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Title: Lecture: Overcoming Nervousness
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who is not afflicted. Considering present social conditions to which all
been conducted during recent months. There has been no little talk about
to health, and that many upsets bordering on severe illness can be
There is a good exercise for gradually curing such forgetfulness.
means of remembering where it is. This does not, of course, apply to all
attention to, and to bring the innermost core of his being into connection
With certain things we do, no matter whether or not they are of enduring
carry it out. Others, still, cannot bring themselves to will firmly what they
the child, especially during the first seven years, and it will soon become
good to practice self-denial in not considering bad in our fellow-men the

Title: Lecture: Problems of Nutrition
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accused, by those who know it only from the outside, of aspiring
Bearing this in mind, we can raise the question
relationship by bearing in mind the influence of light on plants.
within himself and make an inner effort to bring about the
by comparing men with the multitudes of animals, find distributed
diet. Today, an extreme diet of meat naturally brings its

Title: Lecture: The Weaving and Living Activity of the Human Etheric Bodies
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envelops him here upon the. earth, could only arise during the
Earth-epoch, but it received its first foundation during the ancient
Saturn-epoch. During the Sun, Moon and Earth epochs, it then
penetrated into it, as it were, during the Sun-epoch and the
astral body during the. Moon-epoch, whereas the Ego is gradually
made possible through the outpouring, as we may call it, of the
Spirits of the Will or the Thrones, so the transformation during
transformation during, the Moon-epoch through the Spirits of
Movement. The transformation during the Earth-epoch, that is to say,
form, the form which is most appropriate to it. During the Moon
Spirits of Form, during the Earth-epoch. Let us now contemplate the
has acquired these forms only during the Earth. epoch. But think of
body through our thinking, is employed during our earthly life as a
upon our astral body, if during the time between death and a new
the form of a sphere; but it cannot do this because during our life
someone who had not to endure the sufferings that Planck had to
preparing the earthly human head, a human head that was not so dense
son is again the offspring of another mother (the old Karamasov
he would not bring into his description so many sub-conscious
since he only brings into his book what he more or less knows, his
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Title: Lecture: Nervous Conditions in Our Time
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during recent months. People began to perceive how very
examination, he will set to work and ‘cram’ for it during
even bordering on very severe illnesses of human nature would be
very good exercise for gradually curing such forgetfulness. Suppose,
do, and that a picture is developed. This bringing-together of the
what he is doing — that is, in other words, to bring the centre
command of the Ego over the astral body. Some people cannot bring

Title: Lecture: The Elementary Kingdoms
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suffering of minerals can only be found upon the Devachanic
the Ego are on the astral plane. Thus, during sleep, the
permeated by the etheric body. When picturing to ourselves to
within the blood, during the day — dwelling within it
senses; you grasp the mineral laws, and during your waking
each takes place during the act of cognition. Now imagine to
do this only during the waking state — for, the mineral
here on the physical plane. During the night however, the
is it that they bring into the blood? They bring into it that
the blood during the night, and vitalize it with their
Ego-beings alone approach man during the night and work upon
corresponds to that of the astral body during the day.
see how we are cared for and protected during the night by
Egos have remained behind the human kingdom during the
Being which works in our blood during the night, as a body of
cares for the blood during the night, and forms at the same

Title: Lecture: On the Occasion of Goethe's Birthday
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parts, a short sentence containing an indication bearing on
— he desired to bring Faust to a conclusion with the
the way to hell, and that other period in which he brings his
strength which brings the assurance that, though we must pass
carried on in certain branches of mathematics during the
upheld. All that might still have found a hearing 5, 6 or
impetuously, constructing daring theories on the results of
effect: “If any of my students now preparing for his
considering the various phenomena of life, we must, invent
must reflect that, considering the nature of the premise from
wonderful facts that have come to light during the last few
to a sick-bed and during that time wrote down the thoughts
during the last few decades, spiritual life has been breaking
draws its forces from the springs of wisdom open to us to-day
in space; let us take, as the most inspiring mutual greeting

Title: Lecture: The Errors of Spiritual Investigation
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develop out of the cognitive forces slumbering in the human
shatteringly on entry to the super-sensible world on one who
increase enormously self-knowledge on entering the spiritual
develop slumbering forces in the soul through which man is
him, which would otherwise bring him out of the necessary
mingle them with objective cognition, nor bring unrelated
know in the spiritual world especially, the hindering and
right mutual ordering and value. One cannot begin to acquire

Title: Lecture: Wonders of the World: Lecture 1
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to add to what has resounded during the last few days out of the
and saw religious life pouring itself into the forms of art.
happenings do have a dose bearing upon the spiritual ideal which
had come for me to bring my spiritual work into connection with what
another, which springs from the depths of my heart, out of deepest
such hankerings after an ideal are always something connected with
Spiritual Science must learn not to take what springs from our own
think and to feel during recent centuries, and what it is that they
that what today is known as physical science is a withering
steering as it does a
is a withering branch of civilisation, is an extremely important
Iphigenia. And if one realises this, it brings home to one the
which in a way brings to symbolic expression the
glimmering darkness of the age a growing recognition that the old
thought springing from the most sober and objective conviction. If I
which will have a bearing upon what I have just said about Iphigenia
of our Munich festivals to all who have helped to bring them about
always brings a gradually developing skill in its appropriate sphere.
It is a fraternal offering which those who participate in it carry
is referring to the opening words of Edouard Schuré's

Title: Lecture: Wonders of the World: Lecture 2
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extent the actual knowledge, of what we are now endeavouring to
mythology has its correspondence in what we are bringing to light
brings home to us the fact that the way man looks at the wonders of
Demeter works without in the powerful forces of all that brings forth
is represented in the Nature-forces by Eros, who brings this about.
and upon the physical bodies. During the period I have referred to
brings to the point of vision, to perception, the images called forth
world. What the world brings about in the astral body would not open
Thus during the
came more under the sway of Demeter. Thus during this period from the
which in the physical body brings about changes in the conditions
seven years, during which changes take place in the astral body, is
in a more abstract way. This is preparing the human soul for a future
I could also say in order to bring down clairvoyance to them —
acquiring the etheric vision. In the next three thousand years it
see with their etheric souls the reappearing Christ, and within the

Title: Lecture: Wonders of the World: Lecture 3
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at the end of the course. I want this evening to bring home to you
from another direction how Spiritual Science in our day is aspiring
happenings in the ordering of Nature and rarer events. The one kind
to bring home to you in the following way. Today you look upwards to
bring forth thought?’ For the ancient Greek it was a spiritual
idea, as feeling, we have our enduring life of soul, with its
unhappiness. The forces in us which represent the more enduring
bear in our habits our passions, our enduring emotive attitudes. And
we cover by the term ‘ether body’, and which bring about
mere thoughts, and the ether body of enduring sentiments and habits.
which bring about our will-impulses, impulses which are needed to
of astringency, of downright pain; try to imagine yourself from top
by this astringent taste, then you have the self-knowledge which the
permeated by this astringent taste, the occultist knows that he is
surrendering myself entirely to my permanent habits, to my sympathies
to perceive with his spiritual hearing the harmonies and the melodies

Title: Lecture: Wonders of the World: Lecture 4
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passages in this little book which have a bearing upon our purpose in
life, they too were once human; that was during the Moon evolution,
stage during the Moon evolution. But these leaders of humanity in the
individualities that the Greeks were referring to, when they spoke of
during the Moon evolution have the task of imparting weight to
since the Atlantean catastrophe during which man was thrown so
we see too how everything in this epoch tends to bring to expression
these leading Beings looked during the EgyptoChaldean epoch, we find
our attention to the normal Angels, those who during the
advance. During that epoch some of them reached the normal goal of
evolution of our present Earth as Angels, nevertheless, during the
Beings who were still in the line of normal development during the
During the
super-sensible world. During the Egypto-Chaldean epoch Christ was the
teacher of the Angels. His impulse flowed into them during that
individualities do not incarnate during Earth evolution in human
During the Moon evolution there were powerful Beings, exalted Beings,
entering into the soul of Lucifer, thus experiencing from the Earth
neighbouring planet Venus. This was of course not experienced by the
‘There is the wandering point in the heavenly spaces towards
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Title: Lecture: Wonders of the World: Lecture 5
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— in the Persian and the EgyptoChaldean epochs — during
from the Book of Job, whose wife says to her suffering husband:
later among the Greeks. Greek consciousness brings to maturity the
the Luciferic beings, or the Angels who during the Moon evolution
Moon evolution, going about the Earth in human bodies, bearing within
of Jesus, in the Greek gods, during the time they were Atlantean men,
Thus during the time
post-Atlantean culture-epoch, but during that epoch to hold the
were also incarnated Luciferic souls who had fallen behind during the
developed his physical, etheric and astral bodies during the Moon
possibility of man's acquiring his earthly ego-consciousness.
consciousness has been gradual. During the Lemurian time this human
his ego into his body; during Atlantis his consciousness was to a
arisen during Earth evolution, still had a very strong leaning
belongs to the category of those Luciferic beings who labour to bring
part in the mutilation of Dionysos ... whereas he is the offspring
through acquiring intellectual knowledge? Whence comes it that the
during journeys which carried him all over the earth. The conceptions

Title: Lecture: Wonders of the World: Lecture 6
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year's Cycle. I am referring to the world of the Greek gods and
lecture we were considering the figure of Dionysos, our attention was
nor in any way perceptible to any faculty for acquiring knowledge of
is utterly deceiving himself. With physical faculties for acquiring
order to bring about the birth of the younger Dionysos the human
another example of the unerring wisdom of Greek feeling for the true

Title: Lecture: Wonders of the World: Lecture 7
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is it that has been the theme of our lectures during the last few days?
We have been trying to bring to light again in the impressive pictures
not been very successful in answering this question, and you can
ideation, in mental representation, which is what brings knowledge
We know that this preparation took place during the Saturn, Sun and
From this springs the
life. This brings us directly up against the question:
is based on awareness that the ‘Dichter’ brings together
the usual conscious external method of acquiring knowledge.
with that part of his soul which brings common sense to bear on the

Title: Lecture: Wonders of the World: Lecture 8
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able to bring to adequate expression the great wonders of the world.
strata of our souls; we are harbouring something in depths of soul
they have buried this treasure within us in order that we may bring
consciousness.’ What are we doing when we bring up this
springs from this. In the first scene of the second Play he feels it
often, because we only bring with us strength drawn from the past, we
to bring these two currents into harmony great strength of soul is
all the reparation possible, but that springs from egotism. Most men
seriously. It brings us face to face with the other current which may
him, is absolutely shattering. Contrast this crushing feeling in the
had been present in man during the Moon evolution, elaborating it
when, bringing with him the fruits of his Moon evolution, he arrived
they were then able to bring about our physical body. Thus these
Lemuria. During the course of the Lemurian, Atlantean and
pick out a certain number the purpose of which was to bring into
way as to bring about the blood-system with its centre in the heart.
system. It has only been during the course of Earth evolution that
etheric during the early part of Lemuria to form the human blood
which will cause us to revert to the form we had during the Saturn,
soul: it thinks. What does it mean, to think? It means to bring
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Title: Lecture: Wonders of the World: Lecture 9
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has pursued its evolution, and during the course of the Lemurian,
During the course of Earth evolution the forces of the higher
particularly during the Lemurian epoch but continuing also
approach of the Atlantean time and during that time, and these
towards its surface. But the influences which worked during the
thereby bring about a higher harmony. A bull would not remain a bull
external science. During the course of the Atlantean epoch quite
these came from without, came from the periphery. During Atlantis we
have to think of forces entering into man and fashioning him from
space, which brings to expression the feathers, the plumage. The
in fact came about during the Atlantean time; so that one can say
which had been pouring in all the time from cosmic space, but
Jordan with the dove hovering over him we have in fact the expression
Saturn evolution) had already taken place during the Sun evolution.
what existed during the Sun evolution.
dove in the Baptism by John in the Jordan, during the Sun evolution
heart to the brain. During the Baptism by John in the Jordan there
have in the region of the head an astral covering consisting of the
have the true mirroring-process. Because the astral stuff of the
and confidence bring the soul through each trial, for these qualities

Title: Lecture: Wonders of the World: Lecture 10
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concepts, by acquiring definite sentiments and feelings about what
men's efforts to reach enlightenment about the world spring.
astral body, brings it to a standstill, and lets the images of this
less does man experience what he acquired during the Sun evolution as
danger of finally encountering the void; if we descend into ourselves
plunge into ourselves, we are in danger of surrendering our
Personality, during the Sun evolution the Cherubim worked with the
Spirits of Wisdom and the Archangels, during the Moon evolution the
of this science during the last decades provides, in general, proof
which ordinary science brings to light. The fiftieth anniversary of
part of the brain which brings about both the aesthetic consciousness
bodies which, out of the unconscious, bring about the movements of
brain which brings into existence the faculty of speech but the
which has made of our macrocosmic formation what we are during Earth
own will-nature. This is what brings about the severe ordeals which
a man plunges into himself, into what has been built up during
look to; I am referring to the great macrocosmic Christ Impulse. We
brings us to the void, the Christ-filled consciousness brings us to
an india-rubber ball, and do not succeed in entering into ourselves,
scholarship is barely able to touch the fringe of the subject, for
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Title: The Physical-Superphysical: Its Realisation Through Art
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chattering stops me from getting a word in edgeways, the
she rings untrue if she seems shy; and a woman with curly
discussion of which often springs from a source that has
bring to visible expression what is thus perceived as a
bring it to rest again. Thus it has been sought first to set
Thus the onlooker is obliged in his heart to bring about what
subconscious — suddenly, however, springing into life
set free what, when the light has to serve in bringing about
the painter who would want to paint the glittering, glowing
obliged to use and bring into movement various shades of
to bring back this gesture, that has been thus conjured up,
bring to bear that light touch of humour in order inwardly to
fashioning him in a way that brings him into new connection
to bring to expression the superphysical, the spiritual,
alone That would mean erring in two directions, But what art
this lecture and now bring it to a close. These words will

Title: The Sources of Artistic Imagination and the Sources of Supersensible Knowledge
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slumbering powers that soul life can function in complete
considering his experiences in connection with architecture
we should understand that he is colouring what he is
significant experience, sharing that in regard to painting
form and colouring, this is a kind of perception similar in
colouring in the human dissolve, as it were become
he perceives a continual wavering of the man between
the colouring of man oscillates, the flesh-colour lying in
must bring the light of consciousness into the sphere of art,
to be capable of mastering the great tasks approaching him

Title: Genesis: Lecture I
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take the opening words of Genesis as referring to events which can be
elements. During the Moon existence there takes place this separation
existence, the division which had taken place previously during the
Hebrew sage felt. If we would bring the sound B'reschit before our
the means of expression for moving, weaving spirit which, during the
images. Bring home vividly to yourselves this inner activity, this
you can use the word “excogitate” for this conjuring up
it, you can only liken it to the thought-life you are able to bring
during your musing two kinds of images come before your souls.
this way. The word bara, “created,” brings their
“heaven and earth.” Let us try to bring the two complexes
can only have a meaning, if during its course something arises which
preliminary stages, had to bring something new into existence, he
them, and that will suffice to bring us at least one step nearer to
that at the time we are now considering they were working as a group
united by a common aim. What they intend to bring into existence is
the earth. Bearing in mind all that I have told you today, try to put
sphere a group of pondering spiritual Beings live. They are engaged
in productive pondering, their pondering is penetrated through and
manifesting and the inwardly mobile.” Try to bring before

Title: Genesis: Lecture II
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that it will not permit me to bring forward anything that conflicts
feeling we have acquired as a result of the usual modern renderings.
certain resistance to our senses, did not exist during the Saturn,
pondering. What the Elohim ponder is expressed by
at the stage to which they had evolved during the Saturn, Sun and
recall what took place during the ancient Saturn, Sun and Moon
the element of warmth, whereas during the Sun evolution something
help to bring out the meaning.) And if you think of the energy of
order to bring the eggs to maturity, then you can have a notion of
itself expands with the expanding warmth, and brings to maturity what
physical tone brings about in the powder also occurs throughout
air. That brings us somewhat nearer to this finer element which is
bring before us in a picture what hovered before the soul of the
withdrew as spiritual light, as sound, as the uttering and formative
into the etheric with haschamayim radiated answering light

Title: Genesis: Lecture III
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during the course of the Saturn, Sun and Moon evolutions springs to
took place during the six days of creation? No, they could not. For
must expect to see all that had gradually evolved during the Saturn,
advanced during the Sun period to the stage of the plant. Again we
directs its attention towards the plant-covering of our earth, it
that happened during the third stage of our earth's evolution, during
appeared during the Moon evolution, and man himself — the body
place during these three epochs emerged again in the recollection of
from one another. Now, during the tohu wabohu, they were all
cohering. That is the course of events which is expressed in modern
exact rendering of what is meant; the Elohim separated what tends to
existence. During the Moon evolution this solid, earth element was
The solid now brings forth a recapitulation of the plant nature out
plant life springs forth from the earth. Thus the sprouting of plant
in the solid element of what had already existed during the Sun
are today. You will not understand the description of the springing-up
the animal nature made its first appearance during the Moon
already to be found in the Moon evolution. During the Moon evolution
of such a soul-stirring discovery how can we attach any importance to
know that all that man went through during the Saturn, Sun and Moon
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Title: Genesis: Lecture IV
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begin next spring at the time of my lecture cycle in Prague; and I
psychic. Feel your way into yourself as a warmth-bearing being
we look at elementary conditions as a whole during the Sun evolution,
light and air, and all life during that time manifested itself within
manifestations of warmth, light and air, we are only considering the
“ringing” or tonic ether. Alternatively, because this
referring to here, and that too is what Genesis is referring to. We
during the solar period light penetrates into our cosmic space, and
powder and brings about the Chladni figures. Just as the powder is
find all that clairvoyant investigation can bring to light —
have been taught for years that during the Saturn evolution the
stage at which we ourselves now stand. During the Sun evolution the
Archangeloi or Archangels had their human stage; and during earth
of these Beings if we bring home to ourselves that in the order of
day, during which we wake and sleep. Now of course you all know how
these “days” of creation, they are really not worth bothering

Title: Genesis: Lecture V
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Bible is referring to the Spirit of the Elohim — Ruach Elohim
the passage in which the words ring forth And God (the
appropriate goal. Thus we may say that during the ancient Saturn
behind. During the Sun evolution they still remained at the Saturn
reappear during the recapitulation of the Saturn and Sun epochs in
referring to the advanced Beings. They interact and interweave with
bring into being through their musing, their meditation. When they
continual using up of our physical bodies during day life. That is a
of which were bestowed during the Saturn existence. The life of the
which take place during waking life, processes of renewal which take
place during sleep. But nothing which happens anywhere in space is
continuation of what flows into us from outside, so that during the
the universe, and during sleep with the forces of renewal.
our physical bodies which goes on during the waking life of day could
not have happened during the Saturn evolution, otherwise the first
could undertake the rebuilding of the physical body during sleep,
this day it is they who are active in us during sleep, when they work
that they reached their human stage during the Sun evolution. They
for it was during the Sun evolution that they reached their human
stage. And when during the Moon evolution it became necessary for the
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Title: Genesis: Lecture VI
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URING
existence we are surrendering to illusion. On the other hand, to
referring to expressions, to manifestations, of real spiritualities,
no question of such an earth condition during the Saturn, Sun or Moon
yet they have continued to work during the whole course of
self-sacrifice. We saw that during the Sun evolution the warmth
activity by saying that during the Saturn evolution they were so
existence of Saturn. Then during the Sun evolution they condensed
during the Moon evolution condensed their gaseous element to water.
During the earth evolution they have further condensed their watery
would know who it is that brings this about, if we would look beyond
from whom this creative thought springs; but in what arises to meet
bringing forth once more the objective in its own substantial nature.
bring it into this solid state. Actually, when we penetrate through
external matter, through the elementary covering of the earth, to
what has made this earth covering solid, it would be natural to feel
try to bring sensitive and perceptive feeling into all this, you will
permeated by an element of force which tries to bring it all into
on the ground; he cannot say that the water hovering above us comes
knowledge that in the gathering of the clouds, in that unique process
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Title: Genesis: Lecture VII
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soul, and the first one is that the Spirit of the Elements brings
picture-consciousness. But during the Moon period the pictures which
normal during the Moon evolution. The human being at that stage
the organs of vision. During the Moon period, the main task of the
The essence of this activity during the Moon evolution is that the
organs were, so to say, drawn forth from the Beings. During the earth
our flora. During the Moon evolution light did not act in this way,
the work of elementary existence upon the human organs. During the
growth. During the Moon evolution it was normal. For instance, man
cosmic system. During the Moon evolution, there was no separation
time of earth evolution. During the Moon evolution, when these Elohim
Sun from the Moon. Then we have seen that during the earth evolution
about through the severing of what was previously a unity.
first, the most rarefied state, which constitutes and brings about
for the first time during the Moon evolution. It was then that the
higher stage of development during earth evolution. It is therefore
to be expected that what applied to light on the Moon should during
could not go on in the same way to say: “And the Elohim during

Title: Genesis: Lecture VIII
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ministering to them unfold their work, we have to see a human
species form; the earth brings forth the foundations of plant life
peculiar life of the astral body during sleep. From my
strengthening forces from the whole cosmos. During the night our
and etheric bodies. During the night our astral bodies are diffused
clairvoyant hovering like a cloud in the vicinity of the physical
body, it is not true. During the night the astral body is poured out
over the whole of our solar system. During sleep it is united with
astral body because during sleep it is in inner union with the starry
bodies are during the night; but its laws were the same, and the
during the next period, which Genesis calls the fifth
We have also said that during the Sun evolution the body of the
preoccupation with securing one's own inner comfort — all that
If now we look upon the expulsion from Paradise as really referring

Title: Genesis: Lecture IX
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during the time between the separation of the sun and that of the
moon. During this interval human soul-spirits, except for a very
with the earth. During this time the rest dwelt upon the earth's
important event, which took place as we know during the Lemurian
earth from without, thereby bringing it into a state of balance. And
existence. This all happened during the Lemurian age.
the Atlantean epoch. What had crystallised out as man during the
latter part of Lemuria and during Atlantis was gradually endowed with
soul-spirits of differing characteristics, according to whether they
with the first. I have often described how during the progress of
During Lemuria we must think of the earth
Atlantis. During the Atlantean age the surface of the earth was still
clairvoyant organs of perception. It was during the time lasting from
days of creation, after the completion of what took place during
we have to place the departure of human souls to the neighbouring
etheric bodies during sleep remain in the bed. When we are concerned
have to bear in mind that during the third “day” of
during the day as our physical and etheric bodies was being prepared.
If we bring before
soul-spiritual nature in man is on the neighbouring planets in the
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Title: Genesis: Lecture X
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ready to separate. Then follows the separation, and during its course
into his body earlier, let us say, during the events of the fifth
first. Thus man was not able to descend into solid matter even during
know that these first arose in their soul-spiritual form during the
during the first six “days.”
the higher, human form. During the time when the animal forms came
at every stage during these lectures — and that is the need for
Jahve-Elohim, into that higher form of evolution, in order to bring
this at the close of these lectures, during which we have tried to
around us, conferring blessing, refreshment and health upon our own
which sinks into the soul of the hearer only to spring up again and

Title: Initiation/Passing Moment: Lecture I
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during the course of European evolution and has tried to find harmony
consciousness today. We find our bearings when we try to understand
writer, when desiring to give life and form to the personalities he is
who brings forth the fruits of the earth and presides over the
external and moral ordering of mankind — Demeter, human spirit,
upon hearing the alluring voice of a being strange to him, to his own
themselves to the work of studying and entering into the personalities
that has been done, for instance, for our Calendar during the
all that he is prepared to bring as his own offering. Here, perhaps, I
Eleusis is with us during our time in Munich.

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the highest aims of his endeavour. The passing moment always brings
We can gain an adequate idea of what we are considering if we turn our
gaze to post-Atlantean times, remembering the particular configuration
various forms of Christianity have accomplished during the last
bring forward concrete examples, and today therefore I should like to
exert the physical body to bring up memory images from the depths of
and bring to the surface all that you know. But before all this can be
more, thus bringing about a lifeless, deathlike condition. A living
heights of initiation. It is necessary that one should bring this to
spiritual is present around us. But we have to bring to it what we can
are entering from quite another world by way of initiation, this we
will be increasingly better understood during the course of these
their initiation, latent during one or more incarnations, may work in
established for me. Rather have I to bring forward with strong proof
leaders of the Chinese religion. Imagine men of this kind entering the
know, entering these worlds for the first time after physical death.
to bring about initiation — He never, during the whole three
brought into life and gave to the world during those three years He

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and all that we bring to its explanation, the other question of
particular part of it, appears incompletely developed. On enquiring
stays with him in the super-sensible worlds as a torturing memory. To
something actual. It guides the man and brings him to a particular
if, during super-sensible vision, one has become capable of coherent
so often be undertaken on entering higher worlds, that is, a good
we shall first say to the form appearing to us that it is a beautiful
must be acquired if we are to find our bearings in the super-sensible
everything aside here because I am entering a world in which all that
can be learned during incarnation has no further meaning.” It is
like a garment all that one has appropriated during incarnations in
reproach, but at the same time spurring one on toward all that one is
not capable of enduring all that he must endure when standing before
only be judged morally, as the most direct ordering of nature. The

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passed through during the ascent into spiritual worlds are akin to the
During sleep the soul does not know what it is because sleep runs its
So, in considering the questions, “What is man? What is his soul
world” is really only a gathering up of all that streams in
process of remembering some experience we have had in life. What you
know nothing of ourselves. On entering spiritual worlds the point is
this thought pouring with feeling into the void of the universe,
picturing the soul as it carries its own being through eternity, then
the experiences during the first steps of initiation. We have the
self-observation and try to bring home to oneself, without either
in words, but is oppressive and even disturbing during the first
There you must keep preparing anew, from one kind of being to another
bearings in the spiritual world; he cannot freely compare one being
to find your bearings, if you are not merely to look at things but are
your bearings. This orientation has to be learned, and we learn it
By further development, by preparing our inner life of soul in the
what is experienced on entering the etheric body, how you expand, flow
your physical body and pouring yourself out into the wide spaces of
This is all linked up, too, with a springing out of oneself to seize
This springing beyond oneself, this looking at and understanding
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were, into cosmic space, during which one is continually conscious of
springing out of oneself into the astral body. It is at this moment
yourself in these worlds; you can succeed in entering into relation
in order to bring about the first steps of initiation will see to it
which you are entering. So it is best to feel this world with your
experience during sleep becomes different. In the ordinary experience
consciousness on re-awaking, and in his life during the day, except
approaches it dies away. During this experience, in the first period
possible that this particular mood poured out over the soul during
extended during sleep.
used. There have taken place a number of experiences during which
you to consider this well) you do not necessarily bring it back with
with something else. If we want to bring this down into human sensory
“A being appearing anywhere in time is eternal insofar as it has
we are referring, should at first experience memories of a more moral
kind rather than his external physical form. Persevering with the

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super-sensible actually springs forth from the life of the senses. So
of bringing it to your notice.
there as the great Light-bearer who leads, really leads, to bringing
worlds to bring to fulfilment this striving to make manifest the
historical course of man during sensory existence and in his evolution
place after another, in the way things are played out during the whole
namely, to bring down into the world of the senses all that we can
Ahriman's power strives to bring about, that all that we have here can
companion. But you cannot enter in that state. On entering higher
entering the super-sensible world, we come to know Ahriman —
superficial when answering questions that show so little real thought
darkness of life by our acquiring the right relation to, and getting
worlds, we change our ideas and concepts. I should like to bring
then may torment us and cause us suffering throughout a whole
But during the life between death and a new birth, it never occurs to
the new birth, during which man says for example, “Formerly, I
experienced in happiness I must now experience in suffering.” You
you have to experience suffering in a certain sphere and by undergoing
suffering, though in sensory existence we feel they are something to
lead us a few steps further into the problem we are now considering.

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need not in the least affect what brings man to a vision of what is
bring to light most uncomfortable facts. But such men in the past
taking ourselves to task during the period when we are seeing into the
that during spiritual vision there will be no interplay of what
attracted during sensory existence. Let us also suppose him to be
to try perseveringly to cast it all aside when trying to observe the
are conditions that we may be allowed to bring into relation with our
preparing himself for his earthly course. We follow him on through
that, whereas during his earthly incarnations his activity had indeed
initiates go through cosmic wanderings. So when we try to get to the
out. But this reappearing Christ will not sail the sea in ships, nor
always glad even when they bring contrary opinions into our midst. It

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and thus bring ourselves up to date regarding many things known and
seeing, but a remembering that took place, in the same way that an old
During Kali Yuga, however, something did occasionally penetrate into
ancient times, could become God-imbued during states of ecstasy. While
blood, and where it brings itself most clearly to expression is in the
spiritual world during Kali Yuga.
faculties present during Kali Yuga man would now develop new spiritual
world in the same way as did Saul during his transformation into Paul
and true nature of Christ, whose second coming indicates a maturing of
Now, however, we are entering an era that recalls and revives the age
dead in the spiritual world to bring them the Word of Salvation. The
during the period between death and a new birth. He will then have to
understanding for the possibility of entering the spiritual world

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preparing, and who also know that what is being prepared is
sixth period of culture can only be understood by entering a little
just that which can bring to people the possibility of again ascending
the other hand, something is preparing in our age which is so
one. As the faculties of man have changed during the five epochs of
if we would speak of our time preparing a sixth race. If relics of the
continues to work on — that which is preparing for the sixth
of this occurring in the right sense, and the anthroposophical
which is preparing. The question is often put: Well, if reincarnation
when one brings along a four-year-old child, and because it is a human
human individuality, because it must spring out of the
colouring into these matters. Then they will indeed be individual,
death. And that is the essential! If we bring forward those ideas
faculty of remembering the previous ego. Humanity was once
human faculty of remembering backwards. It is only a question of our
us a fettering memory of a group-ego, and we feel it as a kind of
progressive methods of evolution appearing. By progress we do not mean

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develop. Similarly this power of considering the world through the
who derived their mission from Abraham or Abram. Abraham had to bring
what I see in the outer world with an all-embracing thought, bringing
arise from thee, which in their ordering are arranged as the number of
from outside that which I have to bring to the world. That is
individual life, where that springs up which can be accomplished in

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bringing them together before the soul, one can come to the true
understand. One must first bring together those ideas which make it
by quite another being than man is, just to bring about something
been able to bring about. In John lived an angel, an angel who had to
force necessary to bring about this mission in the world, also, under
Waterman, as the Baptist: namely, to bring human beings to this, that
interpret spiritual events by bringing down the heaven, as it were, to
One will come who will bring a higher baptism. When the spiritual sun
the earth, this wandering body in flesh, the Christ Jesus; but
that was the rendering visible of the sun-force which went from one

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Nature know that the higher spiritual law is bound to bring to pass
spring courage and perseverance. But courage, perseverance and belief
faltering, though we believe that the Christ-force is working in the
unfolding life of humanity in a way which will bring everything to
we must take a firm stand; we must be capable of acquiring knowledge
bearing the light which comes not from without. This light, which
requisite for acquiring it, must shine again in the world. Thus
which shone in the world during primeval ages, and which we deeply

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independence during sleep. During our waking life, from morning till
cannot perceive the world in which he lives during sleep.
consist essentially in spiritual activities performed during waking
that is his astral body and ego, during waking life; in other words,
highest degree, according to the way in which he brings his own being
during each twenty-four hours. But the etheric body does not leave
the etheric body during life if complete clairvoyance is to be
in which it is imprisoned during normal life; it must arrive at being
and the use of the members of his physical body during life as he is
and bring himself into a condition which resembles the moment of
to enter the spiritual worlds by adhering to the methods of the
energetic life of the soul, are alone competent to bring about this
the present that the most essential thing for bringing about such a
intensity of these interests, to bring about moments in his life in
being, which consists in killing out during ‘moments of Holy
during daily life, but interwoven with a concrete creation of the
which the gods have built for us and in which normally we live during
during his incarnations. All this remains invisible so long as the
this moment without being depressed by it, must be acquired during
qualities of our souls strong and energetic, in bringing our courage,
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can be seen in sharp outline hovering round a man, and wild thoughts
positive act bring about the metamorphosis. His actions then were in
considering evolution, or becoming.
itself. I have said that during the Old Moon evolution there was a
single bodies, but during the Old Moon period two bodies emerged from
condition and arose later as Earth. During the earliest period of
will leave-out of consideration the first separation occurring during
during the Earth period. — Certain beings pass through their
of time during the Earth evolution, a spiritual being, Whom we name

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mineral kingdoms during the course of our Earth evolution All such
was during the periods of Old Saturn, Old Sun, and Old Moon. We must
with a being active during the Old Sun period it cannot be applied in
present during the physical evolutionary period of Old Saturn. There
substances; we must realise, in considering the beginnings of the
evolution during the Old Sun period; they belong to the Old Sun
them. These are beings which separated the sun from the earth during
the Earth period, because during Old Sun they were Sun-bound in the
epoch on into that of Atlantis. It was during the Atlantean epoch
spiritual beings belonging to the kingdom of Old Saturn, who during
the course of the Earth evolution were able to bring about the
Because the men who incarnate during the post-Christian epoch are
that while men on the earth continually develop during their single

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more suffice to bring about what is to come to pass, than would the
by the bringing to birth of other streams of evolution so that mutual
of cosmic reflection, but exist in order to bring about the progress
pouring forces into the very depths of soul life, belonging to him in
intellectual and spiritual a force as should bring it to the highest
spiritual sight, upon earth, and its maturing there for three years
mankind, and bring about what the future has in store for the healing

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order to be mutually enriched, and during their progress there arose,
conceptions and philosophical thoughts spring up, all fervently
made its appearance in several places. The group gathering round
uttered the name of Apollo he was indeed referring to the being which
example of a transformation of principles during the development of
will bring Christianity into glory. Those who today believe
of our work to bring to man the joyful message about the substance of
Bringer.’ No faculties for penetration into that region can

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but none the less a radical change. This was accomplished during the
last thousand years before the appearance of Christ and during the
co-operate with the physical body during the Atlantean era in the way
different from what they became during the Chaldean-Egyptian epoch.
outside the physical body, currents were perpetually pouring into
mankind have at that time understood a God appearing in a body
reverse process is now being enacted. Mankind is entering a condition
proper bearing upon the future of human evolution.
understand evolution. During the old Indian civilisation, when man
sense-perceptions; compare, for instance, the sense of hearing with
that of sight. It is evident that as regards hearing, if we look in
movement, air in regular motion. If our instrument of hearing is
what is called hearing. But the inner experience of hearing and the
not such a simple thing as hearing, though physicists have made it
by putting little paper riders on a violin string and striking it.
is much more objective than what is sense through hearing. We
the five senses: sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch. When
came to perceive light as a fluid pouring into his Organisation from
dark shades of colour. They saw the air pouring in and out again like
were told by an Oracle that they would have a son, who would bring

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in order to bring about the separation of the moon; and if we think
things we have been considering in the preceding chapters. We shall
kingdoms. Those were the beings who remained behind during the old
the withdrawal of the sun, during the earth-evolution which followed.
in the Chaldean-Egyptian epoch reappear, but wearing of course a
that during the sixth epoch the second period of the earth-evolution
reappear in a higher form during the seventh period.
cognition. For our modern methods of acquiring knowledge, whether by
During
towering mountains.’ If what is here said be transposed into a
already observable during the second epoch of the post-Atlantean
immediately above man. Thus during the old Persian evolution it was
conceived that behind the covering of the sense-world there were
path, we shall realise that two streams co-existed during this third
developed during the Chaldaic-Egyptian period was no longer wisdom
which he becomes aware of a taste or a scent. During the Egyptian
being in its unity. Men could no longer penetrate as far as during
that reality of which during the ancient Indian epoch there had been
the same time. One experience was that of entering the spiritual

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could find behind the covering of the external sense world. His quest
He does not bring to the earth anything corresponding to the
exist under time conditions, but He brings into the world something
Space brings a spatial element into the civilisation of the earth.
What Christ brings is the co-existence of men in space, a condition
mission of the Earth planet in our cosmic system is to bring love
into the world. In olden days the task of the earth was to bring in
in the permanent deities and that which takes place entering into a
bringing out the good, seven is raised out of the twelve; seven then
of ever-recurring incarnations of the Bodhisattva, but we must
individuality who at the same time received the in-pouring of the
Bodhisattva in the personality who was Jesus of Nazareth. During the
surroundings, for the teachings to spring forth. He is not only a
of Zarathustra and of the old Rishis, as well as for offering us the
ancient wisdom during the ages to come and for placing it gradually
Jehovah was the same Being as Christ, though wearing another form.
Zarathustra who was wearing a physical body at that time. Around
is not necessary to bring the Akashic records to our aid in order to
appearing again from time to time; in the same way we meet with
through them wisdom was pouring into the civilisation of the
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soul during and after death. He describes the states of consciousness
know, clairvoyant vision brings one into the same realm in which a
super-sensible world confronts us depends on what we bring with us
we did wrongly during our life on earth but we are incapable of
side by a glimmering light points to the approach of the hierarchies
during our physical existence we feel ourselves to be earth dwellers,
We are not now enclosed in such a small fraction of space as during
develop religious feelings during earthly life, feelings of union
a truly religious attitude, are preparing themselves for a condition
of a religious or irreligious attitude of soul during earthly life.
religious creed bring it about that in the Venus sphere a man has
during earthly life. In the Venus sphere individuals are separated
Mercury sphere with those to whom he was related during his earthly
religious communities to which he belonged during his earthly
dwellers for a definite period between death and rebirth. During this
understanding for the souls entering this sphere, as is the case with
prepare himself for entering the Sun sphere while still on earth
of Golgotha that we acquire during earthly life within our cycle of
Of what should we be capable during this period between death and
occupied by the real Christ. We must bring up from the earth the
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soul during and after death. He describes the states of consciousness
during his earthly life that the human being is fixed to one place,
occupies a small space, whereas during the period between death and a
During the first period after death man still bears the shells of
a way that he dwells in the whole Moon sphere. During this period he
draw him back to the earthly world. During the kamaloca period he is
To begin with, the dead one can hardly bring about any change in his
who slanders anthroposophy, bringing forward all manner of things
profound longing of which they were unaware during life. So it can be
nevertheless, after death a most intense desire for it arises. During
wishes and desires we have concealed during life are even more active
read to those who during their lives were unwilling to receive much
souls concerned. This should be done by vividly picturing the face of
the person who has died as he was during the last period of his life
altered. Therefore, during the first period after death, for the
manner, and yet they are occurring all the time in such a way more or
A man knows what is occurring externally but he is not aware of what
condition during which we are able to let the spiritual world shine
just mention this one today. During the life between death and a new
more we endeavor to think clearly and truly during our physical
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soul during and after death. He describes the states of consciousness
during the first stages after death, an individual looks back in
The human being has to bring with him two things that have been
bring with him the forces which, once he has connected himself with
brings with him from the spiritual world and receives in such a form
him to bring about precisely what lies in his karma. This indicates
we bring it with us by virtue of the feelings and thoughts towards
physical constitution that he should have had at his disposal during
endowed with a special coloring. The person who has not gone through
person during his next life we find that he bears the characteristics
them to bring a ray from the super-sensible world into their new earth
souls follow a particular pattern. First, an existence during which
for many souls took place during the fourth post-Atlantean period
following instance. In the spring, the first issue of the
before he learned to speak, and there grew up without ever hearing
of a person wearing blinders.
considering some such examples as have here been discussed. In many
influences such as growth and blossoming forces bring healthy
hierarchies. The seer can perceive how during a particular phase of
accomplished certain specific deeds during his physical incarnation.
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soul during and after death. He describes the states of consciousness
During my
from, growing away from, his last earthly life, and during the first
his astral body all continue to exist. Because during physical
of deprivation is present during the first period after death. This
spoke during my last visit is connected with the interrelationships
experiences. A man may be so active in life that he brings all his
During a certain period between death and a new birth we, too, are
he breathed out his being into the silvery radiance glimmering over
during the passage through the Mars sphere, every human soul has the
the man and bring about what this combined influence is able to
in particular. If during his present earth life a man has made
death and rebirth to transform what our souls have assimilated during
dominated by what he brings with him from those super-earthly spheres
evolution, either furthering or hindering his progress. Because it is
della Grazie in Milan the rapidly disappearing colors that now convey
This brings us to the point where we can begin to understand the

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altogether consciously during the devachanic
bring a clear memory of this experience into their life on earth when
the experience of the Cosmic Midnight during their time in the spirit
my Self it brings... and nearing,
light. Then from this expiring glance of cognition there come forth
The flames are nearing — nearing with my thinking
earth life, for here the human soul goes through events which bring
in complete calm the memory of the Cosmic Midnight. The memory during
have a special meaning, as well as what is connected with them during
of Scene Ten. It is important to bring before the mind's eye in just
where glowing beauty brings forth powers of life.
end of the drama. I shall endeavor to bring out for you a special
it will be on hand during this lecture course, for these seem to me the
thought-forms, grasping them pretty well and even lecturing about

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special capacities, special strengths. When during its earth
their influence on human beings and on other beings. We do not bring
bring about in the physical sense world what this world has to have,
from the spiritual world; he is the ruler of the ordering of death.
sense world only when we bring a creditable interest to bear upon it,
relationship of the human being to the sense world. To bring about
however, the process is the following: when he succeeds in severing
order; they are creations that Ahriman brings about in the way just
beings in this way by considering with all our heart and soul a
this springs naturally from a sentient love for that world. This love
it leads him on to fulfill the necessary duty of continually bringing
experiences in love recommended that do not spring from a love for
the physical sense world after entering wrongfully the spiritual
of the universal order, returns to the physical sense world bringing
soul mood, mastering within itself all the emotions and passions that

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entering that consciousness was already long present in man's nature.
insisted on entering this world with the habits of the sense world,
preparing itself for the peculiarities and requirements there —
because his etheric brings over into the physical world the impulse
live absolutely and entirely within myself, ignoring the other beings
can even bring it about through its elasticity that in certain
entering that world with his clairvoyant soul, it seems as though his
activity we have to bring to bear on the living thought entities of
physical world — that in diving down and entering this
significance: that when we are not strong enough to bring forth the
can bring about the most terrible vices. It is the same with the
fastened onto the elementary backbone, fettering a person within

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bring immediately out of the spiritual world, having nothing at all
to the spiritual world can be understood better by discovering what
continually receiving treatises on the so-called squaring of the
squaring of the circle is not possible.
world is nothing but the squaring of the circle transferred to the
great mistake springs from the fact that those who make such claims
is an alluring idea to have been Julius Caesar or Marie Antoinette in
too astonishing for the soul to believe it could bring them out of
interplay of many other things. But the mostly overpowering
bring him further in his development but as a rule he has to say to
super-clever will not only say, “Our wishes and desires bring
“Any experience of the psyche brings about a secret resistance
is springing out at you from every page. He seems nowadays to have
theorizing; we bring about a life in the realm of spirit by means of
world has to be left behind. Referring to perception in the elemental
Just how far our present age can bring understanding to

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We must keep in mind that what Capesius's soul experienced during his
nerve so much in deciphering this complicated stuff that, even though
to come down out of the clouds. It was a figure of light bringing
quiet, self-contained pondering, to understand the world and its
mean bringing Lucifer into the right relationship to the Word. We
ourselves entirely to seeing or hearing the things our eyes and ears
and to the right, while steering our vessel, the third, middle thing,

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symptoms which bring to the surface what is happening in hidden
always the place where we have to bring about, in the very strictest
Therefore we have to bring ourselves upward into spirit regions in
second self acts inspiringly in man's nature. What does it inspire?
itself on the physical plane and brings about your destiny in large
A clairvoyant soul entering this realm
would be confronting nothingness. What indeed can we bring into this
perceptions. Your understanding comes only through remembering; your
begins to take shape, pouring deep earnestness and dignity into the

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have talked during these lectures about the way the clairvoyant
itself and this then forms his environment during the time he is living in
most ideal conditions for crossing the threshold and entering the
spiritual world were met. Such a soul, on encountering its other self
other self in the spiritual world. Encountering this trinity, we have
already mentioned, the experience of entering the elemental world can
physical body, but we can be in an etheric body on entering the
require Johannes to be on stage throughout; this is very tiring for
but with a picturing of the spiritual world apart from man. The
bring in with him all the possibilities of erring of which the soul
elemental worlds, as well as the other self he met upon entering the
and forth between the two. Considering that at the end of the
self, because the latter brings these inner conditions to light. If
It is one of the most shattering experiences the clairvoyant can have
enchanted weaving of his own being becomes more evident and brings
destruction and to forget one's remembering ego — to stand in
nothingness. This is the most shattering experience one can have; one

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come now to the end of this cycle of lectures, during which thoughts
of opposition springing up lately from all sides against our movement.
sensitivity will lead to ignoring them instead of kowtowing and
hailing everything they bring out. One should actually suggest to
generally play a different role today in the external culture. During
higgledy-piggledy mixture, stirring up a great deal of violent
The other beings appear to us in coverings more appropriate to their
things that bring us to admit: Our fear of separating from him makes
very few human beings could endure it. To bring into consciousness
truly genuine, unsparing self-knowledge. It is a neglect of one's
they prefer to admit to being apes during the Moon epoch
an effort will bring about a great change in the disposition and mood
extreme difficulty of entering the higher worlds without danger, as
for the sharing of joys and sorrows.
entering the spiritual worlds, figures that are extremely disturbing
body passes through during the whole kamaloka time. We observe how
whole environment during the kamaloka time is dependent on our mood
to bring about somewhat less naturally, as we have discussed earlier.
own being, as it were, disappearing into the spiritual world, and
more and more clearly how the moods and forces preparing the death of
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bring ourselves up to date regarding many things known and unknown.
remembering that took place in the same way that an old man might
During Kali Yuga, however, something did occasionally
God during ecstasy. While outside his I, he was blissful and had
brings itself most particularly to expression is in the human heart,
completely his connection with the spiritual world during Kali Yuga.
addition to the old faculties present during Kali Yuga, man would now
during his transformation into Paul before Damascus. This will then
newly appearing faculties, which are at first barely perceptible, may
true nature of Christ, whose second coming indicates a maturing of
this spirit. Now, however, we are entering an era that recalls and
Golgotha Christ descended to the dead in the spiritual world to bring
during the period between death and a new birth. He will then have to
entering the spiritual world independently of any religious

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present. During the operation the knee cracked, whereupon the
husband's death, was suffering unbearable pain in her knee. She
those diseased conditions that spring from the human being's
enduring connection between the astral and physical bodies, but
to penetrate into what is really involved, let us bring to mind
One becomes nearsighted if, during the period of early
it. It is actually a gathering of the blood to the center in
scientist is not for discovering things out of himself. When we
found in true spiritual science. Herewith are the springs
the human being would bring forth his life free of passion.
These imaginations, however, work as health-bringing, inner
impulses. Imaginations bring about effects, and if these be
health-bringing way. When the human being transforms what he
suffering, is seized by its impressions, gripped by them, but
the suffering and that the human being can overcome the
suffering of the world. It is through his living with suffering
through suffering and fear so that the human being is healed of
himself from certain happenings. One would like to bring some
gaiety into his soul with gay music, etc., but one brings forth
are also possibilities present that could bring about a
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came to me during the first half of summer. It had been with
have accomplished during those four weeks contemplating his
when have you been more driven? During the whole year at work
or during those four weeks during which you were shoved from
During the cultural process, men are continually subject to
by us without taking a stance, without countering them —
Another form of illness takes hold when our lives bring us to
are the foundation for a healthy life, always spring from the
book brings pictures to mind, then there is a creative activity
Instead of bringing a worn-out human being to a sanitarium, it
were far better to bring him into an environment where he would
person does not breathe as the one possessed with the curing
sedate oneself with morphium. It is healthy when health brings
zest. Illness brings apathy. This healthy way of living we can
human being who dedicates himself to it, bringing him to the
harmonized human being unerringly goes his way. It was Goethe

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something of what happened to Goethe during the period after he had
soul and expressed itself outwardly in the fact that during the last
it was necessary for Western culture during the nineteenth century to
appearances, withdraw. Thus during the first half and also during a
spiritual hearing. These two faculties are the source of all knowledge
that would refrain from entering into practical life.
worlds and tells of what comes to pass there, bringing to the
This has a direct and concrete bearing. I will make it clear to you by
he cannot bring these talents to expression.

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the bearer of feeling, of happiness and suffering, joy and pain,
remote past, during his first incarnation on the earth, man was
is merely a different ordering of what was originally in the astral
often compared the changes that a man brings about in his temperament

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astral body is inactive and has no work to do during the night while
it is outside the physical and etheric bodies. During the day, when
during the day, the astral body is receiving impressions all the time.
during man's waking consciousness, to the impressions received from
astral body from outside, from the physical world, impairing its
would very soon be spent by illness and exhaustion. During sleep the
cosmic harmony from which it was born. And so in the morning it brings
with it the lingering effects of the refreshment and renewal it has
experienced during the night. Every night the astral body renews its
morning. Having lived during the night within the great cosmic
during certain states of Initiation.
human being. It lasts for many hours, even days, during which the
death, all the subjective experiences of the man during his life are
Separation of the physical body from the etheric body during life can
After the lapse of the time during which the etheric body together
condition, not a place.) A man, who during physical life learns to
noble, spiritual delight shortens the time in Kamaloca. Already during
memory-tableau devoid of the elements of joy and suffering; in
suffering again in such a way that he must experience in himself all
the joy and the suffering he caused to others. This has nothing to do
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joys, sufferings, sorrows, afflictions, only this air must be
Up to now we have been considering things that have reference only to
bearings in the higher worlds.
but only the enduring impression which the picture of Caesar has left

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darkenings which occur during certain periods of transition. The human
nature in which he is enclosed here, brings with it a feeling of
— this in itself brings a feeling of beatitude. Devachan is thus
the wandering continues until suitable parents are found.
at all. These are the Masters whose task it is to watch over and bring
beginning of spring the sun rises in a certain zodiacal constellation.
reverence they said: When the sun rises in spring, nature is renewed
power of spring with the constellation from which the sun was shining.
were associated with this symbol. During the early centuries of our
which brings us near to the time of the Atlantean Flood. An ancient
aching hearts, to see an individual suffering without being able to
own people. This was due to the fact that during recent times in the
Peace, which sets out to bring about peace by physical methods alone.

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generations. Through their earlier wanderings these animals determined
enduring qualities of character, thoughts that are not merely
physical body. Here are the forces which bring a human being to a
pain and suffering, but from a higher point of view this is quite
new incarnation, suffering and pain are the sources of wisdom,
acquired by the quiet endurance of pain and suffering; this creates

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a strange feeling that arises during the experience of this great
This experience lasts throughout Kamaloca during which period man is
other beings with whom he was associated during his life.
during the process of up-building, your astral body once again finds
into Kamaloca. During this period he was transported into the others
the starting-point of forces of attraction which bring human beings
People are apt to say of a gifted man that he must be the offspring of
hearing is necessary if a man is to become a musician, and these forms
Bearing within us the effects of past deeds, we are the slaves of the
brings happiness inasmuch as it opens out a vista into the future. It
colouring; it lends wings to our will to co-operate in the evolution
When a human being is suffering, people sometimes say: “He
deserves his suffering and must bear his karma; if I help him, I am
interfering with his karma.” This is nonsense. His poverty, his
entries will be made in his book of life; my help brings him forward.
balance.” It is precisely this possibility of altering the
evolution of humanity itself, not only during the Earth period but
also during the other planetary incarnations of the Earth. We shall
possible amount of power. No engineering art applied to the building
designate the planets we know today but the influences at work during

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sketch or describe what they have experienced, they bring to light
something by which we can recognise that such people during this
met another, then a freely hovering picture of form and colour would
with definite colouring. At that time it would not have been so. On
express his suffering and joy in tones, only these, together with man,
have gained the power of bringing to expression their pain and
growth. They were first laid down during the Sun stage of existence.
Then the astral body worked further during the Moon existence, the Ego
during the Earth existence and thus the glands, the organs of growth
ringing and resounding, and on Venus he will again hear it ringing and

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If we picture this condition as an enduring one, if here on the
nothing of this mirroring, they only occasioned it. In this dull
loses its colour and languishes. There would be no green colouring

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the Saturn and Sun incarnations, and we will only briefly bring to
on the Moon during certain periods of its development-one could also
sense, the nearest approach were certain formations occurring here and
victim to death. On one occasion the gods were at play, and during the
Baldur was the expression of what evolves further, of what brings
necessary conditions for it, and could bring elemental beings into

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planet share with it this transitional, intermediate state. During
this time they pass through experiences differing from those of the
Now during this transitional period something very important came
Now during the intermediate state from Moon to the Earth, various
your souls, and during the intermediate stage they had incorporated
thought. During the time when the Sun had already withdrawn and the
During this passage through a veritable hell, and under the influence
wandering on the Earth the human being who consisted of four members
horizontal position which it had during the Moon period, and with this
both in the Moon period and during the repetition of the Moon period
expressed what had taken place in the human being during millions of
descendants during the Moon period of the Earth, all of them as yet
hovering, the forefathers of man. The Spirit-Self endeavoured little
during the repetition of the Moon-period on the Earth burst forth in
Now what had been working in from outside during the Lemurian Age? At
Egoism, of the sense of independence. During the Sun, it was the
Archangels, the Fire-Spirits: during the Moon those beings which were,
Moon-evolution, the Spirit who was still present during the Earth's
of the Earth, the Spirit Who now was Leader, Jehovah. In the stirring
a plant, he was able to bring it to rapid growth, through the
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there was quite a different form of nourishment. During the Sun-period
be clear that upon the Moon and during its recapitulation on the Earth
“strings” conducting the blood. Thus if a being died it was
dying as a gradual withering of their bodies. These bodies dried up
colouring. This group-soul element we have still in the races of
articulate speech; this was only developed during that period. A
Picture, for instance, a spring of water which reflects your image to
— My image presses towards me out of this spring, to me this is a
his reflection in the spring. And in the echo which the spoken sound
in the Atlantean. All that sounds in the rippling of the spring, in
murmuring of the fountain he not only heard a clear language, but the
spring: in the currents of air he saw Sylphs; in the flickering fire
hovering spirits was what the Indian sought in his longing for the
been preserved in the Oriental training to bring back this early

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bringing about a universal human brotherhood than the spreading of
the soul has itself worked in the body during all its incarnations.
worked on himself during millions of years. Whereas nowadays you can
only bring the blood to the cheek and drive it away again, in earlier
Thus it is man himself who will bring about the future form of his
The organ that is already preparing to become the future organ of
generation is the human larynx. Today it can only bring forth
can create his kind by virtue of uttering his own likeness, then is
What the materialistic mode of thought brings about has not yet been
of a spiritual nature causes the bringing forth of a good race. Just

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this has only come about during our fifth post-Atlantean epoch) a
The pupil must only have the patience to bring them before his soul
sufferings and blows of life broke in on you from every side? You
with you, if you must not only undergo the sorrows and sufferings of
envelops him, like a pall that becomes dense around him. During this
the Rosicrucian training itself. I am not bringing forward Rosicrucian
Study, then, for one desiring to make a somewhat elementary approach
means acquiring a certain knowledge of the elementary facts of
and fructified by this will bring forth its own image. This organ will
One comes to the fourth, Preparing the Philosopher's Stone,
bring about the uniting of humanity. This will serve as the means to
bring about humanity's great goal, unity; and we shall reach this goal
bring the facts of the spirit before your eyes. The pupil must take

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present. On the contrary, spiritual science should bring strength,
be remembered when considering the relationship of man and woman from
best orientate ourselves towards this question by considering that
courage of sacrifice and devotion. The man brings his creative
aspects. In considering only one side of the human being, one is
sleeping and waking states. During sleep the astral body and
ego and astral body during sleep in the spiritual world remain hidden
physical world through the sense organs. It is different during
and the astral body leave during the night while the physical and
etheric bodies remain behind. Thus it follows that during sleep the
principle is the masculine, while that which brings life into a
unable to return to a spiritual homeland during sleep, it would not

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haben zustande bringen dürfen und die wir so
Uns-Durchdringen anthroposophischen Lebens. Der Verfasser der
Bewußtsein bringen, daß der Mensch in seiner eigenen
Herzen und im Kopfe wurzeln, sondern wie hereindringen die
bringen, sie darf in einer gewissen Beziehung immer wieder
Weisheit sich hindurchringen kann durch diese Zerschmetterung,
«Durch die Erkenntnis dringen wir zur Wahrheit», mit
Entscheidung bringen.
Bühne zu bringen, sondern der es auch übernommen hat,
Kleonis und die Maria es sind, auf die Bretter zu bringen.
Auge in Einklang zu bringen mit dem gesprochenen Worte und der
die Ihre Seele durchdringen, ein wenig hinströmen zu
strömt und uns in der Seele durchdringt. Entzünden

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gesagt werden kann, vorzudringen vermag zu jenen gewaltigen
zum allergeringsten Teil darauf an, daß wir imstande sind,
gehen wollen und nichts mitbringen als Vorstellungen, die aus
wollen wir aber bis zu den Ursprüngen dringen, dann
Sinnlichen verlassen und hinaufdringen müssen in Gebiete,
anderen Weg geben muß, in diese Urkunde einzudringen, als
allmählich vordringen können zu dem, was uns eine
eines Dokumentes eindringen, das aus ganz anderen
Dasein vordringt zum sogenannten Sonnendasein. Da haben wir
Armseliges zum Ausdruck bringen. Alles das, was man sich nur
vordringen, dann können wir zugleich etwas empfinden von
«Schöpfen» verstehen, an das Wort heranbringt.
keiner Weise dieses Wort an irgend etwas heranbringen, was mit
schöpferische Betätigung, als eine hervorbringende
nur denken können, so nahe Sie es nur heranbringen
heranbringen können!
heranzudringen —, die Elohim selber, was sind sie
Neues, gegenüber allem Früheren Neues bringen
einen Schritt näher zu bringen dem gewaltigen Sinn der
nicht eignete, was sie aber hervorbringen konnten durch
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Verantwortlichkeitsgefühl, nichts vorzubringen im
Auge fassen, es mit einem sich gegenseitig Durchdringen der
in den Zustand des Aufwachens. Es dringen in Ihre Seele herauf
Vorstellungskomplexe. So dringen in der Seele der Elohim herauf
Eier zum Ausreifen zu bringen, diese Tätigkeit der
wogend sich selber verbreitet und zur Reifung bringt, was
hindurchgegangener Ausdruck ist. Das bringt uns nahe diesem
Der durchdringt, durchsetzt das Klangätherische so, wie in
Gedankens durchdringt, das was den Klang zum Worte macht. Das
Lauthervorbringung sich zum Bilde kristallisiert, wenn die
Übersinnlichen vordringt, aus dem sich das Sinnliche

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dieser ganze Streit nicht den allergeringsten Sinn, denn wenn
so dringt es durch die äußere physische Pflanzenform
den Ätherleib durchdringen ein astralischer Leib, der die
die Tendenz, nach aufwärts zu dringen, dampfförmig zu
des Wassers von dem Festen. Das Feste bringt jetzt aus sich
dieses Wirkens zustande zu bringen: hineinzugießen
gemeinsames Werk vollbringen will. So ergibt sich, daß wir
zu bringen. Ein Ziel für Götter ist die Menschenform

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Dann dringen wir vorwärts bis zum alten Sonnenzustand, dem
chemischen Zerspaltungen zustande bringt, das, was der Mensch
Blick dasjenige durchdringt, was in den äußeren
dringt, dann findet man jene Kräfte, die das Feste, das
sammelten. Ein ordnendes Kraftelement dringt ein und ordnet die
elementarischen Massen, geradeso, wie der Schall hineindringt
unseres Erdenwerdens erringen wir uns so. Und wenn wir so von
der Literatur auch nur das Geringste, was als Beleg dafür

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Pflanzen! Wenn Sie sie aus dem Lichte bringen, so
außen beschienen. Damit ist aber nichts Geringeres gesagt,
lichtvoll durchdringen können. Alles wird Ihnen in neuem

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Daseins dringen. Das müssen wir uns immer wieder vor Augen
äußere Dasein, es gering zu schätzen, das
unserer Kenntnis zu bringen, durch welche sie sich offenbaren,
substantiellen Wesenheit wieder hervorbringen. So wirken und
kümmert uns dieser Stoff? Wir dringen über die
bringen, hohe, erhabene geistige Wesenheiten. Und in der Tat,
vordringt von dem äußeren Stoff, gleichsam von der
der christlichen Esoterik zu sagen. Und wenn wir heraufdringen
hineinzubringen in alles das, was geschildert worden ist, dann
Wärme alles durchdringt und durchsetzt. Es gibt kein
realem Boden. Durchdringt man diesen Boden des Sinnlichen, dann
bringen will. — Daher der Name «Geister der
Wolke herausdringende Blitz und Donner. Das ist auch nicht
Bewußtsein haben, daß zur Hervorbringung des Menschen
nach dem sie den Menschen formen wollten, etwas hinzubringen,
den okkulten Quellen vordringen muß, wenn man so etwas
anthroposophischen Boden. Durchdringen wir uns mit diesem

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gehen, wenn wir zum Verständnis des Daseins dringen
die Seele bringt, die er schon aus dem Leben kennt. Das
die wirklich in den Worten verborgen sind. Dann dringen Sie im
von außen hereindringend das erscheint, was das
was bis zur Wärme geht. Die Wärme durchdringt unser
Schätzung und Achtung durchdringen, wenn wir in solch eine
dringen sollte, damit sie wiederum so recht die Heiligkeit

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leidenschaftlicher, dringlicher an Begierdenhaftigkeit gemacht,

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Ausnahme einer ganz geringen Zahl nahmen die menschlichen
eine ganz geringe Anzahl stärkster menschlicher
atlantische Zeit so charakterisieren: Da war die Erde ringsum
hereindringenden Sonnenstrahlen ansichtig geworden wäre.

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dann springt Leben, dann springt Licht hinein in diesen
leicht erklären zu können. Aber je weiter man dringt
der Genesis zustande zu bringen, die vortragsfähig
die wir versucht haben zustande zu bringen mit dem
höher bringt, zu immer höheren Empfindungsformen, zu
Schaffens zustande zu bringen, was wir den Menschen nennen.
Christus-Prinzip durchdringen, nur dadurch auf der Erde immer

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physical body. This possibility of mastering the physical body from
considering the development of the individual himself, account
and the later years, and regard man during those early years as a
conscious works, to begin with, upon our physical brain during the
because, during the first three years of life the forces of the
he now is during the first years of life only. We can picture this
wisdom during the first three years of its life. Actually it is not
there to be said of man's whole constitution in later years, bearing
human being brings with him from his former incarnations are most
no longer really suitable for what we ourselves are during the first
spiritual world during the first three years of life cannot come to
physical body is capable of bearing such a soul for three years only;
but during these three years it would present a perfect example of
the soul with which we are connected during the first three years of
actually facing a withering process and takes into itself the
physical body that is gradually withering, and this we can overcome.
you that our earth-planet displays the same process of withering,

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what happened during that phase cannot be attributed to him in the
member of his being. Did something happen to him during that stage
being to bring forth another of his kind in the fullest sense. This
strings of a World Order which we should have been obliged to follow
that can be perceived in actions springing from hatred or love in the
Therefore what flows from the Living Christ in order to bring us
Just as man has worsened his astral body through incurring Original
By realizing that Christianity will bring forth from its depths an
men, but that from epoch to epoch He would bring them new revelations.

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during the Greco-Latin epoch the intellectual or rational soul was
preeminently developed; during the Egypto-Chaldean-Babylonian epoch,
the sentient soul; during the ancient Persian, the sentient or astral
earth humanity we bring to development especially this fourth member,
development of the same body should take place during the ancient
done upon the etheric or life-body during the old Sun; man came upon the
then the human being develops the Spirit-Self during the earth-period,
and seventh principles during the Earth evolution, but his fifth,
sixth and seventh principles will not be his direct possession during
What we are now experiencing during our Earth evolution: namely, that
during the past earth-time up to the present we have developed a finer
speak of beings who during that time should have reached their seventh
principle, in exactly the same way that we human beings during the
beings, we refer to those who during the old Moon evolution remained
in the condition in which a man would be who, during the Earth
the fourth, but they did not bring the fourth to full development,
eagerly expected to develop their sixth principle during the Earth
experiences of this man, who on his part is thus furthering his own
bring the consciousness soul to expression in our time, we can be
entering the human being, he causes the man possessed by him and under
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outside the physical body during sleep, and that this
mirroring apparatus for the facts of our ordinary
mirroring apparatus — it is something in which
brings about the reflections — all kinds of happenings
that the body is a mirroring instrument for everything we
state during dreams, many things are brought to the surface
soul-life, making us into what we then become during the
were to know what has entered the hidden depths during the
influenced him; what was called forth during childhood in the
find within ourselves something which really brings forth the
above mentioned training. The essential fact during a
differs from Kamaloca-life through the fact that during our
etheric body no longer exists — that part which during
mirrors everything that is contained in us. During the
only by eliminating it, by giving it up, by not desiring any
definite degree of maturity; during Kamaloca we reach
Devachan, and if he told many lies during his life on earth,
enter our soul, as the result of immoral deeds during a
balance — and such phenomena in Nature sometimes bring
compelled to realise that it brings about a continual growth,

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During the last few
during the last few days, that everything comprising our conceptual
during its normal state, from the moment of waking to the moment of
training — that such an event must indeed take place, during
something with our eye, during the normal act of vision —
If, during the imagination or vision of an evil Being, we call
organism is either a furthering one, during the whole of a man's
within himself this fluctuation between destruction and furthering
attained in this way, may actually bring it about — through a
body, only that which he brings as far as vision or Imagination can
in him have either a furthering or a destructive effect upon his

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entering that consciousness was already long present in man's nature.
entering this world with the habits of the sense world, two things
if the soul wanted to enter the elemental world without preparing
his etheric brings over into the physical world the impulse to free
within myself, ignoring the other beings and occurrences.’ This
can even bring it about through its elasticity that in certain
entering that world with his clairvoyant soul, it seems as though his
have to bring to bear on the living thought entities of the elemental
diving down and entering this particular entity one feels greater
when we are not strong enough to bring forth the real act of will, ‘I
this is allowed to stream down into the sense world, it can bring
fettering a person within himself by means of his own elemental or

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during the time between death and rebirth. And so it was the
Oracle was to prepare human beings during the Atlantean time
modern form will bring about the twilight of our culture.
him all the wisdom necessary to bring about clairvoyance in
After hearing
Christianity. Time and again during those first few
considering, for example, the Old Saxon gospel epic entitled
during these centuries — starting with the fifth or
beings were born during the period from the fifth to the
considering this fact do we fully understand some of the
was the renowned St. Elisabeth of Thüringen.
time and again in ever changing forms during the course of
communication of theories, but rather with preparing human

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of his inner life falling apart. And we know very well that this can bring a
pressure of these two drives, one aspiring towards ideal heights, the other
three members as a man plays upon the strings of an instrument. And the
and Consciousness Soul, withdraw, as does the Ego. During sleep the astral
up and down in the soul during waking hours, but in man as he is today, the
physical and etheric bodies. When he is nearing sleep and the faculty that
of speech, begins to weaken; when sight, smell, taste and finally hearing,
origin of these forces? They come from the nightly condition of sleep. During
the forces it needs for conjuring up before us all that we live through by
day. During waking hours the soul can deploy its powers, but it cannot draw
life, it brings from its spiritual home the forces which it devotes all day
everything that must have occurred during months or years, and all we went
into faculties. This whole process is carried through by the soul during
how Penelope, during the absence of her husband, Odysseus, was besieged by a
on its exterior nature. Man has the advantage of appearing at birth with no
slumbering powers brought from previous lives; they work into his undeveloped
the external limbs of the body. We see this inner centre pouring itself
during a person's life between birth and death.
seven. It is during this period that external influence can do most to
develop the physical body. During the next period, from the seventh year up
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are certainly valid in their bearing on the spiritual world:
What'er to your inquiring spirit
effect on it is now quite different from their action during life. They are
obey them is that during life an antagonist of dissolution, the etheric or
spring from our own inner being. This is the little name ‘I’. If
man, since he is a self-conscious being with an inner activity springing from
believe that all this springs from the physical existence of father, mother,
Perceptions bring us into communication with the external world; concepts are
sentient body, which brings us our percepts and enables us to perceive, for
stream forth; but on the other hand it must bring everything it absorbs back
acquiring an inner capacity for sound judgment than a man who has started
have the mission of furthering the progress of man. It is because man can
itself. The gifts that Zeus could bestow were not adapted to furthering the
itself is one side only of the Ego's task. It has to go out and bring its
The suffering
spring from typical great experiences of the human soul.

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its modern rendering.
referring to the event which was to be of supreme
this faculty was disappearing and darkness spreading within
this character by bringing Heaven down to Earth, saying that

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Maitreya Buddha, the Buddha who is to come, will be a Bringer of the
as well as caring for his bodily needs. The manner of the child's
education, all the wisdom from the ages preceding and during
ether-body, inspiring all that was done in the West to establish the

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science, as we have often emphasised, which brings us knowledge of the
spoken of without embarrassment in Anthroposophical gatherings, for
wildest abstractions. Therefore it is worthwhile bringing
gatherings, you would soon see that none of these principles and
bring about compromises between the two, even if only in form, is
impossible. It is much more a matter of aiming at bringing a new
in consequence, brings about the most serious errors. Therefore the
because their emotional unrest prevents us entering the astral plane.
We can understand therefore that this brings us into connection with
human incarnations during the various cultural epochs.
appearing and will be used for vision later on, in the course of
then develop further under the nurturing influence of the Christ
will be a bringer of goodness by way of the word. He will then be able

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education, all the wisdom from the ages preceding and during
from his ether body, inspiring all that was done in the West to

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physical body with what is outside it during sleep, and his
that our inner corporeality, our sense organs or brain, bring
Magdalene. (I have already stated that I have counted during my
something succeeded for us requiring wisdom just where we
beaten by someone, that is, we had done everything to bring it
brings down upon himself everything for which we cannot
causeless things during our lives. We find within ourselves the
environment. For what we fail to bring off does not
to withering and destruction. And there the laws of nature are
fertilizing forces that bring about their forward progress in
art, if he did not have to bring out upon the canvas, at first
before venturing to give out even a little about world
coloring give the highest, the truest knowledge. Struggle
of sensibility, have a strength which will bring you further

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correct training or appearing as a natural clairvoyance.
us assume that during a certain period of his life someone has
fertilizing, strengthening and maturing powers. We may say,
the ability to bring about the conditions necessary for sight
them; yet there are few, if any, who have never received during

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something recovering, something that not only gets the lost
forces are not strong enough to experience during sleep. It is
during sleep.
meditation. We immediately want to bring in an example that
psychology, bring forward can think very easily — and
oblivion. We can bring up the forgotten again in our memory. As
into this spiritual world brings the judgement from the usual
anything in the usual world will bring common sense with him
have to bring it with you. One is allowed to say, someone who
development of certain forces slumbering in the soul, which are
understands them in a particular way, which we want to bring to
which he brings forward in the form of ideas and concepts to
around to considering the almost more important part, the

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cognitive forces slumbering there, and enters with these
bring in things only which are exactly verified which everybody
further you advance. Hence, it is not a matter of answering the
has made itself a tool by developing forces that are slumbering
what he brings forward for his viewpoint. The uncomfortable
— a sample of how one can bring forward something
bring good reasons forward, and one can prove the same thing
checked during one hour only how he has got to his viewpoint,
slumbering in the soul of which you can say that you get away
himself and about what he has in himself. While entering the
world to the disturbing and hampering things and beings and he
certain should be true, brings this disposition, this prejudice
researcher brings forward, although it could be judged
only because he brings it forward emphatically or because one
uncovering fraud — not only label everything with this
can investigate this area and bring the acquired knowledge to
longer be sufficient! - I could bring in numerous other
“During all centuries the poor truth had to blush about
moral if one is morally minded that you have to bring, however,
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Ort, eine verfallene Kultstätte, ringsherum das Volk
wieder hinaufzudringen zu jenen Stufen, über
die Menschheit heranbringen konnten. Aber diese Weistümer,
bewundern, wenn wir eindringen in die
eindringen in die wahren Grundlagen ihres astrologischen Wissens, jenes tiefen Wissens, das nicht
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und tief zu durchdringen — gerade dann, wenn es sich
die Ergebnisse der Geistesforschung einzudringen.
in die Geisteswissenschaft wirklich einzudringen. Das
Besprechung solcher Dinge durchdringen mit dem Gedanken von der Notwendigkeit,
heute keine Geschichte, kein verständnisvolles Eindringen
bringen konntest. Was bist du für ein seltener Mensch! Ich
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by hearing, seeing, and perceiving. We are completely awake there. We
from sleep into ordinary waking consciousness, remembering them and
occurring when you resolve to take hold of a book and your hand then
book,” and the mysterious processes then occurring in your
to hearing what the other person says as sounding out of the spiritual
were hovering around him, then the dead understand these thoughts.
two in the afternoon. We may have it at any time during the day: it
bring people close to one another, even though they do not want to
which bring these people together do not rest upon mutual knowledge.
occurring, between the so-called living and the so-called dead. Every
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during our incarnation, it is possible to observe with great vividness
tendency to cowardice, pure cowardice! One cannot bring oneself to
mankind; during the past millennia, prior to the middle of the
peoples; to bring about all those differences that are connected with
by the symbol of the conquering of the dragon by the Archangel
Michael. This conquering of the dragon by the Archangel
region bordering the earthly world. They have been cast down among men
upon the earth with everything they could bring with them.
Therefore it was very important, during all these years of our group
And in the spring of 1914, in my Vienna lecture cycle about the life
attempt had been made during the period from 1840 to 1914 — the
time. What he could have experienced during the next thirty-five years
this moment there is a sudden flaring up, a sudden flashing forth of a
suffering from insanity, epilepsy, morbid visions, and similar
things. In previous ages this was different. During the centuries
there. Anyone who is at all capable of bringing to the surface what

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during meditation — first sees himself. He has himself
them in the face and not fall prey to the hindering forces but

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to a luciferic infringement. We must watch that nothing like
degree of holiness, and yet drives are slumbering in his
something. Whereas Lucifer brings about appearances of figures, heads
feeling or perceiving; one opposes these whisperings with the firm

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beings who bring up our own thoughts in us. Luciferic beings are
later we can suddenly perceive the yelping and whimpering
generated in it during childhood through soul pains, when he

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through the organs of touching, hearing, seeing. However in the
wrong and ugly thoughts and feelings assail him during meditation.

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bring into their life and feeling and how much they would have to
secret that certain qualities of a man develop too fast during earth
comes over from Moon evolution and brings the Moon tempo into

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the heart. During the meditation one can feel that lines go from

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spheres at night with our astral body and ego, from which we bring down
were immersed during sleep. Before we go back to any action in daily
As we've been hearing

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beings. Theosophy works on men whether they bring a receptivity for

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to our etheric body during meditation. The etheric body streams and spreads
During meditation one should
illusory figures arise before us, then, if we bring personal feelings
appearing. Only through very patient, steady work on oneself, through
one must not bring feelings and thoughts about everyday life into them,
experiences in spiritual worlds during the night.

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human being. Now when the etheric body expands during meditation
scattered in space that seem to be individual beings during our
earth's condition during Saturn, Sun, Moon and earth evolution,

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penetrate the world of real things, and depending on what he brings
gives him pain and suffering, but necessarily so. For the good Gods
hinders us from entering the spiritual world before we've
esoteric should gradually bring everything into his consciousness,

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esoteric must bring two qualities into equilibrium like pendulum

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they can't bring into harmony with their esoteric life,
encounter in life. What do they bring about? Through them,
loosening of the etheric body. There are many methods to bring it
into this state of not hearing things, etc., we've left our
within. Someone may tell us: Nothing is pouring in me. And

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doesn't bring its defects to expression in such an unpleasant
Great initiates can't bring these forces down from the highest
should bring these three men who live in us — Sadducee, Pharisee,

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take the opening words of Genesis as referring to events which can be
elements. During the Moon existence there takes place this separation
existence, the division which had taken place previously during the
Hebrew sage felt. If we would bring the sound B'reschit before our
the means of expression for moving, weaving spirit which, during the
images. Bring home vividly to yourselves this inner activity, this
you can use the word “excogitate” for this conjuring up
it, you can only liken it to the thought-life you are able to bring
during your musing two kinds of images come before your souls.
this way. The word bara, “created,” brings their
“heaven and earth.” Let us try to bring the two complexes
can only have a meaning, if during its course something arises which
preliminary stages, had to bring something new into existence, he
them, and that will suffice to bring us at least one step nearer to
that at the time we are now considering they were working as a group
united by a common aim. What they intend to bring into existence is
the earth. Bearing in mind all that I have told you today, try to put
sphere a group of pondering spiritual Beings live. They are engaged
in productive pondering, their pondering is penetrated through and
manifesting and the inwardly mobile.” Try to bring before

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that it will not permit me to bring forward anything that conflicts
feeling we have acquired as a result of the usual modern renderings.
certain resistance to our senses, did not exist during the Saturn,
pondering. What the Elohim ponder is expressed by
at the stage to which they had evolved during the Saturn, Sun and
recall what took place during the ancient Saturn, Sun and Moon
the element of warmth, whereas during the Sun evolution something
help to bring out the meaning.) And if you think of the energy of
order to bring the eggs to maturity, then you can have a notion of
itself expands with the expanding warmth, and brings to maturity what
physical tone brings about in the powder also occurs throughout
air. That brings us somewhat nearer to this finer element which is
bring before us in a picture what hovered before the soul of the
withdrew as spiritual light, as sound, as the uttering and formative
into the etheric with haschamayim radiated answering light

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during the course of the Saturn, Sun and Moon evolutions springs to
took place during the six days of creation? No, they could not. For
must expect to see all that had gradually evolved during the Saturn,
advanced during the Sun period to the stage of the plant. Again we
directs its attention towards the plant-covering of our earth, it
that happened during the third stage of our earth's evolution, during
appeared during the Moon evolution, and man himself — the body
place during these three epochs emerged again in the recollection of
from one another. Now, during the tohu wabohu, they were all
cohering. That is the course of events which is expressed in modern
exact rendering of what is meant; the Elohim separated what tends to
existence. During the Moon evolution this solid, earth element was
The solid now brings forth a recapitulation of the plant nature out
plant life springs forth from the earth. Thus the sprouting of plant
in the solid element of what had already existed during the Sun
are today. You will not understand the description of the springing-up
the animal nature made its first appearance during the Moon
already to be found in the Moon evolution. During the Moon evolution
of such a soul-stirring discovery how can we attach any importance to
know that all that man went through during the Saturn, Sun and Moon
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begin next spring at the time of my lecture cycle in Prague; and I
psychic. Feel your way into yourself as a warmth-bearing being
we look at elementary conditions as a whole during the Sun evolution,
light and air, and all life during that time manifested itself within
manifestations of warmth, light and air, we are only considering the
“ringing” or tonic ether. Alternatively, because this
referring to here, and that too is what Genesis is referring to. We
during the solar period light penetrates into our cosmic space, and
powder and brings about the Chladni figures. Just as the powder is
find all that clairvoyant investigation can bring to light —
have been taught for years that during the Saturn evolution the
stage at which we ourselves now stand. During the Sun evolution the
Archangeloi or Archangels had their human stage; and during earth
of these Beings if we bring home to ourselves that in the order of
day, during which we wake and sleep. Now of course you all know how
these “days” of creation, they are really not worth bothering

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Bible is referring to the Spirit of the Elohim — Ruach Elohim
the passage in which the words ring forth And God (the
appropriate goal. Thus we may say that during the ancient Saturn
behind. During the Sun evolution they still remained at the Saturn
reappear during the recapitulation of the Saturn and Sun epochs in
referring to the advanced Beings. They interact and interweave with
bring into being through their musing, their meditation. When they
continual using up of our physical bodies during day life. That is a
of which were bestowed during the Saturn existence. The life of the
which take place during waking life, processes of renewal which take
place during sleep. But nothing which happens anywhere in space is
continuation of what flows into us from outside, so that during the
the universe, and during sleep with the forces of renewal.
our physical bodies which goes on during the waking life of day could
not have happened during the Saturn evolution, otherwise the first
could undertake the rebuilding of the physical body during sleep,
And to this day it is they who are active in us during sleep, when they
that they reached their human stage during the Sun evolution. They
for it was during the Sun evolution that they reached their human
stage. And when during the Moon evolution it became necessary for the
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URING
existence we are surrendering to illusion. On the other hand, to
referring to expressions, to manifestations, of real spiritualities,
no question of such an earth condition during the Saturn, Sun or Moon
yet they have continued to work during the whole course of
self-sacrifice. We saw that during the Sun evolution the warmth
activity by saying that during the Saturn evolution they were so
existence of Saturn. Then during the Sun evolution they condensed
during the Moon evolution condensed their gaseous element to water.
During the earth evolution they have further condensed their watery
would know who it is that brings this about, if we would look beyond
from whom this creative thought springs; but in what arises to meet
bringing forth once more the objective in its own substantial nature.
bring it into this solid state. Actually, when we penetrate through
external matter, through the elementary covering of the earth, to
what has made this earth covering solid, it would be natural to feel
try to bring sensitive and perceptive feeling into all this, you will
permeated by an element of force which tries to bring it all into
on the ground; he cannot say that the water hovering above us comes
knowledge that in the gathering of the clouds, in that unique process
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soul, and the first one is that the Spirit of the Elements brings
picture-consciousness. But during the Moon period the pictures which
normal during the Moon evolution. The human being at that stage
the organs of vision. During the Moon period, the main task of the
The essence of this activity during the Moon evolution is that the
organs were, so to say, drawn forth from the Beings. During the earth
our flora. During the Moon evolution light did not act in this way,
the work of elementary existence upon the human organs. During the
growth. During the Moon evolution it was normal. For instance, man
cosmic system. During the Moon evolution, there was no separation
time of earth evolution. During the Moon evolution, when these Elohim
Sun from the Moon. Then we have seen that during the earth evolution
about through the severing of what was previously a unity.
first, the most rarefied state, which constitutes and brings about
for the first time during the Moon evolution. It was then that the
higher stage of development during earth evolution. It is therefore
to be expected that what applied to light on the Moon should during
could not go on in the same way to say: “And the Elohim during

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ministering to them unfold their work, we have to see a human
species form; the earth brings forth the foundations of plant life
peculiar life of the astral body during sleep. From my
strengthening forces from the whole cosmos. During the night our
and etheric bodies. During the night our astral bodies are diffused
clairvoyant hovering like a cloud in the vicinity of the physical
body, it is not true. During the night the astral body is poured out
over the whole of our solar system. During sleep it is united with
astral body because during sleep it is in inner union with the starry
bodies are during the night; but its laws were the same, and the
during the next period, which Genesis calls the fifth
We have also said that during the Sun evolution the body of the
preoccupation with securing one's own inner comfort — all that
If now we look upon the expulsion from Paradise as really referring

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during the time between the separation of the sun and that of the
moon. During this interval human soul-spirits, except for a very
with the earth. During this time the rest dwelt upon the earth's
important event, which took place as we know during the Lemurian
earth from without, thereby bringing it into a state of balance. And
existence. This all happened during the Lemurian age.
the Atlantean epoch. What had crystallised out as man during the
latter part of Lemuria and during Atlantis was gradually endowed with
soul-spirits of differing characteristics, according to whether they
with the first. I have often described how during the progress of
During Lemuria we must think of the earth
Atlantis. During the Atlantean age the surface of the earth was still
clairvoyant organs of perception. It was during the time lasting from
days of creation, after the completion of what took place during
we have to place the departure of human souls to the neighbouring
etheric bodies during sleep remain in the bed. When we are concerned
have to bear in mind that during the third “day” of
during the day as our physical and etheric bodies was being prepared.
If we bring before
soul-spiritual nature in man is on the neighbouring planets in the
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ready to separate. Then follows the separation, and during its course
into his body earlier, let us say, during the events of the fifth
first. Thus man was not able to descend into solid matter even during
know that these first arose in their soul-spiritual form during the
during the first six “days.”
the higher, human form. During the time when the animal forms came
at every stage during these lectures — and that is the need for
Jahve-Elohim, into that higher form of evolution, in order to bring
this at the close of these lectures, during which we have tried to
around us, conferring blessing, refreshment and health upon our own
which sinks into the soul of the hearer only to spring up again and

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to add to what has resounded during the last few days out of the
and saw religious life pouring itself into the forms of art.
happenings do have a dose bearing upon the spiritual ideal which
had come for me to bring my spiritual work into connection with what
another, which springs from the depths of my heart, out of deepest
such hankerings after an ideal are always something connected with
Spiritual Science must learn not to take what springs from our own
think and to feel during recent centuries, and what it is that they
that what today is known as physical science is a withering
steering as it does a
is a withering branch of civilisation, is an extremely important
Iphigenia. And if one realises this, it brings home to one the
which in a way brings to symbolic expression the
glimmering darkness of the age a growing recognition that the old
thought springing from the most sober and objective conviction. If I
which will have a bearing upon what I have just said about Iphigenia
of our Munich festivals to all who have helped to bring them about
always brings a gradually developing skill in its appropriate sphere.
It is a fraternal offering which those who participate in it carry
is referring to the opening words of Edouard Schuré's

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extent the actual knowledge, of what we are now endeavouring to
mythology has its correspondence in what we are bringing to light
brings home to us the fact that the way man looks at the wonders of
Demeter works without in the powerful forces of all that brings forth
is represented in the Nature-forces by Eros, who brings this about.
and upon the physical bodies. During the period I have referred to
brings to the point of vision, to perception, the images called forth
world. What the world brings about in the astral body would not open
Thus during the
came more under the sway of Demeter. Thus during this period from the
which in the physical body brings about changes in the conditions
seven years, during which changes take place in the astral body, is
in a more abstract way. This is preparing the human soul for a future
I could also say in order to bring down clairvoyance to them —
acquiring the etheric vision. In the next three thousand years it
see with their etheric souls the reappearing Christ, and within the

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at the end of the course. I want this evening to bring home to you
from another direction how Spiritual Science in our day is aspiring
happenings in the ordering of Nature and rarer events. The one kind
to bring home to you in the following way. Today you look upwards to
bring forth thought?’ For the ancient Greek it was a spiritual
idea, as feeling, we have our enduring life of soul, with its
unhappiness. The forces in us which represent the more enduring
bear in our habits our passions, our enduring emotive attitudes. And
we cover by the term ‘ether body’, and which bring about
mere thoughts, and the ether body of enduring sentiments and habits.
which bring about our will-impulses, impulses which are needed to
of astringency, of downright pain; try to imagine yourself from top
by this astringent taste, then you have the self-knowledge which the
permeated by this astringent taste, the occultist knows that he is
surrendering myself entirely to my permanent habits, to my sympathies
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passages in this little book which have a bearing upon our purpose in
life, they too were once human; that was during the Moon evolution,
stage during the Moon evolution. But these leaders of humanity in the
individualities that the Greeks were referring to, when they spoke of
during the Moon evolution have the task of imparting weight to
since the Atlantean catastrophe during which man was thrown so
we see too how everything in this epoch tends to bring to expression
these leading Beings looked during the EgyptoChaldean epoch, we find
our attention to the normal Angels, those who during the
advance. During that epoch some of them reached the normal goal of
evolution of our present Earth as Angels, nevertheless, during the
Beings who were still in the line of normal development during the
During the
super-sensible world. During the Egypto-Chaldean epoch Christ was the
teacher of the Angels. His impulse flowed into them during that
individualities do not incarnate during Earth evolution in human
During the Moon evolution there were powerful Beings, exalted Beings,
entering into the soul of Lucifer, thus experiencing from the Earth
neighbouring planet Venus. This was of course not experienced by the
‘There is the wandering point in the heavenly spaces towards
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— in the Persian and the EgyptoChaldean epochs — during
from the Book of Job, whose wife says to her suffering husband:
later among the Greeks. Greek consciousness brings to maturity the
the Luciferic beings, or the Angels who during the Moon evolution
Moon evolution, going about the Earth in human bodies, bearing within
of Jesus, in the Greek gods, during the time they were Atlantean men,
Thus during the time
post-Atlantean culture-epoch, but during that epoch to hold the
were also incarnated Luciferic souls who had fallen behind during the
developed his physical, etheric and astral bodies during the Moon
possibility of man's acquiring his earthly ego-consciousness.
consciousness has been gradual. During the Lemurian time this human
his ego into his body; during Atlantis his consciousness was to a
arisen during Earth evolution, still had a very strong leaning
belongs to the category of those Luciferic beings who labour to bring
part in the mutilation of Dionysos ... whereas he is the offspring
through acquiring intellectual knowledge? Whence comes it that the
during journeys which carried him all over the earth. The conceptions

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year's Cycle. I am referring to the world of the Greek gods and
lecture we were considering the figure of Dionysos, our attention was
nor in any way perceptible to any faculty for acquiring knowledge of
is utterly deceiving himself. With physical faculties for acquiring
order to bring about the birth of the younger Dionysos the human
another example of the unerring wisdom of Greek feeling for the true

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is it that has been the theme of our lectures during the last few days?
We have been trying to bring to light again in the impressive pictures
not been very successful in answering this question, and you can
ideation, in mental representation, which is what brings knowledge
We know that this preparation took place during the Saturn, Sun and
From this springs the
life. This brings us directly up against the question:
is based on awareness that the ‘Dichter’ brings together
the usual conscious external method of acquiring knowledge.
with that part of his soul which brings common sense to bear on the

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able to bring to adequate expression the great wonders of the world.
strata of our souls; we are harbouring something in depths of soul
they have buried this treasure within us in order that we may bring
consciousness.’ What are we doing when we bring up this
springs from this. In the first scene of the second Play he feels it
often, because we only bring with us strength drawn from the past, we
to bring these two currents into harmony great strength of soul is
all the reparation possible, but that springs from egotism. Most men
seriously. It brings us face to face with the other current which may
him, is absolutely shattering. Contrast this crushing feeling in the
had been present in man during the Moon evolution, elaborating it
when, bringing with him the fruits of his Moon evolution, he arrived
they were then able to bring about our physical body. Thus these
Lemuria. During the course of the Lemurian, Atlantean and
pick out a certain number the purpose of which was to bring into
way as to bring about the blood-system with its centre in the heart.
system. It has only been during the course of Earth evolution that
etheric during the early part of Lemuria to form the human blood
which will cause us to revert to the form we had during the Saturn,
soul: it thinks. What does it mean, to think? It means to bring
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has pursued its evolution, and during the course of the Lemurian,
During the course of Earth evolution the forces of the higher
particularly during the Lemurian epoch but continuing also
approach of the Atlantcan time and during that time, and these
towards its surface. But the influences which worked during the
thereby bring about a higher harmony. A bull would not remain a bull
external science. During the course of the Atlantean epoch quite
these came from without, came from the periphery. During Atlantis we
have to think of forces entering into man and fashioning him from
space, which brings to expression the feathers, the plumage. The
in fact came about during the Atlantean time; so that one can say
which had been pouring in all the time from cosmic space, but
Jordan with the dove hovering over him we have in fact the expression
Saturn evolution) had already taken place during the Sun evolution.
what existed during the Sun evolution.
dove in the Baptism by John in the Jordan, during the Sun evolution
heart to the brain. During the Baptism by John in the Jordan there
have in the region of the head an astral covering consisting of the
have the true mirroring-process. Because the astral stuff of the
and confidence bring the soul through each trial, for these qualities

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concepts, by acquiring definite sentiments and feelings about what
men's efforts to reach enlightenment about the world spring.
astral body, brings it to a standstill, and lets the images of this
less does man experience what he acquired during the Sun evolution as
danger of finally encountering the void; if we descend into ourselves
plunge into ourselves, we are in danger of surrendering our
Personality, during the Sun evolution the Cherubim worked with the
Spirits of Wisdom and the Archangels, during the Moon evolution the
of this science during the last decades provides, in general, proof
which ordinary science brings to light. The fiftieth anniversary of
part of the brain which brings about both the aesthetic consciousness
bodies which, out of the unconscious, bring about the movements of
brain which brings into existence the faculty of speech but the
which has made of our macrocosmic formation what we are during Earth
own will-nature. This is what brings about the severe ordeals which
a man plunges into himself, into what has been built up during
look to; I am referring to the great macrocosmic Christ Impulse. We
brings us to the void, the Christ-filled consciousness brings us to
an india-rubber ball, and do not succeed in entering into ourselves,
scholarship is barely able to touch the fringe of the subject, for
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Title: Esoteric Lesson: Muenchen, 11-1-1906
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must bring about the respective transformations. The separation of the
the overcoming of suffering and evil. It's the aim of Theosophy and

Title: Esoteric Lesson: Muenchen, 12-5-1907
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events on higher planes of our existence that bring about physical
during the Renaissance and Gabriel from the 16th century
But it's not only the pictures that live in the soul during meditation

Title: Esoteric Lesson: Munich, 3-17-1908
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hearing voices who are telling them what to do in their daily affairs,

Title: Esoteric Lesson: Muenchen, 11-8-1908
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We know that these exercises bring about colossal changes in the

Title: Esoteric Lesson: Muenchen, 1-7-1909
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not bearing any fruit. This is depressing, but there's no great danger
out of the five wound-roses sprout as a symbol of life. If we bring

Title: Esoteric Lesson: Muenchen, 3-8-1909
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The more the beings we see during meditation that look like sphinxes,
used up during the day, that is, they get holes, become tattered and
evening and morning meditations and also during them to ward off bad
Red roses on a cross are the symbol for new life springing from death.
Let's imagine a quiet sea and then the same sea with towering waves,

Title: Esoteric Lesson: Muenchen, 8-27-1909
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gets to know during his development and through which the masters of
arrows 6/7 there are streams from the geniuses of light who bring us

Title: Esoteric Lesson: Muenchen, 8-30-1909
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If I would place all the joy and suffering that I previously thought
certain joy with respect to pain and suffering. He confronts

Title: Esoteric Lesson: Muenchen, 12-7-1909
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awhile. We make these impressions during sleep when our ego and astral
two leave the physical and etheric bodies during sleep, higher kinds

Title: Lecture: Reading the Pictures of the Apocalypse: Part 1: Lecture One
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the signs of the zodiac during both pralaya and manvantara;
beings during the Lemurian and Atlantean times, then one would have

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had experienced up to the point of entering the spiritual world was
the initiate is told: We can only bring you to a certain point ... further
than this only another can bring you — this other one is Christ Jesus
who will bring the new initiation. Siegfried is vulnerable to Hagen

Title: Lecture: Reading the Pictures of the Apocalypse: Part 1: Lecture Three
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for us is also a day of gathering together; for what would the teachings
sentence.] To him we direct our grateful, revering, and love-filled
There is a spring of spiritual power in what Helena Petrovna Blavatsky
left to the physical plane, a spring that will be a blessing to us if
renderings of the great truths are distortions. If someone wanted to
small part escaped during the destruction of the Atlantean race. It
They are the ones who will bring about the downfall.

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of the spiritual world. We have seen that acquiring knowledge of all
Ahasuerus, “the wandering Jew,” created his own destiny
who do not undergo this development bring their bodies down, bring them
during Lemuria. Such neglect is portrayed as the temptations of Satan.
human beings into bringing their astral bodies into decline rather than
While the souls that have developed further are hearing the trumpets,
by entering into a physical body, the human being actually left the
— with the human being also more highly developed. What will bring
during the next days of our Congress through the seven seals of the

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