that
remained in this region, here, where the land has been preserved.
population on earth that was entirely wiped out. That was the
Europeans had not in recent centuries extended their domination over
It is true that the European dominion is not actively established
there, but in those regions what the Europeans think is becoming
no cause for regret; it is in the nature of human evolution. It must,
however, be mentioned.
not include anything that can be called religion. The Chinese culture
was devoid of religion.
by a “culture without religion”. When you consider the
cultures that have religion you find everywhere — in the old
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someone thought of a question during the last weeks?
Question: Sir, I would like to ask about various
Dr. Steiner: So — the question is about the
relation of various foods to the human body. Well, first of all we
should gain a clear idea of nutrition itself. One's immediate thought
of nutrition is that when we eat something, it goes through the mouth
and the secretions in our stomach. Starch is something we need
digestion, into sugar. And we need sugar. So you see, we get the
evolution, gentlemen, which I have recently been describing to you,
coming from the human beings and animals. For this evolution has been
the exception of poisonous plants and certain plants which contain
another remarkable connection. A plant consists of root, if it is an
the root of the plant has a special relation to the mineral realm of
to soften the carrot. All it needs is saliva and stomach secretions,
reach the head, there must be more exertion still, because sugar has
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little more in answer to Herr Burle's question last Thursday. You
nutrition: minerals, carbohydrates, which are to be found in
and protein. I pointed out how different our nutrition is with regard
Imagine that you have become an exceptionally clever person, so
Actually, we are saved by the organization of our body
There is a similar situation with fat. We make our own
body to a very sluggish digestion.
You can see that it is also a question of giving proper
So you see, when one speaks of nutrition one has to
attention to that fact. Among other things, they had no potatoes!
No! a person has strong lungs if he is so conditioned that he can
shorter. If parents knew that this is the best preparation for later
attacks of appendicitis, they would be more thoughtful. But fashion
that will be the fashion! Fashion has a strong influence.
But what is really at stake? People pay no attention to
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of questions have been handed in, which lead up in quite an
I will consider this in connection with a second question:
view there are two opposing opinions about this. One is that man was
originally at a high level of perfection, from which he has fallen to
his present imperfect state. We don't need to take exception to this,
this perfection — some talking of paradise, some of other
imperfection. The other view is the one you've probably come to
evolved to greater and greater perfection. You know how people point
to the primitive conditions prevailing among the savage peoples —
of human evolution. First of all, it is not true that all civilized
with opinions of our modern materialists, and yet, even so, their
conception is that the physical man who went about on the earth in
three parts undergoing its own particular evolution. Naturally, if
people have no thought of spirit, they can't speak of the evolution
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someone has a question? We will not be able to meet again for a
question. I don't quite know how to put it. One knows that plants
You have already spoken to us, Dr. Steiner, about the evolution of
humanity. A factor in this evolution must have been that each kind of
connection. Just as the plants have their scent from the earth, so
How does this relate to human evolution?
Dr. Steiner: I will try to put the question in a
smell is only one sense-perception and there are many other kinds. So
perhaps we could say, the question is how the different smells
reactions to a smell coming from an object or from other products of
applies equally to other sense-perceptions. Imagine for a moment that
related to the things. This has led to the opinion that man does not
There is no question that a violet is easily
can be led over into the other conditions. Even air can be solidified
today, or in any case liquefied, and there is every expectation of
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there any questions?
Written question: Mars is near the earth. What
to these external circumstances in the planetary constellations due
to the relative positions of earth and sun, because the influences
expectation could well be that if they were to unite with the earth,
investigation is possible — it can never be done with physical
instruments but only through spiritual science, spiritual vision —
So we must realize that the constitution of Mars is entirely
streams back toward the central region of the earth. So that if
I want to mention something that can help you to
understand the character of Mars' relation to the earth. We know that
would be slower. So all life on earth depends upon the revolution of
the moon's revolution, you will realize with what kind of power the
time of the moon's rotation around the earth has a definite
the time of the rotation, that is, from the time it takes for the
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anyone have a question?
Question: Has Mars' proximity to the earth
Dr. Steiner: The weather conditions which have
years, do have something to do with conditions in the heavens, but
must take very strongly into consideration a phenomenon of which
varying in size and duration, which appear on the surface of the sun
dark patches impede the sun's radiations, for, as you can well
increases, the sun's radiation is affected. And in view of the
the position of the heavenly bodies changes as they revolve, and the
relationship of the earth to the sun.
connected with weather conditions; Mars is more connected with
with what astronomy calculates as being the period of revolution of Mars,
because the actual position of Mars comes into
consideration here. Mars stands in the same position relatively to
If you take two revolutions of Mars — requiring four years and
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someone has a question?
Question: Why does lightning not come in a
Dr. Steiner: So — the questioner thinks
Let us consider again the explanation I gave of how
gas. I said that there is no question of lightning arising from some
sort of friction of the clouds. Clouds, of course, are wet, and if
that comes about from the friction of dry elements. It is known that
one side or another, the radiation of the overheated force goes
an accumulation of heat is present somewhere, it is generally not
alone; there are similar accumulations in the neighborhood. In fact,
lightning begins where a concentration of heat exists, then in the
neighborhood there are other accumulations: they are not all at one
single place. You can imagine, of course, that these accumulations of
heat are connected with the sun's radiations to the various places.
Now there are these heat accumulations along the entire path of the
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interesting question occurred to someone?
Question: Sir, in reference to anthroposophy:
Dr. Steiner: The questioner wants to know what
had to enter the evolution of humanity. Those who have not been here
steam and the invention of the steam engine. Think what the world
the peasants from concussion of the brain when the trains passed! You
all this opposition, the railroads made rapid headway. And
unless the spiritual foundation of things is recognized and known.
potatoes for their nutritional value? He makes a laboratory
investigation to find what substances are contained in the potato. He
definite proportions; he also discovers that in the human body these
milk in addition to the chemical components. And in the potato, too,
only a name) genuine investigation is made into how the potato
humanity has been seriously injured by the excessive consumption of
played a very large part in the general deterioration of health in
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then perhaps someone will have a new question.
The question that was asked concerning man's origin can
evolution of humanity. The assertion that men were originally
conditions. At that time men did not feel inequality among themselves
Naturally it was bound to arise because conditions made
go on as they were, and they wanted to call attention to how the
conditions should be bettered. What makes the labor problem such a
burning question is the fact that industry and all the various
discoveries and inventions have gone in one particular direction.
must be taken into account. But then this other question arises: Why
is it that the few who reach leading positions lack the capacity to
change conditions so that the needs of the masses will be satisfied?
It is always the few leaders in the trade unions upon
absolutely untrue to say that at the beginning of their evolution
enlightened. That is the general opinion today and it is simply not
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when conditions on the earth were such that men were able to live
today, and its field of action was where the Atlantic Ocean is now.
and so on, which are all portions of the continent formerly there
are able to follow up have remained in this region, where the land
was a much older population on the earth, who, however, have been
extended their domination over these spheres, bringing about a
It is true that the European domination is not actively established
there, but in these regions what the Europeans think is becoming
no cause for regret; it is in the nature of human evolution. It has,
however, to be mentioned.
called religion. The Chinese culture was devoid of religion.
yourselves what is meant by a “culture without religion.”
When you consider the cultures that have religion you find everywhere
— in the old Indian cultures, for instance — veneration
earth. It is the peculiar feature of all later religions that they
the stars the expression of the super-sensible. The remarkable
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A number of questions
to consider this in connection with this second question: “Why did
are two opinions. One opinion is that originally man was at a high
level of perfection from which he has fallen to his present imperfect
state. We need not have any particular objection to this nor concern
interpreted this perfection — some talking of Paradise, others
of other things. But until a short time ago the opinion held good
imperfection gradually. The other view you have probably come to
greater perfection. You know how people try to draw upon the
primitive condition prevailing among savage peoples — or
way people are making far too simple a picture of man's evolution. To
The Indians are certainly not of the opinion held by modern
materialists, but, even so, their conception is that the
world-conception always imagine that originally men were in some way
member going through its own particular evolution. Naturally, when
people do not speak of spirit, they cannot speak of the evolution of
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experiences of health, civilization, and the cosmos is amply
The Functioning of Spirit in Nature and in Man. The Being of Bees.
They are presented here with the kind permission of the Rudolf
question you would like to ask me?
question was asked as to the effects of absinthe, also a question as
asking his question the gentleman in the audience, as an expert
bee-master, draws attention to the differences between the life
cannot be fully explained without the faculty of spiritual perception. That
the bees, reproduction is limited to quite a few exceptional female
surrender themselves more to sexual life. With the exception of the
connection in man between the airy and the watery elements. Nothing
is better for man than to add the right proportion of honey to his
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[In connection with a paper read to the
to him attentively it must have occurred the to you that this whole question
we men take away as honey a portion of what was collected for the
hive — on the whole it is not a very large portion. We might
But in addition
to this the bee, by means of its bodily structure and organisation, can
question is raised how can the bee instinctively build so skilfully
shall soon see that quite another reason comes in question. The
a new situation here. The different kinds of bees — Queens, workers
revolution of the Sun, and because it has experienced one complete
revolution it enters into all the Sun can give.
Sun-revolution, but stays behind and remains always a creature of the
drones are the males; they can fertilise; this power of fertilisation
which they continue their growth within the earth-evolution and
clearly to be seen that fertilisation (male fecundation) comes from
that fertilisation is necessary if the same sex is to come into
where fertilisation has not taken place.
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than such an interpretation of these experiments as is given here.
an impression was made on these insects. It is characteristic that
produce strong chemical reactions. Whatever is introduced here
once experience a strong chemical reaction. It feels this; that is
gentlemen aware of the real question that they do not know, for
eyes. Man's perception of colour tends to be of a chemical
investigated here is the reaction to the inner chemical change that
a great distinction between smell and taste. The latter is primarily a
so they can also be perceived in relation to their warmth or
light. We can judge for ourselves if we only pay attention to these
perception of light, but as in twilight. When it is in darkness
this article in the bee journal, it is stated that further information as
conclusions such as Forel and Kühn have actually done. To do so
people say: “this has been proved beyond contradiction.”
are by no means beyond contradiction.
contradiction, because all the periodicals are in the hands of
opinion that young bees do not sting, that they do not use their stings.
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They are presented here with the kind permission of the Rudolf
mal-nutrition. As described here, the treatment was to dissolve the
were thus attained. The author, Dr. Paula Emrich, mentions the satisfactory
stronger in the same proportion.
nutrition, or in healing.
Mention is also
with honey. And here, gentlemen, he mentions something very
gentlemen, the composition of the substance is not the whole matter.
be in question here. But what did they say? They said: “substance
the question where what is “comic” came from. Some of
on special subjects as we have today. Communications which were to be
come as a new authority in addition to all the rest. If anything is
young ... For the moment our communications only give the results of
physiologists will give their attention to the problem of the
encourage us to seek their deeper connections, as I am well aware
consider very exactly the following question. Let us see on what these
knew that milk and honey have a tremendously strong relation to human
connection.
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how in answer to the question where he sold his honey, he replied:
number, the further question is asked as to whether there was any truth in
production of honey or nectar in the flowers.
Erbsmehl can gather from the Journal that the bee-keeper in question was
may need rather more than this to keep the stock in good condition.
question how far can a bee sting affect a man, I know of a case which I
should like to mention. A strong man was stung by a bee. He cried out:
to the recognition by the bees of their bee-master. I should like to add a
an opinion that is naturally completely justified if you consider the thing
one's paying much attention to it. The time it takes up is not
sense this is quite right, but at the present time conditions are such that
discuss prices today, for the whole question ought to be discussed on
we do not live under healthy social conditions at the present day, all our
problems are placed in an unhealthy position. When you visit big farms today
in my opinion, get up to twice as large a quantity as the cow should
conditions; one cannot immediately prove the great harm that is being
well as on smaller ones where the milk production was not pushed so
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DOLLINGER wishes to ask a question about the
are the result of exploitation, but that formerly they were less
honey-comb is a fancy with some people; the real question is whether it
medically. It is only possible to answer this question when one is
consideration that people digest in very different ways, not everyone
excretion. With regard to these people one could certainly say that
honey as long as possible still in connection with the wax which has
question of the state of health of the person concerned. There are
bee-diseases the question is, as is usual in disease, namely, that we must
essentially different comes in question. The bee-keeper of the past
fundamentally. Modern knowledge is not as a rule in a position to do
MÜLLER stated that he pays great attention
wood is less sensitive than straw. I have no intention of agitating in
through the quite special relationship between the two different
blood. The main point then is this definite proportion between these
climatic conditions of light and warmth, etc., are present.
conditions of warmth, etc., for these are no longer able to work so
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experiences of health, civilization, and the cosmos is amply
The Functioning of Spirit in Nature and in Man. The Being of Bees.
They are presented here with the kind permission of the Rudolf
(Questions
so closely; also, what honey should be, and is, in relation to mail.
The question
we have first the fertilisation of the Queen during the nuptial flight.
completed this revolution, and for this reason her whole development
almost a complete revolution of the Sun, the nearer the bee
approaches the influence of the earth-evolution. The farther the Sun
a longer period than is necessary for a complete revolution of the
earth, with the one exception of the actual fecundation of the
The lower animals dislike fecundation, they seek to avoid it. This is
towards the Sun, and no fecundation can take place when the day is
eggs that are fertilised, but only a portion of them, and these can
become Queens or worker-bees; the remaining portion that are
because no fertilisation has in their case taken place, and they must
QUESTION:
upon a question which was perhaps not fully considered last Monday. Herr
affection of the heart, and who collapsed on being stung by a
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experiences of health, civilization, and the cosmos is amply
The Functioning of Spirit in Nature and in Man. The Being of Bees.
They are presented here with the kind permission of the Rudolf
question. Should anything else arise, we can consider this also.
to this question of Herr Dollinger, I spoke of the ants, and how these
procession, whole hosts of them. One sees them coming out at the
creature adjusts itself to the individual situation, and it becomes
arrive at the conclusion that it was especially wise, for what it
grow round about, with the exception of one particular kind of grass. All
considering this, we will approach the question from another side.
organ, an eye, or to do with the heart or with the digestion, were
they arouse one's deepest admiration. It cannot be otherwise; wonder
like a mere robbery in which we, as men, take part. The question
a question far more difficult to answer than that of a mere robbery,
not possible to reach the right conclusion unless one is able
to look back into the earlier stages of the earth's evolution. You
up to complete illusion.
to earlier conditions if one would know the laws of the earth
evolution. The earth had long ago a very different form; I have
spoken of it as the Moon-condition, and in my book, “An Outline
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experiences of health, civilization, and the cosmos is amply
The Functioning of Spirit in Nature and in Man. The Being of Bees.
They are presented here with the kind permission of the Rudolf
perhaps say something further on the subject of Herr Dollinger's question.
what the spiritual relationship is between the hosts of insects
this question last time, that all around us there is not
interest you in connection with the bees. The work of the bees is
it starts boring in quite a new direction. It makes a little ring-like
situation would be fatal to the larvae in the upper chambers, they
acid, one must give him a preparation, a remedy with which one can
observations can only be made by those who have a true knowledge of
is often a much more important symptom than any external examination
further now comes in question. When you discover that a man's liver,
this what strange relationships exist in Nature. Outside there, are the
quantities, that is why it is mentioned. But just as formic acid is
lungs formic acid everywhere drops in the human body in the direction
is an illusion to think it can be of use; it is dead. The oxalic acid
arises everywhere where sensation, or something of the nature of the
the head. The soul needs this transformation in man of the oxalic
the connection of the decaying wood and the wood-bee, wasps, etc., then you
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Swiss Orientation Course, also known as the Speakers' Course. In the
Collected Edition of Rudolf Steiner's works, the volume containing the
opinion, that, in this course we are now starting, it is [a
question of] a discussion of what is necessary in order really
kind of orientation course for the personalities, who have
made it their task to work in the direction indicated.
of information will not get much from this course.
civilization that there is general talk around things —
serve as information. But I shall try to treat these things
orientation course because it is intended as the very basis
word so as to take into consideration, that he who sets
perhaps not working under conditions in which interest is
soul-forces we propose at first to turn our attention.
that this is so when we consider a general conversation among
people, a gossip session or the like. For I am not speaking
have a purpose precisely in the direction I now mean. I am
take a further matter into consideration: When someone
situations. For instance, he lectures on some affair that has
professor, he also deals with the conviction, that these
the world on the subject in question. Everything else has at
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Swiss Orientation Course, also known as the Speakers' Course. In the
Collected Edition of Rudolf Steiner's works, the volume containing the
traditions of speaking. One has often fallen into the habit
to give expression to the things of the outer world through
description. In this one had a kind of guidance in the outer
direction in which civilization is moving in regard to these
one is of the opinion that one must just “set up
opinion, through the manner in which they speak, that it is
one is always of the opinion that what should be striven for
organism? What will be the relation of the single person to
and so on. Such questions are really put in abundance to any
fashion. For one should always evoke at least this feeling:
can be "made" in the sense that state constitutions can be
Weimar National Assembly was. These are made! But one cannot
expression.
natural relation of people that the threefold order of the
outwardly is just this self-assertion. It is hence necessary
remaining educational institutions, without people really
noticing it. These other institutions simply followed. This
that found its true, middle-European expression in the free
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Swiss Orientation Course, also known as the Speakers' Course. In the
Collected Edition of Rudolf Steiner's works, the volume containing the
speaker it will be a question at first of entering in the
so that one is as it were placed in the position of giving
the lecture a composition. Without composition a talk cannot
preparation is concerned, it must therefore be a matter of
reception by the listeners which has merely originated in
one after the other, in the preparation. If one is not in the
position, at least at some stage of the preparation, of
one subdivides, and letting the composition arise by starting
lecture, — this is the first consideration.
has experienced first-hand about the matter in question,
— and, after one has before one a kind of composition
or there into this composition.
the preparation the whole of the lecture before one as in a
the soul in the most complete inner satisfaction.
order. Here we shall say to ourselves: After an introduction
a conclusion — about which we shall also speak —
the composition of such a lecture is really given through the
certainly, it will be a question of our calling forth in the
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Swiss Orientation Course, also known as the Speakers' Course. In the
Collected Edition of Rudolf Steiner's works, the volume containing the
certain audience; I called attention to the fact that it is above all
democratic-political connection that has to strive for equality. For
consideration when preparing for such a lecture — that modern
rights as upon its very foundation. This part, the political
within Swiss conditions. It will have to be specially emphasized that
Swiss conditions, proceed from the thus given Swiss conditions, and
take into consideration how one must speak out of the Swiss context.
After all, generally it is like this: Because of the conditions
disappeared. What expresses and lives in the configuration of the
state, is really a chaotic union of the spiritual elements of human
noticeable within the conditions of Switzerland. We are dealing there
everywhere with a seeming democratization of the spiritual life,
impossible in its actual formulations, and a democratization of
the Swiss nation.
different conditions from those here in Switzerland, and also
completely different conditions than those under which one can speak
that spring, in April 1919, directly after the German revolution,
class — the first naturally in a more revolutionary, the second
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Swiss Orientation Course, also known as the Speakers' Course. In the
Collected Edition of Rudolf Steiner's works, the volume containing the
sections. What one can generally say concerning the whole
understand each other best if I say that the preparation
recitation, or some such thing), — in a lyrical manner
oneself. One should by all means call forth the impression
that one is enthusiastic about what one envisions for the
enthusiasm. We achieve the right impression if we prepare
ourselves first in imagination, in inner experience —
even so far as to modulation — how, approximately,
speak about rights-relationships, we should make the attempt
other person's position with our thinking. For instance, we
person's position, from out of his assertion of rights, we
meet such an assertion out of general humanitarian reasons.
lecturing, that calls forth the impression in listeners that
rights-relationships.
on economic conditions, the main point is that we speak
social organism, one speaks about economic relationships, one
one should limit the main discussion to describing cases
ideas at all concerning the economic life, and had no notions
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Swiss Orientation Course, also known as the Speakers' Course. In the
Collected Edition of Rudolf Steiner's works, the volume containing the
must be our last session, we will be concerned with filling
speaker is in an essentially different position than he who
rather a listener. The listener is not in a position to go
mind. This situation can be met by presenting through
repetition what is considered important, even indispensable,
such repetitions are varied, that the most important things
are put forth in varied formulations while, at the same time,
has a gift for comprehension. The speaker will have to see to
proceed artistically — through repetition, composition,
and many other things which will be mentioned today. You
facilitating understanding. Take, for example, repetition,
facilitation for the listener. Differently phrased
repetitions give the listener occasion to give up rigidly
lies between them. In this way his comprehension is freed,
for something, brings in a question in such a way that he
actually speaks the question amidst the usual flow of
a question? Questions which are listened to actually work
mainly on the listener's inhalation. The listener lives
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with the kind permission of the Philosophisch-Anthroposophischer
Verlag, Dornach, Switzerland. English translation by permission of
Verlag, Dornach. English translation by permission of H. Collison,
— exact in the sense in which this expression is used in connection
by the nationality, temperament and other personal propensities of the
historian, by the element of imagination working in the condensation
abundantly evident that the presentation of objective facts and events
varies considerably according to the nationality of the historian,
according to his power of synthesis, his imagination and other
and transformed into real faculties of investigation. The subjective
more exoteric aspect — if I may use this expression — and
pass on in the next lecture more into the realm of the esoteric connections
of the twentieth century is really very similar — the impression
began to ask questions about the nature of the impulses underlying social
and idealistic aspirations, in spite of the fact that they were the
depression which had so obviously crept into the life and impulses of
Saint-Simon, a son, as it were, of the French Revolution, and
He had experienced the aftermath of the French Revolution and had heard
disappointments suffered by Europe alter the Revolution. He witnessed
question. And if we study the whole temper and outlook of Saint-Simon's
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with the kind permission of the Philosophisch-Anthroposophischer
Verlag, Dornach, Switzerland. English translation by permission of
Verlag, Dornach. English translation by permission of H. Collison,
the middle of last century a radical transformation took place in
spiritual life, and how moreover the peculiar configuration of the
underwent this transformation can be traced back to another crucial
appear as if we were trying to show too close a connection between two
very thought will serve to call attention to certain interconnections
We drew attention to a distinguishing feature of that time. We placed
that Augustine was altogether the child of the conditions which had
developed in the south-western parts of the European-African civilization
We even have to think of Greek culture as the possession of an upper
was therefore no spiritual life in the masses. There was an exceptionally
the native stock left behind at an earlier stage of evolution than that
the Lombards, the Herules. Before the migrations had begun, thus before
experiences influenced every aspect of daily life. Before the migrations
a religion which was closely connected with the blood relationships of
ideas, if I can use the expression without causing misunderstanding.
constitution. We no longer feel the seething of the body.
developed the pictorial imaginations which these men connected with their
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calls on us to develop the organs of perception that go beyond these
limits of cognition to where we can behold the Spirit active in the
of lectures was not chosen because it is traditional within academic
result of what I believe to be an open-minded consideration of the needs
and demands of our time. The further evolution of humanity demands new
concepts, new notions, and new impulses for social life generally: we
need ideas which, when realized, can create social conditions offering
to human beings of all stations and classes an existence that seems
humane existence? That portion of humanity which has received an education
so that traditional concepts have in a certain way been altered to conform
every turn it had in mind certain scientific conceptions that it wanted
the instincts out of which the new parliamentary institutions, with
about what one might call a transformation of the old social instincts
modern thought? It was the conceptions, the new mode of thinking that had
with the important question: how far shall we be able to progress within
from the attempts that are made on the basis of these conceptions,
the portentous question: how does it stand with those very concepts
vital question, this burning question with which our age confronts us,
was the occasion of my choosing the theme, “The Boundaries of
Natural Science.” Just this question requires that I treat the
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calls on us to develop the organs of perception that go beyond these
limits of cognition to where we can behold the Spirit active in the
demands of human evolution — this shall be the theme of our course
that might interfere with the objective presentation of ideas, I would
like, since today I shall have to mention certain personalities, to
human judgment in their relationship to life, to full human existence,
the judgments originated. Even in a scientific presentation, one must
since the question we want above all to answer is: what can be gleaned
realize that the series of considerations one undertakes is no longer
the living evolution of humanity.
world view and the dissolution of that world view, behind that which
last few years has Hegel begun to be mentioned in the lecture halls
had previously paid little attention to the portrait, grew older and
phenomenon in the evolution of human knowledge? What happened was that
hand certain positive theological conclusions from Hegel's thought.
so peaceably. One must use just such a paradoxical expression in describing
of the nineteenth century an alarming factor in the evolution of human
cognition, something that has proved itself to be socially useless in
the highest degree. With this in mind we must then raise the question:
to their logical conclusions. And thereby arises historical materialism,
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calls on us to develop the organs of perception that go beyond these
limits of cognition to where we can behold the Spirit active in the
And what has happened in the spiritual evolution of humanity, in man's
gradual acquisition of knowledge about external nature, is actually
is a kind of moment of awakening, and in the course of the evolution
the representations, concepts, and ideas we have already gained, describing
them in a systematic, rational manner, and so forth. Instead, we roll
and so forth. This world, when it is so constituted, is merely a fabrication
seen that it is possible to guard against such a violation of this frontier
that can be comprehended without any empirical observation, i.e., the
the notions of mathematics and analytical mechanics, this process within
only with the greatest mental exertion.
manner and the more inward mode of apprehension we find in mathematics
those modes of apprehension that are not inward in this way by formulating
clearly the concepts of the parallelogram of motion and the parallelogram
another notion altogether.
The parallelogram of motion
by experimentation. In this case, we bring something into that which
conventional empiricism.
this inner apprehension from anything that can be experienced outwardly,
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calls on us to develop the organs of perception that go beyond these
limits of cognition to where we can behold the Spirit active in the
Yesterday's considerations
led us to conclude that at one boundary of cognition we must come to
Our considerations
then climaxed in showing how reflection reveals that everything present
upon Inspiration. Then we were able to indicate how the impulses proceeding
from Inspiration are diffused throughout the ancient Indian Vedanta:
therefore, who himself admitted that he had no conventional mathematical
that he demanded a method for the determination of archetypal phenomena
organization, in its progression from one contemplation to the next, it
That such connections are not uncovered by academic studier of the Vedanta
education. Those who engage in pursuits that then lead them into Oriental
philosophy have too little comprehension — and, as I have said,
grips with something that rests upon a firm foundation, that bears its
front of a bookstore. In the store he saw a book that captured his attention
that had not made so strong an impression on him that he would have
had now risen up within him as a whole complex of associations. And
in the moment in which his attention had been occupied with a serious
connection with the divine “Principle of Being” within their
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calls on us to develop the organs of perception that go beyond these
limits of cognition to where we can behold the Spirit active in the
results of a scientific investigation of the spirit are met with a demand
true spiritual scientist must already bear this method of demonstration
know what mode of demonstration is demanded in these circles, and he
therein he builds the foundation for a higher mode of cognition. For this
in the field from which the question stems. He has long since anticipated
the objections that can be raised. One could even go so far as to say
demonstration that experimentation has made scientific habit, one shall
experiment one proceeds — even if one cherishes the illusion that
direction and allows phenomena to confirm what lives within the ideas
this knowledge obtained through experimentation is totally inadequate.
they have originated in pure experimentation, our ideas have gradually
take regarding the two boundaries that arise within cognition —
or molecular world conceptions tending toward the metaphysical but call
not yet present as a faculty of cognition. One must develop Inspiration.
such ideas and seek rather to enter the realm of Imaginative cognition.
which was born in the West and now has all of civilization in its grasp
is transformed into Imaginative cognition, we shall never progress in
human cognition.
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calls on us to develop the organs of perception that go beyond these
limits of cognition to where we can behold the Spirit active in the
consideration of what reveals itself at one boundary of scientific thinking
as a real and true mode of cognition: I closed with a characterization
of Inspiration. I have brought to your attention the way in which man
enters through Inspiration a spiritual world: he knows that he is in
you how the transition from the experience of a “toneless”
It also became clear in the course of yesterday's considerations of
pathological skepticism and hypercriticism that pathological conditions
accompaniment of the ego, if he does not suffuse the conditions he
in Inspiration with full self-consciousness. If one brings the ego into
Inspiration, Inspiration represents a healthy, indeed a necessary, step
forward in human cognition. Yet in a cultural epoch such as ours, in
one cannot allow this condition to come about in an instinctive, unconscious,
unhealthy way without the emergence of the pathological conditions we
We can either turn to what opens a free, spiritual vision of the highest
to penetrate into these regions with full consciousness but allowing
rationally the ideas of spiritual science.
this human development is the gradual emergence and transformation of
If, as a result of certain pathological conditions, the continuity of
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calls on us to develop the organs of perception that go beyond these
limits of cognition to where we can behold the Spirit active in the
my discussions of the boundaries of natural science have been able to
furnish at least some indications of the difference between what spiritual
life and in ordinary science our powers of cognition are those we have
acquired through the conventional education that carries us up to a
certain stage in life and whatever this education has enabled us to
make of inherited and universally human qualities. The mode of cognition
the higher worlds has its basis in a further self-cultivation, a further
life one can advance through self-education to a higher consciousness,
by means of an inner self-cultivation that corresponded to their racial
characteristics and evolutionary stage. The meaning of what radiates
followed, one would have to describe it as a path of Inspiration. For
in that epoch humanity had a kind of natural propensity to Inspiration,
and in order to understand these paths into the higher realms of cognition,
of our Western civilization, for humanity is in a process of constant
evolution, ever moving forward. And whoever desires — as many
have — to return to the instructions given in the ancient Eastern
actually desires to turn back the tide of human evolution or shows that
thought, feeling, and will in the act of cognition. And it is in the
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calls on us to develop the organs of perception that go beyond these
limits of cognition to where we can behold the Spirit active in the
which establishes communication within society by means of language,
thought, and perception of the ego. And I showed how it was initially
were strengthened further by repetition. And I showed how something
was achieved in the condition of the soul that might be called a state
of Inspiration, in the sense in which I have used the word, except that
of human evolution. They thus entered into the spiritual world in a
in the earliest times it could not lead to the pathological afflictions
so-called Mysteries to guard against the rise of such afflictions as
long to return in a reactionary manner to prehistoric or earlier historical
periods of human evolution. For Western civilization, the path leading
into the spiritual worlds is that of Imagination. This faculty of
Imagination, however, must be integrated organically into the life
to the needs of Western civilization and is particularly suited to
has taught me that for such a scientist a kind of precondition for this
cognitional striving is to take up what is presented in my book,
that the reader learns the book's contents in accordance with his education,
This was not my primary Intention in writing
Information. The purpose of the book is to make the reader directly
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result, at the end, in the crystallization of a variety of
would like to show how the constitution of the human being
confine myself more to describing the outer manifestation of
in my introduction, however, I must make the following
presupposition. Last time we spoke here, we dealt with the
throughout this presentation we must bear in mind a
science if we really wish to understand man's relation to his
attention on the interaction between processes within the
stands in continuous interaction with the universe.
lead us to some thoughts about this interaction. We will then
first express myself schematically, directing attention to
breathing and circulation) as twofold, one member tending
The organization of the head differs essentially from that of
a kind of imprint — one might say a kind of extrusion
still consider the physical body in its relation to the head.
conception. What was living in the spiritual world before
conception continues to work, especially in the astral body
conditions within the head. The astral body's influence is
I will indicate this by pointing to the bony portion of the
head. Here, in this physical part of the human head formation, is
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human being regarding his connection with his super-sensible
nature in order to direct our attention today from this
there rs a more undifferentiated interaction of the physical
super-sensible members are able to function as such in the
the ego imprints itself in the warmth conditions of the head.
Where it remains free from the cooperation of other
relation to the metabolic-limb man, the ego creates an
Unfortunately, not nearly enough attention is paid to this.
science, receives too little attention. It is usually modern
science's evasions regarding these matters that show us very
You can find this assertion almost everywhere, but numerical
that this etheric body is not studied in its differentiations
conviction that this etheric body exists, you will have to
really be studied, and we will see today that a conception to
part, being a specially differentiated portion of it), we
substances have separated. I mention this only to point out
opposition.
course, directly accessible as such to physical perception.
about ether from merely physical observations. They have
that the ether cannot be reached by physical observations,
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significant presentation brought into clear focus the need
the region of the human blood and circulation are, in one
with both. The fact is that the head organization has to be
cooperation of the etheric and the physical. A process of
human chest region there is a persistant inclination for the
the human chest organs. Indeed, the normal condition in the
lead to excessive proliferation in the etheric, is constantly
cognition had lost their intuitive grasp of things, the
direction, to “come to grips” — in a
attempt is made in modern times to divert attention from the
actual situation to a mystical concept — a concept that
art today. In this regard I will draw your attention to a
into account their origin in the irregular interaction
cannot be gained without a mode of cognition willing to
astral in the conditions of human health, for it is obvious
astral and etheric in healthy and diseased conditions of the
aspects of a symptom-complex, but she makes it exceptionally
exceptionally brilliant condensation of what must be taken
a position to observe his patient when falling asleep or when
especially in difficult situations. He is simply not in the
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and etheric organs continue to function as in the waking
state, whereas in the normal person their function is clearly
an involuntary functioning of the organism is a concomitant
expression of an inner process, any fidgeting — all
through such indirect observations, attention can be directed
remedies obtained by combustion, by reducing the substance to
incomplete penetration by the astral body means something
I will try to answer a question put to me yesterday
I will try to answer all your questions, so far as time
malnutrition or the like — where the disturbance
proceeds more from the lower portion of the middle human
dietary considerations can become quite important. This is
because a subtle transition appears here from effects of a
himself in the transformation of plant substances. However,
region of rhythm, with phenomena based on the rhythmic
functions in the human organism, there is no place for
A raw food diet also entails the exclusion of cooked plant
been intensely brought to completion. One comes very close to
best not to be fanatical in either direction; both directions
the chest system comes from the circulation and not from the
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description of the nature of the remedies we have arrived at
cooperation between ego, astral body, etheric body, and
physical body. I have already mentioned that, by means of a
introduction of arsenic would have a healing effect. One can
expression in a kind of warming in the region of the stomach,
whereby digestion and assimilation become facilitated. When
problem, because difficulties then arise as reactions to such
being. This is a direction to pursue in our research. But
other factors into consideration. The bodies of people who
question is: What can we do if this “arsenizing”
organism into account. He must be given some preparation of
relation between the astral body (which is also carrying the
consider the opposite condition in the human being, in which
left to themselves. The expression of this condition is that
there is no proper connection between things that should work
permeation of the food-substance by the forces of the ego
active in one direction and cannot reach the etheric body
properly. A proliferation of physical and etheric activity
of such conditions. The farther you follow this matter, the
dysentery. The farther you proceed with the description of
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intended to lead us on to a clarification of the essential
mentioning something that can suggest a great deal regarding
imaginative observation, we frequently receive a direct,
occult investigations, and it also applies to domains other
investigation followed by intuition is always correct,
cognition. But one's judgment activity must first wrestle
closely the function of nitrogen in the human organism.
discover the function of nitrogen. This is possible only if
the most varied theories exist about nutrition and that,
views regarding the question: ”What is the function in
disintegration and has little significance for the plastic,
organism we have to do with an opposition between the head
formation, and therefore the formation of nerves and senses,
and the formation proceeding from the metabolic-limb system.
This is a polar opposition within human nature, and we cannot
pay enough attention to it. Without taking into account what
deliberations. For instance, one will not be able to
understand the real relationship of the lung to the entire
human organism unless one's investigations begin in the
that also has forces of head formation within it, though to a
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In turning our attention now to the study
the perception of the remedial value of a substance to be
to direct the discussion today in such a way that we
undertake a theoretical investigation of how one arrives at
being provides the basis for this. A correct interpretation
up to conduct the whole investigation in an anthroposophical
last few days will flow into the theoretical investigations
proceed from the fact that the interaction between the human
world, one acquires a correct insight into the continuation
being. In presenting this type of investigation, however, we
at work in the entire process of plant formation — in
the formation of roots, leaves, blossoms, seeds, and so on.
growing in a plant-like fashion from above downward. His head
process that takes place in root formation in plants, it must
relation to the human head.
expression. Therefore in the root we will find forces that
expended in the direction of blossoming and leaf formation.
the activities in the human organization proceeding directly
We must boil the roots, and administer the decoction.
working through sugar in the human organization involves a
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Title: Anthro Medical Therapy: Lecture VIII
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is difficult to make distinctions.
preparation of remedies — to this you must pay
particular attention in our remedies — it is not merely
a question of using some substance or other; the process in
effect of lead must be held in check in one direction by the
being. We have spoken of the fact that in the head formation
formation proceeding from the human being — there lies
takes place in conjunction with the astral imprint.
well-hidden, and for occult observation it is of
exceptionally deep significance to experience this effect of
forces are especially concerned with the formation of the
can be spoken about in relation to space, is poison in the
universal mystery to which one cannot pay too much attention.
We have to do with a strong stimulation, a powerful
excitation of these ego-imprinting forces in human nature.
destruction of the inborn formative force in the human being.
human formation is being destroyed from the upper human
human being acts in small quantities — in dilutions
man's constitution as given by spiritual science. On the one
sorts of prejudices and opinions about the human organism
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connections.
consider that “earth formation” means that a
planetary sphere and that in addition a formative impulse
everything which I previously said about radiations) by
comprehension of this process if you imagine that with the
mediation by the secretory processes, including also the
assimilation of what is secreted by other processes; in
widest sense because, after all, assimilation depends on the
reabsorption of something which is secreted towards the
have a palpable comprehension of such a secretory process if
else which assimilates it again in the formation of carbonic
a real consolidation process. However, this
consolidation process is also present in the other direction.
is consolidated from within; the formation is internalized.
consolidation process spiritualizing itself — really
ensouling and spiritualizing itself in perception. This, in a
way, is the descending process which leads to the formation
We find the perceptual process, or objective perception, at the
develops further, then perception goes back towards what is
becomes Imagination. If Imagination develops further and
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Title: The Building at Dornach: Lecture I
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drawn attention to an observation which might be made in real
stopping at first impressions. It runs somewhat as follows.
This conclusion might easily be accepted and handed down to
the mark. Closer inspection might reveal that the man had
into the water. If the first conclusion had prevailed and no
history — the apparently logical conclusion that the
Conclusions of this kind, implying to a greater or lesser
naturally transmit untruth and deception. To learn from life
configuration, artistic nature and spiritual essence of our
during the happenings of that transitional period from a
that was the sole impression — but what was the truth
worlds for the good of evolution. I would like to put it this
have to call to our aid the practice of meditation, the
comprehension of the world at all adequate to spiritual
considerations relative to our Building, because it will
serve as an illustration for what is to follow concerning
art. For let us not hold the implications of our Building to
standpoint let us ask the downright question What then
have no firmer foundation. Suppose someone had passed by the
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Title: The Building at Dornach: Lecture II
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spiritual-scientific investigations that have come before our
spoke here I drew your attention to clues that help us to
acquire a really comprehensive view of the evolution of
who represents the transition from ancient times — when
everything in human evolution and culture was based upon a
feeling, thinking, perception, willing, a different way of
resting on the foundation of ancient clairvoyance.
heritage of human evolution. But if one is willing to
addition, impulses coming from higher worlds.
placed in the whole evolutionary process of mankind. To
spiritual world into the intuition of the individual but with
Spiritual-scientific investigation helps us to understand the
conditions in which we ourselves live. This investigation has
particular continuation of the main process indicated in the
takes exprestion in these peoples and their fundamental
below take on a more definite configuration. In these peoples
other forces; there is no more than an indication of the
still have little relation with what is expressed by this
come to know from spiritual science must find verification in
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Title: The Building at Dornach: Lecture III
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study of the evolution of European Cultures in the Fifth
motif above (a). The justification for this design can be
Middle-European culture the most varied national elements
impossible to speak of a “national” culture in
composed of the people of two State-organisations. Remember,
State-organisations — the German Empire and
of a national State, for in Austria there is an agglomeration
of national cultures of the most varied kinds. This has been
in the interplay of these national cultures.
population of Germany, and that of the German population of
Austria, which has indeed many connections with that of
is German? — this question cannot be asked in the same
sense as the question: What is French? What is English? What
German people — if this expression can be used at all
definition he stands. What he would necessarily express if he
of “German nationality” (Deutschtum).
the German Nation”, in two of these Addresses he
usually confronts the concept of nationality.
must be described as an “aspiration to become
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Title: The Building at Dornach: Lecture IV
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interpretations to which the Building naturally lends
expression in the forms of the capitals, and the mutual
relationships of the single European cultures in the
occurred to some of you that mention has not been made of all
occasion to present a subject in all its aspects, for it is a
motifs of the capitals, artistic expression has been given to
civilisations — in the inhabitants of the Italian
civilisations enables them to be expressed by a single
East, the second pillar is an expression of the civilisation
mentioned, for many things which to the observer on the
culture, the queation may arise: How should we approach the
be taken into consideration.
have the same expression of feeling in connection with the
civilisations of Holland, Switzerland, and so forth. But I
remain stationary at these forms and think of them as one is
theoretical, intellectual cogitation. It would therefore be
indications I have given you. For the aim of the Building is
contemplating the forms and their relationships, people do
the whole. What belongs to the motif in addition is a set of
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Title: The Building at Dornach: Lecture V
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and Thinking in man are brought to expression in our
element that has not hitherto existed in the evolution of art
remember, any new impulse in human evolution has always been
art through the anthroposophical conception of the world.
Picture a human being in some fixed position. Somebody comes
This might well apply to the evolution of art up to our own
transition which are at work in our time and call upon us to
find a new impulse for the future evolution of humanity.
architraves into greater complication, and then become more
movement. This will have to come to expression in the
relation to the Real — or, as is often said, to Nature.
means for giving expression to what is inherent in a living
his lines than Nature is able to bring to expression in
bring to expression the inmost essence of her creations.
have an impression similar to that made by a building from
in position. Indeed the point can be reached where the actual
pole. Here we must bear in mind that colour is a fixation of
meticulous reproduction of say, the colours of the clothes of
indicate that the person in question is ill — would
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Title: Ways/Architecture: Lecture I: The Acanthus Leaf
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and published here by kind permission of the Rudolf Steiner
may often arise in connection with this building is that of
of the whole structure, for no conception of that is possible
deviations from other architectural styles that have hitherto
arisen in the evolution of humanity and have been justified
which a spiritual transformation of artistic style must come
when the building is once there, all kind of objections will
‘expert’ opinion is least of all right when
may be levelled at our idea of artistic creation, if we
realise, as a compensation for our sense of responsibility,
origin of the Arts, than do the conceptions of art claiming
“true artistic conception.” It need not therefore
who adhere to the direction and tendency of the present age.
century was the leading influence in artistic appreciation
conception of the world of architectural, sculptural and
current conceptions of the historical development of art, on
the one side, and of the way to artistic creation on the
being, but in those days the usual conception of man and the
universe was an outcome of the materialistic interpretation
of Darwin, and the doctrine of evolution was also apparent in
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Title: Ways/Architecture: Lecture II: The House of Speech
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(Dedication of the Studios where the glass
on the last occasion when I spoke to you about our building
responsibility. To-day is a splendid occasion for reminding
use to which these rooms will be put is the production of the
functions of the windows in the building, an atmosphere of
involves, it can itself be for us a wonderful education
— an education leading us above everything personal.
The building demands a great deal more than the expression of
have been able to open to-day can be a means of education for
us. Indeed, the more they become a means of education, the
the mission that such buildings will have to humanity, if
are really creations of architectural genius. Yet they all
decrees or institutions, definitions in words. This implies
that signifies the onward evolution of humanity in a
achieve what external institutions can never achieve.
study may be given to the elimination of crime and
wrong-doing from the world, true redemption, the turning of
harmony. But peace and harmony, and man's rightful position
attained. Art is the creation of an organ through which
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Title: Ways/Architecture: Lecture III: The New Conception of Architecture
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THE NEW CONCEPTION OF ARCHITECTURE.
when the construction of our building is proceeding I think
glass windows. The lecture referred to the evolution of
thought and conception underlying the art of building and I
his physical image. The essence of the construction of the
pursuits on the land knew that within the region where he was
land. Everyday life and the mood of exaltation by which man
This evolution
in architectural thought naturally implies the transformation
and gravity) into the form corresponding to the conception of
conception. We have the striving of the community not only to
that a real advance in architectural conception must come to
conception of architecture onwards to that of Gothic building
complete union with the Spirit. This means that buildings
which should now be dedicated to life in union with the
if we try not to explain the thing in abstractions but to
Spiritual Science implies an actual penetration into the form
present, are placing a true expression of the Spirit in the
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Title: Ways/Architecture: Lecture IV: True Aesthetic Laws of Form
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gathered that these forms are no more the result of imitation
of the external physical world than of mere speculation. Your
again of an important fact, of which mention has already been
the first two pillars we have the expression of the supports
are an expression of the supports he has added after the
revelation of processes in human life itself. This shows us
ourselves faced with the question — and it is a wholly
question merely proves that life has afforded him no
opportunity for the contemplation of deeper cosmic laws. The
violin would be in exactly the same position as one who
perception of what underlies the laws of true aesthetic form,
microcosm, in the constitution of man. Before very long, the
expansion, and only then will there be understanding of the
evoke a concrete perception of what I have here mentioned in
cannot express the dimensional proportions and distances of
into a certain relationship with these three heavenly bodies,
of currents being set in motion in the cosmos. These currents
exact observation this resolves itself into a host, a stream,
relationship to each other; they reveal their activities to
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Title: Ways/Architecture: Lecture V: The Creative World of Colour
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Be sure to read another version of this Lecture:
beginning in a primitive fashion, the necessity arises to
study man's achievements in art and their connection with
human civilisation.
naturally no wish to speak derogatively of the specialisation
specialisation is a necessity. Much more significant than the
specialisation in science is that which has crept into modern
conceptions or ideas, grows less and less capable of
specialised mode of perception when we study the development
for people to try, by means of pure fabrications, to slander
‘sensationalism’ in our building — which is
hotch-potch, teeming with obscure sensations, glorying to
answers to questions that arise in our own souls.
your attention to Carstens, an artist who made his mark in
attention to the fact that he certainly possessed great
embody them in painting, but he was not in the position of
in response to the creations of this great artist. When Dante
creations seem to be expressions of a general, uniform
understood in our times, that, in Herman Grimm's opinion, as
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Title: Art of Lecturing: Lecture I
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Swiss Orientation Course, also known as the Speakers' Course. In the
Collected Edition of Rudolf Steiner's works, the volume containing the
Guidelines for the preparation
opinion, that, in this course we are now starting, it is [a
question of] a discussion of what is necessary in order really
kind of orientation course for the personalities, who have
made it their task to work in the direction indicated.
of information will not get much from this course.
civilization that there is general talk around things —
serve as information. But I shall try to treat these things
orientation course because it is intended as the very basis
word so as to take into consideration, that he who sets
perhaps not working under conditions in which interest is
soul-forces we propose at first to turn our attention.
that this is so when we consider a general conversation among
people, a gossip session or the like. For I am not speaking
have a purpose precisely in the direction I now mean. I am
take a further matter into consideration: When someone
situations. For instance, he lectures on some affair that has
professor, he also deals with the conviction, that these
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Title: Art of Lecturing: Lecture II
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Collected Edition of Rudolf Steiner's works, the volume containing the
traditions of speaking. One has often fallen into the habit
to give expression to the things of the outer world through
description. In this one had a kind of guidance in the outer
direction in which civilization is moving in regard to these
one is of the opinion that one must just “set up
opinion, through the manner in which they speak, that it is
one is always of the opinion that what should be striven for
organism? What will be the relation of the single person to
and so on. Such questions are really put in abundance to any
fashion. For one should always evoke at least this feeling:
can be "made" in the sense that state constitutions can be
Weimar National Assembly was. These are made! But one cannot
expression.
natural relation of people that the threefold order of the
outwardly is just this self-assertion. It is hence necessary
remaining educational institutions, without people really
noticing it. These other institutions simply followed. This
that found its true, middle-European expression in the free
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Title: Art of Lecturing: Lecture III
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Collected Edition of Rudolf Steiner's works, the volume containing the
Letting experiences flow into the composition
speaker it will be a question at first of entering in the
so that one is as it were placed in the position of giving
the lecture a composition. Without composition a talk cannot
preparation is concerned, it must therefore be a matter of
reception by the listeners which has merely originated in
one after the other, in the preparation. If one is not in the
position, at least at some stage of the preparation, of
one subdivides, and letting the composition arise by starting
lecture, — this is the first consideration.
has experienced first-hand about the matter in question,
— and, after one has before one a kind of composition
or there into this composition.
the preparation the whole of the lecture before one as in a
the soul in the most complete inner satisfaction.
order. Here we shall say to ourselves: After an introduction
a conclusion — about which we shall also speak —
the composition of such a lecture is really given through the
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Title: Art of Lecturing: Lecture IV
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Collected Edition of Rudolf Steiner's works, the volume containing the
Germany in April of 1919. In Germany the opinion prevailed
what this rational innovation might be, ought to be known.
to secure and save the old. The question is how properly to
the traditional foundations. I am aware, of course, that when
whether their content is new, are reactionary and
[rights relationships] has to be acquired — how one has
to point out both sides of a question, — and how one
inner lightness, — with a certain modulation, with a
attention to these things, because the time is drawing near
all over how every word and every world-relation calls forth
Occasionally there is the opportunity of seeing it: though
particular point because an explanation of “rights
this direction.
no opinion on what another lecturer says!’ ”
after this declaration; I had other opportunities for that,
sclerotic, to ossification, and to capsulated talk, and
rights-relationship between person and person arises in the
discussion. But in the discussion, through which
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Title: Art of Lecturing: Lecture V
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Collected Edition of Rudolf Steiner's works, the volume containing the
speaking for rights-relationships; epic speaking for economic
conditions. About economic life within the social organism. The
formulation of key sentences. Speech exercises.
sections. What one can generally say concerning the whole
understand each other best if I say that the preparation
recitation, or some such thing), — in a lyrical manner
oneself. One should by all means call forth the impression
that one is enthusiastic about what one envisions for the
enthusiasm. We achieve the right impression if we prepare
ourselves first in imagination, in inner experience —
even so far as to modulation — how, approximately,
speak about rights-relationships, we should make the attempt
other person's position with our thinking. For instance, we
person's position, from out of his assertion of rights, we
meet such an assertion out of general humanitarian reasons.
lecturing, that calls forth the impression in listeners that
rights-relationships.
on economic conditions, the main point is that we speak
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Title: Art of Lecturing: Lecture VI
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Repetition in very formulations
helps the listener to comprehend. The use of questions
formulations and word order keep the listeners attentive.
Illustrations and pictures convince and are remembered.
must be our last session, we will be concerned with filling
speaker is in an essentially different position than he who
rather a listener. The listener is not in a position to go
mind. This situation can be met by presenting through
repetition what is considered important, even indispensable,
such repetitions are varied, that the most important things
are put forth in varied formulations while, at the same time,
has a gift for comprehension. The speaker will have to see to
proceed artistically — through repetition, composition,
and many other things which will be mentioned today. You
facilitating understanding. Take, for example, repetition,
facilitation for the listener. Differently phrased
repetitions give the listener occasion to give up rigidly
lies between them. In this way his comprehension is freed,
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Title: Christmas Conference: Lecture 1: Introduction to the Eurythmy Performance
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The Christmas Conference for the Foundation of the General
Anthroposophical Society includes: The Laying of the Foundation
Stone, Lectures and Addresses, and Discussion of the Statutes.
There is a Foreword and Conclusion by Marie Steiner, and an
introduction by Virginia Sease. It was translated by Johanna
Introduction to the Eurythmy
something new into civilization originated in super-sensible
human evolution are rooted in some way in occult,
super-sensible ground, ground we may seek in connection with
the Mysteries. Art can only flow into human evolution if it
super-sensible realm through the mediation of the human being.
you find the faculty of Intuition at the top, at the point
being merges with the spirit. Inspiration has to do with the
able to link what he receives through Inspiration so
moulding it, then Imagination comes about.
extraordinarily similar to Inspiration. We might say that
what we bear in our soul when we speak resembles Intuition;
sense-perceptible image of Inspiration.
sense our relationship with the outside world. The first
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Title: Christmas Conference: Lecture 2: The Opening of the Christmas Foundation Conference, by Rudolf Steiner
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Stone, Lectures and Addresses, and Discussion of the Statutes.
There is a Foreword and Conclusion by Marie Steiner, and an
introduction by Virginia Sease. It was translated by Johanna
Opening of the Christmas Foundation Conference
heartfelt opinion — you will come to feel the definite
will in no way manifest any kind of a national character, but
sufficient justification for the appearance of our dear
Christmas Foundation Conference. Of course he will speak here
Society. But everything we feel especially in connection with
our discussions are about to begin, when I offer you, dear

Title: Christmas Conference: Lecture 3: Rudolf Steiner's Opening Lecture and Reading of the Statutes
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Stone, Lectures and Addresses, and Discussion of the Statutes.
There is a Foreword and Conclusion by Marie Steiner, and an
introduction by Virginia Sease. It was translated by Johanna
external manifestation of our work and endeavour on
years. We could say that a large proportion of the impulses,
situation prevailing in the country where it has hitherto had
its home. All possible work was prevented by a tax situation
external world is maya and illusion. We shall, dear friends,
Foundation Conference if we can bring to life in our hearts
maya and illusion, and that much of what immediately
surrounds us here is maya and illusion.
our start from the immediate situation here. We have had to
arrive. Temporary wooden partitions had to be put up next
door. I have no hesitation in saying that the outer shelter
Our initial introduction to these circumstances showed us
may be regarded as maya and illusion in what has come to meet
and illusion, the more shall we develop that mood of active
arbitrary consideration. At the very beginning of our
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Title: Christmas Conference: Lecture 4: The Laying of the Foundation Stone
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Anthroposophical Society includes: The Laying of the Foundation
Stone, Lectures and Addresses, and Discussion of the Statutes.
There is a Foreword and Conclusion by Marie Steiner, and an
introduction by Virginia Sease. It was translated by Johanna
Laying of the Foundation Stone
In the Spirit-Foundations of Man.
world in which he fulfils his duties, his tasks, his mission
reigning in human love; universal Imagination reigning in the
say this, we have understood what lies at the foundation of
our souls to the dodecahedral Foundation Stone which we lower
powerful sign in the strong foundations of our soul existence
Society we may stand on this firm Foundation Stone.
remain aware of this Foundation Stone for the
the remembrance of the Foundation Stone which we have today
us the universal Imagination, which teaches us the universal
of universal love which we lay as the foundation, let us seek
in this threefold being the archetype of the Imagination
dodecahedral Imagination which has received its form through
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Title: Christmas Conference: Lecture 5: The Foundation Meeting, 25 December, 11.15 a.m.
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Anthroposophical Society includes: The Laying of the Foundation
Stone, Lectures and Addresses, and Discussion of the Statutes.
There is a Foreword and Conclusion by Marie Steiner, and an
introduction by Virginia Sease. It was translated by Johanna
Foundation Meeting of the General Anthroposophical Society
forthwith to open the Foundation Meeting of the
the national Societies:
by reading a resolution of the Swiss delegates:
today, on the occasion of the Foundation Meeting, the
following resolution:
on the occasion of the Foundation Meeting of the General
to flow out from here. In collaboration with the other
national Societies it wants to hope that the pure and
interest of a proper continuation of the Meeting it seems to
me sensible to postpone the discussion on announcements such
national Societies. If anyone does not agree with this
reports on the work of the German national Society. He
In addition I have also been especially called upon to
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Title: Christmas Conference: Lecture 6: Meeting of the Vorstand and the General Secretaries
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There is a Foreword and Conclusion by Marie Steiner, and an
introduction by Virginia Sease. It was translated by Johanna
of the National Societies and their
Dr. Steiner answers questions from the
To a question
on Paragraph 11 regarding the admission of individual members
Paragraph would only come into consideration if it proves
conclusion. Only then should individuals or groups apply for
join the relevant national Society and only if this fails for
out of an individual's convictions.
officer who is not an officer of the national group, would
which would, of course, not be the national group but simply
national group because, of course, the national group already
affiliated with the national Society in its own country can
have to make efforts not to let such a situation arise in
country; if such a group were not to join the national
question have sympathies in a particular direction might as
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Title: Christmas Conference: Lecture 7: Continuation of the Foundation Meeting, 26 December, 10 a.m.
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Stone, Lectures and Addresses, and Discussion of the Statutes.
There is a Foreword and Conclusion by Marie Steiner, and an
introduction by Virginia Sease. It was translated by Johanna
Continuation
of the Foundation Meeting
yesterday to the names I allowed myself to mention the day
suggest that we give it a certain definite direction. During
this problem in every direction. Indeed lately no meeting
possible association in the present time. The difference must
from the foundations of occult life. If we ask ourselves over
mankind at this particular moment in historical evolution; it
having given these indications, which I shall bring to
completion over the next few days, I once more want to repeat
world. May they stand as an introduction in our souls again
today as we enter into our discussions.
In the Spirit-Foundations of Man.
Contemplate this in its rhythmical connection with
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Title: Christmas Conference: Lecture 8: Continuation of the Foundation Meeting, 27 December, 10 a.m.
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Anthroposophical Society includes: The Laying of the Foundation
Stone, Lectures and Addresses, and Discussion of the Statutes.
There is a Foreword and Conclusion by Marie Steiner, and an
introduction by Virginia Sease. It was translated by Johanna
Continuation of the Foundation Meeting
Words of the Foundation Stone, then
discussion of the Statutes
In the Spirit-Foundations of Man.
inner soul connection with these that I have already written
In the Spirit-Foundations of Man.
Spirit-Foundation of Man
my dear friends, that if you pay attention to the inner
inner rhythms to your soul and perform a suitable meditation
the ugly expression — a general debate about the
Statutes. To start with let me draw your attention to what
kind of points come into question for this general debate.
Later — if you will pardon an even uglier expression
Movement, giving suggestions which are really necessary in
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Title: Christmas Conference: Lecture 9: Continuation of the Foundation Meeting, 28 December, 10 a.m.
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Anthroposophical Society includes: The Laying of the Foundation
Stone, Lectures and Addresses, and Discussion of the Statutes.
There is a Foreword and Conclusion by Marie Steiner, and an
introduction by Virginia Sease. It was translated by Johanna
Continuation of the Foundation Meeting
is really difficult in this primitive accommodation to create
conditions which are satisfactory for everybody. Please
believe me when I say that the conditions are the least
which are to give us the foundation for our present work as
In the Spirit-Foundations of Man.
meeting with a discussion of Paragraph 4 of the Statutes.
Anyone can become a member, without regard to nationality,
social standing, religion, scientific or artistic
conviction, who considers as justified the existence of an
institution such as the Goetheanum in Dornach, in its
intention to improve on these Statutes. Dr Steiner has put so
serve the purpose solely of asking any questions there might
suggestion is made that the Statutes should be adopted by
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Title: Christmas Conference: Lecture 10: Rudolf Steiner's Contribution During The Meeting of the Swiss School Association
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There is a Foreword and Conclusion by Marie Steiner, and an
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Rudolf Steiner's Contribution During
The Meeting of the Swiss School Association
In addition
have perhaps only a few more remarks to make in connection
educational movement connected with Anthroposophy is run here
School in Germany has remained essentially in a position of
isolation. Though there have been one or two further
foundations, in Hamburg, Cologne and so on, the Waldorf
direction we should take with our educational movement.
association for independent education has been founded, I do
for a model method of education, or that schools such as this
ourselves to be under any illusion in this respect. Aversion
to a system of education that is independent of the state is
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Title: Christmas Conference: Lecture 11: Meeting of the Vorstand of the General Anthroposophical Society
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and of the General Secretaries of the National Societies
will be to include in the agenda our discussion about
further discussions about the General Anthroposophical
be found concerning the relationship of the branch at the
agenda. Suggestions at the other meeting were voiced very
Hugentobler speaks on this point and asks questions.
traced back to a question of tact. It all started at a
aside. Everything they felt thus comes down to a question of
advice which failed to take account of the situation in
properly faced it will find a perfectly simple solution. I
a new footing by the foundation of the General
institution of this Vorstand. Looking at the structure as a
Swiss Society and on the other there is a question of tact. I
discussions lie, can of course only discuss the arrangement
of the relationship between the branch at the Goetheanum and
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Title: Christmas Conference: Lecture 12: Continuation of the Foundation Meeting, 29 December, 10 a.m.
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Stone, Lectures and Addresses, and Discussion of the Statutes.
There is a Foreword and Conclusion by Marie Steiner, and an
introduction by Virginia Sease. It was translated by Johanna
Continuation
of the Foundation Meeting
gives his lecture on ‘The Opposition to Anthroposophy’.
In the Spirit-Foundations of Man.
of these words in meaningful sections. Here we have:
To this we add the indication of how the third hierarchy
recognize their mission. For the celebration of the laying of
the Foundation Stone, the newly-founded Anthroposophical
international Anthroposophical Movement, Dr Steiner, this
expression of their highest respect. The Polish
concern himself with it and not deny it his protection and
from Cologne on the Rhine: ‘For the celebration of the
laying of the Foundation Stone in 1923 I wish you and ...
Foundation Stone may be revealed to all the world. With
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Title: Christmas Conference: Lecture 13: Continuation of the Foundation Meeting, 30 December, 10 a.m.
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There is a Foreword and Conclusion by Marie Steiner, and an
introduction by Virginia Sease. It was translated by Johanna
Continuation
of the Foundation Meeting
In the Spirit-Foundations of Man.
the question of the Youth Movement.
Anthroposophical Movement in this direction, for Mr Dunlop
esoteric manner. In Penmaenmawr conditions were fulfilled
anywhere else, conditions that were necessary for the success
he did come to Penmaenmawr! And it went so exceptionally
gathering for that extremely significant inauguration of a
Out of the spirit of the descriptions I have given of
the inauguration of the summer school at Penmaenmawr, and
Instead situations must be livingly transformed so that
appears to be merely organizational immediately leads to a
further question: How shall we be able to bring this impulse
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Title: Christmas Conference: Lecture 14: Meeting of practising doctors, 31 December 1923 at 8.30 in the morning
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Continuation of the Foundation
In the Spirit-Foundations of Man.
meaning to the whole of earthly evolution:
Maier, Stuttgart, speaks about ‘The Connection of
isolation, without any view of the world in general.
to gain ground in connection with an overall view of the
foundation, without reference to any view of the world.
inclination to unite a view of the world with science has
questions and that it is indeed possible to provide out of
needed today. But in the present situation of the
practical daily life in such realms as the production of what
in this field. However, with civilization in its present
perhaps, an illusion, which is that it would be possible to
million Francs. Then we would probably be able to do the work
illusion, though a very realistic illusion. If we had 75
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Title: Christmas Conference: Lecture 15: The Idea of the Future Building in Dornach
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the building in Dornach, and the situation will most
certainly necessitate the earliest possible execution of this
observations of the situation I have made since then, force
me to the opinion that there is no other way but to proceed
as rapidly as possible to the construction of a Goetheanum
the utmost good will, by many objections. And yet I still
believe that the situation will prove me right when I say
million Francs. Only then, even with the utmost willingness
for sacrifice, shall we be in a position truly fruitfully to
serve the intentions inaugurated in our new Statutes.
the right idea would be to spend about 3 to 3½ million
accordance with the situation as it actually is, then it must
you and then tomorrow I shall speak more about the elevation,
distribution of the space to be taken up by the Goetheanum in
material is exceedingly difficult; the solution to this
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Title: Christmas Conference: Lecture 16: Open Discussion of Swiss Delegates
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There is a Foreword and Conclusion by Marie Steiner, and an
introduction by Virginia Sease. It was translated by Johanna
Open Discussion of Swiss
opens the meeting called for the purpose of a free discussion
meeting. Who would like to make a contribution to this open
discussion? Would anyone wishing to speak please do so.
Frau Professor Bürgi's suggestion. For — at least
stipulation of the incompatibility of the offices of the
able to take on any other position in some part of the
from that, if we are to enter into a provisional arrangement
we are going to enter into a provisional situation, then Herr
up to you to have a discussion about it. But it seems rather
a problem, or indeed senseless, for me to assume the position
the central Vorstand. I am in the very same position. Perhaps
not? Since it is to be provisional, I cannot see why not! But
Society and, arising out of the local situation, creating a
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Title: Christmas Conference: Lecture 17: The Envy of the Gods - The Envy of Human Beings
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which led from the description of earthly, natural conditions
upwards into the spiritual worlds and into the revelation of
though in a continuation of that lecture given here a year
Mysteries — allow me to use these expressions even
right to say that an intimate relationship exists between the
good human hearts and the good gods, a relationship made ever
more close in the Mysteries. Thus the realization came about
what took place in external human evolution back to this envy
And a proper conception of
expression of the envy of the gods. Wondrously warming,
interaction was, if I may describe it thus, a matter which at
spiritual communication that existed between Palestine and
Hibernia. There was no physical communication. Nevertheless,
instruction in the truly Rosicrucian way from the thirteenth
accommodation. They were filled with the divine spirit; in
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Title: Christmas Conference: Lecture 18: Continuation of the Foundation Meeting, 1 January, 10 a.m.
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Stone, Lectures and Addresses, and Discussion of the Statutes.
There is a Foreword and Conclusion by Marie Steiner, and an
introduction by Virginia Sease. It was translated by Johanna
Continuation
of the Foundation Meeting
In the Spirit-Foundations of Man.
constellations. We say: Saturn is in the sign of Leo, or
DR STEINER: On the question of the opposition, Herr
Wachsmuth speaks about books and the question of the
opposition.
as a direct reply to the question. Does anyone else wish to
speak with regard to the question of the opposition?
speaks on the question of the opposition.
speaks about the question of the opposition and about the
Johannes Stein speaks on the question of the opposition.
DR STEINER: I would now like your permission to proceed to

Title: Christmas Conference: Lecture 19: The Rebuilding of the Goetheanum
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contributions from those who have asked to speak.
attempted to describe it to you yesterday, the impression is
surfaces, to give the eye a definite impression of load. I
the spiritual impression is of a portal that draws you in, or
Below that will be a portion, something that could be seen as
a portion of a pentagon, but only a portion (reddish). The
achieve a really integrated external impression. It will show
of the roof to completion from within outwards. The roof will
building, given this shape, within 3 to 3½ million
Francs. Once we have made this decision — and I do not
sacrifices does not let us down, soon be in a position to
begin construction and the building will then appear as a new
wants to found a World Goetheanum Association, resembling a
World School Association, for the running of the
see any objection to the creation of a body of people who are
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Title: Christmas Conference: Lecture 20: On the Right Entry into the Spiritual World: The Responsibility Incumbent on Us
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inkling of the abysses into which western civilization is
exceptionally large, so that people here and there began to
you get the impression — I am quoting the article
of revolution in the cosmos which must lead man to strive for
spiritual world to wander, in spiritual observation, past
many personalities, gaining bitter sensations with regard to
many and various ways during the course of human evolution.
the Guardian of the Threshold in order to receive instruction
fundamental stipulation of the Guardian of the Threshold. But
particularly with what I would like to call the germination
education, today's civilization; with all those concepts and
have become with them through present-day civilization and
inner condition experienced before the Guardian of the
time, if human civilization were to remain for a long time
of what is traditionally passed down by civilization, then
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Title: Awakening to Community: Lecture V
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'searching of conscience' and without reservation makes an assessment of
the Movement 'free from illusions.' He explains that in anthroposophical
foundation for a new community life.
in the direction of making a new life in the Anthroposophical
foundation of enthusiasm, and we can create the right enthusiasm only
that enthusiasm for this ideal of anthroposophical cooperation has
anthroposophical ideal to eloquent external expression, it becomes
connection with the Goetheanum and is well-suited to restoring the
kind of relationships between members that we need in the
art, science and religion were to be united in a truly universal
how earlier periods of human evolution went about pursuing a
Oriental peoples was immediate revelation to them — a time when
revealed to a visionary capacity none the less real to them for its
convinced by immediate perception of the existence of the
invention of childish dilettantism. The fact is that people beheld
equally the source they drew on for artistic creation. The spiritual
perception of the spiritual to material expression. They took such
felt in inner soul relationships to their gods was the content of
visions.
in the evolution of the ancient Orient when the divine-spiritual
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Title: Awakening to Community: Lecture VIII
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'searching of conscience' and without reservation makes an assessment of
the Movement 'free from illusions.' He explains that in anthroposophical
foundation for a new community life.
there. We arrived at a certain definite conclusion, which seemed
inevitable under the conditions that prevailed.
past several weeks that lengthy preparations preceded the Stuttgart
meetings. The aim of these preparations, which proved extremely
tiring to all concerned, was to try to create a situation in which
tenth with Herr Uehli to acquaint him with my observations on the
past two decades that had undergone considerable modification since
is intended. I need only mention the name of the Waldorf School,
some superficial judgment. It implied no reflection on the worth and
The transactions in
of its whole configuration and how it should be shaped.
matter to describe this configuration as it really is, since it
branches out in so many directions. But I believe that everyone of
work. These tasks have been waiting for completion since 1919, but
expectations, with a quite definite picture of what is to be found in
them, and that they took everything not so much from a rational angle
making their first appearance on the stage of human evolution. This
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Title: Awakening to Community: Lecture IX
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'searching of conscience' and without reservation makes an assessment of
the Movement 'free from illusions.' He explains that in anthroposophical
foundation for a new community life.
developed and made itself clearly felt during the discussions of
individual in today's social order. To say this is to call attention
grew into the community of a family, a profession, a certain rank.
social groupings: those of rank, of nationality, even of race —
class have transcended national and even racial and other such
international social life can be ascribed to these class
revelation is taking place. There had to be an ongoing evolution from
the written Gospels to immediately living revelation of the Christ
at the outset, all Protestant theologians. Their attention could be
called to the fact that it was just the Protestant denominations that
opinions. This fact is reflected in the particularly pronounced
modern antagonism to the credo, the confession of beliefs, in an age
atomization, a blowing apart of the congregation, with a resultant
bring about the dissolution of the soul elements of the social order
cultus derived from fresh revelations of the spiritual world. So the
introduced. It takes mankind's historical evolution fully into
But its every aspect also bears the imprint of fresh revelations,
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Title: Awakening to Community: Lecture X
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'searching of conscience' and without reservation makes an assessment of
the Movement 'free from illusions.' He explains that in anthroposophical
foundation for a new community life.
discussion of the matters dealt with in that lecture, and I shall
forces to establish some form of cognition based on higher,
super-sensible insight included among their goals the cultivation of a
especially in societies built on spiritual foundations that the
comprehension if light is thrown on the reasons for the breakdown of
of confronting some danger, and finally a release of tension. The
source in past earth lives, or it may point to future incarnations.
perhaps, through many incarnations — that plays into dreams.
body with the ego that he takes from one incarnation to another, and
I called attention
day-waking state, into situations on the physical plane. There are
affliction, ranging all the way from trifling disturbances of normal
soul life to conditions of real mental illness.
a person carries over a dream conditioned state of mind into ordinary
physical earth life? In that case, his relationship to his fellowman
impressions about which we then form common thoughts. But when
fellowman making assertions about things to which the other can have
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Title: Hegel, Schopenhauer, Thought, Will
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and the Physical Constitution of Humans
is my intention now to bring several viewpoints to you
regarding the relationship between human beings and the cosmic
beings on the other. Our considerations will be supplementary
times. Today I want to add a kind of introduction to our
considerations of the next hours, which could appear to some as
just referred, an additional, remarkable event took place. I
“Riddles of Philosophy” to see the deep opposition
truth in his characterization of his opponent Hegel. In many of
indicating how Hegel regarded the foundation of the world and
thoughts were the foundation of everything. Hegel's philosophy
logic but the system of thought that must form the foundation
in religion, art and science. When one wants to study Hegel's
our soul organisation our intellectual as predominant, thought
into later times. Added to this human organisation it is
of will element and included into the organisation becomes the
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Title: Problem of Death: Lecture I
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the lecture series entitled, Ways of Spiritual Cognition and the
Rejuvenation of the Artistic Lifestyle, published in German as, Wege
with certain aspects of Spiritual Science in connection
introduction to these problems; tomorrow I shall go more
problems to more general questions of the artistic
conception of Life. This will then lead us back to matters
the connections within which we are placed in life. Just as
the life before birth is a preparation for its reflection
in this life, so this reflection between birth and death is
a preparation for the spiritual life which comes
has been a question of wrestling for terms which in some
way give expression to these totally different
conditions.
attention to the following. —
impression for the whole of life between death and a new
From this side of life, death appears to be a dissolution,
the continuation of consciousness — (I emphasize this
is to live over into this condition of excessive
consciousness. We have to find our bearings and orientation
within this condition of superabundant consciousness. When
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Title: Problem of Death: Lecture II
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description of the working of the etheric organisation, the
every novelistic description in such a connection because,
body; a kind of intermediate condition then sets in, a
condition in which, on the one side, the physical body is
still there and, on the other side, with a connection
the etheric organisation, the etheric body, is destined to
physical plane prematurely in some incarnation and the
the Ego, then this etheric body is in a different condition
into other forms. The law of the conservation of force has
force is applied in the simplest action, for example, when
way, upon the connection between the physical world and the
There is variety and differentiation in the spiritual world
evolution on the earth owes a great deal to these unused
decisions emanating from that maya of consciousness of
which I spoke yesterday — and all decisions taken
in the direction of the love and the reverence we bring to
our Dead by the realization of such facts and by our
mentioned one detail that is connected with the
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Title: Problem of Death: Lecture III
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In connection with
your attention today first to something of a more general
be discovered through the means given us by Initiation
continuation of the kingdom here. But one is then in error.
often mentioned that our speech is calculated for the
physical world and we must, as it were, adjust our relation
something to expression in the outer physical world, but
the being in question. So that the being gives them, pours
like a surrender of the word to the being in question, like
the very first conditions, therefore, of gaining a right
relation to the spiritual world, is a certain mobility of
ego-delusion. One must have succeeded in thinking
One must, if one has a strong predilection for speaking a
all of the spiritual to expression.
all to us, the connection of the world with our own person,
opportunity we must find occasions, according to our inner
one can find the most remarkable connections. I have met
decision to lift themselves up was very difficult. I have
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Title: The Bridge between Morality and Nature
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and Death as Revelations of Love and Freedom
when we want to approach life- and world riddles in connection
dependent upon the laws of nature in relation to his or her
mistaken observation, which prevents people from discovering an
Traditionally it is believed people could reach an
searching, if I may say so, for a relationship between the
Much searching is done to find these connections, and a large
towards answering this question: which kind of connection
know of course, in spiritual science most questions arise in a
totally different manner than questions tossed up in the
popular fashion. In spiritual science the actual phrasing of a
question has to be quite different to the often trivial manner
became something exceptionally fascinating for those
on physical origins, on the entire physical organisation.
with physical bodily degeneration, likewise the spirit-soul
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Title: Spiritual Science, History, Reincarnation, Culture, Examples
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kind permission of the Rudolf Steiner Nachlassverwaltung, Dornach,
Science, History, Reincarnation, Culture, Examples
would like to devote in these considerations which will be
embracing examination including human evolution. That which
prohibits the creation of a bridge between the physical and the
spiritual also prevents, for the traditional world view in its
various forms, reaching a total conception of what is working
within human evolution. We can approach spiritual science in
imaginations which should solve the question of the
immortality, the question of repeated earthly lives in an
interrelationships. He expresses these interrelationships. He
externally observed. An impartial examination of life is then
observations. Something like this must be somewhat retained
with such an example of spiritual scientific examination, which
historic angle on examination methods has actually strongly
today. Historical examinations have gradually been capitulated
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Title: Opponents to Anthroposophy
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Man's Responsibility for World Evolution through His Spiritual
Connection with the Planet Earth and with the Stars Above,
Anthroposophical movement — at least with the intention
aphorisms I want to bring things to your attention today. We
one can only create true relationships out of something real,
sectarian customs. Such sectarian traditions are all too
from tradition or from the course of life. Within the course of
not in agreement with what your religious tradition has brought
world view offers you and now you feel a certain satisfaction
equally from religious tradition as also from the general,
vital human evolutionary forces which Anthroposophically
out of a soul lust, the creation of small, inaccessible,
obscure circles which demonstrate all kinds of illusions, carry
world view of all life's relationships regarded through
a situation in the world that it can be attacked from all
the February edition of the monthly “Die Tat.”
seen from the outside, so many discussions are taking place
regarding what the orientation is of spiritual science. The man
“Our generation however, who turns towards Anthroposophy
it in the sentence: “Our generation however, who turn
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Title: Eurythmy as Visible Singing: Lecture 1: The Experience of Major and Minor
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with the exception of the forms
mentioned. And this is also why I believe it to be necessary that now
we should at least begin to lay down the foundations of tone eurythmy.
You must permit me to make this introduction, for in our speech today,
and especially in our writing, we no longer have any conception of what
into that position which is indicated by the angle formed by the stretched
already been mentioned in earlier instructions. Feeling must be in it.
You actually have to feel that the sound ah is an abbreviation
in the air, some sort of abstraction as opposed to the living reality
away, away — away in this direction.
Speech poses questions. ‘How does the human being relate to the things
flee before it?’ Speech is the relationship of the human being to the
world. Music is the relationship of the human being, as a being of soul
in the pronunciation. Think of the way in which the sound o
point in question is: what is the musical experience in this going-out-of-ourselves
sounds o and oo. I cannot say that we change our interpretation
a different musical experience. Pay attention, then, to this growing
or fashion it in eurythmy, you cause your astral body to sink down as
as the differentiation between the major and the minor moods when you
to feel the connection between the world and the human being; we must
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Title: Eurythmy as Visible Singing: Lecture 2: Experience and Gesture; the Intervals
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Gesture which is to be used for the expression of
in the astral body and ego has its physical manifestation in air and
to yourselves as vividly as possible how the sound-formation of speech
or music comes about. The formations of speech and music live purely
It becomes inwardly warmer. Compression causes an increase of inner
of expansion. In the oscillating air, that is to say, in the alternation
between condensed and rarefied air, there are continual fluctuations
here. The imagination (Vorstellung) is merely pushed into the feeling.
of perception — the whole range of feeling with the human being as the
The connection of the sound with feeling will become clear to you when
forth into sound as the result of a sensation of well-being, of pleasure,
which proceeds from me is a natural gesture, and is the actual expression
stay like that, for if it did, the person in question would be constantly
or pain, and here is an incomplete condition of human experience, an
unfinished condition of soul for human experience.
Let us now take the transition
from keynote to octave. In the transition from keynote to octave, the
is experiencing the fifth in relation to the keynote. What I have just
said may be more intelligible in the following considerations.
step. This step gives us the position. The third is characterized either
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Title: Eurythmy as Visible Singing: Lecture 3: Melodic Movement; the Ensouling of the Three Dimensions through Pitch, Rhythm and Beat
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Three Dimensions through Pitch, Rhythm and Beat
stepping forwards, so that the arm remains stationary, the body following
the direction of the arm. To do this you must bend your arm as you step.
strongly, however. Now we have two exercises. Try to experience in succession
expresses the succession of notes: seventh — prime; and the second
imagined in succession. They can, however, also be imagined simultaneously;
And indeed, as may be seen from yesterday's description of the seventh,
this is also the case in regard to its relationship to the keynote.
inner reality of what has just been said about the relationship of the
effect, helping to bring the condition back to normal.
In this connection let
just indicated, you go on from the seventh to the sixth in relation
relationship, and it is strikingly characteristic that the hand, which
is held stationary from outside in the case of the seventh, here goes
backwards. This does not express the relation of the living to the lifeless,
but the sixth in relation to the keynote is so expressed that you feel
it merely as motion, as a setting into activity. It may be compared
to a stimulation of feeling rather than to something which imparts life.
The sixth in relation to the keynote induces a picture of feeling. The
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Title: Eurythmy as Visible Singing: Lecture 4: The Progression of Musical Phrases; Swinging Over; the Bar Line
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Lecture 4:The Progression of Musical Phrases;
a proper presentation of eurythmy has to take its start from Melos,
[25] It is the progression of the motif, the musical motif in time,
attention to the actual musical element. Now, the musical element makes
sense in the progression of the motifs — that is, the musical element
as such, not as it manifests in expression. And this sense has absolutely
to be brought out in a presentation of eurythmy. The question, then,
is how the progression of a musical phrase must be treated in eurythmy.
passing from one completed motif to the following formation you often
frequently even use this expression). It is further said that such a
dead interval corresponds to the progression from the end of one spoken
transition proceeds from one word to another.
only the sensory impression; when we speak, too, the spirit lies in
The question, then, is
to find some means of differentiating in eurythmic movement the position
of a bar line in a motif, and the transition from one motif to the next.
wherever possible indicating through the position of the arms and hands
whilst in the form. Conversely, in the transition from one motif-metamorphosis
motif, then the second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth, and the question
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progression of the phrase may be mastered by a single person.
But the eurythmical expression
a musical impression can also be given by means of the concerted working
presentation.
etheric and the astral human being [see Appendix 2, final quotations].
And if we seek for Melos as such in the astral organization
of the human being (and we seek for speech in the ego-organization),
whole manner of expression that in a certain respect he is inwardly
extraordinarily honest. On the one hand, he came to the conclusion that
what goes by the name of music today is exceptionally easily come by,
I have to say about the eurythmic presentation of the musical realm
and true. He is of the opinion that the production of a note or chord
is nothing more than an appeal to the emotions or the senses — merely
so decadent and chaotic in the culture and civilization of the present
case of Hauer, the explanation is simple. Hauer hates that civilization
which marks the beginning of European culture — a civilization which
the rest of humanity admires tremendously. He hates the civilization
of Greece. He is a man who hates to excess the civilization of Greece.
for once to come across a man who honestly and truly hates Greek civilization.
Hauer's view of the Greeks is based on the fact that, in his opinion,
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the question: If music essentially is the flow of Melos, and
tending more and more towards what is thematic, towards the expression
of something which is not in itself musical. I have often mentioned
as other influences, music on the one hand has become expression, expression
of which it was said (not without a certain justification) that it made
music into a tonal arabesque, a progression of notes without content.
between the notes, regarding the notes as merely giving him the occasion
and the right inner feeling, if we make a certain basic provision. And
the provision should consist that you, as eurythmists, regard the actual
Something quite beautiful may sometimes result from this deviation from
can never produce a musical mood. In order that modern civilization
modern civilization wanted to provide the clearest proof that it is
way, once more a kind of meditation (I recently spoke to you about the
TAO meditation, which may be helpful to eurythmists in the way I have
towards a distorted phonetic imagination may be quite valuable. With
rightly leads us to put the question: ‘What does music really express?’
This question cannot easily be answered by anyone who is unable to dream.
Either he must hold dream- pictures in recollection, or be able to find
is a state of tension which is afterwards resolved. This is really the
decisive thing in a dream. And in the description of spiritual processes
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the nature of the human organization, from the possibilities of movement
the other hand (as should be especially mentioned in connection with
in the human chest structure, above the chest. If we put the question:
‘How are we to find in the actual human organization the transition
from singing, and from the inner musical organization upon which the
human organization, the hands and arms are the most wonderful human
‘organs’. And you need only exert your intuitive vision a little to
is connected to voice production and to initiating the sound is actually
it is consequently a question of learning to feel how the muscles and
In voice production,
formed collar-bone. Beasts of prey, animals such as cats or lions, which
of running, has developed no skill in their use, and their formation
The most necessary preparation
for tone eurythmy, therefore, is a concentration of your consciousness
or turning of the upper arm, in connection with the movement I have
position of the hand starts in the upper arm. Then you have the right
in this direction (downwards). We pass from the second to the third.
to think of it as flowing from the hand inwards (direction of the arrow).
organization of the human being. So strongly is this the case that you
charming impression, and a little monkey better still. The eurythmy
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a provisional conclusion, so that a stimulation for the advance of the
direction will be to digest those things I have given. Then, a little
and make clear to you how the life of the soul is brought to expression
another, and that in art it is a question of taste. And with several
must I employ to bring this or that to expression?’
in Melos. Let us consider the progression of the phrase (since
our attention to that which gives the phrase its actual content, and
the limb-organization. Should feeling tend in the direction of the head,
intention to intellectualize the musical element. I have no such intention!
is manifest which causes feeling to tend in the direction of the intellect,
in this.’ An intellectual conception of music leads away from the sphere
manifestations, is an experience of feeling. And it is just because
be restrained as much as possible. Otherwise interpretation, or the
is its ruination. This introduces thinking into art, and the moment
seen, pitch (which lives in the musical phrase) initially finds expression
in movements made in the upward-downward direction. The expression of
go out of his physical body without sufficient preparation, he would
is a continuous rising out of the physical body, an identification of
signifies a closer connection than normal with the physical element.
music when the pitch causes you to descend. This can find expression
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to the truth of a situation in their ordinary trains of thought. I want
value to be derived from the realization that truth is hard to get at
an introduction that, though it has its difficulties, will nevertheless
I have often had occasion to mention the fact
conviction that it is fundamentally just language to which people attach
inner experiences in connection with words, putting their faith in words,
processes. This is a total misconception of the entire cognitive process,
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the world by ascribing everything to a kindly God would, in his opinion,
sees anyone who, attempting to find a wise explanation of the phenomena
for unscrambling this confusion of chance and purpose.”
You see the type of expression into which
the current materialistic sense. It is not my intention to do battle
with individuals who are philosophers by profession, but rather with
different professional background and attains a certain degree of competency
dice cup and throw the dice. The mathematician makes his calculation
outcome, and calculations of this kind can be applied to all sorts of
and also believe in atoms and molecules formulate the situation more
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In the preceding lectures, I have been calling attention to the fact
question, even though it has already been the subject of discussion here
from a great variety of viewpoints. That is the question of the alternating
handled. On several occasions I have referred to some of the various
attempts that have been made to solve it. There is the so-called exhaustion
life, and that the sleeping state somehow eliminates these exhaustion
Now we must always take the position that
theories have been advanced in the same matter, as I have just mentioned.
But from the standpoint of spiritual science no question will be raised
as to whether such a process can take place, whether exhaustion products
at night. This actual process will not be brought into question or further
the right light to bear on facts such as the secretion of exhaustion
— the point is to know what questions to ask, to avoid pursuing
a mistaken line of questioning.
In the case of the alternation between sleeping
mind. In the very early days I called attention to the fact that if
we want to get an overview of world evolution we have mainly to consider
seven stages of consciousness, seven life-conditions and seven form-
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I want, as I've said, to use these days to lay the foundation we will
Now there are a number of facts in relation
mentioned here; he is the author of
Philosophical Dictionary.
similar facts in outer nature that brought about this recognition of
repeated, so we can't talk of necessity in relation to them. In other
honest individuals, he is a man who draws the conclusions of his assumptions.
He is really honest; he says with some justification,
conviction:
(Bayard Taylor translation)
depths a questioning about chance and necessity in life.
confronting the question of necessity in the history of the human race.
Such an individual asks, Why am I present at this point in evolution?
we call history, introduced me into historical evolution at just this
moment? Faust asks these questions out of the very depths of his soul.
having, for some reason or other, to make an admission similar to Fritz
reflection on the nature of historical evolution voiced by Mauthner
necessary in ongoing world evolution as smoking an extra cigar once
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all sorts of very strange conclusions. One example is the way he links the
The real purpose of his philosophical dictionary is to demonstrate
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illusory concepts, admitting some of them into his dictionary for the
sentences from his introduction by way of illustration:
This dictionary will denounce as illusory many concepts held in
advanced generation to discover it. A concept could also have been
evidence of the true nature of combustion was considered a most significant
such a statement. A lot depends today on the decisions people make about
a sense of the necessity in everything in existence, and the submersion
of necessity as existing objectively in things. In his opinion the stream
thoughts about the regular succession of events, saying that the sun
is Mauthner's reaction. Mauthner, you see, lacks any possibility of
we are not in a position to look for essential being at the characteristic
it from a spiritual standpoint. When the human soul raises a question,
it seeks an answer to it, and proceeds subjectively to set in motion
all those processes, those inner or external actions, that might serve
to supply it. You know, of course, that the putting of questions and
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We have seen that necessity must be thought of in connection with the
I have already mentioned, however, how often
occasion to discuss, he inserted a passage referring to this avoidance
who want to speak occasionally on more sharply defined concepts. And
Passive would be your enjoyment if I could show you perfection.
perfections that delight the eye or the senses in general proves elevating.
occasionally to a concern with concepts of the utmost precision.
The question is now whether all the concepts that we tend, in ordinary
mountain's formation conditions this, so that our sentence, “This
brook flows into this river,” would unquestionably state a necessary
of this brook, diverting it so that it flows in another direction. That
developed. My comparison is crude, but it is a fact in life and in evolution
affects the present, appearing in reflection in it. But let us recall
still another occasion on which mention of mirror images was also in
human perception during ordinary waking consciousness. Human beings
are really always outside their bodies and their bodily functions with
a person comes to know something is due to the reflection in his body
our bodies with one part of our perception, and our experience within
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Imaginative Cognition Leaves
I've already called your attention to many
deal more than I was able to point out on that occasion, more indeed
to be the leitmotif of the deeper spiritual-scientific expositions with
I want to point out today by way of introduction
differently consciousness functions in the waking and the sleeping states.
dream up a world view on the basis of all sorts of illusions to show
that their fabrications are dictated by some reality or other outside
adding anything to the conceptions they develop. How proud people of
them, for then they can have the feeling that the conceptions they have
created are reflections of reality, not something they produced. We
of the relationship of knowledge to reality only if we gradually ascend
called imagination. But if imagination is to have any relationship to
the etheric body when we seek imaginations; we have to make use of our
we become aware that the conceptions of a world of whirling atoms left
insights, the conceptions we obtain on the physical plane as mere images
these thought-forms become beings, and they make a strange impression
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I have often mentioned the fact that we can derive the right impulses
spiritual science it is not enough to rest content with these abstractions.
We need to become thoroughly familiarized with the interrelationships
preconditions of similarity to our ancestors. And much else is also
responsible for the incorporation of our physical bodies into the physical
perception free themselves from their dependence upon their physical
than the physical body serves as the direct means of interrelationship
with the world; imaginative perception takes the place of the mental
out of its connection with the physical body and put to use as our sole
perceptive instrument. We know that this condition comes about naturally
condition after death, in which we dissolve our bond with the physical
body, from the second condition that soon follows it, and brings about
the dissolution of our bond with the etheric body.
lives in us that cannot be ascribed directly to any connection with
attention from the capacities to which our physical bodies predispose
us to those occasioned by the etheric. These show up more distinctly
in particular predispositions of the soul. Only a poor observer can
sensitive musical ear, but with no opportunity to get a musical education.
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from perception of the external, physical world to perceiving the elemental
convenience than for the sake of his conviction might say, Well, why
your attention to the fact that the conceptions we form based on the
Now I want to call your attention right away
dissolution into the earth element, regardless of the form of disposal
So the physical body undergoes dissolution
into earthly elements. We can refer to it simply as dissolution. The
the physical situation, and we can speak of dissolution of this body
matter and substance. We know too that this dissolution process is a
at the present moment. What is important for us now is the situation
as it appears to physical observation.
clearly that this dissolution of the physical body is by no means merely
disintegration of our physical body into its elements results in our
And this awareness, which is a purely spiritual condition, gives us
the necessary further connection with the life we lived on earth.
take place after death is the laying aside of, the separation from,
But it would be a misconception to picture
this absorption of the etheric body into the etheric world as exactly
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evidence of your interest in our educational goals, even though
With equal joy and gratification I want to welcome the many
friends of Waldorf Education — or those wishing to become
presence confirms to me that education involves one of the most
crucial questions of our time, and that it will receive the
by the various members of the teaching profession.
Today, as an introduction, I want to prepare the ground for
what will concern us during the next few days. Education is
enthusiasm — about how education should go through a
the subject, one cannot help feeling a certain trepidation,
there is another reason for concern. New ideas for education do
compensations. When one hears nearly everyone call for a
renewal in education, yet another problem comes to mind —
education spring from?
education? But as long as the call for educational reform comes
certain educational reformers would not admit this to
imply dissatisfaction with their own education. And how many
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stages in life, in order to draw conclusions about education
being produced by our contemporary civilization is based mainly
corpse. Furthermore, it is supported by investigations into
which conclusions are drawn with regard to the healthy human
as an entity, an organization of body, soul, and spirit. It
dead way, but through a living mode of observation that can
and change of teeth, or between the second dentition and
they escape a more external form of observation. This external
method of observation does not lead to a clear perception and
routine approach to education at best, but not to a firmly
life we do not usually follow such theoretical directions. We
constitution of the human organism. Eating and drinking follow
every time they face a child, something like the relationship
pedagogical situation has to become as natural as satisfying a
sensation of hunger by eating. This is only possible if
concentration, and so on. In that case, intellectual ideas are
situation that externalizes all educational methods and
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the organization of the whole human being, who is made up of
refined faculty of discrimination, and this is particularly
true in the field of education.
walk.” I have already mentioned that a part of this
lifelong relationship to static and dynamic forces is involved
this striving for balance, this differentiation of arm and hand
world and, in keeping with its organization, reproduces what is
acquisition of this faculty, because this constant reference to
heredity is merely a fashion in contemporary natural-scientific
connection is with the particular person, the affinity
life, call religious or pious devotion. Although this may sound
sentient-physical behavior in imitation flows from a physical
only in deeply religious devotion or during participation in a
devotion. What we call love in later life is just a weakened
form of this pious and devotional reverence.
experience that pulses through the child's imitation as its
resort to unfamiliar modes of expression to characterize
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considerations during this conference. I have also told you
actions, can lead to living educational principles and
of indications, to what such knowledge of the human being can
our primary goal is toward practical application, I can give
in words can, at best, be only a hint, a mere indication of
education, we have to consider that between the change of teeth
Naturally, this is bound to raise a question, which we have
direction.] So far we have started with an eight-year course in
opinion that the only thing needed is to begin with a nursery
people. To unprofessional, although well-meaning persons, it
intellectually, the situation is not unlike one where a number
any case, depending on the location of the room, the condition
not even be possible to fulfill the conditions so competently
actual pupils. Here one has to deal — allow me to mention
accustomed to an intellectual interpretation of life, it can no
intellectually. But in a situation where one meets life in the
situations. More capable by far are those who still teach out
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imagery that can guide pupils through the tender transitional
perceiving, which is transformed into imitation, then connects
uncritical veneration. Of course I am not referring to any kind
Everything has to be supported by this tender relationship to
years. This relationship should be preserved even longer, but
expression “a sense organ where will forces are
does not associate will forces with the function of the human
functioning of every other sense organ: will-substance is
instrumental in creating the inner sense impressions. The task
not according to preconceived notions, but simply from an
satisfaction, they work in harmony with their own formative
wonderful instinct for painting artistic color combinations,
explanations; they have no understanding for this at all. If a
one's whole way of teaching. If the teachers' relationship to
description of the human being remains with the child until
organization to certain animal forms before their pupils have
such apparent contradictions. It is correct, nevertheless, to
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Questions of ethical and social education are raised
when we consider the relationship between growing children and
on the other hand, what is seen in relation to society in
direction — are liveliest, when they are at the peak of
relationship I described as the dominant feature in the child
All that flows, with devotion and love, from a child's inner
outwardly in the child's imitation — will be permeated
chemical composition of the blood and other bodily fluids. This
In this situation, one would also cultivate the habit of
but simply by imitation — something has been done that
cultivation of this universal gratitude toward the world is of
everything if only the proper conditions present themselves for
situations, however, all too often these things turn out to be
days. It is easy enough to think of the function of a stove in
become the root of the love of God. It is the foundation for
should have a fairly clear picture of how the present situation
of children was influenced by their social conditions and the
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the kind of education, based on knowledge of the human being
right and good in education differs in many ways from what is
found in conventional forms of education, with their
regulations, curricula, and other fundamental policies. In this
curricular and educational tasks for each year (as you will
ascertain what must be done in this education, we take our cue
I feel justified in expressing appreciation for how much the
allowed to creep into our educational endeavors, only to find
educational ideals. Life is governed by what arises from the
prevailing conditions themselves, which are expressed as
regulations concerning education, as school curricula, and as
educational aims without considering whether or not one might
be respected to the extent that, after completion of the first
discretion is essential in everything one does. A fanatic would
discussions occurred before a passage was found through these
Another point in my memorandum was that, after completion of
completion of the sixth year, which is always a little
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education based on anthroposophical investigations, I would
What has to emerge clearly from the spirit of this education is
that equal consideration be given to everything pertaining to
inaccurate. It is impossible to divide the human organization
into three separate spatial regions. It can only be said that
region of the head. The rhythmic system, which includes
blood circulation. Here one must not ignore the fact that
everything that furthers the rhythms of digestion — and
actual chemical-physiological process of digestion is closely
nutritional and digestive system on the one hand, and the
second dentition are especially likely to suffer from illnesses
is commonly realized by the medical profession within the
spiritual implications, must certainly be seen as a
children, even after their second dentition. Falsehoods can
pedagogical interactions have to be permeated by this intensive
nerve-sense system — and because abnormal conditions can
easily override socalled normal conditions in the head region,
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impression of eurythmy. It is an artistic movement that draws
should especially not attempt detailed explanations of an art
relationships and performing various forms and patterns as they
An Introduction to Eurythmy,
recitation and declamation — as in the case of poetry
and sensations in primitive form, to articulated speech later
sound, to each word figuration and to the configuration of each
arise from the region of the human will, though always through
the agency of physical organs, of course, as already mentioned.
“cross-sectional” type — if I may use such a
motion (and this is possible through sensible-supersensible
formation. In performing the appropriate eurythmy movements
manifestation.
being. What a poet tries to accomplish through imagination,
through the formative, pictorial qualities of sound formation,
the musical and thematic treatment of sound production, is all
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In order, gentlemen that the last question may be
color-theory which you can simply get from observation of the
This perception of light seen through
a very simple explanation. One explains something by saying: It
color appears. And in between lie in fact gradations. That is
it. That is a fine explanation!
matter in relation to our eye and to the whole of human life
perceive that he gets a little stimulation from it. He gets a
red becomes poetic! The stimulation to poetry is only a matter
gradation of blue. So that one can
is in the sunflower or in the dandelion. We must know how the
the dandelion yellow lie in the flower.
These are gradations. And he then worked out his color theory
So this is the position today: painters
light, then I must make a frightfully complicated explanation
destruction of the blood calls forth the vitalizing
combination of carbon and
In this way the functions are again
region where he has a good deal of light, he becomes stimulated
reflection of the whole starry heavens.
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question about colors. We will take it a little further or
most interesting question, namely, the human color itself. You
in the corresponding regions. We call ourselves in Europe the
egions are the consequence of migration.
illumination through the dark air, it appears reddish, as in
What is the position then with a black body? A black body
means thousands or millions of years
That is the condition of coal.
the relation that exists between objects on earth and universal
this assimilation.
Sometimes man's organization throws off
take this as a contradiction. But it is like this: If there in
blood-circulation.
blood-circulation. If you have ever met a Japanese, you will
have noticed how he pays attention to his breathing. When he
that his breath and blood-circulation are maintained. The
life and therefore the whole Asiatic civilization has this
has it in his blood-circulation. And
blood-circulation comes to help him, nor the creation of
element in connection with the outside world.
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Human Evolution, Cosmic Soul, Cosmic Spirit, Part II,
Human Evolution, Cosmic Soul, Cosmic Spirit, Part II,
This lecture series is presented here with the kind permission
and his relationship to the cosmos
to research how the combination of important fundamental forces
human evolution from a specific angle today. I will link these
to various things I have already mentioned recently and reach a
organism up to this time no longer exercise their actions as is
dentition begins or is taking place the human being goes into a
change of teeth. When we develop the inclination and ability to
soul constitution is metamorphosed, how precisely from this
Here we arrive at quite a different observation regarding the
cooperation between the soul-spiritual and the bodily aspects
representations, which refers to a psycho-physical parallelism
or to an alternate interaction between soul and body. We arrive
at a true observation of what works in an important way during
When we find ourselves in the condition in life which takes
which I have just described, in two conditions following upon
less outlined imaginations but these indistinct representations
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how short-sighted it is to believe that the constitution of the modern
it — to the most varied epochs of earthly evolution; we have in
show how the constitution of man's soul continually altered. In speaking
must try to give as clear an answer as possible to the question: What
in most manifold ways. From epoch to epoch the conceptions of the human
into words, these lived too in earlier conditions of our soul but in
Three dimensions standing at right angles to each other — or if one
reads philosophical text books: the state of extension of physical objects
— or there are still other definitions of space. But all that
— think how prosaic, cold, abstract, that all is! Three dimensions
a form of conceiving sense-phenomena. This abstraction, space, of which
this abstraction, space, was a very different conception in the far
different for the human soul from the prosaic abstraction that it is
within space. But the man of antiquity expressed a significant relation
dimensions, which have no other occupation at all than standing at right
angles to each other. What a very monotonous occupation it would be
angles to one another like the three dimensions of geometry.
he felt how the course of life consists in an unfolding in the direction
the direction of above and below. One only travels a tiny distance from
you know of this from my description of Atlantis), only a very little
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week I pointed out how with the aid of the science of initiation one
rational theory of the universe precisely diverts from reality, leads
precisely to delusion. I said that much rather must one strive to
and let us then seek to create the necessary requirements for a conception
of reality on this foundation. You will remember that I said: The course
Education of the Child in the Light of Anthroposophy
until the right time of life arrived for a comprehension of what we
die. For all our normal knowledge, what we learn from the instruction
characterised but in the realm of duration. And there again he is very
cosmic regions where the conflict of gods takes place (I described this
of feeling is the transposing of oneself into another region of the
reflect and ponder means transposing oneself into a certain region of
The Portal of Initiation,
Just as man in the age of materialism will have no notion of his soul-body
spirit-soul element that acts in the realm of duration, but appears
your soul into a spiritual region where Ahriman is engaged in a mighty
the thought of space without living in a region where Ahriman fights
determination as this, as soon as you set this will in action, you place
yourself spiritually in a region where the Luciferic spirits fight against
spirits of other hierarchies. Seen from the aspect of initiation-science,
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Title: Cosmic Prehistory: Lecture III: Romanism and Freemasonry
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then we can say it is the following: It is demanded of the civilisation
among civilised nations since the 60's, 70's of last century, and the
that there arises a sort of external manifestation of the ideas which
turns one's mind to the conditions that in reality follow one another
on human life that a superficial observation is inclined to attribute
the gate of death and live over into the next earth-incarnation, but
which we carry in us now as an incomplete formation — this, let
— then, carrying out all your actions on this basis, materialism
it; it cannot make its necessary way through evolution alone. Now since
and in consequence of this deprivation, the lower nature is exposed
but supported purely by tradition, takes hold of man, or works towards
in man's lower nature, purely clerical concepts built on tradition without
through the traditional abstract churchy element is the corpulent parson;
he devotes himself to traditional church conceptions and in this way
traditional and abstract traditional ideas. Hence a humanity which founds
back from the general consciousness of mankind by certain initiation
but Earth history was, to begin with, a recapitulation, and earthly
evolutions, There existed then the three elementary kingdoms which preceded
the mineral kingdom. The mineral kingdom entered earthly evolution and
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Title: How Can Mankind Find Christ Again?: Lecture 2: The Entrance of Christianity into the Course of Earth Evolution
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Gnosticism, and Egypto-Chaldean initiation. He describes the
Earth Evolution
lives in the celebration of Christmas, in the thought of Christmas,
religious and spiritual mood — how little inclination there is
hardly any distinction between Christ and God the Father except in name.
found again. And perhaps the most worthy celebration of the Christmas
can find the Christ again. Many historical facts of the evolution of
entrance of Christianity into the course of earth evolution. And so
let us today direct our spiritual vision primarily to what might be
But that is merely the designation we use; there has always existed
of Lucifer and Ahriman and of the condition of balance between them.
element in the ancient Hebrew evolution was nothing else than the contrast
that place for which the most important designation up to the time of
existence is concerned. This memorial of the earlier evolution out of
sometimes gigantic symbols all that was contained in the world conception
as this could be represented by the ancient world conception, in its
conformity to law, in its inner structure, in its permeation by divine-spiritual
sense and in one direction was extraordinarily one-sided. That is to
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Title: How Can Mankind Find Christ Again?: Lecture 3: Brotherliness and Freedom ...
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Distribution of Man's Inner Impulses in theCourse of His Life,
When I made some suggestions
he does not yet know of the distinctions that exist in the human social
structure, due to all the relationships into which men's karma
through heredity and conditions of birth; the other with the fact that
taken into account. We have pointed out in another connection that the
fashion, in a certain sense precipitating what should have been a tranquil
but they should really be worked out slowly in human evolution if they
I spoke to you about the idea of freedom some time ago in connection
with the new edition of my
this impulse in relation to the innermost kernel of man's being. Perhaps
some of you know that it has frequently been necessary, from questions
here and there, to point to the entirely unique character of the conception
in this connection, namely, that the various modern philosophical conceptions
of putting the question thus: Is the human being free or not free? Can
his deeds and the resolves of his will? This way of putting the question is
curve and has its culmination at death. By that I do
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Title: How Can Mankind Find Christ Again?: Lecture 4: Contrasting Principles of Ancient and Modern Initiation
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Gnosticism, and Egypto-Chaldean initiation. He describes the
The Evolution of Christianity from the
Contrasting Principles of Ancient and Modern Initiation
because in the course of human evolution, happening as it did in
into this in our discussion today and the following days. We will also
out the Mysteries in those ancient times was this: their world conception
a completely objective view of elementary spiritual facts. Conditions
not only received the impressions of their outer senses; they also still
of nature. Nevertheless, although they spoke generally of the manifestation
observations of the external world, however clairvoyant, did not lead
up in the Greek world conception in the words, “Know thou thyself.”
that a conception of nature could give no explanation of the being of
initiation. All initiation proceeds by stages; we have become accustomed
first degree, of the Egypto-Chaldean initiation in this way: the neophyte
It is not my intention to
speak in detail today about the stages of Egypto-Chaldean initiation;
presentation. I wish simply to mention single characteristics of those
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Title: How Can Mankind Find Christ Again?: Lecture 5: The Change in the Human Soul Constitution
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The Change in the Human Soul Constitution
constitution of the human soul is undergoing transformation. This becomes
evident to anyone who observes the evolution of humanity carefully from
comprehending their conception of the world, their impulses to act:
everything pertaining to the human soul-constitution is changing in such
intimate observation to have been entirely different in ancient times
only a reflection of the true ego in what we consciously call our ego.
reflection. This reflection even includes all the concepts directly
within us is merely the reflection. This fact will only become clear
when we inquire into the science of initiation and observe the difference
to the objective fact underlying this whole evolution. I pointed out
that if we ask what impulses, what forces are active in the evolution
of the earth and the evolution of humanity, we learn that certain divine-
if I may use a trivial expression — finished playing their role
the evolution of mankind, even during historical times. Such an inner
transformation of the whole human consciousness as is now taking place,
the oft-repeated phrase: we live in a time of transition. I have often
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Title: How Can Mankind Find Christ Again?: Lecture 6: Transformation of the Human Being in the Course of Evolution
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Gnosticism, and Egypto-Chaldean initiation. He describes the
Transformation of the Human Being in the
Course of Evolution
the events described in connection with initiation are conjured up, as
it were, by initiation itself. This would be particularly incorrect for
our time. What can be described as the process of initiation, especially
in our time, takes place in the soul, or in the relation of the soul
in connection with initiation is this: that some individual notices
the initiate and the non-initiate lies in the perception of processes
the very description of these events — that is, of what may be
perceived when they are carefully followed by initiation science —
from the description itself can be learnt what transformations man has
We have pointed out a few features of these transformations, especially
in relation to the evolution of Christianity. In our external daily
life only the outer reflection of these changes is noticed, a reflection
reflection, for example, in the development of the Christ concept during
and you will have many questions calling for answers, unless you are
had much to say of the evolution of the world, of the place of Christ
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Title: How Can Mankind Find Christ Again?: Lecture 7: Experiences of the Old Year and Outlook over the New Year (part 1)
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Gnosticism, and Egypto-Chaldean initiation. He describes the
well look back in self-examination to find what has entered our external
an isolated human being; we are obliged to consider it in its connection
need with particular insistence to consider our relation to the world
is still burdening us, when as anthroposophists we observe our relation
wish to bring you this evening may perhaps be looked upon as an insertion,
anthroposophical thought confront these difficulties in their observation
they look out the window they receive the impression that the whole
to their situation they get the better of this illusion and put in its
the affairs of the world are concerned — are in a similar situation
are prone is not so easy as correcting the illusion one has while looking
which we have had to correct so many current conceptions of the world,
his own power. People have to give up all manner of illusions concerning
the various conditions of maturity in human life — for the reasons
I have just been mentioning.
There are two kinds of illusions
to which we are most subject in life, illusions that impress themselves
and toward the coming one. These illusions arise from our having no
idea in ordinary consciousness of how we relate to certain conditions
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Title: How Can Mankind Find Christ Again?: Lecture 8: Experiences of the Old Year and Outlook over the New Year (part 2)
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Gnosticism, and Egypto-Chaldean initiation. He describes the
the following question — it has, of course, often been asked before:
descriptions will by no means be incorrect. This is not to be overlooked
it is necessary to go more deeply into conditions. In this respect there
present-day knowledge that mankind is standing before a new revelation.
This is the revelation that is to take place, from a certain aspect
such intervention of a spiritual element. Particularly at the present
time there is no desire to understand such a spiritual intervention.
The moment we do give our attention to it, we will have to distinguish
salvation for the Church except in a new revelation. This happened decades
ago; since then, various reactions have been expressed at one place
opinion that the talk should not be of a new revelation, but far rather
of holding fast to the old revelation, that if anything is necessary
it is first and foremost that the old revelation should be better understood
In the objections that were
indeed had an intuition of the breaking-in of a new revelation —
we can see how mankind opposes any such revelation. As I said, there
receiving such a revelation is obviously not going to change the fact
indeed pouring into their life. So there is a significant situation:
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Title: Community Life: Address 1: The Goesch-Sprengel Situation - Part 1
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on the issues of human relationships in a spiritual community such as the
Anthroposophical Society. Occasioned by an unfortunate 'scandal'
sexuality, has spiritual roots; looking to sexuality for the explanation
of human behavior is therefore looking in the wrong direction.
to bring it to the attention of each individual member of the
the mystery dramas you have given us, for the introduction of eurythmy,
way you cultivate relationships between yourself and other members of
as gravely endangering our movement. The relationships you create between
human connection and presume to intervene in the lives of others in
an anti-Christian relationship between yourself and the other members
wanton temerity as to be out of the question, and that with their objection
own teachings have strengthened me in this conviction. In real life,
these means in detail so that the thrust of my contentions becomes clearer.
future, or that you are too weak to carry out your original intentions,
either of which would constitute a certain justification for failing
it is also a case of deliberate intervention into someone else's life
get into a state of tension and uncertainty; meanwhile you are able
people in question have realized that the promise is not going to be
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Title: Community Life: Address 2: The Goesch-Sprengel Situation - Part 2
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Anthroposophical Society. Occasioned by an unfortunate 'scandal'
sexuality, has spiritual roots; looking to sexuality for the explanation
of human behavior is therefore looking in the wrong direction.
about the relationship of the details of what is going on among and
mentioned a third member of long standing.
committing an indiscretion in telling you about a letter that Mr. Bauer
The writer is quite rightly of the opinion, as I myself was yesterday, not
the many assumptions we can make in this instance, but in my opinion
— and this is simply my personal opinion and should not be considered
binding on anyone else — this assumption would be incomplete if
that we can have compassion for them. However, if we tolerate them without
applies to the personalities in question is a totally separate issue.
up with our purely objective aspirations. This need not even be taken
does need to be mentioned, and I am simply stating my personal opinion
on the subject; of course, you are not bound by my opinion. When people
people want to believe in their own perfection in every instance, when
The greatest temptation
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Title: Community Life: Lecture 1: Requirements of Our Life together in the Anthroposophical Society
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sexuality, has spiritual roots; looking to sexuality for the explanation
of human behavior is therefore looking in the wrong direction.
cultivated on the level of some formal social organization or society.
And since the conditions of human interaction are the same today as
the framework of a formal organization.
of almost all such organizations that it is difficult, at least in actual
give for taking this position have to be taken seriously. But let me
no help from a formal organization would be much more difficult than
their interactions and their ongoing absorption of spiritual scientific
in question.
societies, associations, or organizations that people have called into
Society were simply an organization like many others, of course it would
Society is different in a very significant respect from other organizations
that a certain number of people are in possession of these cycles. And
in their heads — in contrast to those who only have them in “visions”
any figments of the imagination in its organization, but is constructed
Our Society compares to other societies and organizations as something
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Title: Community Life: Lecture 2: The Anthroposophical Society as a Living Being
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sexuality, has spiritual roots; looking to sexuality for the explanation
of human behavior is therefore looking in the wrong direction.
and other societies or associations. I said its statutes and the points
differs from the usual kind of program-based society or association.
That kind of association can be dissolved at any moment. But if it became
others, is based not on illusory human inventions such as programs and
must get to know the conditions necessary for the survival of our Society
and not delude ourselves about them. I gave a rather superficial explanation
of these conditions yesterday, and would like to go into them more deeply
materialistic discussions on the nature of life itself, we can find
many definitions or explanations of what constitutes a living being.
to realize that all these explanations and definitions are of necessity
one-sided and incomplete. The greatest mistake or illusion of materialistically
in a single definition or explanation. To illustrate how grotesque this
was searching for a definition of the human being. What they finally
Well, this is undoubtedly correct; it is an absolutely correct definition.
But the next day, someone who had understood this definition brought in
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Title: Community Life: Lecture 3: Swedenborg: An Example of Difficulties in Entering the Spiritual World
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sexuality, has spiritual roots; looking to sexuality for the explanation
of human behavior is therefore looking in the wrong direction.
access to the spiritual worlds, visionaries like Swedenborg can serve
as an example of how people can still be subject to all kinds of illusions
from the world of illusion.
give in to their visionary gifts without knowing much about life or
formed to prepare for publication, not what Swedenborg left behind as
only a portion of what he knew.) This task is beyond the scope of any
himself a visionary. On the contrary, he ascended to the level of seership
variety of information gained through clairvoyant perception.
able to recognize on the basis of their consultation with the beings
So far, Swedenborg's clairvoyant perception had always allowed him to
the ability to conceal all their feelings and intentions, to not let
they were able to conceal their emotions and keep them to themselves
emotional state flows over to us as well. Understanding speech is actually
based on this flow of emotional content. He realized that because these
had another experience that led to an additional insight. He came to
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Title: Community Life: Lecture 4: Methods and Rational of Freudian Psychoanalysis
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sexuality, has spiritual roots; looking to sexuality for the explanation
of human behavior is therefore looking in the wrong direction.
Methods and Rationale
kind of deliberations you are engaged in at the moment, my friends,
continuation of yesterday's lecture. For those of you who want to hear
very specific point of view, I would like to address the question of what
own edification and for the sake of spiritual science itself. And in
deliberations ahead of you, I will not detain you too long, but will
only select a few essential points for your consideration. The first
His primary accusation is that I looked for and systematically applied
were put into a state of mind that forced them into a particular relationship
in a kind of stupefaction that turned them into zombies. That is the
handshakes and friendly conversations and the like, I am supposed to
about the above-mentioned effect on their souls.
nature of his relationship to Miss Sprengel. We could add to these three
Certain connections can be drawn between this pathological picture,
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Title: Community Life: Lecture 5: Sexuality and Modern Clairvoyance, Freudian Psychoanalysis and Swedenborg as a Seer
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sexuality, has spiritual roots; looking to sexuality for the explanation
of human behavior is therefore looking in the wrong direction.
mind, psychoanalysis has made a legitimate contribution to our culture.
truth. And the truth in the psychoanalytic view lies in its recognition
theories. He does so in accordance with connections he assumes to exist
between early childhood and neurotic conditions later in life.
“Taboo and Emotional Ambivalence,”
who has reached such an advanced stage of evolution that she cannot
heard that the item in question was bought in a store on Smith Street
— increasing mystification! He continues:
question has found out, the patient had had a friend with whom she had
waking consciousness, but although she is unaware of the connection,
in question was bought on Smith Street. The similarity of the names
provides the connection; that is how the subconscious works up into
bent make much of names that sound alike. They make such associations
very readily and are led to all kinds of mystical conclusions without
ever becoming fully aware of the connection. For example, it could happen
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Title: Community Life: Lecture 6: The Concept of Love as it Relates to Mysticism
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of human behavior is therefore looking in the wrong direction.
by asking the question, “How old is love?” There is no doubt
old. Our modern notion of love — what love means to us today and
The objection that human beings have always made a practice of loving
we have come so far that love occupies a central position in many people's
concepts of love, as I have shown. This is an evolutionary tendency
Mauthner is a linguistic critic and the author of a philosophical dictionary.
This puts him in a very strange position in that it makes him aware
what stands behind both the word itself and actual mystical aspirations.
that particular relationship of the human soul to super-earthly worlds
seriously we have to take any explanations, such as those in
serious reflection such as that in Knowledge of the Higher Worlds. In
opinion, and I am convinced it is what Fritz Mauthner would come to
truth, coming to this conclusion is inevitable because the concept of
look for the reality behind it. This is also Mauthner's rationale in
and talk about our mystical relationship to
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Title: Community Life: Lecture 7: The Philosophy of Psychoanalysis as Illuminated by an Anthroposophical Understanding of the Human Being
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sexuality, has spiritual roots; looking to sexuality for the explanation
of human behavior is therefore looking in the wrong direction.
individual human being, social interactions, or any series of interrelated
draw logical conclusions from some arbitrary point of departure is the
could equally well lead to correct conclusions if applied properly.
intrude their personal feelings and emotions. The fact that it has incorporated
certain materialistic affectations into psychoanalytic theory to begin
of understanding simply through having made the distinction between
in points of view of the sort we mentioned before is not objective but
a sign of arbitrary emotions belonging to subjective human nature.
of spiritual science itself, but also the dignity of our own interactions
function when the Society needs to make sure that everyone present is
affairs of anthroposophy with the conscientious exactitude I just mentioned.
that the structure and organization of the world as a whole consists
of expressions and revelations of real spiritual entities. They are
present behind the revealed world, which conceals them from our perception.
evolution began during the ancient Saturn period and that it continued
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Title: Migrations ...: Lecture 1: The Social Homunculus
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The Migration of People in the Past and the Present.
Goetheanism as an Impulse for Transformation ...
The Migration of People in the Past and the Present.
I have often seized the occasion to point out to you that particularly
in connection with the most important problems of life, modern men may
explanations which I have given you can show you the true methods of
attention to it, but let me open to-day's lecture by developing thoughts
social question with a member of the working class now constituting
the majority of the population which counts most in the concerns of
the social question, we would always find that in regard to social work
to your views the foundation for a solution of the social problem lies
therein that all the people who have certain leading positions,
that the social question can now be solved through feeling, or an activity
population will tell you: Everything that flows out of the feeling of the
conditions, so that the working class itself may bring about a change
in the social conditions, a change which ends, or at least alleviates
economic order, a change in the prevailing conditions, a new economic
that a right comprehension, a right understanding of life can bring about
a change in social conditions. One might well imagine the following taking
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Title: Migrations ...: Lecture 2: What Form Can the Requirements of Social Life Take
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Goetheanism as an Impulse for Transformation ...
question, is now taking on a truly significant and a very practical
in practical life, we find that men of every profession and of every
social class, are very badly prepared to face the social situation of
situation, which does not only oblige them, as in the past, to speak
or that question connected with the social development, (it is easy
to see that this is entailed by the conditions of the present do not
science; they think in the direction developed through modern natural
in mind the whole weighty tragedy of the above-mentioned fact, we must
19th century, humanity has been striving to form social corporations
situation; lot us observe it at least more closely.
then gathered together into more or less stable associations, in accordance
with their profession or trade. To-day we do not know much about the inner
structure of these associations, but they were organised and structured
in such a way as to offer a certain satisfaction to the people of that
time. In these professional associations, which existed in the form
of corporations, guilds, etc., the individual human beings were able
to take a full human interest in the organisation of their particular
interests of his corporation; all his own aspirations were connected
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Title: Migrations ...: Lecture 3: Emancipation of the Economic Process
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The Emancipation of the Economic Process from the Personal Element
The Separation of the Moral-Spiritual Life From the
Goetheanism as an Impulse for Transformation ...
The Emancipation of the Economic Process
The Separation of the Moral-Spiritual Life From the
and causal continuation of what has gradually arisen within the economic
adopt the proletarian socialistic conception of life, think as it were,
number of manipulations had to be comprised within it. Finally, these
all culminated in the production of certain goods, which could only
which modern economic life has called into existence, great accumulations
ridiculous. This accumulation of capital enables individual owners,
number of workmen. Moreover, the conditions of transport have led, to
because they must reckon with competition, so that, in a certain way,
socialists believe that the modern socialistic idea has led to the socialisation
of industry, and that the accompanying phenomena of this socialisation
The continuation of this
suggestive influence upon the modern proletariat. If the conditions
the soul constitution of the modern proletariat. There we find that
of modern men (and this is due to many reasons) that they have a predilection
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Title: Migrations ...: Lecture 4: Three Conditions Which Determine Man's Position
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Migrations, Social Life
The Three Conditions Which Determine Man's Position
Yesterday I mentioned the
remember, these four parts 1) The socialisation of industrial concerns.
2) The production is to be governed by the demand. 3) The conditions
Attention has already
opinion which called into life this fourfold programme contain certain
conclusions arrived at by the social-democratic mentality. Spiritual
things contained above all in the views and aspirations of the proletariat.
absolute lack of confidence in any sort of help or cooperation to b
or even spiritual impulses, towards the solution of the social problem.
the social conditions of the proletariat, they could not succeed. A
that the capitalistic foundation, of which I have spoken to you yesterday,
science in such a way that there is no connection between the ideas
in its ranks should concentrate their attention exclusively upon physical
all the books dealing with moral, ethical or spiritual questions, written
ideals which seek to arouse compassion or abhorrence. But try to form
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Title: The Social Question as a Question of Consciousness: Lecture 1
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The Social Question as a Question of Consciousness,
now urgent, burning social question. Everyone who does not sleep through
so-called social question has long been, and continues to be, an urgent
and in his most recent development, this social question has taken a
question, a judgment which in a way possible to us could be put into
only in the way his fate, his karma, and his position in life allow.
As a result of the various aspirations among us, the following has now
been able to learn from our world-outlook and conception of life. When
we are dealing with a matter not of mere consideration but of practical
application, the question can only be what at a definite point of time
is suitable, what answers the purpose, what in a certain relation is
have often shown here how all the thoughts, aspirations and impulses
and lasting thing, that will make itself felt in human evolution, is
On due consideration this
and share in the working out of possible solutions, many root causes
question, the social movement, is already an actual question, a question
here that the deeper causes are to be found only through those considerations
be thoroughly pessimistic not just from emotional reasons but on actual
results in the coming decades, if men refuse to turn to the consideration
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Title: The Social Question as a Question of Consciousness: Lecture 2
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The Social Question as a Question of Consciousness,
In connection with what
that in man's present conditions of life everything depends upon arousing,
forget that the way the relations in life have recently developed has
as is only occasioned by what arises out of human souls. As the situation
is in the form of laws or in the form of outward administration
conditions in these individual States can permanently remain as they
mankind. Help can come only when an understanding of the social relations
is now a striving for disorder will first take an orderly direction
of the utmost importance that what is agitating the souls of many millions
the bourgeois attitude to life, which they try to apply to the conditions
to work above all for social understanding. Even when external conditions
of life have to be recognised as being in still greater confusion and
error than formerly, nevertheless the assumption that something can
needed for grasping the most primitive social questions. — It
is quite right today that attention should be given above all to finding
This possibility does not exist. Today one cannot just preach religion
a question, however, of coming quite simply to a clear understanding
many public lectures. It is a question of every detail in social measures
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Title: The Social Question as a Question of Consciousness: Lecture 3
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The Social Question as a Question of Consciousness,
problems has its source in the foundations of Spiritual Science. And
a deeper insight into the existing world situation. We should never
deeds and actions, when there is right thinking about the essential
attitude of soul, The characteristics of the evolution during our fifth
foundation in those thoughts that people are able to formulate in
In the threefold division
the men who, in some particular direction, are active in social matters.
content. On the most various occasions we have had to emphasise that
movement whether anyone is a reactionary in the original sense or liberal,
today in another direction, and for this reason it is regarded by many
development, built up on these foundations his extraordinarily arresting
has flamed up into the conflagration of this last catastrophe, as we
here is most easily approached when in the centre of our considerations
in the hope of finding some conception of how the social organism will
a trace of anything of the kind. If in his writings you follow his national-economic
views on the formation of the social order, you come to the conclusion
about the age of capitalism, and how the questions of wage, capital,
pulls to pieces the national-economy of the capitalist rule. The most
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considering I have shown how in the course of man's evolution something
wills in a certain direction. But just here we may have the experience
is coming to expression on the surface of the soul from what is living
striving for expression, for realisation.
interpretation of history; secondly, the view that up to now, in reality,
what is now happening being thought to be a reflection of these class
the worker without the latter receiving compensation.
combination of these three factors. This, however, refers only to what
striving for historical realisation.
are, first, a penetration of the spiritual life, a penetration fitted
the materialistic interpretation of history. This is due to the modern
turned to the material interpretation of history among the members of
the kind of conceptions concerning science holding good for the bourgeoisie.
This material conception of history is due to all spiritual life being,
going on in the different spheres concerned with the creation of goods
— production, trade, consumption; and according to how men have
that is, it has no independent reality, being a reflection of the eternal
feel aesthetically, on what they bring to expression through their moral
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The fact brought to light by the subject of our observations was that,
distinction must be made between what goes on superficially in ordinary
depths of the soul in the subconscious regions. We became aware of the
so-called materialistic interpretation of history; then what the
then we gave our attention to the theory of surplus value which has worked
himself to illusion when he says that all that develops historically
radical expression in Bolshevism, which is more a social method, having
In answer to the question:
If what he there presents as a kind of ideal picture of social conditions
could be swept away to give place to juster social conditions. And out
simple conceptions developed by Fichte in his book. I need not dwell
justification of the threefold nature of the healthy social organism.
of already as medieval superstition is nevertheless deeply rooted in
after superstition, and when superstition is driven out on the one side,
thus simply, and set this artificial creation of a manikin, of Homunculus,
conditions must be forthcoming in which he can to a certain extent produce
himself. It is thought that in scientific spheres alchemistic superstitions
have been overcome. But in the social sphere superstition continues
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starts with a really curious question about the present external world,
namely, whether what can be expressed as the present situation of mankind
pressing for realisation there lives a longing in our life to know that
invention of some evil spirit? Picture to yourselves, gentlemen, some
the most vivid imagination he could never have a thought-out a world
the mass of humanity to set themselves such questions. Above all it
is of importance that we should be in a position to discern the actual
really studies all the conditions. With this way of thinking many of
abstractions which they have tried to carry out in real life. And it
social conditions in the common life of men that reality has gradually
about conditions possible for life.
expression by everyone who without prejudice looks facts in the face.
and show us that the cure for existing conditions can come only from
of material civilisation, Looking back before August, 1914, how comfortable
telephone between the most distant places and across national frontiers.
Think of all men called modern civilisation. And then think of what
since August, 1914, has become of this modern European civilisation,
consider the conditions in which we now live. Truly it does not need
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aversion to thoughts that do not run in the old grooves. But never before,
a fundamental phenomenon running through the whole evolution of the
times. I have often pointed out how this came to expression some years
ago. One could quote quite a collection of speeches delivered in the
to create a satisfactory relation between the great powers, and that
again you might find this kind of speech, repeated with variations by
A few weeks later began the world-conflagration now merely entering
today in the aims and actions of men so largely the children of their
times? I have recently attended a so-called League of Nations Conference
the Anthroposophist should give his most earnest attention; for this
greater part of the continent of Europe. Despite many variations there
the direction of a certain current in world-outlook, which on account
of making impression upon impression, conquest upon conquest. When I
by a Graz Professor Ude, in connection with the so-called Berne League
of Nations Conference. Once again one could hear the words Jesus was
only really significant question: Has not this been repeated over and
over again before the faithful, and in spite of it has not destruction
talk, by the same professor, on the social question, which from beginning
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on international questions it is already forgotten that the founding
of a League of Nations was, in accordance with Wilson's ideas at the
set out these conditions for the League, I should like today to read
state my own views about it and to emphasise that no other conception
have to bow to the conditions of their conquerors. Such conditions could
feeling of resentment, a bitter memory. A peace resting on such foundations
feeling, is as necessary between the different nations for enduring
peace as for the just settlement of obstinate strife over questions
to be the condition for the founding of a League of Nations. And if
based on suppositions likely to come true or not.
there must be one that can penetrate reality, the situation will certainly
mention, therefore, must continually come before our souls: What then,
men's acceptance of Spiritual Science, is not merely a question of being
world, out of present spiritual revelation, should arrive at a certain
on how through it our thinking is transformed. The question
so strong an opposition to Spiritual Science.
to notice how everything that can be said about this opposition has
But one might go deeper into the question and ask: Why are people so
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have perceived that it is our intention in this lecture to lead
If we desire to answer the question concerning a man's destiny,
the special questions which we are considering, and gradually
too frequently, we draw the same conclusion: What follows
something, must proceed from it. In Goethe's own descriptions
of his life — descriptions of a human life that
humanity, to these his youthful impressions — quite in
water-wagtails. In natural science the superstition has been
were quartered in his parents' house during the occupation of
Goethe's inclination towards art in later years traced back to
these his youthful impressions! Nevertheless, in Goethe's
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evolution, even when we take into account repeated earthly
wonderful creations out of their inner life? We think
mankind through his creations? How does it come about that
is a question we can only answer if we consider life a little
keeping them far removed from the free and open vision of
speak of many things in connection with spiritual science,
Ego. We then characterise the alternating conditions of
a portion of the full reality. We can never comprehend the full
reality in one description. Whatever we describe, it is always
organisation. During sleep—when the Ego and astral body
not 'head' in man, but the remainder of his organisation, is
with us, the Sun is shining on our regions of the Earth. When
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question of man's calling or profession. Some
people may think that the study of this question from the
period all the conditions in which men live will very largely
be changed, as against the conditions that obtained in former
evolution worked itself out more or less instinctively, and the
direction he had to take in one respect or another was
us look back for instance to the Egypto-Chaldean civilization,
or any other civilization of former times. As to the forming of
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of priests when an act of consecration of man was performed.
However, if we want to understand how the act of consecration
act of consecration of man was in the course of man's
Looked at from another angle what the act of consecration of
man is when it is celebrated, is a permeation of this religious
celebrating an act of consecration of man and the right
disregard the particular form and connotations which the
right continuation of the priestly impulse
the reception of apocalyptic things through an immersion in an
act of consecration of man.
mysteries. We don't want to take up time in this introduction
apocalypses and acts of consecration of man. If we look at the
evolution on earth and which had to bring holy, true and
Among these eternal laws are some which refer to associations
taken into consideration when the gods associated with men in
that is connected with human instruction was occurring between
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will now take a closer look at the connection between the act
of consecration of man and apocalyptic things, so that we will
world's divine, spiritual forces through the intonation of
was indicated yesterday, and the smoke drew Imaginations out of
certain condition or a certain kind of transubstantiation which
was the center of the holy act of consecration of man. Priests
are now being called upon to experience this transubstantiation
an understanding of what transubstantiations and apocalypses
human evolution.
thing we have already seen is that the act of consecration of
man and its transubstantiation process involves a working
we take another look at the oldest form of transubstantiations
and acts of consecration of man we find that the gods found the
because their calculations are incorrect. In these times men
to carry our transubstantiations, and they saved what had
out transubstantiations with the preserved things that had been
transubstantiations at that time was a cave or a grotto. And in
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evolution at the beginning of the third mystery epoch, when
man's participation in the cosmic things in transubstantiation
and in the act of consecration of man began to occur in the
environment during the time of the separation.
Let's try to get a clear idea of how this astral body functions
can round out this idea if we realize that the ego-organization
receiver of sense impressions. However, the latter are
obliterated when the ego-organization leaves the physical and
ego-organization are outside. The ego-organization gives us our
sense percepts and sensations when we are awake. There is no
sense perception during sleep, because the ego-organization is
not receptive for impressions from the environment during that
impressions.
elaboration of the transubstantiation in itself during
communion, and after the transubstantiation was elaborated it
same kind of thing has to happen in the ego-organizations of
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placed the image or Imagination of the author of the Apocalypse
vision of Christ which was given by God. Then I pointed out
an explanation of the Imagination or as something which will
transitions like the one from the first vision in the
later translations.”
that confession which have remained behind from the old
have often mentioned the pastoral letter of an archbishop
which said no less than the following. The question was raised:
carries out a transubstantiation, the god must be present at
This is an explanation which goes far back to the ancient
mystery culture, but it is also an explanation which is still
of our explanations of the Apocalypse. The idea here is just an
exaggerated version of the idea which we encounter in the
the gods or with divine inspiration. He is in such a state when
advice, warnings, a mission, etc to the angels of the seven
or Sardis or Philadelphia is mentioned? Although people can't
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communications of the Apocalypticer have meant nothing to
heathen conditions.
contained in the later phases of Indian civilization. So that
Ephesus as a Christian continuation of the first world view and
something germinal there which hadn't been taken to completion
have another indication, as it were, of what the secret of the
continuation of their stay upon earth backwards into the
conception or birth and death in the fourth post Atlantean
century with respect to the preparation of the fourth post
Atlantean epoch. Our whole civilization tends to create this
situation.
our entire high school education. Scholars who use Latin are
transformation process.
situation with most people today is as follows. If you see how
the good resolves and firm intentions which they have disappear
good intention which one was too weak to carry out weakens
confessions pursue a religious life, the latter is active in
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significance of the cycles of world civilization which are
based on the number seven. And we see a clear reflection of
what arises from this initiation principle in the Apocalypse.
The number seven is present in the construction, composition
your attention to something which I explained over there in a
quite different course on speech formation.
world content can be given through combinations of about 32
something spiritual was weaving in speech formation and in the
Apocalyptic Imagination of an Alpha and Omega surrounded by
because they still experienced the peculiar proportions which
are connected with a division into a series of numbers.
the whole universe would be thrown into confusion; or suppose
as the course of nature is in it, the candidate for initiation
arbitrarily anymore after his initiation, but that it was his
the Apocalypse was written at a time when such an insertion of
are no longer in the fortunate position of experiencing an
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must first look at the spiritual foundations from which this
the spiritual conditions — not in accordance with
external historical conditions, but in accordance with
spiritual conditions. Let's take a look at this time.
general world evolution in a spiritual way. The year 333 A.D.
is an important year if we look at the evolution which occurs
up the humanity which comes into consideration for the
reception of spiritual influences; it really shook them up
behind the illusions of outer events, as it were? It was here
that the whole relation off divine beings to men started
think about the relation of the gods to the world and to human
beings, etc., at the time when a somewhat unconscious question
being. In addition to these great world principles he must also
wants to answer the question: How is the human or the divine
question with a no. He basically took the position that became
the general position of a large part of the European
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Apocalypticer lets the description of his views culminate
the whole composition and the ongoing content of the Apocalypse
will have to continue our contemplation of its main points and
feels the connection between tones in accordance with the
should consider that the entire Christian revelation is really
a sun revelation, and that Christ is a being who comes from the
would be forgotten and that the whole evolution of humanity
would be deflected away from the Michael direction which should
always only as it were prepare for men's Christ-evolution and
for example, place the Vulcan evolution which will follow earth
evolution before our souls, since there is an evolution in time
germinal way, namely, the Vulcan condition which man bears
work in connection with the individual planets we get what is
if we mainly have to look upon Christianity as an evolution
the evolution of Christianity. And this is what the
was threatened by maya in two directions as Christianity fled
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such a way that we begin with several questions which are
communication to human beings, a revelation to human beings,
but a revelation which differs considerably from what arises
when other communications which don't proceed from clairvoyance
belongs to the continuation of Christian evolution.
starting point of Christian evolution upon earth which towers
occur in order that Christian evolution continues from the
the revelation which occurred through the Apocalypse is such an
communicating to people into present-day evolution, but that
what lies in the reception and further elaboration of the
religious confessions is that one has teachings in the ancient
religious confessions, whereas the deed of Golgotha is the
important thing in Christian evolution, and more deeds must be
Christianity to do is to look for a real connection with the
must struggle through to, a recognition of this again, but it
so the Apocalypticer is aware that he receives this revelation
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agreement with everything one can say about evolution from the
can be said about world evolution from the viewpoint of
has to do with a revelation which is based on experiences of
revelations from the spiritual world. Here one will disregard
the question as to whether the Apocalypticer would really have
not through him. So that even outer, rationalistic experts
had this or that amount of education, and one cannot really
Apocalypticer's pictures which are revelations of the
into the condition which I described in my book
magnificent Imagination is none other than the unified God. And
then of course the condition which must precede this is that
situation which will exist for human beings. He's actually
spiritual revelations. The name which is given to the ego
it was in the verb. The ego was not a direct designation. One
only say in connection with himself. The enhancement consists
the salvation of the world, the justice of the world all of
version has: “was called Faithful and True”) but
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period. He describes his visions of the breaking in of
spiritual worlds and of how they will take possession of
companion the false prophet who spreads the teaching of the
objective and real in connection with the spiritual perception
of future human evolution.
great deal concerning human evolution will be decided in our
acquired a spiritual conception of the world a rather strange
Apocalypticer calls the Babylonian temptation.
every moment in his evolution — man is only truly human
play up into emotions which are not controlled by the
way he does if he assumed that passions, desires and everything
the sphere of passions and desires, for someone who doesn't
feel strong enough to permeate his passions from the spiritual
world evolution is indulgencing his weak emotions. He wants the
good evolution, but he wants to impoverish it in this way and
not a question of tearing out emotions or of tearing out
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situation that we are together again on the day when the first
act of consecration of man could be performed here two years
consecration of man two years ago, the burning of the
Goetheanum, the laying of the foundation stone of the
I mentioned at the, beginning, a study of the Apocalypse is
consecration of man; and therefore every day that we spend on
consecration of man, because it is objectively connected with
this point in connection with the Apocalypse. For the
in connection with everything which has to happen in the near
the slight displacements which always occur in world evolution
earth evolution, and then by what we can call the second and
the first epochs in earth evolution. These first three epochs
up to the Atlantean one are repetitions of the Saturn, Sun and
Moon periods of evolution, respectively, whereas the fourth,
definitely repetitions; it's true that they are repetitions on
a higher level, but they are repetitions nevertheless.
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from a certain view point. Prom my explanations about the
revelations which are written in the way that the Apocalypse of
John is. According to the modern principle of initiation the
visions that the Apocalypticer speaks about arise if one has
Imaginations before one and Inspiration speaks into them. Then
one sees the Imaginations spread out before one in a pictorial
way and Inspirations speak through them. However, when this
importance when one is listening to Inspirations. If one lives
in the number seven one can understand Inspirations in many
nevertheless. For if I am an observer in 1924, the observation
year 1905, that is the observation year, and so on. However, if
and I'm able to go 7 impressions back from any given
impression, then according to the laws of the spiritual world
whatever makes the seventh impression explains the first one,
revelation of the number seven is very complicated. All kinds
can do this precisely in connection with the fact that we
significant vision of the woman clothed with the sun, the
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will try to answer your prepared questions during the course of
in a special session with the arch-rulers even if they were
would especially like to draw your attention to a seal in the
Apocalypse which is an Imagination of the Apocalypticer and
which has often been depicted by artists in connection with the
connection and which we find illuminated in a particular way at
this point in the Apocalyptic discussion.
makes the transition from the physical, sensory world to a
perception of the spiritual world, as I described in my book
monad are united in men through the integration of these into
the form of a physical being. This union is really quite
obvious. One can see it if one studies the opinion about the
division of the human being that is expressed in
division is related to the others that are given in
not the kind that are permeated by sense perceptions. Here,
directions of its lines, it is completely passive. Human
the earth as an illusory reflection. When we think we carry what
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shaping of human evolution.
formations, it indicates that what is going on in the heads of
germinal condition. So that one can say that the current
upheavals in Russia will later be tremendous stormy revolutions
We're now coming to another secret of Apocalyptic vision that
closer to a real interpretation of the mighty visions in the
consider today without going back to the starting condition of
of spiritual observations, one can say: Nature's processes take
such as earthquakes, floods and volcanic eruptions.
connection between the two series, because one thinks that they
Imaginations which the spiritual investigator gives — if
gets the impression. One looks over a meadow and into the woods
were during one's past incarnation on earth. One notices this
previous incarnation and one then looks out into nature again
of the previous incarnation, but that the main part of it
back to 1260, 895, etc. One follows the generations of seeds
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from there in our deliberations. I pointed out that one sees
questions that are being asked. As I mentioned, one can see
now have to discuss stood before me quite clearly, a question
given in response to a question that I didn't know outwardly,
extent to which an inclination to enter into spiritual things
viewpoints in response to a question. One has to take such
continuously being mentioned in the Apocalypse. Now what outer
connection with the Apocalypse. I would like to present this as
one's calculations and if one makes the appropriate
corrections, one finds that all one has to do is to turn the
the orbits of many comets and the calculation gives rather
to prove that there would be a collision between a comet and
the earth that very same year. According to his calculations
collision was inevitable. Just imagine the atmosphere at the
everyone was running to confession, and they all wanted to have
who after all do have a mission, forbade this lecture, because
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have discussed, it is also an initiation book. We can
definitely look upon the Apocalypse as an initiation book
through the way that the successive stages of evolution are
should realize that when we enter the world with our cognition
that increasingly becomes a perception, that content of Jour
soul life which is basically a kind of a reflection of outer
way of entering into a relation with the spiritual world. This
enabled him to find the things in his imaginative visions as
can definitely discuss what is involved here in connection with
interior regions of spirit land.
trivial expression.
quiet; then listen to its modulation — and musical things
is spread out before us as one side of revelation, and it is a
perceptions, into which we weave our abstract, unreal
enduring, living revelation of flashing lightning. However, an
initiate looks upon all of this as the outer I manifestation of
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and we have looked at it in connection with your work as
connection with the Apocalypse; for instance, one could unroll
the whole composition of the Apocalypse, but it seems to me
what was said in connection with the Apocalypse will show up in
stage of man's overall evolution where he has to gain control
where the things which are connected with the acquisition of
intellectuality occur within human thinking and reflection,
into their deepest emotions, feelings and passions. And then
of the world powers that he is taking possession of it —
the Ahrimanic power who is called Satan in Christian tradition
in the course of world evolution long before it approached men
fall out of their evolution in this way. In other words, this
this Ahrimanic power who is called Satan in Christian tradition
Satanic power; this can only happen in certain exceptional
cases. These exceptional cases that could occur in the future,
conditions. So we can only indicate that a temptation and a
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Title: History of Art: Lecture 10: Disputa and The School of Athens of Raphael
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slides were not included with this typescript version, but we found
The artistic description of the imaginative spiritual
visualization of the forth post-Atlantian epoch at the
to which I will relate today's considerations mostly, a picture you
the influence, the direction of two old predecessors.
man Raphael, to Rome. He was to serve them, to bring to expression through
was already active. I have mentioned this often. Today, the opinion
two millennia ago the Mystery of Golgotha entered into human evolution,
there was, in addition to what this Mystery of Golgotha became for the
social condition of people through the invention of printing, and finally,
the world in a way conditioned by the fact that America has not yet
used to think of imagination as the first step of vision into the higher
about the world, About the large world-space in connection with the
earthly world which entered into imagination, then we say something
correct. Imagination at that time was something alive, and Raphael painted
the living imaginations which existed in the souls. Envisioning the
of imagination.
These imaginations were
place instead of that which was called imagination — and is again
called imaginative vision — the externally substantive conception
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Title: History of Art: Lecture 11: Fourth and Fifth Post-Atlantean Epochs, Medieval Art in the Middle, West, and South of Europe
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slides were not included with this typescript version, but we found
this “weight” out of consideration. For the present time,
cut, a deep cut, in the evolution of occidental humanity. However, a
this powerful transformation at the beginning of the 15th century prepared
in all parts of life, which bring forth forces that come to expression
for the time of preparation, for the centuries just mentioned, Rome
considered objectively as a historic question. Why was it necessary to keep
soul-impulses. They would not have been in the position to understand out
But for what was truly the question, the arguments concerning the dogmas
were, what I would call, only the last spiritual expression. The real
considerations were much broader, among others what I just characterized.
Emperor with the essence of the Roman Church and its expansion, that
in the spatially forming arts. You will remember from many descriptions
the area of the Northern coast — we do meet in the descriptions of
born out of these folk-souls themselves. Therefore the oriental tradition
was pushed back. This tradition relates to the age only very little. It
that inner warmth, into that soul-connection with which at that time the
the depths of the soul, below the surface of immediate perception, this
mentioned, people were deeply penetrated by the thought that such a human
only occasionally, in moments of the soul's inner celebration. Of this,
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Title: History of Art: Lecture 12: Greek and Early Christian Art, Symbolic Signs, the Mystery of Gold
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slides were not included with this typescript version, but we found
considerations, which will, given in the form they are given today,
seem to stand in a looser connection with the continuity of explanations
I will use today, what I feel I need to present today is a section of
our continuous considerations, and I plan for the future, if further
in these consideration in order to arrive at a climax, at a tableau
means of a few pictures and considerations, how, within the developmental
process in the evolution of Europe, during the course of the last two
spiritual-scientific considerations, there play the sounds of the fourth
epoch — and this is the most important in these considerations
also comes to expression in the other forms of culture of the forth
But into the description
expanded into the world, the artistic presentation of the human being
never meant decoration. The Greek did not know the concept of decorating
with decoration in order to let it glisten outwardly, that the Greek
did not know. The Greeks knew only forms, only expressions, which arose
expression. Here, the Greco-Latin time has been especially successful.
first Christian artistic creations, but also how at the same time these
artistic creation wrestle, to gain hold artistically of what cannot
be locked into the sense-world. Hence we see, how the perfection in
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Title: History of Art: Lecture 13: The Changes in the Conception of Christ During a Certain Period of Time
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slides were not included with this typescript version, but we found
The Changes in the Conception of Christ
in man's conception of the Christ. We can, in a sense, speak of an
of human culture, and our conception of what happened for the evolution of
consider the penetration of its impulse as far,as possible independently
the course of the general progress of mankind the penetration
fully unless we concentrate our attention on certain, what might be
final stage, when out of the whole mass of Gospels and Gospel traditions,
Christians, the representation of Christ had been confined to what could
left, or in the altered form on the right; or again in combination with
only really speak of pictorial representations of the sacred narrative
refer to-day in another connection. I pointed out that the early work in
the representation of Christ still moved entirely in the forms of the old,
accomplished in the development of Western art except the transmission
of the Pagan method of pictorial representation to the scenes of the
to-day to the consideration of the figure of Christ. We find that in
This picture on the screen, selected from a number of representations
representations. As we are confining ourselves to-day particularly to
expression. We see the endeavour in it to express a benign and noble
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Title: Real Being of Man
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Lectures Section
Man's Responsibility for World Evolution through His Spiritual
Connection with the Planet Earth and with the Stars Above,
The Responsibility of Man for World Evolution, and is also known as,
Man's Responsibility for World Evolution through His Spiritual
Connection with the Planet Earth and with the Stars Above,
The Responsibility of Man for World Evolution, and is also known as,
This translation is presented here with the kind permission of the
Thanks to a donation by the Los Angeles Rudolf Steiner Library, this Lecture has been made available.
From the whole tendency of these presentations of
direction. It is necessary that humanity in our present age
beings; for our civilisation has in the course of recent years
constitution of our world.
man, they find themselves united in opposition in the world. We
put the old truth of the opposition coming from the Luciferic
Just that, in our newest civilisation, which is now involved in
civilisation, is the extension of intellectual thinking
consolidated mineral constitution gives us the capacity for
condition when it showed itself exclusively in warmth
too are continued in our digestion in so far as it occurs in
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Title: Man and Cosmos
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Lectures Section
the Spiritual Resurrection, and published in German as,
the Spiritual Resurrection,
This translation is presented here with the kind permission of the
Thanks to a donation by the Los Angeles Rudolf Steiner Library, this Lecture has been made available.
Widening of Man's Perception.
direct our attention to his physical organisation and then to
that which is revealed to spiritual investigation as his
the ego-organisation. But we do not yet understand these
an idea of the relation of man to the world around him.
each by itself in its special relationship to the cosmos. We
Let us turn our attention first rather to the periphery of man,
find that man must receive certain impressions from outside.
How these sense organs function can only be considered in
detail in a more intimate discussion. Exact investigation is
external impressions. It can easily be seen that as man is
placed within the sphere of the earth the chief direction in
come to sense impressions, is horizontal, — speaking
approximately. And a more exact observation would show
absolutely that the assertion I have just made is perfectly
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Title: Mystery Trinity: Part 1, Lecture 1
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intellectuality, led to the separation of faith and knowledge. Using
examples from Dionysius the Areopagite, Scotus Eriugena, Paracelsus,
and Goethe, Steiner places the evolution of consciousness and the task
conference on “spiritual values in education and social life,”
attention to the fact that the spiritual life of the first four
[Julian, the Apostate (332–363), Roman Emperor (361–363). Steiner is referring to his lecture of July 16, 1922 (GA213). Cf. Rudolf Steiner: Occult History (Lecture Four), Building Stones for an Understanding of the Mystery of Golgotha (Lecture Seven), World History in the light of Anthroposophy (Lecture Six).', STICKY, CAPTIONNote 1]
centuries, as presented in the usual historical descriptions, are
European population from the fifth on into the twelfth, thirteenth,
[Ernst von Wildenbruch (1845–1909), German writer, author of historical dramas, novels, and verse.', STICKY, CAPTIONNote 2]
the European population in those times. Here I would like to begin
conclusion through scholasticism. From the point of view of
[St. Augustine, Bishop of Hippo (354–430). Early Latin church father. Exerted tremendous influence on later Christian thought. Cf. Rudolf Steiner: Christianity as Mystical Fact, Building Stones for an Understanding of the Mystery of Golgotha, (Lecture Seven).', STICKY, CAPTIONNote 3]
And you can get an impression of what earlier theology was like if
you read the short essay on Dionysius the Areopagite in this week's
edition of the Goetheanum,
[Steiner is here referring to an essay by Günther Wachsmuth on DionNote 4]
the old theology — the theology of which Dionysius the
[Lecture of July 22, 1922 (GA213).', STICKY, CAPTIONNote 5]
In the ascent to Imagination, in the
Perceptions from our sense organs cease, and we experience that, to
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Title: Mystery Trinity: Part 1, Lecture 2
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intellectuality, led to the separation of faith and knowledge. Using
examples from Dionysius the Areopagite, Scotus Eriugena, Paracelsus,
and Goethe, Steiner places the evolution of consciousness and the task
conference on “spiritual values in education and social life,”
whole cosmos. Today we will consider this relationship of the human
bring the subject to a certain culmination in later lectures.
[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832), German poet and thinker. Published Metamorphosis of Plants in 1790; in this book he shows the leaf as the primeval organ of the plant out of which all other plant organs evolved.', STICKY, CAPTIONNote 1]
observation than is applicable to the physical world. He encountered
[Karl von Linne (Linnaeus) (1707–1778), Swedish naturalist, father of modern systematic botany.', STICKY, CAPTIONNote 2]
mineral nature. A different kind of perception must be used for
itself. This kind of observation with mobile ideas was, in Goethe,
imaginative means of observation.
important for us to appreciate this distinction. If we see it in the
simplified and crude expression, to be sure) of physical
etheric form of a plant is an example of an Imagination, but of an
Imagination that is not directly visible in the spiritual world but
If you were to ask, what is an Imagination?
— We could answer that the plants are all Imaginations, but as
Imaginations they are visible only to imaginative consciousness. That
genuine Imaginations. We have Imaginations all around us in the forms
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Title: Mystery Trinity: Part 1, Lecture 3
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intellectuality, led to the separation of faith and knowledge. Using
examples from Dionysius the Areopagite, Scotus Eriugena, Paracelsus,
and Goethe, Steiner places the evolution of consciousness and the task
conference on “spiritual values in education and social life,”
relationships to the cosmos in terms of body, soul, and spirit.
up to certain imaginative pictures, I wanted to draw attention
picture as that of Christ as the Lamb of God, inspired Imaginations
your attention to the fact that in the first four Christian
carried the impression that it was everywhere based on a real
perception of the spiritual, that even the secrets of Christianity
developed their soul life to a vision of the spiritual. After the
understanding of direct expressions of the spiritual faded away from
devotion at those imaginations from earlier times in which Christian
views were presented. Tradition was revered, and so too were
the pictures that had come down to posterity through tradition. But
Therefore, the human being was led to say: Yes, tradition has handed
conviction of the impossibility of the human spirit's ever achieving
perception of the spiritual worlds through its own powers, there
conclusions directly derived from concepts of the sense world, but
that the human being must simply accept as uncomprehended revelation
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Title: Mystery Trinity: Part 1, Lecture 4
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intellectuality, led to the separation of faith and knowledge. Using
examples from Dionysius the Areopagite, Scotus Eriugena, Paracelsus,
and Goethe, Steiner places the evolution of consciousness and the task
conference on “spiritual values in education and social life,”
back at those principles of initiation described in yesterday's
lecture as having been paralyzed by the advancing intellectualization
older, atavistic principles of initiation were still alive,
confronted Christianity. Out of their perceptions they formulated
self, the I, was essentially missing in human civilization. The human
clearly perceptible to a spiritual-scientific observation of
it was before our descent into the earthly world. But a precondition
Indeed, the evolution of the human being is
already live in a period of the evolution of humanity when the body
concerning what happened to those who underwent initiation in the
condition of humankind not yet to have a fully conscious I. But the
ancient civilizations as the eternal Father in the cosmos. And when
initiation in the ancient mysteries he had an experience that
within the ancient Hebrew civilization): The Father lives in
happened within him through his initiation in the following way: The
conscious of it, then he could say, with full justification, what the
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Title: Course for Priests: Lecture I
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introduction of the strong impetus towards the founding of this
originally in the intention and gave the impetus towards the
within the religious community a continuation of this
that the original intention has been proven time and again.
impressions of the rituals — I mean this in the noblest
intended and also truly coming out in a devotional attitude as
cremation. The impressions which came out, just on this
occasion, of the ritual act completely shows that the real
intention is well on its way to becoming a reality, and can be
spoken about in the most varied areas not mentioned until
inner satisfaction and internal harmonizing in the souls of the
exceptional activity just at that moment.
religion. Hearts feel deserted by religion while all too seldom
will not once have a name mentioned such as “Thirteen
conditions. Why is this so? Out of what basis, when the work of
allow these to flow into our discussions during the next few
yours, it must be a question of working with real concrete
effect of people starting to see the indications given by
induction apparatuses. Consider an opposing stream in their
nerves and then again one in the counter direction working in
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Title: Course for Priests: Lecture II
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Perhaps deepening some of the questions of yesterday can be our
attention to some difficulties which exist in understanding the
relationship of this Christian-religious Movement to
can't just through, one could call it a definition, try and
practical application, and then also through a certain study of
soul relationships in present-day humanity. The soul
relationships in present-day humanity have only really just
far too little consideration has been given to exploring just
how difficult these soul relationships really are. Thus you
also work powerfully and nonetheless in opposition to other
may not give in to the illusion that in reality it would be
see, this separation between the scientific and the religious
separation can still not cope with such a strong and pure
unconscious falsehood of civilisation has become. What the
when they made the suggestion for founding this Movement, was
the basis of such a scientific viewpoint depends how a question
form of submission just like one applies to animals. Religion,
opposition. Religion was just a means to an end; only this was
can't be stopped. Just think how forcefully today intentions
arise to establish human institutions solely and extensively
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Title: Course for Priests: Lecture III
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it really involves establishing a connection with a definite
particular activity. From my observations in the spiritual
connection can be established with the manifestation of the
as a rule from the real spiritual, inner self-activation of
acquire an attitude, I may say, to develop a relationship with
number of sounds are spoken conventionally and inhumanely,
without comprehension, uttered as if without human input. Who
may of course name yourself in the most varied expressions of
the description which a person as a human-being applies to
description lies high above my horizon. It is the will of God
necessary nuances and coloration and out of every word in each
through meditation, they can take you a long way.
fashioned, for all this the creative forces lie within the
expression of its inner being is in its countenance, with
answer to the question: How do I fathom the depths of the being
crystallisation again, atomised to a powder, when we succeed in
existence, if we experience this crystallisation and dissolving
deeply fashioned in earthly existence that the depths of
speaks from this diamond hard heart the condition of sleep of
Thus we need to go through our meditation in an ever more
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Title: Course for Priests: Lecture IV
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short. This occasion gives us the opportunity to refer to our
relationship we need to gradually re-establish with the Bible.
must learn to grasp as a supersensible revelation, not in a
come out of humanity. I would like to mention that you only
a national language has an intellectual basis which is alien to
experienced in an adequate way in the constitution of souls of
Testament. It is hopeless to think that translations done up to
firstly involve finding the preconditions which will enable a
stress from the start that representations in the New Testament
are connected to a historic fact; the depiction in the New
humanity's evolution, but as a fact which falls outside the
considered out of historical foundations but it should be
relationship with scientific spiritual knowledge about the
formation of the New Testament. If you don't do this, a far too
time of the Mystery of Golgotha the evolution of humanity's
Mystery of Golgotha. We may not look for the connection between
these two facts, whether causal or just as a connection. We may
only consider it a connection when it is compared with one
that with the embodiment of the ego consciousness in evolution
there was a condition where people looked up at every
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Title: Redemption of Thinking: Lecture I:
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The Redemption of Thinking
that the position of the philosophical worldview to
today because conditions are part of reflection that the human
consideration, at Thomas Aquinas, he is a personality that
him. So that Thomism is something exceptionally impersonal,
Aquinas with the medieval church that determines its position
indeed, with certain restrictions
to determine the position of both personalities to each other.
I ask you to take into consideration that I
would like to give an introduction only today that I treat the
executions will completely appear, actually, only at the third
day. Since I am in a special situation, also with reference to
but only reasonable compulsion!
Association was founded in
Association. I tried to prove in
monism! Today it is exceptionally difficult to speak of the
Augustine positions himself as a struggling
impression if one is able to go into the special nature of this
struggle. Two questions rose in Augustine's soul of which one
questions have faded, actually. The first question is that
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Title: Redemption of Thinking: Lecture II:
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The Redemption of Thinking
its expression in scholasticism not only that happens which one
can grasp in abstractions and which took place in a development
of abstractions, but that behind it a real development of the
centuries, and one can get the impression by such a
consideration that one thinker took over certain ideas from the
other and that a certain evolution of ideas is
consideration of the spiritual life gradually. Since that which
impossible to get information about that development, we say
muse, on the actions of the widely wandered man.
sing, muse, or: sing, goddess, on the redemption of the human
foundation of Christianity until High Scholasticism. In that
in the depths of humanity: the individualisation of the
European consciousness. An essential moment of the propagation
missionaries had to speak to people who more and more strove
which he received those ideas and sensations that I have
impression if we look back at the centuries, which preceded
the soul finds the connection to that which raises it from the
chains of sensuousness to the pure spiritual regions where it
can find its redemption and return to freedom and
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Title: Redemption of Thinking: Lecture III:
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The Redemption of Thinking
Yesterday at the end of the considerations
should be just the contents of the today's consideration
biggest problem, the relationship of the human being to the
question: how does the human soul live in the human-body?
him to be gained only from consideration, from sense
perception. He could no longer imagine that only in the
subsumption of existence. Briefly, he returned to
names, mere empty abstractions.
European thinking had more and more if it put the question of
at least in the beginning of cognition. The big
question has to arise repeatedly: how do the ideas provide
the last manifestations of a real spiritual world coming down
get involved in the question, how does one recognise by ideas,
because he is quite traditionally still in the possession of a
his philosophy with the proposition: cogito ergo sum, I think,
pursuit in this proposition. Since Augustine struggles from
intellectualism, as rationalism that completely wants to work
one has to make a simple objection to him: do I understand my
This is just that simple objection which
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Title: Anthroposophic Movement (1938): Lecture I: Homeless Souls
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course of observations, upon which we are about to enter, has
in view a kind of self-recollection amongst those
opportunity for a self-recollection of this kind, — a
self-recollection to which they may be led by a description of
the anthroposophic movement and its relation to the
by referring to the people to whom this self-recollection
who, through one occasion or another, have been led to find
compulsion of the soul, an inner compulsion of the heart;
movement through some more or less exterior occasion, and have
highroad of civilization, along which the bulk of mankind
parents who hold peculiar opinions. But in any case, there is
always some kind of pre-recognized assumption, directly the
pre-recognized assumption, — not indeed uttered, but
too, very often, when occasion gives rise to it!) ... looking
atmosphere only, but a concatenation of social forces, which do
children are supplied with their education, their
which again are not uttered, but which give the presuppositions
be a civil servant with a pension; or, My son is heir to the
line of direction. And the lines of external life are as a
hard to do so. For too keen reflection on the subject would
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Title: Anthroposophic Movement (1938): Lecture II: The Theosophical Society: A Common Body with a Conscious Self. Blavatsky Phenomenon
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giving an account of the history of Anthroposophy in relation
to the Anthroposophical Society, and of the life-conditions
that determined it, there will be two questions from which one
itself. These two questions I may perhaps formulate in the
answers to these two questions can only really grow out of the
consideration is, what kind of people they are, who feel an
satisfaction for their spiritual needs, are, in a certain sort
of modern civilization, — something which for these
find by means of the traditional religious faiths.
Society. And if one puts to oneself the question: Was there any
theosophic association which, as you know, found its most
marked and prominent expression in the English ‘Theosophical
Looking at the ‘Theosophical Society’ and the whole intention
where they delivered lectures and carried on discussions. They
great deal of conversation indeed went on amongst them in more
were forces at play which were in remarkable contradiction to
two conceptions. That was the curious thing, that when one came
have two conceptions of each person. First, there was the
conception one formed from how he was as one actually met with
him. Rut the other, was the conception which the rest had of
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Title: Anthroposophic Movement (1938): Lecture III: Critical Judgment and Colour of the Times
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associations, with which the Anthroposophical Society has a
certain connection (though one, which at the present day is
century, led to the association of the people, whom I classed
the kind of spiritual aspirations that manifested themselves,
the notions, which arose amongst the society that had gathered
information about the spiritual world had been made known
through the transmission of physical letters, physical
communications, — by means, that is, of writings on
Certainly, there are things in it which have raised objection.
But let us just neglect these objections for a while; say that
conclusion which I described to you recently, — to the
conclusion, namely, that in Blavatsky's works one is largely
reproductions — by some means or other — of a very
despite any objections that may be raised.
crucial question for the inner history of civilized evolution:
questionable quarter, there could come actual tidings from a
spiritual world? that there could come revelations of a
spiritual world, which at the least, when taken as occasions
even to a spiritual observation of the objective and scientific
kind, to be in every way deserving of most studious attention?
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Title: Anthroposophic Movement (1938): Lecture IV: Blavatsky's Orientation: Spiritual, but Anti-Christian
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Blavatsky's Orientation: Spiritual, but Anti-Christian
BLAVATSKY'S ORIENTATION: SPIRITUAL, BUT ANTI-CHRISTIAN
consideration naturally is the personality as such, regarded
Blavatsky's publications, in so far as they were people, say of
to be rid in any way of this new apparition, and not to be
who had possession of old, traditional wisdom, — a
possession, of which I told you how little they understood it,
but which they used in one direction or another as a means of
effects resulting from this open demonstration of the spiritual
societies, — particularly in the creation of opinion:
nevertheless create a certain impression with a large number of
far as possible, to make the designations accord with the
lexicographal relation between himself and the word: he looks
up some sort of verbal explanation, to spare himself as far as
century, that they took the dictionary meaning of the word
wanted to spread Theosophy as understood in the dictionary
a whole mass of communications were lying there from the
derivation. It has therefore not much sense, when people take
them. It is a question of these quite definite, concrete
writings, or through other communications of hers. And it is
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Title: Anthroposophic Movement (1938): Lecture V: Anti-Christianity. - The Healing of the Gulf.
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Christianity. For the theosophic movement, in its association
from an anti-christian orientation.
This anti-christian orientation, which I mentioned in
connection with the same phenomenon in a very different person,
in the evolution of mankind on earth. It must be taken, in the
Golgotha we have the culmination in an external fact of the
whole stream of mankind's evolution became necessarily changed
really gives the Earth's evolution its meaning. The methods of
old times it had existed and found its crown and culmination in
only remains more or less a tradition; so that here or there it
individuals, to bring these traditions again to life; but a
continuous stream of evolution, such as the Mysteries presented
tradition continued to maintain itself. There were the
of yesterday as modern education. At this time there entered
has done hitherto, could never possibly lead to a comprehension
require to be further extended: they require the extension they
religions was there any cleft between the Knowledge of the
nature into theology. In all the heathen religions there is
world, and in which they then mount up in their explanation of
the natural world, to a comprehension of the divine one, of the
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Title: Anthroposophic Movement (1938): Lecture VI: The Two First Periods of the Anthroposophic Movement
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— Exposition of the first principles of spiritual
— Exposition of relations to the Christian tradition: the
explanation, it is still possible to raise the question: What
itself involved in a connection, — a tolerably external
connection it is true — with the theosophic movement?
This question in particular, being a very intricate one, can
in the evolution of the anthroposophic movement.
approximate; but that is the case with the historic evolution
the publication of my Occult Science. — The
was every justification for a quite definite hope: the hope,
that, gradually, in the course of a quite natural evolution,
unmistakably aimed at allowing tendencies of various directions
in no illusions — could not fail to see, that such a very
Besant, had very primitive notions of modern scientific method.
Her notions were primitive. But, nevertheless, despite all the
often, indeed, existed in the form of most curious notions.
But, — putting aside the fact that these notions often
— traditional as the manner of conveying it was, —
even though the channels were not always unexceptionable,
will be apparent merely from an illustration I may give you of
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Title: Anthroposophic Movement (1938): Lecture VII: The Third Stage: The Present Day. - Life-Conditions of the Anthroposophical Society
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Third Stage: The Present Day. - Life-conditions of the
THIRD STAGE: THE PRESENT DAY. — LIFE-CONDITIONS OF
what are, truly speaking, the life-conditions of the
slow and steady acquisition, a laborious acquisition of inner,
spiritual material. The foundations were laid of an actual,
spiritual evolution of the West; namely, from the Bible: the
that, from stage to stage, one piece of spiritual acquisition
side again, in the outward expansion of the Society, had its
acquisition.
proportion, the spiritual ground thus achieved could be worked
human culture and civilization, — as we attempted in
with the whole evolution of the Anthroposophical Society. It
attention of the outside world to what was now the
certain sensational interest might possibly have induced some
attention to certain past occurrences that imply so many pieces
we may point as marking the expiration of this period, is the
aid to self-recollection for Anthroposophists . to-day
we must look back in self-recollection and recall how, in those
before the open public, the opposition too would undoubtedly
Revolution. On p.13 of this leaflet you will find the
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Title: Anthroposophic Movement (1938): Lecture VIII: Conclusions: The Anthroposophical Society and its Future Conduct.
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Conclusions: The Anthroposophical Society and Its Future Conduct. -
CONCLUSIONS: THE ANTHROPOSOPHICAL SOCIETY AND ITS
To-day we must bring our observations to a sort of conclusion;
and the natural and proper conclusion of them will of course
Society in the future. In order to form a clearer notion of
civilization of the day.
will have seen from the course of our observations during this
at first employed outward forms of expression — even for
forms of expression. If you go back to my own first writings,
all, with this one exception of the fact, that the outward
forms of expression have been selected incidentally with a view
what were outward forms of expression, incidentally required by
the conditions of the time. That mistakes can arise on this
expression to what is the real heart of the matter. —
connection with a spiritual world; that therefore, if only he
language which this modern civilization has created in all
paradoxical terms of expression.
writings, that when one rises from contemplation of the world
to contemplation of divine spirit, it is necessary to introduce
a modification in the idea of Love. Already in these
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had originally functioned in Germany from 1904 until 1914, when the
for Spiritual Science as an esoteric institution the task which
explaining that situation, but I wanted to stress the
This is no unnecessary observation, for such seriousness has
kind of preparatory introduction will be given today, my dear
you will be able to consider this School as an institution
in a School for Spiritual Science we attend to the revelations
sense-world has provided necessary, practical revelations to
contributions in any way.
it is nevertheless important that the spiritual revelations are
follow a difficult path in face of the opposition and
Life is manifest in creation;
Life is manifest in creation;
and sublime and the endless glow of revelation in all that
existence — that all that is divine-spiritual revelation.
and strength and warmth, can never give us information about
information about many divine aspects of the world. So we must
grandeur and greatness and power of nature. And the question
what we might feel to be a kind of privation, we must
revelation can rise in us. We must say to ourselves: If we
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with a short recapitulation of the last lesson.
being. And we want to first develop this sensation before
first sensation should make us aware of how the human being, in
his normal condition, lives surrounded by the world of the
deeds, still he can find no answers, no satisfaction if, under
with this sensation, which one can have when one gazes out to
the depths of cosmic space with the question of his own being
sensation will be given through the words I provided to you the
on earth-foundations, color upon color,
The lifeless world is fashioned;
this sensation in his soul. Because by deeply experiencing the
sensation that by looking out into the external world we gain
no answer to the question of who we are, feeling this sensation
having this sensation we will be carried up into the spiritual
sensation which over and over again tells us how we must
that this looking back, the perception in looking back,
knowledge which reveals the contamination in our own thinking,
illusion, and the real world, should appear before our souls as
the fourth sensation.
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words we already know - when pointing in the direction of the
his thoughts - what the person in process of initiation
only a reflected ideation.
in thought one approaches the description of the path that
and not merely for those who already seek the transformation
those who, at first, only experience the transformation in
observations in the world of senses - life consists of such
observations - when man uses the things that he encounters in
observation to action, and when he lets the combination of such
observations and actions have an effect on his feelings, he
and illusion, truth and semblance, truth and dream. When
verification cannot be found, he calls it semblance. And only
know whether something that confronts you is truth or illusion.
have experienced impressions from the spiritual world not
illusion. Therefore the first thing one must learn in order to
truth and error, between reality and illusion - independent of
and illusion.
our times, when people no longer pay much attention to how the
attention to what is palpable, to what can only be seen by
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spiritual life by today's civilization, that is. The encounter
experiences when a relationship with the spiritual world truly
and earnestly takes place. A relationship with the spiritual
communications are received from the spiritual world, they
should be understood as merely in preparation for a
relationship with the spiritual world.
tradition.
relationship with the spiritual world, the relationship where,
communications from the spiritual world - the teacher said to
memory's concepts. [Although there is no indication in the
different relationship of thinking, feeling and willing in us
whom you had an intimate or a more distant relationship. The
with her these things lead you to certain actions in your
someone with whom you have a certain relationship. Certain
the School has not been born of some personal intention, but
souls to hear much. But we should not jump to the conclusion
psychic blood circulation in spiritual space. We don't just
I said last time, it is not a question of understanding the
able to withstand the separation of thinking, feeling and
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undergoes a substantial transformation in the Guardian of the
world, how they enter into different relationships than those
earthly conditions. At the moment when the person approaches
attention to how he belongs to the whole world: through his
through our senses, but which at first indicate no relationship
only human physicality is taken into consideration.
we see a relationship between nature and the inner life of man.
process in one direction or the other can cause happy dreams or
in nature, my dear friends, we have a relationship of the human
of the earthly element. We have a relationship of the human
this relationship of the human physical body with the earthly,
and the relationship of the human etheric body with the liquid
upwards where the region begins where man can feel himself-
When we go even higher we come to a region - which we will
general we pay little attention to normal life processes.
obvious to even superficial observation. If we dab our skin
relationship to the universe through our relation to the air.
their origination and passing away during the embryonic and
the moment we enter the spiritual region this is no longer the
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Guardian's continuous admonition is that man be aware that he
relation to the world.
become conscious of his true relation to the world, he first
vegetable kingdom and the mineral kingdom. These relations
deep relationship to that world exists within him.
However, one cannot feel this relationship by merely letting
Since the modern phase of human evolution began, we seldom see
watery element in fine solution in the air which surrounds him,
expression: chemical ether and its effects. Because the
ordering, the formation of the world is effected by it, we
“cosmic-formation”.
Cosmic-formation
[over “cosmic formation” is written]
lives in a completely intimate relationship with the element of
strongly. Even air circulation affects you less. Whether the
how your perspiration, that is, the secretion of the watery
element. And with this easy transition from our own watery
connection to the whole cosmos - contrary to the transition
Man's relation to the earthly elements lies even deeper in the
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earnestness. For a distinction exists between the
the anthroposophical movement. The relationship must be
it must be an inner obligation to consider the Executive
done to bring it to the members' attention. It is saying much
taking the School seriously must lead to the cancellation of
when derived from what is called good intentions, is
destructive in an occult movement. There must be no illusions
about this; it must be completely clear. It is not a question
of good intentions, which are often taken very lightly, but of
out of them - I am only reporting - with the exception of the
will spread its power over the neighboring regions. Then - they
can we construct the necessary foundation for navigating
seriously by the opposition than by many of the members.
considerations of these Class lessons, my dear friends, have
which is a reflection of a spiritual world, one which does not,
however, reveal to the senses what it is a reflection of.
That is the first powerful impression of true knowledge, my
physical body - how the Three look in relation to the physical
body. The vision is directed to the physical body, to the
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wisdom and life impulses into human civilization today which
anthroposophy, flow today into human civilization in the
organization and the Anthroposophical Society is the exoteric
must be an administration. But that is not what it considers to
position of the Vorstand at Dornach within the Anthroposophical
on every relationship within the Anthroposophical Society will
founded upon human relationships.
if it's an abstract thing, the personal relationship is at
relationship is at least established to each and every member
other relationships will be even more human, but by this means
Goetheanum. This means that nothing by way of formulations and
taken place. In the future, no abstract relationship will be
formulations and so forth which originate here and which an
Furthermore, the relation of this School to the
other conditions.
not say, my friends, that this is a limitation of freedom.
can be a member of the School and be free in this relationship,
the leadership for any reason is of the opinion that a member
not approve that person's application or, in the case where he
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admonition which directs human beings to the ancient holy words
vision rest upon what radiates down to us from the universe in
the forms the constellations possess. When we immerse ourselves
stars so often and have stored the vision in our hearts and
sensation of being integrated in the movement of the circling
This leads to the question: Why is it then that so few do so?
sensations - or experiences, it doesn't matter what we call
aware of the connection of humanity with the world than you are
Therefore, the admonition at the threshold to the spiritual
cannot merely say: I think through to the differentiations of
to the differentiations of my warmth.
formations and become like a celestial script to us. If we
The constellations' cosmological words.
by vague generalities, not by vague sensations are we able to
it really is an ascension from life through love to piety, to a
translation.]
man, without his intention or awareness. Now though, on the
strong inner determination, with our own forces, we must bring
must look up to the stars and with devotion say to ourselves:
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Title: Cosmogony/Freedom/Altruism: Lecture I: Social Impulses for the Healing of Modern Civilization
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Social Questions and their Spiritual Background,
things in connection with our present civilisation, things
which are necessary to right understanding and action in the
perceive signs of decline within our civilisation, and that it
forces of decline and fall within our civilisation, we have
sources of new strength. If we survey our present civilisation
evolution, and all those that we have still to go through,
we look beyond our own immediate civilisation, beyond what has
whole course of man's evolution we may observe that earlier
ages had a groundwork for their civilisation, a foundation for
only believe ourselves to have. These old civilisations,
especially the heathen civilisations, had something of a
what a vivid conception the Greeks still possessed of worlds
civilisations and a spiritual world to which they were no
strangers. In all their daily transactions, these men of the
old civilisations were conscious of forming part of a creation
of spiritual forces. Thus, in the heathen civilisations
own functions in the universe as a whole. The men of old days
civilisation possesses no instinct for the creation of a
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Social Questions and their Spiritual Background,
pointed out yesterday that in order to master the conditions of
our present declining civilisation, one needs to differentiate,
attention is actually directed to what is living and working in
found amongst the population of the East. There is no other way
in which a new civilisation can be founded than by making it
together in real co-operation. But, my dear friends, in order
co-operation may be possible, several things are necessary. It
Is necessary to recognise, dispassionately and as a matter of
fact, how much our present civilisation lacks, and how strong
the forces of decline in this present civilisation are. When
one considers the forces present in our civilisation, one
nothing positive. The impulses that reside in our civilisation
that in the historic course of mankind's evolution leads to
errors and perversions of the age proceed. That is why it is so
of thought and action, inasmuch as the activities of modern
led, how the collective civilisation of the earth was made up
of a scientific civilisation, a political civilisation tending
towards freedom, and of an altruistic economic civilisation
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understanding of the present condition of affairs, it is
illusions as to this superficial way of regarding mankind's
historic evolution in these latter days. We must not on any
say, of the more or less final phase of the historic evolution
the processes of economic life. And on the foundation of this
we see in the way of Law, Moral Conventions, and especially
spiritual life, including, of course, Art, Religion, Science,
respect of this particular last phase of human evolution in our
those changes in our earthly evolution that I mentioned
But, besides this, the latest phase of mankind's evolution must
we call The Reformation.
time has come, my dear friends, when this Reformation, too,
spiritual transition at the beginning of the modern age —
the Reformation — really rests, rests solidly, upon
And it is just from a perception of this economic basis lying
at the root of the Reformation, and from seeing nothing else,
evolution has been simply the outcome of class-warfare and of
economic conditions.
we examine, not by the light of illusion, but by the light of
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which have lived in human evolution — certain things
understand how, from out of the Atlantean civilisation, there
civilisation still lived on amongst those peoples who were
co-operation in a certain sense between the Eastern and Western
to a certain extent, of Atlantean civilisation, though of
in our European life of civilisation. We have especially
impulses, the path of our own European life of civilisation,
observation one should learn to know more and more thoroughly
to a certain extent. I have often drawn your attention to the
fact that, as regards the evolution of modern civilisation, the
civilisation something was to become especially active
Atlantean civilisation something of the nature of forces comes
perceptions: so they could experience ideas. Now with our
perception and it works in the inner being of man; but it works
our civilisation, it had to be so. The tendency was gradually
materialistic cognition, and practical life with the principle
civilisation of the West of Europe certain impulses arose, and
in connection with these impulses questions were put in the
sphere of cognition. We have seen how these questions differed
preparation was driven in the sphere of knowledge and in
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dear Friends: — The separation which exists to-day
water. In the course of evolution, the Life-Ether has, as it
become possible for free spiritual Imaginations to arise in the
Imaginations.
with the help and application of certain inner methods we can
further, because at that time the relationship between the
even possible to understand the elements of Greek civilisation.
civilisation, even into their philosophy, one must bring about
that fine inner union between the etheric body and the earthly
concerning colours than we do now. Evolution has pressed
external civilisation, because these polarities work both in
given a lecture, questions used to be written on a piece of
practically this whole direction was followed by Spiritualism,
question with them of a sub-conscious cleverness. You see that
selection which meets us in Darwinism, is applied to man
himself. This application I think is called Eugenics, and the
question is discussed as to how the healthy man can find a
reckons chiefly with sexual relationships, or with relations of
they seek to form a union with the lower impelling forces of
direct their attention to the impulses of the lower nature, and
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Title: Social Life: Lecture I
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World Evolution through His Spiritual Connection with the Planet Earth
Responsibility of Man for World Evolution.
connection with what we ourselves inwardly experience in
this question: — What would it signify for the sum total
of the evolution of humanity if these most penetrating, most
living in a social relation with each other. They would know
rather before his conception, when he was in a condition in
world again needs the perception of the world obtainable
also needs actions performed in a physical body. This conscious
contemplation of the pre-existence of the soul, if really
theoretical considerations, but only through the living
perception of what man was before he descended into the
simply of a vague belief but of a clear cognition, it does not
work so abstractly in man as do the religious confessions of
disposition of soul. But how can this change be brought about?
dioxide into the air with each expiration, — and you will
see, that is an extraordinary transformation. At first it is
more the qualitative aspect which comes into consideration;
in our expiration we give carbon to the plant-world, so we give
half-knowledge), we can get the connection of man with the
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World Evolution through His Spiritual Connection with the Planet Earth
Responsibility of Man for World Evolution.
should like to-day to add various things to the considerations
an observation which may strike you as being personal; but you
know that I only make personal observations on the rarest
occasions, and when I do, it is always, as to-day, to explain
be called a decision arising from the innermost depths of human
spheres, are, after all, nothing but the expression of man
being brought into the region of freedom through the deeper
consider the life of individual man or the life of Nations, and
them unfree. This being carried along by the relationships and
real evolution of humanity; but now man has to emerge from this
decisions.
fact that man is thus placed before such significant decisions,
my dear friends, decisions which have to be made from the
can notice signs of this transition, both in great and in small
religious education and so on. As regards this Country it may
1847, when the Dominion of the Jesuits passed away from
those days during which in consequence of resolutions passed on
opinion runs: “May God's Fatherly protection rule over
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Title: Social Life: Lecture III
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World Evolution through His Spiritual Connection with the Planet Earth
Responsibility of Man for World Evolution.
From the different considerations we have brought forward, you
noticeable — that an inner connection exists between the
of view this connection between man and the entire earth life
know that man has passed his life on earth in a succession of
incarnations. These successive incarnations bring him to a far
more inward connection with his own planet, as such, than do
connection with the Earth, signifies also certain relationships
finally merely the expression of certain relationships between
Spiritual beings. Although to physical vision the Earth appears
atmosphere, that fundamentally is simply an external illusion.
our external sense perception, is merely the external sensible
expression of a certain relationship of Spiritual Beings, of
connection, with that which shines down to us from the world of
must not imagine that the reflection of the Universe which we
perception between death and re-birth. That which appears
sense-impression we always have a sort of illusion before us;
Beings who lie at the bottom of this illusion, with their
illusion; the truth, the Being, lies behind this illusion. That
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Lectures Section
Man's Responsibility for World Evolution through His Spiritual
Connection with the Planet Earth and with the Stars Above,
The Responsibility of Man for World Evolution, and is also known as,
It is presented here with the kind permission of the Rudolf Steiner
Man's Responsibility for World Evolution through His Spiritual
Connection with the Planet Earth and with the Stars Above,
The Responsibility of Man for World Evolution, and is also known as,
It is presented here with the kind permission of the Rudolf Steiner
Thanks to a donation by the Los Angeles Rudolf Steiner Library,
The Responsibility of Man for World Evolution
different considerations we have brought forward, you can
noticeable — that as inner connection exists between the
point of view this connection between man and the entire
man has passed his life on earth in a succession of
incarnations. These successive incarnations bring him to a
far more inward connection with his own planet, as such than
connection with the Earth, signifies also certain
relationships with other beings, because, my dear friends,
of the Cosmos is finally, merely the expression of certain
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Title: Health and Illness I: Lecture I: Concerning the World Situation
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Concerning the World Situation
Question: Concerning the political situation, is
the French trying to suppress Germany with reparations, and on
a position to make a few remarks on these and other German
all can come of them. Just look at the present situation.
opinion prevails that promises must be kept. It is the general
promises. But to what extent this notion is sincere —
conditions. Sincerity pertains only to individual human
play. Therefore, England quite naturally takes the position
undertaking was calculated to shift industrial production
fact, the original intention. The economy of Central Europe
this opinion in England exists side by side with another. If
sharp confrontation. England must push back the Turks because
in office? Now, why is the position of such a man, who can
replaced? The minister taking his position would himself
faculty to comprehend the present situation, are being kept in
this or that position; what matters is that we bring about an
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Title: Health and Illness I: Lecture II: Illnesses Occurring in the Different Periods of Life
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Gentlemen, at our last session I started to answer your
question about the inner organs of man. Of course, this
from its foundations. We saw how William Windom, who died while
delivering a speech, expressed his own inner condition by
from processes arising within his own constitution.
mentioned that infants are highly susceptible to suppuration of
appear. In children, irregular digestion frequently
convulsions. A childhood disease that is particularly
region are not yet functioning.
yet functioning. This part will later become the heart and
digestive system. The blood circulation is provided from
they arise from a malfunctioning of the body. Neither the
surprised that her condition is not passed on to the lungs of
the unborn child, which, after all, are not even functioning
yet. The condition is rather carried over into the head and
comes to expression in the brain. Thus, nobody should be
how, in reality, the inner organs of man function.
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Title: Health and Illness I: Lecture III: The Formation of the Human Ear
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Formation of the Human Ear
Lion, Bull and Man
question was asked about the design that appeared on the cover
heads of an eagle, a lion, a bull and a man.
conclusion our explanation of the human being, and then
— the eagle, lion, bull and man — represent. Before
we can say anything about them we must build a foundation, and
slightly different suppositions.
would like now to direct your attention again to the way the
Conception has occurred, and the embryo is developing in
must now take into account something I have mentioned
hands, and other small protrusions, the legs. As it develops,
millions gradually develop, they become increasingly
question truly scientifically, one notices that this is really
The ear's configuration, then, is such that it contains a
sides, set into motion this little membrane, the oval
within the ear what kind of vibration it is. Now think of this,
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Title: Health and Illness I: Lecture IV: The Thyroid Gland and Hormones
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question concerning the thyroid gland.
Question: The thyroid gland can become enlarged
pressure on the windpipe and thus cause a problem, operations
have been performed on this gland, whose function is unknown.
stopped, limbs became enlarged and perspiration ceased. There
also was evidence of some mental retardation. When the cause
sections of thyroid glands were introduced into the throat.
Again, the results were amazing, but signs of deterioration
Injections made with preparations from thyroid glands were not
A short interruption in their use, however, reverses the
Steiner: Gentlemen, if you take into consideration
had a function in man's ancestors but was no longer needed. In
it was noted that its degeneration, with the formation of a
observe that in certain geographic regions persons are both
Europe that in Halberstadt the retarded population has goitres
aspect of medicine, that most deserving of recognition. So the
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Title: Health and Illness I: Lecture V: The Eye; Colour of the Hair
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question you would like to ask me today.
Question: I would like to know why people with
were many fair-haired people in the region where I was born,
Steiner: Your question fits quite well into our
discussions, and I can consider it after I describe the human
rule, blonds have blue eyes. Your question relates to this
and they have the function not only of seeing but also of
optic nerve. In addition, the muscles that control eye
is an illusion; in reality, you see through the eye to its rear
and elastic, and we can accommodate to our field of vision. In
vision and another set for close up. If the lenses of the eyes
world in miniature, and the reflections in the eye resemble
large. Our impression would be the same as when on earth we
reflections would have the same feeling, if it were
in proportion and in the right dimensions only because we
“The question of why one says “I” to oneself does not
opinion — often knew much more than the priests nowadays
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Title: Health and Illness I: Lecture VI: The Nose, Smell, and Taste
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were particularly impressed with its marvellous configuration.
in connection with other questions you have recently posed, we
is yet another extremely important consideration. Civilized men
discoveries about hogs, which, of course, have an exceptionally
extension straight into the nose.
the nose, with its continuation into the brain, is actually a
most interesting organ. If you will recall my descriptions of
sides in the interior. There the secretion, the tears, enters
kind of “fluidic connection” with the eyes. The
secretion of the eyes flows into the mucous membrane and
combines with the secretion of the nose. This connection shows
sensibly. You see, a thorough examination will show that no one
has eyes of equally strong vision, and when we examine the two
consideration. When dealing with a child who does not
aspects into consideration is what truly makes pedagogy an
Calvinists, and he was given permission to transport the
malformation like that is naturally congenital; a person
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Title: Health and Illness I: Lecture VII: Spiritual-Scientific Foundations for a True Physiology
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Spiritual-Scientific Foundations for a
Gentlemen, this time let us finish answering a question raised
and our nails and hair are fashioned. Our nails actually grow
onion-like things, one next to the other; we have
“onions” because the distinguishing feature of an
onion is its many peels, and these little corpuscles have such
“onion peels”; the onion skin is on the surface,
the brain go everywhere and eventually form the onions within
real onions grow in the ground and form onion blossoms above,
so do these onions grow in the human body. There (pointing to
his sketch) are the onions and the stem within. In those nerves
Everything that we have as onions in our skin actually has
dermis, which is the soil. From it grow all these onions that
over the blossoms of the onions, so shines the light into the
shedding its rays inside the head and opening up all the onion
have such inwardly growing onions in common with all animals.
shapes, possess sensory nerves that end in a kind of onion on
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Title: Health and Illness I: Lecture VIII: Concerning the Soul Life in the Breathing Process
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process of inhalation. The breathing process is initially
one of inhalation. From the air around us we inhale the oxygen
coal, a new gas, carbon dioxide, arises. This is a combination
between the life-giving air of inhalation and the deadly air of
exhalation. Life and death are constantly within us, and it is
already mentioned, they can rapidly increase in numbers. No
kind — then the next moment there are millions. The
tremendous multiplication. These minute beings do not
explanation by merely stating that for cholera there are these
fertilization. Just as the cholera bacillus exists in the
human organization is so marvellously arranged that it
because of the blood circulation of the mother, and comes under
for it has not been protected from destruction through
fertilization.
really happens through fertilization? If left only to the
fertilization it is enfolded in a delicate, etheric substance
the mother's body. Fertilization signifies the protection of
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Title: Health and Illness I: Lecture IX: Why do We Become Sick?
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Question: For many years I have suffered from hayfever.
injections are administered as early as January or
writes that his medication brings only a little relief to
which is only the final result of an inner affliction, it
application need not always be repeated. Even though the
the whole bodily organization. To explain this, I would like to
indisposed if one breaks a leg or sustains a concussion
question raised earlier of why one may become infected when in
Ordinary science offers a simple explanation for this. Bacilli
After all, we can die of starvation and even sooner of thirst.
you must understand that the human organization immediately
rebels against these nutritional substances; it does not
the body, but we must also take into consideration that the
satisfied, and this dissatisfaction is expressed as hunger.
dissatisfied as any jilted lover. This dissatisfaction is the
being. Man can only stuff the provisions into his mouth, but
substances, throwing one in one direction to be used there and
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Lung. It is about the civilisation of our present age and its
Chinese civilisation or what it signifies as regards that
civilisation; what must interest us far more is the fact that it
civilisation of our present age from a certain point of view. In
the first place it deals with a division into three worlds
civilisation in the present age. The first impulse for civilisation
which the author distinguishes is the modern Western civilisation,
to which he then opposes the second impulse of civilisation, the
speak later. He considers our modern European civilisation from an
ideas spring from an ancient civilisation of the Earth and are
civilisation having its source in ancient, gigantic, mighty
civilisation. The Asiatic of to-day (as one can see also, for
derived from primeval civilisation; and he speaks from that point
of view about the civilisation of modern Europe, and criticises, in
resounds to us from Asia concerning our modern civilisation.
It pours into the world as a hair-splitting specialisation, clouded
and encircled by thousands of quotations, and steel-clad with
judged by its own standard; but no other valuation is permitted,
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lecture I pointed out to your how modern European civilisation
presents itself to an Oriental judgment, and at the conclusion I
world of modern European civilisation, the world which forms the
old Asiatic civilisation, and lastly, Roman Catholicism. We should
such a pronouncement without giving it attention, because it is
significance in the stream of civilisation of the present day,
present civilisation in the public lecture given in Basel last
ancient civilisation — and in the Greek civilisation to which
— in those ancient civilisations attention was everywhere
it was recognised how, given the preparatory conditions of human
to a region where, if they had entered it in their ordinary mood of
out that through the whole progress of human evolution it has come
Schools of Initiation the so-called Heliocentric view of the world,
which to-day are quite common human opinions. What to-day under the
those ancient times was kept beyond the Threshold; and traditional
creeds which have retained the opinions of those ancient epochs
science. That was the reason for the persecution of Galileo and it
with human evolution. Humanity has progressed from another side
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civilisation, in order to contemplate what I wish to say), to
turn his gaze on present-day Western civilisation, he would
perhaps say to those belonging to this Western civilisation: To
your whole soul-constitution. In the most important moments of
plays an important part in your whole civilisation.
civilisation of the East to stand amongst Western people with
the same degree of culture and the same soul-constitution he
time and in his country, civilisation was built up on
completely different foundations. Probably he would say: In my
civilisation. In my days, when a world-conception had to
impulses of present-day civilisation. And were we able to
all, a reminiscence of the ancient civilisation is still to be
civilisation is decadent and when the wise man of the ancient
ancient civilisation of the East, we must indeed say: In the
towards the world, even in the manifestations of decadence to
enlightened world-conception of the ancient East, for it really
connection man is dependent on the circumstances ruling
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in the evolution of humanity. How often has it been emphasised
points of transition, and that these turning points should be
point, in order to show how little justified is the opinion
the spirit of this Movement, we look back into human evolution,
disposition of Man's soul was different; man assumed a quite
ancient epochs of human evolution? Let us for the present leave
participated in a certain instruction given them by the Guides
in those Mysteries, and that instruction came from what the
fact that, in his opinion, the teachings in the Mysteries
present during the celebration of the Mysteries, and with the
of the Mysteries, gave instruction to those who were the pupils
Leaders in the State received their directions from the
place of direction for everything which had to occur within the
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Title: Health and Illness II: Lecture I: Fever Versus Shock; Pregnancy
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case of common hunger and thirst to say where the inclination
condition of soul has an extraordinary influence on the
best approach these difficult questions — and they are
shock. These are two opposite conditions that man undergoes,
condition. Shock occurs when a person is incapable of
going into shock. The reaction is that, through the shock, all
hold anything any longer. With the introduction of henbane,
undigested food backs up, and the proper functioning of the
actually wrong with the front portion of the brain. A very
interesting relationship!
functioning properly also in the front part of the brain. The
portion of the brain.
in the formation of the forehead they see the noblest aspect of
suffered from diarrhea or constipation, for example; he never
suffered from stomach aches and the like. The man in question
caused perhaps by mild constipation, I can give him henbane in
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burning of the Goetheanum. As a demonstration of their
brief. May I take this opportunity to call attention to the
interruption here in any area, so that in the future we can
work together here at this location in the same way as we have
before; at least, that is my intention. Come what may, my
emotionally charged is the reaction that this matter calls
me, for example, of the formation of an association that calls
itself “The Association of Non-Anthroposophical Experts
whole opposition. The report concludes with the words,
certifications, etc. These matters must be fully
foundation. The very first sentences taught little children in
because he is not in possession of all the facts and so he
it. Occasionally, you notice that they all run away. At other
I mentioned earlier that sometimes you can observe the beetles
deliberation; consequently, one must admit that intelligence is
I purposely mentioned to you Darwin, who observed this. What
was his conclusion, however? Darwin said that everything that
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question is asked concerning alcohol, its negative effects,
along, that is, the entire constitution of the soul. In the
spiritual confusion so strong that he becomes subject to
passions that otherwise are weak in him and can easily be
increased circulation of the blood. This, in turn, arouses a
person's passions; for example, he may more readily become
Due to the drinking the night before, the circulation of a
close attention to this! Let us assume that the body
state of intoxication and then consumes, let us say, a large
not function correctly, however, waste products, in particular
a person has, through alcohol consumption, depleted the inner
morning with his head in the condition that is normal for his
I have mentioned to you before in these lectures, man has a
questionable antidote against a hangover. When they come home
through the agitation of the blood, the body has been deprived
aware of that. Additional drinking in the morning thus
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Title: Health and Illness II: Lecture IV: The Power of Intelligence as the Effect of the Sun; Beaver Lodges and Wasps Nests
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a question like the one posed last time, and we have already
anything relating to reproduction of living beings must be
speak a bit more about this question from a completely
American who came to the conclusion, based on statistics
— a favorite innovation of our time that is increasingly
opinion, a smaller brain indicates less intelligence, he
the question posed by Mr. R. You see, the conditions relating
to reproduction can actually be studied only in animals and
reproduction correctly. Now, animals are rarely in the habit of
getting drunk. In them, conditions thus remain much more pure,
aspects of the problem are such that dissection of animals for
dissection one really discovers the least of all. To begin
dissection but on positive results that were obtained by men
isolation.
such as ordinary chunks of earth. They fashion a kind of loam
for work. There are many descriptions that claim that beavers
employ their tails in working on their constructions, but that
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Title: Health and Illness II: Lecture V: The Effect of Nicotine; Vegetarian and Meat Diets; On Taking Absinthe; Twin Births
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question is raised concerning the effects of vegetarian and
Concerning conception, how is it possible that women bear sons
we shall try to go into these questions. The first asked about
circulation, animating it. One must therefore be clear that
through the introduction of nicotine into the human body, the
blood circulation is stimulated. This, in turn, calls forth a
comparison, as I have mentioned to you before, man takes about
that is, the blood circulation is four times stronger than that
stimulates the blood circulation. The blood becomes more
remains the same. The blood circulation is therefore no longer
nicotine into his body, he would need a blood circulation
respiration thus is altered. The result is that the blood
of anxiety. It is easier to control a normal sensation of
from over-exertion, however, it exerts pressure on all the
the heart the blood circulation becomes disturbed. The
circulation of the blood cannot be initiated by the heart, but
heart and kidneys that the entire human bodily organization is
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question is raised concerning why, in one family, four mute
Another question: Influenza, in which people suffer from double
vision, is so frequent now. What is the cause of this?
The Questioner: The mute children were born one after
the question about influenza later. This first case, however,
all the other questions have been answered. Such a
consideration depends on whether the man was perhaps cruel in
consideration. To speak of a punishment, however, is out of the
question here. First, punishments do not exist and second, if
In relation to children's age you can see that if a person
Imagine, if conception occurs during the period when such a
tendency recurs, the conception itself can be a kind of cruelty
such matters naturally can come under consideration. A
connection can only be claimed, however, if all other factors
Regarding the question about the flu, it is related to all the
descriptions given by doctors of the symptoms that appear with
influenza, I must always turn my attention to something other
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Circulation of the BloodJaundice — Smallpox
question is asked concerning the relationship between human
circulation of the blood, on the other hand, is an internal
circulation in an adult today in such a way that his pulse is
being when breathing is considered in relation to his blood
circulation. First, we must be clear that man breathes chiefly
human being, functions primarily carried out by one part of his
in his relation with the outer world. That is what the liver is
imagine that the liver malfunctions. When this happens, all the
quite delicate blood vessels, the blood circulation reaches
liver. The following now takes place. If the liver's function
is the result. This is the connection between smallpox and the
blood circulation, which, due to a defective liver, has
the air reaches everywhere. The circulation of the blood
this activity causes inflammation everywhere.
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More detailed questions are raised concerning the effect of
question of the effect of absinthe, which, as I told you, is
further into these questions, I would like to say something
into consideration the fact that man is really a column of
Owing to the constant motion of air within myself, I am truly a
We have already mentioned various poisons, and you will no
proportionately too much for the body — he becomes too
nature with the administration of less silver, whereas more
that constitution is not readily made fluid. You see, one must
this is connected in turn with that relationship of the
conditions. These hereditary conditions are extraordinarily
conditions are in hemophilia; the blood in those afflicted with
skin. It is difficult to perform operations on bleeders.
coagulate as soon as an incision is made, with bleeders it
can easily bleed to death during an operation, making such an
conditions will not exhibit any detrimental effects in them.
thing about this affliction is that it doesn't surface in the
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Dr. Steiner: Do any of you gentlemen have a question you
Question: I would like to ask what the world was like in
I would like to call your attention to the fact that modern
of mercury on syphilitic diseases, one must also mention that
in recent times a number of other medications have replaced
are certain regions in which people who were not doctors but
and pulverized them, and then gave this preparation to
becomes comprehensible only when one knows that in some regions
regions they are most effective. When one investigates these
regions where it is effective, mercury mines are found in them.
It is curious that in regions where mercury is present, the
mercury-based remedies, I would like to mention the
paying much attention to the influences that these planets have
on the beings living on the earth. One calculates the position
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in connection with the Archangel Michael.
now wish to begin to speak to you of the laws and conditions of human
causes — let us say — of the heart-beat, the circulation
to the end, in all directions, what I am indicating (for I am doing
transformation.
the sun must come into a certain position in the universe. And other
if we were able — not in a Jules Verne — fashion, but in
to Imaginative Cognition — i.e. when we possess quite a new
imagination into the human being — we perceive that with man's
For the duration of the world-process, the few days are a mere
for the causes of animal movement and animal sensation. For all that
sensation we shall never find the causes within the realms of the
sensation, movement, etc., — we must admit: If we investigate
sensation.
I observe an animal on the 20th June. For its sensation processes, I
all its manifold configurations, was potentially contained in the
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for the explanations of human destiny or karma. From the abstract
foundations for a characterisation of karma, of human destiny.
is naturally divided into distinct regions. There to begin with, is
the lifeless region of the world which in common parlance we call the
mineral. We only become like this mineral or lifeless region of the
senses. Our other relations to the mineral are very slight. You need
but think how little of the actual mineral nature comes into relation
from the mineral kingdom bears a remarkable relation to that which he
psychological impressions, namely as sense-perception. In this
connection you should again observe an important point which I have
often mentioned here. The human brain weighs on the average 1,500
in direct opposition to earthly gravity. The organ of our thought is
in mind the wide range and immense importance of the impressions you
will come to the conclusion that what comes from the mineral kingdom
sense-impressions, where we are independent of the stimuli —
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in connection with the Archangel Michael.
first place the question of karma before us, quite crudely, if I may
fact of reincarnation, successive earthly lives. Feeling ourselves
repetition of a number of former earthly lives. It was preceded by
earthly existence. Hence there arise countless disputations, all of
knows that air exists, and what its functions are, it will not occur
concepts generally are. Therefore there can be no question of our
it is simply a question of our recognising the fact: In the present
in his whole organisation, so that this very organisation gives him a
passes through conditions, like a fainting dream, conditions which
are but scant indications of the great difference now prevailing
Egypt?” You need not make this objection. You may remember how
their physical actions; their physical deeds went parallel with
man's perception of the earthly world. He only understands the verbs,
clear-cut definition, the dead no longer know of definitions; they
penetration of the spiritual world into the normal consciousness of
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by particular assumptions.
imagine how man gathers his whole organisation together when he
of expression for these events which are practically unknown to our
present civilisation. Therefore the terms we employ cannot but be
to him by heredity. The union of the soul-spiritual man as Ego,
description of these events will occupy us at a later stage. For the
moment we are mainly interested in the general question, whence come
lives on earth, man enters into manifold relations with other human
significance that he now comes into relation to those human souls to
“reflection” as between his being and the being of the
relation to a soul whom he now meets again between death and a new
birth. All that the good relationship implies, was living in him
during his former life, or lives on earth; and this good relationship
“feeling” with the reservations I made at the beginning —
with respect to your life of action, you have the impression that it
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his physical and etheric constitution. Then it depends on the
world, according to his astral and his Ego-constitution; and on the
myriad complications and entanglements in which he finds himself
the human being's karmic situation.
predisposition to health and illness; and, with this underlying
basis, all that comes to expression in his life, in the physical
many a prejudice that is contained in the civilisation of today. We
with a predisposition to illness, they will at once ask, what of the
begin with, the question is quite justifiable; but in their whole
from his parents? The thoughts of the civilisation of today upon this
question are fundamentally in error. For in effect, when he is at the
being — as organisation — is for the first time renewed.
he was — as organisation — in his third or fourth year,
question may here arise: Why do we human beings need a model at all?
earth-evolution? Just as we descend and gather in our ether-body
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reflection out of the spiritual world.
studying earthly man in relation to the various members of his being.
astral body and the organisation of the Ego. But there is yet another
distinction of the members of the human being. Then we shall try to
physical form and configuration three clearly distinct members. If
observed with a perception that is illumined from within. There, to
embryo is the head organisation. That is practically all that we can
see to begin with. The whole human organisation takes its start from
configuration, is, in the embryo, a mere system of appendages. As
existence, the functions these organs assume in later life — as
breathing, circulation, nutrition and so on — are not
functions are supplied from without inward, so to speak: provided for
and the remaining organs are only appendages. It is no exaggeration
the body. But that is only a superficial characterisation of the
formation of the head is only the main expression of the human
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in connection with the Archangel Michael.
today I want to lay the foundations for acquiring an understanding of
destinies can only be illustrations, but if we take our start from
are human beings on the earth, for the configuration of karma is
entirely individual. And so whenever we turn our attention to a
hazardous undertaking to speak of individual karmic connections, no
has become customary to use expressions of everyday language such as:
as far as my investigations make this possible. I am therefore giving
Theodor Vischer received his education at the time when German
mode of thinking, adopted it himself. The absorption in
had a passionately independent nature and would say just what he
he wrote in his book on fashions, [Mode und Zynismus.
mentioned here. To put it briefly, he was a very original and
say “Come in,” or what is usually said on such occasions.
achievement. You will find in them the strict division into
definitions. If I were to read a passage to you, you would all yawn,
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speak of individual karmic connections, I intended to do so, and that
repeated phases of existence, the evolution of mankind as a whole
goes forward. In modern civilisation we speak of history as if it
alone brings reality to light and reveals the true, inner connections
real connection comes to light. The connecting threads running
through the evolution of humanity are woven as human souls pass over
and again into new incarnations on the earth.
only examples that I have actually investigated. These investigations
are a matter of vision, and are pursued by means of the spiritual
domain it is only what presents itself to direct vision that can be
Vision alone is the criterion here. A last vestige of intellectual
matter of showing the relation between one earthly life and a
preceding incarnation, this can be done only in the form of
narrative, for vision is the sole criterion. And if in contemplating
incarnation will emerge into one's field of vision, provided always
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in connection with the Archangel Michael.
destiny, and in the last lecture we studied certain connections which
to say it was a decision fraught with risk — to speak in detail
of such karmic connections, and today we will carry our studies a
will have seen that in describing karmic connections it is necessary
to mention many details in the life and character of a human being
which in the ordinary way might escape attention. In the case of
incarnation became a particular trend and attitude of soul in the
corporeality, all that comes to expression in the bodily nature of
interconnections of human life.
influence and condition the very composition of the blood in its more
innermost nature of karmic connections if we do not pay attention —
discharges his moral obligations. If a man is given to frowning, to
speaking, it is not, as you know, very easy to pay real attention to
certainly shall do if we observe merely for observation's sake. That
however, we have trained our powers of attention and perception,
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our study of karmic connections I have hitherto followed the practice
actual examples of karmic connections, I propose to go the other way,
picture of certain historic connections, presenting it in such a way
you follow the development of Christianity from its foundation,
extraordinarily deep influence upon European civilisation under the
the Mohammedan religion, which, as you know, came into existence
instituted by Mohammed. It is a religion that looks up, as did
who studies the civilisation of our own time will misjudge many
civilisation as the result of the Arabian campaigns, although the
all-powerful Godhead — a conception of Divinity that is allied
this destiny, or at least recognise his subjection to it. This
civilisation. If we look at the period when Charlemagne's influence
culture on primitive foundations — he himself only learnt to
809, Haroun al Raschid as the figure-head of a civilisation
there been elaborated by oriental insight, oriental imagination,
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examples of karmic relationships, are intended to afford a basis for
forming a judgment not only of individual human connections, but also
the karmic connections.
will have realised that consideration of the relation between one
lead us to a view of the actual connections. And in the case of the
which we shall find the solutions tomorrow.
me first draw your attention to the peculiar interest that one or
find a clue to their life-connections. Once we know how to look for
able to lead the student of spiritual science to the connections of
prominent and influential position on into the second half of the
in the navigation service. He is a child who has little inclination
to take part in what the current education of the country has to
afterwards in an independent position. He made many voyages on the
regulations, but when some freedom of movement was still left in the
consideration of what is really important and essential. He lived in
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for the possibility of proof and confirmation, at least as far as
karmic relationships. This time I have chosen subjects which will
on every suitable occasion, reference is made — and of course
development, and the question arises: If human beings pass through
have been led to reincarnation at the present time? I have
a whole wealth of information is available about him — I think
and that opens up significant questions.
life-companion for many years, and he learnt of his own
life-companion whom he found in the way I have described, and who
time he married, shall I say, in a perfectly conventional bourgeois
relations with the ordinary bourgeois conditions of this world.
enable his vision to penetrate right into an earlier life or into a
lecture. And yet in all his plans for the liberation of Italy he
relationships of Garibaldi will never be solved unless we take note
connection with one another in the wider course of European
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assimilated the culture and civilisation then around us; we took it
into our souls and carried it over into the next incarnation, after
on to questions which concern us more intimately and will bring home
to us the actual effects of karmic connections, I have found it
civilisation fructified from Europe could produce — the fruits
educational facilities available at the time. Nevertheless he bears
gained from his education and environment. The impulse of
Garibaldi's Irish initiation was still active; it was merely
him in the form of Imaginations, all that he bore within him from his
initiation is at work in his deeds or relationships in life. So it
content of his earlier initiation, but nevertheless he was a shining
already spreading in that direction. And, as you know, Haroun al
Raschid, whose field of vision embraced all the several arts and
Raschid's field of vision came forth again, in a Western guise,
Raschid himself, who had occupied a position of great power and
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we have been speaking of definite karmic relationships — not
with the object of finding anything sensational in the successive
a really concrete understanding of the connections of destiny in
Anthroposophical Movement since the Christmas Foundation Meeting at
founded, this question was really being asked, out of a deep occult
as General Secretary, had had the leadership of the German Section,
friends, that is something quite different from what the position
Foundation Meeting) I had said that I would undertake the leadership
directions. So it came about that after the year 1918, the prevailing
what became of it, so that convictions might be called forth by the
facts themselves. For that is the only way to call forth conviction.
all has been that since the year 1918, opposition to our Movement has
long as we work with unclear situations we shall make no
become furious. We should be under no illusions on this point.
most strongly against the life-conditions of Anthroposophy if we give
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(on-line as: The Easter Festival in Relation to the Mysteries)
and who have not heard much of what has connections. Those who were
present at the lectures before Easter may find some repetitions but
being himself. All our endeavours aim in the direction of placing man
mind of to-day has got itself into a similar position as regards its
approach to the world. It considers only the broad foundations of
life, not what blossoms forth from the totality of earthly evolution
concentration of all that is to be found outspread in the far spaces
connection with the events of the world and of history will certainly
their source in the unknown regions of his being. Instinctive,
emotional impulses make themselves felt. And it is these instinctive,
emotional impulses, rooted as they are in the subconscious, that make
penetrates farther and farther into those regions where man comes to
virtue of an inner law, humility will unfold in him. The recognition
materialism, Anthroposophy will not lead to a conception of life in
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knowledge of some particular karmic connection that is important.
is taken merely of the impressions of a single
the successive epochs in the evolution of mankind cannot fail to
man's whole way of thinking and perception, in all his views of
the past than in the future, for which the foundations have yet to be
of men have changed in the course of the earth's evolution will
some individual, but the succession of earthly lives, in so far as
vision.
question to which, as many of those present here will know, I have
vision, personalities who were able to communicate the secrets of the
spiritual world. And from this the question quite naturally arises:
question it is necessary to point out how greatly a later earth-life
descend to the earth and unite with a physical-etheric organisation,
a very great deal has to take place. The direction towards family,
change involved in the transition from the world of soul-and-spirit
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experienced and assimilated in earlier times. Connections have come
to light which enable us to understand how certain decisive actions
kind of causal connection only that the study of karma can disclose
observation seem at first obscure and incomprehensible. But if we are
to participate in the great change in thinking and perception that is
essential in the near future if civilisation is to progress and not
relationships of existence. A man who finds everything comprehensible
of illusion and merely indicates superficiality. In point of fact the
realisation of the wonders confronting us in everyday life. Only then
contemplation of history and from observation of what is immediately
present. How often our attention is arrested by events in history
our attention upon a single event in history and omit to ask: How do
they take in a later incarnation? ... If such questions remain
flippant disregard for life displayed by one in a position of great
intense desire and urge for destruction, acknowledged even by himself
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a series of karmic relationships in the historical development of
mankind, and have observed how one or other relationship flows over
consideration of karmic relationships from a fresh point of view, and
beings we can experience through the study of karma an invigoration
with the very foundations of human life. Nevertheless, it is very
study of karma in its direct application to life. For any at all
from present-day conditions of living and education. In these
conditions there is much that hides karmic connections, makes
those relations with life: they absorbed me and I accepted them as
I have moved right away from many of the old connections; or at least
embarked on these reflections, he carries his thought a little
before: “What sort of impression does my neighbour make on
me?” Previously he had been accustomed to take the actions of
impression they have made on himself. Or, again, he may have been
placed within some connection of life which used to seem quite
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gradually lead man to acquire conceptions, to acquire thoughts, about
karma. These thoughts and conceptions are such that they can
through external physical objects of perception. Of course, when a
sphere of what we can thus observe, the karmic connection of an
the whole picture of this karmic connection lies in the spiritual
impressions of light, of colour, of their own accord. We can at most
a certain direction; we can gaze at something or we can look away
question. All this must, to begin with, happen unconsciously, because
earthly existence. This must be fully realised. Observation of the
times of human evolution this was possible even for observation of
away in the course of the evolution of humanity.
connections of any experience we may have.
necessary for the observation of karma that we at least begin by
paying attention to what can happen within us to develop the faculty
of observing karmic connections. We, on our part, must help a little
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manifestations of the human being in the physical world. For in
considering individual karmic connections, I have already drawn
attention to the fact that it is precisely by observing apparently
insignificant trifles in the human being that karmic connections may
abstractions, let us consider examples. — Suppose, for
school. If they are questioned about a person of the same kind
belonging to the present day, they can hardly give any information.
But the same thing exists in the sphere of the ordinary observation
of life. In this connection I have often mentioned details which have
however you may judge of it, my dear friends, whatever opinion you
a great difference whether a man pays attention to things in life,
attention to things. Details are of enormous importance for the whole
because a detail like the one mentioned points to a very definite
constitution of soul.
him concentration. Always to be looking at the place where a button
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always so in studying karma — the karmic connections are
turn our attention more particularly to the ethical aspect of karma,
in very ancient times of evolution were actually present on the earth
and who departed from the earth at the time of the separation of the
than an indication — must be regarded as the bearer of certain
Beings were on the earth before the separation of the moon. In those
through a kind of inner illumination. And the way in which these
external world only through physical means of transmission. If we
want to push some object we must put our will into operation through
human will still had a direct and immediate action upon processes in
of action that we should now call magical. But in point of fact the
certain warmer regions he was able to paralyse and even kill toads
course depended upon a true, instinctive insight into the connections
regions, to kill toads with his gaze, subsequently tried in Lyons to
spiritual foundations the primeval Teachers possessed a totally
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itself felt in his life even when his cognition is not directed to
obliged to eat. Our relationship to our earthly environment is
the utterly different character of our relationship to the world of
man's life of phantasy and imagination is common knowledge. And
of soul. Without the life of soul there could be no such relationship
transition. Having shared these experiences with the Moon Beings, man
Our relation to them is therefore different from our relation to the
Beings in this region were ever on the earth. Here live only Beings
these intentions we perform certain deeds. We see someone else to
whom such intentions cannot possibly be ascribed, to whom we can
consider to be our own good intentions. But now we perceive that
nothing has been achieved; our good intentions have had no effect
and, in addition, ill-luck may have befallen us, whereas the other
from his intentions in this earthly life? When we consider how
are not in a position, of ourselves, to translate our intentions,
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turn our attention to the extent to which the cosmos participates in
the evolution of mankind.
cosmos who play a part in man's evolution, let us consider, to
begin with, man's connection with the beings belonging to the
relationship through his astral body to the beings of the animal
first place, to the mineral condition. Passing on to the plant
etheric body and astral body but in connection with the working of
life in the succession of time — regarded, of course, from the
to the 21st year where the differentiation is less perceptible; then
the last portion of life, the years that lead into old age, we find
— with the exception of the higher animals. The difference
there is due to conditions into which we cannot enter now, but which
will be dealt with on some later occasion. Whereas in the animal the
already in the thirties. A very great deal in the evolution of
being, begin in some measure to be active in him. Little reflection
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human evolution. Everything is really a preparation for
relationship begins with the First Hierarchy — Seraphim,
play, as reflections, into these periods of life from the Spiritual
is but the sign that in the direction where we behold it there is a
Our constitution
and determined his organisation of body, soul and spirit, lie
Imaginative Consciousness on the path of Initiation, life can be
stage of Inspiration, Knowledge through Inspiration, is reached, a
higher revelation is added to the memory-tableau of the earthly life.
This higher revelation is possible because in Inspired Consciousness
the Imaginations are suppressed and the pictures of the events of
Consciousness and manifestation of a different character
something is made manifest as a kind of revelation within this first
phase and if we can find our bearings in the sphere of Inspiration,
Consciousness has been attained on the path of Initiation — in
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perceive karmic connections in human life demands a clear
understanding of laws and conditions of existence with which,
For into the karmic connections extending from one earthly life into
degree with causation similar to what is meant when we speak in the
understand the real nature of karmic connections we must, in the
first place, have a clear and exact perception of what is happening
cognition, to Initiation-knowledge, that such understanding can be
consider to-day how the attainment of Imagination, Inspiration and
Intuition makes it increasingly possible for man to recognise how he
Cognition a tableau of the present earthly life spreads out before
himself completely independent of everything by which impressions are
Imaginative Cognition man is therefore independent of his
sense-impressions, and also of his intellectual knowledge. He lives
of Imaginative Knowledge, if only there were a stronger inclination
sense-perception. But remember that a man is also connected with his
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problems connected with karma is by no means easy and discussion of
relationships of existence, for within the sphere of karma, and the
the evolution of humanity it is quite impossible to understand why
make the transition to the study of individual karma, we can link on
to them. To begin with I will give a general introduction, because
connected with our Christmas Foundation Meeting. We must be deeply
entirely new foundation of the Anthroposophical Society. And there
relation to the fundamental changes that have come about in the
has been said here. A free exposition of this particular subject
proposed I should have to take exception to it. These difficult and
weighty matters entail grave consideration of every word and every
These conditions
do not, of course, apply to entirely private communications; but even
words, a sense of responsibility in regard to communications from
here in view of the limitations of our present organisation which do
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to repeat that in the elaboration of karma during the life stretching
between death and a new birth there is co-operation primarily between
connected by karma. In the elaboration of karma during this life
spiritual life there are clear differentiations between the groups.
question: In what way does the work of the Hierarchies influence
the help of Initiation-Science, we shall admit that this is a deep
and searching question. For you can understand from what I have told
perceives the connection between the events which take place among
at another. There are occasions when we can observe events in nature
devastating volcanic eruptions and we know what is brought about by
with something that is incomprehensible in its relation to the
general impression we have of the world. For here we behold events
investigations of spiritual science are able, however, to take us a
little further, for they open up remarkable information precisely in
connection with these elemental events in nature.
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wherein human beings are shown in their relation to Beings of the
relationship not only the working out of karma, but also the living
present period in human evolution confronts anyone who has the
knowledge of Initiation-Science with problems of world-karma in the
everyday consciousness. A heavy cloud looms over the civilisation of
Christianity in the East of Europe! Information — not entirely
object of keeping them out of the reach of future generations.
Initiation-Science would like to repeat day in and day out —
men's minds ought to be silenced and the attention of numbers
destruction; these views are the offspring of human passions and
emotions, of an element in human nature working entirely in a
Luciferic direction. It may truly be said that reality is denied and
rejected by a large portion of humanity to-day. The essential nature
said to represent civilisation in the stage of infancy. Fantastic
ideas and conceptions of what is, after all, unreality, hold sway in
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THE KARMIC RELATIONSHIPS
INTRODUCTION
explain many a question that may emerge out of the subjects
throw light on the mood-of-soul of the civilisation of the
we have had to draw attention to a certain point of time in
that evolution of civilisation which is concentrated mainly
the evolution of mankind when intellectualism begins
— when men begin mainly to pay attention to the
experience the present time, to gain a notion of what came
to the surface of civilisation in the 14th and 15th
hand from the side of Arabism, from the civilisation of
Asia — influenced by what lived and found expression
in the Mahommedan religion, while on the other hand they
real conception of them if we imagine their mood of soul as
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KARMIC PREPARATION IN THE COSMOS
preparation undergo their further course of evolution when
associate them with clear conceptions. What is it that we
must first answer this question: Where do we find the
Group-souls of the animals until, by Initiation or in the
ordinary course of human evolution between death and a new
that a materialistic world-conception cannot explain
instinctively, so do the former incarnations of man work on
his later incarnations in such a way that he instinctively
addition, all that took place instinctively in the working
now beholds vividly as a living configuration, nor does he
than ordinary memory. And if we look with the vision of
Initiation on all that the human being has before him at
sees it only ‘from in front.’ The vision of
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FOUNDATIONS OF ANTHROPOSOPHICAL ENDEAVOUR
as the heart is an expression of all that man feels working
karmic connections, we are driven again and again to look
natural configuration of human evolution in history or in
the life of nations — none of these leads us so high
karma makes us altogether aware of the connections between
a certain connection it attains its limit. Whatever lies
as I have often mentioned from varied points of view, to
Now 72 years, seen in relation to the secrets of the
even if we do not take our start from tradition —
from a certain star. We can trace the very direction of it,
direction of a certain star. We may indeed receive into our
minds this conception. The whole human race inhabiting the
We look in the true direction when we look out upon the
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CONDITION OF THOSE WHO SEEK FOR ANTHROPOSOPHY
connections of the Anthroposophical Movement itself. What I
means such that crude and simple observation would enable
itself on the character and temperament, the mode of action
and indeed the real action of the human being.
other group: — In the manifestations of their life,
different angle. To begin with they find great satisfaction
in the anthroposophical cosmology — the evolution of
They find satisfaction in all that Anthroposophy has to say
observation of souls will be able to judge the different
certain period of earthly evolution the souls took their
departure as it were from the continued evolution of the
than a third of the population of the earth are professing
civilisation. But there were also those who came down
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CONDITIONS OF EVOLUTION LEADING UP TO THE ANTHROPOSOPHICAL
life, in the inner condition of their souls. And as we are
how it arises out of the karmic evolution of members and
foundations of this karma above all in the state of soul of
with certain other facts in this direction, so that we may
the soul-condition of anthroposophists, as I have already
incarnations during the first centuries of the founding of
intervening incarnations; but that incarnation is above all
considering this incarnation we found that we must
significant common element, lying at the foundation of the
souls who have undergone such lines of evolution as I
reservation which I mentioned here not long ago, when I
said that this entry and expansion into the physical body
perception that the Ego and the astral body are
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spiritual conditions of evolution that have led to the
karma from the spiritual side, I have mentioned two
Catechism with its questions and answers, leading towards a
Transubstantiation and Holy Communion, was made accessible
spiritual evolution, for what was to become a spiritual
revelation at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries,
— a revelation fitly adapted to the course of time.
For this new spiritual revelation had to come after the
bring before our souls these three spiritual conditions,
centuries. For only when we are aware of these conditions,
14th (15th) century. Before that time, the relationship of
speak of Nature, have a dead abstraction — empty of
Spirituality, had their important former incarnation,
— when in that incarnation they harkened to what
connection of the human soul with the spiritual world
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the last few decades two very important incisions have
occurred, — -important for the whole evolution of
attention, I mean the end of the so-called Dark Age at the
that the age of darkness led eventually to that condition
ancient times of human evolution it was a common condition
olden times of human evolution. But if that old condition
instinctive vision of the spiritual world — there
would never have arisen in human evolution what we may call
manipulation of the intellect or reasoning faculty by the
that dim, instinctive condition which once belonged to
human consciousness the original, instinctive vision that
human evolution, to reach the light of spiritual life. It
that this direction of all humanity towards a new age of
spoken in so many connections as the kingdoms of the
that fall to the spiritual world in relation to the
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previous conditions of which we have already spoken. To
explanations to what I set forth last Monday. I told you of
not have to enter earthly incarnation, but spend the aeons,
dominion, having lasted three centuries and finding its
culmination in the Alexandrian epoch of pre-Christian time,
was withdrawn from the earth, and the dominions of the
gradually passed into the possession of man on earth and
my dear friends: the evolution of mankind with respect to
cleverness of it was ascribed to the inspiration of
dominion was over and the Michael dominion began to spread.
the Dominican Order and those who, in a continuation of
reflection in the single human head. In its reality it had
hundreds, thousands and millions. Over against it is an
— in the tradition of the old Michael epoch —
while the Dominicans received into themselves the evolution
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them through their special relationship to the forces of
the lives of those who stand in any kind of connection with
the whole being of man. We know from previous descriptions
reproduction.
connections of life, these super-earthly forces are
when thought of in connection with the stream of
Spirit who stands in a special relationship to the Sun and
forces will work right into the physical organisation. For
fact in this connection. The Michael-forces not only work
as to tear a man out of the narrower earthly connections of
he feels the earthly connections less strongly than others
able to feel the penetration of the Michael-forces into the
penetration of the Michael-forces into the world came to
expression in this way: they felt many things, which other
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the peculiar karmic position which the impulse to
concatenations of circumstance. He pays little heed to the
birth till death contain the inner, karmic relationships of
into question, and the like.
connections, the more do we see the true essence of
the karmic relationships more accurately we shall lose our
open and unimpaired vision of the essence of human freedom.
and significant part in the whole inner configuration of
materialistic age with all its conditions of life, of
education and upbringing, a man can only come sincerely to
enter into this physical body with a certain reservation,
Anthroposophy would give, we find a looser relationship at
any rate of the astral body and Ego-organisation with the
physical and etheric organisation.
being of today is what the connections of outer life
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EVOLUTION OF
we have been speaking of the karmic facts and conditions
these karmic questions after my return from England, but
bring to a kind of conclusion what I have said. Thus in
with the evolution of the Michael principle through long,
— for so we called it — fell from the dominion
essence of Intelligence. They ascribed to the inspiration
9th century A.D. as the point of time in the evolution of
the perception and understanding of the Cosmic Intelligence
— lived on traditionally, with a certain reality of
scholars we find a very real reflection of those old
perceptions which had still looked upward to the Cosmic
conceptions and ideas which man possesses in the life
Michael and we live on in the communion of Michael. Or they
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have come here to-day for the first time since the Christmas Foundation
of introduction. Through this Christmas Foundation the Anthroposophical
must find embodiment in human civilisation. Since the Christmas
Foundation an esoteric impulse has indeed come into the Anthroposophical
the last third of the 19th century. Our conception of the
on earth is only the outer manifestation of something that is
accomplished in the spiritual world for the furtherance of the evolution
spiritual life in thoughts, but as members of contemporary civilisation
the inner, conscious power of conviction that the spiritual is concrete
vanishes before man's true perception, when this is able to penetrate
perception must then extend also to everything that is our own close
conviction into the heart of every professed Anthroposophist is that
aspect belongs to the world of maya, of illusion — there hovers
conviction must take real effect in the work and activity of the
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said, theoretical explanations about karma and repeated earthly lives
direction really flows into our understanding of the life around us. We
lives. But such a contemplation requires the very greatest earnestness,
for it may indeed be said that the temptation is very great for man to
spin out all manner of ideas about karmic connections and repeated
earthly lives. The temptation is great; the source of illusions in this
sphere is exceedingly great. And indeed, real investigations in this
rely on those foundations of conviction in his audience which may follow
to warrant the description at this present time even of these bold
for a comparatively short time. But the evolution of the society would
satisfaction, large numbers of our oldest Anthroposophical friends have
given more in the form of a simple communication, and much of it may
which are connected with his outer profession or inner calling, with his
social position and the like. As to the essential content of his earthly
deepest relationships of karma or destiny those things that we can
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forth. Yet how is so great an illusion possible? It is as though we saw
of historic evolution or of human life in general is moulded out of the
called in spiritual life, the dominion of Michael, and this dominion of
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continuous stream of Christian evolution passing through the civilised
world. I have often described the directions taken by this Christian
evolution in the successive centuries. But it is also not be denied that
many other influences entered into this stream of Christian evolution.
For had this not been so, the civilisation of our present time could not
Christian creeds and confessions themselves have contributed not a
Christian evolution from altogether different
instance, carrying Christianity in all directions among the non-Christian
Mohammedanism. In this connection we must understand Mohammedanism in
rise of all the old elements of Arabian world-conception in Arabism,
beings, we cannot draw conclusions from the external attitude and
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our human thought and action to be permeated once more by spiritual
conceptions of the spiritual world as have passed through our souls in
these last lectures. For many centuries these conceptions have in
human action upon earth was everywhere connected with what was taking
here, into connection with the life between death and a new birth, when
place on earth. We know how deeply the whole life and civilisation of
this declaration which condemned Trichotomy as heretical.
already begun to turn attention. Then, next Sunday, we shall approach
of a kind of super-sensible Council which took place in spiritual regions
clear pictorial representations into the methods of teaching, he worked
upon the immediate perception of things with the physical senses.
Christianity, into the spiritual and intellectual evolution of Europe.
Aristotelianism, connected also with all that the Platonic conception
on to the earth, spirits of a Platonic trend and orientation. It was
conditions of evolution there was no real point of attachment for their
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of European evolution when humanity, inasmuch as they were seekers after
nature-beings, and not in the conception of void and abstract natural
deep devotion to spiritual powers, notably to those that hold sway in
personalities who had the heart and mind to receive from tradition much
the mysterious radiations of light from the School of Chartres which we
indeed that anyone who would devote himself to the cultivation of
been very few reincarnations of the spirits of Chartres hitherto.
alas, the civilisation of Europe will no longer be receptive for this
Musica. Even in the reception of the Spiritual that was contained in the
communication of dead thoughts about dead laws of Nature. And they could
reflection of the former life in the present. This personality lived in
this has brought a peculiar illumination over these things, and it is
When one was in conversation with that
the psychological vision to enter into such things, one found one's way
echo and reflection of a former life on earth. In a former life on earth
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of evolution which enters into the spiritual life of the present time,
after the many storms and inner moods of opposition which he had
during the incarnation as Herzeleide; but it was none the less pressing
to face with the Copernican world-conception which emerges within
Western civilisation at that time.
The Copernican world-conception pictures the
universe in a way, which if followed to its logical conclusions would
tend to drive all spirituality out of the cosmos in man's conception of
machine-like conception of the universe in space. It was after all in
find no God. It is, indeed, an entire elimination of
this. Thus we see Tycho de Brahe accepting in his world-conception what
relatives sought to hold him fast at all costs in the profession of a
discovers considerable errors in calculation which had entered into the
determination of the orbits of Saturn and Jupiter. We have this
content leads him to a conception of the universe such as we must have
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to give certain indications which will throw light, not only on the
our general knowledge of the history of evolution, especially in the
earthly life. There it is elaborated in co-operation with other
Hierarchies. And this elaboration of karma can only be understood if we
constitution and substances he analyses with his spectroscope. The
For what the star shows to earthly observation is in reality only an
would somehow interpret. Probably the interpretation would altogether
There were only varied differentiations of warmth. But in those
warmth-conditions, everything that afterwards became the mineral, plant
Then evolution went forward. Out of the
humanity in order that it might attain its further evolution. The whole
The only true description of the
the paths of man between death and a new birth in connection with the
the fact that the dominion of Michael really did enter the life of
things that we owe to the dominion of Michael there is this too: we have
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stands in the sign of the dominion of Michael. Thus we were led last
So long as our conception is really limited
decisions and great decisions must take place to begin with in the
configuration of the present time.
Sunday, probably in conclusion, showing the whole karma of the spiritual
life of the present time in its connection with the tasks and aims of
forward to-day certain facts whose connection with our main subject you
ordinary ones. For as a rule, a succession of earthly lives is not a
continuous succession of historic personalities. It is not generally
observation. Nevertheless there are certain successive earthly lives
giving descriptions of history.
point to the several incarnations as to historic personalities, such an
in that incarnation is of no great importance, he was a certain
“Agrippa” — this individuality in his incarnation in
a Cynic not in his conception of life, for in that he was a Sceptic, but
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the impression of the presence of so many friends who have come here
karmic sources, I have tried to give a description which should lead, at
conclusion in my lecture next Tuesday.
question to-day by reference to external circumstances, but I will
possible exception of his very last incarnation, he did after all still
stand in original relationship of one kind or another to the spiritual
world, or if not in reality, then at least by tradition. And yet in
human being of to-day, into the conditions of present-day
education and culture, anything spiritual that was received and absorbed
succession of earthly lives of an individuality which will reveal to you
a considerable age in that incarnation) she received in Asia Minor all
directions what we may call the
Zarathustrian world-conception
with its intense dualism. You remember the description in a chapter of my
evolution of mankind, so as to be the source of the good and great and
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constituted as he is in his bodily nature and by education, cannot
easily bring into his present incarnation such spiritual contents as are
seeking to enter in from former incarnations. He cannot even do so when
this present incarnation is so strange and unusual a one as that of
evolution of the conscious, spiritual soul. This is an evolution of the
consciousness of this emancipation of the intellectual life does indeed
men express their egoism, their lack of sympathy and compassion with the
things people give expression to a feeling of how the element of
intellect and rationalism emancipates itself within the human being from
have entered into relationship with the spiritual worlds of higher
can receive from the civilisation of to-day only the current conceptions
alone will be possible, for the present incarnation: the spirituality
forth in him who wears it. For the countenance says: in the foundations
offers the greatest imaginable hindrance to the revelation of any
said it. For although the dominion of Michael began already with the end
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In speaking about man's external observations and
sense-perceptions and about the way in which the
functions it is, to begin with, only man's physical body
that is in active manifestation
organisation of the human being, a Second Man within
perception of this Second Man? It must again and
gain a true perception of this Second Man, a
perception as clear and authentic as anything perceived by the
in earlier epochs of evolution, but adopts
is content to let impressions simply come to him from the world
external sense-impressions to stream into his thoughts
only by these external sense-impressions. True, this
sense-perceptions but he does not actually feel or
condition of flux within the universe. One is really only
connection I said to some of you the other
our body, setting in action all
it enters our system, where its action is
conditioned by its own chemical and physical
properties. When we drink milk, its action
to this action of milk and cabbage.
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impressions arising out of external sense-perceptions and
is not engaged in co-ordinating those perceptions but is free
vision.
deeply into the negative region of silence, to the level below
take possession of the larynx — to put
relationship to speech, to the spoken word Which
have sense-perception. While on the one
and feelings about which, as regards their relationship to
felt as real; yet out of these thoughts and emotions emerges
by science's assertion of the conservation of matter and
— a conception to which the hypothetical conclusions
desires rise up where his senses receive impressions and his
intellect co-ordinates these impressions.
organisation, man himself has so much in
common, he must admit that in the animal the moral functions
have developed forms to which the designation ‘moral’ cannot be
impulses could with any justification be regarded as a
physical-material organisation calls for the introduction
death man finds himself in this dual position.
wherever its processes are in operation, lets the
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envisaged man's organisation as composed of physical
out in all directions and man living within these
sides from the direction of the outer global shell of the
perception and understanding which inform us
all only final manifestations. They have their source in the
when we rise to those powers of cognition — in my books I
have used the expression ‘Imaginative Cognition’ —
reveal manifestations of the Beings of the third
configurations such as the rainbow. Sounds are
material foundation, so in yonder world the
manifestation of the working and weaving of the spirit-and-soul
Connection of the various Members of Man's
When our faculties of cognition are strong enough to rise to
Things do not tally exactly with descriptions given in my book,
heralding and proclaiming the import of revelations of the
cognition, one wants to give some Indication of
thinking is the element of touch in relation to what
say: we apprehend this world as the revelation of the Beings of
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to listen to a recitation from the poetry of Friedrich
anthroposophical literary consideration to it about the
introduction.
connection, he comes near to the striving of spiritual
congraulations to this spirit-filled poet. We can look in a
originated from the French Alsace Lorraine region where he
he calls his world conception. He tried to develop out of the
description of nature, lyric nature, but put in a very
to evaluate artistic representations. Today they focus
completely upon the content of the art, on its representation
existence in the actual undulation of the waves. In Lienhard
you can see quite readily how in the poetical expression of
spirituality, a sort of participation of the poetic soul with
manifestation in a natural way as, for example, in the
expression of the soul life of young children. If you follow
beings in relationship to nature continues itself with such a
ability to grasp the great connections of mankind and of the
chauvenistic nationalistic spirit entering into these
personalities into the great spiritual connections in which
that fact Freiedrich Lienhard is in a position of being able
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which we designate with an abstract expression as the ether
intellect and its observation, we know that the ether body is
and we have brought this to your attention in the course of
is actually only a reflection of the real “I”.
is in a similar way only an expression, a manifestation of
what you have is a manifestation, an expression of the
knowledge, he has such a very tightly fit division which he
expressions are just four words, nothing more than four
expressions. And when you advance to real contemplation, then
which are so easily established by these expressions. you
situation — what the memory actually represents for man
them, as if we no longer stood in relationship to them.
these memories as our own possession.
memorization only a process which occurs in ourselves? Now,
want to ask the question: Is our thinking process and memory
toward us that we know about. There is in addition another
spiritual perception that we can say the following. While our
from outside, the above mentioned spiritual beings weave
at our death, that portion which would have been able to be
Hierarchies we mentioned and they weave it gradually into the
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spiritual intentions, spiritual goals stand behind everything
that, we must cast our attention on the special folk
continuous and also the newly creative configuration of that
West and Middle Europe. However, the situation is different
as this people remains in its national quality. You
post-Atlantean period, so it is conditioned by a special
manifestation.
cognition with the help of the brain. Because Blavatsky has
cannot be without if they want to have revelations from the
European must have to obtain proper revelations from the
significant revelations. Therefore precisely at the time when
Through its whole evolution of its spiritual culture, Middle
traditions and the ancient occult stream into themselves in a
preferred to lean on that which has been traditionally handed
find the reason for this transformation, then one must know
earlier epochs was there as spiritual revelations. What man
received in revelations, that was supposed to be spiritually
evolution; it only applied it to certain processes. Thus, not
threatened to arise was a kind of confusion; the purely
English dominion crossed over the channel into France. The
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occult streams which bring themselves to expression in
complicated situation. However, this complicated situation
builds itself on a foundation which educates human beings in
a certain direction through the fact that it unites them in a
comes to expression in certain symbols. Many people today
situations. Goethe knew this very well and he brought it to
expression in one way or another. He was grateful that in the
system, but achieved a later education through being
today's people, when they hear about it call this situation
did possess a different sort of perception. In the Hamburg
have the Fall into Sin, the Expulsion from the Garden of
Evolution. We already had our physical body during the Moon
evolution, but it was not physically visible but etherically
visible. In reference to this, present day man is a reflection
still had a perception of the elementary world.
which form the foundation for certain occult brotherhoods
you can read how the education was so led that the human being
question is: How does Goethe want to develop people for the
upwards. In this position they should acquire a reverence for
acquisition of the feeling for reverence for that which is
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brotherhoods do possess the ancient tradition, but they are
formulation: The Elevated Grand Architect of the world.
from these ancient communities. But as we mentioned earlier,
they do not stand in a direct connection with the spiritual
which they had as knowledge more as traditional
already find the concept of the primal revelation in the
primal revelation? This concept of the primal revelation can
as far as he was concerned, it was transmitted by tradition
to obtain an idea of this particular situation, because when
initiation, one can come directly behind this mystery. We
descriptions of these elemental beings. These elemental
instruction, but one can say that forces pour down in order
instruction, forces are poured down upon them so that they
times, he received instructions from the higher hierarchies
tell us that in ancient times man received such instruction
instructions from hierarchies who streamed up and down. And
— that once upon a time such a primal revelation did
exist. Thus we see that such a primal revelation really did
this primal revelation. Actually we can put the year 747 B.C.
direct participation in such instruction. Naturally such an
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brotherhoods which bring to expression in their total content
the symbolic actions which have been taken from certain
death and resurrection. Again and again the thought of death
and the thought of resurrection is brought together before
shown how he is buried and the presentation is brought to a
certain resurrection out of the grave, a proceeding of Hiram
through this imagination one wants to show what the situation
consider that the death of Hiram, the resurrection of Hiram
the connection with the Easter thought. Now you know that in
the Catholic cult there is also a symbolic presentation
Resurrection is celebrated, which means that Christ is again
taken out of the grave and you have celebration with the
Resurrected Christ. When one considers the action which
brotherhoods as the putting in the grave and the resurrection
point in a certain connection in these occult brotherhoods.
Such a symbolic action would actually have no significance if
the consciousness. Hence, in connection with the artist, it
explanation of that which comes to the surface from the
and look for their salvation in this external materialistic
symbol such as the death and resurrection of Hiram in front
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in the grave and in the resurrection which, in the main, is
primal revelation, a primal wisdom in ancient times.
which still stood at its infancy, through the mediation of
custom when a feeling, a perception is at least stimulated in
the situation that when they pass through the portal of
differentiations between them.
upon the consideration of our ether body. Our ether body is,
spring out, separate out into many different divisions
question: How would these portions which spring out of us
primeval times when evolution was at another stage, the whole
formed as in the divisions of today's animal kingdom and at
total relationship through the fact that all of that has been
physical configuration during our earth existence from the
manifestation or if one particular part of the ether body
achieves the upper hand another drive comes to manifestation.
attention on the physical body, you first see that the
Evolution. This animal form is therefore a Luciferically
from the ancient Moon Evolution. What was only of an etheric
has received his external physical configuration from the
Folk Soul. This national Folk Soul exists deeply in our
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Church of England which today has twenty million members.
conversation with his last wife. All he actually wanted to do
there should be complete freedom of religion, a tolerance of
different religions, because the state agreed that religion
is a question of one's private conscience. Yet in spite of
would not agree to the Succession Act. This was a sin against
the new institution of the English Church. Then the
is the decision which these enlightened justices reached as
the entrails burned. Then his body with the exception of the
head would be divided into four portions and each would be
rationalist or free thinker who preached religious tolerance
contains the configuration of a state that was developed on a
ruled by the dry intellect, it was a very rationalistic
a very exact division of human beings in different houses.
Private possessions were not allowed; it had a certain
was a result of the very intellectual, rationalistic
organization of the state; they were educated so that they
became completely freed of any of the lower passions, desires
for the taste of the food or for any satisfaction. However,
religious freedom; however there was a presupposition that no
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teaching of the Resurrection as I have indicated it, with the
draw your attention to how one works upon the human soul in
aspect of modern perception is that everything is thrown out
natural scientific conceptions but exerts its influence upon
certain connection, to develop materialism and, as it were,
human beings can come to their own conclusion as to whether
with the cults, with symbolic mythical presentations, one is
able to take hold of quite another region of the human being
natural scientific Darwinistic world conception.
directly influence the whole disposition of the thought
direction of man. If you rely upon people absorbing symbols
body and brings the thinking into a certain direction. This
is usually the situation in these occult brotherhoods of
things take hold of his astral body. All Jesuit educational
him to present his works or actions in such a way that he is
appeared one day with the decided intention of handling the
wild regions where the Indians lived, and they played
Fathers had gathered many Indians from different regions in a
regulated, however, so that above all you have the permeation
of the cult. They had musical stimulations in the smallest
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have also occurred differently, that is not a rejection to
having had to occur in so far as external sense observation
develop this theme further. I want to mention another process
external observation from the way it did proceed. It is
have taken up into themselves the total world conception of
The Riddle of The Human Being, The Thinking, the Perceptions
conception not been taken up? It was not taken up because man
I have brought to your attention the fact that spiritual
evolution but was left behind at the particular time when
you see that we must call up three worlds into our cognition
in order to understand this great mystery of human evolution,
develop, to which Zarathustra belongs in his incarnations. So
all in a human incarnation.
everything that you believe, but in addition to that we
developed on the Moon. When you realize that situation, you
kind of perception living in the human being on the Moon
evolution.
imagination through an apparatus out of which our present
larynx has developed; and these pictures of imagination would
Moon situation when you know that our brain actually swims in
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Title: Things Past and Present: Lecture XI: Fragments from the Jewish Haggada
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from 19th Surah, you will see that it specifically mentions
tales in the Haggadah refer more to actual perception in the
share a portion from the Haggadah about Solomon with you. It
demons who for imaginative vision look like goats and fly
friends, you will see that a number of questions are raised
significance. So we have the first question which one can
you sad?” What is the significance of this question?
the question about the city of Loos can be more easily
city which had this organization. Therefore when Solomon
stories are found in many other places in Jewish tradition.
we want to perceive the whole significance of the questions
Solomon because he was able to have real vision into the
Joachin imparted, namely, the truth in connection with the
These are exceptions which can be explained if we go into the
details of the situation. But let us put that on the side for
time man still has a connection with the moon insofar as the
transition from the Moon evolution to the Earth evolution, so
guaranteed by man's foot situation. Hence we have the
explanation in the Hebrew: The feet guarantee him. The word
are concerned, it is guaranteed that he has a connection with
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Title: Things Past and Present: Lecture XII: Luciferic Dangers from the East
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existence. From various points of view, we have mentioned
age, and they do not ascribe to an evolution of truth.
that if the person in question said that at that time when
correct deed in the evolutionary sense. However, if he
conceptualization which has developed in the evolution of
concrete phenomena to your attention. A book appeared in 1912
conception idealism appropriate to the times after the
mentioned in this book, what they have done is far superior
the new world conception idealism and that they put the main
impression on us today, an impression which shows us that
“The person who seeks for salvation in this world
does not seek for his salvation in the spiritual of the world
has vision permeated with reality is passed by by most of our
bring to your attention is Hammerling's seer vision, how he
force and substance. Hammerling responds to this question
out of mechanical action; therefore the brain can produce a
becomes a billionaire. You can do that sort of thing in a
is purely conditioned by external economic relationships;
relationships and fortunately we have overcome this ancient
philosophical world conception; Homunculus becomes not only a
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Title: Memory and Habit: Lecture I
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The translator is unknown. This translation, from shorthand reports
unrevised by the lecturer, by kind permission of Marie Steiner and in
with the kind permission of the Rudolf Steiner Nachlassverwaltung,
since a certain moment of time after our birth. The cohesion of
have called attention to this fact on many occasions. You all know
that memory begins to function at a certain point of time during our
are sunk in oblivion. We can therefore say that from a certain point
relationship with our bodily life and this enables us, in the
long evolution as beings of the Old Moon incarnation of the Earth,
essentially an outcome of the interaction between the human
subsequent experience. Under such conditions you would merely have to
transferred into your present life of thought conditions that
consciousness. This condition had necessarily to come to an end
remain his own inner possession, are not immediately inscribed into
repetition of actions. Through instructions given during our
upbringing, actions steadily repeated become habitual. We are first
led to do something which by constant repetition becomes a habit and
the habit, once formed, becomes more and more an automatic action of
habits during the Old Moon period of evolution? At that time,
world. We were impelled to action by impulses sent into us from the
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Title: Memory and Habit: Lecture II
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The translator is unknown. This translation, from shorthand reports
unrevised by the lecturer, by kind permission of Marie Steiner and in
with the kind permission of the Rudolf Steiner Nachlassverwaltung,
belonged to the Old Moon period of evolution. I said that
during that period of dreamy, imaginative vision, man had no need of
after him, like a comet's tail, impressions (which were inscribed in
imaginations. During the Earth period proper this mode of experience
‘thoughts’ at all in connection with what was really a
evolution by the repetition of earthly lives, for man is thus enabled
after his final incarnation on Earth only that will have been given
incarnations, to correct it in so far as it needs
correction.
outlook, a different mode of thought and perception. Two kinds of
without actual vision of the spiritual worlds, but to bring it down
evolution of mankind, a certain insight into them must be
acquired. The ordinary memory which functions in our waking
process of world-evolution itself needs what can now be inscribed in
During the Græco-Latin epoch of civilisation, such a statement
rectification. But under the influence of Lucifer and Ahriman, if men
do not learn how to be on their guard, those thoughts and actions
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Title: Memory and Habit: Lecture III
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The Allocation of the Whole Human Form to the Cosmos. Technical
Discoveries and the Human Physical Organization. Collisions between
Opposition to Reality. How Occultism Wanders into False Paths.
The translator is unknown. This translation, from shorthand reports
unrevised by the lecturer, by kind permission of Marie Steiner and in
with the kind permission of the Rudolf Steiner Nachlassverwaltung,
some justification, be deemed strange and unfamiliar, in view of the
is gained from spheres beyond the Threshold has to do with a region
attention.
of man indicates his connection with the cosmos. The head, in its
of a man's former incarnations. We have also heard that the human
in the next incarnation. In the form of the human head, therefore, we
have an indication of the previous incarnation; in the processes of
the human body, we have indications of the next incarnation.
and the following incarnations.
connections.
relates the outer form of man to the twelve constellations of the
modern astrological lore, it is right to call attention to the fact
that behind the connections which are said to exist between the human
Taurus; the shoulders, together with all that comes to expression in
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Title: Lecture: Riddle of Humanity: Lecture One: Greetings to the Builders Working on the Goetheanum. Otto Weininger, a Decadent Genius. Distorted Pictures of Imaginative Knowledge.
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spiritual implications of the work, and that some human eyes have
developing stream of human aspiration. We may hope that what our dear
most certainly be beautiful for, from its inception, this work has
traditional style in building and against an architecture that no
Whatever objections may still be raised against this style of building
he will provide us with a basis for some more general conclusions
these lines. He wrote two books that attracted much attention. The
Character, it attracted a great deal of attention, and the various
were also others — those, for example, who by profession were
As you see, a greater divergence of opinion could not be imagined. On
something, but is the negation of a something — is nothingness.
the impression of being a man; if there is a preponderance of W, the
impression of being a woman. And because a woman does not have so very
being fundamentally consists of a combination of the Something and the
of thought. You might be of the opinion that it is not quite proper to
traditional way of speaking. Those who have much M have the great
but the first two or three sections of it. Thus, the first part of it
was accepted by a university as a doctoral dissertation. Later he
changed it somewhat. If one wants to write a doctoral dissertation,
sensation and, not only that, it has had great influence.
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Title: Lecture: Riddle of Humanity: Lecture Two: Two Spheres of Existence in Nature and in Man: the Realm of Regularity and the Realm of Irregularity. The Ancient Hebrews' Jubilee year as the Expression of Formative Powers of the Soul. The Christ Incarnation.
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Their Jubilee Year as the expression of formative powers of the soul.
interconnections. This, at any rate, is how we experience them. Even
will occupy a certain position in the heavens at ten o'clock tomorrow
morning, but we cannot say that we will see a certain cloud formation
in a certain position, let alone say anything about how the clouds
eruptions cannot be predicted with the same degree of certainty.
regularities our reason can grasp, and the other whose manifestations
impression that nature makes on us at a given instant as a mixture of
the orderly procession of regular events with those other events, the
that twofold division of nature into order and irregularity should
that regularity can contribute to the functioning of our
procession of sun and moon, into the orderly succession of sprouting,
such an extreme, radically paradoxical fashion. They are there in the
proceeds without any interruption.
The cultivation of an understanding and a rationality divorced of
spiritual-scientific movement should be preparing the manifestations
institutions have not always taken so little account of the influences
about establishing institutions here on the physical plane. The story
its institutions reflected the demands of the spiritual world —
I have often mentioned how people have lost their sense of piety as
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Title: Lecture: Riddle of Humanity: Lecture Three: The Duality of Human Nature -- The Heavenly and the Earthly Aspects of Man. Uranus and Gaia. Influences of One Incarnation on the Next: Metamorphoses of the Body.
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aspects of man. Uranus and Gaia. Influences of one incarnation on the
When we cast a glance back over the discussions of the previous two
cosmic significance, have imprinted on humanity. The foundations of
certain other, deeper regions of human nature, regions which in a
terrestrial influences and impressions that are earthly in a more
real expression of the spirit.
pictorial expression of the dual nature of a human being, for the head
light. In that, something of an unquestionably earthly nature is
and fundamental knowledge, of the connections between super-earthly
harbour a longing to be mystics. The prejudice comes to expression in
mention. That for which one must strive is the spirit! This is the way
sensibility in a particular direction. But one will never be able to
is a shimmering vision that hovers in front of them in the way the
vision of heaven hovers in the mind's eye of those on earth. Earth is
incarnation. If one loses sight of this, one forms a false picture of
maintain that only spirit exists and that it is a superstition to
the spirit-region that is revealed when one's gaze is directed towards
were those who viewed all talk of earthly things as superstition. They
explained away belief in material things as superstition and who,
something absolute, rather than as an expression of the spirit, has
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Title: Lecture: Riddle of Humanity: Lecture Four: Human Organism, Results of Prenatal Formative Powers. Dual Nature of Man. Powers behind the Existence of the Body as Expressed Pictorally by the Body and as Expressed in a Draughtsmanlike Fashion by the Head.
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draughtsman-like fashion by the head. The relationship between the
Greeks were much more aware of the relationship between body and soul
materialistic explanation of the connections between body and soul
would have been out of the question. Today, when someone says that
this or that convolution of the brain is the speech centre, he is
thinking about the location of the faculty in a very materialistic
understand the real connections must conceive of the act of speaking
extensively about the inner connections between body and soul without
arousing any materialistic assumptions, for they still felt that the
things of the external world could be seen as revelations and
manifestations of the spirit.
most people of today would not find such a conception at all easy, for
even though we may not want them, many materialistic notions have
between the last death and this birth or conception.’ Anyone who
aforementioned assertions as a form of madness.
Naturally, prior to conception everything to do with the head is
during the time between death and a new conception. Think of it as a
forces of crystallisation.
Picturing things in this way will help you to fashion the concepts you
stream of inheritance passed through the generations. By origin, a
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Title: Lecture: Riddle of Humanity: Lecture Five: How a Person Grows into the Three Spiritual Realms of Wisdom, Beauty and Goodness. How These Shine Down into the Spiritual Part of Man.
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discussion. These things are an expansion of what was described
Consider how birth or, say, conception, is the entry into the life a
of physical existence on earth. With all such descriptions you must be
presentations still holds true. Everything we have previously said
that arise are only to be taken as additions to that. Thus we can say:
being, that is, through his participation in the moral forces of the
participation in the impulses of wisdom. Thus we are going to outline
form of the expression, but you will understand what I mean.
Greeks felt and experienced the relationship between the physical and
particular virtues. The first virtue Plato mentions is wisdom —
direction, the ability to know ourselves and to orient ourselves in
schematic indication of how, in the human aura, morality streams into
one the impression that the I hovers in the etheric
One could say that the aesthetic glows through the region of the
lives comes into consideration. But our materialistic age is
sexuality in artistic considerations — a piece of mischief for
which our age is responsible, for it is precisely in the contemplation
absolutely out of the question. Thus, only the lowest kind of
aesthetic considerations, those that no longer have anything to do
outward displacement. Yesterday I mentioned that the striving for
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Title: Lecture: Riddle of Humanity: Lecture Six: The Transformation of the Physical Body into the Head of the Next Incarnation. The Cosmic Significance of Human Knowledge.
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The transformation of the physical body into the head of the next
incarnation. The cosmic significance of human knowledge.
When one is speaking of the being of man and of mankind's relation to
incarnation in which it is just possible to get by without knowing
Those who are misled by Lucifer into speaking in such a fashion do not
incarnation. And, after we have passed through the period between
become the head of the next incarnation. Thus, the passage of a person
through successive incarnations could be drawn as follows: Man has his
that next incarnation. Then this body, in turn, becomes the head of
the following incarnation and he receives another body from his
up in our bodies during our previous incarnation really are present
next incarnation? How are the forces of our present body transformed
so that they can become the head of the next incarnation?
The transformation of our body into a head is hard to imagine at
first. We need to ask ourselves: How is this transformation possible?
In order to answer that question we must review in our souls the
epistemologists who theorise endlessly about the interconnections,
between concepts and ideas, and about the mysterious connection
relationship to human nourishment in order to explain why the grain of
its value as food for human beings. For if one were to question a
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Title: Lecture: Riddle of Humanity: Lecture Seven: The Connection between the Human Being and the Cosmos. The Twelve Regions of the Senses and the Seven Life Processes.
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The connection between the human being and the cosmos. The twelve
regions of the senses and the seven life processes.
many occasions to observe how manifold and complicated are the
relationships between man and the cosmos. Today I would like to remind
connecting these with a consideration of humanity's relationship to
lead us back to the ancient Saturn phase of evolution. That is where
ancient Moon phase of evolution. By that time they were already in
to provide the foundations for fully conscious human life, but were
of evolution before it could develop the impulse to freedom. Thus, the
happens to give us a perception of the object must, as a matter of
collaboration of all the bodily organs expresses itself through the
attention to it because we expect it as our natural right. We expect
movements that entail changes in the position of separate parts of the
balance. We do not normally pay any attention to it. If we get dizzy
aware of internal changes of position. Our sense of balance,
The senses mentioned so far involve processes that remain within the
movement gives us internal perceptions, as do the senses of life and
anything to do with the intimate connection with the world that a
than with smell. So there is already more of a connection established
perceive through the sense of warmth. The relationship to the outer
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Title: Lecture: Riddle of Humanity: Lecture Eight: How Twelvefoldness, Sevenfoldness, Fourfoldness, and Threefoldness are Mirrored. Pathological Experiences of the Soul. Thinking Backward as a Preparation for Spiritual Experience.
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Schleich). Thinking backwards as a preparation for spiritual
we must consider the direction in which such factual,
spiritual-scientific presuppositions lead our thinking and our will.
Let us review yesterday's conclusions. The zones of the twelve senses
nourishing, secretion, maintenance, growth and reproduction. (See
anyone who has applied a little self-observation to the sense of
through the entire organism. It follows that the relationship between
person's inner constitution, on his state of being as regards spirit,
forces of secretion being in the sphere of the sense of sight, or of
their interacting with the sphere of sight, or of an interaction
Lion. Furthermore, each sense-zone can come into a relationship with
one or the other of the life spheres, since the regions of the senses
and the regions of life are related differently in different people.
described the sense regions as a comparatively stable part of the
way the relatively fixed constellations of the zodiac relate to one
motionless, still, as the constellations of the zodiac are still.
cosmos; for our planets' relationship to one another is constantly
Moon man was capable of transformation, of metamorphosis. Now, I have
often drawn your attention to the fact that when a person of today
achieves the level of initiation that gives him access to imaginative
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Title: Lecture: Riddle of Humanity: Lecture Nine: Enlivening the Sense Processes and Ensouling the Life Processes. Aesthetic Enjoyment and Aesthetic Creativity. Logic and the Sense for Reality.
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For another version of this lecture, see
ourselves of the trivial notion, held by many who want to befriend the
precisely the lower organs and functions that reflect higher
activities and relationships in the human being. In their present
the inner being of the organism as the shadowy reflections of
attract or repel us. After death we experience our connection with the
the higher senses for clarification. Rather we must enter the realms
direction. For today there are such strong prejudices that all one has
In this respect, the situation was much more favourable in earlier
of disseminating information, either. Aristotle could discuss certain
Aristotle's writings, for example, you can find wonderful descriptions
described what kind of hair and complexion and wrinkles cowardly
considerations with the necessary questions. We have said, for
separate, static regions. They are just like the constellations, each
of which remains motionless in its own region of the cosmos — in
their location in a relatively short time. Moreover, the boundaries of
each sense region are fixed, whereas the life processes pulse through
organs during Old Moon. There they functioned more as vital organs,
noted that there is a form of regression that revives the dreamlike
imaginative vision of Old Moon. Today, such an atavistic regression
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Title: Lecture: Riddle of Humanity: Lecture Ten: Loss of the Ability to Orient Oneself in Reality and the Helplessness of Modern Scientific Driteria in a Materialistic Age.
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analysis of some recent directions in recent philosophical thinking. I
some of the details and the special ramifications of contemporary
thought. The whole direction taken by certain schools of thought is
philosophical grounds, for their decision. There is no trace of a
principle or — to use a more scientific expression — of a
criterion for deciding whether particular judgements are true
still spoke of the world and man under the assumption that man
perceptions with the help of concepts, and thereby arrives at certain
said, I cannot go into all kinds of epistemological considerations
today — that the impressions of colour, sound, warmth, pressure,
impressions are made on our senses by something objective, something
our soul life. It assumes that these impressions create sense
form or another and there was much speculation about it. People said:
impressions. What are we really given? he asked. What does the world
sensations. We perceive colours, we perceive sounds, we have
sensations of smell, and so on; but beyond these sensations, nothing
some [form] of sensation, and beyond the sensations nothing objective is
sensations. The multiplicity of sensations is all that there is. And
if we can say that nothing exists beyond sensations, then we
Again, only sensations. When we observe what is within us, the only
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Title: Lecture: Riddle of Humanity: Lecture Eleven: Memory and Habit as Metamorphoses of Former Spiritual Experiences that were Subject to Luciferic and Ahrimanic Influences.
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the groundwork for certain perspectives on man's relation to the
attention to such things.
that memory was not among our earthly possessions! You only need to
our experiences connect. I have drawn your attention to this
as a result of the interaction between the human soul and the earthly,
physical body. It is only during the Earth period of evolution that
— that is a translation of the actual experience of Old Moon into
the terms of present-day thinking. This condition had to end because
I have briefly mentioned how things stand with memory, which develops
in response to the physical body's forces of resistance. The situation
In addition to memory, our life on Earth also requires us to develop
us certain actions are repeated again and again. As we are educated,
we receive guidance which establishes certain actions as habits. At
power to be free, for every detail of our actions would depend on the
hierarchies and by entering into a condition in which repeatedly[,] acts
can become habits. In this manner it is possible for actions to
still possess an echo of our condition in the spiritual world when we
and are more under the influence of imitation. At first we begin to do
They are transformations of quite other conditions in the spiritual
world. Memory is a transformation of the way imaginative dream
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Title: Lecture: Riddle of Humanity: Lecture Twelve: How Thoughts are Engraved into the Substance of the Cosmos and the Consequences Following from This. Metamorphosis of Memory and Habit.
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I would like to begin with some observations I made in the last
period of dreamlike imaginative vision, mankind did not possess a
everything that was experienced in dreamlike imaginations was engraved
experiences cannot be engraved in the world substance in this fashion
in question, in this case, the human being, experiences them —
Other conditions obtain on Earth. Here, human life proceeds in such a
way that a person's thoughts do not consist in a repetition of
incarnations, as the person experiences the whole of Earth existence.
repeated lives on Earth, humanity were not in the position to be able
by an evolution through successive lives on Earth. It gives mankind
strive for a final Earth incarnation which only leaves behind in the
if, in the course of successive incarnations, he did not rectify the
living connection with spiritual science without having to direct
naturally-functioning memory that typifies our usual daytime
mind! — when a conception, or expression, characterises something
into the spiritual-etheric world. Thus a truly spiritual conception-I
Earth, a conception is first embedded in the person's own etheric body
karma. But a conception that really touches on matters of the spirit
it is necessarily so. It is necessary for the evolutionary process of
We must learn to draw a fine distinction: On the one hand there is
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Title: Lecture: Riddle of Humanity: Lecture Thirteen: Allocation of the Whole Human Form to the Cosmos. Technical Discoveries and the Human Physical Organization. Collisions between Thinking that Accords with Reality and Thinking that is in Opposition to Reality.
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The allocation of the whole human form to the cosmos. Technical
discoveries and the human physical organisation. Collisions between
thinking that accords with reality and thinking that is in opposition
that could with justification be called paradoxical. For these things
to a different region of the world — perhaps it would be better
discuss. Remember how the external human form led us to a description
of man's relation to the cosmos. It was said that the structure of the
also refers back to his preceding incarnation. And the rest of the
prepared to become the head of the next incarnation. Thus, the human
head refers back to a previous incarnation; the human body anticipates
the next incarnation when it will have undergone a transformation. The
incarnation and with the incarnation to come. A great cosmic
relationship is revealed when the human being is considered in this
As you know, the rudiments of an understanding for the relation of the
contemporary astrological investigations, something needs to be said
about the deep cosmic secrets that lie behind this way of apportioning
heart to the Lion, the activities contained by the abdomen to the
Virgin, the lumbar region to the Scales, the sexual region to the
Scorpion, the thighs to the Hunter, the knees to the Sea-Goat, the
transformation of the whole body — namely of the body of the
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Title: Lecture: Riddle of Humanity: Lecture Fourteen: Metamorphoses of the Twelve Sense Zones through Luciferic and Ahrimanic Influences.
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Recently we have had repeated occasion to cite a result of
spiritual-scientific investigation that, in fact, is of most
relationship of the human head and the rest of the human body to the
human head and all that pertains to it is a transformation, a
metamorphosis. The head is a transformation and reconstruction of the
entire body from the previous incarnation. So, when we observe the
entire body of the present incarnation, we can see how it contains
our entire body will be the head we bear in our next incarnation. The
body of our next incarnation and everything to do with it, on the
incarnation. In part it will be produced during the time between death
conception and birth into the next incarnation.
inherent validity, truths that point to connections of major
less in descriptions of ourselves and our surroundings; but truths
like those we have just mentioned provide us with the light by which
descriptions of how the shapes of a row of letters are combined into
words or, at most, they are like a clarification based on grammatical
description of the shapes of the letters or to a grammatical
consideration of how they are combined into words. Just consider how
In the light of the foregoing considerations, and in the sense they
during the past few weeks. I want to direct your attention to the
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Title: Lecture: Riddle of Humanity: Lecture Fifteen: The Twelve Senses. The Reorganization of the Seven Life Processes by Luciferic and Ahrimanic Powers. Francis Bacon Inaugurates Materialism and the Science of Idols.
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The reorganisation of the seven life processes by Luciferic and
some general conclusions by reviewing the picture they form as a
with the principles of regular evolutionary progress. The ahrimanic
in the formation of the collective human constitution. Now, we should
evolutionary roles allotted to them. And various human aberrations
then arise as a consequence. The aberrations must be possible, as
Many things would be clarified by a further elucidation of truths such
considerations — not even in our circles. What we want to discuss
processes just as we have viewed the twelve regions of the senses.
Breathing, warming, nourishment, secretion, maintenance, growth,
reproduction — those are the seven life processes which make up
produce something other than would have been produced if evolution had
bringing a person into relation with the outer world, are subject to
the middle is there a kind of balance — in excretion, which tends
impulses mentioned at the beginning of the Old Testament; more than
modified and these modifications now affect the way we breathe. Thus,
consumption as a kind of feeling of well-being. It is a fact that,
consumption of our life forces is very closely connected to this
a given period of time, and the consumption of our organism associated
more quickly than a regular evolution would dictate: consumption is a
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Title: Wrong and Right Use: Lecture 1: Secret Brotherhoods-1, -or- Wrong and Right Use of Esoteric Knowledge-1, -or- Individual Spirit Beings and the Undivided Foundation of the World-Part 1
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Prior publication of the lectures has been with the titles,
Individual Spiritual Beings and the Undivided Foundation of the World
with the kind permission of the Rudolf Steiner Nachlassverwaltung,
their implications for social life, we must say that their way
the question arises: What really is it that these modern
head. I have indeed called your attention to the fact that
there are people, victims of certain hysterical conditions, who
unconscious, they show that they are under the delusion that an
abnormal malady that comes to the attention of the
conditions under which a given form of consciousness prevails;
is extraordinarily important — precisely in connection
outside our consciousness under conditions different from ours,
but have an enduring relationship with human beings and can lay
this so? To discuss this question fully would take us too far
regarded as an esoteric possession, but was in fact utilised in
has been living in a very special spiritual situation. Quite
this event in the possession of their small groups are
rather on historical lines, into close connection with what I
you all know, attention has often been called within our
evolution into a special relationship with the Christ, in the
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Prior publication of the lectures has been with the titles,
Individual Spiritual Beings and the Undivided Foundation of the World
with the kind permission of the Rudolf Steiner Nachlassverwaltung,
what I said with the same intention when I last spoke here, I
or with a system of ideas but with the communication of facts.
parties (as indeed you will have learnt from explanations given
secret; and again, allowing for various shades of opinion,
other variations; hence you will see that whatever influence is
finally exerted on human evolution from the side of these
intentions, but they were mistaken in their approach to the
materialistic form. So it was with good intentions that
so, it was not their original intention to introduce the
compromises, and naturally, when a collective decision has been
then on the basis of this conviction it would be possible to
grieved that the séance manifestations could be spoken of
of the dead. The well-intentioned progressive brothers had not
expected any mention of the dead, but rather of a general
already mentioned, we have to reckon with others, or with
sections of the same brotherhoods, wherein a minority of
into human evolution as a question of power. Naturally, these
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Title: Wrong and Right Use: Lecture 3: Secret Brotherhoods-3, -or- Wrong and Right Use of Esoteric Knowledge-3, -or- Individual Spirit Beings and the Undivided Foundation of the World-Part 3, -or- German Philosophy: Kant, Schelling, Hegel, Goethe
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Prior publication of the lectures has been with the titles,
Individual Spiritual Beings and the Undivided Foundation of the World
with the kind permission of the Rudolf Steiner Nachlassverwaltung,
been mentioned lately, and to fill in certain gaps. If you
follow with attention current trends, you will have noticed a
feeling that the thoughts and impressions and impulses which
things does not require pious dedication or a religious
evaluation, for it is itself religion. We are concerned not
great Irrational which lies hidden behind all existence ...
piety there is no question of a mysticism which turns away from
impelled to call attention to something which certainly exists
There is no cause for satisfaction in such remarks; we must
“cosmic feeling” than to give serious attention to
the distinction between the worn-out ideas which have led into
evoke knowledge of a connection between man and the cosmic
order. The booklet calls attention precisely to this knowledge
said with full consideration for the needs of our time.
wisdom of the past. I have already called your attention to
we have to solve the problem of how the radiations from human
beings are to be brought into relation with an
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Title: Historical Necessity: Lecture 1: On the Functions of the Nervous System
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On the Functions of the Nervous System and
have tried to show you the conditions of human life from an
clear that the evolution of the times only begins today to
introduce scientific thinking gradually into the conceptions
conceptions into the consciousness of the general public
way of thinking entered the evolution of mankind at the same
time as the invention of printing. All new things that
exception of books containing old things that existed
will of course raise this objection: Have we not printed
in the civilization of our times.
the general education of our age and in the formation of a
world-conception, cannot help diverting man from casting a
(excuse this banal expression) to work in this direction by
are mentioned today – terrible for those who follow a
a nerve of touch, carries the sensation of touch to the
sensations from the periphery of the body reach the spinal
were like telegraphic wires. The sense-impression, the
impression on the skin, is led as far as the central organ:
— this causes a sensation; the sensation is led on to
the majority of professional scientists. Open the nearest
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Title: Historical Necessity: Lecture 2: Concerning the World of the Dead
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next day, in an exposition of
being must indeed ask himself the question: — in how
to this large, inclusive question with means that we can have
inclusive consideration of human life. We must deepen
so-called dead. We are, as human beings, so fashioned —
in the last lecture I drew attention more to the physical
impressions, and from which we receive knowledge through our
are awake in reality only in our sense impressions and in our
over into our feeling life, into the life of our affections.
live actually in feeling and emotional impulses. He dreams,
waking consciousness. In this soul relationship also the
action. In this he awakens; in the execution of the will he
they are unable to penetrate into the region that can only be
seen into with clairvoyant consciousness, the region out of
accentuate it once more — in the soul relationship
the reality of the sense perceptions and the thought
conceptions — the conceptions indeed to a minor degree,
death, be just as much beside us, in continual association
physical plane, so that we are able to receive impressions
sense impressions and also in the world we fashion out of it
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Title: Historical Necessity: Lecture 3: Our Life with the Dead
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the further course of our considerations. I have said that
his sense-perceptions, or his perceptive activity, are
Even a very ordinary self-recollection teaches us
sphere of sense perceptions. However, we experience in our
contained in our ideas and sense perceptions, knows nothing
fact that we are not in a position to perceive with our
the life of the dead, the actions of the
dead, play into our own life. These forces, these actions of
not continue to evolve in the direction of the welfare of
attention to the historical course of life —
socially, what he lives through in the ethical relationships
illusion that our actions are our own, because they flow out
very moment in which we are carrying out our actions.
to accustom themselves to form quite different conceptions
that he who is firmly rooted in the comprehension of
feelings of pain, feelings of tension, relaxation, etc., in
— he himself experiences this communion as already
mentioned; he becomes aware of this when we read to him; he
departed one comes in connection with that soul who reads to
had to bring in connection with the animal kingdom) in such a
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Title: Historical Necessity: Lecture 4: The Rhythmical Relationship of Man with the Universe
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The Rhythmical Relationship of Man
should have liked. But we shall continue these considerations
later on. In these considerations, I should like to give you
concerned, we only experience in a waking condition what we
sense-impressions and what we experience in our thoughts. Man
form a conception of what is really contained in the life of
sense-impressions as if they were spread out before us
imagine that this carpet contains also the impressions of our
hearing, the impressions of the twelve senses, such as we
sense impressions covers, as it were, a reality “lying
behind” — if I may use this expression (but I am
perceptions must not be imagined as the scientist imagines
direction imagines the “thing in itself.” In my
sense perceptions; what I mean is something
spiritual behind the sense-perceptions, something
of sense perceptions as a first step toward the attainment of
than the manifold impressions of our sense-impulses —
senses? Let us look into this question.
— or let us say, from our conception — to our
we would see its entire organization. At first it
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Title: Historical Necessity: Lecture 5: The Members of Man's Being and the Periods of His Life
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understand what lies at the foundation of the two impulses
already gained as a foundation. This I will do today, in
order that tomorrow we may be in a position to draw the
conclusion, or inference, in regard to the concept of free
often mentioned this) that certain things must be known in
competent judges of free will and necessity in all situations
understood if we consider their whole relationship to human
his relationship with the course of the world's evolution.
knowledge only of the impressions given to him by his senses,
pointed this out specially during these considerations) in
is merely a thought, a reflection of the true, genuine ego.
region that we share with the dead. When we penetrate
give us only that portion of the world that is spread out as
physical plane through incarnation, it remains indeed in the
things. Today I wish to draw your attention to something that
being are concerned. For it is an illusion, it is indeed
development, it is impossible to grasp the connections with
ages. But man is under a great illusion in making everything
might conceive this as a projection from the physical plane
show you that when a human being of 28 gives the impression
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Title: Historical Necessity: Lecture 6: New Spiritual Impulses in History
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Their Rejection by the Materialistic World Conception
background of all these considerations stands a question
fundamental conceptions than can be imagined. This question
course, into everything that proceeds out of human actions
general. The materialistic conception does not only consist
other things. The materialistic conception would like to
perfect nonsense, although the expression — all events
are a necessity — is justified in other directions. If
yesterday — namely, the complicated organization of
not with the precise theoretical opinion that every cause has
to things in Nature. Many considerations have shown us that
one of the worst possible words for the comprehension of
investigation shows us that effects arise in the spiritual
may use this expression. In our usual consciousness we can
imaginations. What is kept back in the processes of Nature
I may use ttii.s expression, the Angeloi dream of the beings
process I have just mentioned. As human beings we participate
imagination. But the reality that lies at the foundation of
the foundation of elementary life. We can, as it were, exist
motions were constantly floating around us in the air,
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Title: Historical Necessity: Lecture 7: The Inadequacy of Natural Science for the Knowledge of the Life of the Soul
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understand the nature of man in its connection with the
historical evolution of humanity in such a way as to enable
us to gradually form a conception of necessity and
free will. Such questions can be less easily decided
by means of definitions and combinations of words than by
secondary and nebulous concepts bound up with the definitions
of which we speak are first determined by the connections we
when we are speaking, but upon a certain perception,
But then we may not confine ourselves to a description or a
definition of the object. For as long as we confine ourselves
to a description or definition of this object it can just as
consideration for the human being when we hold only to
definitions and the like; we can do so only when we bear in
mind the relationships of life in their reality. And just
them into relation with our bodily organism, in such a way
destruction, this slow process of death, must exist if
free actions of human beings rest upon just this fact, that
the human being is in a position to seek the impulses for his
actions out of pure thoughts. These pure thoughts have [the]
most influence upon the processes of disintegration in the
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Title: Symptom 2 Reality: Lecture I: The Birth of the Consciousness Soul
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gradually formed the Europe of today. He examines the rise of nationalism
He also speaks of his personal confrontations with the attitudes and
understanding of the present world situation and provide a challenge
to make some important additions to the enquiry which I
Our earlier investigation gave us a certain insight into the
impulses which determine the recent evolution of mankind.
universe, in respect of its evolution within the cosmos and
of its inner development in relation to the divine and its
ego development in relation to the Spirit. I should like to
show the connection between these things and the more or less
evolution of mankind which was to some extent the background
to the observations on modern history, observations which I
world, does not touch upon the really vital questions in the
evolutionary history of mankind; it deals only with
and then the true reality behind the evolution of mankind
events in isolation, we shall here consider them as
reflection will show how absurd, for example, is the oft
repeated assertion that modern man is the product of the
life, upon the constitution of your soul! But the study of
the constitution of the soul in its present state of
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Title: Symptom 2 Reality: Lecture II: Symptomatology of Recent Centuries
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gradually formed the Europe of today. He examines the rise of nationalism
He also speaks of his personal confrontations with the attitudes and
understanding of the present world situation and provide a challenge
outline the symptoms of the recent historical evolution of
must, however, draw your attention to the strange part,
contradictions and yesterday I attempted to show two
conditions which developed out of the conditions I have
the idea of the state born of the national impulse and
that radical contradiction that we so easily associate with
and paradoxical situation. On the one hand, everything that
satisfaction was sloughed off, the instincts were blunted and
contradiction exists is evident from what I said yesterday.
Augustus, Julius Caesar, Pericles — and I could mention
contradiction!
station in life is determined by his Karma. It was the karmic
Stephen, the personality counted for something in a position
position. In the position he occupied, even in his position
ill-fitting garment. One could say that in relation to the
was indifferent to both confessions. In his heart of hearts
for some time. In conversation with others he was intelligent
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Title: Symptom 2 Reality: Lecture III: Characteristics of Historical Symptoms in Recent Times
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gradually formed the Europe of today. He examines the rise of nationalism
He also speaks of his personal confrontations with the attitudes and
understanding of the present world situation and provide a challenge
to give special attention to specific impulses of a
seeking to discover the real motive forces of evolution, this
attention; apart from socialism they have never really
have failed in recent times to give adequate attention to the
paid no attention to those of a spiritual nature. If we ask
modern evolution we can virtually discount from the outset
of contemporary evolution, who belonged to those circles
studies in the history of civilization have been written, but
ever-increasing desire for education. And this raised the
three questions I mentioned yesterday. But the proletariat
lacked the will to explore the more subtle interrelations of
its content or in relation to the transformation of modern
the others I have mentioned — the national impulse, the
accumulation of insoluble political problems, etcetera. In
amongst wide sections of the population. It is a mistake to
financial transactions. Everywhere we meet with scientific
popular misconception on this subject. It is not the mode of
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Title: Symptom 2 Reality: Lecture IV: The Historical Significance of the Scientific Mode of Thinking
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gradually formed the Europe of today. He examines the rise of nationalism
He also speaks of his personal confrontations with the attitudes and
understanding of the present world situation and provide a challenge
speak of certain wider conceptions that follow from our
consideration of the recent development of human history. We
of the historical evolution of mankind, is thus detached from
manifestations of something that lies behind them then we
emotions cannot in any way be regarded as super-sensible.
mentioned many of the more or less important symptoms
is the entrance of mankind into the civilization of the
Consciousness Soul, that is to say, the acquisition of the
the other pole, the complement to this inner elaboration of
the Consciousness Soul, must be the aspiration to a
revelation from the spiritual world. Men must realize that
they open themselves to the new revelation of the
consider these two poles of evolution. To a certain extent
since the fifteenth century. Today we are in a position to
draw attention to these important developments. In the
it would not have been possible to show the operation of
these two impulses purely from the observation of external
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Title: Symptom 2 Reality: Lecture V: The Supersensible Element in the Study of History
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gradually formed the Europe of today. He examines the rise of nationalism
He also speaks of his personal confrontations with the attitudes and
understanding of the present world situation and provide a challenge
Be sure to read another version of the this Lecture:
discretion at the present time when one speaks of these
profound emotion. For here we touch upon one of the deepest
indications, in the form of symbols, of the Mystery of Evil
representations have seldom been treated seriously, even in
The indications
I gave on that occasion were not without a deeper motive, for
sometimes give the impression of wanting to criticize certain
aspirations of the bourgeoisie since the last third of the
of cognition and volition which will prepare the ground for
limits) are of particular importance for the evolution of
raises the vital question: what is the meaning of death for
human evolution?
of least resistance in these questions. For most scientists
death is simply cessation of life, irrespective of whether it
cause his death. The question now arises; what do these
function of a railway engine is to wear down the rails. Yet
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Title: Symptom 2 Reality: Lecture VI: Brief Reflections on the Publication of the New Edition of 'The Philosophy of Freedom'
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Brief Reflections on the Publication of the New Edition of
gradually formed the Europe of today. He examines the rise of nationalism
He also speaks of his personal confrontations with the attitudes and
understanding of the present world situation and provide a challenge
attention to a few of these impulses — that there are
comprehend the course of evolution in our epoch. In my next
of religions.
time. In the revised edition of 1918 I placed the original
first edition.
chapter of my doctoral dissertation,
which had occupied my attention for many years. As a result of my
Goethe studies and my publications on the subject of Goethe's
collaborate in editing the Weimar edition of Goethe's works,
the Grand Duchess Sophie edition as it was called. The Goethe
archives founded by the Grand Duchess began publication at
forgive me if I mention a few personal details, for, as I
interweaving of two streams — the healthy traditions of
should like to call Goetheanism, and the traditional
theatre also a sound and excellent tradition still survived,
though marred occasionally by philistinism. Weimer was a
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Title: Symptom 2 Reality: Lecture VII: Incidental Reflections on the Occasion of the New Edition of 'Goethes Weltanschauung'
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Incidental Reflections on the Occasion of the New Edition of
gradually formed the Europe of today. He examines the rise of nationalism
He also speaks of his personal confrontations with the attitudes and
understanding of the present world situation and provide a challenge
next few days I should like to draw your attention to two
things which seemingly bear little relation to each other.
development of religions in the course of the present fifth
that the decisions taken in such a case have a certain
stage in the evolution of mankind when the future holds
decisions to which one attaches a certain significance. The
be this: I expressed the opinion a short time ago in public
cultivation of the spiritual orientation that I envisage to
start today from considerations similar to those which I
study of the history of religions which we will undertake in
relation to
and of my Goethe publications is closely
and then to Berlin, a connection of course that is purely
external. But when we reflect upon this external connection
of their symptoms and manifestations because they are
today would like to learn to develop super-sensible vision,
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Title: Symptom 2 Reality: Lecture VIII: Religious Impulses of the Fifth Post-Atlantean Epoch
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gradually formed the Europe of today. He examines the rise of nationalism
He also speaks of his personal confrontations with the attitudes and
understanding of the present world situation and provide a challenge
the whole of human evolution, the fifth post-Atlantean epoch
determined the history of religions, in so far as they are
than pointers or indications. For when we embark upon a
limitations of language that we can only discuss them
spiritual reality. Above all I must call your attention today
have already spoken of the two currents in the evolution of
listened so carefully to the expressions I coined in the
observations.
evolution of post-Atlantean humanity I emphasized one thing
to bear in mind that this evolution I have just mentioned
involves the whole of mankind. In relation to this first
current of evolution, as I shall call it, we can say that
developed. We are therefore at a stage in evolution when
Sentient Soul. Such is the one current of evolution.
already spoken of another current of evolution. In this
second evolution, in the first post-Atlantean epoch, that of
Such is the second current of evolution. The first current of
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Title: Symptom 2 Reality: Lecture IX: The Relation Between the Deeper European Impulses and Those of the Present Day
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The Relation Between the Deeper European Impulses and Those of
gradually formed the Europe of today. He examines the rise of nationalism
He also speaks of his personal confrontations with the attitudes and
understanding of the present world situation and provide a challenge
Let us resume our observations of
mentioned, the People of the Christ was diverted eastwards
there in a westward direction. I then pointed out how the
tradition and written records, there arose the troubled
relationship between Christianity and the politically
have already drawn attention in another context. It is the
framework of this world history the religious evolution of
where history is portrayed as ending with the destruction of
Jerusalem. He drew the attention of the guide to the absence
of any representation of the Divine Being who had been active
in Palestine immediately before the destruction of Jerusalem.
that all the different religions represented in the first
gallery up to the time of the destruction of Jerusalem were
religion. What he had seen in the second gallery, however,
religion for it was addressed to the human being, to the
His Death and Ascension. He was then led to a third and highly
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Title: Fundamental Social: Lecture 1: The Transforming of Instinctive into Conscious Impulses
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being made. Social and antisocial world-conceptions make
their appearance. This or that action is taken, inspired by
these social or antisocial world-conceptions. But if from the
vantage-point now gained we put the question: “What is
and human evolution?” Then (as I said, externally to
clearly, in the true direction of the age of the spiritual
opinions but in the events in which the men of the present
what comes to expression in a recent speech by Trotsky. If
Man in the very center of our World-conception, such words as
impression upon you. He says: — “The communist or
you here see the question: — How can man become
center of attention at the beginning of a political speech.
how radically the constitution of soul in civilized mankind
was changed in the transition, for example from the 13th or
begin consciously to raise the question: What is the nature
from considerations of this kind that the impulses of the
socialistic world-conception have evolved even to our own
instinctively, from man to man, from association to
association, from guild to guild, corporation to corporation,
economic questions!
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Title: Fundamental Social: Lecture 2: The Logic of Thought and the Logic of Reality
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like to bring before you a few important considerations
to give answers to the questions of life, we must above all
comprehension and of thought. He has to think in a different
and its popularization. You are well aware that all that
and hence too what it has to say on the social question,
indeed especially what it has to say on the social question,
is the expression of the results of research — results
that have not been obtained on any merely rationalistic or
rational thinking, abstract thinking, natural scientific
Imagination, Inspiration, and Intuition — this it is,
expression, that fills the content of the science which
a new and different conception of wherein the finding of
that be proven? The question is justified of course. But, my
dear friends, we have also to look at the question from the
conceptions and ideas that we have already acquired, in
through our education, through our everyday life? — If
that I have set before you concerning the three-fold division
result is, for example, a quite definite system of taxation.
But this system of taxation, once more, can only be found by
certain collection of ideas and then think that we can handle
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Title: Fundamental Social: Lecture 3: The Metamorphosis of Intelligence
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presumptions — when a considerable number possibly even
thoughts and judgments about the social question if we do not
into which men fall when they say, of the social question,
thus and thus!” Rather must we put this question thus:
this differentiation between Western Humanity, Middle
already characterized how these differentiations are to be
impossible to think fruitfully about the social question.
ourselves (we have often touched upon this question, but
this conception of the Intelligent being of Man, which we
intelligence in a personal way. With their perceptions of the
environment, with their other relationships in life to the
colors and sounds enter the human being in perception.
Perception; and it was so also for the Romans.
intellectual activity can no longer be a perception.
perceptions. Man no longer receives the concepts and ideas at
one and the same time with the perceptions. It is an entire
perception; — when they began really to have to work
necessary to consider the relationships and differentiations
the earth. It is necessary to consider it also in relation to
easy-going thought is not anxious to make clear distinctions
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Title: Fundamental Social: Lecture 4: The New Revelation of the Spirit
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The New Revelation of the Spirit
possible for us to gain a true and clear direction, realizing
connection. I said: Anyone who has the will to apply that
questions.
we are therefore always in a position to point out that
evidently to subsequent corroboration by the scientific
fact unpleasant and uncomfortable to many people. Opposition
spiritual fact in human evolution at the present time, to
towards the future, new revelations are breaking through the
consisted in the last resort of ancient revelations handed
past when there was any direct and elemental Revelation of
the earthly evolution of mankind. Direct spiritual
revelations ceased. Now, however, a time is beginning when
new Revelations are breaking through into the spiritual
time; in this connection especially we may point to the most
evolution its real meaning. In soul and spirit, the Earth
certain conceptions, derived from ancient Mysteries. More
revelations of a spiritual kind are breaking in upon us,
revelations will gradually become equal in value to the old
atavistic conceptions. Hence if we would do justice to the
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Title: Fundamental Social: Lecture 5: Understand One-Another
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time, the question will arise within our hearts: What then
prospering of earthly evolution and of that peace of which
Earth over, especially in this our time — questionable
as it is and so fraught with questions. And if we would
into those things which can only be seen by spiritual vision
in the world and in the evolution of the world. What is it
new revelations of the Spirit are penetrating through the
Eastern regions of the Earth and in the Middle. Without
intellectuality comes to expression in such a way that it
must acquire it by education. This, we showed, is a very
and we said: There, the evolution of intellect comes to
expression in such a way that, to begin with, the Eastern
future. We pointed to other differentiations also, over the
differentiations? Why do we seek from our point of view to
to characterize the nations it simply will not do to judge of
is the very essence of the evolution of the individual human
worst of illusions if we continued to believe that groups of
nations — can enter into a like relationship to one
groups of human beings (nations, too, therefore) are in
reality, will see the nations guided, as you know from our
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Title: Mysteries of Light: Lecture I: The Dualism in the Life of the Present Time
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The Mission of Michael. The Revelation of the Intrinsic Secret
Their Reflection in
the Three Streams of Materialistic Civilization
special satisfaction, because a number of friends have arrived from
will show you from what spiritual foundations this building has
represented here. Hence, on this occasion, when after a long interval
starting point of our considerations. Then in the two succeeding days
few other things whose presentation at this time may be considered
idea at least can now be grasped — the peculiar relation of
will get an impression — perhaps just from the building itself,
this representation of our spiritual movement — of the purpose
needs of this society or association, a more or less large building
figures in the interior an indication of what was to take place in
connected with the entire conception of this spiritual movement. This
there is an underlying conviction that now, in this present time, it
is necessary to introduce into the evolution of humanity something
conceptions, philosophies, or whatever you wish to call them, which
give to man of feelings, sensations, hover above the real activities
denominations preach in the churches, the politicians preach in the
mention the following phenomenon only because what I wish to call to
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Title: Mysteries of Light: Lecture II: The Development of Architecture
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The Mission of Michael. The Revelation of the Intrinsic Secret
I SPOKE to you yesterday of the relations of
I wished particularly to point out that these relations are not
The whole building has an east-west orientation; and you will note
repetition of forms, such as we find elsewhere in architecture,
evolution of forums, as I explained in detail yesterday, with the
defining the outer circular passage; and I mentioned yesterday that
architraves above, which develop their forms in continuous evolution.
evolution of humanity. I said yesterday that a very significant,
incisive change in the evolution of humanity occurred about the
soul-constitution and soul-mood were entirely different before and
an evolution which we can only understand when we realize that we are
condemned to fall out of human evolution. We must develop a
consciousness concerning this important change in the evolution of
Such things find expression particularly when people wish to refer
has already been mentioned here, but to which I wish to refer again
today, in order to show by an example how the evolution of humanity
architectural idea of this Greek temple takes its orientation from
to the next forms of construction which are significant, we come to
Gothic cathedral is complete only when the congregation is in
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Title: Mysteries of Light: Lecture III: Historical Occurrences of the Last Century
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The Mission of Michael. The Revelation of the Intrinsic Secret
speaking at times more generally, in connection with what was said
and most serious demands of human evolution. I have often mentioned
deciphered from the spiritual history of the evolution of humanity;
of initiation, that is, the science which brings over its
absolutely necessary for the further evolution of mankind. But all
antiquated; and the opposition of the people in whom these
complete transformation of learning and thinking with regard
to the most important affairs of human evolution must be seriously
incorporated in the evolution of humanity during that time: namely,
conception of cosmic laws, and with it the mistaken social ideas so
clearly evident today — all that has from this direction
hostility and opposition to spiritual science as it is purposed here
special satisfaction in these times of ours, which are becoming ever
of what is now at stake in the evolution of humanity. On the one
from mental laziness and other such considerations; and on the other
whatever is ripe for destruction. We must not suppose that any sort
that which is to be implanted as something new in the evolution of
that disposition to create for oneself a little sensual
must not neglect whatever is necessary to meet the opposition of the
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Title: Mysteries of Light: Lecture IV: The Old Mysteries of Light, Space, and Earth
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The Mission of Michael. The Revelation of the Intrinsic Secret
politics aimlessly. From a few emotions, from a few entirely
egotistic points of view — personal or national — people
form their opinions about life, whereas a real desire to gain the
factual foundations for a sound judgment would be more in conformity
which I have made regarding the so-called social question, and
taken much too lightly, as anyone can clearly see, for the questions
only by means of a real, universal, and comprehensive penetration
whole mode of thought and conception employed in the elaboration of
American appendage. If it is adopted, then the variations suited to
the peoples of the different regions will come about of themselves.
And besides, when the time comes, on account of the evolution of
humanity, that the ideas and thoughts mentioned by me in
It is not a question of absolute thoughts,
without prejudice the way in which the interaction of the spiritual,
European-American civilization. This interweaving of the threads —
our civilization, is like a ball of yarn, something wound up, in
Latin as a sort of way-station. It is true that in modern times
very far back in human evolution, we find increasingly that human
nature, to the blood, and to the bodily organization. This was true
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Title: Man: Hieroglyph: Lecture One
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the position we occupy in the universe.
as the model of creation, the primary focus of the cosmos. In an
extensive exposition he talks of the constellation of cosmic forces,
important contribution to that goal: the development of a contemporary
and intellectual conceptions diverge. On the one hand we are brought,
through intellectual thinking, to recognition of the stern Necessity
performs an action: what has caused it, what is the inner or outer
cause? This recognition of the necessity for all events has in modern
on a scientific character when we hold the opinion that what we do is
dependent on our bodily constitution and on the influences that work
unconditioned Divine Prescience. One cannot in either case speak of
the freedom of the decisions of his will; for if he has no possibility
of free voluntary decision, he cannot speak of a morality of human
action. He does however feel responsibility, he feels moral impulses;
he must therefore recognise a moral world. I have mentioned before how
beauty, the world of artistic creation. This goes to show how
world of Free Moral Action, but cannot find anything to unite the two
this admonition, by which is not intended a burrowing into one's own
position he occupies in the Universe — this is a search that must find a
Nachlassverwaltung, Dornach, 1961, (third edition) with the title:
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the position we occupy in the universe.
as the model of creation, the primary focus of the cosmos. In an
extensive exposition he talks of the constellation of cosmic forces,
important contribution to that goal: the development of a contemporary
Let us continue our studies of yesterday. I then drew your attention
perpendicular to one another and forming the three dimensions of
space, whereas in its life aspect this three-dimensional world proves
an adequate conception of all that this means, we must grasp it in
even greater definition.
We must ask the question: If it is true that our Thinking is to be
directions distinct in quality from each other and not
dimensions of equal value? We certainly speak of length, breadth and
horizontal in the first instance in a vertical position, and the other
these three dimensions are built into the human body, when it is being
The question is important: How do we manage to obtain abstract space
dimensions from concrete ones? An animal could not do this! An animal
plane to any abstract direction, but would at most, if it could think
deviation of its symmetry plane from the normal. Herein lie important
The reason that animals can find direction, as is shown most clearly
of all in the case of the migration of birds, is because they do not
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the position we occupy in the universe.
as the model of creation, the primary focus of the cosmos. In an
extensive exposition he talks of the constellation of cosmic forces,
important contribution to that goal: the development of a contemporary
In these studies I wanted to draw your attention to certain things
abstract conception of the Universe. It came indeed at a moment of
in the questions arising out of the last lecture. For the point in
these questions turned on the possibility of being able at once to
a picture in quite external abstractions. That of course is not what
the strong tendency to abstraction, which may so easily lead to
It is not my wish to do anything in the direction of a similar
to do is to present the relation of Man to the Universe and it is in
this direction that we will now pursue the matter further.
intensive experience of the three directions of space in one's own
form, one realises how these directions differ in nature and kind from
one another; it is only the faculty of mental abstraction in the head
which makes these three dimensions abstract and does not distinguish
be incurred if one set out to build any other construction into space
The conception of the world which, in its abstract thinking, gave rise
that some object has made an impression on me. This impression appears
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the position we occupy in the universe.
as the model of creation, the primary focus of the cosmos. In an
extensive exposition he talks of the constellation of cosmic forces,
important contribution to that goal: the development of a contemporary
The fundamental nature and construction of the Universe cannot be
answer of the question: What is the relation between morality and
then we have what forms the connection between the two — the
That part of us which in our last incarnation was a result of forces
death and a new birth — not in relation, of course, to the
outer form, but in regard to the forces of formation. What is now the
in its super-sensible constitution between death and a new birth, and
our constitution. On to this is suspended, as it were, the rest of man
proved clearly from Embryology, if we would only think rationally
about embryonic facts. And thereby we have in our head organisation a
incarnation. But all that which has caused the transformation of limb
organism. In relation to our limb man on the other hand, we are in a
relation to his Will nature, in relation to all that exists in the
organisation, in the same sense as we are asleep in the Universe
belong through that portion of ourselves which we have called the
head man. Our connection with the world that lies behind
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the position we occupy in the universe.
as the model of creation, the primary focus of the cosmos. In an
extensive exposition he talks of the constellation of cosmic forces,
important contribution to that goal: the development of a contemporary
it is altogether impossible to look upon the configuration of the
as being isolated, and then in their isolation their effects upon each
individual members; but all investigation of the body of man must have
its relation to the whole visible stellar Universe. For the Sun, Moon,
perceive it. In this connection the philosopher Schelling was quite
correct when he declined to ask the question, ‘Where is the
itself. But this is the very thing the modern materialistic conception
compelled to draw attention to the fact that we must not study Nature
without Man, without keeping in mind the relation of Nature to Man.
assertions made by modern Astronomy. Modern Astronomy endeavours, with
the Earth around the Sun; asserting that this motion was in the first
place initiated by that tangential propulsion of which I spoke
yesterday in connection with the gravitational attraction of the Sun.
of attraction, not only does the Sun attract the Earth, but the Earth
we cannot speak of a revolution in an elliptical path of the Earth
around the Sun, for if the attraction be mutual we cannot have a
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the position we occupy in the universe.
as the model of creation, the primary focus of the cosmos. In an
extensive exposition he talks of the constellation of cosmic forces,
important contribution to that goal: the development of a contemporary
circulation of the blood, lymph, etc., in short the forces of internal
motion. (You already know that the formative forces are to a large
motion is in a state of continual flow.) Thirdly, we have the organic
To begin with we must consider all that has connection with the
formation must be connected with other forces, which, like them,
forces must have a connection with the activity of the senses.
that we arrive at a certain conception of what underlies this saying,
course, only in part — in a perception of the gradual
transformation of the forces within him from the preceding physical
transformation of the forces of the limb-man into those of the head
for the new incarnation, is extraordinarily manifold. Man himself
the same manner as he did during the long evolutionary period, when he
passed through the various evolutionary stages preceding our Earth,
consider our present perceptions of what is around us, what are they?
The saying, you see, has to be modified, for while the perception of
reason or other, he fails in the rhythmic process of assimilation. He
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the position we occupy in the universe.
as the model of creation, the primary focus of the cosmos. In an
extensive exposition he talks of the constellation of cosmic forces,
important contribution to that goal: the development of a contemporary
right way, leads to a perception of the Universe and its organisation.
you will have seen that in the description it gives of the evolution
the relationship of that evolution to the evolution of Man himself.
Saturn period was characterised by the laying of the first foundations
Everywhere universal conditions are considered in a way that at the
same time also describes the evolution of Man. In short, Man is not
evolution of both is followed together. This conception must, of
and motions of the Universe. We cannot consider first the Universe
in a position really to explain Man. What does science do, for
recapitulation. This means that Man is looked upon as the highest of
understanding of his nature is out of the question.
in this domain of nature, to examine Goethe's investigations in
different method of investigation is used from that to which we today
are accustomed. At the very commencement mention is made of
living experience of the human eye in connection with its environment
experiences or impressions do not merely last as long as the eye is
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the position we occupy in the universe.
as the model of creation, the primary focus of the cosmos. In an
extensive exposition he talks of the constellation of cosmic forces,
important contribution to that goal: the development of a contemporary
the intimate relation between man and the Universe was much better
known to methods of perception used by the ancients than to ours of
of course of atavistic perception, Man knew himself to be dependent
Thus in those past ages, when materialism was out of the question, man
mistakes in connection with the movements of the heavenly bodies,
progress in relation to the real truth of these movements? Well, we
For it is absolutely impossible to gain a true perception even of the
life the super-physical in his considerations — that
and re-birth. Yesterday we drew attention to the metamorphosis that
his inner organism. He is not conscious of them. All the organisation
for we do not by means of this investigation look into the actual
interior of man; it is an illusion to believe that we do. Spiritual
find conditions in this respect during the interval between death and
on the other hand we have during this period a direct perception of
spatial dimensions do not count at all. It is the fullness or poverty
process we have been describing. Conception is merely the opportunity
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the position we occupy in the universe.
as the model of creation, the primary focus of the cosmos. In an
extensive exposition he talks of the constellation of cosmic forces,
important contribution to that goal: the development of a contemporary
try to understand the Universe through the relations existing between
celestial motions. I would, however, like the friends who have come to
will therefore continue our studies of yesterday, giving indications
of how the conception of the nature of Man leads to the conception of
From other lectures you all know of the relation existing in human
relation is something like this: In the waking condition, the
in a certain inner connection; whereas during sleep, we have on the
is merely an abstract assertion, for I have often emphasised that as
into the inner organisation, and is also the real bearer of metabolism
a permanent state of sleep. The Circulation or
between the Head-organisation and the Limb-man (the latter extending
world of feeling is rooted wholly within man's rhythmic organisation
and while the metabolic man, together with its outward extension
life of ideation and thought.
to his life of thought, in a dream state regarding his emotions and
it is necessary to fix our attention upon the fact of the extension of
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the position we occupy in the universe.
as the model of creation, the primary focus of the cosmos. In an
extensive exposition he talks of the constellation of cosmic forces,
important contribution to that goal: the development of a contemporary
organisation of the head and that of the limb man — a subject on
First of all I would remind you that the head-organisation, as it
must conclude that everything connected with the head-organisation
organisation which we receive in this particular incarnation we are
manifested. We complete one revolution, of taking nourishment and
the cycle of nourishment and digestion to the movement of the Earth in
head, however, we virtually bring with us in its organisation at
relationships, but to such as are really from beyond the Earth.
The head therefore is in a peculiar position in relation to the rest
of man. A comparison may serve to make clear the position of man's
different directions. If we have a compass, we see that the set of the
by the constant position of the magnetic needle. In a sense it is the
extra-earthly. Nevertheless there is always an interaction between the
organisation of the head and that of the rest of man. This interaction
is only gradually brought to completion in the course of the time that
ideation. It is in a sense so constructed that the life of ideas can
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the position we occupy in the universe.
as the model of creation, the primary focus of the cosmos. In an
extensive exposition he talks of the constellation of cosmic forces,
important contribution to that goal: the development of a contemporary
I drew attention yesterday to the fact that what is present in man
What we have now to notice especially in man is the relation of the
rebirth, its whole organisation being so modeled that it forms a
discuss whether these assertions are correct or whether they show a
superficial view. We will only point to the fact that the observation
conclusion that according to the astronomical system of Copernicus and
go round the Sun. Looking at Jupiter, we assign to him a revolution
shorter periods of rotation than the Earth. All these conclusions are
obviously well thought out, worked out on the basis of observations
the period of rotation of the Earth round the Sun, corresponds to
similar way must the curved line corresponding to the yearly motion of
correspond with the alternation of day and night — idlers as well
falling asleep really unite in your conscious recollection. That is a
astral body and Ego. Now consider your condition from falling asleep
Earth's sleeping time, the winter her waking time. Outer perception
and Mercury's revolutions as compared with the longer periods of Mars,
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the position we occupy in the universe.
as the model of creation, the primary focus of the cosmos. In an
extensive exposition he talks of the constellation of cosmic forces,
important contribution to that goal: the development of a contemporary
has come from many sides of the idea of a connection between the
such as the course of the Sun, or the relation of the Sun to the
Earth. The connection can only be understood when one studies more
stellar system. Let us make a beginning in this direction today, for
already mentioned this, but we shall see how deeply grounded is the
will observe a curious fact in relation to this very matter, namely,
is preferred by the religious denominations to Spiritual Science. That
material phenomena. In confirmation of this you need only consider the
understood in the light of quite materialistic interpretations. The
illusions have arisen through the apparent conflict with materialism
You know perhaps that the acme of modern interpretation of external
a materialistic interpretation of the heavens stands nearer today to
the religious creeds, and especially to one of the Jesuit persuasion,
concerned not to explain the world by showing the relation of the
post-Atlantean time into epochs of civilisation, naming the first the
If we thus consider the succession of civilisations, we can describe
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the position we occupy in the universe.
as the model of creation, the primary focus of the cosmos. In an
extensive exposition he talks of the constellation of cosmic forces,
important contribution to that goal: the development of a contemporary
to a perception of the structure of the Universe in its relation to
keeping in mind Man and the relation of the Universe to him. If one
wishes to form in a very simple way an idea of Man's connection with
is, the oblique position of the Earth's axis in relation to the line,
interpretations we are not for the moment concerned as to whether they
occur at the equator and at the poles. But in between lie regions
significance for the whole evolution of earthly civilisation, of the
position of the Earth's axis in cosmic space. Just reflect, we could
filled with the kind of civilisation that prevails at the equator.
Thus as regards the position of the Earth's axis, no matter how it may
upon what interpretation we give it, but any interpretation will serve
to make one perceive the connection between Man, his culture and
civilisation, and the structure of the Universe; and the fact behind
the interpretation, whatever the latter may be, compels us to regard
in connection with the organism. A rose, when plucked, dies, and as a
reality it is only conceivable in connection with the rose-tree which
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the position we occupy in the universe.
as the model of creation, the primary focus of the cosmos. In an
extensive exposition he talks of the constellation of cosmic forces,
important contribution to that goal: the development of a contemporary
the heathen world-conception, taking it in the widest sense (for
conception of the Universe) — wherein this heathen
world-conception differs from the Christian, which has only in a very
honestly to hold the position of modern cosmogony. That is why the
Christ should be mentioned; for what appears therein as
Nationalism, for example — as many do today is an absolute
contradiction. These things only escape notice because people today
avoid courageously drawing the logical conclusion of what they see
bridge over the gulf. The conception of the Universe held by natural
I have often mentioned the name of a prominent personality of the
nineteenth century, one who directs our attention directly to the
conception of the Universe held by natural science — I refer to
You know how in a popular way it has been said that the assertion of
the law of the conservation of force originated with him — or, to
not aware of this law of the conservation of force and energy, they
understand what I mean. There may be something in the action of a
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the position we occupy in the universe.
as the model of creation, the primary focus of the cosmos. In an
extensive exposition he talks of the constellation of cosmic forces,
important contribution to that goal: the development of a contemporary
indicate exactly what I mean, let me first put the question: What
belonged to the ancient heathen conceptions, but which has in course
leads to the comprehension of this idea of Father, Son and Spirit has
indeed a terrible delusion, it is sheer deception to believe that the
confessions as words, we can ask: What really remains to man of the
ideas of Jahveh or Jehovah? I have drawn attention to the fact that
Only reflect how far we have actually gone in this direction. All that
of civilisation; otherwise there would be no ground for speaking of a
abstract, that evolution is bound continually to ascend. We find this
notion of an ascending evolution among the superficial philosophers of
continual tendency towards degeneration, and only because what we call
Education is a preservative from degeneration, it brings healing. The
process everything connected with knowledge, education or priesthood.
that of the priest, they were one and the same. Modern evolution has
the forces of the horses and their transmutation to heat in the
But now draw the social-ethical conclusion of such a conception, and
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the position we occupy in the universe.
as the model of creation, the primary focus of the cosmos. In an
extensive exposition he talks of the constellation of cosmic forces,
important contribution to that goal: the development of a contemporary
When we try to ascertain man's position in the Universe as a whole, it
is a question of turning our attention not only to Space but to Time.
Anyone who follows the history of human evolution at all, will find
that it is a peculiarity of the Oriental conception of the Universe to
peculiarity of the Western conception of the Universe is to reckon to
the temporal in human evolution and the Universe which must have
primary consideration in a right view of the Christ-Force. To
recognise the full significance of the Christ-Force in human evolution
conservation of force, and especially that of the conservation of
substance, hinders this. The law of the conservation of force is one
procedure of the transformation through combustion of what man takes
in as nourishment, and to find out how the heat of combustion is set
students. They are like thoughts which find expression somewhat in the
same, draws the conclusion that the money has either transformed
transformed forces of his calefaction, his activity. Here too courage
present observations), in what man possesses as his own heat — in
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Title: Responsibility of Man: Lecture I
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The Responsibility of Man for World Evolution
Man's Responsibility for World Evolution through His Spiritual
Connection with the Planet Earth and with the Stars Above,
will have observed from our various studies that a connection
exists, even though an inner connection, between a principal
successive incarnations, and that these bring him into a more
intimate relation with the actual planet Earth than the periods
in a certain relationship to other beings. For what we call the
regions of the world outwardly perceptible to the senses is,
after all, only the expression for certain connections between
sense expression for a certain association of Spiritual Beings,
have a greater connection between death and a new birth. It is
star-world is the same as what meets our spiritual vision in
meets our sense-perception is always but a kind of illusory
Thus it is semblance, illusion, whether one looks upwards
semblance. That illusion meets us above end beneath is
the external symbolic expression, to what is clothed in
because they scorned to take full part in evolution. When they
cosmic evolution to develop the qualities implanted in them.
it is the manifestation of the Luciferic nature of the world.
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The Responsibility of Man for World Evolution
Man's Responsibility for World Evolution through His Spiritual
Connection with the Planet Earth and with the Stars Above,
inclination to the Luciferic nature on the one hand, and to the
the equilibrium. Now a question may arise which is a
humanity. The question is this: how does one find this
answer to this question must be given in different ways for the
differing periods of human evolution; for we must know how in a
more definitely to mind in relation to our own age.
being himself is definitely excluded from a world-conception.
the stages in the animal kingdom, has founded his evolutionary
seek the elements of explanation within the animal world
to the people or to religion. Man decided whether he should do
forget himself in his world-conception, lead to the
to arise in the evolution of humanity. For in the earlier
knowledge which man gained and which formed the constitution of
foundation for modern technics.
organisation of modern technical life, apart from the actual
This is something that makes a shattering impression on a man
nineteenth century. What took place after the conclusion
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Title: Responsibility of Man: Lecture III
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The Responsibility of Man for World Evolution
Man's Responsibility for World Evolution through His Spiritual
Connection with the Planet Earth and with the Stars Above,
Building is to bring to expression this very mystery of the
— is the Head-organisation, the bearer of the
breathing rhythm and the blood circulation, that is to say, all
soul. For the nerves-senses organisation is in essentials the
organisation is the bearer of the feeling-life, and the
metabolic organisation is the bearer of the life of will. Now
relationship to a spiritual cosmos shall be represented to
begin with through this diagram. And the question arises: What
the question arises: What is this great cosmic organism in
the Elohim in the whole cosmic evolution. If you re-read my
evolution, If we go back to the earlier evolutionary stage of
When we look at our human evolution and say to ourselves: We
successive evolutionary stages, one could say seven successive
evolutionary spheres. And the Spirits of Form have entered the
eighth evolutionary sphere.
That characterises the position of the Elohim. As the Earth
into the eighth sphere. Wow the great question, the great
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Title: Responsibility of Man: Lecture IV
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The Responsibility of Man for World Evolution
Man's Responsibility for World Evolution through His Spiritual
Connection with the Planet Earth and with the Stars Above,
From the whole character of these presentations of
part in the work of those spheres, giving force and direction.
spiritual Beings; for our civilisation has in the course of
the last resort, every recognition of the spiritual must tend
things at the basis of the constitution of our world.
The old truth of the opposition coming from the Luciferic and
we take our modern civilisation, which is now involved in such
extension of intellectual thinking throughout the whole
quite different constitution of man's soul throughout civilised
consolidated mineral constitution gives us the capacity for
regard the cosmos in the condition when it showed itself
exclusively in warmth processes, during the Saturn evolution
the fluids. Outside in nature we see the circulation of fluids,
and in ourselves too we see a kind of circulation of fluids.
kingdom, with those forces which appear in crystallisation and
manifestations in the external world, we should never have
to represent this important fact in our connection with the
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Title: Responsibility of Man: Lecture V
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The Responsibility of Man for World Evolution
Man's Responsibility for World Evolution through His Spiritual
Connection with the Planet Earth and with the Stars Above,
we turn our attention to what we have often taken as the object
call our attention to various concepts and ideas from other
our attention to these faculties with reference to mankind in
justification for this you will discover through statements
concerning the Saturn, Sun and Moon evolutions of our
Sun and Moon evolutions you will see that the views there
as if man had no connection with it at all, and then again,
evolution, you will see that in these evolutions the forces
as it were upon its surface, is a phase of evolution, it must
in connection with the whole of earthly evolution. And,
turn our attention to the intellectual faculties and remember
Saturn, Sun and Moon metamorphoses of the Earth's evolution
Earth evolution. The human being himself on the Moon, to say
applies also to the earlier parts of our Earth evolution, lived
worked intelligence. It is an evolutionary phase of our
touching upon an important evolutionary impulse of mankind. But
we must be aware that this evolutionary impulse must be more
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theoretical materialism must cease. The latter is a reflection of
structural perfection has passed its zenith.
theoretical side of this materialistic evolution. A
will leave that aside and turn our attention more to the
materialistic world conception that was prevalent in the
have to gain a clear perception of the extent to which this
the materialistic world view as such. But in addition to
being armed with the necessary conceptions, we find that from
able to enter human evolution.
contradiction here; it is merely an apparent one. For the
case is rather like this. In the course of the evolution of
low levels in their world conception as well as in their
has happened in the course of normal evolution, people then
conclusions have nevertheless already been drawn from it in
materialism, however, that initiated investigation of the
extensive examination of man's physical nature, that must
as a conclusion from this physical research is something that
phenomenon in human evolution. And as a passing phenomenon,
really involved here? When we look back in the evolution of
different stages. Even if we limit our observation to what
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Structural forces of the head are recognized by imagination; those of
rhythmic system by inspiration, those of metabolic system by intuition.
The nature of imagination; essence of reflective thinking; objective
perception. Knowledge and death.
evolution that occurred in the middle and also in the second
half of the nineteenth century; the evolutionary impulse of
materialism. I said that in these considerations our
attention should not be turned so much to materialism in
drew attention to the fact that this materialism must be
evolution in the history of mankind.
aberration; materialism needs to be understood. For the one
does not exclude the other. Particularly in these reflections
mentioned is that under certain circumstances the glance we
mere logic, but demand comprehension based on the conditions
we should grasp its significance in human evolution.
to a conscientious and exact investigation of the external
this world of facts. Then, proceeding from this investigation
conclusion that there is no other reality except the world of
Even a conception of life such as this was necessary during a
today and investigate the actual basis of this evolutionary
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into reincarnation. Path leading from fading out of ancient
word-comprehension to abstract spirituality of logic and concept:
I do not wish to continue directly with the considerations
considerations intended to relate to the questions already
that in its place a more abstract orientation towards the
orientation towards the world in an abstract sense to find
constitution of the human soul.
if through the word something were coming to expression in
this abstract comprehension. Yet, at the same time, we
arrived at abstraction. Thus, at precisely the
mental experience at the same time suffered a dilution into
abstractions — I can express these matters only in a
were the foremost bearers of civilization; others remained
the population settled in central Europe still occupied a
compared to the Greek development of civilization. In central
European nations and those counted among them because of
comprehension of language and the abstract element. I have
abstraction through Aristotelianism — which still was
only a symptom for a general comprehension of things within
leading to man's unfolding life in the direction of birth was
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the Mithras cult; Christianity. Dionysius the Areopagite; further
"principle of determination" penetrates association between truth and
the word; it cuts off any comprehension of Christianity based on
have only given a few indications concerning the developments
time, giving special attention to an extraordinarily
important and incisive event in the evolution of Western
civilization. It is the turning-point that came about in the
vivid in the memory of Western civilization, namely, Aurelius
civilization. It rejected the more ancient form and limited
conflicts between the two directions — I would like to
say, between the direction of a wisdom-filled Christianity
schools; the other is the area of ritual, of veneration, of
times of human civilization still extends into these two
physical cosmological observation. In very ancient times,
our attention to what makes up the organization of the upper
expressions that are familiar to us today — insofar as
interaction with Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars. People thus
interrelationship with Venus, Mercury, and the Moon. The
body, which in turn stands in a more intimate relationship to
body, it was possible to speak of the human constitution and
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Transition in the fourth century A.D. Nature of Greek culture, its
the northern nations, factual narration of the events of
it can only be discovered through inner questioning by the
materialistic distortion of this search.
of Occidental civilization in the fourth century
through which people had tried to bring to expression the
the outer expression of this disappearance falls somewhat
it were, from European civilization. The wisdom teaching that
had spread through the regions along the Danube and on into
by factual narrations of the events of Palestine. Thus, one
world evolution, nor a wisdom that would have tried to grasp
able to enter Europe. Instead, the superficial narration of
replaced the investigation of cosmic secrets with the
determination of dogmas by means of majority resolutions in
in the development of Western civilization, and consequently
in the evolution of the whole of mankind. Proceeding from the
European civilization were in a sense pushed back again
Occident alongside the comprehension of the external, sensory
conceptions of the Greek gods had been among the Greeks, and
in comparison to the living conceptions of the super-sensible
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Title: Materialism/Anthroposophy: Lecture VI
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based on it must seek to understand spiritual domain. Transition
comprehend Christ in Jesus. Suspension of this struggle due to
nationalized Roman Christianity. "Humanization" of Christianity
that hinder path of spiritual activation; love of evil.
last few days, I have tried to show how Western civilization
can be noted in mankind's overall evolution in the fourth
Greece gradually developed in the direction of this twilight,
civilization of central and western European culture came
about, and how a comprehension of Christianity developed
to the facts under consideration once more from a certain
into the spiritual world that was the foundation of Oriental
intellectual, rational character. The spiritual life that
permeated all human perception in the ancient Orient was no
even though their sentient soul and rational or intellectual
as yet not an actual question. Human beings dwelled in the
across to these spiritual beings, to their actions, their
view of the ancient Orient that people's attention was
finding ourselves within our civilization, we take the
trepidation. Thus, they also experienced what they sensed to
recollection of these divine spiritual worlds. Even Plato,
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Title: Materialism/Anthroposophy: Lecture VII
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against forces of decline and a symptom of degree of spirit alienation
Nietzsche; their distortion in the concept of "superman," the "eternal
renunciation of a will of its own became known.
in what direction matters will develop further in the next
action that much more so than many that have preceded it in
our catastrophic age, is connected with human decisions of
forces of decline in European civilization. Such a day can
European civilization, the origin of which I described in the
profoundly influenced the civilization of mankind after the
ecclesiastical and secular civilization of the Occident and
earlier we have called attention to the fact that in the
particular gives us cause to introduce these considerations
contemplation of a certain personality. This is something we
have done already on several occasions, but it might be
in the form of forces of decline within European civilization
of directions. We shall focus on a few of them today.
confinements of culture, the narrowness of civilization. He
the present-day higher forms of education as a, let me say,
sphere of modern erudition, the lack of spirit and art, the
and all Socratic aspirations.
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Title: Materialism/Anthroposophy: Lecture VIII
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humanity on the way to abstraction. Well into the second post-Atlantean
according to cosmic relationships; until the first, weight was sensed
as condition of balance between being fettered to earth and soaring
have frequently mentioned that when the evolution of humanity
the general condition of human soul life has basically
assumption simply does not correspond to the facts. It is
metamorphoses of human soul evolution were like if one is
merely in a position to study the facts recorded in
historical traditions present themselves in a different
light. It then becomes evident that the human soul condition
prevalent opinion, human beings were still completely
historical considerations about mankind. Even according to
external historical tradition the views concerning numbers
four, and so no. They linked quite definite conceptions with
of spiritual science, we arrive at the realization that the
times of which only the traditions have been preserved. And
segment, the ten millionth part, is not even exactly
basis, hence, that we always arrive only at a relation of
people or stars, we are led into total abstraction, into
oversee. We enter into a complete abstraction when we say
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Title: Materialism/Anthroposophy: Lecture IX
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The nineteenth century as culmination in history of abstract spirituality
with its compromise between tradition and intellect, and enlightened
intellectualism without spiritual content. Future polarization
into Catholic traditionalism and spiritually awakening intellectuality.
of the last week we reflected on a number of considerations
suited to throw light on the spiritual condition of the
They still grasped with a certain comprehension something
though proceeding from instinctive forces of human cognition,
configuration. With the aid of the conceptions and feelings
mankind in Europe except for the simple narrations, clothed
with, these narrations were clothed in the form that
They were adopted by European civilization.
Christ dogmas determined by council decisions had been
with a strange factor in European evolution. One might say
it more or less. Then we have scholasticism, often mentioned
here in a certain connection, which attempted in a more
down from generation to generation; it survived as a system
dogmas, on the other, the narrations concerning the events of
human perception once possessed instinctively. Yet, only the
through the various council resolutions, there was what
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Title: Materialism/Anthroposophy: Lecture X
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Necessity of reaching the goal of each given level of evolution in
separation into merely logical thinking and a will left to its own
separation, for example, in Jesuitism. Necessity in the twentieth
civilization and we shall try to add a number of
considerations to what has been said. In this, it is always
our intention to bring about an understanding of what plays
directions and leads to comprehension of the tasks posed by
into consideration here what has been mentioned in regard to
attention to the fact that whereas the individual gets older
direct opposites, at least for the sake of clarification, we
twelve-year-old approaches things with the same comprehension
insight into humanity's evolution — the old Indian, the
consideration, particularly in our age, since humanity is now
moving into the evolutionary state of freedom. It is,
were, left up to human discretion to remain behind what is
into their tasks of evolution. They then have to carry him
evolution.
take place in the life of nations. It is possible that some
nations achieve the goal and that others remain behind. As we
have seen, the goals of the various nations also differ from
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Title: Materialism/Anthroposophy: Lecture XI
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Latin intellectual soul culture; in Italy, a portion of the ancient
Western humanity. Attention was called to the fact that in a
sense the culmination of the materialistic way of thinking
evolution was that simultaneously with becoming the most
on the evolution of humanity from the third post-Atlantean
soul in humanity. Then the age of the rational or mind soul
to report. It must be taken into consideration, however, if
culmination point occurs approximately in the year 333 after
Sentient Soul........Rational Soul....Consciousness Soul
nations are concerned, we can say that they were faced with
(Following this, we shall have to consider the reaction of
the individual nations.) The intellect had assumed its
on the basis of the general culture and without initiation to
content, substance, for the shadow nature of rational
nineteenth century, the human organization, in the physical
first had to advance in their human condition to the point
have dawned. Therefore, at this point in time, the occasion
development. You need only consider what basic conditions
existed for such a preparation particularly in this period as
example, the invention of the printing press; the
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Title: Materialism/Anthroposophy: Lecture XII
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Catholicism on the part of the Latin nations with their spiritual and
in the Ormuzd worship, the Anglo-Saxon element in Ahrimanic initiations.
a free spiritual life. Goethe's insight concerning this; his reaction to
tried to outline the various preparations of different
nations for the significant point in humanity's development
this can be illustrated through descriptions of the
connections between external phenomena and the inner
when intellectual activity completely turned into a function,
an occupation, of the human physical body. Whereas this
activity of the intellect was a manifestation of the etheric
process reached a culmination in the middle of the nineteenth
after all, from the more intensive union of the physical body
position to carry out something completely nonphysical with
characterize it yesterday, the different nations were
of modern civilization.
earlier characterization, the fundamental difference between
the soul condition of the Roman-Latin segment of Europe's
population and that of the Anglo-Saxon part will have become
the inner soul constitution. This radical difference can best
their course in humanity's evolution since ancient times and
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Title: Materialism/Anthroposophy: Lecture XIII
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Earthly man's connection with the planetary forces. As late as the fourth
in structure of earthly man. Differentiation of forces as noted through
and sun forces. Further differentiation of planetary influences in astral
Constellation and earthly birth.
intellectual or mind culture for the general population of
its connection with the sun played a major role in these
mysteries. We know from the descriptions given in my book
know from my description in
made this evident in the famous conversation with Schiller.
something conceptual and ideal — were not perceptions
his ideas just as he saw external perceptions around him.
relationship to concepts was associated with a quite definite
sensation the Greeks experienced when they directed their
the life of thought. We cannot understand the evolution of
nations if we do not take into consideration this change in
quite different world of sensations if we are to understand
the way in which this manner of perception in all its inner
vitality affected the evolution of the human being for some
experience the spiritual reflection of the sun's life in the
representatives of humanity who had received their education
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Title: Materialism/Anthroposophy: Lecture XIV
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shadowy, living spider beings that cover the earth in web-like fashion
during the latter's reunification with moon and lunar life. Humanity
would thereby be cut off from world's life and spirituality. Cultivation
grasps living, ensouled elements. Path to this transformation:
unification of clear thinking with artistic perception in a science
being in connection with the whole universe. Yet, when asking
intervened in the earth's evolution was the moon's withdrawal
the profound changes in human evolution that are connected
with this separation of the moon from the earth. You know
through the moon's separation from the earth. We have already
their colors from this relationship of the moon to the earth.
together with an artistic conception of existence. Very
a mineral nature appeared only during earth evolution. Hence,
being who, through his very constitution, belonged to the
may so express ourselves, the question of what to do with man
this earth evolution. Should he be placed upon the earth or
actually call it a decision on the part of the beings who
guide the evolution of mankind that the moon was separated
organization that enabled him to become an earth being.
Hence, through this event — through the moon separation
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Title: Materialism/Anthroposophy: Lecture XV
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John Scotus Erigena's thinking, an expression of a developmental
metamorphosis between ancient visionary and intellectual thinking.
The aftereffects of "negative theology" by Dionysius the Areopagite
De divisione naturae: the doctrine of God, doctrine of the
of natural science. The contradiction of our age that actually
took place in Western civilization during the fourth century
subject of discussion here many times. Yet it is necessary to
point in human evolution as the one in the fourth century,
not prevalent today. The prevailing opinion holds that the
arrives at animalistic-human conditions. But in regard to the
duration of the historical development, it is assumed that
comprehension of the world. To be sure, a reasonably unbiased
consideration of human life arrives at the opposite view. I
transition in the fourth Christian century; I outlined the
today. The personality, who has been mentioned also in
Channel, particularly in the Irish institutions where
of a certain problematic nature within Western civilization,
namely, the texts by Dionysius the Areopagite.
refer to them as pseudo-Dionysian writings composed in the
generation to generation, they were finally written down
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Title: Materialism/Anthroposophy: Lecture XVI
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in the tribal father of the generations; God and Spirit held sway in earth
Christ force. The Gospel of John. Transition from pre-Christian blood
real spirit perception.
concluded with two significant questions resulting from
considering the position of a personality such as John Scotus
recently, we can say that the manner of perception, the whole
rationally than they had done earlier. One could say that
until that time all perception, all forming of concepts had
sprung far more from a form of inspiration than later on when
conclusions as a human being but perceives as an angel. This
that transmit knowledge or perception. They ascribed those to
over Communion and man's predestination began. These were
unmistakable indications of the fact that what was earlier
more like an inspiration people did not argue about had now
view concerning Communion, the main content of which is
Communion was truly comprehended during the first Christian
Christ in the Sacrament of Communion. But what did people
antiquity, people were in possession of a religious doctrine
religions of very ancient times, preserved in decadent form
made possible the new civilization, definitely retained such
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Title: Materialism/Anthroposophy: Lecture XVII
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Transition in the fourth century from the viewpoint of the changing life
totality; necessity of maintaining the body in harmonious relationship
independent of birth and death. Greece: the corporeal life as expression
existence. The reflection of these transformations in development of the
seven sciences, from living revelation to abstraction. Entry of
Aristotelianism as opposed to Germanic direction. The task of
of the last few days we had occasion to refer once again to
the turning point in Western civilization in the fourth
happened then to the human soul constitution. For it is a
moment in humanity's evolution; it is necessary for us to pay
belonging to the leading nations and tribes, just as in our
nature, particularly human nature in connection with health
Egyptians held opinions still differing significantly from
ours. The reason was that they thought of their relationship
connection with the forces of the earth. We have already
mentioned in the last lecture how such a concept arises, how
Egyptians experienced a certain sensation when they mummified
mummification. In the formative forces proceeding from the
expression to this will of the earth. These Egyptians held
reincarnation — the return of the essential human entity
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Title: Therapeutic Insights: Lecture I
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of physically pre-determined tendencies? Particular attention is
given in these lectures to the relation of the inner organs to soul
historical considerations we have undertaken, we shall
oriented in three directions. We see this already when we
phenomena. One need only consider certain relationships that
soul life has certain connections with the outer world. One
this mood of depression had to be traced back to the
never without a similar connection with the rhythmic life
blood circulation, and the outer rhythmic life of the entire
physical tool of the spiritual life. We have often mentioned
soul and spirit. We must consider this distinction carefully,
man if we do not look at this threefold relationship of the
consideration shows that we are dealing here only with the
under earthly conditions, for we can render space only
empty but you could say that it exerts suction because there
exerting suction — which is not just empty but has a
inward suction; it does not exert pressure like a gas. The
cosmos. We must think of totally different relationships in
lawfulness as the mineral world. In relation to earthly
the only thing that comes into consideration regarding
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Title: Therapeutic Insights: Lecture II
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of physically pre-determined tendencies? Particular attention is
given in these lectures to the relation of the inner organs to soul
conception. Then I tried to show you how such a Greek, from
the point of view of Imaginative cognition, would have
body in relation to the element of water.
Imaginative cognition would reveal a certain relationship of
down toward the earth, a relationship of these forces of
formulation of the content of the Imaginative world, at least
be attained practically for human perception if a development
whose goal is Imaginative cognition.
Imaginative cognition, however, one remains unacquainted with
what, in an earlier world conception, was called the element
cognition. If you attempt to clarify the following to
yourself, you will approach this Inspired cognition, this
experience of the airy element. I have often mentioned to you
justification. In using such lines, however, we draw the
body, which he really is not. Only the slightest portion of
mentioned four kinds of lawfulnesses: first, the lawfulness
and awakening? A consideration of what we have said up to now
very seriously something we mentioned two days ago, that with
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Title: Therapeutic Insights: Lecture III
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of physically pre-determined tendencies? Particular attention is
given in these lectures to the relation of the inner organs to soul
today to consider briefly something in connection with the
the world if we simply remain with such evaluations of
fully justified within the whole of world relationships. I
of so-called hallucinations, or visions, is looked upon quite
rightly as something diseased. Hallucinations, pictures that
corresponding reality upon closer, critical examination
— such hallucinations, such visions, are something
life as it unfolds between birth, or conception, and death.
When we describe hallucinations as something abnormal,
way grasped the inherent nature of hallucination.
aside all such judgments regarding hallucination. Let us
hallucination. The hallucination appears as a picture that is
in a more intensive way than the usual outer perception,
which is transmitted through the senses. Hallucination is
perception. Sense perception can be penetrated at the same
influence of hallucinations does not permeate them with
hallucinations? You see, we cannot understand this if we know
and death. In this consciousness the content of hallucination
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Title: Therapeutic Insights: Lecture IV
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of physically pre-determined tendencies? Particular attention is
given in these lectures to the relation of the inner organs to soul
forces of the physical body, the physical organization. We
have the nerve-sense organization, which extends over the
head; we have the rhythmic organization, including the rhythm
of the breath, of the circulation, and other rhythms; and we
have the metabolic-limb organization, which we consider as
phrenological expression — if we consider these forces,
the previous incarnation that have now become form. We thus
have in the head a metamorphic transformation of the
metabolic-limb organization of the previous incarnation. If
system in this present incarnation, these formative forces
head for the next incarnation. If we understand the human
formation, therefore, we can look back directly, by means of
an appropriate cultivation of the metamorphic thought, from
previous incarnation; and we can see from the present
metabolic-limb system forward to the head organization of the
next incarnation.
This conception
not remain airy, without substantiation; rather, whoever
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Title: Therapeutic Insights: Lecture V
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of physically pre-determined tendencies? Particular attention is
given in these lectures to the relation of the inner organs to soul
relationship of the human being to his environment that the
riddle exists in relation to what is within the human being.
to work on their development they have certain visions; then
visions — the visions stay away. The reason for this is
that for such visions — if they are genuine, true
visions, and not hallucinations — there is really no
memory. It is not possible to recall a vision, for the vision
return again to the perception; you must have the reality
real experience, because the vision brings you into
connection with something real and not a mere picture. It is
a matter, then, of returning to the vision and not merely
and cannot become recollection; one can come to it again only
vision appeared we had gone through this or that in ordinary
stage back to the point when the vision appeared. One returns
to this point. The vision cannot appear directly; rather one
account by many people, who believe that a vision can be
before one can risk pressing forward to visions for which
there is no such recollection.
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Title: Cosmosophy 1: Lecture I
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"The modern, materialistic world conception is a product of fear
and anxiety. This fear lives on in the outer actions of human beings,
With these words Steiner characterizes the relationship between inner
civilization producing the terrible conditions modern humanity finds
modern Western civilization, he might say to its
and its reverberations in the most important moments of life.
role in your entire civilization.”
civilization would speak in this way if he stood again today
among Western people with the same standard of education, the
make it plain that in his time and his country, civilization
Whenever we were to promulgate a world conception, allowing
action and social life to spring from it, the main thing was
civilization. If we knew how to listen to him in the right
life. Actually, an echo of the ancient civilization still
social life. This ancient civilization is in decline, and
civilization,” then certainly it must be admitted that
penetration of this primeval element of joy, of delight in
resounded that found its most radical expression in the Greek
conception, comprehensive and light-filled, was not yet
the human being is dependent on the conditions prevailing in
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Title: Cosmosophy 1: Lecture II
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"The modern, materialistic world conception is a product of fear
and anxiety. This fear lives on in the outer actions of human beings,
With these words Steiner characterizes the relationship between inner
civilization producing the terrible conditions modern humanity finds
of destruction. I showed that as long as we remain within
impressions of the world. We gain experience of the world,
reflects in the course of time the sense impressions we
receive, causing one or another impression to be reflected
of source of destruction meets our gaze.
such a source of destruction within us, for only in such a
source for the solidification and hardening of the I. As I
life and actions of human beings.
custom of present-day science we speak of the conservation of
source of destruction about which I spoke yesterday matter is
cultivation of egoity, we pour into this source of
destruction, by means of a moral inclination of soul, all
this very source of destruction the seeds of future worlds
of how our earth will one day face annihilation, and of how
through all kinds of intermediate states of transformation
In the Jupiter existence there will be only the new creation
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Title: Cosmosophy 1: Lecture III
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"The modern, materialistic world conception is a product of fear
and anxiety. This fear lives on in the outer actions of human beings,
With these words Steiner characterizes the relationship between inner
civilization producing the terrible conditions modern humanity finds
and Saturday, and I would like to draw your attention
Imaginative cognition. You are familiar with Imaginative
cognition from my book,
stages of cognition, ascending from our ordinary
consciousness, the stage of cognition that is adapted to our
of consciousness is called “objective cognition”
super-sensible through the stages of Imagination, Inspiration,
and Intuition. With ordinary objective cognition it is
objective cognition. Real cognition can be gained, however,
cognition, and today I would like simply to describe for you
ego. If we now bring the soul experience not into cognition
to a vis ion of human freedom only by means of such a
connection among the individual members of the human being
— what presents itself to Imaginative cognition is the
the I are in a certain intimate connection. We know further
that in the sleeping state we have a separation of the
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Title: Cosmosophy 1: Lecture IV
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"The modern, materialistic world conception is a product of fear
and anxiety. This fear lives on in the outer actions of human beings,
With these words Steiner characterizes the relationship between inner
civilization producing the terrible conditions modern humanity finds
when he has full sense perception — and there he passes
through the region of the living thoughts active within him.
of conclusion tomorrow. We tried yesterday to examine
thinking develops itself in that region which is in fact the
objective thought region between the physical body and the
between — I said yesterday that this expression is not
the interactions among the members of the human being.
the organization and how what works in these pictures brings
to form a certain image of these relationships, for then one
the feeling is somewhat subdued, of a participation in its
themselves out through the animals. We can say that all lions
When, for instance, we pass from willing to real action, when
we perform some action, then our willing cuts itself off from
— our consciousness does not penetrate the action, we only
ourselves, however, in the same condition as that in which
our action itself is also accomplished. The mineral
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Title: Cosmosophy 1: Lecture V
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"The modern, materialistic world conception is a product of fear
and anxiety. This fear lives on in the outer actions of human beings,
With these words Steiner characterizes the relationship between inner
civilization producing the terrible conditions modern humanity finds
in order to be aware of the connections, to recapitulate
relation to cognition of the soul-spiritual life of the human
to what has still to be added as a temporary conclusion to
have already explained the process of observation in the past
evolving through the Saturn, Sun, Moon, and Earth evolutions,
first finds this outer evolution, begun on Saturn, expressed
mainly in the configuration of the sense organs. This is
receives as his organization out of the cosmos, however,
earthly evolution of the human being. One can thus say that
this objective thought organization works upon us during our
however, when we look toward the relationship with the
course, how mood has infinite variations. It is such that it
person may be gay to excess, another suffers from depression,
person it can approach the deepest depression, in another it
let us say, of this emotional mood of soul at some given
psychological observations. One must have the possibility of
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Title: Cosmosophy 1: Lecture VI
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"The modern, materialistic world conception is a product of fear
and anxiety. This fear lives on in the outer actions of human beings,
With these words Steiner characterizes the relationship between inner
civilization producing the terrible conditions modern humanity finds
how the study of the conditions of soul of the human being
conditions in the human being, however, leads us beyond the
stands absolutely in relation to the whole spiritual
universe. Hence it is only in this connection with the entire
we perceive the position of human beings in regard to the
are those who have the strongest relationship to the
being actually has a relationship to the hierarchy
relationship to such an angelic being.
can say of them that among their functions is that which
all possible gradations.
differentiations among peoples. These are certainly not the
only functions, let us say, of these beings, but to begin
with we receive certain conceptions if we keep to these
particular functions that they perform.
ourselves what kind of relationship the human being has to
the animal organization, to the plant organization, and to
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Title: Cosmosophy 1: Lecture VII
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"The modern, materialistic world conception is a product of fear
and anxiety. This fear lives on in the outer actions of human beings,
With these words Steiner characterizes the relationship between inner
civilization producing the terrible conditions modern humanity finds
studies have led us to consider the relationship of the human
being to the spiritual world, and this relationship has in
Bearing with him what comes from these two directions, the
picture the cosmic evolution of humanity, together with the
from the description given in my Occult Science, how in the
past this cosmic evolution has gone through the Saturn, Sun,
and Moon evolutions, and how the human being then arrived at
the Earth evolution, in which he is still involved. We also
know that essentially in the Saturn evolution the first
Moon, and Earth evolutions. We know that the first rudiments
of the etheric body were added during the Sun evolution,
those of the astral body during the Moon evolution, and that
the Earth evolution is actually the time during which the I
his earthly evolution, all that he acquires within the
earthly evolution. We bear through the portal of death just
what belongs to the earthly evolution, and it is during the
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Title: Cosmosophy 1: Lecture VIII
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"The modern, materialistic world conception is a product of fear
and anxiety. This fear lives on in the outer actions of human beings,
With these words Steiner characterizes the relationship between inner
civilization producing the terrible conditions modern humanity finds
spoken of the soul-spiritual evolution of the human being.
While bearing in mind this spiritual evolution, we had to
show the way in which this spiritual evolution of the human
human stage during the evolution of the ancient Moon, how the
Sun evolution, and how the archai underwent this stage during
the ancient Saturn evolution. In short, if in the human being
man as spirit, we must look up to the present evolutionary
outer impressions, work upon them, concerning ourselves in
we fmd when focusing our attention on man's physical body,
human soul carries out in connection with it in thinking,
reflection.
into the future evolutionary stages of the earth. Out of this
natural course of evolution our etheric body provides us with
enter a future stage of life's evolution within which we no
it does not develop sensation. We picture, however, that in a
permeated by a capacity for sensation, an animal-plant realm,
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Title: Cosmosophy 1: Lecture IX
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and anxiety. This fear lives on in the outer actions of human beings,
With these words Steiner characterizes the relationship between inner
civilization producing the terrible conditions modern humanity finds
relationship to the world, a relationship that he is seeking
our human spirit are the deeds and reciprocal relationships
By bringing the deeds and relationships of these beings to
In relation to
being encounters today as culture, as civilization, is
civilization only an intellectual mastery of the environment.
the environment take us? I could also put the question this
the kind of school in which he is brought into a relationship
this person goes right through our higher education. He then
activity. He receives as reflections his thoughts, his memory
he should feel a recognition of “... the I as a
claim to be fantasies or deranged visions; you receive,
evolutions or about the spiritual, soul, and bodily nature of
words — can be comprehended only in connection with the
today in the I as a reflection of the astral body, do not
through the earthly organization. A person constructs a
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Title: Cosmosophy 1: Lecture X
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and anxiety. This fear lives on in the outer actions of human beings,
With these words Steiner characterizes the relationship between inner
civilization producing the terrible conditions modern humanity finds
back once more at our recent observations. We have tried to
physical body and the etheric body. From my descriptions in
way, though dully. We can have a waking, conscious perception
however, that the world of sense perceptions breaks upon
will you be in a position — thanks to your sense
impressions — really to experience yourself as an I.
of the sense perceptions
penetrates the I. Now the appearance of the sense perceptions
being only when we are in a state of interaction with the
then, that the sense perceptions penetrate in from without.
impressions. We see red, and it fills us with a particular
what these sense impressions are. The thought content, which
impressions. Something from within unites with something from
existence. It can fill us only as we, in waking condition,
impressions weave. The I appropriates what comes in through
the sense impressions. The outer becomes inner. Only what
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Title: Cosmosophy 1: Lecture XI
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With these words Steiner characterizes the relationship between inner
civilization producing the terrible conditions modern humanity finds
explorations have shown us the fundamental difference between
something we may call the relationship to the Mystery of
look into himself. It is an illusion, of course, to believe,
knowledge of the human organization by studying what is dead
corpse. This is altogether an illusion, a deception. Here,
appearance. I have mentioned this in my book,
man's world of perception is also appearance. The human being
impulses, instincts, passions, and temperament, and
appearance, which constitutes our waking life of perception,
evolution. If we go back into ancient times, to which we have
still existed a certain instinctive vision, or remnants of
this instinctive vision (which lasted until the middle of the
human being in his waking condition was surrounded only by a
different way. For him this appearance was an expression, a
manifestation, of a spiritual world. This spiritual world
experienced as the manifestation of a divine-spiritual world,
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connection of man as a being of body and soul with the spiritual Powers
connections with spiritual worlds. In our materialistic age, study of
sense, but no consideration is given to how the spiritual world plays
into the activities and doings of men. In our epoch, human actions in
view of their connection with the Beings and Powers behind human
ancient times in the evolution of mankind — to begin with, of
by no means the outcome of fully conscious deliberation on the part of
became a conscious process, a process of perception, indicates the
distribution. Those substances, too, which in present earth-existence
are in the solid, mineral condition, are contained in the air in fine,
delicate distribution, and the human being breathes them in. Now the
peculiarity of these substances in their state of fine distribution
organs, however, these cosmic forms are usually of gigantic dimensions.
about this connection with the delicate organisation of the surrounding
their physical reflection in the Moon and its light: the spiritual
historical evolution on the earth, men drew the spiritual Moon-Cosmos
those ancient times there was no such thing as intellectual instruction
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Greek) in this connection. I told you how the ancient Initiates sought
to give guidance to men not only in matters of religion but in other
in times when such intervention had become necessary, namely in the
Egyptian epoch, were used by the Initiates in order to give direction
Initiates of the Orphic Mysteries, as their helpers in the inauguration
is normally the case, the traditional heads of Homer in sculpture give
the impression of a kind of listening, of hearing that is also
creations of man have also been created by the mysterious rhythm which
to the impressions which came to men from this composite rhythm.
humanity has entered upon a quite different phase of evolution, the
civilisation, and arose because an older form of speech — the
thoughts are altogether intellectualistic, having their foundation in
by spiritual visions. Spiritual visions were either revealed by the
spiritual visions, thoughts were imparted to men from out of the
for modern evolution lies in the fact that whereas, in truth, the
task, our position is the reverse of that of the Initiates of ancient
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Title: Lecture: Supersensible Influences: Lecture III: The Revelation of the Spiritual World in Old Indian Culture, -or- Old Egypt
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evolution of the earth through different forms, and that the Greeks, at
when Egyptian Initiation-culture was at its prime.
revelations of the spiritual world. In the days of the ancient Indian
and ancient Persian civilisations, all the thoughts of man were
revelations from the spiritual world. No thoughts were stimulated in
communion with the plants and animals and he also gave them names. But
these names, too, came to him as revelations from the Gods. When, in
name by which the animal is to be known. In the civilisations of
In the civilisation of
more and more into twilight and man no longer had clear perception of
felt it increasingly necessary to live in communion with external
point where he could have lived in direct communion with the external
mummification.
of complication. True, it would have been possible for the Initiates to
guidance and education of men. But because the necessary faculties of
however, is an illusory conception. The truth is that purely empirical
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Title: Lecture: Supersensible Influences: Lecture IV: The Egyptian Mysteries, Indian Yoga and Egyptian Mummy Cult
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Egyptian development, in times when the custom of the mummification of
mirror, a reflection of the whole cosmos. In very truth, everything
must be pictured as a reflection of what is outside in the cosmos.
pupils: To understand the interaction between the cosmos and its mirror
pupils — no observation of the human head can, in itself, enable
from the earliest period of germination in the body of the mother until
except that he would, of course, have used the forms of expression
colour, the perception of the colour gives rise to a change in the
colour-impression from outside and a nerve-process arises inwardly as a
and so on. In the recoil through the spinal cord and the expansion
process, when through observation of the breathing, a human being could
answer for himself the question: How does my head work in my
them to mummify the human organism, taught them, through observation of
by inner means, through contemplation of the breathing process. But I
was able to perceive inwardly, through cultivation of the breathing
next earthly incarnation. But the Initiates impressed upon their pupils
given to the preservation of the mummies. By way of the forms in the
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modern age the preservation of ancient cults — which is also a
kind of “mummification”, in this latter case of ceremonies
mummification, we will combine the picture thus outlined with a theme
his youth and then puts it into operation until his death. This
relation to the true being of man is concerned, with the corpse left
been produced by any play of nature, by any combination of
a corpse derives from a living human being, so the true conception of
moving passage with which Nietzsche begins his description of
Heraclitus, rises to abstract notions of being and becoming. Here, he
pre-Socratic philosophers who, for the first time in the evolution of
distinction must be made between the once inwardly mobile and living
the position of an Egyptian sage, living, let us say, about 2000
in a strange situation; his life of soul was not like ours today;
been preserved as dead traditions. Think only of rituals that you may
inner, living experiences which sometimes arose in connection with
lectures I have mentioned the name of Goethe. Goethe was, as you know,
were merely forms preserved by tradition. He was able to make actual
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Title: Lecture: Supersensible Influences: Lecture VI: Spiritual InFluence in History, -or- Pope Nicholas I
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influence in the historical evolution of humanity — great
1170. But we find that even external history mentions all kinds of
enterprises and institutions that developed out of the Crusades.
demanding the liberation of the Holy Places of the West, the Holy
Places of Christendom, from Turkish oppression.
Amiens, himself a victim of this oppression, traveled through Western
events requires only brief mention, for the story is familiar enough in
time, numbers of men, in most cases with extraordinary devotion and
real question is this: Whence came that first fiery enthusiasm which
the liberation of Jerusalem from the Turks, in order that Christians in
convey any real impression of the fire of enthusiasm that flamed up in
confronting him like great question marks (if I may use the term) of
civilisation.
In this stream certain conceptions innate in oriental religion are
call this the first stream. Springing from the Arabian regions of Asia,
esoteric conception of the Mystery of Golgotha. I have often spoken to
you of the conception of the Mystery of Golgotha held by those in whom
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Title: Man/World of Stars: Lecture I: The Spirit-Seed of Man's Physical Organism
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attention was directed in recent lectures here. I said that
even directly we go to sleep, the conditions of our existence
Thus whereas here on Earth our constitution as human beings is
revealed by our organs and their interaction inside our skin,
is what is now our inner nature. We fashion what is then
‘magnitude’ in this connection.
association with other Beings of the Universe, with Beings of
anyone who observes this process closely, the relation of man
to the Universe becomes very clear, above all if attention is
directed to three manifestations of human nature to which
I mean the three manifestations of human nature by virtue of
although it is concerned entirely with the inner functions, is
Earth, in association with other human beings and in a certain
sense under their instruction. And it is the same with the
earthly evolution of man. But man is not only an earthly being;
man's achievements in culture and civilization on the Earth,
what is thus fashioned — first of all in the spiritual
that is an act of orientation. All this is connected with what
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Title: Man/World of Stars: Lecture II: Moral Qualities and the Life After Death. Windows of the Earth
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functions, the two sides are related through thinking, through
feeling, and willing arise from this union.
the forces which, according to our human observation belong to
material processes that are a continuation of those processes
man's physical body in the process of nutrition. In his
head-organization of man, all that belongs to the system of
asleep, amid all the conditions of the ether-world and all the
matters become more difficult when we turn our attention
— naturally our soul's attention — to what is now
example the circulation of the blood, just as etheric processes
express themselves in the physical organism as vascular action
on us, when we see his expression, maybe the flushing of the
and its dreams envelop the Earth and fashion the plants.’
Imaginations. And one can say: When the mantle of snow melts in
Sun-Imaginations weave anew around the Earth. These
Imaginations of the Sun are Imaginative forces, playing in upon
spring until autumn in any given region of the Earth,
is in this element in which the Sun-Imaginations unfold that
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Title: Man/World of Stars: Lecture III: Man's Relation to the World of the Stars
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Man's Relation to the World of the Stars.
world of Stars. Much of what there is to say in this connection
Anyone who speaks of man's connection with the world of the
interpretations of ancient astrological traditions that are so
Earth by means of his senses, perceives indeed reflections of
what is extra-terrestrial — reflections which are,
the continuation of the processes set in operation through this
equally there takes place in man a continuation of cosmic,
man of the world of the Stars. The relation of the world of the
that just as much a reality as the relation of the man to the
Today I have to speak of certain connections which exist
extra-earthly existence. If we again turn our attention to how
man lives in the alternating conditions of waking and sleeping,
reciprocal relationship to earthly substances and earthly
circulation of the blood, as well as the other rhythmic
connection only with things that are common knowledge.
activity being promoted by the process of digestion. But it
Ego-organization and astral body.
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Title: Man/World of Stars: Lecture IV: Rhythms of Earthly and Spiritual Life. Love, Memory, the Moral Life
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descriptions have enabled us to realize that this life —
communion with the Beings referred to in the book Occult
of man in communion with those higher Beings is comparable with
the life he has here, when in the physical body, in communion
kingdom, which in this particular connection can be taken as
has his senses, and through his sense-impressions he lives in
communion with the beings of the three kingdoms of Nature. What
action. Thus between birth and death man is interwoven with
Beings of the Hierarchies is, in reality, all action, perpetual
body is produced in cooperation with these higher Beings. Here
outside them. But there is a condition between death and a new
one of the conditions in which we then live. — Let us
When we do something in connection with these Beings, we must
condition which compels us all the time not to call the
the condition thus described is only one of the conditions
the true sense if we lived in this one condition only. In the
able to bear this condition only, than here on Earth we could
bear inbreathing without exhaling. The condition I have just
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Title: Man/World of Stars: Lecture V: Human Faculties and Their Connections with Elemental Beings
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Human Faculties and Their Connections with Elemental Beings.
will turn our attention today to the three domains which
but completely withdrawn from the observation possible to the
physical perception. The fact is that we are surrounded
to ask ourselves the question: by whom are thoughts held fast
for well-trained vision. One finds them sometimes by observing
who fashion and shape forms in Nature in the way described in
the Ahrimanic sphere directly questions are asked about them.
But one can find them on occasions such as I have just
however, intimately connected with the whole of human evolution
beautiful semblance interests us, that there are occasions when
while given up in some way to artistic impressions, to direct
clairvoyant vision to the beings who are depicted in the same
then follows the disillusionment, the great and terrible
requisite spiritual vision and visit some studio where artistic
Man's enthusiasm for what is beautiful arises on the foundation
their strong bodily constitution could endure the invasions of
in the region beyond the threshold, we come into a realm of
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Title: Man/World of Stars: Lecture VI: Spiritualization of Knowledge of Space. The Mission of Michael
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Spiritualization of Knowledge of Space.
The Mission of Michael.
first third of the fifteenth century, human evolution has
humanity in connection with this fact.
that condition between death and rebirth when man lives in
intimate communion with the Beings of the Higher Hierarchies.
From this communion — it is experienced, as I have
described, in rhythmic alternation with another condition
of love is the foundation of morality on Earth. The other
condition is the one in which man withdraws into himself, when,
as it were, he lifts himself out of this communion with the
condition he brings with him to Earth the power of memory, the
power of remembrance, which on the one side comes to expression
shape his civilization from within were in a certain respect
we go back to still earlier times in the evolution of humanity,
man of knowledge in ancient Indian civilization feels himself
Beings. And he considers that the civilization he spreads over
and even of early Roman civilization we can say something like
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Title: Man/World of Stars: Lecture VII: Inner Processes in the Human Organism
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Sense-Perception, Breathing, Sleeping, Waking, Memory.
cognition of the outer world, so that for a time nothing at all
brooding contemplation of the everyday self; for all that a man
Imaginative Cognition. Whoever advances to this Imaginative
Cognition has before him, to begin with, everything from the
acquired the inner faculty of Imaginative vision of the world,
he is in a position to follow what takes place in the human
be active in connection with the external world as long as
outer perception were taking place, we should never be able to
sense-impression has an after-effect in the senses, apart from
forth, and give attention only to what goes on within, or by
understand how an impression made upon the eye from outside
Cognition is able, because he is perceiving nothing in the
sense-impression. That is to say, he is following a process in
moment it is actually not in connection with the external
Cognition. A world of Imaginations appears before our soul as
truly in a position, through the acquisition of Imaginative
man learns to know by thus withdrawing his attention from the
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Title: Spiritual Communion: Lecture I: Midsummer and Midwinter Mysteries
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SPIRITUAL COMMUNION OF MANKIND
THE Christmas festival can be the occasion for comparing
outcome of different conditions in the evolution of humanity.
conceptions of the spiritual world that had primarily to do
When we turn our attention to Mysteries that were celebrated in
expression, or when we compare the Christmas festival with
with the union between man and all that takes place in earthly
part of the evolution of humanity which preceded the Mystery of
were institutions of men still possessed of the faculty of
were expressions of reality, the men belonging to that ancient
mirror reality, through the very nature of the Imaginations of
the old clairvoyance men knew that they were the expressions
in connection with the pictures which mirrored for them a
revelations.
there were Mysteries — institutions in which science, art
and religion were undivided. No distinction was made between
distinction made between what men fashioned out of various
Today the distinction is made by saying: What man acquires in
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Title: Spiritual Communion: Lecture II: The Mysteries of Man's Nature and the Course of the Year
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of human evolution in order to recognize from the spiritual
evolution of humanity at the point of time when through this
Event, through this integration, as it were, of the Mystery of
his soul can enter into union with Powers belonging to realms
course of the year was exposed to the temptations of the
went on to show how the evolutionary process brought it about
that for a certain section of mankind, the Midwinter festival
yet come down to the Earth. The whole condition of the human
himself to be in a kind of cosmic isolation, was different from
what it is today. And we learn to know what this condition was
if we turn our attention to certain Mysteries that were
Mystery of Golgotha. Initiation in those Mysteries was
Initiation-Science of that day was imparted to them. And among
certain ancient peoples this Initiation-Science consisted in
experienced under the inspiration of the so-called Year-God
Initiation-Science lifted their hearts and in so doing were
pupils under the inspiration of the Year-God may be conveyed in
the following way. The attention of the pupils was drawn, first
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Title: Spiritual Communion: Lecture III: From Man's Living Together with the Course of Cosmic Existence Arises the Cosmic Cult
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before Christmas was to indicate man's connection with the
come to man about his connection with the world are influenced
by the realization that these two polar opposites exist.
illusion that exists only in the human soul, because when a man
is faced with having to make a decision, reasons for and
decision but whatever reasons are the more numerous and the
and against any decision he may be called upon to make, present
such complications in their totality that he does not notice
consideration that the dignity of man would not be maintained
elementary sense-perceptions. If the elementary experience of
absolute, has no exceptions and embraces human actions and
world, entirely spiritual as it was, man turned his attention
believe that necessity works through the actions of men; the
accordance with their purposes, work through human actions.
thought to realize that quite certainly no examination of the
surface-aspect of conditions and happenings can lead to any
solution of this problem which penetrates so deeply into all
life and into all evolution.
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Title: Spiritual Communion: Lecture IV: The Relation of the Movement for Religious Renewal to the Anthroposophical Movement
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The Relation of the Movement for Religious Renewal
times in the evolution of humanity, science, art, and religion
sought as a revelation of the Spiritual in picture form, in the
the Spiritual lay at the foundation of all ancient conceptions
of the world. This knowledge came to direct expression, not
presentation in the plastic arts and presentation by means of
stage was followed by the third stage, that of the revelation
revelation through which the whole man felt himself
devotion to this divine-spiritual principle. And the sacred
acts and rites were the means whereby the external actions of
unity in science (as it was then conceived), art, and religion.
once more to gain knowledge that can bring to realization what
patient devotion to the taking of these steps which must bring
about something that has recently taken place in connection
for the renewal of Christianity. The position of this Movement
religion. What they said to me was to the following effect:
before him. The theology and religion of our time has gradually
a question of gathering together, as it were, similar strivings
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Title: Spiritual Knowledge is a True Communion, the Beginning of a Cosmic Cult Suitable for Men of the Present Age
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‘Spiritual Knowledge is a True Communion,
the course of a year, the interaction and cooperation of
successively in a particular region of the Earth, take
Winter influences as they work in one region and the
simultaneous Summer influences working in another region, the
weakened in its operation by the other. But now consider how it
are in a kind of Summer condition — a budding and
sprouting Summer condition of man's physical and etheric bodies
successive Spring and Summer condition in the physical and
human organism as a whole, are in a sort of Winter condition.
conditions, but in man they are not turned away from one
condition. Their organic life is waning, so to speak. On the
impressions and by the thoughts to which these impressions give
rise in man, are in full Summer or full Spring conditions. So
described as Summer conditions cancelling Winter conditions,
and Winter conditions cancelling Summer conditions —
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Title: Esoteric Studies: Easter: Lecture I: The Mysteries of Adonis, -or- The Evolution of Our Festivals from the Ancient Mysteries
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to understand our relationship to spiritual reality.
mysteries and enigmas as well. Our attention is drawn to this
connection with world riddles by the fact that Easter is a so-called
moveable feast, fixed each year by computing the position of a
constellation of which we will have more to say in the following
provided by the Resurrection of Christ.
Festival of the Resurrection; yet it points back to periods
festival, Easter commemorates a resurrection. The corresponding pagan
celebration of the resurrection of Nature, of the re-awakening of
far-reaching misapprehensions that have crept into the philosophic
conceptions of the most vital problems during the course of human
evolution. Nothing less occurred, in the early Christian centuries,
than the confusion of the Easter Festival with quite a different one,
evolution. Let us examine the substance of the Easter Festival
and the Resurrection of Christ Jesus.
its many forms; for only by so doing can we grasp the connection
examination. This was celebrated by certain peoples of the Near East
with what it represented, hence the old religions frequently
the three days of immersion a deep and serious silence enveloped the
aspiring to initiation. In these olden times every such candidate was
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Title: Esoteric Studies: Easter: Lecture II: Moon-Birth and Sun-Birth
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to understand our relationship to spiritual reality.
of civilization we have undergone a psycho-spiritual development that
has led man farther and farther away from a clear conception of his
connection with cosmic forces and powers. He has become ever more
reduced to contemplating only his relation to earthly forces and
extra-earthly, cosmic connection.
the various older systems of religion, we may take as an example the
monotheistic, we find the veneration, the worship, of a single
divinity. It is the divinity we speak of in our Christian conception
Now, in all religions embodying the idea of this Father-God there
obtained to a greater or lesser degree the connection of this
little remains of this old awareness of the connection between the
human being and the Moon forces but the inspiration they impart to
permeation, the empowering by impulses emanating from the Moon at the
him as forces of digestion, of breathing and so forth — in
cohesion? The moment the cosmic forces leave the body and the latter
in man as to lift him out of his physical limitations, to give him a
cohesive organization which during life does not succumb to those
destruction during his entire Earth life — and this they
how the old religions reverenced these forces that introduced man, so
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Title: Esoteric Studies: Easter: Lecture III: The Secret of the Moon
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form of the fixed star constellations and the movements of the
appearance of the stars and the computation of their movements
studied the relative measurements and the outer conditions of
comes to expression in these measurements and conditions of
itself, held together by the ego. But spiritual observation discloses
through the forms of the fixed star constellations, through the
closest connection with the universe has to do with what we can call
External observation of the Moon shows it to be in a state of
Sun from different directions and hence presenting various aspects.
physical expression on account of correlated cosmic conditions;
rhythmic alternation of its physical and spiritual expression.
withdrew from the Earth they act in the opposite direction, from the
other things of substance, the etheric body is fashioned principally
are the spiritual emanations of the new Moon; so that his ability to
which those beings observe cosmic conditions from their point of
upon the inferences of these observations depends all that
sanctuaries that the constellations and the movements in the
planetary system were observed from the Moon, and the actions of the
Sunday (the Sun forces cannot act directly in the formation of the etheric body, but they act in their reflection from the Moon.)
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to understand our relationship to spiritual reality.
of the principle of initiation. From all that has been set forth it
in the entire evolution of humanity. Really everything of a spiritual
and are ready to pass over into the next phase of evolution that is
have already passed through a number of incarnations in which the
though the seeds of these incarnations have not yet sprouted, they
have not developed in their present dimness of vision. Above
vision, the experience of the spiritual such as can be attained by
modern initiation, be met with esteem, with reverence; and this must
men keep returning to Earth in repeating incarnations, thus carrying
deeper insight the Anthroposophical Society will be the foundation
conception of the constellation of Sun and Moon, and that from the
Moon observations — by what I might call the spiritual Moon
wide expanse of cosmic ether. — A deep impression was created
by this expression of intense joy on the part of the Goddess of the
world-ether; and an ardent feeling of close relationship with
next step: it was here that instruction was given, if I may so call
being. The premonition of the physical body, which he acquired only
In this condition
differentiation between man and woman did not enter until the descent
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to understand our relationship to spiritual reality.
connection with cosmic mysteries becomes clear when we consider
fixed each year with reference to a specific constellation in
lectures to come. As for Easter's connection with the human
Christianity's basic tenet, the Resurrection of Christ, and to
fact. Easter is therefore a celebration of the Resurrection,
Easter, enters into the calculation of its date, and celebrated
evolution of the Mysteries.
Christians Easter commemorates the Resurrection. The
resurrection of nature, the reawakening of what, as nature, had
corresponds to the pagan equinox celebrations. Rather, a
serious examination of ancient pagan times reveals that
less happened than the confusion of Easter with a
for three days, symbolizing his union with earthly
resurrection.
pagan festival, for only in doing so can we grasp the relation
Among many ancient peoples we find celebrations whose rituals
with what is represented; hence their religions frequently
person aspiring to initiation.
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Title: Easter Festival: Lecture II: Moon-Birth and Sun-Birth
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to understand our relationship to spiritual reality.
less upon our connection with cosmic forces and powers. We have
gradually been reduced to contemplating only our relation
without an awareness of their connection to extra-earthly,
are most familiar — we naturally find the veneration and
our Christian conception as the First Person of the Godhead, as
all the religions in which the concept of the Father-God played
a part had a greater or lesser awareness of his connection to
this connection. In our time this consciousness of our
relationship to the moon has all but disappeared. Perhaps the
only place it lives on is in the inspiration of poetic
imagination by the forces of the moon, or in medicine in the
to cosmic forces. For a consideration of earth forces
readily reveals their relation to us. If we did not hold our
destruction, as indeed it must be resisted.
religions as the forces of the divine Father. The ancient
devotion to them in ritual and prayer, this was the substance
of certain ancient monotheistic religions. And these religions
spiritual vision.
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to understand our relationship to spiritual reality.
an extension of my comments of the last few days, I would like
that lives in the forms of constellations and in the motions of
heavenly bodies. Our perception of heavenly bodies is now
quantities and to mechanical laws of motion, we overlook the
observation not with one but with a multitude, an immeasurable,
themselves in the forms of the constellations, others in the
represents the most basic of these inner relations
usual explanation for this is, of course, that the moon is just
changes. Such an explanation, however, does not encompass
celestial configuration connected with it. However, we
these two forms of expression.
direction, from the head downwards, and in doing so have
Where do we see this different function of the moon? In
forces comes to expression, for this process has changed
around their ego and astral bodies, in order to fashion
cosmic, in order to fashion their etheric bodies.
fashioning the outer side of the etheric body human beings need
forces of light, for in addition to other substances the
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Title: Easter Festival: Lecture IV: Decline of the Mystery System and the Rise of Freedom, I-A-O is Man, Aristotle's Categories
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The Easter Festival in the Evolution of the Mysteries
to understand our relationship to spiritual reality.
conscious connection to the world in such a way that this
connection could be portrayed in the yearly cycle of festivals.
principle of initiation. It should be obvious from all that has
proceed with the next evolutionary step, still a significant
number of people have gone through incarnations in which the
earlier times. The fruit of these incarnations, although not
initiation. For without esteem and reverence, neither knowledge
incarnations, where they are encountered again, either in new
subject sections. In addition, the esoteric training was
forward in human evolution.
understand such matters we must examine them, as I mentioned
a spiritual appreciation of the constellation of the sun and
planets, and that these observations guide human beings in
the formation of their etheric bodies. Now in order to
for, as we have had occasion to see, it is inscribed there, it
of the goddess, they had the sensation of hearing her
clarity. As a result of such instruction, each student
felt a premonition of his earthly physical body. These
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Title: Festival of Easter: Lecture 1: The Mysteries of Adonis, -or- The Evolution of Our Festivals from the Ancient Mysteries
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to understand our relationship to spiritual reality.
attention is attracted to the connection of this festival with
according to those constellations of which we propose to speak
an intimate connection with humanity have been associated with
immediate foundation of Christianity, but from its early
Christian consciousness in the fact of the resurrection of
Festival of Easter is the festival of resurrection, but points
festival of resurrection. The corresponding heathen festival,
resurrection-festival of Nature, a re-awakening of the objects
procedures in the Mysteries, is that it directs our attention
facts concerning our human evolution. This is nothing less than
in human evolution. But let us consider for a moment the
represents the union of Christ with earthly existence. The time
and resurrection of Christ Jesus.
an inner comprehension of the connection between the
image with what it represented. In this way these old religions
whole community of those who followed this religion. When the
outward act, what happened to every one attaining to initiation
in the Holy Mysteries. Every man attaining initiation in these
coffin, was dark and gloomy. The aspirant for initiation was
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Title: Festival of Easter: Lecture 2: Moon-Birth and Sun-Birth
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to understand our relationship to spiritual reality.
super-earthly ones. And it is consideration of the Easter
course of the last four or five hundred years the civilization
of the world has gone through a spiritual evolution which has
inclined humanity to turn its attention more and more away from
its connection with cosmic forces and cosmic powers. Human
attention has been restricted increasingly to the study
of those conditions prevailing between man and earthly forces
impossible to keep other connections in view. If anyone
super-earthly, their cosmic connections.
Now, in all those religions in which the thought of this
especially among the priests of the Mysteries, a connection
between this God and the cosmic moon-forces, a connection
this ancient consciousness of the connection between man and
the number of months in the gestation period of man, in
living being, what lives in him as the forces of nutrition and
forces do towards its preservation and cohesion
realize on the other hand that ancient religions reverenced
religions. These ancient mono-theistic religions were more
vision.
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Title: Festival of Easter: Lecture 3: The Secret of the Moon
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to understand our relationship to spiritual reality.
revealed in the formation of the constellations, and in
of the stars and the calculation of the movements of the
spirit, keeping before one only the conditions of measure, and
the external relationships of movement of this organism, and
forgetting entirely that in the relationship of measure and of
movement the soul and spirit find expression.
man, an undivided soul- and spirit-nature comes to expression,
universe, spiritual perception finds the expression not of a
sustenance. But the closest connection between man and
When the moon is observed outwardly, it is seen in its relation
different directions, so that to us it seems to assume
because of the relative connection of worlds it cannot do
When because of the relationship of the heavenly bodies we
rhythmic alteration between a physical manifestation and a
spiritual manifestation of the moon.
direction, from the head of man downwards. Because of this the
during that period, he turns his attention to the descent to
earth, to the union of himself with what in a physical,
he can find the means for union with the physical body; he must
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Title: Festival of Easter: Lecture 4: Decline of the Mystery System and the Rise of Freedom, I-A-O is Man, Aristotle's Categories
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to understand our relationship to spiritual reality.
man so closely to the universe that this bond found expression
Initiation. From all that has been said, you must have been
Making use of a modern expression, one might
through incarnations in which the power of the Mysteries was
passage through these incarnations has not yet germinated,
appreciation, without reverence and true knowledge, a spiritual
appreciation and reverence for what is spiritual that has
large, or simply as cognition or knowledge. To-day
impulse which went forth from the Christmas session here at the
ever greater depths of knowledge, can provide the foundation of
event that can be utilized in evolution in the same way as a
spiritual observation of the constellations of the sun and
said that according to what was experienced in the observation
if anyone desires to gain some comprehension of how through the
observations by the moon — these etheric forces are
from observation of the cosmos itself, where it is inscribed,
of perception occurred which amounted to hearing, and what was
wide-spreading universal ether.” This expression of
there so close a union with the growth of living plants, with
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Title: Occult Movement: Lecture One: Seership and Thinking
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volition but of a certain historical necessity.
evolution know that, fundamentally speaking, in all earlier
this is connected. At the very beginning of Earth-evolution,
Earth-evolution this faculty of ancient clairvoyance was very
man's spiritual vision in those times was exceedingly
substitution. But a certain vestige of the old faculties of
vestiges of the Inspirations and Intuitions which were then
respect, with the old Inspirations and Intuitions. While he
in states of atavistic, visionary clairvoyance. We have shown
evolution, the more we have to do with a decline of old
towards observation of the outer, material world. After slow
and gradual preparation, this reached its peak in the
think of this phase in the evolution of humanity as being
in imagination to the primeval ages of humanity's
position. Most human beings, in fact all of them, knew of the
spiritual world through direct vision. Just as men of the
gradually lost this faculty of living in communion with the
hitherto been pointed out; the first mention of it is in my
sensationalism they have no desire to study it. Ancient
the nineteenth century. It is certain that conditions will
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Title: Occult Movement: Lecture Two: Mediumistic Methods
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occasion I should like to be allowed to include certain
careful consideration I believe it is right to include more
Section of that Society in the autumn of 1902, in Berlin. In
one of these visits. The first edition of my book
a number of communications about the Atlantean world and the
communications was ready, and had been sent to subscribers. A
question. And it is this question which I want to mention as
a noteworthy experience in connection with what was said in
in the activities of the Society, put the question: “By
what means was this information about the world of Atlantis
obtained?” — The question was very significant
methods by which such information was obtained in the
mediumistic investigation. Information already published in
investigations connected in a certain respect with
was a mediumistic state — and conditions were
certain information; about matters beyond the reach of
ordinary consciousness. That is how the communications had
Society in question who thought that information about
medium for such investigations.
investigation, and as what I had discovered at that time was
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Title: Occult Movement: Lecture Three: Materialism of the 19th Century
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have to be given tomorrow in connection with the Occult
Movement in the nineteenth century and its relation to
civilisation and culture. I must, however, insert into the
will remember certain things I have said in connection with
and the materialistic world-conception in the nineteenth
evolution of humanity which may be called the materialistic
actually held with what comes to expression in the
such a conception was reserved for the nineteenth
conceptions of the world. And if we follow this scarlet
thread which runs through the evolution of humanity, we shall
had necessarily to appear at some point in evolution in order
ever have seen atoms, for they are conjectures, inventions of
some instigation which prompts man to think out an atomistic
would have to say — as indeed was the conclusion
century: Atomism is an assumption, a working hypothesis which
affords a basis for calculation; but let us be quite clear
Mention has
evolutions, and then, during the Old Moon period received
Imagination. It did not become physical, or better said,
ramifications, like branches. A nerve has, as it were, a stem
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Title: Occult Movement: Lecture Four: The Attempt Made by the Occultists to Avert the Lapse into Materialism
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certain things today in continuation of what has been said in
our attention, on the one hand, to the role of the
made to counter the inevitable penetration of this
in the way that has already cost us many discussions and will
various communications I shall make with a certain discretion
materialistic observation of the world had not been
developed. There was a combination of two factors. On the one
hand, the evolution of humanity had to take its course to the
point where materialistic interpretations were inevitable
adopted certain methods of investigation established by
aberrations. I have already indicated one of the most
significant of these aberrations. It was remarkable that
mediums everywhere professed to be able to give information,
revelations, from the realm of the dead, the realm in which
addition to what I have already told you, was that these
communications which came through mediums — allegedly
these proclamations made by the mediums and you will find
circles where mediums were used, declarations were made which
the cause of great consternation. I can indicate the reason
for their consternation in the following way.
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Title: Occult Movement: Lecture Five: The Eighth Sphere
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“information” about it for what he said was a
a secret matter until it was mentioned by Sinnett.
the Eighth Sphere. The fact that all mention was avoided for
introductory exposition, given with the object of throwing
out certain indications which, to begin with, can be only a
small contribution to the subject. It is to be hoped,
lecture and also, to some extent, on earlier occasions, I
Sphere” in order that we may have a foundation for
that the actual foundation of the error consists in the fact
senses and thought out on the basis of sensory perception has
indications by means of which some approach can be made in
thought to a conception of the Eighth Sphere. I have said
left from the Old Moon and its evolution. So much you can
on the Old Moon, man's natural mode of perception was
visionary and imaginative in character, so that any
found with this kind of vision. That is to say: it must be
of visionary Imaginations.
that the expression “Eighth Sphere” came to be
used? — You know that human evolution takes its course
visionary-imaginative clairvoyance, which stands there as an
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Title: Occult Movement: Lecture Six: The Dangers of Aberation Along the Path into the Spiritual World
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aberrations in one direction or another. Many years ago I
drew attention to this protection when, in connection with
indications which have been added to in the course of time.
direction or another in intellectual and moral life. We enter
important to be aware of these variations.
insufficient attention to this metamorphosis of the inner
conditions and circumstances of life; again, therefore, this
is a variation in the metamorphoses of life similar to the
life it can very easily happen that the steady direction of
currents of the time, to go astray in one direction or
another. An aberration such as occurs in Sinnett's
influences were at work, a deviation was possible in the
direction which led to a defamation of the whole nature of
the present Moon, and on the other side aberration was
Moon, thereby giving a twist in a particular direction.
that especially in recent centuries Western civilisation and
enters in the course of his earthly evolution into relationship
man's participation in the extra-terrestrial
be left in obscurity about this participation. The object was
to divert them from the realisation that the soul is
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Title: Occult Movement: Lecture Seven: Investigation of the Life between Death and a New Birth
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because in its logical conclusion it forms a kind of
foundation for what I still have to say. I said that a
evolution of humanity and of the necessary consequences of
this evolution. Such a Movement must therefore necessarily
compare what I said in the year 1904 in the first edition of
especially in mind the distinctions made by me in connection
will see that great stress was laid upon the distinction to
threefold distinction had never been made in the literature
side were at pains to eliminate this distinction, not to
distinction was something entirely new and it was necessary
beginning we ourselves set out in the direction demanded by
the needs of the present age, taking into consideration all
also the difficult question of how my own work could find a
reason that years of testing and strict verification were
needed in connection with certain subjects and because from
will have realised after what I have been saying, confusion
had arisen because investigation of the life between death
investigation it is a matter of waiting.
give information about the life between death and a new
investigation can be rectified by testing them with physical
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Title: Occult Movement: Lecture Eight: The Purpose of the Use of Symbols
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the obligation to combat this opposition when it arises. But
just said is taken into consideration.
side, in a similar way, opposition comes from the
the manifestations of the life of soul should be kept hidden.
expressions of the life of soul, but consider that the spirit
it does not imply that the opposition should be left out of
account; it is a question of adopting the right attitude
what is contained in its communications. At the basis of the
herself—that is to say, from the surface manifestations
Orders — but, as I said, the expressions are to be
inclination of those belonging to the left wing is always to
indications which in a way do bring things into the open. The
method whereby they provide certain precautionary measures in
connection with their real or alleged knowledge reaching the
adulterated through the machinations of those who did not
vehicles of information brought upon the scene with extreme
caution. The egoistic standpoint of restricting the store of
strict watch against theoretical explanations of the symbols
asked: Is that really a protection? Is not the knowledge
protection, because to discover the meaning of the symbols
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Title: Occult Movement: Lecture Nine: Investigation of the Mineral World
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materialism — I do not say the materialistic conception
a conception of the world. As a method for investigating the
world in Earth-evolution. Again it is of importance that man
counterbalance to this evolution in mineralised earthly
during the Earth-period. The modes of investigation preceding
clairvoyance inherited by man from his previous evolutionary
mineral evolution and enters a different form of evolution,
the closeness of his relationship to the spiritual world will
the purpose of his evolution.
to theoretical speculation within the perimeter of physical
sense-perceptions. The outcome is atomism, and as we have
subjective delusion. But if a man who allows himself to be
be led to develop forces of destruction. These beings, too,
They provide man with illusion, maya. But this illusion is
spiritual hosts — beings who are out for destruction
would be that men still unprepared would come into possession
tend towards destruction, towards extermination of the good.
illusions into which, instinctively, he is placed by the
effects on human nature! When a man is living in illusion he
is not living in the world of reality. This illusion does not
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Title: Occult Movement: Lecture Ten: Human Consciousness between Objective and Subjective Reality
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there are the manifestations of the life of soul, behind
that our present consciousness, when functioning normally on
The question
cycle of evolution, as well as everything else that has been
described, we have to develop the true relationship that
evolution we have to develop in ourselves, through the way we
developed in connection with the moral life, there is also
unfold the right relationship of one human soul to another, a
relationship we had not acquired before the beginning of the
relationship to other men; in a certain sense he was too
close to them. During the Old Moon period, conditions were
that on the one side our vision does not penetrate through
relation of one soul to another to be such that a certain
are reflections, mirror-images. This, of course,
applies also to relationships between man and man. Because,
of consciousness a mere reflection, we cannot approach him in
human evolution. Whenever there is a defect in the normal
harsh expression, but one that is often very apt. Suppose
such a person is inclined to all sorts of fanciful delusions,
rather crudely, a person who is a little mad in one direction
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Title: History of Art: Lecture X: Disputa of Raphael - the School of Athens
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slides were not included with this typescript version, but we found
The artistic representation of imaginative-spiritual imagery of
didn't want to use several images as an introduction to my art
history lecture today, but limit our observational introduction
the introduction of cultural epochs as we have done in earlier
Look at this first painting to which our primary observation
positioned, into the landscape and directly above it — in
this to the evolution of mankind.
Century and compare it with the complexity of sensations a
never arrive at a concrete observation of human history but
forever remain in abstract observations of a legend — a
Julius II in connection with the beginning of the
Raphael to Rome to serve them, bring to expression picturesquely
the close connection of the development of the outer Christian
have often mentioned that people today have the impression that
case, particularly in relation to their soul life, they were
evolution beside this Mystery which has spread into the breadth
of social evolution, so something quite different to the
came about through the invention of printing which finally,
such an imagination for the earth have been thus, as if America
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Title: History of Art: Lecture XI: Fourth and Fifth Post-Atlantean Epochs, Medieval Art in the Middle, West, and South of Europe
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slides were not included with this typescript version, but we found
The battle of individual artistic representation amidst the
demands of traditions from the South and those from the East
frequently not been taken into account in world opinion.
profound, incisive point for western humanity. The creation of
sees a gradual expansion. Old patterns from the earlier epochs
transform into the new one and so on. Preparations were being
difficulties with this self-visualization. For many observers
impressions to reach a concept about the completely different
condition of life in Europe up to the time of Charlemagne and
a time began in preparation of our own epoch, the
Charlemagne old relationships actually flowed which in our
imagination. Then again preparations were beginning for a new
can say these centuries just mentioned was a time for
preparation but people today are hardly inclined to refer to
under control, where all relationships effectively extended,
General observations can develop particular clarity in those
Simply on the grounds that the nations of Europe — central,
impulses which were not in the position to understand humanity
European soul distinctions. An area had to be created in
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Title: History of Art: Lecture XII: Greek and Early Christian Art, Symbolic Signs, the Mystery of Gold
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Today I will introduce some observations and the way in which
connected than those of the previous discussions which I have
future considerations; I'm thinking of the next time when it
to these contemplations in order to arrive at a culmination, a
Today I would first like to show through some observations
unfolding evolution during the last two to three centuries the
considerations, there play echoes of the 4th
for our observation — in particular, and most valid, in
artistic development's depiction was what there was to be
striving be found; because each epoch of the earth's evolution
Within this representation of the beautiful humanity of the
depiction of the physical world was granted through beautiful
through the world, the artistic depiction of beauty within
form and expression as originating from what was alive
expression. This is evident when one sees how artistic skill
creations, but how simultaneously these artistic creations
perfection of the representation of youth, vitality and
prosperity is placed beside the still clumsy representation of
the same time period — the representation of the crosses on
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Title: History of Art: Lecture XIII: The Changes in the Conception of Christ During a Certain Period of Time
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slides were not included with this typescript version, but we found
evolution of the concept of the Christ as depicted in art.
Today I want to bring you something about the transformations
its influence on the earth's evolution it is necessary, where
Within the evolution of art, it is possible to speak about the
the evolution of individual arts.
development, the concept of the Gospels as a literal perception
of Christianity experienced a conclusion to a certain extent, a
view of the Mass and Gospel traditions through participation in
the church thus rejecting some declarations considered
questionable at the time. When the foundation of Gospel
literature was completed and also the transition was made to a
themselves Christians, they limited their imagination to a
depiction as a signature which you can see in this slide of the
actual pictorial representation of the holy history can only be
the course of our local art observations which I have
emphasized I want to point out another relationship today by
the first representations which were created still obeyed the
People simply transposed the pagan artistic expression on to
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Title: Golden Blade, 1962: Lecture 1: Natural Science and Its Boundaries
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Dornach on October 2–3, 1920, in connection with the course
in connection with the course entitled
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knowledge of Nature should have given some indication at least
of the difference between the cognition of higher worlds, as we
call it in Spiritual Science, and the cognition of which we
powers of cognition remain at a standstill with whatever we
have acquired through the ordinary education that has brought
us to a certain stage in life, and with whatever this education
further training and development; upon the realisation that as
be attained through self-education, just as a child can advance
suited to their racial characteristics and stage of evolution,
Inspiration. In that epoch, humanity was, so to
speak, adapted by nature for Inspiration. And in order to
realms of knowledge, it will be a useful preparation to form a
civilisation, because humanity is evolving, is advancing. And
instructions given by ancient Eastern wisdom are really
trying to turn back the tide of evolution, as well as showing
through acts of cognition we bring to apprehension what surges
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Title: Golden Blade, 1962: Lecture 2: Paths to the Spirit in East and West
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communication with other human beings that is established by
speaking, thinking and ego-perception. I showed
words were further strengthened by repetition.
I showed how in this way a soul-condition was attained that
we might call a state of Inspiration, in the sense in which I
be in later stages of human evolution. This meant that their
penetration of the spiritual world was a more or less
way of spiritual development. A reactionary harking back
world, the way of initiation into the super-sensible world is
through Imagination. But Imagination must be
way of initiation that conforms to the needs of Western
civilisation and is particularly well suited to anyone
The path of initiation which I wish to describe to-day is
education, his scientific training or the special knowledge he
already possesses. This was not basically my intention in writing
only to acquire information. The purpose of the book is to make
when he makes this effort of co-operation in thought, is
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Title: Star Wisdom: Lecture I: Star Wisdom, Moon Religion, Sun Religion
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MOON RELIGION, SUN RELIGION
that happenings on the Earth are not determined by earthly conditions
this on many occasions and I shall speak of it to-day in connection
the Jews — I mentioned them as the fourth people in the evolutionary
they called Jahve. And they saw a connection between Jahve and the
Nazareth lived in Palestine, in a Jewish environment. The Jewish religion
rulers, in those far-off lands they were not in a position to abolish
the established religion. Jesus of Nazareth, therefore, grew up in
the environment of the Jewish religion.
for you to understand the character of the Jewish religion if I say something
peoples were neighbours of the Jews and their religion was connected
essentially with the stars — it was a Star Religion. One often
would seem, therefore, that science is finding confirmation of the
“crystal heavens” spoken of in Greek antiquity. I mention
looked with veneration. In this sense the religion in Western Asia in
those early times was a Star Religion. It was accepted as a matter of
religions was the teaching concerning the influence of the
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Title: Star Wisdom: Lecture II: The Easter Festival and Its Background
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question. The lecture on the Easter Festival begins on page 25.)
Easter Festival. Or have you some other question of importance at the
Questioner:
I had a question but it has nothing to do with the Easter Festival.
A great deal of caution is necessary when information about a matter of this
kind comes from a newspaper and careful investigation is called
does not quite cover the case you mentioned, for the man claims that he
the test and it would be better to wait for scientific confirmation
into most delicate organs of perception. And so reliable scientific
investigation would be necessary in order to prove whether or not,
question is a lunatic, a humbug or a serious scientist.
Easter Festival in connection with the Mystery of Golgotha. As you
is determined, not by terrestrial but by celestial conditions. It is
Easter Festival been fixed according to conditions in the heavens? This is
then it contracts again and grows, still in a state of contraction,
blossom. Then there is again contraction into the seed and the seed
process of expansion — contraction; expansion —
contraction.
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Title: Star Wisdom: Lecture III: Characteristics of Judaism
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Have you any questions to-day?
Questioner:
That, of course, is a most significant question and one which, as you may
questioner too considers it important, because it indicates that such
explanation.
you of something I have often mentioned in your presence. In ancient records
and education his thoughts are entirely abstract. Thoughts of the
have a mighty influence, And so it is, too, with other manifestations
were not the decree of the High Council alone, not the, revolution
world and comes to expression in the sunspots. Nevertheless the
laws come into consideration one must build on these in freedom, just
— A man dies on some particular day. Examination of his blood some
light was already on the way to that condition of darkness which set
connection between happenings in nature and the life of Christ. And
do not lend themselves to crude explanation.
Question:
Have the Jews, as a people, fulfilled their mission in the evolution of
Discussion on this subject is unfortunately all too apt to lead to
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Title: Cosmic Workings: Lecture I
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The Circulation of Fluids in the Earth
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CIRCULATION OF FLUIDS IN THE EARTH
circulation of the earth. Why is this not realised as a rule?
striking impression. It is red, it contains all sorts of substances
it's just water! It makes less impression and the
substances which it contains in addition to hydrogen and oxygen, are
it is true that the entire water-circulation is of immense
organism could live without a circulation of blood, could the earth
exist if it had no circulation of water.
water-circulation has a distinct
to circulate on the earth in a fresh, salt-free condition and ends in
the ocean in a salty condition.
time carrying salt into the earth in the direction of the river. The
water-circulation. Just as in us the blood arteries go out from the
genuine circulation.
slight connection with the universe. Just as with us, for example,
connection between the interior of the sea and the heavens. Land, on
the contrary, has a strong connection with the heavens — land
everything through which the earth stands in connection with the
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Title: Cosmic Workings: Lecture II
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(Questions
I will first deal with the question about rock, as that can very well be
brought into connection with the things we have been considering lately.
know that when a building is put up on the earth, great attention has
otherwise the motion of the earth, wind storms, etc., would make them
But in addition
top always rocks to and fro slightly. Attention must be paid to what is
little mica plates. They went in this direction (sketch).
in a horizontal direction. Then there was
the quartz, radiating in this direction, and then the feldspar
where an explanation was given of how life must actually have arisen
through mere intermixing or chemical combinations of substances, life
quartz or silica, swam through each other in the fluid condition,
ceased to be in a plant condition, but all was still soft. Our
Megatherion and all the creatures I described to you. But before all
resembles the mountain formations outside. For the universe only acts
way. If you go out on the ocean you find island formations. Here is
deposited chalk secretions. And then sometimes the ground sinks
continually sinking in the very regions where these polyps are
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On Nutrition
They are presented here with the kind permission of the Rudolf
ON NUTRITION
asks if anyone has a question.
A question is asked about nutrition and about the potato as a foodstuff
question of nutrition and its relation to the spiritual world. As you
relation of the spiritual world to the whole process of
nutrition.
stupid, dull-witted. That is the point to which attention must be
nature. If you were to make a tiny perforation in the brain and let
state of solution — even on the tongue it begins to dissolve.
is already in a spiritualised condition when it reaches the brain.
man's condition is such that the effects of salt cannot work in
distortions would appear: malformations of the nose or the ears, for
stamp of man. If a person's constitution is such that the
their function — to provide us with material substance. In fat
all-important function of enabling the fat to be deposited and at the
Feeling and perception, however, depend upon the astral body.
proper assimilation and absorption, for fat is being produced
and therefore inadequate lubrication. This is what happens, too, when
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They are presented here with the kind permission of the Rudolf
asks if anybody has a question.)
Questioner:
and waking; the regular rhythm of breathing, circulation of the
and foremost we must turn our attention to a substance which is
the whole of our modern culture and civilisation may be said to be
centuries all the great advances, as well as our social conditions,
passing into our heads. In propagation, too, it has its part to play
succession of colours, this spectrum which appears here in the prism,
the oxygen, we should at once get fits of suffocation when the carbon
say: Iron would not really help us unless we could use it in the operations
acid, when his stomach does not function properly, we find that it is
really think, because they turn their attention to something which is
kinds of things that have never happened and have no inclination to
causes in our stomach the right hydrochloric acid combination. Just
the inclination to combine with this iron, otherwise the iron is left
the name of Chlorosis. But the real connection is not understood. One
consideration. One cannot cure the disease merely from its name, but
one must give a preparation of copper or of iron taken from a plant,
table that they are all additions to food, and so he salts his
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They are presented here with the kind permission of the Rudolf
asks if anyone has a question.)
Questioner:
Question: Is it harmful for people to keep plants in their bedrooms?
As for the question about plants in bedrooms, it is like this. In a
no unhealthy effect. So much for this question.
body. Just recently there has been discussion in
with the serious conditions of our time. Since we in our Biological
obtains, say, a 1 per cent solution. A drop of this is taken, diluted
strength, we have a solution one-millionth of the original strength.
In Stuttgart we have succeeded in obtaining dilutions of one in a
million, one in a billion — that is, with twelve zeros. You can
substance left, and that it is a question, not of how much of the
original substance is left, but of how the solution works: for it
works quite differently from the original. These dilutions were made
into it in succession the various dilutions. First, ordinary water,
then the 1 per cent dilution, then the .1 per cent, the .01 per cent
and so on, up to one part in a trillion. Then we put a wheat seed in.
non-diluted! And the higher the dilution the quicker the growth: one,
two, three four, five dilutions — up to twelve. At the twelfth,
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They are presented here with the kind permission of the Rudolf
to have feelings and perceptions. He has this body in common with the
as the result of super-sensible perception, that these higher members
his occupation a man is handling something of which arsenic is an
arsenical poisoning as an occupational disease. When a man takes
deteriorates. He loses the natural freshness of his complexion and
complexions improve.
very striking contradiction! Such contradictions are to be found not
the complexion! It is a complete contradiction.
is the explanation? When science speaks of
matters like this, we are told: There is no explanation, it simply is
Cosmos in a state of fine and very delicate distribution —
organism, he would be incapable of feeling or perception; he would
to have feelings and perceptions. When I press my hand on something I
feeling, perception (awareness). But feeling and awareness
upper hand we become intensely wide-awake. Actually these conditions
alternate in waking life, only the alternation is so rapid that it is
and the man gets thin and has a greyish complexion, because the inner
organs are not functioning in the right way. If he is given a very
be a rapid deterioration in his health. And so a person who begins to
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sagen wir, Menschheitsposition vorbestimmt ist, die ihm
Aspirationen, die aus unserer Mitte herausgekommen sind,
alle die Gedanken, Empfindungen, die Aspirationen, die Impulse,
zu sein nicht auf Grundlage irgendeines emotionellen
Emotionen heraus, sondern wieder aus der Wirklichkeit heraus
durch alte Traditionen und neue Bedürfnisse von Jahr
treten: das der geistigen Produktion, zu dem auch der geistige
selbständige Delegationen mit denen verhandeln
solchen Aktion immer an, unter denen immerhin auch solche
oder soziale Kataklysmen und Revolutionen zu erleben.
ist, um so, wie es ihm nach seiner Position möglich
Engherzigkeit, die aus einer solchen nationalen
nationalen und sonstigen Vorurteilen heraus, die nun wirklich
wenn aus diesen nationalen Vorurteilen oder aus Gedankenmumien
aus dem — trotz aller nationalen Vorurteile — nach
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Seelen der Millionen und aber Millionen Proletarier selbst
die anderen, die bisher in irgendwelchen Proletarierpositionen
heißt, nach der Art oder nach dem Grade der rationellen
Obligationenwesen und dergleichen. Dadurch ist alles im Grunde
Sozialreformer und Sozialrevolutionäre, die
verdient wird, wird verdient durch Koalitionen und durch
Assoziationen, wodurch Verhältnisse geschaffen
durch Koalitionen und so weiter unter den Menschen bewirkt.
Religion und, wie ich gesagt habe, auch Privat- und Strafrecht,
all dasjenige, was Gegenstand staatlicher Organisation
vorliegt! Die Begriffe, die wir in diesen Regionen entwickeln,
nichts toller Unrichtiges denken, als die Definition der
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reaktionär im urältesten Sinne ist, ob er liberal, ob
eigentlich nirgends. Wenn Sie die nationalökonomischen
zergliedert die Nationalökonomie der kapitalistischen
«Staat und Revolution», daß etwas
Evolutionen wird niemals der neue Mensch erzeugt, einzig und
Die jetzt unten sind, haben früher oben reaktionär
dazu zwingt, so zu leben. Nicht von der Illusion sollen wir
Illusionen hingeben. Denn je weniger wir uns den Illusionen
Emotionen des Proletariats, aber sie denken ganz
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der Warenerzeugung, der Produktion, des Handels, der Konsumtion
Geisteslebens beruht auf den unbewußten Intuitionen; wohl
gemerkt auf unbewußten Intuitionen, denn es war ja
Kulturperiode haben wir unbewußte Intuitionen als Quelle
fließt aus unbewußten Inspirationen.
Imaginationen. Dieses
Seelenleben lebenden Imaginationen zu tun hatte.
die Imaginationen, aber die Imaginationen durchdrangen sich mit
von Bildlichkeit, von Imaginationen. — Das merkt man
daß vor ihm gewissermaßen etwas Visionäres
die Imaginationen verlorengegangen sind und daß die
herausgepreßt worden und geblieben ist die Abstraktion,
Die neuere Zeit lebt ja gewissermaßen von Abstraktion und
menschlichen Seelen wiederum nach Imaginationen streben. So
daß man sagen kann: Begriffe, die nach Imaginationen
Diesem Streben nach Imaginationen kommt unsere
zuletzt in dem, was man Impressionismus nannte. Diejenigen, die
vor dem Impressionismus gestrebt haben nach
Impressionisten, welche nur den unmittelbaren,
impressionistisch werden; und siehe da, man konnte im
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Tiefe der Seele, in den unterbewußten Regionen vorgeht.
unterbewußten Regionen des Seelenlebens vorgeht und sich
stark in die Breite gehenden Deduktion auseinandergesetzt
ausgehöhlte Abstraktionen. Aber dennoch, wenn
Abstraktionen sich kraftvoll zu erringen, von denen der
auch durchaus der Fall. Aber zu solchen Abstraktionen
Schritt war zu solchen Abstraktionen. Sobald man aber die
Abstraktionen heraus, geht es in das spirituelle Leben hinein.
der Abstraktion heraus zum spirituellen Leben zu kommen, diese
bloße Abstraktionen, bloße abstrakte Gedanken, in
über die Funktionen des Bösen gesprochen.
zwischen all den zahlreichen Abstraktionen, die heute
geheimnisvolle Imaginationen aus. Und diese
geheimnisvollen Imaginationen geben erst dem sozialen
weiß, daß vor der Wirklichkeit nur diese Definition
Verquickungen, Zusammenschmelzungen der Warenzirkulation mit
Organismus zu seinen revolutionären Konvulsionen
in der reinen Warenproduktion, Warenzirkulation,
Warenkonsumtion, in einem assoziativen Leben, in dem sich
Produktion, Konsumtion, die einzelnen Berufsinteressen,
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Abstraktionen und hat versucht, diese Abstraktionen in
Zivilisation. — Denken wir zurück, wie bequem wir es
Menschheit eben die moderne Zivilisation genannt hat. Und
dieser modernen Zivilisation geworden ist. Bedenken wir die
Und er kommt zu keiner anderen Definition als: Der Staat ist
wir hier durchleben in Religion, in Schule, in Erziehung,
in einem gemeinsamen Religionsbekenntnis, weil wir
Bildung, Wissenschaft, Kunst, Religion und so weiter der
Menschen wohl in einer Art äußerer Organisation
Arbeitskraft, Kredit, Pfandbriefe, Obligationen, Geld
Nun, man könnte noch viele Variationen über diese
Religion, in Kunst und in allem anderen innerhalb der
Situation vor Augen halten sollte. Und ist es denn nicht mit
Reaktion der Urgedanken auf die heutigen menschlichen
wäre. Daher sind manche Nationalökonomen der Ansicht:
heute durchaus Nationalökonomen, die betrachten es als
internationalen Verkehr in vielfacher Weise das Geld nur den
etwas Reales hat. Also es ist namentlich im internationalen
da war, auf den die politischen Taxationen, die
international wirkten sie. Innerhalb der einzelnen Staaten
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Europa gesichert ist. In verschiedenen Variationen konnte man
diese Trostlosigkeit. Trotz der verschiedenen Variationen
in meinen Religionsbüchern sehr dezidiert
Religionsbuche stand, ich hörte es neulich in
bewegen sich in Illusionen, sie bewegen sich lediglich an
Privatkapitals an Produktionsmitteln. Über
«Nationalversammlung», in Weimar
gewöhnliche Agitationen — die sich jetzt aber
produzierten Produktionsmitteln, und das ist ja im Grunde
Eigentum, das private Eigentum an Produktionsmitteln sich
herausbilde. Wenn jemand sich einem Produktionszweige
Hinwegweisung aller anderen. Alle anderen Definitionen des
Korporation, der geistigen Organisation, des geistigen Teiles
Millionen Menschen getötet hat, achtzehn Millionen
das heißt dreigliedrig funktionierenden sozialen
menschlichen Organisation ein nach dem Geiste gerichtetes
Menschen nunmehr zu Imaginationen aufschwingen, bewußt das
Inkarnation ist. Ich habe Ihnen das öfter
auseinandergesetzt. Die Formationskräfte des Kopfes,
die Formationskräfte des menschlichen Hauptes, die
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Gefühlsstimmung zwischen den verschiedenen Nationen
Emanzipation des Geisteslebens, durch ein Auf-sich-Gestelltsein
alleräußersten Abstraktion — was
könnte Ihnen auch da gewisse definitionsartige
Werdens zu sich, in Kunst, Religion und Philosophie.
drei: Kunst, Religion und Philosophie, wenn sie im
durch das sinnliche Bild dar; in der Religion durch die
schaut sich die Idee im Menschen selber an. Abstraktion schaut
die Abstraktion an.
über die menschliche Abstraktion, wenn man die
alleräußersten Abstraktion. Es ist von
an Produktionsmitteln. So schreitet die Wirklichkeit im
individuellen Menschen als solchem aus der Intuition heraus
man in einer bestimmten Inkarnation gesetzt ist. So paradox das
sehen, meine lieben Freunde, welche Reformation des Denkens
sprachen und all dem, wie man Religion umwandeln muß,
Wirklichkeit zu folgen, nicht indem man Konzessionen
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über das Nationale hinaus möglich ist.
werden müssen, um die allgemeine Zivilisation der
unsere Kultur und Zivilisation im Laufe der
Zivilisationsdasein.
finden uns diesen vier Ästen der Zivilisation
gegenüber: der Erkenntnis, der Kunst, der Religion, der
Zivilisation. Es gab eine uralte Zeit der
künstlerische Leben, die Religion und die Sittlichkeit
Bild-Erleben, in dieser unmittelbaren inneren Imagination
instinktive Imagination, vergegenwärtigte er sich,
«Das Schöne ist eine Manifestation geheimer
eine primitivere Menschheit als ihre Zivilisation erlebt
die Abstraktion gegeben hat, eine Wissenschaft, eine
und mehr ein Bestandteil unserer Zivilisation in dieser
gegen die ganze heutige Zivilisation. Denn es ist ja
Dasjenige Denken, das unsere heutige Zivilisation kennt, ist
der Meditation genannt habe; dann ist man auf dem Wege, nun
sondern das ganze Denken des Menschen in Imagination; so
Imagination, aber man weiß, daß man die
höchsten Früchte des aktiven, zur Meditation
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Zivilisationsverhältnisse in einem raschen
inneren Gang der menschlichen Zivilisation, mit demjenigen, was
irgendwie Revolutionäres. Man erkennt bei der
abendländischen Zivilisation vor Sie hinstellen. Wir
Griechenzivilisation.
Zivilisation, sehen wir es doch heute noch als unser
Bildung mit der griechischen Kultur und Zivilisation.
Zivilisation, so dürfen wir nicht vergessen, daß der
Träger dieser griechischen Kultur und Zivilisation der
-zivilisation übergeht auf das Römertum. Und im
Kultur der Abstraktion, die dann dazu übergeht, Geist,
Menschheitszivilisation, die der griechische Gymnast
jetzt kommt mit der ganzen neuen Zivilisation ein neues Ideal
Zivilisation; der Rhetor, der bedacht ist auf das
allgemeinen Kultur und Zivilisation der Materialismus
orientalischen Zivilisationswesens. Was sich in der
dasjenige, was in Zivilisation und Kultur des ganzen
Zivilisation gestanden hat, aus welcher die Veden und die
Zivilisationsentwickelung nicht, wenn man nicht zuweilen einen
Zivilisation und Kultur, die sein Volk als höchste
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schon durch die alte griechische Zivilisation
seit der Geburt und erreicht nur ihre Kulmination um das
Organisationskraft dann die zweiten Zähne heraus.
deren Kulmination eben das Hervorgehen der zweiten Zähne
naturhaft. In seiner ganzen Organisation sind noch nicht
Blutzirkulation ausbildet, bedeutet diese Ausbildung der
Blutzirkulation zugleich seine seelische und geistige
heutige rationalistische, intellektualistische Zeit hat ja alle
griechischen Kultur und griechischen Zivilisation aus. Und wenn
richtig hielt. Wie die ganze griechische Zivilisation nicht
ist eine solche, welche aus der modernen Zivilisation heraus am
Geistesarbeit des Zivilisationslebens, der wird sich sagen
wichtigsten Gebiete des Zivilisationslebens erst
gegenwärtigen Zivilisation zu erringen, dann blicken
Zivilisation noch ganz entfernt eine solche Wahrheit war tief
ursprüngliche Menschheitszivilisationen, so finden
eine Art Inspiration zugekommene. Das ist dasjenige, was die
moderne Zivilisation nicht zugeben will. Nicht zugeben will
nach Amerika hin sich festsetzten und eine neue Zivilisation
wurde unter der römischmittelalterlichen Tradition
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allgemeine Zivilisation des Zeitalters ist. Was die
allgemeine Zivilisation hergibt, das kann der Lehrende, der
größten Illusionen in der Menschheitsentwickelung
allgemeine Zivilisation eigentlich mit der Durchdringung
Tiefen die ganze Zivilisation.
Zivilisation hindeute. Denn dasjenige, was eben nur in einer
unserer Zivilisationsentwickelung. Wenn wir also heute fragen:
von Geist reden, so ist das etwas, was traditionell sich dem
gegenwärtigen Zivilisationsentwickelung hat, den
zunächst nur ein gedachter Geist, wie ihn die Zivilisation
Psychologie ist dazu gekommen, von Ideenassoziationen in der
als Geist diese Ideenassoziation bekäme? — Man steht
die Assoziations-Psychologie beschreiben, sieht man sich ja in
als Knochengeist in Ideenassoziationen.
Zivilisation! Da bekommt er nämlich nicht eine Anweisung,
zu dem, was allgemeine Zivilisation ist. Da zeigt man ihr,
sagen, ein tiefes Zivilisationsgefühl. Er muß sich,
Lebendem zu machen und dadurch unsere ganze Zivilisation
zu beleben, dann erst kann aus unserer heutigen Zivilisation
weil eben aus der heutigen Zivilisation heraus der Mensch zwar
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von der körperlichen Organisation losreißen. Heute
Blutzirkulation, und wie die Blutzirkulation wiederum
Erscheinung im Menschenleben. Die Emanzipation des
emanzipiert sich mehr innerlich von der physischen Organisation
äußeren Symptome für die Willensemanzipation um
in einer starken Weise hingegeben an die Gravitation, an die
geht von der Kopforganisation die ganze menschliche
Körperorganisation aus. Der Kopf tut bis zum siebenten
Zirkulation lebt, ihren Ursprung hat, da lebt auch dasjenige,
Diese Zivilisation können wir nicht mehr haben. Wir
in der menschlichen Organisation emanzipiert wird.
ist dasjenige, was die moderne Zivilisation im Grunde
Assoziation von Ideen, als Geistskelett haben, sondern als
traditionell noch fort bis ins 16. Jahrhundert hinein. Und
Zivilisation, daß die Menschen wissen: es muß anders
gegenwärtigen Zivilisation sich offenbart,
der eigentlich hineinschaut in die heutige Zivilisation, das
bis in die körperlichen Funktionen hineinzutragen.
Zivilisation wissen, wie das Denken zusammenhängt mit der
macht, in ihrer inneren Bewegung und Konfiguration ein Abbild
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es verdaut, die wunderbarsten Visionen. Das
bei seinen physischen Funktionen. Alle physischen Funktionen
physischen Funktionen begleitet, so ist etwas, was sonst nur in
sozusagen aus den eigenen Impulsen der Organisation hervor.
verderben wir die menschliche Organisation für das ganze
sich durch die geheimnisvolle innere Organisation des Menschen
auf die Kopforganisation. Das kommt im Sprechen zum
Herantragen des Geistes an die menschliche Organisation
physischen Organismus, durch die physische Organisation
hinein gestaltend in die physische Organisation. Und
heutigen Zivilisation die Nervosität des Menschen
nächste Generation, wenn sie gerade ihre großen
getreues Abbild der vorhergehenden Generation. Und wenn
Kindes geschieht, sich in der physischen Organisation
Organisation. So bauen sich die Gefäße auf, so bauen
Lehrer auch dasjenige in seine Mission, in seine Aufgaben
Zivilisation heraus in einer solchen Weise. Diese Spielzeuge
durch Konventionelles hervorgerufen werden kann, so
Atem und seiner Blutzirkulation. Indem es sich aber
ausdrückt in der Atmung und Blutzirkulation, gestaltet es
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Gefäßsystems, der Blutzirkulation, der Atmung
Organisation durch sein ganzes Erdenleben in sich trägt,
Organisation. Er kann gewiß später durch
Atmungssystem, Blutzirkulationssystem mit allem, was zum
Zivilisation als solche bei den Erwachsenen im Grunde genommen
Gesamtverfassung der Zivilisation hervorgehen. Das ist
Blutzirkulation gesund, wenn wir den Unterricht
Äußerlich-Materielle sehenden Zivilisation gar nicht
materielle Zivilisation untätig; für sein
das Eigentümliche unserer Zivilisation, daß die
materialistische Zivilisation bildet sich ja alles ein, obwohl
ab. Bringen wir in äußerer Weise, rein konventionell,
aus dem Schlafe nicht die Regeneration des Organismus
künstlerischen Betätigen der ganze Mensch in Aktion
Heute, in unserer Zivilisation, möchte man ja alles
hervor? Was fordert die menschliche Organisation für
hatten, die unmittelbar aus der Zivilisation des
entscheiden, was die menschliche Organisation will. Und
ebenso wie die menschliche Organisation bis zum Zahnwechsel,
Durchpulsierung der Blutzirkulation, der Atmung und der
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Derjenigen Initiationswissenschaft, welche ich in meinem Buche
Initiationswissenschaft ist, die uns heute von dem bloßen
Initiationswissenschaft. Und für diese
Initiationswissenschaft erscheint der Gang der Menschheit ein
Initiationswissenschaft zu vertiefen haben werden.
durch eine geistige Initiationswissenschaft noch etwas anderes
da handelte es sich dann für die Initiationswissenschaft
zeigt. Und wenn man, so lehrte jene Initiationswissenschaft,
so sagte eine alte Initiationswissenschaft dem Menschen: Du
zu finden. Die Initiationswissenschaft aber schult die
so war es für eine ältere Initiationswissenschaft die
was die alte Vaterinitiation dem Menschen vor die Seele
war die erste Stufe, wie Initiationsweisheit auf die Menschen
gewirkt hat, wie Initiationsweisheit religiöses
alten heidnischen Religionen sind Naturreligionen geworden aus
Initiationswissenschaft, jetzt aus der durchchristeten
Initiations Wissenschaft, so wie früher das
heute derjenige, der durch die Initiationsweisheit geht, von
Initiationswissenschaft, vor dem dritten großen
Erdenleibe? — zu beantworten gehabt mit der Explikation
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konventionelle, ob man vorgelegt bekommen hat diese
veräußerlichten Zivilisation Rechnung tragend,
möglichst scharfe Konturen haben, sollen Definitionen
wir dem Kinde beibringen können, sind Definitionen,
gliedern ist in eine dreifache Organisation. Wir betrachten die
Kopf Organisation, bei der im wesentlichen die weichen Teile im
Nervensystem herumwächst, wie also die Kopforganisation in
sie im Kosmos drinnen steht, wie diese Kopforganisation im
Kopforganisation heranführen, und man wird dann versuchen,
was die Atmungsorgane, was die Blutzirkulationsorgane mit dem
heranführen an die Brustorganisation, wird — ebenso
anschließen. Man wird die ganze Brustorganisation mit
Einschluß des Atmungs-, des Zirkulationssystems,
menschlichen Organisation, zur
Stoffwechsel-Gliedmaßenorganisation übergehen.
Gliedmaßen-Stoffwechselorganisation ist eine
Hauptesorganisation an sich tragen.
namentlich die Nervenorganisation ins Auge fassen —
zurückgehen bis in älteste Formationen, wo wir
Kinde als eine primitive Kopforganisation begreiflich machen.
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auch eine wirkliche Kommunikation zwischen der Seele des
eine innere Organisation, die nur wahrgenommen werden
kann durch Imagination, durch die imaginative Erkenntnis: einen
eine Organisation, welche nur wahrgenommen werden kann durch
Inspiration. Man braucht sich dabei, ich sagte es schon einmal,
Terminologie, die man eben brauchen muß. Durch Inspiration
übersinnliche Organisation, sich niemals vom
Leib und die Ich-Organisation gehen beim Einschlafen aus dem
Ich-Organisation. Das nimmt der Mensch beim Einschlafen aus
körperliche und die ätherische Organisation im
seelischgeistige Organisation wirken, und das hat die
der zur Ich-Organisation und zur astralischen Organisation
Geometrie nicht mit jenen Abstraktionen, mit jenen
Gebiete in einer der menschlichen Organisation
menschliche Organisation ertötet. Alles dasjenige,
ertötet die menschliche Organisation. Dasjenige, was vom
menschliche Organisation. Das ist etwas, was schon beim
gewissen Völkern der modernen Zivilisation umfaßt man
die Sache hinein, wenn wir nicht von den Teilen der Addition
störenden astralischen Leib und der Ich-Organisation dabei
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Zirkulationssystem, in den Bau des
Imitationsfähigkeit in die Schule herein, so daß wir
Damit war es geboten, den Religionsgesellschaften
Der Religionsunterricht wurde zunächst den
Religionslehrern ihrer Konfession übergeben. Und so
wird der katholische Religionsunterricht in der Waldorfschule
Religionsunterricht von dem evangelischen Pfarrer
Dissidentenkinder sind, die einfach keinen Religionsunterricht
evangelischer Religionsunterricht da wäre. Dadurch,
überwiegend konfessionslose Kinder da. Diese Kinder
Religionsunterricht gehabt. So haben wir gerade für diese
Kinder, die sonst gar keinen Religionsunterricht gehabt
hätten, einen sogenannten freien Religionsunterricht
Dieser freie Religionsunterricht, der ist auch nicht darauf
als Religionsunterricht zu geben ist, abzulesen von ihrem
darf man auch nicht unter dem freien Religionsunterricht der
gerade sehen, daß in diesem freien Religionsunterricht
dafür, daß dieser freie Religionsunterricht in der
der Eltern das Kind zu diesem freien Religionsunterricht
Religionsunterricht wiederum im strengsten Sinne ein
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Bildekräfteleib, astralischer Leib und Ich-Organisation.
Begriffe, die rationalistisch, intellektualistisch gebildet
bis zwanzig in ihrer Handhabung bei den Rechnungsoperationen
diese Weise wirkt man hinein bis in die physische Organisation
Organisation des Menschen hinein.
Zivilisation hinein muß: Erziehungskunst ist etwas, was
allgemeine Zivilisation hineinkommt, dann wird es ein Segen
oder in dem besonderen Anspornen der Willensfunktion oder
will, auch wirklich in mancher Beziehung Resignation haben
Unsere Zivilisation kann nur dadurch den ihr notwendigen
Prosakultur und —Zivilisation notwendig ist, im
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weiß. Denken Sie doch nur, daß unsere Zivilisation
nach dem Konventionellen. Aber der Mensch soll heute nicht mehr
im Konventionellen in der Erziehung drinnenstehen, sondern auch
Stückchen kennenlernt. Denn die Schulorganisation ist so
entstanden aus künstlerischen Intentionen, als
Künstlerische der Menschheitszivilisation wiederum
Intentionen, die ich selber nach den Gesetzen der Eurythmie
der im Sinne der heutigen Zivilisation und Konvention darauf
Rationalist, ein Intellektualist wird kommen und wird solche
Dinge auf rationalistische, intellektualistische Weise
der jährlichen Versammlung der Sonntagsschul-Union hat
unserer gegenwärtigen Zivilisation brauchen. Ich
nehmen können an der Gesamtzivilisation. Das ist etwas,
entstammt, dabei durchaus nicht um etwas Nationales handelt,
sondern um etwas im besten Sinne Internationales, weil
Klasse, nicht den Angehörigen irgendeiner Nation,
durchaus in diesem Sinne international ist, sprechen darf.
daß er die Intentionen in einer seltenen Weise so
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international ist, zu der Landessprache.
Übergang sieht von der internationalen lateinischen
Eigentümliche der neueren Zivilisation, daß der
das Internationale bewirkte, die bewirkte, daß sich die
Es war die Sprache das Internationale.
internationale Verständigungsmittel sein. Der Mensch
internationales Verständigungsmittel zu finden, ein
hinaus, dann haben wir wiederum ein internationales
ein Herz haben für dieses internationale
die moderne Zivilisation wird ein solches
Entwickelung da war, als das internationale
der Menschheitszivilisation.
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die ohne die Mysterien innerhalb der Menschheitsevolution
Menschheitsevolution nicht weitergeht, wenn nicht wieder
wie die Inauguration und Initiation Ihrer Bewegung mit der
Transsubstantiation. Was aber war in den alten Mysterien die
Transsubstantiation?
den alten Mysterien war die Transsubstantiation dasjenige, was
gewissen Konstellationen der Sterne, die man in der wahren
Konstellationen mit den Verhältnissen, die die Menschen
zu zelebrieren, daß sie die Transsubstantiation in der
Menschenweihehandlung durch die Transsubstantiation jenen Glanz
Transsubstantiation wurde jetzt nicht mehr so vollzogen,
Transsubstantiation, sondern es wurde das Geheimnis auf eine
Fermente entnommen, mit denen die Transsubstantiation in der
versteht die Verwandlung, die Transsubstantiation durch die in
das volle Initiationsprinzip in sich. In diesen halbneuen
Religionsbekenntnissen noch letzte Reste vorhanden sind, in der
erschien die Imagination dessen, was das Wort intonierte.
Transsubstantiation vollzogen wurde.* Das war das dritte
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Imaginationen hervorholte, sei es, daß das Wort
Voraussetzung war: eine gewisse Form der Transsubstantiation,
berufen, diese Transsubstantiation und damit alles, was
gründlich zu verstehen, worin die Transsubstantiation und
Transsubstantiation - ist ein Handeln der Menschen in
Einfluß stellen mußte, um die Transsubstantiation zu
mit diesem Aufbewahrten die Transsubstantiation in den
der Laiengläubigen für die Transsubstantiation die
Bedeutung der Transsubstantiation entwickelt wurde, sehen wir,
Transsubstantiation machte. Die Transsubstantiation besteht ja
vollständig überschauen will, die Kommunion, das
Transsubstantiation und die Kommunion, in dieser Beziehung eine
in der Transsubstantiation und in der Kommunion eine
Konfessionen tragen: Pater.
Transsubstantiation im Erdtempel, im Felsentempel vollzog, das
Ich-Organisation gestellt. Sie brauchen nur sich daran zu
Feuer, unter dem Einfluß der IchOrganisation.
Das, was durch die Transsubstantiation im Verein mit der
Kommunion bei den alten Vätern bewirkt worden ist, ist
das, daß sie nun die physische Organisation in
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Transsubstantiation, sich vollzieht im astralischen Leibe. Das
daß wir uns klarmachen, daß die Ich-Organisation, das
Ich-Organisation herausschlüpft aus dem physischen und dem
die Ich-Organisation sind ja während des Schlafes
außerhalb. Diese Ich-Organisation liefert die
weil die Ich-Organisation nicht im physischen und im
schläft, die Ich-Organisation nicht für die
empfänglich wurde dafür, in der Kommunion die
Transsubstantiation selber in sich zu verarbeiten, und nach
Verarbeiten dieser Transsubstantiation empfänglich zu
der Ich-Organisation. Diese Ich-Organisation muß so
beschaffen werden, daß die Transsubstantiation von ihr
durch die Ich-Organisation nur Sinneseindrücke erlebt
daß sie durch die Transsubstantiation teilnehmen kann an
traditionell und autoritativ gelehrt wird. Daß die
wirken lasse, wird in jedem ihrer Bilder, in jeder Imagination,
Evolution des Irdischen zu den vorirdischen planetarischen
Weltentwickelung, was mit der Evolution des Menschen
mannigfaltigsten Transformationen durch die Daseinsstufen von
Mensch aufrückt durch Imagination, Inspiration, Intuition
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Priester konsekriert, wenn er die Transsubstantiation
göttlicher Inspiration, an die Engel der sieben Gemeinden.
Gemeinden Rat, Mahnung, Mission und so weiter geben soll. Wie
diejenigen, die dazumal aus dem, was sich als traditionelle
alten traumhaften Hellsehertum, das als Tradition fortbewahrt
Inspiration geschrieben hat, der war sich klar darüber,
Inspiration für die Teilnehmer der Artustafelrunde. Sie
Aktion treten, das heißt, als der Mensch seine Beziehung
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ganze Zivilisation.
Konfessionen das religiöse Leben betrieben wird, da wird
Konfigurationen nur der äußere Ausdruck sind.
äußeren Konfiguration von den Menschen genommen, aber
besonders das Apperzeptionsvermögen. Schon daraus geht
von 25 920 Jahren einmal mit dieser Konstellation rund herum
immer entstanden durch Inspirationen des Willens. Und hier
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sowohl in ihrer Gliederung, in ihrer Komposition, wie auch in
werden kann durch die Kombination der etwa 32 Lautelemente.
sind nicht mehr in der glücklichen Lage, eine Evolution so
nicht mehr heranreichend bis zu der Region des Jupiter und
Erde nur als Projektion vorhanden ist. Hinter all dem, was wie
Opposition zur Vier. Das ist immer das Eigentümliche beim
Fünf immer in Opposition gegen die Vier kommt. Gehen wir
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Weltevolution.
wichtiges Jahr, wenn wir die Evolution ansehen, die hinter den
und in der Komposition seiner Schrift liegt es -, er macht
Evolution zwischen seiner Geburt und seinem Tod. Sie sind vom
geführt hat, man könne die Evolution des Menschen
die Schwierigkeit mit der Transsubstantiation. Meine lieben
Schwierigkeit der Transsubstantiation gekämpft haben, als
Transsubstantiation. Wir können an manche
Diskussionsstunde denken, die wir drüben in jenem Zimmer,
hat, gerade über die Transsubstantiation hatten. Denn in
der Transsubstantiation ist ja die ganze Frage enthalten: Sohn
Transsubstantiationsstreit, wie er dann heraufgezogen ist im
der Transsubstantiation handelt es sich darum, daß sie ja
Hereinbrechen des Arianismus war die Transsubstantiationslehre
die sich vollzieht mit den für die Transsubstantiation in
kann dasjenige, was sich in der Transsubstantiation vollzieht,
was man in dem Wirken des Vaters in der Evolution und in dem
Transsubstantiation als etwas, was wir gar nicht in der weiten
menschliche Evolution hereinspielt mit einer solchen Gewalt -,
gerade auf so etwas wie die Transsubstantiation. Denn durch
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Komposition und der fortlaufende Inhalt der Apokalypse in aller
vergessen und der ganzen Evolution der Menschheit eine andere
Christus-Evolution vorzubereiten hat für das menschliche
ihrer Evolution. Und wenn wir uns eine uns tief in die Seele
Wenn wir nun in dem Christentum vorzugsweise eine Evolution im
müssen wir in dem, was der Evolution des Christentums
Inkarnationen oder die Transsubstantiation erfaßt werden
Transsubstantiation gerichtet. Gewiß, die
Transsubstantiation.
mächtigen Oppositionen, die stattfinden durch solche
Zivilisation geworden wäre, wenn der so mächtige,
das von Sorat angestiftet war, was in den Visionen der
Weltanschauung, die im Sinne dieser Evolution arbeiten
diese Menschen mit einer Beschleunigung ihrer Evolution am Ende
modernen Zivilisation widersetzlich ist. Im Zeichen des zweiten
Sorat wiederum aus den Fluten der Evolution am stärksten
hineingeheimnißt in den Evolutions gang der Ereignisse;
Zerstörungswut in ihren Emotionen. Sie werden ein Antlitz
unter der Determination. Diese Determination geht dahin,
geistige Evolution der Menschheit mit dem Ende des 19.
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warum diese Komposition der Betrachtung gewählt werden
Bekenntnissen, daß man es in alten Religionsbekenntnissen
eingerichtet, das sind sie erst durch die Initiation. Der
zunächst keine Impressionen, keine unmittelbaren
Impressionen von Christus und seiner Wesenheit erhalten
nun das Mysterium von Golgatha im Laufe der Erdenevolution vor
Impressionen da war, aber in dem Augenblick, wo das Versiegen
weissagende Bild der Evolution richtig aufgenommen wird, das
die Ich-Organisation aufgenommen wird, dann tragen Ich und
Offenbarung aus der geistigen Welt, mit Visionen verknüpft
bedeutsamen Impressionen, die der Verfasser, oder besser
in der Erdenevolution Liegende, sozusagen in den menschlichen
Golgatha ist der Christus in die Erdenevolution eingetreten. Er
was in der Evolution des Christentums durch die verschiedenen
Sehen Sie, damit haben wir etwas in der Erdenevolution, was
durch die Ergebnisse der Initiation bekommt.
eine beginnende Initiation in der Offenbarung der Apokalypse
Initiation, nicht des einzelnen, aber eine beginnende
Initiation für die ganze Christenheit; und der einzelne
genommen ist alle alte Initiation der Form nach eine
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die Evolution sagen kann. Wir haben gesehen, daß in der
Weltevolution gesagt werden können.
meinetwillen äußere rationalistische Forscher kommen
Sehen Sie, in diese Situation begibt sich derjenige, der heute
in dieser Form, wie sie aus unserer heutigen Zivilisation
aufnehmen und in die nächste Inkarnation hinüberleben
können in die nächste Inkarnation. Das ist nur
der heutigen Konfessionen. Denken Sie nur einmal, wie
abhängig die Konfessionen sind. Gerade über diese
Abhängigkeit der Konfessionen muß die Gemeinschaft
Transsubstantiation im Sinne des Heiligen Geistes selber
wir dürfen jene Initiation, die sich vollzogen hat hier in
bedeutsamen Vision auftritt. Hingewiesen wird der Mensch
die Tradition den Satan nennt.
Evolution ankommt, der weiß auch, daß Satan gebunden
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Visionen vom Hereinbrechen geistiger Welten und dem Ergreifen
Menschheitsevolution, wahrhaft recht gegenständlich, recht
Menschheitsevolution entscheiden wird, auf diese drei
Evolution haben kann, sondern sich erst erringen muß -,
Emotionen. Das ist es gerade, um was es sich handelt und das
Emotionellen, dem Leidenschaftlichen. Denn derjenige, der sich
der guten Weltevolution stellt, der huldigt eben seiner Emotion
der Schwäche. Auch wenn er die gute Evolution will - wenn
Also nicht um das Ausreißen der Emotionen, nicht um das
bei dem Apokalyptiker, sondern darum, daß die Emotionen
dasjenige, was im Menschenleben die Emotionen darstellt, seien
bis zu einer furchtbaren Korruption. Was sich zunächst auf
das kann zu einer starken Korruption führen, so daß
der Repräsentant für moralische Korruption genommen.
Korruption gang und gäbe waren.
«babylonischen Korruption», so finden wir, daß
überall in dieser babylonischen Korruption tätig ist
innerhalb des Weltganzen. Er steckt in den Emotionen, die in
Erst wenn die Dreifaltigkeit der Weltkonstitution in der
Wesenheiten wollen die ganze Evolution auf einem ganz anderen
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Weltevolution stattfinden bei den Ereignissen, in die Mitte
angenommen werden, sind ja Illusionen. Die Zeiten, in denen
allen Transformationen, Metamorphosen ein Bild des wirklichen
nicht mehr. Bei jenen schnellen Transformationen im alten
wir keine definitionsähnlichen Beschreibungen davon
Zivilisation. Aber gerade der Anbruch des Michaelzeitalters
die einen visionären Charakter haben, die aber im
dem mit der Klarheit der Gedanken Visionen über die
Entwickelung der wunderbaren Imaginationen, die aus der
visionäre Gedanken auftauchen werden. Der Mensch wird
gelebt in vielen Metamorphosen, die noch traditionell erhalten
Apokalyptikers, in jener tiefen Schauung, jener Vision, die
verfeinerte, aber tierähnliche Emotionen trägt. -
eigenen astralischen Leib als Emotionen brodelte, aber auch
wird von der Menschheit rückschauend als Vision erlebt
Apokalyptiker tut es voraus, er hat die Vision des
was aus seinen Emotionen geistig von der Erde
geistigen Vorgänge der Transsubstantiation vor der
der Transsubstantiation erscheinen der irdische Abglanz
desjenigen, was sich in Himmelsregionen so vollzogen hat,
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ergibt sich nach dem modernen Initiationsprinzip dann, wenn in
die Imaginationen, die man vor sich hat, hereinspricht die
Inspiration. Man hat dann die Schauung so, daß sich
ausbreitet die Bildhaftigkeit der Imagination, und daß
durch die Imagination hindurch die Inspiration spricht. Dann
Inspirationen zu hören. Wenn man selber in der Siebenzahl
lebt, kann man in der verschiedensten Weise die Inspirationen
zivilisierten Welt dar. Er ist sozusagen die Kulmination des
Tiefpunkt oder meinetwillen der Kulminationspunkt des
Gesamtheit der menschlichen Evolution nimmt es sich nicht so
Inkarnationen eines Ich, sie werden hereingestellt in die
Inkarnation nicht hätten, weil ja keine
Vorstellungen nimmt, die ja als Imaginationen sich ergeben - in
tatsächlich ungeheuer starke Impressionen hatten von ihrem
eintritt, wo das Christentum zur Staatsreligion wird, was
mehr ist durch die Tradition des Mündlichen wieder
Zusammenhanges mit der Weltevolution etwas getan, was furchtbar
Weltenevolution finden, wenn man nicht das Prinzip der Zahl als
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Apokalypse, das eine Imagination des Apokalyptikers darstellt,
Realisation -, konnte man kaum die einzelnen Teile verkennen,
Vision sich vor Augen stellt von dem sonnenbekleideten Weibe,
andere Vision, jene Vision, welche deutlich wiedergibt,
kosmische Imagination desjenigen, was die Menschheit
unsere heutige Zivilisation dem Menschen ebenso ausgeredet, wie
es den Kindern ausgeredet wird, wenn sie irgendwelche Visionen
die Vision Johannes des Apokalyptikers stellt schon auch diese
Zivilisationsepoche schon bekanntmachen, damit wir in der
man die Kräfte eben in Wolkenregionen betrachtet. Aber sie
traditionellen Gedanken am liebsten, sie haben eine gewisse
dieses Streben der Menschen in die Rasse, in die Nation hinein,
spaltet, so spalten sich in Regionen, die dem einzelnen
draußen geschrieben, was Inhalt ist von alter Tradition,
zu dem keineswegs rationalistischen Erfassen der Zeitaufgaben
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menschlichen Evolution hat. Wir müssen dabei nur bedenken,
mächtige, ich möchte sagen Gewitterrevolutionen, die
dadurch immer mehr zu einer eigentlichen Interpretation der
gewaltigen Visionen der Apokalypse, wir kommen zu dem, was wir
muß, solange es nicht in Imaginationen, die der
man in der vorigen Inkarnation auf der Erde war. Man merkt das,
der vorigen Inkarnation gewahr wird und dann wieder
früheren Inkarnation da war, sondern das Wesentliche ist
fortwährend Geistkeime aus den oberen Regionen an die
Vorstellung von der Mission des Schnees, man bekommt eine
und Eis aus überirdischen Regionen merkt, weiß man:
Inkarnation bis heute. Das, was du da selber in der jetzigen
Inkarnation um dich hast, auch in der Natur, daran hast du
Inkarnationen stellt, so müssen wir das auch ausdehnen
Geistigkeit kommt, die mit der Menschheitsevolution verbunden
Kulmination des Materialismus während der vierziger Jahre
wirkte: In der Sphäre der menschlichen Illusion tritt die
der in prophetischer Weise in den Visionen Johannis lebt, indem
Illusion treibt, als ob die Natur und der menschliche Geist und
herrscht nur in den mittleren Zeiten der Evolution und bringt
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Illusion vor, denn innerhalb der Bewegung leben sich diese
Illusionäre da.
in einem ungläubigen, rationalisierenden Sinne behandelt.
daß viel Illusionäres darin liegt, daß man die
unglücklich sind über Depressionen einzelner Priester
oder über noch viel andere Dinge, als es Depressionen
überall ihre spirituellen Inspirationen durch Ahriman
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von Absolutionen riesige Einnahmen, weil die Leute alle zur
und Todesfälle und Absolutionen. Es kam dieser Tag heran -
Moralisches und Natürliches in einer Evolution
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Art und Weise, wie sie die Evolution in der Zeit schildert, die
Dinge zu finden in seinen imaginativen Visionen, wie er sie
auf diesem Wege der Imagination in die geistige Welt
physischen Welt alles als Illusion vor sich, denn in Wahrheit
gehen wir etwas weiter in der Initiation. Gehen wir über
weiter auf dem Initiationswege kommen, allmählich dazu,
Region hineinzukommen, wo wir gar nichts Naturhaftes mehr, auch
die alte Initiationsweisheit, die das durchaus ganz richtig so
werden sich unmöglich die Organisation denken können
den Wegen der Initiation gemäß vor. Es ist ein
Einweihung, der Initiation.
Meditationsbuch; sie ist in einer wunderbaren Weise als
Meditationsbuch zu gebrauchen, sie ist in dieser Beziehung ganz
tun hat, hinüberführt zu den Funktionen des
Reaktionen: sie möchten auch Gemüt und Gefühl
wollen sie aus dem Gefühl, aus dem Irrationalen heraus
die Transsubstantiation zu reden, als man sie und ihr Geheimnis
intellektuellen Diskussionsinhalte einer Zeitströmung ins
diskutiert wurde, bedeutete diese Diskussion, daß man
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daß namentlich die ganze Komposition der Apokalypse
Evolution, in der der Mensch die Intellektualität
Emotionen, in ihren Gefühlen, in ihren Leidenschaften
Tradition der Satan genannt wird und der nicht verwechselt
ist derjenige, welcher im Verlaufe der Weltevolution diese
seiner Evolution. Also das Mysterium von Golgatha unwirksam zu
Tradition der Satan genannt wird, hat keine Kraft, weiter
christlichen Tradition Satan genannte Macht die Gabe hat, sich
Evolution herausgerissen werden in eine ganz andere Bahn, indem
persönliche Evolution bewirken, sie ist das erste, wo der
durchgehende Schöpferwesen der Evolution darstellt, und
Diesen großen Moment in der Menschheitsevolution kann
Weise in ihre Evolution hineinzubringen. Der Weg dazu
Erdenevolution herauszureißen und in eine andere
planetarische Evolution hineinzubringen. Die
gutmütig die fortschreitende Evolution der Menschheit
würde eben in einer die Evolution der Menschheit
Sinne der von den Göttern bedachten Menschheitsevolution,
Inspiration, sondern durch eigene Kraft. Das bricht herein.
alle früheren Inkarnationen der Menschheit würde
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Die Komposition der Rede. Das geistige Leben im sozialen Organismus
Zivilisation, daß im allgemeinen über die Dinge
einer Information dienen können, sondern ich werde versuchen,
heraus, sondern er redet aus allerlei Situationen heraus. Er redet
ausdrücken darf, Inspiration vorbringt, dann tut man doch
reden, in der Variation der Töne. Ob wir intensiv oder
Sätze gestaltet, die Disposition gestaltet werden. Je mehr wir
Komposition der Rede hineinlegen.
Attacke nicht gerade darin besteht, daß wir in einer Diskussion
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Die Komposition der Rede. Das geistige Leben im sozialen Organismus
anders gesprochen werden, als man nach den Traditionen des Sprechens
weist, in der sich die Zivilisation in bezug auf diese Dinge bewegt.
Beispiel die Weimarische Nationalversammlung eines war,
Staat, so bekommt dasjenige, was wirtschaftliche Organisation ist,
haben, beruht auf der Tradition, die eigentlich zurückgeht bis
sich die Sprache mit ihrer ganzen Organisation. Und man kam erst nach
muß ein Laut da sein, der diese Modifikation des Inneren
westliche Gebiet der Zivilisation.
jedem einzelnen Worte ist es möglich, ein Bild, eine Imagination
mittleren Gebiet der Zivilisation. Und nach dem Westen müssen
Orte heute in unserer Zivilisation auftritt, wiederum über die
genommen die Menschen schon über die ganze Zivilisation hin von
so, wie sonst die Dinge am Ende in Korruption kommen,
sind so gute Vibrationen da! – Und man merkte ihr an:
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Komposition zu geben. Ohne Komposition kann eine Rede eigentlich
und Entstehenlassen der Komposition dadurch, daß man von einem
man eine Art Komposition der Rede vor sich hat, die Erfahrungen in
diese Komposition da oder dort hineinfließen zu lassen.
über den wir auch noch sprechen, ist eigentlich die Komposition
Leben, unter einem auf Assoziationen begründeten
herangeht. Man sollte sich schon lebendig in die Situation nach
Diskussion, bemerken, daß diejenigen, die diskutieren, nichts
sie sich nicht an den Diskussionen beteiligen. Die nichts verstanden
Diskussionen. Und bei denen wird man eben etwas bemerken, was in der
Diskussion hinstellt und glaubt, reden zu können, so ist es ja
ungefähr verliefen unzählige Diskussionen.
die Diskussion eine Art neuer Nuance. Die Nuancen waren ja
Religion, Rechtsbegriffe, Sittenbegriffe und so weiter, Kunst,
Religion, Wissenschaft, Kunst, Sitte, Recht und so weiter bilden. Das
sind keine Wirklichkeiten, Recht, Sitte, Religion, Kunst, sondern
Religion, von dem Werte der Sittlichkeit, der Kunst –, aber das
soziale Position hineingestellt ist und reden darf, also selbst vor
karikiere ganz gewiß nicht, sondern ich schildere, was in Millionen,
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Title: Anthroposophie, soziale Dreigliederung und Redekunst: Vierter Vortrag
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Die Komposition der Rede. Das geistige Leben im sozialen Organismus
Revolution, waren in Deutschland alle, sowohl proletarische wie
revolutionär, die anderen resignierend, davon überzeugt,
Führung nach durchaus reaktionär, konservativ. Da muß
Agitationsgründen gegen das gehandelt wird, was vernünftig
Hypo-mochlion sein könnte für die Weltverhältnisse
der neueren Zivilisation in gegenseitige Verhältnisse, in soziale
organisiert werden darf. Lassen Sie einmal eine Generation ihr
die nächstfolgende Generation. Das Geistesleben muß
daß eine Organisation eintritt, kann es sich nicht ausbreiten,
und wenn eine Organisation eintritt, wird sogleich die Organisation
vorbringen, mit einer gewissen Modulation, mit einer gewissen
Organisation nicht ernst nimmt, sondern mit ihr spielt. Und so
menschliche Organisation heranginge, durchaus einsehen, was nun auch
der Diskussion. Aber in der Diskussion, an der man gerade das
in der Diskussion, im Wortverhältnis, im Satzverhältnis
dann bei der Diskussion nicht verliebt ist in seine eigene Art zu
Diskussion eigentlich antipathisch empfindet, was man selber zu etwas
ergebnislos. Man kann ja eigentlich nie jemanden in einer Diskussion
wird, für Debatten, für Diskussionen von einer
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Die Komposition der Rede. Das geistige Leben im sozialen Organismus
theoretische Nationalökonomie auch nur geben konnte. Man soll
Assoziationsgedanken begreiflich, plausibel machen. Man wird
hervorgehen kann und man also angewiesen ist auf die Assoziationen.
heute besteht, eigentlich aus alten instinktiven Assoziationen
instinktiven Assoziation heraus, indem eine Anzahl von Dörfern
Assoziation. Man sprach überhaupt kein Wort aus; aber in
Wirklichkeit war es eine instinktive Assoziation. Diejenigen Leute,
Daher konnten sie nach dem Konsum die Produktion regeln in ganz
eine Rede ausnehmen? Nun, man suche möglichst in die Situation
Situation in das Lauten, in die Sprechart, in das Wie des Sprechens
daß man auch einmal einem eins in der Diskussion herunterhauen
unserer ganzen Organisation. Geradeso wie man aus der Physiognomie
Teetrinker oder ein Kaffeetrinker ist, ob er an Obstipationen oder am
sich dann so etwas, wie ich es heute dargestellt habe im Dispositionenmachen

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Die Komposition der Rede. Das geistige Leben im sozialen Organismus
durch die Komposition und noch durch manches andere, was heute zu
Selbstverständlich kannte der Mann die Situation und die
nach der Revolution, weil jeder etwas Neues erwartete, durchaus in
Nationalitäten eine Empfindung von der Notwendigkeit der
natürlich nicht in drei Nationen, sondern in die drei in den
wird er pensioniert; also noch über seine Arbeit hinaus ist er
äußeren physischen Menschen pensioniert durch seine Macht,
so soll die Kirche auch die Seele pensionieren, wenn der Mensch
stirbt; sie soll für die Seele sorgen, soll ihr Pensionsgeld

Title: History of Art: Lecture I: Cimabue, Giotto, and Other Italian Masters
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return. For in the artistic evolution of this period we witness
the unfolding of some of the deepest human relationships which
springing from a conception of life altogether remote from our
lies before this period in artistic evolution is veiled pretty
Cimabue remained without succession.
brief description. We must not forget that the time of the origin
spheres of human life and action, was characterised by a turning
and interest was directed to the question: How did the higher
wanted to gain a conception of these things. And if one desired
men, it could be no question of copying Nature directly in any
artistic ideal. Rather was it a question of calling forth those
forces in the human soul — those powers of imagination,
humanity did not possess sufficient powers of imagination to
imagination. Thus, inner spiritual visions and imaginations were
connected with the early Christian conceptions.
Witness the evolution of the forms in which they represented the
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as a culmination of the spiritual stream of preceding ages, inasmuch as
a whole. People say that our attention is thus diverted unduly from
case at all. Indeed, it is only in our own time that this distinction
men in recent times, by way of pictorial representation and the like.
True understanding for the manner of representation has been
artistic quality of their creation, in form and colouring, there flowed
the specific quality of the world-conception of that time. In our time,
a world-conception is a collection of ideas which can, of course, be
warnings, even within our anthroposophical stream of evolution. The
reproductions of a picture he had painted. The subject was: Buddha under
but the man — if you will pardon me the apt expression —
them the whole way of feeling which permeated the Italian civilisation
of their time. For this civilisation entered livingly into the artistic
quality of their work, into their whole manner of presentation; nor
civilisation in the midst of which they lived. Today, indeed, people
notion of High Mass. Of course, he cannot do so in reality. Or they
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Title: History of Art: Lecture III: Dürer and Holbein
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The evolution of Art
this stream of evolution is one of the most complex problems in the
problem is the relation of this artistic evolution to that other
one, the culmination of which we considered a short while ago: the
what is really important in the evolution of this European Art, we
peculiar activity of fancy, of imagination which had its
or imagination proceed from this region of Middle Europe. As
spread of Christianity in the more Southern regions. These Northern
impulses of the imagination stand in clear contrast to those of a
impulses of imagination are rooted in a certain power of perception
too, spring forth from deeper manifestations which lie hidden, in a
perceptible. Accordingly, whatsoever the Southern imagination seeks
forms and colors. This impulse of imagination also evolves a
certain tendency to come to rest in the well balanced composition
relationships — a power of composition which, as you know,
restfulness of composition. Its interest is in the quick event
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Title: History of Art: Lecture IV: Mid-European and Southern Art
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last week, of the connections and contrasts between the
there were continual interpenetrations of the Southern and
together. Spiritual scientific investigations will in course of
attention to the contrasts from certain other points of view. You
the art of expression — expression of Will and Intelligence
our perceptions from the Divine-spiritual in the Cosmos, which
finds expression in the power of composition, and in features which
nowadays from the general life of culture and civilisation, and
composition and the like — we need only wean ourselves of the
expression in the great works of Art, are also living in the whole
general life of civilisation. Out of the common feeling of his time
the artist works into the spheres of form and color and expression.
culture of the age finds expression in the characteristic works of
strongly individual characterisation of all that is life and
Christianity into the soul found expression especially in the
expression.
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Title: History of Art: Lecture V: Rembrandt
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one of the very greatest in the artistic evolution of humanity. I refer
kind of introduction, indicating the historic background of the artist's
immediate impression of his works — so far as is possible through
some few reproductions. For only when we bring before our souls in sequence
creations more from the point of view of the history of his times. For
He grows out of the broad foundations of the race. In his case it is far
more important to see how he himself stands in the stream of evolution
— to see what radiates from him into the stream of evolution —
simply construct a succession of historic causes and effects. Sooner
perceptions — had written down on scraps of paper in the course
investigated in all directions to discover who the unknown author might
had lost connection, as it were, with the mother-soil of spiritual life.
them inner fullness and satisfaction. The anonymous writer was everywhere
cultivation of artistic taste. You have lost the Mother-Earth of spiritual
book Rembrandt as an Educator. He found the conceptions and
the 19th century. In all directions it had become essentially a culture on
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Title: History of Art: Lecture VI: Dutch and Flemish Painting
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point of view, this is one of the most important moments in the evolution
bring forth, out of the depths of human evolution, all that is connected
pictures we shall now consider, this comes to expression in a most
after the modern fashion.
beforehand of the laws and impulses of human evolution as explained by
Spiritual Science, we should still find in this artistic evolution a
wonderful confirmation of all the differences which Spiritual Science
indicates in its descriptions of the Third, Fourth, and fifth
we may regard as the fundamental frame-work of the artistic conceptions
in the most manifold quarters in the evolution of mankind.
representations in line and color do not really constitute a pictorial Art
we could, at most, regard this as a kind of primitive illustration.
Today we should not even allow the art of illustration to proceed in
at any rate, the dimension of depth.
several figures are already made larger or smaller in proportion, taking
the front (nearer to the spectator) smaller in proportion to other figures
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Title: History of Art: Lecture VII: Representations of the Nativity
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relate especially to the birth of Christ Jesus, the Adoration by the
Comprising an evolution through several centuries, they will bring before
Art, and I will therefore speak not so much of the evolution of artistic
principles, but draw your attention to some other points of view which
may be of interest in relation to these pictures. You will, however,
the same great trend of evolution, as we pass from the artistic representations
First you will see the more typical representations of an early time.
These, as we have seen, were still under the influence of Revelations
from the Spiritual World. Less concerned with naturalistic expressions
of form and color, they try to reproduce the spiritual Imaginations,
reproduction of that which may be called reality from the point of view
of the physical plane. As we follow the evolution of this Art, the sacred
show the Adoration of the Child by the Shepherds; indeed, these two,
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Title: History of Art: Lecture VIII: Raphael and the Northern Artists
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today will enable us to give a kind of recapitulation of various things
that came before our souls in former lectures. I shall draw attention
show some further reproductions of pictures by Raphael, and I wish to
creations work upon his soul, will admit that in Raphael — with
respect to certain artistic intentions — the highest ideal has
we ask ourselves again and again: What is it that comes to expression
in his works, and how does it stand in relation to the World? Think
in all directions. To begin with, you may consider the picture as an
outcome of the Christian world-conception. So perfectly does it express
this theme: The Birth of Christ Jesus in connection with the Madonna,
the Madonna with the Jesus Child — in its impression on the human
soul. One of the ideas of the Christian conception of the world has
come to expression here in the highest imaginable way, seen from a certain
world-conception. Let us consider it in the way Herman Grimm once spoke
of it, simply as an expression of the deep mystery of the relation of the
of expression have been found by Raphael for one of the most mysterious
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Title: History of Art: Lecture IX:
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representations of Greek sculputre. Goethe was writing from Italy to
the creation of their works of art the Greeks proceeded according to
he had been trying to discover the principle of universal evolution and
transformations of this one. Not only so, but having thus begun, he sought
to understand the several plant species as diverse manifestations of one
vivid conception of what he intended. We are wont to conceive things
In this connection I have
the living forces that abound in the Etheric Body come to expression.
the Greek Athletics, were built on this foundation. Those who partook
the way of a healthy conception of existence. The latter will have to
recognised in a beautiful way the connection between Truth in knowledge
also largely among the forces of hindrance in modern civilisation. I can
describe them in no other way, than as a tendency to degrade civilisation
an outcome of the materialistic conception of life — represent,
Indeed, they are often thought of as a kind of resurrection of the spirit
etc? Precisely a “monkeyfied” man, whose chief distinction
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Title: Man/Symphony: Lecture I: Man as Microcosm
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and nature. The first three lectures show us man's inner relationship
to the ancient and sacred animal representatives - eagle, lion and bull
animal worlds in the context of spiritual evolution. The third group
gives a unique and intimate description of the elemental nature spirits
the cooperation these beings offer to mankind. In the fourth series
The Connection between Cosmic Conditions, Earthly Conditions, the Animal World and Man
his whole structure, in the conditions of his life, indeed in all that
Let us first turn our attention to that realm which represents what is
creating the conditions of their existence out of the air, are formed
of looking at things. I have often drawn attention to the fact that,
stage of mere intellectual comprehension, but that what is
intellectual must gradually change into an artistic conception of the
elephant, and how dwarfed its head when compared with that of a lion
Certainly, an inartistic method of observation does speak about the
is thoroughly inartistic, unimaginative observation. If we would
contemplation, we advance from seeing what is physical in the bird to
very far back in the planetary evolution of the Earth. The bird has a
comparatively early; and in the conditions into which it came in later
stages of Earth-evolution, all that it could still add to this
and their action bestowed his plumage, bestowed his horny beak —
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Title: Man/Symphony: Lecture II: The Sun in Relation to the Outer Planets
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to the ancient and sacred animal representatives - eagle, lion and bull
animal worlds in the context of spiritual evolution. The third group
gives a unique and intimate description of the elemental nature spirits
the cooperation these beings offer to mankind. In the fourth series
region, represented by the lion, and the animals of the earth-depths,
represented by the ox or cow, we can today turn our attention to man's
connection with the universe from that particular aspect which reveals
the inner structural relationship of the human being to these
Let us first turn our gaze to the upper regions, about which we
head-organization. There we see how the bird owes its very being to
upon this that the actual formation of the plumage depends. The bird
all that results from such a contemplation, it is to the tranquil
atmosphere and to the streaming sunlight that our attention is drawn.
We must not, however, think of the sun in isolation. The sun maintains
its power through the fact that it comes into connection with the
different regions of the universe. Human knowledge has expressed this
relationship by connecting the sun activities with the so-called
And here different relationships arise in regard to the different
planets; the relationships in regard to the so-called outer planets,
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Title: Man/Symphony: Lecture III: Physical and Spiritual Substance
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to the ancient and sacred animal representatives - eagle, lion and bull
animal worlds in the context of spiritual evolution. The third group
gives a unique and intimate description of the elemental nature spirits
the cooperation these beings offer to mankind. In the fourth series
not only of our own soul, but also of all those formations in the
universe which, as spiritual formations, are connected with physical
formations.
limb-system and its continuation inwards as digestive activity, then
to say: The lower man actually shows us a formation in spiritual
compact formation composed of physical substance. In a form such as
the limb-system and digestion the substance is spiritual, the forces
when we distinguish in him the upper region, his head and also the
through by spiritual forces (I must mention that the lowest spiritual
of man as a formation composed of spiritual substance, within which
these activities in the human being there is mutual interaction. Man
into this apportioning of what is of the nature of substance and of
felt in the metabolism — then digestion becomes too strongly
substance-formation which is intruding into the spiritual
then there sets in a too strong spiritualisation of the head. And now,
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Title: Man/Symphony: Lecture IV: Butterfly and Plant
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animal worlds in the context of spiritual evolution. The third group
gives a unique and intimate description of the elemental nature spirits
the cooperation these beings offer to mankind. In the fourth series
The Inner Connection
Cosmic activity is indeed the greatest of artists. The cosmos fashions everything according to laws which bring the deepest satisfaction to the artistic sense.
We have studied certain aspects of the connection between
earth-conditions, world-conditions, animals and man. We shall continue
find the transition to those wider spheres which we shall have to
consider later. I should like, in the first place, to draw attention
as the evolution of the Earth in the cosmos — beginning with the
primordial Saturn-metamorphosis of the Earth. This Saturn-condition
warmth-ether, contained in an undifferentiated etheric condition
We then distinguish as the second metamorphosis of earth-evolution,
what, in a comprehensive sense, I have called the Sun-condition of the
Earth. Here we have to do with the gradual formation — from the
conditions had been recapitulated, there took form on the one hand all
which Saturn in its state of separation belonged.
themselves, forming rock-like projections of horny substance, jutting
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Title: Man/Symphony: Lecture V: Butterflies, Birds and Bats
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to the ancient and sacred animal representatives - eagle, lion and bull
animal worlds in the context of spiritual evolution. The third group
gives a unique and intimate description of the elemental nature spirits
the cooperation these beings offer to mankind. In the fourth series
These lectures deal with the inner connection between appearance and
things of which those whose vision is limited to the world of
recapitulation, we will again consider what I said recently about the
my description of this butterfly nature, as contrasted with that of
fact look up into the higher regions of the cosmos, and must say to
ourselves: These higher cosmic regions endow and bless the earth, with
permeated with the activity of physical forces, with the action of
gravity, with the action of the other earthly forces. In the head, the
the circulation, nerve-activity and the like, is permeated by
wings, because its whole attention, its whole group-soul being, is
a connection is actually created between what is earthly and what is
spirit, and the bird-creation has the task of giving over this
earth-matter will have been spiritualized, and that the bird-creation
never actually leaves the region of the sun, it is in a position to
can contemplate the region of the world, of the butterflies encircling
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Title: Man/Symphony: Lecture VI: Evolution of Animals and Man
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animal worlds in the context of spiritual evolution. The third group
gives a unique and intimate description of the elemental nature spirits
the cooperation these beings offer to mankind. In the fourth series
mind various descriptions already familiar to us through books or
If we go for instruction to present-day science, we are usually told
A true conception of evolution reveals something essentially
evolution behind him, an evolution which reaches back to the time of
ancient Saturn. We must therefore say that man is the oldest creation
within the evolution of our earth. It was only during the Sun-period
Earth-period of evolution.
is the oldest part of man according to his evolutionary history? It is
Saturn-condition was composed entirely of warmth-substance, and the
gain a conception through external forms of knowledge existed during
descendant. And simultaneously with the formation of man's head —
this can be gathered from my recent descriptions — simultaneously
focus our attention on the being of the butterfly. When we follow the
course of evolution from the ancient Saturn-period onwards until
evolutions proceeded further. Man developed his inner being, so that
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Title: Man/Symphony: Lecture VII: Gnomes, Undines, Sylphs, and Salamanders and their Relations to Ethers and Plants
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animal worlds in the context of spiritual evolution. The third group
gives a unique and intimate description of the elemental nature spirits
the cooperation these beings offer to mankind. In the fourth series
The World-Word is not some combination of syllables gathered from here or there, but the World-Word is the harmony of what sounds forth from countless beings.
when we turn our attention away from the animals to the plants.
When spiritual vision is directed to the plant-world, we are
We have already recognized a very significant connection between the
vision (for this he must have) sees how the root-nature is everywhere
elemental spirits, with an old clairvoyant perception designated as
by an imaginative and inspirational world-conception, just as human
which in receiving impressions, receives also ideas.
I shall presently show you, into connection with the extraterrestrial
turn their faculty of perception towards what seeps downwards from
make use of thought. They have direct perception of what is
conclusion. Why should they do this? say the gnomes — why ever
strong connection with the earth, to avoid taking on earthly form.
determines the upward direction of the plant's growth; they push the
outer physical formation in the leaves. But in all that is now active
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and nature. The first three lectures show us man's inner relationship
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animal worlds in the context of spiritual evolution. The third group
gives a unique and intimate description of the elemental nature spirits
the cooperation these beings offer to mankind. In the fourth series
vision beheld these beings of the super-sensible world as clearly as we
epoch of his earth-evolution, is not in a position to unfold his
bodies. In the present situation of earth evolution man is obliged to
adapted to entering into connection with the beings which exist behind
applies also to the fishes, which have only indications of the
And just because the conditions of the beings in the world are very
intelligence is already implicit in perception; they are in every
completion. They supply what this lower animal world does not possess.
what is going on around them. As far as earth-observation goes no
themselves little about one another and give their attention only to
are there, just as are the other beings of nature for ordinary vision.
which work as forces of destruction. He would perceive all the
in connection with the water just as the gnomes live in connection
just developed, there it breaks down. It is not in a position, for
Equally, the formation of an armour-like sheath will always create a
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Title: Man/Symphony: Lecture IX: Gnomes, Undines, Sylphs, and Salamanders and their Various Activities and Attitudes
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animal worlds in the context of spiritual evolution. The third group
gives a unique and intimate description of the elemental nature spirits
the cooperation these beings offer to mankind. In the fourth series
through some atmospheric condition or other, as occasionally occurs,
inner perception, of the different ingredients of the earth; when they
universe. But for the earth itself the gnomes have no perception, only
the impressions which come from the moon.
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attention — I have already described their power of attention to
impression at full moon from that one receives at new moon, and again
imaginative perception for such things, they really appear like little
discoveries, for one reaches the conclusion that at the present time
that they see their chief mission in the universe. They await with
intense expectation the epoch when the moon will again unite with the
have been dispersed into the universe, — after the transition to
the Jupiter-evolution — to preserve what is good in the structure
east-west direction. You would get something like the structure of the
When one gains insight into this, one receives the impression that
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animal worlds in the context of spiritual evolution. The third group
gives a unique and intimate description of the elemental nature spirits
the cooperation these beings offer to mankind. In the fourth series
man is a product of that long cosmic evolution which I have always
synthesized as the Saturn-Sun-Moon-and-Earth-evolution. The
Earth-evolution is not yet completed. But let us be clear about what
man owes to this Earth-evolution in the narrower sense, to the epoch,
that is to say, which is subsequent to the evolution of old Moon. You
Earth-evolution in the narrower sense. If, on the other hand, you look
metabolic functions within the physical body, here you have a picture
of what man owes to the Moon-evolution. And you have a picture of what
man owes to the old Sun-evolution when you look into everything within
blood-circulation are of course the most important of these rhythmic
processes, and these man owes to the old Sun-evolution. Everything
Saturn-evolution.
being is a whole and that world-evolution is a whole. When today we
draw attention to the old Saturn-evolution in the way I did in my
we mean the period of evolution previous to the primordial epochs of
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Title: Man/Symphony: Lecture XI: Food, Digestion, Plants, and Carnivorous Animals
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animal worlds in the context of spiritual evolution. The third group
gives a unique and intimate description of the elemental nature spirits
the cooperation these beings offer to mankind. In the fourth series
You will have gathered from the foregoing descriptions that man's
relation to his environment is very different from what modern ideas
however, be no question of this, for one must be clear that within the
is not aware of this one will ever and again reach the conclusion that
condition of warmth-ether. This means that everything of a mineral
fluid, and is further transformed into the condition of warmth-ether.
Thus, if you would gain an idea of how a mineral substance functions
the fluid conditions, and so on, it is transformed into warmth-ether.
Now it is warmth-ether. This warmth-ether has a strong disposition to
for its formation.
what is of the nature of fire has the disposition to take up into
streams back again into all man's internal regions, and builds up, in
condition.
it was changed into the warmth-ether condition.
lifeless into the condition of warmth-ether. A child is as yet quite
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Title: Man/Symphony: Lecture XII: Convention and Morals, Bones and Hatred
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animal worlds in the context of spiritual evolution. The third group
gives a unique and intimate description of the elemental nature spirits
the cooperation these beings offer to mankind. In the fourth series
mineral must be brought to the warmth-etheric condition, we will also
find that all that lives in man, in the human organization, flows out
must all pass through a condition more volatile than that of muscles
enter into connection with the impulses of the moral world-order.
present considerations into something which will lead man upwards to
The spiritual-moral impulses — well, for modern civilization these
nature. Through the whole manner of his education modern civilization
leads man to ask: what is customary? what has convention ordained?
which has retreated to an ever greater degree in modern civilization.
conventional tradition.
Earlier world-conceptions, particularly those which were sustained by
today they have become traditional. Of course nothing whatever is
implied here against the traditional in morality — but only think
Here one can put a deeply significant question, a question which is
This is a question with which initiates more than anyone else have
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today's lecture sets out from a question which is often asked by
and spiritual investigation, for led by the conceptions and
emphasized that a person standing upon the foundation of
spiritual research can best of all understand the objections
the conceptions advanced by a spiritual investigator were to meet
opposition … for they must give rise to antagonism! This
fact is explained by the whole of today's civilization and by the
whole of civilization by natural science, and the
of the Time has — if we may use this expression —
of human evolution “a while” is long and may last for
a mentality which is not accustomed to the contemplation of the
when the human being passes over to that condition in which he
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Title: Lecture: Man's Position in the Cosmic Whole, the Platonic World-Year
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MAN'S POSITION IN THE COSMIC WHOLE.
things, perhaps in the form of aphoristic considerations, and on
spiritual science for the present time, and for the evolution of
humanity. On that occasion, I would also like to speak of
something which is indeed worthy of our consideration, for, on the
one hand, it will be a kind of retrospection of our activity
and, on the other hand, it will be a description of certain
attention.
I shall begin to-day with the description of some of the
things which enable us to feel, as it were, our position in the
times of human evolution, the human beings had different kinds of
families and tribes felt, throughout many generations, that they were
earlier times of human evolution still other feelings existed in
entirely disconnected with us; we are a portion of that space through
which the sun travels. And we are a portion of the universe which the
part of the body. The fact that this feeling and sensation has more
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Title: Lecture: The Overcoming of Evil
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calling for a super-sensible interpretation of the problems of
discussions there have been among Christians on the birth of
human souls in connection with the problem of birth and death.
connection between the actions of an Atlantean and the natural
grow out of the opposition to evil, and man will have to draw the
strength for this opposition out of spiritual sources. This will
take place above all during the 5th epoch, when the exploitation
of electric forces, which will assume quite different dimensions
connection, for these still touch to a great extent human
connection the human beings are divided on the one hand into
orders based on human blood-relationships. But now they live in
blood-relationships, with racial and national relationships, and
different foundations, than, for instance, those of family-ties,
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Title: Lecture: Entry of the Michael Forces
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Karmic Relationships
From: Karmic Relationships, Esoteric Studies III
Dornach, on August 3rd, 1924. Authorized translation from the German
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Dornach, on August 3rd, 1924. Authorized translation from the German
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Karmic Relationships, Esoteric Studies III.
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impulse within them through their special relationship to the forces
who stand in any kind of connection with them.
descriptions that the rulership of
physical inheritance — forces related to physical reproduction.
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Title: Colour: Part Three: The Creative World of Colour
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detail of his creations. One may say that our epoch is very far from
method of observation of Science. This method is to a certain extent a
specialization of Science, and that is the specialization of our life!
For it leads to the situation that the soul which is confined to this
or that specialized circle of ideas or sensations can understand less
and less the other soul which is specialized in another direction. And
unnecessary for a real Theosophy, as the expression goes. Well, in
is it necessary, therefore, that all sorts and kinds of expression in
get clear on many points, so that we can answer the questions raised
I want to draw your spiritual attention to an artist of the eighteenth
ideas and embody them in paint, only he is not in the position in
there streamed something towards the creations of these artists. When
everywhere some kind of connection between it and what was alive in
Madonnas lived in them. Thus the creations of art appear as an
expression of the universal and unified spiritual life. This is what
on himself, of whom one might ask: What is his own relation to his
relationship of mankind to Art began which exists at present. One may
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Title: Colour: Part Three: Artistic and Moral Experience
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revolution in artistic creation and enjoyment. The forces which we
has been in the past, when the means of artistic creation will be
the soul, and when in the creations of the artists we shall meet the
In essentials the attitude of artistic creation and artistic
appreciation in the past epoch was a kind of external observation, an
refer to Nature and to the model for outward observation has become
any one-sided rejection of Nature and outward reality. Far from it,
but there will be a much more intimate union with the external world;
so strong a union with it, that it covers not merely the external
impression of colours and sound and form, but that which one can
sense-perception. An endless deepening of the human soul can be
covered with vermilion. Let us assume we succeed in forgetting
divine wrath, which pours upon us from every direction on account of
when the reaction comes, when something rises in our soul one can only
If one can experience in the colour red the radiation and fusion of the
who, when they had ascended to the Elohim-existence, learnt to fashion
experience, this living in the orange forces, gives us the impression
earth-incarnation. One feels an affinity between what one was during
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Title: Psychoanalysis: Lecture I: Anthroposophy and Psychoanalysis I
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Steiner lays the foundations for a truly spiritual psychology. The
first two lectures constitute a critical examination of the principles
of Freud and Jung. The last three lectures begin with a description of
powers and the complex connections between psychological and organic,
on this occasion the lectures which I am having to
attention to what is now called analytical psychology,
or psychoanalysis. And various considerations connected
with this realization have decided me to introduce what I have
to say today with a short enumeration of certain points in
considerations with what is offered by the moving forces of our
spiritual foundations of existence, for the inner
intrude themselves for various reasons upon the attention of
required for the discussion and, above all, for the
consideration by inadequate methods of knowledge. This is
particularly important because this investigation, by
obviously exists and challenges our present human cognition
natural that one case, which came under his observation
occasional paralysis of one arm, dreamy conditions of various
kinds, reduction of consciousness, a deep degree of sleepiness,
condition she could be persuaded, by a more intimate
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Title: Psychoanalysis: Lecture II: Anthroposophy and Psychoanalysis II
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first two lectures constitute a critical examination of the principles
of Freud and Jung. The last three lectures begin with a description of
powers and the complex connections between psychological and organic,
soul realm by inadequate means of cognition. Perhaps nothing is
consideration of the facts. Yesterday I showed you by definite
examples what grotesque leaps modern erudition is obliged to
scientific discussion, and that we might wait until people make
become the foundation of a teaching system. This forces
theoretical discussion.
of our examination in order to throw light upon one aspect or
another. First of all I wish to call to your attention
prefer to leave as a sort of nebulous, subconscious region. For
world-conception into clear, sharply outlined concepts. The
— without going into details, but merely mentioning them,
foundation is reached only by realizing that consciousness does
not exhaust the cleverness, calculation, the artfulness of what
Consider this case. We can at least raise the question: What
real explanation by allowing for her subconscious,
conversation with her host. If one is less clever a poor choice
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Title: Reappearance/Christ: Lecture XI: Individual Spirit Beings and the Undivided Foundation of the World: Part 2
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themes covered here are the etherization of the blood and the three
Spirit Beings and the Undivided Foundation of the World: Part 2
to distant historical perspectives, in relation to which I beg you to
case in what I said in my last visit with the same intention, from
for you but of presenting facts that relate to the intentions and
bear this in mind, especially regarding such information as I gave
certain extent with different factions. You could recognize this
already in last year's discussion. At that time I drew your attention
faction that insists on absolute secrecy regarding certain higher
those truths whose revelation is most necessary. In addition to these
main factions there are other groups with different nuances. From
brotherhoods as an impulse into the evolution of humanity, often
impulses effective in humanity's evolution, saw the approach of a
best intentions. It was they who undertook the erroneous impulse that
of this physical path. The intentions were thus good when spiritism
who maintained an attitude that totally rejected the revelation of
decision not only by those who have set things in motion for their
own purposes; those who originally opposed the decision also expect
this or that once the decision is made.
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Title: Reappearance/Christ: Lecture XII: Individual Spirit Beings and the Undivided Foundation of the World: Part 3
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Spirit Beings and the Undivided Foundation of the World: Part 3
observations that we have made in the course of our studies with this
title Doctor of Theology, and in addition there is also Professor. He
course of this article there is a section that is expressed in the
has no need of pious consecration or religious estimation, because it
is in itself religion. Here it is not a matter of the feeling and
comprehension of one's own individual values but of the great
Irrational that is hidden behind all existence. He who touches it so
undertakes to discover and unveil the circulation of life behind the
this cosmic piety, it is not a question of mysticism that begins with
rejection of the world . . .” etc.
is brought falteringly to expression in an unclear tirade, reminding
from some direction someone has again observed that something lies
with reality is to flow into the time-stream of evolution so that
congresses and national congresses, and whatever — thousands of
exploration of the spiritual world. It sounds strange, but it must be
calling forth knowledge of man's connection with the cosmic order.
Attention is drawn precisely to such knowledge in this brochure.
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Title: Influences of Lucifer/Ahriman: Lecture One: The Incarnation of Lucifer in Asia in the Third Millenium B.C.
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right orientation toward the spirit: a free spiritual life. With great
compassion and understanding he shows, in telling examples, how humanity
Lucifer and Ahriman. He tells of the incarnation of Lucifer, in the third
approaching humanity through phenomena such as materialism, nationalism,
and literalism in preparation for his incarnation in the millennium now
SOCIAL QUESTIONS are discussed from a spiritual scientific point of
Everything is based upon observation of the evolution of
humanity and of what the forces underlying that evolution
there is little inclination to enter into such matters with any real
of prejudices and preconceptions. Today, therefore, I shall put
by the epoch of Egypto-Chaldean civilization.
that in the ordinary history of that ancient time, all civilization,
Like an oasis, Hebraic culture arises in its midst as a preparation
pre-Christian civilized life, let us turn our attention to
perceptions and feelings of those ancient peoples. A kind of echo of
this primeval wisdom, a tradition in which it was enshrined,
groups belonging to certain, nationalities. And what is in the
possession of ordinary secret societies today can no longer be
regarded as wholesome or as a genuine tradition of the old pagan
stream then making preparation for Christianity had to be introduced
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right orientation toward the spirit: a free spiritual life. With great
compassion and understanding he shows, in telling examples, how humanity
Lucifer and Ahriman. He tells of the incarnation of Lucifer, in the third
nationalism, and literalism in preparation for his incarnation in the
questions are discussed from a spiritual scientific point of
impulse. Everything is based upon observation of the
evolution of humanity and of what the forces underlying that
evolution demand of us now and in the immediate future.
congenial task, for there is little inclination to enter into
preconceptions. To-day, therefore, I shall put before you
civilisation.
time, all civilisation, all culture in the then known world,
arises in its midst as a preparation for Christianity. But
pre-Christian civilised life, let us turn our attention to
the thinking, all the perceptions and feelings of those
tradition in which it was enshrined, survived here and there
isolated groups belonging to certain nationalities. And what
is in the possession of ordinary secret societies to-day can
no longer be regarded as wholesome or as a genuine tradition
preparation for Christianity, had to be introduced as a kind
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Title: Influences of Lucifer/Ahriman: Lecture Two: The Advance Preparation of Ahriman for His Future Incarnation
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right orientation toward the spirit: a free spiritual life. With great
compassion and understanding he shows, in telling examples, how humanity
Lucifer and Ahriman. He tells of the incarnation of Lucifer, in the third
approaching humanity through phenomena such as materialism, nationalism,
and literalism in preparation for his incarnation in the millennium now
insight into the nature and evolution of humanity, we must be
course, already at work in earlier stages of cosmic evolution, but in
is to create conditions throughout the world, or at least
of the necessity for conditions which would provide the foundation
recognize the gravity of the present situation in the world are also,
in a certain respect, helping to prepare for Ahriman's incarnation.
ahrimanic incarnation will be greatly furthered if people fail to
the right attitude, the right relationship, may be adopted to
Ahriman's incarnation in the future.
words which have no connection with reality. And very often,
proclamations of the victorious powers concerning justice and
Romain Rolland is just as deluded as ever; the delusion is not one
Ahriman's incarnation. Hence all these things, including this recent
knowledge and deep penetration into the nature of things is
implication therefore is: “In the beginning the Word
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Title: Lucifer and Ahriman: Lecture II: The Advance Preparation of Ahriman for His Future Incarnation
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right orientation toward the spirit: a free spiritual life. With great
compassion and understanding he shows, in telling examples, how humanity
Lucifer and Ahriman. He tells of the incarnation of Lucifer, in the third
nationalism, and literalism in preparation for his incarnation in the
insight into the nature and evolution of man, we must be
of cosmic evolution, but in spheres where it was unnecessary
create conditions throughout the world, or at least —
the necessity for conditions which would provide the
foundation for a free spiritual life no longer dependent upon
do not recognise the gravity of the present situation in the
Ahriman's incarnation. Many things in external life to-day
bear witness to this. The Ahrimanic incarnation will be
order that the right attitude, the right relationship, may be
adopted to Ahriman's incarnation in the future.
connection with reality. And very often, endeavours to shirk
deluded by erstwhile proclamations of the victorious powers
delusion is not one whit less. It could only be so if such
helping Ahriman's incarnation. Hence all these things,
penetration into the nature of things is thoroughly
employed. The implication therefore is: “In the
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Title: Influences of Lucifer/Ahriman: Lecture Five: The Human as a Being of Will
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right orientation toward the spirit: a free spiritual life. With great
compassion and understanding he shows, in telling examples, how humanity
Lucifer and Ahriman. He tells of the incarnation of Lucifer, in the third
approaching humanity through phenomena such as materialism, nationalism,
and literalism in preparation for his incarnation in the millennium now
concerned more particularly with the relationship in which humanity
their actions and activity. As it comes to expression through the
an inner relation between the forces of will in the human being
studies that even while people are awake, they are in a condition
But when the question arises as to the connection of human will with
the evolution of the earth would be the same even if human beings had
evolution of the earth as a series, let us say, of geological, purely
Conditions obtaining at the present time are said to be the effects
being one of the active factors in the earth's evolution. I will give
this Atlantean evolution, immorality of a particular kind was rampant
sphere of human actions and impulses: Humanity itself belongs to the
time. Only the connection between what goes on within human beings
science amounts to a great, all-embracing illusion. For if you want
following illustration of what comes into consideration here. We will
of the following. In the region around Naples in Italy, you
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Title: Lucifer and Ahriman: Lecture V: The Human as a Being of Will
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compassion and understanding he shows, in telling examples, how humanity
Lucifer and Ahriman. He tells of the incarnation of Lucifer, in the third
nationalism, and literalism in preparation for his incarnation in the
relationship in which man stands to the surrounding world, on
impulse of his actions and activity. As it comes to
expression through the human organism, this force of will is
relation between the forces of will in the human being and
condition resembling sleep wherever his will is involved.
sleep. But when the question arises as to the connection of
paradoxical. It is generally thought that the evolution of
evolution of the earth as a series, let us say, of
of geology. Conditions obtaining at the present time are said
of the active factors in the earth's evolution. — I
this Atlantean evolution, immorality of a particular kind was
causes lying within the sphere of human actions and impulses.
connection between what goes on within man and cosmic
natural science amounts to a great, all-embracing illusion.
the following illustration of what comes into consideration
the following. — In the region around Naples in Italy,
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Title: Influences of Lucifer/Ahriman: Lecture Four: The Luciferic Origin of Ancient Wisdom, Ahrimanization...
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right orientation toward the spirit: a free spiritual life. With great
compassion and understanding he shows, in telling examples, how humanity
Lucifer and Ahriman. He tells of the incarnation of Lucifer, in the third
approaching humanity through phenomena such as materialism, nationalism,
and literalism in preparation for his incarnation in the millennium now
The question will naturally
inherent in their own nature, evolution would have taken quite a
establish a relationship with the surrounding world, to acquire
measure of clairvoyance. The acquisition of this earthly
developing a constitution of soul and body compatible with
this evolution in a way other than by passing through all the stages
of childhood is due to the intervention in earthly evolution of the
way with the evolution of humanity.
philistine attitude when mention is made of luciferic beings.
the evolution of humanity, the more do we find certain individuals
who through the qualities attained in earlier incarnations were
luciferic beings brought with them into earth evolution was, above
instruction that emanated from luciferic beings. Those who
wherewith to foster the progress and education of humankind were not
obligation incumbent upon everyone to whom luciferic beings impart
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Title: Lucifer and Ahriman: Lecture IV: The Luciferic Origin of Ancient Wisdom, Ahrimanization...
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right orientation toward the spirit: a free spiritual life. With great
compassion and understanding he shows, in telling examples, how humanity
Lucifer and Ahriman. He tells of the incarnation of Lucifer, in the third
nationalism, and literalism in preparation for his incarnation in the
The question
evolution would have taken quite a different course through
man would have been obliged to establish relationship with
clairvoyance. The acquisition of this earthly knowledge would
a constitution of soul and body compatible with manhood, but
evolution in a way other than by passing through all the
stages of childhood, is due to the intervention in earthly
evolution of the Luciferic beings. We know from recent
the evolution of humanity.
mention is made of Luciferic beings. Even among
back we go in the evolution of humanity, the more do we find
earlier incarnations were sufficiently mature to apprehend
earth-evolution was, above all, the world of thought, of
the constant instruction that emanated from Luciferic beings.
wisdom wherewith to foster the progress and education of
took upon themselves the obligation incumbent upon everyone
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Title: Lecture: Mission of Michael: Lecture I: The Power and Mission of Michael
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Lecture I: The Power and Mission of Michael, Necessity of the Revaluation
The Mission of Michael, the Revelation of the Secrets of Man's Being
The Power and Mission of Michael, Necessity of the Revaluation of Many Values
IN THIS course of lectures I should like to describe the relationship
world, that we always may look upon the manifestations of the
connection with these weighty matters, to comprehend in full
Now you know that our Earth evolution was preceded by another;
that we stand within a cosmic evolution. First, you know that this
evolution progresses, that it has arrived at a point beyond which it
beings of the higher hierarchies. If we speak of evolution in
These beings, on their part, also pass through an evolution which we
can understand if we find analogies to our own human evolution and to
through a Saturn, Sun and Moon evolution, we may say
surroundings have arrived at the fourth stage of our evolution.
are at the evolutionary stage of Jupiter.
evolutionary stage which mankind will have reached upon Venus. And if
influence our earthly evolution, we find that they have already
attained the evolution of Vulcan.
Now the significant question arises: If we turn to the beings still
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Title: Lecture: Mission of Michael: Lecture II: The Michael revelation.
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Lecture II: The Michael Revelation.
The Michael Revelation. The Word Becomes Flesh and the Flesh Becomes Spirit
will have realized from our discussions that by pointing to this error
considerations. It is imperative for a sound development of the
drawn your attention to such products of culture as Milton's
have also drawn your attention to the fact that just through such
in other words, people were of the opinion that they revered the
evolution. Through the culture of the centuries we have become
corporeal element, and we have lost the connection between the
in our universities. It does not arrive at real inner conceptions of
position to show how this spiritual element takes hold of the
soulless observation of the body is unable to look through the bodily
conception as it developed in the course of the nineteenth century and
pertains to this world conception is a result of that which has just
been characterized. In order to understand fully the illusion which
discussions that in man there exists, above everything else, the great
contrast between the head formation and the rest of the human
into the evolution of man, the inquiry in regard to the head formation
If we focus our attention upon the head formation, from a purely
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The Michael Path and the Deepest Impulses of the Social Question
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the fourth sphere of evolution. We know that the Earth
evolution has gradually developed out of the Saturn evolution;
the Saturn evolution was followed by the Sun evolution,
this in turn by the Moon evolution, out of which, finally came
the Earth evolution. If we keep in mind these four sequential
formations of the earth planet to which, of course, mankind as such
doing so we must realize that the designation “the head of
man” is the symbolic expression of everything that belongs to
human sense perception, to human intelligence, of all that in turn
flows over into social life through human sense perception, as an
intelligent being, must be included in this symbolic expression. Thus,
and refers to everything I have just mentioned.
a sphere which contains the conditions for our existence as
us now progress in our considerations to a sphere of practical import
for mankind and focus our attention upon the fourth sphere in which we
now live by virtue of three evolutionary states having preceded our
fourth sphere of evolution. Besides this, we live in yet another
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Title: Lecture: Mission of Michael: Lecture IV: The Culture of the Mysteries and the Michael Impulse.
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Self-knowledge and its Permeation of the Three Strata of Consciousness
The Culture of the Mysteries and the Michael Impulse. Self-knowledge and its Permeation of the Three Strata of Consciousness
IN PURSUANCE of the considerations I placed before you in the lectures
evolution unfolded we can do so best by considering and arranging the
various events in relation to the central point of Earth evolution;
man's own evolution. This central point, this center of gravity is, as
evolution received its meaning, its true inner content.
If we go back in the evolution of occidental humanity which received
preparation for this Mystery of Golgotha. This uniform trend is
introduced through the figure of Socrates, finds its continuation in
such great importance precisely for the Christian evolution of the
used for the comprehension of the real nature of the Mystery of
today. Historical considerations can no longer see these things in
their proper light, for our historical considerations do not reach
initiation were admitted by great leading personalities. The knowledge
culture in its entirety if one does not focus one's attention upon the
revelations concerning the Divine which mankind received from the
fashion are they still contained in that which has become historically
post-Socratean age of Greek civilization, of the primeval Mystery
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Title: Lecture: Mission of Michael: Lecture V: The Michael Deed and the Michael Influence as Counter-pole of the Ahrimanic Influence
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human evolution can man attain a real consciousness that supports his
soul. He must learn to know the events of human evolution and make
them part of his question of taking fully into account — I made
this remark already a few days ago — that the evolution of
mankind is itself an evolution of a living entity. Just as there is
growth in the evolution of the whole human race. And since the present
lives, in the various configurations of humanity's evolutionary
evolution. I have often stated that what we call history today is
account the transformations, the metamorphoses of human soul life
and political foundations of monarchy, Dante tries to show that the
But this sort of conclusion was something quite self-evident for an
outstanding spirit of that time. This was a juridical presentation at
would draw such conclusions. You cannot imagine it. And you can just
regard to other subjects could arise in the soul constitution of a man
consideration the transformation of the soul constitutions of human
Revolution matters have gradually changed, but still, old remnants
remained of the soul constitutions in question.) Out of these
acquire the connection with the whole of humanity. This is, after all,
the deeper significance of the social question in our present time.
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Title: Lecture: Mission of Michael: Lecture VI: The Ancient Yoga Culture and the New Yoga Will.
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organization and that which constitutes the rest of the human
organization. As you know, the rest of the human organization consists
but for the comprehension of the significant impulses in mankind's
evolution with which we are faced at the present time and in the
immediate future the differentiation between head man and the
organization of the rest of man is primarily important.
organizations are, at the outset, pictures for us, pictures created by
expression and manifestation they are. Man is placed in the whole
evolution of earth humanity in a way which becomes comprehensible only
if one considers how different is the position of the head
organization in this evolution from that of the rest of the human
organization. Everything connected with the head organization, which
far back in the post-Atlantean evolution of mankind. When we focus our
attention upon the time which followed immediately after the
holding sway in the regions of the civilized world of that period
whole conception of the world of the human being of that time can
perception and conceptual view of the world. In my Occult Science,
space and time in world conception was not present in that ancient
The first indications of this we find toward the fifth and fourth
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Title: Social Forms: Lecture I: The Waldorf School, Spiritual Science, Outer World, Inner World
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as a knowledge of action; the twelve senses of the human being in their
relation to Imagination, Inspiration, and Intuition; the science of
initiation and the impulse for freedom; and viewpoints on the forming
of healthy social judgments. This volume provides a wealth of inspiration
with the gratifying observation that upon my return
they can carry back with them many new inspirations. Among
high standards for it, the completion of the first school
year has demonstrated that there is cause for satisfaction. I
anthroposophical basis, as had always been the intention.
Present-day conditions necessitated that this basis in
taught. That was never the intention. With this in mind,
therefore, we arranged the religious instruction so that
Protestant religious instruction, could be taught by a
denominations were separately taught a form of
anthroposophical religious instruction. Except for this, we
certainly never considered the founding of an institution
directed toward the creation of a school in which the
applied in the education and instruction of youth. It was our
kind, and the different methods, of instruction. Once an
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Title: Social Forms: Lecture II: Materialism, Party Line
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indicated in a certain context what it is that party opinions
nature. I also mentioned that in this abstract age certain
today tears apart, as it were. Party opinion, too, must be
regarded as a reflection of something that is of supersensory
explained yesterday that party opinions are formed because a
the higher worlds beyond the threshold, no abstractions
abstract idea and to yearn for the realization of abstract
progress in its evolution. A remnant of an old instinctive
corresponding program, by actions or mostly words done or
progressive evolution in our age, for that spirit demands the
transformation of all instinctive, unconscious and
subconscious elements into fully conscious intentions, into
conscious action, word and thought.
racial connections; and we know, too, of other groups,
nations. We know them well! If you recall the lecture cycle
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Title: Social Forms: Lecture III: Man's Twelve Senses in Relation to Imagination, Inspiration, Intuition
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lacks coherence, however, and, above all, inner integration.
When we focus on the conventionally enumerated senses, we
sense organization. It is not until twelve senses are taken
into consideration that we have completely explored the
sensory organization of man. First of all, we wish today to
begin anywhere with the enumeration and characterization of
now penetrate through sense perception into the inner being
of external corporeality, if, through our sense organization,
frees itself in a way through sensation from the surface and
arrive at something that the body in question exercises upon
our secretions which then unite themselves superficially with
the speech sense. It is a total misconception to believe that
Even in regard to the organic organization, a difference
exists between the mere hearing of sounds and the perception
ear; the perception of a word is mediated through other
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Title: Social Forms: Lecture IV: World Events, Initiation Knowledge and the Impulse toward Freedom
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information, you will have gathered one thing, namely, that
he associate this participation with a profound sense of
terribly grave time presently faced by European civilization
nothing about the connection between the impulses generated
interpretations put forward by Dr. Boos
the necessary and practical connection existing between the
must be carefully observed, the direction being taken by this
perception of what is in keeping with the times.
give these matters serious consideration, recognizing that
not say important things without assuming the obligation to
opportunity I shall have to go into additional matters that
subject by saying that because of the connections of our
movement. I have often mentioned this. The present time makes
should take the form of an obligation never to say anything
relationship to the general course of contemporary world
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Title: Social Forms: Lecture V: Forming Sound Judgment
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serve as a preparation for what will have to be put forth
concerning the formation of a social opinion. First of all, I
would like to call your attention to the manner in which we
debating and forming opinions concerning ideological
questions. Our main concern is to decide logically: What is
is.” Depending on a person's disposition, he forms a
more materialistic or a more spiritualistic world conception,
progressive opinion concerning the emancipation of women. I
could add indefinitely to the list. Opinions are formed and
presently — that we have the beginning of a transition
mention the periods that preceded these cultural epochs,
opinion in another way it was unhealthy. Just as we judge a
he made judgments. In the manner in which he formed opinions
one saw an expression of the whole human organization just as
about which he developed for himself conceptions of right or
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Title: Social Forms: Lecture VI: New Social Forms, Soul, Material World
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relation to the inner world of the human being and I pointed
phenomena. Certainly, here and there, a certain perception
science points out from the most diverse directions. We have
sense I depicted it decades ago in my introduction to the
question then is posed to us: What is it that really stands
is spirituality. This recognition signifies a lot, for it
conceptions, our soul world. If we call the sense world the
present within us, our thoughts, our conceptions, are not
constitution of the material human organism. One should not
more deeply into oneself, we should seek the interaction of
particular do not like to hear mentioned. There we become
beyond any sort of illusion. Materialists cling to the
illusion that they can find physical, material realities, not
illusion of mystics that when they descend into their own
organization, but different kinds of special divine sparks,
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Title: Social Forms: Lecture VII: Trends of Souls in People of the East, West, and Middle of Europe
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that must be acquired if we wish to take a Position in life
in any direction, is possible only if we attempt to go deeply
into the differences of soul conditions existing between the
we focus on the varieties of soul dispositions and
mutual relationships resulting out of these differences
between the world's population of the West and East. Today, I
should like to point to such differentiations from yet
region here (see sketch), this the middle one and that the
literary and scientific publications, does not derive its
impulse from the depths of the national characteristics. In a
the basic configuration and character (of all publications)
the individual regions. The fundamental coloring of what has
more deeply into the matters under discussion here, you can
either city. Compare this with a publication from London
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Title: Social Forms: Lecture VIII: East, Middle, West
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differences of the soul constitutions among the various
nations and of human beings generally all over the world. I
have indicated that various predispositions and soul
Thus, the population of each region on earth can contribute
civilization. Yesterday we had to point out that the Oriental
nations and all the people of Asia are especially predisposed
contribution to the spiritual life of the social organism.
hence to knowledge and formulation of the super-sensible
death until this birth. The realization or the doctrine of
predispositions. There is therefore also the capability of
life on earth is a continuation of a spiritual existence
his knowledge, his whole soul constitution. I have already
the activities expressed in breathing, blood circulation, and
of the human organization do not come to expression in the
concerned now with his present soul condition. Instead, we
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Title: Social Forms: Lecture IX: Hegel
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with a feeling for the tremendous change and transformation
whole of modern civilization. In a sense, Hegel does embody
region.
particularly influential in public education, but also in a
number of other cultural concerns of that region. Born on
modern times. In close relationship with these two, Hegel
from the dimmest impressions of the world to that mental
conditions in Germany at that time brought an end to Hegel's
position at the University of Jena. Yet he continued to
secondary school in Nuremberg, until he took a position as
authority to cover the entire educational system then being
He was somewhat awkward in his presentation and laborious in
extraordinarily grand impression on those who were capable of
summation of the entire cultural essence of Central Europe
expositions in the university auditorium, which, in his
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Title: Social Forms: Lecture X: The Tapestry of the Senses, Memory, and the Spiritual World, -or- Spiritual-Cosmic Tasks of Man
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had to mention here that the science of initiation is
reconstruction of declining civilization; that it is
spiritual evolution of humanity has proceeded from a
original wisdom to the revelations derived from mystery
in its earth evolution that are not accessible by means of
the purely human forces known to people today. As evolution
civilization.
a condition of civilization which, if left to its own
sense world, by what produces the impressions made on our
elaboration of the outer impressions. From the other side of
region beyond the threshold, it is immediately obvious that a
certain region of the spiritual world lies behind the
into consideration that the human being consists of the ego,
spirit region behind the tapestry of the senses. In sleep, on
his physical organism, man dwells within this (upper) region
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Title: Social Forms: Lecture XI: Man as a Mediator of the Spiritual Beings of the Cosmos
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in yesterday's lecture to evoke an idea of man's Position in
containing all the sense impressions. I stressed that this
warmth-bestowing love into it. This then is one region of the
region that is our actual environment is a different one; it
belongs to it; it is to this spirit region that the ordinary
spiritual region differs essentially from the spirit domain
described in connection with the external world. It need not
first be warmed by man; it gives the impression of warmth. It
is a region endowed with forces opposite of those in the
cosmos together. This other region, the source of the forces
into the constitution of the universe. We relate what
disperse the universe in all directions. We as human beings
nine hierarchies, of whom we have spoken on many occasions,
come into relation through the human being, who is the
of traditional religions. Indeed, these old religious
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Title: Social Forms: Lecture XII: The Members of the Human Being and their Relationship with the Social Organism
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conviction; however, this is not easily provided. For as far
necessary to attain our conviction in a gradually evolving
manner. To begin with, this conviction is still weak. One
new viewpoints; thus, conviction increasingly gains in
been said concerning the differentiation of humanity
our considerations in the next three days.
— there primarily exists the predisposition for
of human civilization. It has already been mentioned that
its civilization is basically decadent today. In order to
whole of human civilization, we have to turn back to more
disposition of Oriental humanity. Subsequently, for the
Orient too, ensued the times of obscuration of this spiritual
thinking developed throughout the central regions of the
regions spread over Europe from the Middle Ages onward. The
This is not in contradiction to the existence of codes of law
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Title: Social Forms: Lecture XIII: The Interrelationship between the Human and the Social Organism
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structural organization of the social order. At the same time
I drew attention to the fact that what in spiritual science
may be termed presentation of proof consists in recognizing
that these facts under discussion are supported from the most
varied aspects; finally, that the degree of conviction
increases in proportion to the amount of such support.
familiar with the constitution of the human being; we know
that this constitution of man is something that is, so to
speak, in a state of flux. You can follow my descriptions in
Instead, you will find that the purpose of human evolution
lives on earth, works upon these members of his organization.
incarnations, he is born in such a way that it is possible to
number of incarnations. When the ego has been strengthened,
incarnations that we trace in the first place. You also know
we are sufficiently observant of the strong differentiation
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Title: Social Forms: Lecture XIV: The Connection of the Members of Man with the Kingdoms of Nature, the Necessity of the Threefold Order
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comprehend a number of things that have to be mentioned in
connection with previously presented matters, it is necessary
the cultural development of mankind in art, religion and
art, religion and science — are basically nothing else
connection of the human being with social life. Art, religion
what comes into existence through the transformation of the
astral body. As a matter of course, this transformation must
human evolution than what is accomplished in the spiritual
realm of art, religion and science; and what grows out of the
transformation of the etheric body because of our living in
union with our fellowmen. All that springs from this, all
that men do through the transmutation of their ether body,
then we have the connections, the relationships of the human
significance of such relationships that the human being has
seen, he thus actually prepares the basic natural foundation
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Title: Social Forms: Lecture XV: The Great Cosmic Signs in the Universe
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say this after the many explanations which have already been
given — that civilization is increasingly falling into
is that in the present moment of time, humanity's condition
reconstruction of culture from his own inner being. We no
count on human beings recognizing them and their intentions,
left to men's decisions today.
have a final opinion about everything without undergoing any
its influence upon the whole evolution of mankind. Only by
only because this illusion was added to the many other
illusions of life — and in the merely physical world
everything is in a sense illusion — the course of human
foundation of human existence. We must pay heed to the life
gradually in the course of human evolution, and we
existed social institutions in the outer world as well. These
their opinions on what might be right for the communal life
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Title: Social Forms: Lecture XVI: Changes in the Meaning of Speech, -or- Dreams and Human Development
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must necessarily take place in our whole civilization. First
and foremost, what was said in this connection was expressed
a cycle of humanity's evolution in which people have to
something for human evolution, without the participation of
thing is to be in a position to understand such things by
the-course of evolution from the fifth to the sixth
do so, but human evolution follows a different course, and in
had this or that intention with regard to this matter.”
But regardless of how pronounced the child's intention is not
itself. Concerning the things of life, intentions that do not
intentions that do delve into life, or, certainly, facts, and
the relationships of these facts that follow natural laws,
laws of human evolution point in a different
direction.” They indicate that man's whole conception,
indicate the being or thing in question, no longer
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Title: Poetry/Speech: Lecture I: The Art of Recitation and Declamation
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outline, certain matters relating to the art of recitation and
declamation. We will begin by adopting the standpoint of recitation
and declamation itself: so that we have, on the one hand the
practice, and on the other, considerations of this practice. Our
starting-point today will provide us with a foundation for the
considerations to occupy us later. We will begin with the Seventh
Scene from my first Mystery Play, The Portal of Initiation.
Basically, it presents to us that view on the interconnection of
action as played out in the physical world – things which
lift the whole action from the physical into the spiritual world.
Play must thus be looked upon absolutely as a representation of
you have to resort to representations quite different to those you
life those representations that have to do with the ethical and
unrepresentational character, stand apart from those which relate
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is, shows little awareness of the fact that recitation stands
recitation, we are obliged to admit that, just as in people's
of clarity as to the nature of the art of recitation. As to how
this art of recitation must use its instrument – the human
voice in connection with the human organism – even for this
in a relationship with the whole being of man quite different to
stand in a certain connection with all this. Along with the lack of
relationship with the super-sensible world, there also came about
relationship with that world which is expressed in the art of
poetry. I should like to draw attention to two facts – things
epic, draws our attention at the beginning of both his poems:
century, with its intellectual conceptions. When Klopstock began
man's redemption.’
at the opening of his two poetic creations as something worthy of
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Title: Poetry/Speech: Lecture III: The Art of Recitation and Declamation
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certain guidelines in our presentation of the real nature of the
art of declamation, as an exhaustive discussion would require us to
way in which blood-circulation, pulse-beat and breathing-rhythm
the poet in his act of creation already has some apprehension, and
whenever this is realized through either declamation or recitation.
Recitation stands midway between singing and mere speech. In
relations is transformed into something of inner intensity: when we
were compressed from spatiality into something two-dimensional yet
through its intensive force, the two-dimensional plane still gives
expression, albeit of a different kind, to what was present in the
recitation and declamation. It may be said that recitation and
declamation are a kind of singing on the way to becoming mere
nature of recitation so extraordinarily difficult to grasp. Here
again, it is the task of an intimate psychosomatic observation to
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Title: Colour: Part Two: Thought and Will as Light and Darkness
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But really every such method of observation can be judged only if
man still leans towards such abstractions. Spiritual Science must
senses, be able to think, as a result of this sensory perception,
But as we know from other studies, the organization of the human head
life, while the organization of the human limbs points to a future
present, in our life between birth and death, thoughts function in our
functioned as will in our limbs in our previous existence. And again,
what functions as will in our present limbs will be reshaped and
because thought from a previous age is organized in us in conjunction
Now that which thus arranges the composition of man in this way
Imagination, of Inspiration and of Intuition sees not merely the head
head makes him. He looks, as it were, in the direction of the
form in which we see it. Through developed knowledge of Imagination,
Inspiration and Intuition the strength of thought, which is after all
the basis of the head's organization, that which comes down from
earlier incarnations, becomes visible — if we use the term
friends, that we can only use the expression: it becomes as if it gave
generation is capable of understanding at all what they mean. I have
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In our last exposition we discussed the possibility of seeing what
connection there is, on the one hand, in the Kingdom of Nature with
the past, out of some nebular condition, and thus out of something
the human Kingdoms; a condition however which would somehow, even if
physical and in this final condition of the physical that which has
primeval mists into the marked distinctions of the various beings,
must have its compensation in the world; there must be something which
everything in favour of a final cindery, slaggy condition of our
evolution; and at the same time they acknowledge some religious view
these other beings occupied the position within the universe which man
with a more oriental application, love. If we look out into the world
that for our own consciousness light is thought, imagination; the
have clearly expressed in the new edition of my
but I use the expression for all sense-perceptions. What do we see in
ourselves: there the light and the sounds are the last presentation of
gratitude to those beings who so many millions years ago, let us say
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Title: Poetry/Speech: Lecture IV: Poetry and the Art of Speech
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The art of recitation and declamation, of which we are
give too little consideration to exactly what is presented by the
the art of recitation and declamation – when, as you have
art to eurythmy. We then become deeply aware that recitation and
declamation must go beyond the prose content of a poem, which is
prose content turns the recitation and declamation of the poem into
indication of our having abandoned the domain of the truly
– will certainly have had in his imagination (in the full
the recitation and declamation. A poet who only had in his soul the
or music-script – and that the art of recitation and
declamation must go beyond the script in the same way as a pianist
or other practising musician has to do. The re-creation is a new
creating and the new creation is a re-creating. A musician who
ation the whole pattern of sound:
and whoever wishes to re-create his composition must make himself
which he can give expression to what reaches him from the poet only
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Today we will have a sort of introduction, and what we gain from it
all I want to draw attention to some basic matters. What has been practised
way drawn out of the formation of the healthy human being. We will see that
how certain artistic forms transform themselves in one direction or
is in essence the expression of that element inherent in the formation
soul, spirit and body, even as it is appropriate for visual presentation.
of extensive use in the treatment of various chronic and acute conditions,
emphasize that they will have to forget in the most thorough fashion
Then precisely in this area one must maintain a strict separation between
the human organization in general. There is much too strong a tendency
of the organization as a whole and, at the same time, a metamorphic
variation of certain other organs. Basically, every self-contained human
wish to convey can be grasped only through Goetheanistic contemplation
to this Goetheanistic contemplation of the organs involved to which
we will now direct our attention, you will see that it is possible.
If you take the larynx first of all as an upwards directed extension
organization turned around. Picture to yourself the back of the human
with a liquid solid mass replaced. When you imagine this transformation
The upwards extension into the larynx is truly a sort of posterior head,
larynx bring about an inversion when we compare them with the formative
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man as feelings, emotions and so on. Consonants describe more that which
two statements are valid: vowels, more expression, revelation of the
to reconstruct them. And so basically all consonants are more reproductions
stage of human evolution in mind in which in fact the evolution of speech
the whole body and of the limbs as well was self-evident. This connection
of expression through movement, ceased. Today in normal life we speak
of exceptional importance in the search for the transferal of the effect
that one feels the movement made or the position taken up. That is what
one then returns (to the rest position; the ed.) and performs the same
out, one could make it more complicated by taking more positions; one
“I”-positions as possible, carried out from above to below,
always returning (to the rest position; the ed.). When these movements
are performed, they are an expression for the human being as a person.
in the expression of himself as a complete individuality. He might be
with their steps, it always means that the circulation suffers under it.
The circulation of the blood suffers under an insufficiently outreaching
has a consequence that the circulation becomes in some fashion slower
the exercise further, and, with the addition of a sort of resumée
position; the ed.) so that you reach the last position only by turning:
The arms quite high up, and back to the starting position, now a bit
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developed as the form involved in consonantal movement consideration
man's confrontation with the outer world must consist on the one hand
These varying degrees of unification with the world are manifest in
sensible-super-sensible observation of which I so often speak in
— it is necessary to take into consideration whether the human
him in a spoken sound, or if, despite this objectification of himself,
distinction, by reason of which I must ask Mrs. Baumann to be so good
of the human instinct in the attempt to enunciate the sound in question.
Consider the pronunciation of H: actually you say H-a, you follow up with
front or from the back, if I may use this manner of expression in respect
to the nature of consonantal articulation. This you will find conveyed
into consideration, one can carry on from here to form a mental picture
the people of our civilization are in general too lazy. They have to
to one element which flowed into the formation of the consonants. If
we want to understand the formation of consonants in the field of eurythmy,
attention to nowadays in teaching, even in physiology, speech physiology,
form an impression, I will ask you to compare once again. Here it is
has faded away, Mrs. Baumann will make a D for us. One must pay attention
in the pronunciation. We must polarize this by transforming it into
within. For this reason the eurythmic transposition of the sound must
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one leg imitates the motion of the arm while moving; but repeat the
to do with that in the process of digestion which lies on the far side
inward digestion, on all that which is digestive activity in the blood
pre-eminently in the regulation of renal activity, for example in
regulating the elimination
of urine. These connections are certainly extraordinarily interesting
related to language, and how a connection thus arises between that which
the so-called soft sound one can remedy milder conditions, and with
the so-called hard sound, the more severe conditions of this sort. Of
which comes to expression in constipation. In this manner one can
counteract constipation in many cases. Such a matter is unquestionably
evident to the person who knows the physiological connections between
stimulates the forward motion, the inner mechanization of the intestine,
with G, K, and Q the effect is more on the forward motion of the food
connection with the human digestive activity, and that is with the
regulates in particular the formation of gas in the intestine. When
finds that urination is not in order. It has a stimulative effect on
the one with the other — depending on the direction to be taken.
it would regulate the rhythm of evacuation were that not in order.
That is something which works directly over onto the rhythm of evacuation
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it is usually assumed when a person produces an expression of will or
when he arrives at a judgment, that these expressions are connected
human being passes, for example, are bound up with his entire constitution;
which corresponds to confirmation, and then the one corresponding to
negation. Naturally it should be carried out several times without
interruption when used as therapeutic exercise. Now this confirmation
and negation is precisely that which can be called a judgment; when one
in its essence. When you give such a confirmation or negation, the movement
repeat the confirmation ten times consecutively, then the negation,
and follow this up with confirmation, negation, confirmation, negation
counteract it in such a way that the entire constitution is affected as
When a judgment is fixed eurythmically — as a confirmation or
negation — then it is a thought which rides on the movement. And
however, but in relation to the organism. In fighting shortness of breath
human constitution by means of the byway through the etheric body.
disposition of the will
within oneself; naturally this can only be confirmed through observation.
It is a sort of falling asleep. The other movement (confirmation and
negation; the ed.) must be carried out quickly, and this must be carried
out slowly. It is indeed a movement which brings forth the imagination
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Title: Curative Eurythmy: Lecture 6
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so unendlessly much one could relate about the connection between the
hygienic-therapeutic and eurythmy. Today we want to take into consideration
that which can he observed in this connection in artistic eurythmy will
be encountered in an intensified form when one makes the transition
consideration physiologically. That is the first matter of importance.
association of words. He listens to something in which the activity of
thought and of mental representation are alive. What he perceives
outwardly is the activity of mental representation clothed in an
association of sounds. That is something which man in his waking,
a condition which is similar and then again dissimilar to sleep. It is
self-aware. Thus the process is extraordinarily similar to imagination.
every such process is a reaction within the human being himself;
brings his etheric body into motion. The etheric body reacts. in fact
the reaction which follows is naturally also strengthened and we can
of the organization.
myself so, in respect to his inwardly oriented digestion. He becomes
a person who has his whole organism more within his own discretion.
characterized does not come to expression in its entirety. What I
in the rhythmic system. Thus we must fasten our attention on that system
this reason attention must be drawn as it is here especially important
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Title: Curative Eurythmy: Lecture 7
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indicate the deeper spiritual-physical connections as well. Thus I would
like to draw your attention to the following.
active. Just consider what earth formation is, in reality: a formative
connection we may conceive of these cosmic powers as working centripetally
opposition to them stand those forces in the human being and in the
to yourself that, in association with the tendency to push something
is opposed by a process of spherical formation from below upwards (red,
in the following illustration).
these two processes is that which mediates: processes of secretion and
on the other hand, the absorption of what the other has secreted and
so on, that which can be called processes of secretion in the widest
sense; then in the final analysis absorption is dependent upon a secretion
in the illustration) and that which takes it up through respiration
from the fore in the formation of carbon dioxide (white).
this such a process of secretion is taking place. When you descend further
into the metabolic-limb system, you have a proper process of consolidation.
However, this process is present in the other direction as well. You
from within. The formation is internalized. That is the manner in which
the process of consolidation has become spiritualized, truly ensouled
and spiritualized in perception; that is, more or less, the descending
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Title: Colour: Part One: Colour-Experience (Erlebnis)
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This volume is the most comprehensive compilation in English of Rudolf
creation. There are three parts to this lecture series, each part
coloured, according to the impressions received through the nature of
subjective impressions. For a long time it has been the custom — we
ether. Any one who wishes to form an idea from definitions and
explanations such as these is able to make nothing of the concept that
what he knows as colour-impressions, his personal experience of colour,
has to do with some kind of ether in motion. Yet when people speak of
the quality of colour, they really have only the subjective impression
colour, however, for in all the vibrations of ether which are thought
regard to it which raises the whole consideration into our life of
feeling. We must try to question our feeling as to what colour is in
You must admit that the sensation aroused is very different in the
three cases, that there is a certain quality of sensation when red,
now a question of expressing in some way the content of the sensation
definitions. We must try to describe it somehow. Let us try to do so
by bringing a little imagination into what we have painted before us.
Suppose we really wish to produce the sensation of a green surface in
before the soul in order to bring a complex of sensation into
discussion.
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Title: Colour: Part One: The Luminous and Pictorial Nature of Colours
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This volume is the most comprehensive compilation in English of Rudolf
creation. There are three parts to this lecture series, each part
following division before you: I differentiate (you will understand
the expression if you take the whole of what we did yesterday) — I
is an apparent contradiction, but not a real one) is the dead, then
green, if we confine ourselves to the living production of colour. We
before, allow now this undulation, with its continual interplay of
only if one could represent white and black in motion and then let
organism — in which there was always motion. Everything is in
approximations. It could be achieved only, you see, if we had a
difference in relation to colour. I have shown you how to use the
white, in a condition of rest, and by throwing upon it two colours
mystical conversation, in the best and the very worst sense. It is
bounded, it wants to radiate in some direction or other.
of radiation; and if he thinks when painting blue: I draw myself in,
always radiate in some direction and the blue must always contract, as
with the others. We let the red interplay with a motionless white and
we shall easily find the distinction if we now examine what we have
brought before the soul. We cannot make such a distinction in the
hardly a twinkling tree-frog. It would be a contradiction for a
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Title: Colour: Part One: The Phenomenon of Colour in Material Nature
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This volume is the most comprehensive compilation in English of Rudolf
creation. There are three parts to this lecture series, each part
painting-colours, their bodily composition, mixture, etc., if we want
the important question, the answer to which in the state of
present-day knowledge, is nowhere to be found, the question namely:
What is the relation of colour as such, which we have got to know as
will perhaps know that there, this question is not touched upon, from a
how is colour applied to solid matter? Moreover this is a question, in the
apply colour and through its application we try to call forth the
impression of something painted. So, if we want to raise the study of
Optics, we find also explanations of the colour of solids worthy of the
new physics. We find, for example, the characteristic explanation of
the question, Why is a body red? A body is red because it absorbs all
other colours and reflects only red. This is the explanation so
of the question: How is matter coloured?
as image. Now it is a question perhaps of examining this vegetable
formed during the previous metamorphosis-condition of our earth. But
know it has been transformed during the evolution of our earth, and
must have been made, during the evolution of the old moon, in a fluid
back at this stage of evolution, we might say: in the formation of
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Title: Psychoanalysis: Lecture V: Connections Between Organic Processes and the Mental Life of Man
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Connections Between Organic Processes and the Mental Life of Man
Steiner lays the foundations for a truly spiritual psychology. The
first two lectures constitute a critical examination of the principles
of Freud and Jung. The last three lectures begin with a description of
powers and the complex connections between psychological and organic,
Connections Between Organic Processes and the
of the physical body, the physical organization. We have the
circulation, and other rhythms; then we have the metabolic and
limb organization, which we consider as one because man's
character, its phrenological expression — if we
incarnation which have now become form. Thus we
have in the head the transformation of the earlier metabolic
metabolic and limb system in this present incarnation,
metamorphosis and shaping the head for our next incarnation.
the metabolic system of the previous incarnation; and we can
formation of the next incarnation.
Reincarnation as a Phenomenon of Metamorphosis,
This conception, which in our spiritual science and in the
without substantiation, for whoever understands the human
upon the sort of investigation which would be necessary
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Title: Old/New Methods: Lecture One: Ahrimanic and Luciferic, Human Body, Soul, Spirit
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Old and New Methods of Initiation
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the working of Lucifer and Ahriman in the threefold organization of the
human being; the relationship of the individual to the folk spirit; and
Letters, and draw interesting connections with Shakespeare on the one
hand and French Revolution on the other.
I spoke about initiation science. Today
I shall describe some aspects of what nowadays gives expression to
initiation science. A profound breach now runs through the whole of
civilization, a breach which brings much chaos to the world and which
tragedy. One expression of this breach is the fact that human beings,
no longer find any connection with a world to which they look up
to the senses as a semblance, an illusion, and the world of ideas as
initiation science wants to enter once again into human civilization
of moral values to which we may turn. It is the task of initiation
moral values. It can only do so by using means of expression
language of initiation science still seems strange, even illusory, to
behind the expressions used, nor that, whatever kind of speech is
used — whether ordinary everyday speech or speech formation
— language cannot give full and adequate expression to what is
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Title: Old/New Methods: Lecture Two: East, Weat, and Center, -or- Asiatic Spiritual Life
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the working of Lucifer and Ahriman in the threefold organization of the
human being; the relationship of the individual to the folk spirit; and
Letters, and draw interesting connections with Shakespeare on the one
hand and French Revolution on the other.
to the question of Christ will be to relate it in a brief sketch
chiefly to the world-wide social question. Mankind has at the present
deceptive. These appearances are supposed to give the impression that
who are speaking with one another but members of various nations.
are the very varied beings of the different nations. And since it is
differences between the folk daemons. Out of the situation in which
earth evolution. What can be heard today in every corner of the earth
people's attitudes to what could lead to a recognition and an
understanding of the question of Christ. I have often drawn the
distinction for you between people of the West, people of the East,
and people of the middle region between West and East. This
distinction can be viewed from very varied standpoints. Justice can
sympathy or antipathy at one or other of these divisions, perhaps
first to what appears now in the civilizations of the West, we
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Title: Old/New Methods: Lecture Three: The Development of Religious Experience in Post-Atlantean Civilization
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human being; the relationship of the individual to the folk spirit; and
Letters, and draw interesting connections with Shakespeare on the one
hand and French Revolution on the other.
shall consider the differentiations in mankind from another
evolution starting at a point immediately following the catastrophe
of Atlantis. If human evolution can be considered to encompass any
evolution of civilization, then we shall find the first decisive period
pertinent description is that it was a religious culture. This
preparations for today's waking state, and also their dream
as evolution progressed, were both states of consciousness filled
idea of religion today is of something rather general. The concept of
religion makes us think too strongly of something general, something
whom we are speaking, however, religion and the content they
question, in the present sense, of any external, merely mechanical
rules governing the relationships between heavenly bodies or their
they saw in the external constellations and movements of the stars
with what the ancient Indian people saw in their instinctive vision
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Title: Old/New Methods: Lecture Six: Methods of Initiation, Old and New - 1
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the working of Lucifer and Ahriman in the threefold organization of the
human being; the relationship of the individual to the folk spirit; and
Letters, and draw interesting connections with Shakespeare on the one
hand and French Revolution on the other.
spiritual life in connection with what has gone before in human
evolution. As I have often said, cultural life since the first third
ages of earthly civilization. Then the capacity to push through to
should like to mention that, before the Mystery of Golgotha, people
who were concerned with spiritual life looked to those institutions
ancient days of human evolution it was unthinkable that spiritual
vision and spiritual knowledge could have any other source than the
this prince of earthly life. The spiritual revelations which can be
vision which tends away from ‘the prince of this world’,
of such expressions in order to show properly what is meant, and no
these expressions.
Golgotha and united himself with earthly civilization. Before the
civilization. He still lived as the great Sun-being outside the
initiate received after the proper preparation. The Mysteries were
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Title: Old/New Methods: Lecture Seven: Methods of Initiation, Old and New - 2
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the working of Lucifer and Ahriman in the threefold organization of the
human being; the relationship of the individual to the folk spirit; and
Letters, and draw interesting connections with Shakespeare on the one
hand and French Revolution on the other.
Considerations such as those we embarked on yesterday are, of course,
certain extent this intention is, of course, also present. But the
attained by such means. A declaration stating that one thing or
declaration about the intrinsic nature of the human being. It can be
stated that the human being seeking initiation is capable of
over and above that of the body. So a discussion about higher
knowledge is, at the same time, a revelation about the being of man;
dissemination of anthroposophical wisdom.
directions. I said that the two main aspects of this in the ancient
on the other hand, the occasioning of states of anxiety, fear, shock.
conception.
element in the way it usually does with regard to its expression in
perceptible. In this way, initiation gave the pupil a perception, a
Only by taking possession of the body can it become capable of making
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Title: Old/New Methods: Lecture Eight: The Passage of the Human Soul and Spirit through the Physical Sense-Organization
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human being; the relationship of the individual to the folk spirit; and
Letters, and draw interesting connections with Shakespeare on the one
hand and French Revolution on the other.
element of spirit and soul prepares for physical incarnation by
physical incarnation through the portal of death and returns to the
the physical organism, right at the moment of conception, a
tremendous transformation takes place, and that another tremendous
transformation takes place when the human being departs from physical
incarnation through the portal of death.
course, if a study of spiritual science has led to the acquisition of
make the transition from the earthly thoughts of our life between
conception has taken place. It is like going from a shadow picture to
conception, there is a vivid, fully alive existence which later
weaving of soul before conception might well be described as our
weaving life before conception is, of course, something that fills
the whole of the universe known to us. Before conception we live
that has life on a cosmic scale prior to conception.
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Title: Old/New Methods: Lecture Nine: The Threefold Human, Reincarnation, Heathens, Jews, Christians, Calderon
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the working of Lucifer and Ahriman in the threefold organization of the
human being; the relationship of the individual to the folk spirit; and
Letters, and draw interesting connections with Shakespeare on the one
hand and French Revolution on the other.
recall the main points we considered yesterday. Through conception
further we go back in human evolution the greater is the role played
been present in human evolution. This abstract inner consciousness
us certainly contains echoes of our perceptions between death and a
this question we shall have to consider what I have said with regard
to the physical organization of the human being as a threefold
look first at the head organization which is chiefly, though not
incarnation on the earth.
our head organization in this life. Here in our head we have a house
which has been formed out of a transformation of the organism of
limbs and metabolism from our former incarnation, and in this head
and in our blood circulation something vibrates — forces that
to our present earthly incarnation lives — strange though this
speaking pictorially — in the convolutions of the brain. And
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Title: Old/New Methods: Lecture Ten: The Threefold Human, Four Elements, Imagination, Inspiration, Intuition
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human being; the relationship of the individual to the folk spirit; and
Letters, and draw interesting connections with Shakespeare on the one
hand and French Revolution on the other.
period of human evolution, the fifth post-Atlantean period, the main
more international than were later times, and which also had a really
connection with the world to which the eternal nature of man belongs.
with. But because of his own special inclinations he sensed in this
union of soul with the whole of cultural life. Faust was depicted as
mere intellect into a full comprehension of the cosmic origins of
everything he had experienced in Italy underwent a transformation
within his soul. We see this transformation given living expression
traditional concepts of beauty, wisdom, virtue and strength, he created
material from a question of man alone to a question encompassing the
ideas of the spirit in nature, in order to raise the question of
Faust to the level of a question of the cosmos. In the twenties,
working to bring the second part of the drama to a conclusion, Goethe
he has to make use of external representations, but we see how he
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Title: Old/New Methods: Lecture Eleven: Faust and Hamlet in Relation to the Turning Point of the 15th Century
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human being; the relationship of the individual to the folk spirit; and
Letters, and draw interesting connections with Shakespeare on the one
hand and French Revolution on the other.
significant for human evolution than is recognized by external
which took place at that time in the condition of human souls. We can
tremendous transformation on the civilized world. Yet, a century
at this point in human evolution there is a more vital sense for the
situation in Europe at that time, Goethe came to depict in dramatic
sciences. It leaves a feeling of dissatisfaction. It leaves behind
this feeling of dissatisfaction because anything abstract — and
abstraction is the language of these sciences — makes demands
earlier times was banished to the realm of superstition, and the
inclination to seek for real spiritual beings was lost. Instead,
themselves that the only concepts and ideas free of any superstition
did he discover a real deepening of vision. In him he found a spirit
endeavouring to discover in connection with ancient magic.
of the most interesting phenomena of recent cultural evolution that
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Title: Old/New Methods: Lecture Twelve: The Transition from the 4th to the 5th Post-Atlantean Period, Shakespeare, the Spiritual Struggle of Schiller and Goethe
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human being; the relationship of the individual to the folk spirit; and
Letters, and draw interesting connections with Shakespeare on the one
hand and French Revolution on the other.
transition from the fourth to the fifth post-Atlantean period. I
form, the question: What will become of the human being when he has
to find inner satisfaction of soul from intellectual life alone,
mood as a whole must arise from the impression made on it because it
All the evolutionary factors we considered yesterday were what Goethe
evolutionary factors. We saw how both express the feeling that truly
great poetic creation cannot be accomplished without some inclination
towards the real spiritual world. But the inclination towards the
typifies the position of Schiller and Goethe within the cultural
evolution of humanity is the fact that their most important creative
and soul before birth, or before conception. This corpse must be
could somehow be satisfying during this period of transition, and out
of which poetic creation could be achieved.
shows most clearly and most intensively in the collaboration between
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Title: Old/New Methods: Lecture Thirteen: The Transition from the 4th to the 5th Post-Atlantean Period, Shakespeare, Schiller, Goethe, -or- The Search for the Spirit
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the working of Lucifer and Ahriman in the threefold organization of the
human being; the relationship of the individual to the folk spirit; and
Letters, and draw interesting connections with Shakespeare on the one
hand and French Revolution on the other.
previous lectures were devoted to considerations intended to show how
constitution of civilized mankind with the fifteenth century —
that is, with the transition from the fourth to the fifth
brief summary of these preceding considerations. I showed how
vibrations of the great change, how he sensed that it was a concrete
of dissatisfaction with the intellectual sciences, Goethe invests the
legend, we could nevertheless find in Goethe's depiction of Faust
how in this educational process there was a mixture of the new
creation was still possible for human beings.
has acquired as a result of his intellectual education. In Hamlet,
too, we see the whole transition from the fourth to the fifth
that time of transition. Then I drew your attention to the way in
life of soul within the dying vibrations of the transition, yet had
In short, despite his realism, we detect a kind of return to a conception
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Title: Old/New Methods: Lecture Fourteen: The 5th Post-Atlantean Period, the French Revolution, Schiller, Goethe, the Freedom Problem, -or- Berlin University Course Report - 2
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the working of Lucifer and Ahriman in the threefold organization of the
human being; the relationship of the individual to the folk spirit; and
Letters, and draw interesting connections with Shakespeare on the one
hand and French Revolution on the other.
— begins in the transition from the thirteenth to the
is characteristic for human evolution has its more inward aspect
it also has an outward aspect which manifests in the conditions and
circumstances which arise historically in human evolution. In this
connection it has to be said that the most significant expression of
the intellectualistic age so far has been the French Revolution, that
came to be expressed so tumultuously in this French Revolution. And
since then much has remained of the French Revolution, flickering
conditions of mankind. Only consider that the French Revolution, in
did not seek full satisfaction on this earth with regard to
understand that before the time of the French Revolution there was
to find an external expression in earthly life. In the times which
preceded the French Revolution, people knew that the earth can never
long before the French Revolution expressed itself in such a
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Title: Lecture: Inner Nature of Music: Lecture IV
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musical experience, the connection between speech and song, the religious
inspiration, and the occult experience of major and minor modes.
Be sure to read another version of the Lecture:
recent discussions, [Refers to Rudolf Steiner's lectures,
Man and the World of the Stars/the Spiritual Communion of Man,
I pointed out that certain human functions appearing in early childhood
are transformations of functions that man carries out in pre-earthly
adaptation to the condition of equilibrium of earthly existence is
adapts himself after birth to the conditions of equilibrium and
pre-earthly existence, orientation does not refer to walking and
standing as it does here on earth. There, orientation refers to the
relationship man has with angels and archangels and therefore to
beings of the higher hierarchies. It is a relationship in which one
womb, man is neither in the condition of equilibrium of his spiritual
earth is adjusted in every respect to earthly conditions, for this
language is an expression of our earthly thoughts. These earthly
thoughts contain earthly information and knowledge, and language is
does not follow the exhalation. Instead, it follows spiritual
inhalation, inspiration, something in pre-earthly existence that we
can describe as corresponding to inhalation. It is a life within the
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Title: Lecture: Inner Nature of Music: Lecture VII
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musical experience, the connection between speech and song, the religious
inspiration, and the occult experience of major and minor modes.
I have called attention repeatedly to the fact that, just as one can
give a biographical description of man's waking life, so one
so to speak. Since man at his present level of evolution has not
paradoxical expression — he cannot bring his consciousness into
spiritual vision, therefore, could survey that which would be
super-sensible vision is in a position to speak of a world that
direction of our physical-etheric environment, we perceive the three,
human realms. Ascending to those regions that are accessible only to
super-sensible consciousness, we find a continuation, as it were, of
arrive at a more specific comprehension of what the human being
significance for the whole evolution of humanity in the last few
have described how the whole composition of human souls in the West
We have frequently described, however, this composition of soul, this
were the possession only of the human being. Instead, we must be
consciously.” A person who, through a special initiation, had
order to form a correct picture, a true imagination of them, have had
The evolution
the outer sense perceptions, therefore ruling with the particular
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Title: Lecture I: The WHITSUN Mystery and its Connection with the Ascension
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IThe WHITSUN Mystery and itsConnection with the Ascension
Be sure to compare this with another translation of this Lecture,
The Mystery of Pentecost and the Ascension.
IN THE course of the evolution of mankind, the different
world-religions have placed mighty pictures before humanity. If these
Anthroposophy, has been applied to the interpretation of all the four
rationalistic way that is possible with concepts and ideas. People
of everything to which it is relevant. No such opinion is possible in
the case of a picture, an imagination. A picture or an imagination
with definitions purporting to be comprehensive, but we shall
question.
of the Ascension. Gazing upwards, they see Christ vanishing in the
clouds. The usual conception of this scene is that Christ went up into
by the Ascension left to its own resources.
forever connected with earth-evolution. The mighty picture of the
Ascension might thus seem to be at variance with what esoteric vision
of the Mystery of Golgotha reveals concerning Christ's union with the
We will try to-day to overcome this seeming contradiction in the light
The second picture is that of the scene ten days after the Ascension,
irrespective of religion or creed.
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Title: Arts and Their Mission: Lecture I
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The Arts and Their Mission
stimulation from the spiritual world. We must become artists, not by
concerning the evolution of humanity since the time of Christ.
back, in survey, over the evolution of mankind, we see that the epochs
the particular soul constitution of the human beings alive at any given
is little inclination to look beyond man's present day makeup. Although
civilization has developed in a way describable in outer documents,
underwent transformations externally plain and distinguishable.
out that the full historical comprehension of the people of the present
shows a comprehension for something reaching back to the Roman period.
of spiritual science we mark the stages in the changing constitution
in man, our sense of an inner connection between the human being and
were, if I may use the expression, elementary-cosmic. Man did not need
this with the previously-made reservations) he felt it as a creation
The ego is not this kind of outer cause of motion.
of motion which human beings display when they carry their bodies over
starry motion. Only from Mars, Jupiter, Venus, and so forth, can the
ego learn motion. When the ego of its own volition moves upon the earth,
it achieves something made possible by its relation to the wheeling
us travel backward in time and imagine ourselves with the soul constitution
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Title: Arts and Their Mission: Lecture II
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The Arts and Their Mission
stimulation from the spiritual world. We must become artists, not by
absorbed into civilization — will be a fructification of the arts.
Precisely in our time the human inclination toward the artistic has
is of course connected with modern man's aforementioned aversion
longer experienced. Gradually the conception has arisen that art
to it as a kind of luxury. With such assumptions prevailing, the upshot
an ancient clairvoyance made for a living connection with the spiritual
world, the artistic was considered absolutely vital to civilization.
In this and further lectures we shall be concerned, not with our reaction
places all the arts within the framework of civilization. The necessity
is to see a certain connection between today's spiritual life and the
as a being brought forth at a certain point in earthly evolution (part
of an evolutionary series fashioning a variety of beings), one
falsifies the position of man in respect to the world; falsifies it
because man has, in truth, no right to the self-satisfaction which would
he were indeed only the terminal point of natural creation. If the animals
could never compose sonatas and symphonies; such a combination of sounds
naturalistic world-conception demands that those who wish to create
something content themselves with imitations of the natural. For
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Title: Arts and Their Mission: Lecture III
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The Arts and Their Mission
stimulation from the spiritual world. We must become artists, not by
ESTERDAY I tried to show how the anthroposophical world-conception
review the most important aspects of this threefold artistic perception
life the soul is (so I said) accustomed to enter into spatial relations
space-needs after it has left the three-dimensional body and
three-dimensional world.
sojourn in the spiritual world; and how out of this deprivation there
brings us to a consideration of sculpture.
feel, intimately, the significance of the formation of man's head (my
last point yesterday) as a metamorphosis of his entire body formation
minus head, during his previous incarnation; if we see it as the work
of the higher hierarchies on the force relationship of a previous life,
eyes, then we understand how this part is adapted to his chest formation,
and the protrusion or recession of the lower skull, the facial parts.
For an intimate connection exists between the vaulting of the head and
the heavens; also an inner connection between the middle of the face and
and man's limb and metabolic system, the last an indication of how man
with the erection of tombs, sculpture shows how man, through his earthly
form's direct participation in the spiritual, constantly overcomes the
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Title: Arts and Their Mission: Lecture IV
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stimulation from the spiritual world. We must become artists, not by
HE LAST two lectures concentrated on artistic feeling and creation. I
wished to call attention to the fact that anthroposophical contemplation
turn, to an inner vitalization of the arts, present and future. At the end
relation to the spiritual, a person can acquire the forces necessary
for the creation, out of his innermost core, of true art. It has always
and on the other, genuine religious life. Through knowledge and religion
Indeed, it is his inward experience of knowledge and religion, during
consider this feeling I have just described in respect to cognition.
four centuries, now, while marvelous relationships in nature were traced
out, has been accumulating. But, precisely in regard to these relationships,
present-day natural science must say to itself on reflection, with all
from anthroposophical contemplation that, to pass this door, to enter
of the spiritual-divine foundation of the world is to be acquired, attention
must be called not only to the dangers mentioned, but also to the fact
about between birth and death by merely natural conditions.
should consider the tremendous seriousness of cognition. Also the abyss
if we would enter our true home and discover what bears a relationship
abyss lying between earth life and the regions of cognition which we
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Title: Arts and Their Mission: Lecture V
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stimulation from the spiritual world. We must become artists, not by
to emphasize that the spiritual evolution of mankind has proceeded from
the unity of science, art and religion. In present-day spiritual life we
have science, art and religion separated, yet can look back into the time
everything on earth a reflection of events taking place in its cosmic
what could be fathomed only by studying the relationship between stars
one example among many. For the conception held sway that occurrences
in definite locations on earth imaged forth the observable mysteries
we shall direct our attention to the way people expressed themselves
to express what appears in star-constellations and star-movements; far
merely of phantasy but of spiritual perception; and it was by this means
which finds expression through words, was the medium by which man entered
into soul-communion with the stars, the extra-earthly.
This soul-communion
separated from objects gain pictorial expression in his vault-like head,
cosmos. Individual thoughts were expressed through the relative positions
thought-form the after-image of a constellation. Thus his thinking
and forming constellations; he felt his soul poured out into the entire
universe. If he had investigated combinations and separations of
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Title: Arts and Their Mission: Lecture VI
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stimulation from the spiritual world. We must become artists, not by
for anthroposophical students to seek, in the formation of language,
already drawn attention to the peculiar way the German language designates
its essence into outer configuration. Thus beauty reveals inwardness
a different emotional reaction than the beautiful; we do not respond to
(as its opposite suggests a remaining within our emotions, our hate)
means that the beautiful bears a relation to the spiritual outside us.
take hold of the shining, the radiance, the manifestation, of that which
In art it is upon a relation to the spiritual that beauty depends.
a friend to an exhibition where we saw a painting of a man kneeling
in doing this only if one expresses all perceptions through color. If
not so long ago one could not imagine a presentation of Mary, the Mother
all the emotions of the earthly, the blue cloak the soul element which
by spirit, overcome by light as a revelation of the spirit. We do not,
relationship to colors and darkness, as a world in itself.
owing to the peculiar relationship between man and color — springs
relationship with something spiritual. In the face of present-day
for the beginnings made by impressionism and, still more, by
expressionism — been more or less lost.
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Title: Colour: Part Two: Dimension, Number and Weight
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This volume is the most comprehensive compilation in English of Rudolf
creation. There are three parts to this lecture series, each part
Dimension, Number and Weight
Man in his earthly existence varies in his conditions of
consciousness; he varies in the conditions of full wakefulness, of
Let us first put the question to ourselves: is it an essential part of
man to live as earthly being in these three conditions of
three conditions. Animals live in an essentially different
alternation. They do not have that deep, dreamless sleep which man has
Only man has the clear and sharp differentiation between his inner
happens when we face the world in a perfectly normal condition of
dimension and number.
We reckon with the calculations which apply to earthly things, we
of warmth and cold, the real objects of sense-perceptions, these weave
impression on man from outside, and he describes this impression, when
up, his ego and his astral body are in a different condition. Then the
things of dimension, number and weight are not there at all, at any
rate not according to earthly dimension, number and weight. When we
free-floating, free-moving sense-perceptions. Only in the present
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Title: Lecture IV: The Sun-Initiation of the Druid Priest and His Moon-Science
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of this trip he could give a lively description of the clairvoyant
beings in nature. Their perception of the spiritual being of the Sun
of Christianity long before missionaries from Rome reached these islands.
Cosmic processes in Earth-evolution. Sun Beings and Moon Beings;
the Earth before the separation of Sun and Moon. Initiation in the
Druid Mysteries was a Sun-Initiation, bound up with Moon-wisdom.
the Sun and the relation of the Earth to the Sun. Understanding of the
Moon-forces which had remained in the Earth after the separation of
denotes the first entry of intellectualism. Wotan civilization felt as
The death of Baldur and the Christ-Impulse. Transition to abstract
conceptions of medicine and remedies. The primeval wisdom once
Sun-Initiation of the Druid priests.
THE SUN-INITIATION OF THE DRUID PRIEST AND HIS MOON-SCIENCE
in a certain very early condition of our planet, Sun, Moon, Earth
sense-conceptions. But they have also an inner aspect, which is this:
themselves from the one whole with the separation of the Sun and
that as regards the further evolution of the Earth we cannot merely
on the Earth, but, when it is a question of taking the spiritual
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Title: Colour: Part Three: The Hierarchies and the Nature of the Rainbow
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evolution of the earth somewhat into line with present-day ideas. In
called the Seraphim those beings who make no differentiation between
Such a union of the begins of the First Hierarchy did exist once upon
the “Saturnian Age.” Warmth is just the expression of these
explanation. Suppose you are fond of somebody, you find his presence
not there either. It is merely the revelation of the Seraphim,
that this was done at the beginning of a terrestrial creation could
evolution proceed. The Sun, as it were, of the Seraphim, Cherubim and
This is the case because the entry of the Second Hierarchy represents an inward illumination, which is connected with a densification of warmth. Air comes forth from the pure warmth-element, and in the revelation of the light we have the entry of the Second Hierarchy.
present for a Being with the necessary powers of perception. Light is
furious as on the occasion when he castigated Newton; he was simply
merely as a reflection, not merely as a reflex-colour, but as a
water is the reflection, the creation of the element of colour in the
imagination, one sees elemental beings active in it. They are revealed
red-yellow, they do it with an extraordinary apprehension; and as they
Now imagine we have the rainbow in section. Then these being emerge in
the red-yellow and disappear in the blue-violet; here apprehension,
understand the meaning of his words and expressions.
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Title: Lecture VI: The WHITSUNTIDE Festival: Its place in the study of Karma
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available in English translation. The present lecture was given very
in the human organism. A full exposition of this is to be found in
an understanding of the relationship between man as the Ego-being and
physical, etheric and astral bodies. This will give us the foundation
in man in relation to Karma, if we consider the following.
feel a certain relationship between what takes place on the Earth and
Spiritual Science we have to ask: Is this relationship really so
commonplace as the present-day scientific conception of the world
imagines? This modern scientific conception of the world examines the
Such a conception can
relationships between the several instrumental members of man's nature,
The perception of the blue sky is really and truly a perception of the
perception of the blue of the sky is expressed in that we say: The Ether
science it is indeed very difficult to reach any intelligent conclusion
wonderful configuration of radiant light, the invisible and
of the Cosmos. The etheric Cosmos is organised for very long duration;
behold an expression of the soul-life of the cosmic astral world.
that the stars are an expression of the love with which the astral
there is a “stroking” of shorter duration. For it is true
have the varied configuration of the starry heavens. No wonder that an
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Title: Oswald Spengler: Lecture I: On Spengler's "Decline of the West"
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true conditions during his visit; one who does not cling to the
spiritual situation; such a person sees a picture which is
which I have mentioned cannot deceive us about this. But this
externally, basing our opinion on mere custom and routine
impression made by Oswald Spengler's book The Decline of the
which has made an extraordinarily deep impression on the
younger generation in Germany today. And the remarkable thing
impression on the younger generation. And if you try to
entirely under the impression made by Oswald Spengler's
books have not risen in the same proportion as beer, which now
economic conditions. Still the price increase on books shows
the phenomena of decline in the civilizations of the present
motion. Were it not heart-rending it might be humorous to see
how people with traditional ideas all riddled with decay meet
yield to such a deception. He calculates like a precise
with the prediction (which is more than a vague prophecy) that
combination of universal outward decline, especially in the
psycho-spiritual field, with the revelation by a serious
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Title: Oswald Spengler: Lecture II: Oswald Spengler - I
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articles are from the GA 36 collection entitled, Articles from 'Das
literary production something like the will to tackle more
necessarily lead to a condition of utter chaos in western
civilization, including America; and it could be seen that the
mass civilization. That is comprehensible. He believed that the
civilizations with simple brute-force.
perception of the fact that salvation for this western culture
and civilization can come out of the will of mankind, if this
will, in opposition to all that is moving headlong toward
destruction, is directed toward the realization of
spirituality (I must use the expression again) — an
present which can become his world-conception and philosophy,
brilliant; yet in spite of his clever observations, Spengler
peculiar configuration of spirit can be attained by an
exceptional interest. But it is a melancholy interest
estimate at once the soul-situation of Oswald Spengler, and
but an altogether international one.
Translated by Atkinson (Knopf). The above citation, however,
necessary to begin with the kind of comprehension applied
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Title: Oswald Spengler: Lecture III: Oswald Spengler - II
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that have become the possession of civilized humanity in
thought-combinations he achieves are sometimes dazzling.
consideration of the ideas; but the important point is
poor opinion of thinking in general. For Oswald Spengler
what results from thinking, but in his opinion the more
appear who are ready to think about it. And in this connection,
sees the present civilization. This really appears to him
in such a way that he says: Everything that this civilization
with what constitutes present civilization, will even crush it,
Spengler sees that people of the modern civilization have
to see that just through reaction, human freedom can result
spirit. He has no notion of this; but why is this so?
father-confessors, and others in similar positions.
regard to which the relation to the father-confessor represents
we go back in humanity's evolution, we find everywhere
that the so-called men of action, those people who have
intended to be, men of action. So that we have only to look
back in the evolution of humanity to find that it is out of the
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Title: Education as a Social Problem: Lecture I: Historical Requirements of the Present Time
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A RECENT series of lectures and discussions with workmen
exists as inner tragedy in mankind's evolution. Now I am again
no time perhaps has there been less inclination than now to
raise the soul to the spiritual worlds in true fashion, and it
that real salvation is only attainable on the spiritual path,
reflecting on this question is not fruitful. It is certain,
numbers of people are permeated by the conviction that
salvation can come only from the spiritual worlds.
and forces will pour over civilization in tremendous, elemental
I drew attention to the fact
science, art, religion, and so on — is looked upon as
economic means of production, the economic foundation. I spoke
“Maya” — “illusion” —
“ideology.” Every other translation of this word is
illusion, and the only reality is what arises in the soul. What
senses is maya, illusion, ideology.
opposite conviction, that the only reality is what presents
up in the soul, constitutes ideology, illusion, for a
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Title: Education as a Social Problem: Lecture II: The Social Structure in Ancient Greece and Rome
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evolution since the middle of the fifteenth century. Everything
mankind in earlier epochs of our post-Atlantean evolution. If
we find ourselves, we must focus our attention still more
constitution of soul. The way we form our thoughts, the manner
the soul-constitution of the Roman. In the State we still see
territory there were spread a subject population and their
considered justified to think about human relationships in the
conqueror population. Naturally, modern man has outgrown what
the world and the Gods in the way the conqueror population had
schools, shape their instruction in a way that represents a
case with our universities, with the exception of the technical
And today, in almost all leading positions, you find people who
abstract in Romanism. I have mentioned this here before. The
nature and led to the formation of the social order in Rome
thus come from the Roman constitution of soul.
this connection I am always reminded of an old friend of mine.
once had a conversation with a lawyer who said, “In a
blood has passed over into registration.
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Title: Education as a Social Problem: Lecture III: Commodity, Labor, and Capital
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cooperation in outer affairs. I refer to the concepts
political-economic fashion. Prior to the middle of the
fifteenth century there can be no question of people
consciously comprehending their mutual social relationships.
consciously about social relationships. And so, every kind of
idea and direction in the life of human society has arisen.
political economy if we pose the question of what is to happen
reached a turning point in the historical evolution of
Since social life has to be founded upon the relation of man to
social action. Without this mood of soul among men social life
be comprehended if there is to be any question at all of a
social reformation. The fact that in the social life of the
future the content of human conversation will be of special
their ideas, their sensations, their feelings. The views that
general education be governed not merely by concepts derived
for imaginations. Improbable as it may seem to modern man,
regard to the question of education. I have said: If we
present-day education as they hear such a comparison? Modern
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Title: Education as a Social Problem: Lecture IV: Education as a Problem Involving the Training of Teachers
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discussion today that of education is the most important. We
had to emphasize that the entire social question contains as
its chief factor, education. From what I indicated a week ago
about the transformation of education it will have become clear
training of teachers is the most important auxiliary question.
evolution a wave of materialistic trials. In the present time
transition through which mankind had to pass after the middle
such a lasting effect as the permeation of educational
details in present-day education to appreciate the great
themselves well-versed in the problems of education say again
and again that all instruction, even in the lowest grades, must
education is in many respects fully justified. Nevertheless, it
raises the question, what becomes of a child if he only
material is presented in much of our education today is
which could give them consolation and hope in difficult times
ourselves are doubtful as to the direction we should take.
this is connected with the deficiencies in our educational
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Title: Education as a Social Problem: Lecture V: The Metamorphoses of Human Intelligence: Present Trends and Dangers
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IN THE observations we are making here we have to enter
forces work into the evolution of the present time and form the
foundations of our human life. You have seen from our
discussions yesterday that it becomes increasingly necessary to
question by that soul force we call intelligence. The man of
considers the gradual acquisition of intelligence a special
mark of distinction.
pictorial thoughts, he considers their constitution of spirit
knowledge of what people in earlier periods of evolution tried
childlike stages of evolution and is very proud of having come
instinctively, through their intelligence, their relationship
play their connection with the cosmos lived in it. They knew
their relationship to this or that zodiacal constellation; they
man's soul and bodily constitutions. They knew the influence of
picture of their relationship with the cosmos.
B.C. The connection with the cosmos was no longer the vital
supersensible he had to turn to that power of perception which
reflection, through intelligence, he learned to know the laws
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Title: Education as a Social Problem: Lecture VI: The Inexpressible Name, Spirits of Space and Time, Conquering Egotism
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human perception does not know what it faces in man. Ordinarily
and more important for our age. For the conditions existing in
the present cycle of mankind's evolution were not the same in
by outer physical science, but spiritual-scientific cognition
bodies had a constitution different from that of today. Those
constitution than present-day human bodies. They were much more
population were to be bestowed upon us, we would all be ill. We
to conditions that were the normal ones in the Egypto-Chaldean
age. Today we find tumorous formations in the body which are
ancient Egypto-Chaldean population.
This is closely connected with human evolution. We as modern
be able, through complicated combinations of atoms, molecules,
and their interactions, to know the processes of life. This
use comes often from traditions originating in ancient Egyptian
valuable. In these circles there still live certain traditions
former ages of mankind's evolution this “I” was not
initiates — the whole congregation would have fainted, so
or that was expressed before the congregation in a kind of
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Title: Karma: Lecture I
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special destiny; to bring to the West a knowledge of reincarnation and
constitute an immeasurable contribution to the understanding of
reincarnation and karma, and the tasks of the Anthroposophical Society
in connection with the Archangel Michael.
like to begin by speaking to you about the conditions and laws
attention on the phenomena of human life itself. And at present
in such wonderful formations, but also in all that is reduced
exception — we discover that everywhere within this
Under certain conditions they may lie far distant out in the
physical laws of the human form for the cause of this action,
blood circulation, of any of the processes which are not at all
now in all its aspects, in all directions, you think out to the
same region in which the effects themselves lie. This is very
were, at death. And if then, with that faculty of perception
surroundings as lifeless nature. This lifeless nature fashions
water, and air, we then find that an active transformation and
a sort of aggregation, a sort of form, shape; that what is
universe. The sun must first advance to a certain position in
should have already acquired other forces of cognition than
But we do not find them there with ordinary means of cognition.
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Title: Karma: Lecture II
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special destiny; to bring to the West a knowledge of reincarnation and
constitute an immeasurable contribution to the understanding of
reincarnation and karma, and the tasks of the Anthroposophical Society
in connection with the Archangel Michael.
for the explanation of human destiny, of karma, when we advance
from abstractions, from the intellectual, to life itself,
constituents of life a basis for a characterization of
we live upon the earth. To this I have already drawn attention.
senses. Our other relationships to the mineral nature are
nature enters into relationship with us during earth life. The
through our senses simply as soul impressions, as sense
perceptions. And I beg you to consider seriously in this
connection something very important. I have, indeed, frequently
lighter the object in question becomes, you will find that it
— as I have told you on another occasion — when
opposition to this force of gravity. The brain organ has first
consider the wide significance of the impressions which you
observation: So great is the predominance of our mere sense
impressions, which render us independent of the stimuli from
perceptions in the ratio of 20 to 1500 grams. What we take into
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Title: Karma: Lecture III
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special destiny; to bring to the West a knowledge of reincarnation and
constitute an immeasurable contribution to the understanding of
reincarnation and karma, and the tasks of the Anthroposophical Society
in connection with the Archangel Michael.
way, I should say, place the question of karma before us. What
and see how this present earth life is a repetition of a number
knows that air exists, and what its functions are, to speak of
question of our entering into such matters, but it can only be
a question of drawing attention to them. For just as the air is
who take the matter into consideration, the spiritual world is
simply a question of our acknowledging the fact that at
death has a certain aspiration toward another world which
this world, or of which this world affords him no satisfaction,
multitude of events, and because too much happens in proportion
life between death and a new birth the condition is just the
are only a few indications of the great difference prevailing
their physical actions; their physical deeds went parallel with
allowed to use the expression “upward.” Nowadays it
absolute gaps in the dead's comprehension of the earthly world.
motion, of action. And while we here on earth have our
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Title: Karma: Lecture IV
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special destiny; to bring to the West a knowledge of reincarnation and
constitute an immeasurable contribution to the understanding of
reincarnation and karma, and the tasks of the Anthroposophical Society
in connection with the Archangel Michael.
organization together as he descends out of the spiritual world
that in the language of today there are no suitable expressions
civilization, and that, therefore, the expressions employed
here for what takes place under certain conditions can only be
physical body which is given to him by heredity. The union of
ether. The more precise descriptions of these events will
in the most manifold way, into relationship with other
comes into relationship with those human souls with whom he was
in relationship on earth, and that a peculiar reflection takes
whom he had this relationship. Let us assume that someone
has had a good relationship with a soul whom he now encounters
relationship implies had lived in him during former earth
lives. Then this good relationship is reflected in the soul,
with the reservation made at the beginning of these
observations — he has the feeling: “You have
whom he was associated. And we gain the impression, just in
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Title: Karma: Lecture V
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special destiny; to bring to the West a knowledge of reincarnation and
constitute an immeasurable contribution to the understanding of
reincarnation and karma, and the tasks of the Anthroposophical Society
in connection with the Archangel Michael.
on his physical and etheric constitution. It is dependent on
constitution, can bring of sympathy and antipathy toward the
outer world, what others, again, according to his constitution
complications and entanglements in which he finds himself
being's karmic situation for any given moment of time or as a
civilization. We must be able to enter more into the
pre-disposition to illness, they ask: “What about the
hereditary relationships?”
question is, indeed, at the outset quite justifiable, but in
modern civilization thinks fundamentally quite falsely.
organization — is renewed for the first time. There is a
nevertheless, make the following assertion: The first teeth
to which he fashions his second teeth in conformity to the
this question might arise: Why do we human beings need a model?
evolution? Why is it not possible as we descend and draw toward
modern human being's way of thinking, this question is
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Title: Karma: Lecture VI
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special destiny; to bring to the West a knowledge of reincarnation and
constitute an immeasurable contribution to the understanding of
reincarnation and karma, and the tasks of the Anthroposophical Society
in connection with the Archangel Michael.
intervenes in the evolution of man, how destiny, which
intervenes with the free deeds of man, is really fashioned in
its physical reflection out of the spiritual world.
has three clearly differentiated members. This differentiation
perception inwardly illumined.
attention to the formation of the human being out of the
of the mother as human embryo is the head organization.
whole human organization takes its start from the head, and
his configuration is, actually, an appendage-organ of the
the beginning. The rest are appendage-organs. And the functions
such as breathing, circulation, nutrition — are, in the
human being, his head finally loses its sharp distinction from
this gives only a superficial characterization of the human
outwardly head configuration, lies only the main outer
expression of the head configuration. Man remains completely
in such a way that the head formation mainly appears in the
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Title: Three Streams: Lecture I: The Lower Three Human Members and the Spirits of Form
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and beings working behind the scenes in human evolution. This series
Three Streams in the Evolution of Mankind.
conclusions about human life itself. I will first mention certain
and emphasise certain conceptions.
superstition. We must accustom ourselves to use such terms as
contradistinction to the prejudices of present-day natural
consideration of the spiritual order of the world, those concepts
or — to use the more workable expression I am trying to
perceptions only, it has recourse to abstract judgments and concepts.
three members of man's being which, in accordance with their evolution,
we call pre-earthly — you know about this evolution from my
earlier studies this autumn I mentioned that if we look at these
my recent remarks on Goethe's world-conception, we may say: In so
course of time, in so far as he goes through the evolution open to
forces which lie behind his evolution. I tried to make this clear to
to think of it as connected from its evolutionary past with the
Powers, with the exception of the Spirits of Form, the Exusiai, do
animal; we should focus our attention on this force of
with mere illusions, mere phantoms. In truth, we are not to be found
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Title: Three Streams: Lecture II: The Fifth Epoch, Semitic and Greek Cultures, the Christ Impulse
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and beings working behind the scenes in human evolution. This series
Three Streams in the Evolution of Mankind.
manifold indications and details I have given concerning the Christ
had come to be present in the general course of human evolution at
Mystery of Golgotha. You know that in human evolution we have to
evolution, just at the time of the Mystery of Golgotha, and —
whole evolution of mankind might have been lost. If we look at
mankind's evolution as progressing in a straight line (see diagram),
we can say: To the course of this evolution belong the Lemurian age
the evolution of individuals but of mankind as a whole) very
becoming weaker. I am referring now to historical evolution, and when
particularly in the subconscious regions of man.
therefore, that in man's earthly evolution a kind of waving line is
equilibrium has never come to perfection. There have been times when
at the period of human evolution when mankind was approaching the
of Golgotha and manifests historically in the evolution of the
only by keeping in mind this vacillation in human evolution between
evolution from without,
Ahrimanic intervention experienced by
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Title: Three Streams: Lecture III: The Mystery of Golgotha Must Be Approached Supersensibly
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I made two observations drawn from the science that we must call the
science of Initiation, and I should like to remind you of them, for
is an apparent contradiction to this in the fact that the Gospels are
therefore, could give expression to the truth about Christianity only
have said here about the relation of mankind to the Mystery of
Golgotha is drawn from the science of Initiation. If in this way
something has been given out of supersensible knowledge, the question
— at first only as a question which should receive an answer by
mentioned — Tertullian. With regard to the personality of
Christ, in the sacrificial death and the resurrection, by saying,
are pure invention, but they are the source of the later opinion about
and holy passion. Although he is a typical Roman who expresses
often called reality — and although in the opinion of people versed
grip of a holy passion.
are signs of the desecration of sanctuaries. ... Thus spoke
abstractions of Rome, for he was permeated with a lively sense of the
merely rational. To declare that “when the Christians say what
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Three Streams in the Evolution of Mankind.
to know from the most diverse aspects that the evolution of modern man
whereas in the previous epoch, the Graeco-Roman, human evolution ran its
the impulse to strive consciously for certain conceptions that were
emphasised that the Event of Golgotha entered human evolution in such
human soul in full consciousness; fully conscious comprehension can
emphasised that, by reason of forces well known to us, the inclination is
always arising in man to lag behind in his evolution on the one hand, and
numerous endeavours to retain the unconscious realisation of the
possible only the traditional and unconscious relation to the
understanding of the Mystery of Golgotha. Opposition to the
as much as possible in the unconscious regions of man's soul.
approach fruitfully the comprehension particularly necessary for the
being — not by discussion but by getting our bearings
possible in accordance with the facts; let us first pay attention to
takes a scientific direction. Nowadays for most people religion is
And it adopts an attitude of condescension towards earlier ages.
in ghosts. There is no need to object to the assertion that our
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important fact in the evolution of man; we tried to describe it from
equilibrium was brought about in the evolution of Europeans because
said that men are in the course of an evolution predetermined for
mankind received its origin. If we follow this evolution in detail,
about himself and his connection with the world. To find his place
control of the will founded upon self-education: that will be the
then we never achieve a real, correct valuation of events. If to-day,
it cannot be said that the event in question is rightly estimated if
ask the question: If we assume that the Christ through the Event of Golgotha
evolution; that through certain geniuses who would have arisen, men
would have been received prematurely that men through their own exertions
though paralysed, disabled by it, and their future evolution would
through a kind of inoculation. But the whole evolution to
earth, but they would have been shut out from all further evolution.
in the Revelation of John, as the appearance of the Beast. There is
mentioned the number 666, which gives many scholars so much trouble
mankind, the Event of Golgotha had to enter into human evolution at a
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historically. Let us keep clearly before us the relevant situation in
this holds good even in mechanical motion — does not belong to
the scales, 333 years earlier, we come to the preparations for the
the evolution of mankind in the West if the Mystery of Golgotha had
go further back and then a significant question arises. Suppose we
were to look at human evolution during the time of the Mystery of
Golgotha, and ask: How was it in all the regions untouched by the
apply to all the regions of the earth.) How did people look on
question is of quite special importance just now; it is truly no mere
theoretical question: How were things in Rome when the Mystery of
must repeatedly feel our way back in imagination to the culture of
death by crucifixion, and with whom was linked the knowledge, the
world there was little recognition, either inwardly or
question must be asked: How was it looked upon, especially in Rome?
to give men through revelation, received on an Ahrimanic path, that
back to a condition which in the normal way had entered human
evolution thousands of years earlier.
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in the nationalism of the present, and the innate capacities of various
nations.
events, I called your attention to the necessities of a
I attach to such things. They are mere abstractions. What I
have discussed with you is not an abstraction, but a reality.
program, will by its own connection with the impelling forces
of history come to realization in the world within the next
between adopting a rational attitude and accepting such
revolutions.” There is no other alternative in these
realization in the course of the times.
view as a necessity embodying the impulse to realization. In
order to establish a connection with what has already been
that is, that the confusion in the social structure that
imperative to replace it by that threefold organization of
organization will be to distribute into separate spheres what
has hitherto constituted, in a confused fashion, the basis of
the seemingly unitary organization of the state.
as the sphere of the social organization, the economic
organization; the third, as the sphere of free spiritual
production. These three spheres will be integrated
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nations.
the comprehensive ideas constituting world conceptions. Among
situation of humanity, not the least significant is the fact
religion, science, or aesthetics, have all gradually lost
their connection with life in the course of time. There has
of religion and world conceptions. Just reflect how life
the satisfaction of those needs of the heart and soul that
impel them to seek for a connection with the divine spiritual
of the spirit can take possession of the minds and hearts of
directed world conception, but the whole of life shall be
anthroposophical comprehension of the world. Because such has
their attention to what has really been happening in their
circumstances should we fail to pay attention today to what
life; we turn our backs on this and direct our attention
everyday matter must be brought into connection with the
of these reflections, I have stated that a favorable change
about the present situation without a realization of this
situations. In the historic life of humanity, conditions
observer it has been all too obvious that administrations and
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nations.
these reflections has been to cast light upon the form that
conditions of the times, but simply to provide material
suitable for giving direction to our judgment that may
provide the foundation for a general survey of conditions
attention to these things without pessimism or optimism. Yet
the purpose of raising any objection to what has simply been
the proletariat population at the present time as something
to be desired. This is called the “solution of the
the instinct behind what is called the solution of the social
considering the expression “solution of the social
who should not surrender himself to illusions in any field
but should fix his attention upon realities, shall in this
case also indulge in no illusions. The essential fact in this
proceed from a standpoint free of illusions, but from a point
of view confronted by a great number of such illusions,
especially the fundamental illusion that it is possible to
this conception our epoch is compelled to believe that the
perfection in this world but only imperfection. Thus, it is
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in the nationalism of the present, and the innate capacities of various
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that a condition constituting a paradise — if we may
so-called solutions of the social problem, which purpose more
necessarily upon illusions. It is in the light of this
assertion that I beg you to receive the explanations I give
relationships. The thing that matters is that this question
shall not be made abstract, that the question shall not be
considered in the light of the presuppositions of spiritual
conditions we may desire to bring about, if the point of
pointed out to you that the social organization of which I
have spoken, this threefold social organization that I have
attention upon the knowledge of the human being in every
beg you to consider all the explanations that I shall
consideration is the fact that such a social order as is
demanded by contemporary conditions cannot be established
shall be aware of himself in his relationship to what is
difficult for the human being today is the realization of all
today precisely in his thinking, in his conceptions, he likes
simple being. By means of mere arbitrary conceptions nothing
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NATIONALISM OF THE PRESENT
is compelled in any single incarnation to live in such a
course of preparation from chaos. Chaos is necessary for the
position in the midst of the chaotic, as well as in what has
impelling forces in the course of evolution that set him upon
that we have considered, in connection with which we have
what is the most profound characteristic of the evolution of
evolutionary impulses in which the luciferic and ahrimanic
integration of the consciousness soul into human nature has
have in our epoch the peculiar fact that the manifestation of
social ideals appears as a reaction against what is striving
to emerge out of the innermost nature of man, a reaction
against the evolution of individual consciousness. What I
that sustains a certain relationship to man, in order that we
may become aware of the relationship existing between the
like a reaction to what streams forth from the inner nature
balance between conflicting powers. Every conception
world conception of this fifth post-Atlantean epoch. As man
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NATIONS OF THE WORLD
that the so-called social question is not so simple as it is
impulses exist in him and must come to expression regardless
brought to realization. As we have seen, the antisocial
educational mission in the evolution of humanity in that they
self, already in course of preparation, whose essential
mission will be to bring humanity into social unity. This
present by people indulging in illusions, but in such a way
attention upon the other person so that each individual shall
a sort of skirmish or outpost action, a sort of preparation,
illusions and errors because it is only the germinal stage
for something that will come later. These illusions and
comes especially to expression in the development of the
so-called Russian revolution. It is characterized by the fact
that in its present manifestation it has no right
relationship to what is in course of preparation as a people
it is brought in out of abstractions. Thus these more or less
illusory ideals of the present Russian revolution are
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Title: Roman Catholicism: Lecture I
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here with the kind permission of the Rudolf Steiner Nachlassverwaltung,
more and more to turn our attention to certain historical facts.
entirely to the acquisition of knowledge from the lectures and
discussions which have been held in different places. Nevertheless,
some historical comments, in order to draw attention to certain
America, which was known as a realistic conception of life, a
conception of life which was in essentials based on the achievements
essentially different. Today I will only mention one example. At the
his own convictions out of his own inner self, about the most
there was more or less unconscious opposition to it. And at the
certain freedom as regards everything connected with his religion. The
religion is given to each human being as his own right is a folly and a
delusion.”
At the time when Europe was experiencing the high tide, a provisional
high tide, of this conception of freedom of conscience and of
delusion.
doing I want to call your attention to what took place at a time
when, for a large number of people, this question had arisen and
the question: “How do we as human beings make progress in our
religious life?” This question, posed in deep earnestness and
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here with the kind permission of the Rudolf Steiner Nachlassverwaltung,
It is my intention today to continue with the subject we began here
by saying that since the time of its inauguration anyone who holds a
Now in face of such a fact the important question to ask oneself is:
be clear about this first, and then to see it in relation to the fact
definition of
the Dogma of the Immaculate Conception;
came the definition of
always present intellectually into the sphere of human emotion, the
only wakeful consciousness within our sleeping civilization. I should
whole situation at the present time. I should really like to know how
sentence runs: “Religion, which represents a fantastic reflex
in the minds of human beings concerning their relations one to
indication of what is regarded as the programme for the future in
this earth. It is, of course, not a question of any one such
population an outlook will come about which can be thus expressed:
“Religion which represents a fantastic reflex in the minds of
human beings concerning their relations to one another and to nature,
Now, my dear friends, I have already raised the important question as
necessary to make people take this oath, the assumption is that
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here with the kind permission of the Rudolf Steiner Nachlassverwaltung,
stressed the importance, both for the spiritual and social evolution
results of initiation research. You know also that by the word
initiation, to use an ancient term, we understand a seeing into a
of veil; a veil which may very easily lead to illusions. What is
what today is called science. He combines his perceptions in the
imitation of what may be called experience in the super-sensible
of consciousness which is not there in the dream condition, but with
consciousness, to come to a state which bears a similar relation to
a poor imitation of what is experienced in that other condition.
thinking ordered in accordance with quite external relationships, is
ordered by the perception of the outer sense world, in accordance
hardly find between them any more connection than one finds in the
Thomism as a justified source of cognition.
In our initiation science, then, we have the results of such an
intensified condition of consciousness. The difficulty in the present
evolution of humanity and in that of the near future is that humanity
will most certainly need this science of initiation, and will not be
continue to permeate human evolution, conditions such as we are now
creation of social arrangements really adapted to the consciousness
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Title: Young Doctors Course: Lecture I
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today is based upon a scientific conception of the world, or,
better said, upon scientific interpretations, which do not
present time are not capable of giving a true description of
persist at certain locations — and that we must add to
bodies with definite contours are subject. The conceptions
to the opinion that if fluid is taken to quench thirst and
moment the fluid man comes into consideration, we must
earthly forces, pure and simple, come into consideration. The
moment we are concerned with what is in circulation, whether
it be the circulation of the digestive juice or of the
will go into this more closely. It is merely a question, now,
Human breathing, for instance, in its physical manifestation,
is a function of the astral body.
you will find evidence of differentiation in the warmth
organization. This warmth organization is subject to the ego
organization.
conditions. The warmth is ruled from the ego organization.
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Title: Young Doctors Course: Lecture II
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forces. So far as the astral body is concerned, conceptions
true when we come to the ego organization.
way will be to start from the ego organization. What is this
ego organization, in reality? In the physical world, it is to
through the Gate of Death, and the ego organization leaves
the physical world. When the ego organization is forming and
earthly environment. In other words, the ego organization is
organization is connected with death. What happens in death,
earthly life, through the ego organization. The human being
version of the legend of Penelope. Suppose you were occupied
picture of the ego organization in its relation to the
same inner tendency of action which it has, as salt, in the
so that, finally, if the ego organization is working
organization consists precisely in transforming the in-taken
impossible for the ego organization to so transform the
the ego organization.
ego organization do with the physical body? It destroys the
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Title: Young Doctors Course: Lecture III
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about what questions you would like to ask, and then give
these questions to me so that I may remember them as these
to say something in direct continuation of what was said in
being and his relation to the world. In our anthroposophical
science in connection with the human being. It would be
and significant directions the truth deviates very
substances on the earth, with certain forces of attraction
and repulsion. These forces are supposed to work through
with, attention must be called — and I have often done
opposition to heaviness. In the case of the brain, this
force of attraction exercised by the earth upon the human
human organization is such that the earthly forces vanish.
certain static conditions which hold sway between
breathe out again. The relationship between this force and
counter force in breathing is similar to the relationship
heavy, and its inner condition of rest, its inner static
condition, is not changed when we are walking. Nor is this
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Title: Young Doctors Course: Lecture IV
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should serve as a foundation for physicians. Owing to the
given as a foundation for medicine would constitute, as it
to do more than give a general description of these things,
side must be built upon the foundation of the exoteric
shall see, much will be achieved in this direction by the
establishment of the Medical Section here at Dornach.
direction and the work will only begin to develop in the real
that results from Spiritual Science. The chaotic conditions
transition to the esoteric aspect: external substances are,
in reality, processes. Salt is only a precipitation of
being through fertilization and there must be a union between
But fertilization does not create the etheric body. The
organization and astral organization, in order to receive the
It has come firstly, from earlier incarnations, secondly,
existence long before any fertilization takes place. This
kernel of spirit and soul exists before a connection is made
fertilization. It unites, first, with the etheric body which
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Title: Young Doctors Course: Lecture V
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I have now studied your questions, which
yesterday. A first category of questions has arisen out of a
certain uneasiness. Single questions will find their answer
trend of all these questions is: How can those who are
association with Dornach? The true development of the impulse
development of our work is the foundation of everything,
certain general remarks in connection with what was said
general attention, or if he does this himself, from the
and for the physician — this general indication towards
definition and clarity and also possibly most important of
association with Dornach — definitely those of you who
in every domain of life. We must enter into a real communion
cosmic connection that we learn to see through the veil of
Christmas Foundation Meeting, a kind of change must take
place in our whole conception of the anthroposophical
sections of the work. And you who are seeking to find your
share in this essential change. There can be no question of
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For reasons I will not now mention, I will
medical history in having our attention drawn to the fact
watery, with the circulation of fluids in the human organism.
warmth nature in man. We have spoken of the conception we
connection; we think of feeling that is connected with the
psychical and bodily constitution of the human being. But
human being. The watery or fluid body, as a formation of the
human organization which is in fluid circulation, although
circulation of the fluids, of the mixture and the separation
combinations and separation of fluids. In the nineteenth
century, of course, it was all tradition, but this tradition
centuries, when men had not only tradition but also actual
imagination. Knowledge in those days had, it is true, an
illusionary character, but men had instinctive imaginations.
mere sense perception and cogitation; it was known that
thinking and sense observation could only be applied to those
knowledge of the circulation of the fluids in the watery man
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Title: Young Doctors Course: Lecture VII
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today in answering questions which do not belong to the
to come to the esoteric conclusion.
questions fit into what I have said to you in general. There
are only a few questions which call for a specific answer and
Question: Are there definite exercises for
Indications can be given to such a person. I can, for
indications given him, the astral body of the patient has
been stimulated. The indication which he has put into
occur in what modern medicine calls “functional”
impossible to say where functional disturbances cease and
organic disturbances begin. In functional diseases there are
is to be a question of healing, the magnetic healer must use
limited duration. The natural magnetic healers have this
profession. This kind of healing really cannot be made into a
profession. That is what must be said about it. The process
it — is only unconditionally effective when it is
carried out with genuine compassion for the patient, a
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Title: Young Doctors Course: Lecture VIII
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aphoristic indications here of what will have to be
communicated in detail as time goes on, if your connection
cannot heal in opposition to karma. The fundamental attitude
attitude must, from the very outset, tend in two directions.
revelation of karma.
the present one. Karma, in this aspect, is the expression of
happening now. If you carry this thought to its conclusion,
direction of the physician's attitude is, therefore, towards
life, gives a firm standpoint. The other direction, however,
the opinion that the patient is incurable. You must suppress
this opinion and do everything possible about healing. I
study it in connection with the whole universe.
connection that exists between the central point of the earth
muscle lying in a similar position, is really inserted into
everything that is involved, let us say, in the position in
hand, everything that has a position like that of the
upwards through the connection between earth and moon. He is
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Title: Young Doctors Course: Easter Course: Lecture I
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lectures given to physicians of the Medical Section,
Easter, 1924. This translation has been made from a
Christmas Course we turned our attention to things that can
formulae for further contemplation and elaboration, we
that which is so often taken in our civilization today. We
will bring them forward in the form of questions and we will
our subject into the theme of our discussions. I would ask
will have arisen both for the practitioner and for the
difficulties and we will try to find their solution. All of
realized that in connection with definite questions there is
question, definite or indefinite, has arisen, for such
questions will surely lead us further. In this way we shall
Question: A participant asked
definite constellations of the stars and whether one must be
essential. You mean observation of the constellations as they
able to look at the visible constellations. But if I have
orientation in the outer world according to the stars can, of
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out what is in your minds so that the discussion can center
Question: A question in the
hearts of all of us is how to succeed with the meditations
contained in the meditations and we do not yet know how to
things one really ought not to give such strict indications
is not likely that there will be any feeling of oppression.
When the meditations were given here at Christmas it was also
indicated in which direction they move the soul. It was said
— and the same applies to the meditations that are now
meditations it is rather different than when someone comes
and wishes to have a personal meditation. In the case of a
personal meditation one must naturally indicate whether the
meditation should be done in the morning or the evening, how
the person must act in the sense of this meditation, and so
on. These meditations are intended to be part of the esoteric
remaining in isolation but unfolding within himself the
impulse to recognize those who have similar aspirations. Such
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Title: Young Doctors Course: Easter Course: Lecture III
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clear about the fact that we cannot take into consideration
earth in all directions, in all directions of cosmic space.
of time. What proceeds from the ego organization of man
— the forces which work in from all directions and
form but a form with definite configuration is produced from
just told you, all that could happen would be a completion of
different constellations in space. The moon is always passing
these constellations, and as it passes them it modifies the
from the cosmos by cooperation between the planet moon and
in front of the constellation of Libra whose forces are again
modified by the position of the moon. Here we have a
front of Libra, become New Moon. The moon in connection with
the constellation of Libra works differently from when it is
working from a position in front of the Pleiades and the
effect upon the egg is the formation of the bird's tail. The
constellations.
person who has knowledge of earthly conditions able to say
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another direction, things that were mentioned yesterday.
Perhaps this will help to give the questions you have put,
the medical profession, into the vocation of healing. In this
justification, you feel a kind of inner opposition. There are
European, Western civilization. We see for the first time how
culture were reincarnations of individualities from the
said on various occasions that we must turn our attention to
all directions. The objective consequences, therefore, are
are the terribly dilettante institutions that have been set
four traditional faculties, namely: philosophy, theology,
science, national economy and the like, originated from
realization that the texts of the four Gospels cannot
in tradition, was living in the existing knowledge concerning
the days of Harun al Raschid the initiation did not come to
(1592–1670). Comenius' life was one of aspiration
intellectual conceptions.
medicine, are re-embodiments of ancient conceptions from
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more general theme to which certain of your questions
structure so that we can have a conception of it. This can be
organization — to use a form of expression that is not
organ ego organization and astral organization are working,
of the following: Suppose that astral organization and ego
organization impress their own structure upon some organ or
organization. This, speaking quite generally, is the cause of
purpose of suggesting that this conception should be
times, when conceptions of the human being were more robust,
deemed necessary for the salvation of his soul. These
heretics were burned for the salvation of their souls —
earlier times, the outcome of a form of vision; later on, of
certain preparation of melissa (balm mint) would be given to
dreamy than he was before taking the melissa preparation. In
this condition, faint imaginations entered into his
became very susceptible to inspirations. Such investigations
body and ego organization take firm hold of the solar plexus.
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response to a question about
the grasping of the fluid man by imaginative perception.)
from details. One would have to investigate such questions by
take the connections in nature in a comprehensive way —
with one from one's general education diverge as far as is
these things show one how superficial the assumptions which
have been derived from observation till now are. For today
everywhere. One is really dealing with formations which can
configuration of the stars which we see outside in us. Thus
we arrive at an imagination through the idea which our head
bird formation in the human head, and that the bird has the
second expansion is made through the creation of a second
an expansion and then to indentations. If you get used to
making images through expansion and indentations in this way
basically all organized life consists of expansion and
is an expansion in an upwards direction which is brought
want to form imaginations you should get used to looking at
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Constitution
consideration. No account whatever is taken of the fact that
in addition to the physical body, there are also higher
condition of the organism, but not as an actual component. We
attention to the fact that when we study the rising and
by inhalation and exhalation; when we breathe in, the
less solid substances (Illustration
definite functions. The air is breathed out again. —
Then people speak of the warmth-condition of the body, but in
factor and do not realize that in addition to this solid
Illustration II) More exact study shows that just
In addition
regard to its organization and its differentiations, is an
gaseous, airy, and in motion. And finally, the warmth in us
dissection, but which must be conceived as an inwardly
is the warmth organism with all its inner differentiation. It
generally called the warmth-condition. But that
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indications about the constitution of the human being, and at
external constitution, and what it unfolds through
human constitution is to be regarded. We saw that the solid
constitution; that the existence of a fluid organism, an airy
objects around us and reason about these perceptions with our
intellect; we also have feelings in connection with these
perceptions, and we have our will impulses. But we experience
consciousness to the other objects of perception studied in
too, we know from ordinary life that in addition to the
expression in pictures. I said that we may dream of coiling
of an excessively hot stove and wake up with palpitations of
bodily nature. As an Ego we would feel no connection with our
again on waking. It is through the deprivation undergone
perceptions and ideas, we are led to the dream-consciousness
say: On the one hand our conception of the life of soul is
such that it leads us to the body. And our conception of the
bodily constitution, comprising as it does the fluid
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Meditative contemplations and instructions for deepening
amount of meditative material to deepen a professional
By Rudolf Steiner as preparation for this course.
as beings of action, on the other; with our feelings we live
the one side, to what is presented to our observation; on the
other side, feelings enter into our actions, our deeds. We
truth all action is accompanied by impulses of feeling, and
the pole of thinking and the pole of deed, of action. Only
contemplation, when the outer world is completely stilled,
of actions or deeds — which may also take effect in the
you are living for a time purely in reflection as usually
and draw conclusions, how we orientate ourselves in
this life of thought in careful self-examination, we shall
world. Constantly to be running in pursuit of sensations does
This is why meditation, too, consists in not indulging in
strength and intensity of this inner radiation of will into
are given over to the concatenations of things and events in
thoughts when we form judgments, draw conclusions and the
this in the new edition of the book (1918). What is thus
Imagination’. Moral Imagination rises to the 'Moral
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Title: Anthroposophy Introduction: Lecture I: Anthroposophy as What Men Long For Today
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Anthroposophy, An Introduction
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of our human condition, especially our inner nature. He encourages the
Subjects include the transition from ordinary knowing to the science of
initiation; meditation and inspiration; love, intuition, and the human
I; dream life and outer reality; imaginative cognition and the building
N attempting to give a kind of introduction
on the assumption that the Anthroposophical Movement has just begun.
mark a beginning in the opposite direction; it must not remain ineffective,
as I have already indicated in many different directions.
kind of introduction to the anthroposophical view of the world.
itself saying. Indeed, no science based on initiation has ever intended
fundamental note of every presentation of it.
harbour earnest questions. They cannot even express these in clear
but these questions are there, and a large number of people feel them
deeply. In fact, these questions are present today in all who really
start with two questions chosen from all the riddles oppressing
birth (or conception) and physical death, and subject to the most manifold
fullness of impressions that confront man and gradually fill his soul.
difference whether through burial or cremation). And what does Nature
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Title: Anthroposophy Introduction: Lecture II: Meditation
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Lecture II: Meditation
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of our human condition, especially our inner nature. He encourages the
Subjects include the transition from ordinary knowing to the science of
initiation; meditation and inspiration; love, intuition, and the human
I; dream life and outer reality; imaginative cognition and the building
MEDITATION
of man confronts us from both directions. If we look once more at what
these destroy it. The action of external Nature upon the human physical
between birth (or conception) and death. We must speak, to begin with,
other hand there are two considerations which show the close relationship
when we observe the external manifestations of the physical body —
whether it be its excretions, or the whole body as seen after death
physical world — whether we are studying the separate excretions
science, however, draws from this fact a conclusion that cannot be drawn
same substances back again, in expiration, in excretion or at death,
conclusion that what enters the body and leaves it again was also within
case, we see an immediate transformation when external, physical substances
grain of salt in the mouth and it is at once dissolved. The transformation
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Title: Anthroposophy Introduction: Lecture III: The Transition from Ordinary Knowledge to the Science of Initiation
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The Transition from Ordinary Knowledge to the Science of Initiation
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of our human condition, especially our inner nature. He encourages the
Subjects include the transition from ordinary knowing to the science of
initiation; meditation and inspiration; love, intuition, and the human
I; dream life and outer reality; imaginative cognition and the building
TRANSITION FROM ORDINARYKNOWLEDGE TO THE SCIENCE OFINITIATION
another transitional lecture and indicate, from a certain aspect, the
relation between exoteric and esoteric life; or, in other words, the
transition from ordinary knowledge to knowledge attained through
initiation. In this connection we must bear in mind what I have already
Initiation, expressed in appropriate words, can certainly be understood by
Science of Initiation has to give. Today, however, I should like to discuss
the relationship of Anthroposophy to its source, which is the Science
of Initiation itself. These three lectures will then form a kind of
introduction to the composition of man (physical body, etheric body, etc.)
the cosmos, but does not feel any connection between these and himself
in winter, that the moon is a favourite companion of lovers under certain
conditions, how little thought is given to any connection between man,
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Title: Anthroposophy Introduction: Lecture IV: Meditation and Inspiration
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Anthroposophy, An Introduction
Lecture IV: Meditation and Inspiration
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of our human condition, especially our inner nature. He encourages the
Subjects include the transition from ordinary knowing to the science of
initiation; meditation and inspiration; love, intuition, and the human
I; dream life and outer reality; imaginative cognition and the building
‘MEDITATION’ AND ‘INSPIRATION’
certain direction, the more elementary considerations recently begun. In
the first lecture of this series I drew your attention to the heart's real,
the spiritual world. I spoke of this need meeting man from two directions:
aspirations.
You can quite easily study the opposition, to which I here refer, in
your body — your hand, for example. In so far as the act of cognition
your body and go through life with this perception, you encounter that
(We will not speak, for the present, of what external cognition cannot
that all these laws of Nature are, by their mode of operation, only
into the way an intention — to pick up an object, let us say —
down into the organism, between the formation of the thought and the
perception of the lifted object, is hidden in complete darkness. But
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Title: Anthroposophy Introduction: Lecture V: Love, Intuition and the Human Ego
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Lecture V: Love, Intuition and the Human Ego
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of our human condition, especially our inner nature. He encourages the
Subjects include the transition from ordinary knowing to the science of
initiation; meditation and inspiration; love, intuition, and the human
I; dream life and outer reality; imaginative cognition and the building
LOVE, INTUITION AND THE HUMANEGO
a deeper insight into this composition by exercising our cognitive powers
composition that we discern in man is also found in the external world.
study its solid, ‘earthy’ manifestations — we come to
Nature, but is subject to destruction. Thus we can say that, in the
your attention to the way the etheric really looks down on us from the
and that this tendency to spherical formation, due to the complex of
opposition is still stronger in the astral man. As I indicated yesterday,
do gain the conception of the etheric as described, but we also receive
the impression that it is due to the etheric that we strive away from
in this centrifugal tendency. In this connection you need only think
attenuated state; in this distribution and organisation of the air the
when one progresses through meditation to the ‘imaginative’
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Title: Anthroposophy Introduction: Lecture VI: Respiration, Warmth and the Ego
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Lecture VI: Respiration, Warmth and the Ego
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of our human condition, especially our inner nature. He encourages the
Subjects include the transition from ordinary knowing to the science of
initiation; meditation and inspiration; love, intuition, and the human
I; dream life and outer reality; imaginative cognition and the building
RESPIRATION, WARMTH ANDTHE EGO
lectures about the constitution of man. Let us look, with ordinary
unconscious. There is also what we know as sense impressions —
that relation to our earthly and cosmic environments which is mediated
by the senses. Further, there is the expression of the will —
the ability to move as an expression of impulses of will.
Now, when we study man with ordinary cognition we find that the inner
suppressed. The expression of the will is also suppressed; likewise
opinions, what we have just found by ordinary consciousness, we are
sleep. At most we can say that the dream life finds expression when
consciousness. On unbiased consideration we must assume that the vehicle
Moreover, that which sets the body in motion from out of the will is
so that the will is involved. Nevertheless, we are aware of this action
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Title: Anthroposophy Introduction: Lecture VII: Dream-life and External Reality
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Anthroposophy, An Introduction
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of our human condition, especially our inner nature. He encourages the
Subjects include the transition from ordinary knowing to the science of
initiation; meditation and inspiration; love, intuition, and the human
I; dream life and outer reality; imaginative cognition and the building
already drawn your attention to the way the Science of Initiation must
secrets of human life. It is a life that finds expression while
reality. But the dream-life comes with its re-combinations of ordinary
the external experience. If we discover the connection between
by the transformation the latter has undergone. We do not usually relate
and find he has palpitation of the heart. Or he is distressed in his dream
symbolic expression to man's inner organs. When we have grasped this,
we even notice that the cerebral convolutions are symbolised in the
peculiar formations constituting the vault. If Nye pursue our studies
further in this direction we find that all our organs can appear in
other, pictorial representations of our own internal organs.
this. Most people whose attention has been called to the existence of
classification.
But to what does this classification point? Well, if you examine the
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Title: Anthroposophy Introduction: Lecture VIII: Dreams, Imaginative Cognition, and the Building of Destiny
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Anthroposophy, An Introduction
Lecture VIII: Dreams, Imaginative Cognition, and the Building of Destiny
Given a year before he died, these lectures consider the implications
of our human condition, especially our inner nature. He encourages the
Subjects include the transition from ordinary knowing to the science of
initiation; meditation and inspiration; love, intuition, and the human
I; dream life and outer reality; imaginative cognition and the building
DREAMS, IMAGINATIVE COGNITION,AND THE BUILDING OF DESTINY
of Initiation. To a certain extent, the point of view was that of ordinary
cognition — i.e. to present what we were studying yesterday as it
‘imaginations’.
approach to describe ‘imaginative’ vision in relation to
dreams which a man endowed with imagination may have. Let us compare such
a dream with the self-perception attained by the imaginative seer when he
spiritual perception does not become a dreamer or enthusiast, living
real knowledge of initiation does not estrange one from ordinary, physical
life and its various relationships. On the contrary, it makes one a
A man with imaginative cognition — he may, of course, also have
‘inspired’ and ‘intuitive’ cognition, but at
present I am only speaking of ‘imagination’ — is quite
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Title: Anthroposophy Introduction: Lecture IX: Phases of Memory and the Real Self
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Anthroposophy, An Introduction
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Subjects include the transition from ordinary knowing to the science of
initiation; meditation and inspiration; love, intuition, and the human
I; dream life and outer reality; imaginative cognition and the building
connections. So today we will study this faculty of memory as such,
in the various phases of its manifestation in human life, beginning
with its manifestation in the ordinary consciousness that man has
presentations; you are led to call memories just ‘pictures’.
whole. One could also point to the very serious conditions that sometimes
result in cases of apoplectic stroke when certain portions of the patient's
world with all its impressions constantly renewed, with all it gives
new impressions to the memories of past ones! Last, but not least,
impressions to the content borne in memory. A great part of educational
method depends on finding the most rational way of linking the new things
we have in the physical world an appropriate conception of space. But
of his pain gave us a certain feeling of satisfaction; we may have been
thirst we experience the passions we have harboured in our soul; and
for the spiritual world, of harbouring passions and have outgrown these
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Title: Three Streams: Lecture I: The Lower Three Human Members and the Spirits of Form
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Three Streams in Human Evolution
and beings working behind the scenes in human evolution. This series
Three Streams in the Evolution of Mankind.
conclusions about human life itself. I will first mention certain
and emphasise certain conceptions.
superstition. We must accustom ourselves to use such terms as
contradistinction to the prejudices of present-day natural
consideration of the spiritual order of the world, those concepts
or — to use the more workable expression I am trying to
perceptions only, it has recourse to abstract judgments and concepts.
three members of man's being which, in accordance with their evolution,
we call pre-earthly — you know about this evolution from my
earlier studies this autumn I mentioned that if we look at these
my recent remarks on Goethe's world-conception, we may say: In so
course of time, in so far as he goes through the evolution open to
forces which lie behind his evolution. I tried to make this clear to
to think of it as connected from its evolutionary past with the
Powers, with the exception of the Spirits of Form, the Exusiai, do
animal; we should focus our attention on this force of
with mere illusions, mere phantoms. In truth, we are not to be found
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Title: Three Streams: Lecture II: The Fifth Epoch, Semitic and Greek Cultures, the Christ Impulse
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Three Streams in Human Evolution
and beings working behind the scenes in human evolution. This series
Three Streams in the Evolution of Mankind.
manifold indications and details I have given concerning the Christ
had come to be present in the general course of human evolution at
Mystery of Golgotha. You know that in human evolution we have to
evolution, just at the time of the Mystery of Golgotha, and —
whole evolution of mankind might have been lost. If we look at
mankind's evolution as progressing in a straight line (see diagram),
we can say: To the course of this evolution belong the Lemurian age
the evolution of individuals but of mankind as a whole) very
becoming weaker. I am referring now to historical evolution, and when
particularly in the subconscious regions of man.
therefore, that in man's earthly evolution a kind of waving line is
equilibrium has never come to perfection. There have been times when
at the period of human evolution when mankind was approaching the
of Golgotha and manifests historically in the evolution of the
only by keeping in mind this vacillation in human evolution between
evolution from without,
Ahrimanic intervention experienced by
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Title: Three Streams: Lecture III: The Mystery of Golgotha Must Be Approached Supersensibly
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Three Streams in Human Evolution
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Three Streams in the Evolution of Mankind.
I made two observations drawn from the science that we must call the
science of Initiation, and I should like to remind you of them, for
is an apparent contradiction to this in the fact that the Gospels are
therefore, could give expression to the truth about Christianity only
have said here about the relation of mankind to the Mystery of
Golgotha is drawn from the science of Initiation. If in this way
something has been given out of super-sensible knowledge, the question
— at first only as a question which should receive an answer by
mentioned — Tertullian. With regard to the personality of
Christ, in the sacrificial death and the resurrection, by saying,
are pure invention, but they are the source of the later opinion about
and holy passion. Although he is a typical Roman who expresses
often called reality — and although in the opinion of people versed
grip of a holy passion.
are signs of the desecration of sanctuaries. ... Thus spoke
abstractions of Rome, for he was permeated with a lively sense of the
merely rational. To declare that “when the Christians say what
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Title: Three Streams: Lecture IV: Consciousness Soul and Scientific Thinking, Sorat and 666
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Three Streams in Human Evolution
and beings working behind the scenes in human evolution. This series
Three Streams in the Evolution of Mankind.
to know from the most diverse aspects that the evolution of modern man
whereas in the previous epoch, the Graeco-Roman, human evolution ran its
the impulse to strive consciously for certain conceptions that were
emphasised that the Event of Golgotha entered human evolution in such
human soul in full consciousness; fully conscious comprehension can
emphasised that, by reason of forces well known to us, the inclination is
always arising in man to lag behind in his evolution on the one hand, and
numerous endeavours to retain the unconscious realisation of the
possible only the traditional and unconscious relation to the
understanding of the Mystery of Golgotha. Opposition to the
as much as possible in the unconscious regions of man's soul.
approach fruitfully the comprehension particularly necessary for the
being — not by discussion but by getting our bearings
possible in accordance with the facts; let us first pay attention to
takes a scientific direction. Nowadays for most people religion is
And it adopts an attitude of condescension towards earlier ages.
in ghosts. There is no need to object to the assertion that our
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Title: Three Streams: Lecture V: Free Human Personality by Self Training, Justinian and the Schools
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Three Streams in Human Evolution
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important fact in the evolution of man; we tried to describe it from
equilibrium was brought about in the evolution of Europeans because
said that men are in the course of an evolution predetermined for
mankind received its origin. If we follow this evolution in detail,
about himself and his connection with the world. To find his place
control of the will founded upon self-education: that will be the
then we never achieve a real, correct valuation of events. If to-day,
it cannot be said that the event in question is rightly estimated if
ask the question: If we assume that the Christ through the Event of Golgotha
evolution; that through certain geniuses who would have arisen, men
would have been received prematurely that men through their own exertions
though paralysed, disabled by it, and their future evolution would
through a kind of inoculation. But the whole evolution to
earth, but they would have been shut out from all further evolution.
in the Revelation of John, as the appearance of the Beast. There is
mentioned the number 666, which gives many scholars so much trouble
mankind, the Event of Golgotha had to enter into human evolution at a
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Title: Three Streams: Lecture VI: Augustus and the Roman Catholic Church, Rhetoric, Intellectual Soul and Consciousness Soul
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Three Streams in Human Evolution
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Three Streams in the Evolution of Mankind.
historically. Let us keep clearly before us the relevant situation in
this holds good even in mechanical motion — does not belong to
the scales, 333 years earlier, we come to the preparations for the
the evolution of mankind in the West if the Mystery of Golgotha had
go further back and then a significant question arises. Suppose we
were to look at human evolution during the time of the Mystery of
Golgotha, and ask: How was it in all the regions untouched by the
apply to ail the regions of the earth.) How did people look on
question is of quite special importance just now; it is truly no mere
theoretical question: How were things in Rome when the Mystery of
must repeatedly feel our way back in imagination to the culture of
death by crucifixion, and with whom was linked the knowledge, the
world there was little recognition, either inwardly or
question must be asked: How was it looked upon, especially in Rome?
to give men through revelation, received on an Ahrimanic path, that
back to a condition which in the normal way had entered human
evolution thousands of years earlier.
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Title: Die Erziehungsfrage als soziale Frage: Erster Vortrag
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der Gegenwart / Ware, Arbeit, Kapital. Ihre Beziehungen zu Imagination,
Brüderlichkeit; Inspiration, Gleichheit; und Intuition, Freiheit / Die
Kampfeswogen die Zivilisation überspülen.
Kunst, Religion und so weiter, so angesehen wird, daß das
Produktionsweise, aus dem wirtschaftlichen Untergrund.
nicht freie Wesen werden, trotz aller Deklamationen und trotz
Revolution hinter sich haben, was erfährt man in bezug auf
gepflegt werden. Denn niemals wird diejenige Konfiguration des
mehr und mehr Konzentration der Kapitalgruppen, bis der
sondern nur eine Renaissance oder eine Reformation, keine
europäische Zivilisations-Wirtschaftsleben das dritte
verwaltet und Produktionsprozesse geleitet, nicht mehr Menschen
verwaltet und Produktionsprozesse geleitet werden. Das muß
Produktionsprozesse leitet, wir brauchen daneben das
Nationalökonomen in der Wissenschaft heraufgekommen ist,
Brentano, die Leuchte der nationalökonomischen
Produktionsmittel anwendet auf eigene Rechnung und Gefahr.
Nicht wahr, der Unternehmer ist Besitzer der Produktionsmittel
und unternimmt die Produktion für den Markt auf eigene
Universitäts-Nationalökonomie ist, so geschürzt,
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Title: Die Erziehungsfrage als soziale Frage: Zweiter Vortrag
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der Gegenwart / Ware, Arbeit, Kapital. Ihre Beziehungen zu Imagination,
Brüderlichkeit; Inspiration, Gleichheit; und Intuition, Freiheit / Die
Konfiguration ihrer Begriffe, die Artung ihrer Begriffe in
ganze sinnliche Anschauung das, was sie ist, Die Diskussion
Imaginationen waren. Die Abstraktheit der Begriffe, sie ist
eigentümliche Situation versetzt, die er ausbilden
bekommen hat, nicht funktioniert, und daß man
Gewaltige in Imaginationen, in Bildern zu schauen? Diese Frage,
Ökonomie der Erziehung, Konzentration bei den Kindern
ungeheures Kaleidoskop gibt, hintereinander: Religion, Rechnen,
endlich bequemt haben, zu sagen: Ja, Revolution muß sein!
an die Revolution. Ich weiß nicht, ob es gerade hier so
Teil der Spießer an die Notwendigkeit der Revolution
über weite Gegenden hin die Spießer an die Revolution
wie im revolutionierten Staate ich meine Gewürze verkaufen
revolutioniert werden — damit sind sie schon ganz
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Title: Die Erziehungsfrage als soziale Frage: Dritter Vortrag
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Brüderlichkeit; Inspiration, Gleichheit; und Intuition, Freiheit / Die
Nationalökonomie aller Schattierungen vergeblich
Seite, und zu der neueren Schulnationalökonomie auf der
Schulnationalökonomie. Die neuere
Schulnationalökonomie ist ganz unproduktiv. Sie bringt
Schulnationalökonomie, wenn man in dieser Richtung die
diese Schulnationalökonomie ist ganz angefressen von
hervorquillt. Und so will die Nationalökonomie nur
reden, welche Imaginationen anregen, so muß es doch
Empfindungen, die durch Inspiration der Eingeweihten in die
Gesellschaft sind, sondern die auch hört von Inspirationen
komplizierten Gesellschaft die Produktionsmittel da sind und
wird, daß in den Menschen Intuition sein soll. Die Ware
zugeben wird, daß Imagination sein soll; und die Arbeit
zugeben wird, daß Inspiration sein soll.
zuzuhören von den Imaginationen, Inspirationen und
Intuitionen. Es ist eine ernste Sache, denn ich sage Ihnen ja
auf diese Dinge wie Intuition, Imagination, Inspiration, wenn
heraus. Nur dann kann der Staat die richtige Konfiguration
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Title: Die Erziehungsfrage als soziale Frage: Vierter Vortrag
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der Gegenwart / Ware, Arbeit, Kapital. Ihre Beziehungen zu Imagination,
Brüderlichkeit; Inspiration, Gleichheit; und Intuition, Freiheit / Die
leibliche Konstitution hin. Am schädlichsten ist diese
hinein fort, die Blutzirkulation in ihrem Rhythmus setzt sich
Untergründen der gebräuchlichen Religionen heraus
kommenden Religionssysteme, wenn sie von der Unsterblichkeit
sich zu Rate gehen und sich nicht so stark Illusionen hingeben,
Religionen vernachlässigt worden ist der andere
leugnen, daß die Religionen gar sehr spekulieren auf
durch Meditation, durch solche Übungen, wie Sie sie
starke Konzentration auf sich selbst: daß man nun wirklich
durch innere Konzentration den Kopf herausziehen mit seinem
Menschen nicht Illusionen hingeben, sondern die Wirklichkeit
Ä, das kommt von der Konfiguration der
Indiskretion. Man möchte es nicht sehr wünschen,
ausbilden. Da lernt der Mensch Menschenkunde, dann Religion
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Title: Die Erziehungsfrage als soziale Frage: Funfter Vortrag
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Brüderlichkeit; Inspiration, Gleichheit; und Intuition, Freiheit / Die
Illusion hingeben sollte. Die Menschheit sollte unbefangen
Weltanschauung, eine Religion in die Entwickelung der
wäre natürlich eine völlig falsche Spekulation,
Beste in mir als Mensch dieser und der folgenden Inkarnationen
Religionsgemeinschaft, Die Religionsgemeinschaften haben seit
Religionsgemeinschaften machen den Menschen allerlei vor; aber
Zivilisation zeugt. Das, was ich meine, ist das Vorhandensein,
revolutionären Bewegungen, wo ja immer derjenige, der
Zivilisation! Und das Institut der Flintenweiber ist ja
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Title: Die Erziehungsfrage als soziale Frage: Sechster Vortrag
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Brüderlichkeit; Inspiration, Gleichheit; und Intuition, Freiheit / Die
Kombinationen der Atome, Moleküle und deren
noch auf Traditionen der alten ägyptischen Weisheit.
Traditionen leben von der Weisheit, die durch den
wiederum aufschwingen, zurückzukehren in jene Regionen, in
besondere Konfiguration unserer Kultur genötigt,
die Religionsbekenntnisse. Daß die Religionsbekenntnisse
Religionsbekenntnissen denkt. Daß wir einen Gott als den
intensivsten Tatsachen nimmt man auf wie eine Sensation. Sie
bedeutet, kommen einem gar nicht, wenn man nur in den Regionen
Regionen des egoistischen Menschen gepredigt wird, dann
verdankt zur «Stärkung des nationalen
Bewußtseins», «der nationalen Kraft» und so
in Form der Pension. Denn was für ein Ideal ist heute
für viele Menschen eine pensionsberechtigte Stellung! Dazu
verfügen dann die Religionsbekenntnisse die Pensionierung
über den Tod hinaus. Die Seele wird pensionsberechtigt;
nur ein Rechtsstaat sein soll. Ja, Pensionsberechtigung wird es
hübsch pensionierend hinausträgt durch die Pforte des
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Title: Thomas Aquinas: Lecture I: Thomas and Augustine
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question has lately had a kind of revival through Pope Leo
difficult for us to follow, for conditions of thought are
conceptions, and how their conceptions lived in the souls of
of world philosophy, and finds expression as a personality only
Thomism, we can focus our attention on something quite
exceptionally impersonal, on something which is revealed only
limitations it is true, through the philosophy of Thomas
event into consideration, it is not possible to define the
mutual relationship of these mediaeval individuals. The event
to which I refer is the declaration of heresy by the Emperor
Justinian against Origen. The whole direction of Augustine's
introduction, that we shall deal to-morrow with the real nature
reference, I am in rather a special position with regard to
often mentioned, even in public addresses, what happened to me
teaching, only a rational compulsion! And my activity as a
these two questions in the sense in which the average man of
questions had for a man of the fourth and fifth centuries.
Augustine lived, after all, at first a life of inner commotion,
not to say a dissipated life; but always these two questions
of life, which early came into Augustine's range of vision, as
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development of the West, which found its expression ultimately
centuries; and from such a review we can get the impression
that we are in the presence of a certain evolution of ideas.
account, it is as impossible to get an explanation of it, as we
can be defined — there are other ways of definition,
conscious condition of man. And again — I mentioned it
“Sing, O Goddess, of man's redemption,” but when he
between the foundation of Christianity and the higher
Scholasticism. We can see only the merest surface-reflection in
the depths of all human beings — the individualization of
fact that the leaders of its propagation had to address
culmination in Albertus and Thomas, that this epoch is only
consideration; for they, under the influence of such ideas as
an impression if we turn our eyes back to the centuries which
part of humanity whose lot is destruction and annihilation.
There is no question but that man must remain entirely without
participation in his destiny in the material-spiritual world.
The power by which the soul finds the connection with that
serene spiritual regions, where it can find its release and
half-way between the two opponents, and sought a solution.
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the conclusion of our consideration of Scholasticism to point
governed the dispositions of men in a social aspect? How does
more, but which was no longer in a position to carry the
have also pointed out that the impulses set in motion by
problem — the relationship of men to sensory and
Scholasticism. The question that again faced Duns Scotus was as
conception and birth man enters upon the physical existence, he
of physical comprehension; but that without pre-existence the
absorption of the whole dynamic system of the human being takes
Thomas Aquinas toyed with: the permeation of the whole body
reflection, by observation of the senses. He could no longer
conceptions, is conceived only out of the physical world around
convenient comprehension of existence — as Name, as
abstractions.
ideas. The big question must always crop up again: How do
at any rate, in initiated Greece were the final demonstration,
touch upon the question whether ideas lead to knowledge. He is
still in possession of a traditional point of view and ascribes
Intellectualism, as Rationalism, as something which wants to
the simple objection: Is my existence really established by the
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call human understanding, human comprehension; and
the Easter Mystery — the wonder of the resurrection —
is represented by the Easter Mystery; while the relation of Christ to
regard nature if we only pay attention to its external physical
religions and also in the sense of a rightly understood Christianity
what is revealed so mysteriously in this external revelation of
as we do not bring it into connection with what may be inwardly
experienced in the commemoration of the Christmas Mystery — in
commemoration of the childhood which entered into humanity with the
only come to pass when it is brought into connection with that
childhood which entered into earth evolution at Christmas time.
amongst men in the course of human evolution does it first become
earth evolution. It made evident to them, as it were, man's two-fold
This is our communion with Christ Jesus; it is this
centuries, then we must ask the question: “Has this feeling
has come, but these secret feelings all tend in the direction of
beautiful, but it is a diversion from the real birth-mystery of
primal natural forces of birth in human evolution.
natural existence, who lives in thunder and lightning, in the motion
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straight to the very deepest problems of the evolution of man upon
examine them and try to arrive at an understanding of evolution,
search how you will for the meaning of man's evolution on earth, —
the soul to the contemplation of the whole becoming of man as the
If we look back to the beginning of man's evolution upon
peoples in the various nations, all these achievements constituted in
reality a kind of preparation — they were a preparatory stage
taken active part in the evolution of man ever since.
Many things in human evolution may at first appear
course of the world's history can show us how the evolution of the
were, the meaning of the entire evolution of man. We know the
intimate connection between what takes place in the ethical-moral
sphere of man's evolution and what takes place in nature, and a
relationship which we have been contemplating for many years —
namely, the relationship of the Christ to that Being whose outer
reflection appears in the sun. The followers and representatives of
today toward the acknowledgment of this relationship between the
Sun-Mystery and the Christ-Mystery. Dionysius, the Areopagite, who
has often been mentioned here, calls the sun God's monument, and in
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When it is a question of understanding the Event of
directions: Towards the starry heavens with all their secrets on the
Jesus upon the earth and of how from the visions arising out of man's
proclamation of this Saviour of mankind. And once again today we
will turn our attention to these two directions whence, in reality,
to bring such visions out of sleep as these shepherds brought. But in
actual present, that men give very clear expression to that form of
knowledge which has entered into the evolution of humanity since the
perception of the starry heavens. Looking at the starry heavens in
the constellations as they did, for to them the several planets of
beheld these three regions of existence. They spoke of the stars as
of human perception.
experienced as blue. As the faculty for the perception of blue, of
faculties of perception. Man in olden times was highly sensitive
radiations from the Earth. But this was not a dim feeling or
instinctive clairvoyance; and it was with instinctive inner vision
remained for man's faculty of perception which now became external He
what man had once seen through faculties of inner perception was
the field brought to their inner vision we have developed the modern
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Mystery of Golgotha we have, on the one hand, the proclamation to the
last remnants of faculties of vision which in much earlier times were
still existed in their final phase among exceptional men, both
last remnants of ancient faculties of vision still existed in
naive, instinctive visions, what is happening in the world of men.
Such inner visions were due, as I told you, to the forces of the
rise as it were out of the earth and then appear as inner visions.
But the further we go back in evolution the more we find these inner
visions, visions which in their whole configuration and form differ
according to the varying climatic conditions, the different regions
connection is, however, in many ways deceptive, for the men of olden
from the forces of the earth, developed in some region or territory
and then, because of the migrations of the peoples and stocks to
be said, therefore, that these inner visions were connected directly
a definite picture, a definite Imagination of every species of animal.
Of this Imagination we ourselves have retained only the abstract
notion of the ‘species.’ We speak of the wolf-species,
instinctive vision and perception. Nor was man's relationship to his
picture, a definite perception of his fellow-man arose in a man as a
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We now have to continue our study of the relationship between man and
attention to a theme which I treated some time ago — I mean the
Menschen in ihrer Beziehung zu Imagination, Inspiration und
Intuition, 8th Aug., 1920. (Translation not yet published.)]
science takes into consideration only those senses for which obvious
our experiences, and so, equally, is, let us say, the perception of
the ego of another man, or the perception of the meaning of words.
resembles our own. In drawing such a conclusion there is not the
perception of the other ego. Such an inference is meaningless. For
ego. Becoming conscious of one's own ego is not actually a perception;
distinction between the sense that has to do with musical and vocal
of another within his words, within the structure and relationship of
perception of his thought and our own thought. It is only because of
distinction is made between the thought which we unfold as the inner
order to understand his thought, in order to bring it into connection
thinking is something quite other than the perception of the thought
relationship, so that we can call them all senses, we get the twelve
taste. And having come to a clear conception of the sense of hearing
of nothing but a transference of certain perceptions proper to the
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Man as a Being of Sense and Perception
man, the content of which stands in much the same relationship to
kind, and that we then plunge into two regions in which man's inner
is concerned; these two regions are, first, the senses of taste and
ready terms which are suitable enough for descriptions of the external
But at all events, if we are quite clear about this distinction
that there is a cleavage in our experience, that our relationship to
relationship to the other. Unless we grasp this division of the human
of the relationship of the moral world, within which we live with our
of ideas about natural necessity. Humanity has paid less attention in
as to the necessary distinction that has to be made between real
All these distinctions, these theories, have come about because to-day
attention to the conditions under which our present soul-content came
often told you that to-day, when philosophers speak of the distinction
derives from original observation, whereas what they think about body
and soul is merely the result of the decision of the eighth
This is the classic example of many situations in which present-day
scientific opinion of the present time — which has hardened
the fourth century, will form his judgments about the relations of man
be able to form opinions about man's relation to intellectuality; he
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Man as a Being of Sense and Perception
expression in everyday communal life. You find it in the relationship
of two human capacities which even the most casual examination shows
speaking about the being of man himself or of his relationship to the
idea. I have often made use of a somewhat trite illustration of what
knife. Scientific conceptions about birth and death as they relate to
them. Our attention has been drawn, for example, to something that
large extent it is bound up with organic conditions, and how it then
extricates itself from those conditions. And if you look at the
connection between the child's memories and his formation of concepts
you will see that his formation of concepts is very dependent upon
what he experiences in his environment through sense-perception,
through all the twelve varieties of sense-perception that I have
more out of his whole bodily constitution — very little indeed
out of the constitution of the senses and therefore of the human head.
One can detect an inner connection with the way the child is
constituted, whether the formation of his blood, the nourishment of
confirmation of them in life itself. He will then find that it is from
the head-organisation — that is, from the nerve-senses
organisation — and thus from experiences arising out of
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Speech and its relation to sleep. Effects
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for any individual who wishes to keep pace with evolution to
possibly find his bearings amid the conditions of social life
relationships developing in life, especially between human
the astral body, eludes outer observation and even for the
This division
evolution.
comes to expression in the child, to begin with in his
formation of the physical body, in what comes to expression
expression of the life of soul — in all this a process
of evolution is in evidence from birth to death.
evolutionary process — that of the ego and astral body
develops gradually as a bodily expression of the soul. And
expressions of the soul, for example the elaboration of the
brain into the perfected organ of thinking, the elaboration
to observe with equal clarity the evolution of the ego and
astral body we should reach definite conclusions about this
process, just as in the case of the evolution of the physical
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of relationship with Angeloi, Archangeloi and Archai.
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as it were, the continuation upwards of what here, in
perception, to perception by the senses and the intellect ;
yesterday of their participation in the alternating states of
Philosophy, Cosmology and Religion
definite configuration, only not clothed in a physical body,
sense-perception and intellectual recognition, but during his
the union and separation of the four members of man's
constitution are an indefinite process. At the beginning of
the firm cohesion between the ego, astral body, etheric body
connection between these four members is much looser in a
before external sight and the rationalizing intellect, but
the time spent in sleep is shorter, for the whole condition
therefore make the clear distinction: there is a
awake, man lives with the external manifestations of the
yesterday, the relationship into which man enters during
adjusts itself to the more purely supernatural relationship
spirituality comes to expression there just as here on Earth
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transformation of consciousness in the 4th century A.D.
experience when perception of the interval of the third
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unity with him. But because at his present stage of evolution
permitted this paradoxical expression, would be super-sensible
connection with him, things he experiences and things which
Through spiritual vision it is possible to speak about this
will find the elementary facts in the descriptions given, for
There you will find, albeit only in brief, a description of
consideration today.
ascend further into those regions which can only be perceived
continuation of these kingdoms: the kingdom of the Angeloi,
description of this world is given as is given of the
details. Today we shall first turn our attention to an event
of deep signfiicance for the whole of human evolution during
described how the whole disposition of man's soul in the
disposition of soul, describing what human beings experienced
round about that century. Today we shall turn our attention
are confined to the head is a preconceived notion of man's
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yesterday to show that we can fully understand the evolution
spiritual Beings — that his relation to his thoughts is
sounds, sensations of warmth — is symbolized by means
of this line. What lies behind the sense perceptions
notion. The truth is that in that sphere weaving colours and
the impressions of the sense-world, but, above all, also in
things, are no longer solely the possession of the Exousiai,
fact in the evolution of the universe that together with the
of Christendom, certain Spirits of Form remained stationary
normally evolved Archai in possession of the world of
Elohistic Beings, work together. The position is therefore as
thoughts more and more as his own personal possession. Other
ancestors, or accept them as conventional thoughts prevailing
in their national or racial community, and so forth.
Europe. This current of thought found its extreme expression
behind, for the possession that had once been rightfully
that happened in the Middle Ages in a West-to-East direction
and also in an East-to-West direction, all the surging
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untimely nationalistic attitudes of thought through the
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and actions in the super-sensible worlds — it was all
their evolution what should rightly become theirs in our
evolution of the Consciousness Soul, namely, inner freedom,
self. We know, of course, that human evolution on Earth was
in essentials a kind of preparation for this very epoch, that
the natural foundation had first to be laid down in man, so
that within the sphere of what this foundation has enabled
in his evolution owes the possibility of formulating thoughts
evolution; they are Beings who, as Spirits of Form, have not
choice in some one of his incarnations definitely to decide
play in the present phase of the evolution of humanity will
to the contemplation of external Nature and just as we
a foundation for what he can learn only in later life, so
preparation had to be lived through. But during it man could
the basic condition of human freedom is
and could not exist in the earlier epochs of the evolution of
commandments that were unconditionally binding and made a man
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ourselves of the indications I have given you concerning the
above-mentioned epoch; previously to that, thinking had been
operating, which are incapable of germination and have a
characteristic of this kind of perception is indicated by the
following: In earlier epochs of evolution men perceived an
evolution. Nowadays, when he observes the sense world,
spiritual. And this perception of the purely spiritual has
question arises: If we want to understand Nature, if we want
to form a world-conception for ourselves, how are the
attention to the sense-world alone, he cannot grasp this
means renouncing all vision and all knowledge. For neither
doubt of every kind. This is the cause of the great confusion
questions connected with theories of knowledge. In the course
of conversation he said that one should not allow questions
such questions.
it — one in every million! Naturally, among a million
insight into questions connected with theories of knowledge,
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The descending evolution of consciousness
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present age in evolution is to be recognized in the fact that
thoughts is connected with the acquisition of consciousness
of freedom within the process of evolution. We will give
special attention today to this aspect of the subject by
studying the course taken by evolution in the post-Atlantean
distribution of the continents on the Earth as we know them
areas of the dry land, five successive civilization- or
epochs are distinguished by the fact that the constitution of
we go back to the very early culture-epochs this constitution
about them from a point of view to which less attention has
to the first, the ancient Indian civilization-epoch which was
emphasised that, not out of intellectual observation —
instinctive perception in that remote past, great importance
someone had this or that facial expression it indicated
expression but also from his gestures and movements, his
certain inner satisfaction.
division into castes — that came later. In connection with
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Organismus. The first lecture is entitled, Materialism and Religion,
recall once again those things I mentioned at the end yesterday
have to reckon with this influence. But one sees, as I mentioned
one is accustomed to today among the so-called professionals, a man
distinctly that this civilisation will have to completely
appears with the heavy equipment of professional expertise and,
applies western science for the purpose of laying the foundation
destruction. And yesterday, so as to comprehensively characterise
impression any more upon men of the present.
the usages, the whole application, that one makes regarding
outer situation of protection of my lecture cycles could not be
consideration — a consideration which is again of the sort
which many reactionary backwards but otherwise admirable
that the traditional religious confessions actually speak only of
but also in the traditional European confessions it is even
before birth or even before conception. I have also characterised
representative, the advocate of the traditional religious
confessions speak? Fundamentally it only speaks to the refined
all, as the representatives of the traditional religious
confessions would like to have it.
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difference exists between the overly abstract representations and
conceptions, and that which also comes about in the soul in the
form of representations and concepts — which also takes on
the configuration of representations and concepts — but
else, recognises that in our time one has to seek the connection
research. In this evolution of humanity that has taken place for
increasingly misled in the direction of intellectualising,
of the customary official professions, that contains, basically,
absolutely no relationship to existence. That also cannot be used
real connection to existence. — That is actually the
raise the question: why is it then that mankind of the civilised
that belong to the consciousness of religion as such, that
becomes for one incarnation one-sided and difficult, as it did
gives the inner human organisation its permeating spirit and
earthly affairs, for the progressive continuation of the entire
along with experimentation and does not want to take up what is a
danger of losing the mission of the earth as a whole.
deep earnestness that is to be connected to the acquisition of
traditions. What do the old religious traditions offer? They
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keinen Imbiß bekam. Und von l bis 2 Uhr sollte dann eine Diskussion
«Nationalökonomische Ausblicke».
verheißungsvollen Titel: «Ausblicke», sogar «Nationalökonomische
lautet dieses so: «Der Untergang der Religion in der gegenwärtigen
wird zuerst ganz negativ formuliert: Der Untergang der Religion in
dadurch Theologie und Religion eine Erneuerung erfahren können. Es
gebracht, und es hat ja gerade dieser nationalökonomische Tag
gezeigt, wie im Grunde genommen die Pflege des Nationalökonomischen
«Nationalökonomische Ausblicke» im Grunde genommen etwas wie ein
Untergang der Religion im Psychologismus», der Titel des Vortrages
Irrationalismus», und der dritte Vortrag, gehalten von Dr. Geyer,
dreifach den Untergang der Theologie beziehungsweise der Religion
so formulieren: Die theologische Betrachtung der Religion — so
psychologische Tatsache ist da, daß der Mensch Religion braucht,
aber die Gegenwart weiß dieser Religion keinen Inhalt zu geben. —
Rationalismus, wie sie dazu gekommen ist, nicht mehr das Wesen des
ausgeschaltet werden aus dem Theologischen. Das Rationelle, das aus
der Vernunft Stammende, sollte wegkommen, und das Irrationale, das,
Theologie, als zu den alleräußersten Abstraktionen. Man getraut
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the Spiritual Resurrection, published in German as, Lebendiges Naturerkennen,
Living Knowledge of Nature, the Fall of the Intellect into Sin, the Spiritual Resurrection,
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ANTHROPOSOPHY AND MODERN CIVILISATION
in the last two lectures. Firstly, it is a question of
realising those impulses in evolution which have led to the
become fully aware of its position in the spiritual life
towards its own consolidation. Therefore, I am not going to say
emphasised the fact that consolidation of the Anthroposophical
placed in modern civilisation, a civilisation which, as regards
evolution — was essentially different to the mood later
soul goes back to a Mystery civilisation, to an ancient
Boehme and, in a certain connection also Lord Bacon, struggled
alienation of man's nature — any talk or an alienation of
into himself with his still sharply concrete vision, he saw the
circulation of his blood, he did not feel a very great
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organs in the human being and the transformation of organs of life into
transformed into an organ for the perception of cosmic pictures.
The Human Soul in Relation to World Evolution,
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Human Soul in Relation to World Evolution is the title
to ask about its connection with general world
evolution — at least not consciously. Yet unconsciously he
evolution of the universe as a whole? It is true to say
direct result of this unconscious questioning in the
depth of the human soul. The way man through religion feels
prompts this questioning.
within him as memory from his impressions. This calls up in him
actions he has to admit that from the deepest regions of his
inner being, regions of which he has at first no conscious
he engages in what is usually termed introspection, is of
his concepts derived from sense perception, of will impulses
that come to expression in external action and of memories of
self-observation does not satisfy the deeper needs of man's
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spoke yesterday about the sense organs and drew attention
come to the conclusion that our organs are in process of
evolution and transformation. This is not apparent to ordinary
its evolution.
transition, from being a vital organ to becoming a sense organ,
arrested stage in the lungs' evolution. If we compare this with
the arrested stage of the evolution of the eyes, we come to the
conclusion that the lung reveals itself to be at a younger
said yesterday that we could at least put forward as a question
whether the eye, in the course of evolution, had once been a
relationship between lung and eye is like that of a child to a
youth could at some stage of world evolution have been a vital
when we have attained imaginative cognition? We find that the
compare all that, which to higher vision fades from view, with
left). Now we observe him with imaginative cognition: the limbs
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order to extend our considerations and link on to what was said
birth and death we see his life divided into sections which can
be studied from various aspects. Attention has often been drawn
awake we experience all three conditions of waking,
This situation is usually described by saying that the I,
means of ordinary self-observation you will immediately
speak, neutral fashion. When we dream, either on waking or
now lives in his soul as mental pictures. In this relationship
conditioned by the physical organization and can now be
the observation is thorough enough and free from prejudice.
This leads to the recognition of something else that is not
in the air, it goes through transformations the effect of which
body. The fluid physical body has an intimate connection
intimate connection with the astral body, and finally all the
has an intimate connection with the human I. Thus, one can say
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itself as an expression of the soul. And insofar as the
organism is mobile and in constant transformation, it
must also be seen as the soul's creation. However, this is only
us look for a moment at man in relation to his
this relationship is that man's life of soul is separate,
been mentioned in regard to our will impulses: the fact that we
higher, supersensible cognition he becomes aware of what
situation is that man, through his senses, perceives the
pictures of them. That is the situation when man's
attention is directed towards the external world.
appears; we have seen that the situation is somewhat different,
see a world when we turn our attention inwards; this
However, this situation changes both in regard to the
cognition, then inspired cognition. This may be well known to
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Title: Human Soul/Evolution: Lecture V: The Human Soul in Relation Sun and Moon
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however, some indications, only, could be given and with these
of man is incorporated into world evolution as a whole.
number of impressions. Present-day man has for centuries been
education which he receives already from the lower school
inclination to look into himself objectively; he is not in the
life — urges, cravings and passions — in fact, all
emotions in general. But he is little inclined to look at these
emerges are just these cravings. Through education they often
not aware that, even from the smallest publication, he
of the age; or, better said, a characterization of the age, for
there is no point in criticizing. The whole situation is simply
our civilization.
was by no means always so. I have often drawn attention
evolution, we arrive at a time when something was present in
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attention to the fact that up to about the time of the change
though man is not aware of it, this participation continues but
relationship to the external world as the senses have in later
learns language through imitation but what is expressed through
This is merely an external description of how the child adapts
to the world, which any unbiased observation can verify. These
mentioned that only up to the time when the change of teeth
occurs does the human ether body live in intimate union with
description of what takes place; today we shall try to reach a
develops an inclination to leave that world and descend to
birth; they are utterly different from earthly conditions. Yet
focus our attention on how he draws near his descent to earth
forces from the etheric world and fashions his etheric
These configurations of the ether body remain during embryonic
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epochs man attained knowledge of this kind. A description
being from various aspects and also into his relation to
able to repeat these practices, but a description of how higher
today. I have often drawn attention to the fact that in ancient
civilization. Many people nowadays are returning to what was
the realization that, in order to penetrate into supersensible
previous occasions I have mentioned that, from the masses of
spoken about this path on other occasions.
mankind's evolution, human consciousness in general was very
add something to it in our imagination. It was different in the
wind and weather, were dream-creations woven into nature by
stepping out in that direction and this has nothing whatever to
direction. Just as a swimmer today feels himself carried
for man in a very ancient oriental civilization.
ordinary life breathing functions unconsciously. We breathe in,
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before, matters which concern mankind's evolution insofar
as this evolution is dependent upon man's relationship with
spiritual examination. We saw how it is possible, through exact
observation of this kind, to gain insight into the fact that
evolution, man not only sought but actually did, by various
have often mentioned that a new stream of spirituality is now
forms a link in mankind's evolution between an era of mainly
was the development of reason through the investigation of
this direction great and impressive results have been
19th Century. Especially in Western civilization the
is obvious, even to an external unbiased observation, that the
intellect has slid down from the head to some deeper region.
no longer springs from the region of the head must be obvious
even to external observation. This situation has come about
of spirituality, from higher regions of world existence,
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Title: Human Soul/Evolution: Lecture IX: The Contrasting World-Conceptions of East and West
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picture of the world on the basis of our impressions.
period in mankind's evolution.
question arises: What is our relationship, in our sleeping
relationship, especially at this point in mankind's
evolution, unless we bear in mind that man has evolved
did not have such systems of education as we now find
although the human beings were not undergoing education from
differently education was regarded in the ancient Orient.
person's upbringing and education and on what, as a result, he
education, that progress is made in furthering the art of
cultural life within Europe. A system of education developed
which included a rudimentary cultivation of mental
exertion was made to form one's own mental pictures of
inwardly — forgive the crude expression, which is
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Title: Philosophy, Cosmology and Religion: Lecture I: The Three Steps of Anthroposophy
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devotion while at the same time its spirit should be that of a
when the construction of the Goetheanum was begun in 1913 it
foundation stone. At a period when the whole of Europe and vast
here in Dornach people from all the nations of Europe worked
international work never ceased. Allow me to point to this fact
out of such an international spirit. Out of no other spirit can
spiritual science, spiritual art and truth-filled religion,
which in itself can only be spiritual and international.
affectionately. So, it is out of this spirit that rules here at
home with a certain measure of gratification. When we who have
with special satisfaction. With this feeling let me welcome you
research so that it will be the foundation for making life in
traditions; it is not directly governed by the spirit of the
present time. Old traditions are revived. But since present-day
humanity cannot unfold corresponding perceptions from the
same substrata of soul, one can say that these old traditions
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Title: Philosophy, Cosmology and Religion: Lecture II: Soul Exercises in Thinking, Feeling, and Willing
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Of course, people can certainly harbor some illusions
contrary are actually taken only from tradition, can be related
could be felt directly as real and that also carries conviction
because of the directness of observation.
humanity has in the meantime progressed in its evolution, one
are pictorial conceptions in which, however, the reality
conceptions themselves. These conceptions may consist of all
the physical organism. In the dream conception itself one never
has a convincing indication of any reality. With the
was otherwise. Those conceptions were also pictorial, but they
concentration by the soul on a conceptual content easily
Here I shall only mention in principle that it
disregarding everything that makes impressions from outside or
organism so that you can actually come to the realization,
finer organization, the latter gives a reflection of the
that in meditation a pictorial thinking activity is brought
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cognition.
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imaginative cognition man's whole inner soul life becomes
transformed. Likewise, the relations of the human soul to
the surrounding world change. Meditation, as meant in the
easily envisioned complex of ideas to which the soul-spiritual
part of man can give its immediate, undivided attention, in
nothing flows into it of soul-impressions that well up from the
emotion-filled thoughts nor impulses of the will play into the
meditation. When we concentrate on a mathematical problem we
emotional, no feelings, no reminiscences of past experiences
solution of the problem. The same soul condition is also
necessary for rightly carrying out a meditation.
into the meditation from unconscious impulses or feelings.
meditation enters his consciousness for the first time, nothing
When such a meditation, which requires only a short time each
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exercises I have described for attaining inspiration are
cognition. Through them a person is indeed able to view the
By discarding the picture images achieved in meditation, or in
the consciousness following meditation, he also becomes
substance of the cosmos and the manifestations of the
organization of man, he realizes first of all how much the
and astral organizations sets him free from his
characteristics. It is especially important in education, in
pedagogy, to see clearly into these distinctions. Precisely
interesting educational material.
pictures produced or created by imagination, so that it becomes
empty. Gradually then, through practicing the elimination
through imagination.
sense world with all its sense impressions is no longer
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Title: Philosophy, Cosmology and Religion: Lecture V: The Soul's Experiences in Sleep
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recent times, the question of the unconscious has come to the
by ordinary consciousness is relegated to the region of the
unconscious. When this unconscious realm is mentioned, it
is always supposed — notwithstanding the assumption
philosophy, cosmology and religion. The insight that we have
which a different soul condition exists, hence a different
an unconscious region of the soul, namely the experiences the
primary consideration. But for the configuration and the
after-effects of sleep. His physical and etheric organizations,
which are worked upon by his astral organization and his actual
spiritual organization, that is to say his ego organism, are
follows: sense perception begins to dim down, in the end it is
transitional state when we are dreaming, man sinks into
an unconscious condition. But what happens to the soul
imaginative, inspired and intuitive cognition. Therefore, I
describe how imagination, inspiration and intuition can
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Title: Philosophy, Cosmology and Religion: Lecture VI: The Transition from the Soul-Spiritual Existence in Human Development to the Sensory-Physical
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From the descriptions I have given of inspired and
nature a reflection of cosmic beings. Thus, even in the state
observation constitutes the surrounding world becomes in a
various relationships must be presented from the greatest
also permeate his astral and ego organizations between
spiritual correlation, cannot function when man is in his
no such relation to a physical and etheric body is possible,
large is used figuratively in relation to the later word small,
language to characterize these conditions of pre-earthly
existence, this distinction can well be made. So, we can
existence an active intuition; a real, experienced
intuition. What is at other times reproduced in supersensible
perception by intuition is a living reality for pre-earthly
physical as well as etheric organizations which, however,
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Title: Philosophy, Cosmology and Religion: Lecture VII: Christ in His Relationship to Mankind and the Riddle of Death
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world during pre-earthly existence, makes his transition to the
real intervention of the Christ and the Mystery of Golgotha in
the evolution of earth-humanity, it is absolutely necessary to
regions right down into earth existence. This Being had lived
only in those regions where we too spend our pre-natal
the Mystery of Golgotha in relation to the event of human
mind first of all that man's soul constitution and his inner
evolution on earth through most significant and important
transformations. Today, people often assume that the soul
constitution, and those states of consciousness in which modern
of today's human being. But the transformations that
passed through since the primeval times of earth evolution, are
rarely pointed out today; yet in these transformations there
When we go back to ancient times of human evolution — we
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Title: Philosophy, Cosmology and Religion: Lecture VIII: Ordinary and Higher Consciousness
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soul's immortality in relation to the Christ and
When we look at the two conditions of waking and sleeping
in regard to ordinary consciousness, man's sense perception is
through imagination, inspiration and intuition.
Meditation must first deal with ordinary thinking in
imaginative perception is attained. Particularly
initiation knowledge, for only then does it become clear what
kind of a relationship man acquires in regard to his physical
When thinking is used in meditation in the manner I have
whole soul to be outside the physical organization. To a
consciousness is retained during genuine imagination
however, as meditation is continued, a more pronounced, inner
arise out of any number of emotional experiences. Now, in this
mentioned that they are not the memories a person also has in
physical organization. Everything that has occurred since
drawn out of the depths of the bodily organization, everything
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Title: Philosophy, Cosmology and Religion: Lecture IX: The Continuation of Ego Consciousness after Death in Relation to the Christ
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inwardly experienced manifestations of thinking, feeling
physical organization. In a certain respect, man's astral
organization and ego being are outside his physical body during
sleep, or, more accurately, outside the head organization
other hand, in the waking condition only that enters clearly
foundation that underlies the course of his life. He knows
through his blood circulation. Nothing comes to
activities of the astral organization. He also
experiences nothing of what is expressed in the constellations
activities that are carried out in the everyday condition of
to the physical organization in the same manner in which man
three soul elements — etheric and astral organizations
falling asleep, the bodily organization is worked upon in a
ordinary wakefulness, and this poses the question to us: What
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Title: Philosophy, Cosmology and Religion: Lecture X: The Experience of the Soul's Will Nature
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existence on earth come to expression in thinking, feeling and
thinking relates in a specific way to the head organization;
somewhat different connection to the rhythmic system, to the
breathing, the circulation and other rhythmic processes. In a
organization. The head organization forms a physical and
circulation, streaming into them so that it becomes as if
invisible to imaginative and inspired vision; we focus on it
an alternation of permeating the two organisms and withdrawing
even during life on earth. When, through intuition, you
alternation as with the feeling-soul. Instead, it is like
thought by means of the head organization, which, because of
contemplation does not occur. Only the head organization is
the head organization is worn down, or is at least brought
toward a tendency to a breakdown, to dissolution and death, as
organization into the metabolic and limb organism. When a man
has a thought that represents an intention of the will,
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Title: Occult Reading/Hearing: Lecture I: Human Being and his Relationship to the World
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Steiner's intention to give a course of lectures on the theme
production of a new Mystery Play, but this was prevented by the
the most important and essential information that was to have
substitution for what was to have been given in Munich. But in
forth. Among many things that I will not mention here, this
the impression of honesty, we can certainly assume it. But he
it is that the objections should be made as long as there is no
be comprehensible that such objections would not be brought
above all, practise a self-education which enables him to
that every true impression of the spiritual world will be
connected with them. It may be said that it is a question of
being passive. Certainly — but such conditions cannot be
First of all, the matter in question would have to lie in the
professor. The intention would have to emanate from the
Because the review in question showed me that people are not
such a thought by themselves, in the sixth edition — the
will realise nothing of the basic trend and intention of the
book. At most he comes to the conclusion that he has learnt
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Title: Occult Reading/Hearing: Lecture II: Identification with the Signs and Spiritual Realities of the Imaginative World
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the actual relationship of man to the world. I said: In reality
it is Maya, illusion, to assume that as human beings of
our physical organism — which is an erroneous conception
occult reading. After due preparation we experience the more
reflections as pictures.
is the principle that there are exceptions to everything, real
exceptions. Especially are there exceptions to those things of
our bearings in the spiritual world. But there are exceptions
merely with the intention of satisfying his curiosity in
in order — to use a trivial expression — and that a
meditation into the spiritual world and there directing his
have the grace of vision bestowed upon him. To embark on such
meditation, through concentration of his thoughts finds
let us assume that they are right. If through meditation and
concentration the soul is really in the condition in which the
not connect at all with the manifestation of the dead or with
distinction between what might possibly be the result of
fantasy in connection with memories and the other element that
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Title: Occult Reading/Hearing: Lecture III: Inner Experiences and 'Moods' of Soul as the Vowels and Consonants of the Spiritual World
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themselves to the seer in Imagination, and then, needless to
ordinary life. Many roundabout descriptions are necessary
heard that through the different forms of preparation which the
They are there, these pictures. And now the question must
These pictures are not only there under such conditions. And it
within the bunch of flowers in front of us; our perception of
The moment the trained seer has a spiritual Imagination, he too
— which, as we have seen, is in itself merely an illusion
invisible, because man's faculty of perception is too dull, too
formations with the ordinary senses.
have identified ourselves with Imagination, when we actually
at this moment, too, we can answer the question as to why we
Through our experiences in connection with these pictures with
Imagination in the natural course of life. But that is
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learn in deepest earnestness to put a question that is a vital
question of Spiritual Science. We ask: What is the truth of our
of death? Outside, Imaginations are always around us, we are
within a sphere of Imaginations ... and they must not pass into
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soul must be dedicated. I mentioned three such experiences for
which careful preparation has to be made. One of these arises
must be maintained through the transformations in the spiritual
world all human conceptions, all human thoughts are bound up
with the ordinary conditions of space and time. But quite
different conditions of space and time exist when we ascend to
when it is a question of finding a Being of the Hierarchy of
beyond time. It is a difficult conception, but we have to reach
say, in October 1914, is in a position to find all the
physical evolution. There we find the Archai in their essential
Thus, you can see that the whole relation of the soul to time
Inspiration in the higher sense. With this Inspiration we can
What is it that happens when real communion with the spiritual
death, he is engaged in acts of spiritual perception; but he
etheric body has the power of a seven-fold reflection. I have
spoken of five of these reflections. There are still two other
feeling that arises from the preparation for standing at the
another region — let us say, in the region of the heart
or facial expression — but we must have eyes to see and
constitutes a relationship to other human beings is transmitted
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Imaginative Cognition and Inspired Cognition
our conceptual faculty of discrimination. It is by means of
will-impulse, in the expression, the working, of the will, is
I have just mentioned can be quite clear to our ordinary
interpretation certain points may not seem so at once. But by
carefully following up the facts in question we shall find what
Imaginative knowledge or cognition shows, to begin with, its
true relation to the human being as a whole. It will be useful
be a reality. Conceptions arise in our life of soul and there
is no doubt the inner course of a man's conceptions is
accompaniment of an inwardly experienced conception. The fact
conceptions, however, teaches us too that in them we live in
truth about our relation to the world.
we form conceptions we find more and more that these
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Title: La ComuniÃ³n Espiritual de la Humanidad
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Die geistige Kommunion der Menschheit.
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zum Menschen und des Menschen zur Sternenwelt. Die geistige Kommunion der
con Misterios que fueron el resultado de diferentes condiciones en la evolución
pertenece intrínsecamente al invierno. Surgió a partir de concepciones del
el hecho de que eran eminentemente Misterios de Verano, relacionados con la
instituciones de hombres aún poseídos de la facultad de la clarividencia
completo despertar, en estados donde los sueños eran expresiones de la realidad,
Imaginaciones de la antigua clarividencia, los hombres sabían que eran
expresiones - no, es cierto, de cualquier realidad externa, material, ni de
formularon mediante el esfuerzo, fueron recibidos como revelaciones.
había Misterios institucionales en los que el arte, la ciencia y la religión no
manifestaciones de este divino-espiritual en los detalles, por ejemplo, en la
adoptó en sus creaciones artísticas.
Él no daba ninguna importancia al cómo las conexiones entre los pensamientos
debían ser formulados, porque venían a él como revelaciones. Pero esto
considerar su pensamiento en esta forma. Eran iluminaciones; habían venido a
de esta manera el curso tomado por las estaciones del año, entrando mientras se
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You will easily believe what very deep satisfaction it
the impression, as a result not only of deep reflection but also of quite superficial thought;
dear friends, it is a matter of infinite gratification every time I now return after long absence
through the active devotion of the workers. In these months of my recent absence in particular,
when work has been carried out under such difficult conditions, part of the artistic work has
illusions. A great deal is preached about selflessness and universal love between men; this is
true that these individuals do not know that this is a question of mere egoistic interest; in
relatively large number of our friends a selfless devotion to something objective, to something
however it may happen — and the manner in which it does so depends upon how conditions take
action, within a spiritual movement such as ours. We shall certainly not insist egoistically that
very nature of the matter, that man has landed himself in the present terrible situation by
greater; the attention given to our impulses has recently become undeniably greater, at least in
strengthening and sharpening of the desire for spirit life there stands the terrible confusion
from which the greater part of mankind is suffering. This terrible confusion among men comes
finds everywhere this dark impression, this impression of a cleft.
In many places in connection with repeated lectures
actually entered those souls who, by reason of the conditions during past years, have not even
very way in which what is ahrimanic and what is luciferic has been thought out in connection with
impression on souls when they are approached by all that is thus given. On the other hand,
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sketch of the human soul, as this human soul stands in relation to the world and to itself. I
2). As you know from the various descriptions that have been given, the soul-and-spirit stands in
a more direct connection with the world of soul-and-spirit than physical man stands in connection
side the kind of relation the human soul-and-spirit has to what is of soul-and-spirit in the
books available to you, namely, colours are to be grasped in the description of the aura, of the
soul-and-spirit. But t also describes where man, the soul-and-spirit in man, stands in relation
indeed to certain limits in his cognition, in his conception, of the external world. I have
made to the Scientific Congress in Leipzig; Human cognition will never penetrate into the regions
scientific cognition nor with his ordinary philosophical cognition, we need only consider such
in the human organization, it lies in man's connection with the whole cosmos. Man's connection
allows man with his soul to come into contact with the universe. If we indicate the direction of
slow movement as the expression of man's relation to the universe. The currents of the universe
This is essentially an expression of man's relation
physical that take place principally in the activity of the digestion and so forth, where
If you wish actually to follow up this inner wave, its main direction — but only its main
direction — would perhaps take the course of running along beside the junction of man's
man's relation to the spirit and soul environment and to himself, namely, to that bit he takes in
cycle of evolution this would indeed give him little joy, because what he would see there would
this region (left) is dammed up and reflected, it can t be reflected back into itself; and the
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as a being of soul. Vast in connection with this picture of man as soul we want particularly to
fact they are present for man's physical sense-perception.
on to an inner zone and, by this reflection, being enabled to become memory. What we have in
consciousness does not go right into the depths of the region that lies in man's
This is the external region therefore into which
man can no longer look with his ordinary powers of sense-perception — this, it is
limit. Should he dive down with his conscious conceptions he would have no memory.
Now in connection with these two boundaries there
human evolution, go back perhaps farther than the eighth pre-Christian century (you remember that
through in those days and made themselves felt as atavistic powers of vision. We could therefore
mentioned the name here of a remarkable man of the present day — Otto Weininger
(About ultimate questions), the greater part of it being aphorisms. One of these aphorisms
forget this life and bury itself in oblivion — which means incarnating. Thus Weininger
way of how the soul seeks to bemuse itself about its life before birth, and seeks this oblivion
through incarnation in a physical human body. Many such direct impressions are received by
exactly represent Imaginations seen in the astral. All this is in accordance with a certain trend
knowledge of the spirit. In his development man is striving towards a condition where more will
quite well known in the various centres of Initiation. The whole of eastern spiritual life, the
civilisation of the East. If we would understand these people it is necessary indeed for us to
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is now ripe for the awakening of new forces of spiritual perception with
several things were mentioned which, particularly at the present
development, the much-debated question mentioned to begin with was whether the outstanding and
point of contention and the conclusions have been drawn, more from sympathy and antipathy than
from real knowledge. This is one fact which, in a certain sense, I should like to mention as
should like to mention for its importance is the following. At the beginning of the nineteenth
appeared with a definite declaration,
sense is a poetic way, but in fact produces a true picture. Attention was also drawn to how in
were pursued but only a sense that was developed for the external world of facts. Attention was
also drawn to the fact that, with regard to this last question, one can only come to clarity
the historical evolution of humanity.
Ideas as such are abstractions, as I mentioned here yesterday
of humanity and we will do so today in such a way that, through our considerations, certain facts
come to us which, precisely for a discerning judgement of the situation of modern humanity, will
I have often mentioned
ordinary observation, below the flow of these facts. And if the eye of the soul observes the flow
significant manifestation.
perception of the world should be directed to significant points and then, from what could be
attention for what is usually called history — but which, nevertheless, for a deeper view
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The constitution of the human soul has undergone a tremendous evolution
is now ripe for the awakening of new forces of spiritual perception with
course of human evolution developed some particular quality, just as now it is that of
individuality. These characteristics are impressed into human evolution through the particular
action of spiritual powers working into the physical life of humanity on earth. But precisely
in earlier epochs, and very exceptional things are making their appearance within humanity's
evolution. And the human being who, through the development of his individuality is being
which, from our point of view, must have deep inner foundations. This must take shape despite the
West, the European Centre, and of the East are placed in the whole course of human evolution. We
comes to expression particularly strongly in the broad masses of the proletariat which has come
it touches the social question, in the first part of my
among the broad masses of humanity concerning the social question. We have, clearly
other strata of the population. We have, distinct from that of other peoples, the conception of
socialist conception of life, however, developed in such a way that it stands entirely under the
life as a whole has hitherto been the economic life, it was from the economic conditions of the
The impulses coming to expression in the Great
there. He, however, transformed them into a theory, into a conception of life. And Marxism as a
theory of life has found little external expression in the West. Where it has come to
external expression, however, is in Central Europe. In the aims of the social democracy there, it
Marxist ideology and took hold of the broad masses of the population. It also found its way into
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The constitution of the human soul has undergone a tremendous evolution
is now ripe for the awakening of new forces of spiritual perception with
Yesterday I drew attention again, but from a
differentiation that exists among the peoples of the present civilized world. I indicated how the
individualization of the human being in the fifth post-Atlantean epoch is guided by spiritual
I also drew attention to how, in a different way,
soul-configuration of the people living in the Orient; by working as imaginations into the
described yesterday, who are dispersed there, and who take leading positions, particularly in
imaginations, put into practice in present cultural development what these beings introduce. If
between the West and the East one must look more closely into the underlying spiritual conditions
conditions.
I have drawn your attention, from the most varied
perception of the spiritual worlds; how this spiritual life then lived on as a heritage; how it
civilization, and, with the exception of what stems from natural science and what can stem from
civilization as spiritual life is basically an inheritance from the ancient Orient. But this
activities. It is directed towards entirely abstract spiritual regions, and basically does not
In the Orient even completely worldly aspirations
— aspirations of the social life — take on such a spiritual character that they have
that in the Roman Empire the untenable situation arose which always arises when these three human
of the older development of humanity, but I should like to draw your attention to a few things.
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As early as 1891 I drew attention
to the relation between Schiller's
I would like today to point to a certain connection between what I gave yesterday as the
characteristic of the civilization of the Central-European countries in contrast to the Western
other hand, the feeling of those spiritual beings who, as imaginations, as spirits of the East,
work inspiringly into Eastern civilization. And one can notice both these aspects in the leading
personalities of Goethe and Schiller. I will only point out in addition how in Schiller's
he seeks to characterize a human soul-constitution which shows a
sense perception
Schiller finds this middle state in the condition
of aesthetic enjoyment and aesthetic creation, in which the human being can come to true
whole treatise arose out of the same European mood as did the French Revolution. The same thing
he sought to answer the question: What must the human being do in himself in order to become a
truly free being? In the West they asked: How must the external social conditions be changed so
so that, in his constitution of soul, he can live in
conditions are created through
Schiller came to this composition of his
Kant and tried to answer such questions for himself in a Kantian way
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is now ripe for the awakening of new forces of spiritual perception with
a kind of renewed manifestation of the Christ-Event is to take place. This will need a certain
amount of preparation, and today, to begin with, I shall try to characterize again from a certain
point of view the spiritual complexion of the civilized world and, from this point of view, draw
attention to the challenges that are placed before us with regard to the evolution of humanity
— the education of humanity as a whole in the near future-by the facts of this human
evolution itself.
form an exact idea of what the constitution of soul was like in the people who lived before this
how different the soul-constitution in Europe must have been which, over large areas, inclined
faculties in his soul which enabled him to achieve a relationship to nature — a
relationship to what was revealed in nature as spirit — and thereby also to achieve a
relationship to the spirit world itself. Certainly, longing for knowledge has been spoken about a
the first half of the nineteenth century, we are presented with ingenious elaborations of the
human system of ideas; but only, if I can put it so, artistic elaborations of it. In neither
the striving for knowledge, even though pursued in isolation as was still the custom, enters more
thus also takes on the configuration of this technology. What then is the cause of this? It comes
elaboration of the intellect. This, of course, did not happen all at once. The intellect was
The moment humanity renounced perception of the
spiritual in the manifestations of nature, the concept of knowledge itself also fell more or less
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is now ripe for the awakening of new forces of spiritual perception with
has proceeded from a constitution of soul which we have often called a kind of instinctive
perception; a clairvoyance which was dim and dreamlike. And we have, on repeated occasions,
corresponding form of this constitution of soul into different times.
still strong remnants of this old clairvoyant condition of humanity existing at the time of the
civilization but which was already prepared for in Greek and Roman times. Thus one can say:
come to pass on the earth. And in order that there could be a perception through an 'eyewitness'
his conviction — what those who had preserved the remains of an old clairvoyance could
remnants of old clairvoyance — this was Christian Gnosis. And the presentation of the
oriental perception. One could say that this ancient oriental perception was preserved up to the
course, have made no impression on humanity at all.
turn, led to civic-political thinking. This spread from the South into those northern regions
civilization, nourished at first by Rome, took shape primarily in the sign of the intellectual,
but received the accounts, the traditions, and clothed these in the forms of their own
soul-constitution. People clothed it more and more in dialectics. Through Rome the Mystery of
vision, there took shape the pure dialectical theology which went hand in hand with the
[nation]
oriental direct perception clothed itself, spread out over Europe.
The old spiritual life based on spiritual vision — which, as you know, had abolished the
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is now ripe for the awakening of new forces of spiritual perception with
how European conditions are bound to develop in the near future, and we saw that the course of
European development, of modern civilisation generally, will inevitably be bound up with the
sleeping soul, there is a very disagreeable awakening in store. I do not say — I mentioned
world-conception, based on science, that the most intense need will have to arise for what I have
Christ there really is at the present time. The course of human evolution has brought it about
because of the impossibility of adhering to the old prohibition against reading the Gospels
able to develop. And we have already pointed out how the particular constitution of soul that is
becoming prevalent in modern civilization will again lead to experience of the Christ, just as
Golgotha. But one has to be clear that just as other crucial, incisive events in human evolution
And this experience will have a clearly definable connection with the modern outlook on life
fifteenth century the constitution of people's souls has become quite different from what it was
nineteenth century and our own time, the soul-constitution of humanity as a whole has undergone a
soul the outlook on life of today's younger generation, and compares this with the outlook of
On the other hand there is a terribly reactionary,
conservative element in human evolution today. It is the belief in the authority of popular
with furious speed and we shall see how, out of the chaos of modern civilization, this
materialistic mood will become stronger and stronger. And if sufficient preparation has been
The human being, as such, is actually entirely excluded from the conception of the world based on
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the lecturer, published by permission of the Rudolf Steiner Nachlassverwaltung.
English translation by David MacGregor.
Art and Practical Questions in the Light of Spiritual Science,
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further course of our considerations, in order to enable you to find your
so-called destruction, at processes of dissolution, at what finally arises,
that the most important process of destruction for the life of the human
experiences the complete dissolving and separation of the physical and
have processes of perception between death and a new birth. The saying of
takes on thereby a higher significance for the whole interrelation of world
phenomena. No doubt the following question has often arisen before your
But the following question should burn, as it were, in our souls:
incarnation regulated?’ The reply to this question is
the significance of the destructive processes which I have mentioned.
with our souls into quite specific conditions. We are born into a
quite specific conditions. You should consider deeply that our life between
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From Earth to the Jupiter Evolution.
From Earth to the Jupiter Evolution.
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during his evolution in the Universe? — The dream of the Moon-man
is the imagination of the Angelos. The Sleep-experiences of the Sun-man
are the inspirations of the Archangels.
Saturn-man in deep sleep produces intuition for the Spirits of
intuitions become dense Cosmic impulses, and later — Jupiter
kingdom through the Archangeloi. The dream-conception of the Moon-man
densified imaginations for Jupiter and give the foundations for
evolution on Jupiter.
From Earth to the Jupiter Evolution
conception of the Cosmos — whether that of Spiritual Science or
any other — contain this basic query: What is the evolutionary
the ultimate aim of human evolution! He would like to know what will
happen to man when arrived at the end of all evolution! We have often
indicated how a question such as this can only come from uneducated
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Title: Tree of Life/Knowledge: Lecture I: Tree of Life - I
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When people encounter the world conception of
questions, a solution of their problems. That is quite natural and
course of evolution of earth and humanity. Above all, a certain
feeling must be added, a certain perception that the more one strives
connected with the evolution of the earth and mankind is the
sanctity. That is to say, we can expect in our future incarnations
concerning the entry of the Christ-Being into humanity's evolution,
riddles into the question of the Mystery of Golgotha, or if one
There is no question here of ever
conception upon this greatest riddle of man's earthly existence, nor
attention to one of the many applications to life of this
the evolution of earthly history, fell in the Fourth Post-Atlantean
Golgotha lies approximately at the conclusion of the first third of
as their task the first incorporation of the secrets of the Mystery
of Golgotha into human evolution.
of earthly evolution. It would be-hypothetically possible, one might
the entry of the Impulse of Christ into earthly evolution, to have
world-conceptions which had been developed since antiquity, and which
reach a certain perfection at the time in which the Mystery of
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with this wisdom. It is an example of the cooperation
humanity's evolution with the knowledge-principle, brought down from
the same facts somewhat more subjectively, will give our attention to
it in direct connection with a consideration of the nature of man. We
rhythmic alternation that occurs in man's daily life; namely, that he
alternates in the course of his daily life between the union of his
separation of these four members into two and two
— the union of the physical man with the etheric
The alternation of sleeping and waking
rests indeed upon this rhythmic succession of the more or less united
condition of these four members and their separation. We have already
spoken on one occasion of how the fact now expressed can be
been said can serve for a broad foundation.
conditions are favourable, that they do not awake from sleep as if
himself: If what we call the Luciferic temptation had not taken
place, man would obviously be in a different position in this earthly
life; for as he is now, the effect of the Luciferic temptation is
Luciferic temptation had not come to pass. This is exactly what the
evolution which has entered through the partaking of the Tree of the
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cultural streams, the various world-conceptions and feelings which
mere sense perceptions to thinking about percepts
life, and that the concepts are inner presentations of what he
world-conception that the thought, the act of thinking, is an
I called your attention here once to the
usually believe it to be. People take it to be a reproduction of
whole human construction. It already takes part in our structure
thoughts, we work the whole time anew upon our forming and fashioning
every thought appears like a head with a sort of continuation
construction.
regeneration. This applies also to thoughts, but the European
world-conception this feeling about thought which I have just
experience of thought. Hence comes the inclination of the Oriental
for meditation; for meditation should be a familiarising oneself with
such expressions as: A becoming one, in meditation, with Brahma, with
the fashioning process of the world. What is sought in the Oriental
world-conception is the consciousness that when one rightly lives
thinks, but one becomes at home in the fashioning forces of the
world. But it is rigidified, because the Oriental world-conception
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cosmos. We believe that in our feelings we only bring to expression
separation of the Old Moon from the Sun-evolution, did not take the
step of separation, but remained, as it were, with the progressing
Sun-evolution. What entered their destiny through their not having
pronounced separation between something in us that wishes to be
take a direction towards the external.
outer world and wishes to receive it and pays no attention to the
however, in us human beings a connection between these two centres
perceptions, to the sense impressions. Thus, in ordinary life, the
notion that truth is imparted to him from two sides, that he attains
his senses, and then combining the observation with his intellect and
examined this process of observation of the outer world and of the
production of certain spheres of ideation on the basis of those
observations. In his researches he found nothing to which one could
feeling. But since the connection remained unknown to him there were
it were against man gives a certain inner compulsion.’
however, give our chief attention to this: that as a matter of fact,
not merely through his own disposition, but because of his whole
evolution during the Saturn, Sun, and Moon conditions, man thus
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speak of in connection with our present subject.
world-conception. Thus it creeps about there down below the earth and
makes itself a world-conception. In the picture that it devises as
world-conception, there can naturally never play a role, the fact
That is to say, a world-conception arisen in this worm-philosopher
which will give a proper picture of the condition under the earth,
opinion so current today, that all depends on cause and effect,
downwards; that causes alterations in the roots. With the further
represents a one-sided world-conception which is quite correct ...
through sense observation, and they simply do not perceive the
world-conception simply does not hold good. He would have to realize
that what he himself underneath has had as perceptions of
world-conception means nothing for its correctness. One who can set
worm-conception need rest on a logical error. Hence all logic can be
it can be a world-conception completely tenable inwardly. You will
realize from this, however, that it is in no way a question of being
World-conceptions can have ever such fine proofs in themselves, they
say: worm-world-conceptions. When we let this really work upon our
itself is a world-conception, it does not follow that it gives one
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a long, complicated evolution through the Saturn, Sun, Moon stages
adapted for making perceptions as the human being makes perceptions
today. During the Saturn condition they were still lifeless germinal
of perceptions. [This important
of human evolution, is that these sense-organs as such have to do
with what we can call physical operations. On Old Saturn the first
development of the human sense-organs advances by the incorporation
faculties of perception.
be understood as the incorporation of the entire sense apparatus in
something remains which is entirely physical. So the relationship
relation of the astral body in its activity to the other organs. I
this with physical cognition: the eye can be looked on as a camera
physical reciprocal action with the outer world which takes place in
our periphery. And it is on this reciprocal action with the outer
is perception of the outer world and working-over of the perception
it is feeble and dreamlike. It pays no attention to the outer world,
but observes the perceptions it has in its own inner being. This
attention to what takes place in it as paintings and
through, he takes possession of the physical part of our senses,
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Title: World Downfall and Resurrection
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This lecture was given on April 2, 1921. In the Collected Edition of
shorthand report unrevised by the lecturer. English translation by
This lecture was given on April 2, 1921. In the Collected Edition of
English translation by Harry Collison, revised by Karla Kiniger.
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World Downfall andResurrection
permission of the Rudolf Steiner Nachlassverwaltung, Dornach.
English translation by H. Collison, revised by Karla
mental life sprang far more from a kind of inspiration than
that man forms judgments and draws conclusions as a human being
Science. It is a question of forming true and really adequate
conceptions of the thought and outlook of men in those early
on the scene in the days of John Scotus Erigena, and discussion
was rife on such subjects as predestination. This is an
unmistakable indication of the fact that what was previously
more of the nature of inspiration, removed altogether from the
discussion and debate. But as the centuries took their course,
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question asserts itself in the most decisive manner in our time, as a
present age is little prepared to approach the social question in its
true form with active comprehension. On this point one has only to avoid
yielding to illusions. We have often had to indicate the profound chasm
themselves as excluded by virtue of their entire life situation from what
the division into classes, the situation in ancient Greece, for example,
modern times a sharp class distinction and class division has certainly
of earlier ages assumed this direction. In ancient times there were
the human being undergoes a bourgeois education, donning superior civic
relegating the worker to only a proletarian education. One need but think
and Pharisees, single communities that stood out, that were in possession
life, they gave in the same way to all classes of people. Class division
educational development by means of literature, by means of the written
education. This soul-duality in social life has manifested itself ever
In addition, it
maturation, by way of extended experience, this sense has reached the
religion. This “religion” signifies
extraordinarily little as compared with the connection the human being
beings continuously to what is materialistic. And the question that
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Title: Imperialism: Lecture 1
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Spiritual and Social Transformations in Human Evolution,
translation by Frank Thomas Smith
interspersion into our considerations, because I would like our
conscious of its relationship to the total phenomena of the present
historical evolutionary epoch and that we can only understand this
evolutionary epoch if we know where the phenomena which surround us,
said about them, a more profound observation of the historical course
I only need to mention one item of
things have been talked about: the self-determination of
was of course a question of power. And in order to understand what
considered — “Imperial Federation League” is the
official designation in England since the beginning of the twentieth
an evolution and they go back to a remote past, and can only be
explained by a true consideration of history.
into the past as we could when studying the spiritual evolution of
without reaching back to even earlier oriental conditions. Even in
China, whose whole organization reaches so far back, the organization
the conditions which are known historically make it possible to see
imperialism without knowing the conscious relationship between people
of a region, let's say an empire, and what we today would call the
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far as reality is concerned. In olden times institutions and customs
preparation for something which is yet to come in human evolution. If
that is, into something existing yet illusional, then the new reality
their pretensions, still gods. Nero, at least hypothetically, was a
understand the contemporary world under such disagreeable conditions,
one must direct one's attention toward the birth of a new spiritual
life, fully conscious of the illusionary nature of what was formerly
reality in human evolution.
to deceive themselves, and when they recognize the deception as
deception, they feel that they are adrift. They will no longer feel
the traditions they have preserved from olden times and of which they
“reputable” in the third or fourth generation and
moment of realization must come when we can no longer defend all that
and digestion. As long as we have not seen through the platitudes and
reality in addition to the physical reality of the economy.
Human evolution can not advance further without this moment of truth.
other European peoples have little disposition for such a truth to
dawn on them with the necessary intensity. For them other conditions
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something that was felt to be part of a mission — not
create certain professions for that purpose: police and military
professions. But when the danger against which defense was necessary
no longer exists, the professions continue to exist. The people
professions and therefore we have something which is no longer
justification was no longer there in all the subsequent empires. Let
in the historical evolution of mankind. We find that in the oldest
discussion was grounded in the fact that a god in human form walked
foundation for public affairs.
everything physical was thought of as a reflection, as an image, as a
discussion of public affairs was possible. What we today call rights
only political institution worth mentioning was the phenomenon of
fact it was not done during those times when the conditions I have
spiritual world in physical institutions, if one spoke of what Saint
heavenly facts and personalities, then one can hold the opinion that
when the possibility of discussion originated. The person of today,
predicate to a subject. In the oldest forms of human expression this
in preparation; for a parliament only makes sense when it is possible
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had originally functioned in Germany from 1904 until 1914, when the
for Spiritual Science as an esoteric institution the task which
explaining that situation, but I wanted to stress the
This is no unnecessary observation, for such seriousness has
kind of preparatory introduction will be given today, my dear
you will be able to consider this School as an institution
in a School for Spiritual Science we attend to the revelations
sense-world has provided necessary, practical revelations to
contributions in any way.
it is nevertheless important that the spiritual revelations are
follow a difficult path in face of the opposition and
Life is manifest in creation;
Life is manifest in creation;
and sublime and the endless glow of revelation in all that
existence — that all that is divine-spiritual revelation.
and strength and warmth, can never give us information about
information about many divine aspects of the world. So we must
grandeur and greatness and power of nature. And the question
what we might feel to be a kind of privation, we must
revelation can rise in us. We must say to ourselves: If we
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with a short recapitulation of the last lesson.
being. And we want to first develop this sensation before
first sensation should make us aware of how the human being, in
his normal condition, lives surrounded by the world of the
deeds, still he can find no answers, no satisfaction if, under
with this sensation, which one can have when one gazes out to
the depths of cosmic space with the question of his own being
sensation will be given through the words I provided to you the
on earth-foundations, color upon color,
The lifeless world is fashioned;
this sensation in his soul. Because by deeply experiencing the
sensation that by looking out into the external world we gain
no answer to the question of who we are, feeling this sensation
having this sensation we will be carried up into the spiritual
sensation which over and over again tells us how we must
that this looking back, the perception in looking back,
knowledge which reveals the contamination in our own thinking,
illusion, and the real world, should appear before our souls as
the fourth sensation.
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words we already know - when pointing in the direction of the
his thoughts - what the person in process of initiation
only a reflected ideation.
in thought one approaches the description of the path that
and not merely for those who already seek the transformation
those who, at first, only experience the transformation in
observations in the world of senses - life consists of such
observations - when man uses the things that he encounters in
observation to action, and when he lets the combination of such
observations and actions have an effect on his feelings, he
and illusion, truth and semblance, truth and dream. When
verification cannot be found, he calls it semblance. And only
know whether something that confronts you is truth or illusion.
have experienced impressions from the spiritual world not
illusion. Therefore the first thing one must learn in order to
truth and error, between reality and illusion - independent of
and illusion.
our times, when people no longer pay much attention to how the
attention to what is palpable, to what can only be seen by
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spiritual life by today's civilization, that is. The encounter
experiences when a relationship with the spiritual world truly
and earnestly takes place. A relationship with the spiritual
communications are received from the spiritual world, they
should be understood as merely in preparation for a
relationship with the spiritual world.
tradition.
relationship with the spiritual world, the relationship where,
communications from the spiritual world - the teacher said to
memory's concepts. [Although there is no indication in the
different relationship of thinking, feeling and willing in us
whom you had an intimate or a more distant relationship. The
with her these things lead you to certain actions in your
someone with whom you have a certain relationship. Certain
the School has not been born of some personal intention, but
souls to hear much. But we should not jump to the conclusion
psychic blood circulation in spiritual space. We don't just
I said last time, it is not a question of understanding the
able to withstand the separation of thinking, feeling and
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undergoes a substantial transformation in the Guardian of the
world, how they enter into different relationships than those
earthly conditions. At the moment when the person approaches
attention to how he belongs to the whole world: through his
through our senses, but which at first indicate no relationship
only human physicality is taken into consideration.
we see a relationship between nature and the inner life of man.
process in one direction or the other can cause happy dreams or
in nature, my dear friends, we have a relationship of the human
of the earthly element. We have a relationship of the human
this relationship of the human physical body with the earthly,
and the relationship of the human etheric body with the liquid
upwards where the region begins where man can feel himself-
When we go even higher we come to a region - which we will
general we pay little attention to normal life processes.
obvious to even superficial observation. If we dab our skin
relationship to the universe through our relation to the air.
their origination and passing away during the embryonic and
the moment we enter the spiritual region this is no longer the
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Guardian's continuous admonition is that man be aware that he
relation to the world.
become conscious of his true relation to the world, he first
vegetable kingdom and the mineral kingdom. These relations
deep relationship to that world exists within him.
However, one cannot feel this relationship by merely letting
Since the modern phase of human evolution began, we seldom see
watery element in fine solution in the air which surrounds him,
expression: chemical ether and its effects. Because the
ordering, the formation of the world is effected by it, we
“cosmic-formation”.
Cosmic-formation
[over “cosmic formation” is written]
lives in a completely intimate relationship with the element of
strongly. Even air circulation affects you less. Whether the
how your perspiration, that is, the secretion of the watery
element. And with this easy transition from our own watery
connection to the whole cosmos - contrary to the transition
Man's relation to the earthly elements lies even deeper in the
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earnestness. For a distinction exists between the
the anthroposophical movement. The relationship must be
it must be an inner obligation to consider the Executive
done to bring it to the members' attention. It is saying much
taking the School seriously must lead to the cancellation of
when derived from what is called good intentions, is
destructive in an occult movement. There must be no illusions
about this; it must be completely clear. It is not a question
of good intentions, which are often taken very lightly, but of
out of them - I am only reporting - with the exception of the
will spread its power over the neighboring regions. Then - they
can we construct the necessary foundation for navigating
seriously by the opposition than by many of the members.
considerations of these Class lessons, my dear friends, have
which is a reflection of a spiritual world, one which does not,
however, reveal to the senses what it is a reflection of.
That is the first powerful impression of true knowledge, my
physical body - how the Three look in relation to the physical
body. The vision is directed to the physical body, to the
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Title: First Class, Vol. I: Lesson 8
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wisdom and life impulses into human civilization today which
anthroposophy, flow today into human civilization in the
organization and the Anthroposophical Society is the exoteric
must be an administration. But that is not what it considers to
position of the Vorstand at Dornach within the Anthroposophical
on every relationship within the Anthroposophical Society will
founded upon human relationships.
if it's an abstract thing, the personal relationship is at
relationship is at least established to each and every member
other relationships will be even more human, but by this means
Goetheanum. This means that nothing by way of formulations and
taken place. In the future, no abstract relationship will be
formulations and so forth which originate here and which an
Furthermore, the relation of this School to the
other conditions.
not say, my friends, that this is a limitation of freedom.
can be a member of the School and be free in this relationship,
the leadership for any reason is of the opinion that a member
not approve that person's application or, in the case where he
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Title: First Class, Vol. I: Lesson 9
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admonition which directs human beings to the ancient holy words
vision rest upon what radiates down to us from the universe in
the forms the constellations possess. When we immerse ourselves
stars so often and have stored the vision in our hearts and
sensation of being integrated in the movement of the circling
This leads to the question: Why is it then that so few do so?
sensations - or experiences, it doesn't matter what we call
aware of the connection of humanity with the world than you are
Therefore, the admonition at the threshold to the spiritual
cannot merely say: I think through to the differentiations of
to the differentiations of my warmth.
formations and become like a celestial script to us. If we
The constellations' cosmological words.
by vague generalities, not by vague sensations are we able to
it really is an ascension from life through love to piety, to a
translation.]
man, without his intention or awareness. Now though, on the
strong inner determination, with our own forces, we must bring
must look up to the stars and with devotion say to ourselves:
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Title: First Class, Vol. II: Lesson 10
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organization, in not a facilitator; that is, to live with the
meditative exercises, mental exertions meant to affect the
by means of the various considerations and the summarizing of
such considerations in individual verses, which may then be
certain time has passed the communications given in these class
communications from the spiritual world, will coalesce in such
of the various indications which are given here we can
our senses and reason only in connection with the
visionaries. These people show by their behavior that they are
then follows the indications given in the appropriate schools,
together with the indications as to how they relate to the
would like to again provide an indication of how you can leave
then we ask the question in all honesty: Why? Why did I absorb
its physical elements? We must deeply feel our relationship to
the relationship of this work to the totality of human
therefore in a certain sense undergo a cosmic evolution. Many
consideration of earthly relationships one stands spiritually
change the direction of your gaze from what surrounds you on
pictures in their constellations. And, you see, if we can
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Title: First Class, Vol. II: Lesson 11
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made the complete transition to anthroposophy quickly. The
at least envision, to the extent possible, the path upon
on his karma, on what conditions he brings along from
environmental conditions the person's destiny places him.
stream of world evolution where freedom is
For the transition is made for meditation to really enter
In the triple-versed structure of the last meditation we
the meditation we confront not only what resounds from our
limbs-metabolism-organization, localized downward and
it becomes esoteric. Therefore in meditation we must
So we have the head-organization, a real replica of the
entire cosmos. We have the breast or rhythmic organization,
And least of all does the limbs-metabolism-organization show
organizations. He must be clear about what takes place in his
impaired. We sense the head's association to this clearest
calculate their positions and angles to each
human nature — this I — has a relation to the
angeloi in our descriptions of the
We correctly accomplish a meditation thus: We look up,
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Title: First Class, Vol. II: Lesson 12
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itself as an invitation to knowledge:
therefor not lead to envisioning something similar to what is
envisioning is only an image. It must lead to a real experience
attention to how the spirit acts and weaves within psychic
Therefore more and more real indications should be given to
indication.
are familiar with. For your meditation select any mantra and
that makes an impression on me relative to the present: Can I
guide to intimate self-observation.
And you will have the sensation: I feel this under the region
of speech, I feel it here below, under the region of speech
experience it in the region of my speech organs; when I think,
experience it under the region of speech.
spiritual understanding. But a substantial seclusion from the
is not good to say: Yes, but in order to achieve such seclusion
can lead to the goal. This is a good foundation for meditating
spirit-beings. And it is just this transferring to a condition
in which other beings speak to us that creates the condition
It's a question of becoming enlightened concerning the true nature
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Title: First Class, Vol. II: Lesson 13
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the spirit of the cosmos which urge us to self-observation
rise up to the region where the beings of the third hierarchy
above the region of speech; whereas the field of
memory-thought can be felt under the region of speech.
In respect to the region of speech itself: when we say
regions matter-free, speaks.
earth-distant fields of creation
So if we can always feel ourselves in this situation
though it were around us, then in relation to the schematic
saying it; we should transpose ourselves into the situation I
Kyriotetes, An inner connection is created between the
feeling sphere – breathing and blood circulation
felt as will – and through which a connection is
sisters and brothers, is the field of volition, of will. The
which is least experienced with real attention. For man
in motion.
consciousness offers us at first is maya, the great illusion.
The great illusion does not only include what we observe
I-organization [violet]. We don't walk with the physical
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Title: First Class, Vol. II: Lesson 14
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We have been considering the human being's relation to the
to see what our relation is to the Guardian of the Threshold
situation of standing before the Guardian in order to advance
consideration.
regarding this situation. Man leaves the physical world in
he merely directs his attention and his feelings to this
should realize that these beasts are the outer reflections of
situation-meditations, in order to feel how the cosmos speaks
Seelenverfassung = soul-constitution].
deviations from the normal state of mind which are always
then aberration from the normal condition of the mind cannot
initiation. But he must know how, in two ways, he
which also participates in the formation of our own bodies.
It is contained in our growth, in our forces of nutrition.
push, my dear friends — this separation of the elements
this ending of the differentiation between earth, water, air
He encounters there — pardon the trivial expression, my
dear sisters and brothers — the illusion of being in
the Luciferic temptation is approachng him. Depending on his
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Title: First Class, Vol. II: Lesson 15
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correctly, how this world demands our intense attention. We
majesty of all this. And participation in any kind of
perception by an abyss; and that what is beyond that abyss in
own self in order to seek the foundation of cosmic knowledge
Now we to situational meditation: how to see ourselves already
enable us to understand our situation once we have flown over
Christ's council will always be shaped in conjunction
we correctly feel the situation of the human being when he
questions which cut deeply into our souls. We sense that to
each question a threefold answer comes from us: Christ's
My soul absorbs it, that I may learn divine creation.
We are tested by the Guardian´s questions as to
Ahriman. In meditation we must imagine ourselves in this
situation. Then, my dear sisters and brothers, because we are
Today we must review this situation again. We must
directions: Lucifer and Ahriman; the voice of Christ in us,
which shows us the right direction, while Lucifer on one side
will hold to the orientation which makes it possible to make
repeatedly, again and again, in our souls in meditation. Then
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Title: First Class, Vol. II: Lesson 16
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recognized as one which brings down its information from the
perceived as communications from the spiritual world itself.
because of the Constitution which the Anthroposophical
institution, but at the same time one through which an
that the member recognize the serious conditions for
membership — namely the basic condition that anyone who
connection to anthroposophy, be it ever so remotely
and revealed from here in the Goetheanum. Such a condition
should not be taken as a restriction on human freedom, my
means that the leadership may also place conditions on
always spoken at the beginning of our deliberations,
reminding us of the admonitions which resound from all the
heart to understand them: the admonition to self-knowledge,
which is the true foundation of world knowledge.
esoteric situation in which we feel ourselves: first of all,
in meditation we imagine the being standing at the abyss of
from the humblest worm to the sublimest revelations in the
is to receive the verses asks for permission, but the one who
meditation with which we were to imagine how the Guardian
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Title: First Class, Vol. II: Lesson 17
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of the previous Class Lesson. It was also a meditation arising
question and the Angeloi, Exusiai, Thrones; Archangeloi, Dynamis,
questions which penetrate deeply into the human being, and the I
words as in a deeply intimate conversation with the Guardian.
What becomes of the fire's purification, which enkindled
without hearing another deeply founded admonition from the
Guardian. And this admonition refers to a powerful cosmic
imagination, something tremendously majestic which the person,
impression — if he has the heart for it. For, when he
becomes magically illuminated by the cloud formations and the
within the universe like a mighty imagination.
The Guardian reminds us of this rainbow's impression at the
moment when it becomes light enough for perception there in the
spiritual world should recall the impression from the sensory
to recall the relationship between the spiritual world, where it
here in the cloud formation
[red in the cloud formation].
our imagination more profound through meditation, if we wish
This is the imagination which the Guardian first
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Title: First Class, Vol. II: Lesson 18
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objectively pays attention to all the beings and events in nature
beginning of our considerations.
On the path to the answer which the soul can find to this question,
From dead illusion made live:
world of sensory illusion, is only spirit. Only spirit is.
seem to us there in the world of sensory illusion, which we left
is the great deception, the great illusion. Over there only
variations of the Nothing are visible when we look out from the
body. And we feel deeply the impression, as we live over there
great illusion. And what is Nothing, and what we give names to
which we should belong — can take possession of the names
the greatest illusion. We must know that we are giving names to
illusions to the kingdom of truth. Earnestness, holy earnestness
moment: Below in earthly life we perceived the impression made on
world-creation, in world-dominion, in world-illumination, and we
From the realm of radiance, dominion, acting, the
And the flooding light, the force of illumination in
illumination of the Angeloi. But the light force for this
illumination they receive from the Dynamis.
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Title: First Class, Vol. II: Lesson 19
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out to us to seek self-knowledge, for it is the foundation
perception. We have seen in this spiritual world how the
The Guardian brings it to our attention; we
From dead illusion made live:
Spirit-Word that underlies the creation of the world. We
a reflection of it.
Here in the earthly realm it is illusion.
must listen to the Guardian of the Threshold's question:
Threshold's question posed from the distance – we
cosmic-word. This lies in the Guardian's second question,
cosmic permission to experience the “I
Thereby the third question which the Guardian
question comes from the first hierarchy:
sense Leib indicates a kind of soul function which
stick closely to the literal translation, he/she may
question refers to:
it is a kind of conclusion to the path that began in the
realm of illusion, of maya, which led us to the Guardian of
it is a conclusion when we now stand at the place where we
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Title: First Class Lessons: Lesson XX (recapitulation)
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Lecture XX (recapitulation)
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(recapitulation)
(verses) used are the same as in Volume One, the descriptions
the previous lessons. But it is also true that a repetition of
who today are experiencing a repetition, it also constitutes a
continuation.
laying of the foundation stone of the Anthroposophical Society
the future, this cannot continue. The intention of what was
Free School for Spiritual Science, with its various sections,
reflection of what has been founded in the super-sensible
that in the succession of the reigning hierarchy of Archangels,
evolution of humanity on earth.
is the case that in human evolution life is guided successively
revolution against spiritual activity and spiritual being in
were the bearers of civilization — the reign of Samuel,
coincides with the great international, cosmopolitan impulses
We can go back further — again through the succession of
disposition and attitude, feeling yourselves to be members not
only of what enters the world as an earthly institution, but as
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Title: First Class Lessons: Lesson XXI (recapitulation)
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Lecture XXI (recapitulation)
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conditions for membership in the School. So now we must
as imaginations. There this willing, this feeling, this
Your hate of spiritual revelation
Your hate of spiritual revelation
a further clarification that can begin to support us again: a
clarification about the third beast, which is interwoven with
says. He draws our attention to how we should feel about our
means of conception and birth into a physical human earthly
reflection of the solar power that emits cosmic feeling
The Guardian tells us this as a clarification of the three
— the escalation: “image”, “force”, “power” —
feet, with heavy human feet, that is, with the outer illusions,
still weaving illusions if in this thinking that we have as
meditation verses from the Guardian of the Threshold on behalf
permission must be requested in each case from either Dr.
statement begins with the permission as a real fact, not as a
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Title: First Class Lessons: Lesson XXII (recapitulation)
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Lecture XXII (recapitulation)
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is not possible to again give the introduction concerning the
obligations for the newly participating members of the Class. I
[mantric] verses also inform them of the conditions involved,
envision the need for self-knowledge — that constantly
dear sisters and brothers, the description of the path to
self-knowledge, and which must be followed if the exhortation
the spiritual world is with this intonation do we receive this
is spoken with the corresponding intonation:]
“revere”, which is an inner soul function; in that
an action. The “Creative cosmic force” instead of
horizontal directions if we wish to integrate our feeling into
Guardian of the Threshold's admonition.
Would act with spiritual creation.
— so now let us again consider the admonition which was
Guardian on Michael's behalf, when here the instruction in the
to request permission from Dr. [Ita] Wegman or from me. So,
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Title: First Class Lessons: Lesson XXIII (recapitulation)
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Lecture XXIII (recapitulation)
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introduction about the task and meaning of the School and about
introduction, but will continue from where we left off last
must to do so under the conditions which I will mention at the
end of this lesson. They should also describe the conditions
unbiased sense that in them lies the exhortation to seek true
stood there shattered by the impression of the three beasts,
the right track and lead it along paths of aberration. Our
region into which, with enormous all-embracing intellectuality,
admonitions we will grow wings to cross the abyss in order to
This is one of the last of the Guardian's admonitions:
Would act with spiritual creation.
Would act with spiritual creation.
yourselves to these mantric worlds with the right conviction
devotion to the spirit, you will find that what instills
right direction between light and darkness, warmth and cold,
pulsation is my pulsation. If I am cut off, I cease being a
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Title: First Class Lessons: Lesson XXIV (recapitulation)
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Lecture XXIV (recapitulation)
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to repeat every time the introduction which describes the
to give them the introduction, which everyone who wishes to be
dear sisters and brothers, in the description of the path of
world can never reveal our own being to us; how our observation
gradually find the transition to living thinking, we should
direction and goal in the middle between light and darkness if
situation, after having received the previous admonitions from
strong, earnest admonition, which cuts deeply into the heart.
we use these mantric verses in meditation, we must allow
draws our attention again up to the light, which however only
being will lead us to the illusion of self-hood rather than to
on thinking, we will wind up with the illusion of self-hood.
beings, after having gone through the delusion of self-hood
Illusion of self-hood to arise in you.
only retain the illusion of light if we don't consider the
world completely engulfs us, destructive spiritual exaltation
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Title: First Class Lessons: Lesson XXV (recapitulation)
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Lecture XXVI (recapitulation)
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Once again, I must say that the introduction about the
the introduction.
fundamental exhortation to the human being, which resound to
dear sisters and brothers, the description of the spiritual
humanity. The description has led us thus far to show that we
so far in the description — when we have crossed over the
illusion of thoughts as in ordinary thinking.
reflection of our cosmic will) — between this warm, dark
outwardly an imitation of the world's shape, we feel then, in
our head for our earthly vision.
expression of our soul, does not only beat because of what is
say to us in this situation:
The escalation is:
Threshold's admonition. In this situation, as we are preparing
The Guardian's last admonition:
dying away glow, it is the world's revelation in beauty, which
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Title: First Class Lessons: Lesson XXVI (recapitulation)
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Lecture XXVI (recapitulation)
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world, from where the revelations come which should live in the
for the creation of such a School. For an esoteric school
school presents the outer expression of an activity which in
which I have often mentioned here in members' lectures.
world. And when we look back in the evolution of time, we find
humanity, in the great questions of civilization before the
anthroposophical movement's formation of this Esoteric School
in our times as a spiritual institution. All those who want to
representatives of anthroposophy; and the decision about
not consider this, my sisters and brothers, as a limitation of
only need to mention a few things to show how little the
These are things which must be considered in connection with
revelations from the spiritual world. At the end of each
lesson, your attention is expressly drawn to the fact that the
being of Michael is present while the revelations from the
person to whom the verses are to be given, that permission must
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