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Title: Lecture: The Two Christmas Annunciations
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evolution takes its starting-point from a certain ancient instinctive
grasp of what it might mean to take in the sciences of arithmetic and
experiences what takes place beyond what is earthly. One is borne away
the forces of which we partake because we live in our bodies, are at
must take on life once more. What was once outer must be built up
You see, what must be taken into consideration is that in the

Title: Lecture: The Ear
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has thus been formed can it undertake its task as a sense-organ —
These transformations, however, not only take their course in the
back again into the Spiritual, takes place by metamorphosis and
Here it is that we with our anthroposophical spiritual science take
a science, the heart is immediately taken hold of by it. Thus,
Or again, take in real earnest what I said just now. When we move our
ordinary way. Take one of these textbooks of Physiology; let the
away. If his arms are taken from him he is physically crippled; if the

Title: Education for Adolescents
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are thrown back into ourselves. Taken all in all, we have to say that
If a teacher makes a mistake while teaching a 10 or 12 year old, then,
this I do not mean that you should make as many mistakes as possible
tremendously significant it is to take the education of these young
make mistakes with older students, let us say with those at medical
importance and, in considering the high school years, should be taken

Title: Lecture: The Cosmic Word and Individual Man
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sense-perception. But it is a complete mistake to believe that the
cannot perceive the cosmic music, it is clothed in the sounds taken
account must be taken of what these beings of the Second Hierarchy,
take hold of Thinking, Feeling, and Willing in the astral body, as

Title: Lecture: Awakening to Community - I
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practical situation prevailing in the life around them must be taken
surrounding population. It takes a deeply experienced inner revulsion
learning capacity take in, confront the ethical, moral and religious
knowledge that corresponds to his in-turned will, that takes him ever
which he takes his place in the Society.
practice. He has taken flight into the Anthroposophical Society, but
take on that mission, though it is also true that real human strength
could take place only in our age, the age of the consciousness soul,
will's impotence, take wing quite easily when one sits in a circle
to develop in a practical direction, everything it undertakes must be
mistaken for an anthroposophical life. This sort of thing cannot go
the anthroposophical source or take the attitude that there is no
Anybody with a heart and a healthy mind can take in anthroposophy,

Title: Lecture: Past Incarnations of the Peoples of Today
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through the centuries. To take a concrete example: How does a German
What I propose to tell you today must be taken as referring to a
repeated earthly lives and merely take it as a theory. It must be
extent when we take into consideration the things I have put before
now taken the place of the spiritual world and although the people of
today to take the fact of repeated earthly lives in all seriousness
Science and take these teachings really seriously, we should soon

Title: The Supersensible Being of Man and the Evolution of Mankind
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at stake and suggests that a mechanisation of the spirit,
take place unless humanity is able to find a new relationship
questions at stake and suggests that a mechanisation of the spirit,
take place unless humanity is able to find a new relationship
ordinary consciousness but takes the development of his soul into his
thinking and whole activity of mental picturing really takes on quite
life of soul has undergone a change. A similar change takes place in
in the physical body, the taking in of it, that normally takes place
take this development of his soul constitution in hand. This,
own will what otherwise takes place in us involuntarily.
science and has taken general hold of people's minds. This scientific
the perception of movement. If we take this disciplining of the will
death take place not only at the beginning and end of our lives but
which even a spiritual investigator has to take from external
like this take place in nature, too. If we look at the evolving
withdrawal of man's inner being from nature that did not take place
human evolution. Spiritual science does not take anything away from
interest he takes in this spiritual life, if he does so in such a way
yesterday. However much is taken away from us in external ways, and
possible for us in external matters, it can never take away from us
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Title: Lecture: The Peoples of the Earth in the Light of Anthroposophy
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the East, what form does it take? The injunction given to pupils by
between the peoples. They will take this knowledge into their feeling
— love for humanity will be born. They will take this

Title: Lecture: Anthroposophy's Contribution to the Most Urgent Needs of Our Time
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science, we take it as a foregone conclusion that we apply that same
of the earth. He takes those laws and interconnections produced
takes from him the certainty of a moral world order, and above all
with it into his deepest world experiences, and there take hold of it
takes by means of Imagination, Inspiration and Intuition. I
etheric organisation. What takes place there, rises up into
where our thinking takes place on the platform of our human
does not take place as in the nerve system, but there is a damping
pushed into the place where the breaking down process takes place.
investigators we take with us through all these stages of
investigator takes this pure thinking into the whole of his life of

Title: Lecture: Yuletide and the Christmas Festival
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takes effect, how it manifests in what man can feel, love and
memory over our life as it takes its course between birth and
when they take their own places in the macrocosm? Certainly,
in the outer world has taken such a hold in every sphere that

Title: Memory and Love
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independent as human thinking is, it could not take its course here in
brain-process, but without the support of the brain it could not take
that take place in the spiritual world between death and rebirth, it is
And the question necessarily arises: What takes place in earthly life
spirit-seed of our physical body: this we send down first; then we take
has done by day. The last event takes place immediately on going to
before, a healthy, thoughtful person will not take it for a present
for what is spiritual — then it takes on flesh and becomes weak.
essential glory of art: it takes us by simple means into the spiritual
the spirit in human civilisation and human development; when we take

Title: Lecture: The Experiences of Sleep and their Spiritual Background
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you know very well, in Anthroposophy we take this as our starting-point.
takes place in the soul when it is separated from the body during the
which I may be permitted to name in plain terms; for after I have taken
time to explain more fully the planetary experience, you will not take
take hold in his soul which lead him again into his physical
working, but to explain how they enter in would take us to the
want to take our stand for evolution in all sincerity and in a wide and

Title: Lecture: About Horses That Can Count and Calculate
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the most curious things take place in its subconscious life. But all
these processes take place entirely in its subconscious regions. In

Title: Threefold Order II: Lecture 1: Influence of the human will upon the course of economic life
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recovery sets in, and a rise takes place so to speak in
instance, takes a particular form of economic life, and
take the insurance statistics, as forming the basis of that
many will have died. One only needs to take the number large
take a large enough area and a long enough period of time,
have become established, those people who care to take
take advantage of these habits of life, — can then do
take place in this present age; — such a thing would
of national economy altogether, to take only things like ‘supply
they really think about these things only so far as to take into account
particular business. One doesn't take into account in the least any special
(to take an extreme case), that this is an article Which is
he didn't in the least take into account the cost on the
I might take
practical measures that are taken will of themselves tend
that takes place in economic life proceeds from the direct
transactions that take place in economic life will then be
takes one to the most important
manner that things can take their proper course.
what has taken place in these last few years; How much has
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Title: Threefold Order II: Lecture 2: On Propaganda of the Threefold Social Order
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I used to take for discussion a concrete question of this
when one takes care that the State — or some other
Just take
already brought out 49 numbers: — 49 numbers. Take
should wake up; and that they should take the things
for a long while has been in opposition; — take for
mankind to wake up; when one has taken the practical steps to
late. Things are taken up, even in our own movement, from an
own lack of freedom, who take the State-educational ideas,
people who, without knowing it, take slavery for freedom, are
a matter of fact today I can still only take the same
We are endeavoring to take an active share in practical
Syndicalism takes up, in a way, a less slavish position
to take our stand on the firm ground of the Threefold idea,
the bank-system has taken the economic form that it has
century. Here we have then simply a practical idea, taken up
this is the thing which is needed7 to have strength to take
take our stand on the truths we possess, with no making of
the Threefold Order, that we should take up a standpoint
democratic State would take as regards a person on whom some
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Title: Reincarnation and Immortality: Lecture I: Free Will, Immortality
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such problems I am obliged to take a quite different course
from that taken by ordinary science. Science takes the facts,
his soul life. We can take an example to show how the scientist
because of any mistake he makes, but because of his method. A
choosing where we begin with this, we should not take the
of us that passes away with death. We are completely taken up
contrary, we have to take ourselves in hand and say: Some ideas
things that take place in our soul life we are also able to say
scientific observation. For this action can only take place on
development. We ourselves must take the soul in hand, and
one usual in everyday life. To take the example already cited,
spirit. We can only take up the science of spirit if we
the activity the soul undertakes in exercises directed toward
may perhaps take years of trying, but the passing years stand
are not induced by ourselves, and do not take the place in the
soul. Imaginations, on the other hand, are processes which take
to take it only in the sense that I have explained here, and
the physical body is tired, but because something else takes
great mistake to imagine that the scientist of spirit becomes a
oneself in matter, and to take the spirit with one into it. It
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Title: Reincarnation and Immortality: Lecture II: The Historical Evolution of Humanity
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us take as another example what happened to a not insignificant
take everything that has happened up to the present day we find
This makes it imperative to take a closer look at what we
us take one or two examples by way of introduction to see
two, and it would be even more valuable to take a third, but
describes the quite wrong attitude taken by those living in the
completely taken in by what Woodrow Wilson says. Now it is not
so, but before the war they were taken in. For they do not see
says, who perhaps even make great mistakes. What Grimm and
the mobility of the eyes, the tendency suddenly to take
to take hold of it.
would like to take as my starting point the fact that Karl
century, what is suddenly different in what takes place, only
us take an ordinary phenomenon, but one which leads us deeply
life. Let us take the fact that we can learn something by
what we take in, that we then have it in our consciousness and
we take in wander down into some indefinite sphere, wander
quite different. At the time we take in a mental image there is
takes place parallel with the formation of the image is
taken in new images. The parallel activity has
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Title: Necessity for Spiritual Knowledge: Lecture 1
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who are able to take in earnest what is lying in this call to
then be said that in our day men having the temerity to take
how really to take seriously what today is meant by striving
in the Appeal, who agrees in theory, and indeed has taken in
taken from real conditions. In it there is a thorough
People still think that when they have taken-in the content
of a matter that they have taker-in the matter itself. But
when they have taken-in the content they have taken-in the
confessions. If we take our civilisation seriously it will be
matters. Today it concerns us all to take these matters
culture, must, however, take stand on the same ground as
things have to be taken with the utmost seriousness. But they
will not be taken seriously if it is not made clear that
account must be taken not merely of what comes from physical
that they should take the most primitive impulses of their
commandment holds good not to take the Name of God in vain.
not. But for goodness' sake let us not take it seriously as
the point of view of external conditions. When we take note
the time when he himself takes the initiative — this
to be undertaken today if they are to contain promise are not
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Title: Necessity for Spiritual Knowledge: Lecture 1 (alternate translation)
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who are able to take seriously to heart all that the call
a letter from a man who takes an active interest in spiritual
this connection if the question of culture is to be taken
taken seriously. To-day men must not want to come to
knowledge of the spiritual world simply must be taken
of the Renaissance” must be taken seriously. And if we
oneself. To-day one must take into account something which
nothing more comes out of that now; one must take into
impulses of their own religious faiths should be taken
courage to take hold of the spiritual with the same kind of
us take it seriously, as being truth in these present times!
difficult times. There is far too much tendency not to take
an abstract way and does not teach us how to take the Spirit
really seriously, will not do. And to take the Spirit in
What has to be undertaken to-day is not the
something has been undertaken of which one cannot say
otherwise than that to anyone who takes it really seriously,
undertaken. And I felt that I had to concern myself with it
that we must take care that the right elements work towards
that things should not be taken in a one-sided way, I wished

Title: Necessity for Spiritual Knowledge: Lecture 2
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If we take
cosmic consciousness, which must take the place of a
He only takes into consideration the movements which he
of experiences which are only taken into account by those who
birth, then for the first time the world takes on a real
possible) — to take account of these inner changes in
world conception is really based upon a mistake which is
itself only an the first two, and takes no account of the
he concealed in his third tenet -but no account is ever taken
tenet of Copernicus has not been taken into account. Because
Science. There is no need to take it merely an
written by someone only 18 years old — and take them
something concrete will take its place.
tendency today to take ever thing in an absolute sense and it
what should take place of the Threefold Commonwealth”.

Title: The Ten Commandments
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and serene that it can only be taken in as a symbol.
have emphasized: out of the physical body the image was taken
taken and called divine. We know that the physical body was
take up the correct imagination of the Divine, otherwise that
I take good care of my body, then I will have a beautiful soul.
beneficial, continual development will never take place. Just

Title: At the Gates: Lecture I: The Being of Man
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Take heed of what you have seen today!” A secret attraction remained
though the reader had not consciously taken in their meaning. Trithemius
it is the only part of which ordinary science takes account. But we
body. But man can move, feel and think; he grows, takes nourishment,

Title: At the Gates: Lecture II: The Three Worlds
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courage for living and takes delight in the beauty and splendour of
long will it take me to achieve this faculty of spiritual sight? To
will take much greater care to speak the truth and avoid lies than if
wants to know something about Caesar: he will take some little incident

Title: At the Gates: Lecture III: Life of the Soul in Kamaloka
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does a dead man feel? To take a simple example, suppose a man eats avidly
loss, he takes refuge in death. And that is why his feeling of deprivation

Title: At the Gates: Lecture IV: Devachan
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etheric body takes leave of the astral. It sinks into the unconscious,
he dies for the first time he takes the first memory-picture with him.
the sixth and fourteenth years is taken up with acquiring knowledge:
important happenings in the heavens. The Sun takes his course in the
A man takes with him into

Title: At the Gates: Lecture V: Human Tasks in the Higher Worlds
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After a man has taken

Title: At the Gates: Lecture VI: The Upbringing of Children. Karma.
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on their own account. That is why it is such a mistake to give a child
desires. Accordingly, when the etheric body is set free we must take
care is not taken to imbue his character with certain lasting habits,
be taken to see that the child learns as much as possible through stories
sense-world. We must bring before him examples taken from the lives
in the external world? Take a metal ball, heat it and put it on a wooden
board. It will burn a hole in the wood. Take another ball, heat it but
Anyone who really takes this law into his thinking and feeling will

Title: At the Gates: Lecture VII: Workings of the Law of Karma in Human Life
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actions take place in the physical world; if we are to cause anyone
this temperament will take the lead in childhood games.
will be taken away from him and would like to keep everything under
where each man has to take responsibility for himself. The deliberate
can take pains to instil quite specific habits. Whatever the etheric
the karma of a whole people has to be taken into account.
The Mongols were Atlanteans whose physical development had taken a downward
affecting whole generations. We have to take the saying literally, as
indeed many such statements have to be taken more literally than is
is an important principle here: if care is taken to inculcate good habits,

Title: At the Gates: Lecture VIII: Good and Evil. Individual Karmic Questions.
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further incarnations; he also came to take heed of the feelings of others,
we can see our own products, our own being which has taken solid form.
Evolution had to take its course in this way, through a process of
to take possession of the physical body, but the organism at its disposal
He takes with him a portion of the pain, and a definite force remains

Title: At the Gates: Lecture IX: Evolution of the Earth
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more marvellous will it appear to us to be. Take, for instance, the
no mistakes, but the astral body makes many. The passions and desires

Title: At the Gates: Lecture X: Progress of Mankind Up To Atlantean Times
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we can again take it all literally.
taken too literally. The sinking down of the individual Ego into man is
more or less germinally. Genesis describes this moment and we can take it

Title: At the Gates: Lecture XI: The Post-Atlantean Culture-Epochs
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lands in place of those you have taken from us. Your feet are now on
outlooks were! Copernicus, for instance, freed men from the mistaken
to it. We shall say: Indeed we live in the truth, but it can take many

Title: At the Gates: Lecture XII: Occult Develpment
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not want to take a second step before the first.
is interesting to study how it takes its course. Many people suppose
to the danger. The next day you may learn that this friend was taken
it? But that is a wrong approach. Take the following example: it is
when they are in motion and take hold of an object. The vibrations caused
regularities, so much the better: in that way his life will take its
tranquillity into the course of thinking. You must take a definite idea,
keep the six qualities in mind, take his life in hand, and be prepared
but has not taken care to cultivate moral qualities, may manifest certain
to his Guru, who must even advise him on every action he may take. This
of being one with Him, can take the place of surrender to an individual
the necessary inner training. At the same time he takes good care that,

Title: At the Gates: Lecture XIII: Oriental and Christian Training
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injunction, Do not lead a dissolute life, take a person with
concept of Yama is, as I have said, taken most strictly; it
takes the opposite view; he holds firmly to the rites of his religion,
The plant, as it builds up its body, takes in the carbon dioxide and
the plants, take in the carbon, and give it up as carbon dioxide when
retrace his steps. He will himself become plant; he will take up the
done and can rectify mistakes at every step. But in Christian training

Title: At the Gates: Lecture XIV: Rosicrucian Training - The Interior of the Earth - Earthquakes and Volcanoes
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belief by what they take to be science can learn to understand Christianity
“spiritual” healers make this mistake, which can be very
mistake was made when people were told to look away from the external
we have to take up again and again, books we cannot understand immediately
on these exercises we can pass to exercises of real Imagination. Take,
Again, the pupil takes a seed and visualises the whole plant, as it will
self-development, when the pupil is taken out of himself by means of each

Title: First Lecture (First Scientific Lecture-Course)
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takes its start from Goethe in this realm, as being almost
conception. Therefore we will not take our start from the prevailing
activity is already taken more or less unconsciously for granted.
Nature. He takes the phenomena to begin with — say, such a
out. This then — the Urphenomenon — is what Goethe takes
in all these three are none the less valid for what takes place in
kinematical phenomena can still take place entirely within a space of
moment we take leave of things which we can settle purely in the
We take hold of a warm
the line taken by that school of Science which is at pains to express
potentials. In this respect our need will be to take one essential
take the right direction with your thinking when you speak thus: Say
and every potential is dissolved away. This second leap will take us

Title: Second Lecture (First Scientific Lecture-Course)
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Till we take steps to understand it, it will however be quite
which the force is acting on the point. Finally we must take account
gets bigger. This too we must take into account; we have an ever
illustrate it with an example. Once more I take my start from
in this condition. Taken as a whole, their tendency is down-ward.
to take hold of such things as physical weight and buoyancy for
need some deepening of Science to take hold of these things. We
his consciousness actually becomes more awake — awake to take
opposite and polar qualities, no less than magnetism does, to take
the rainbow in their proper order. We take the fact, purely and
outraying light where the dimming effect takes the same direction as

Title: Third Lecture (First Scientific Lecture-Course)
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yourselves to some extent still have to take the same direction with
take my start from a much disputed saying of Goethe's. In the 1780's
colours. The latter phenomenon only arises when we take so small a
to begin with, considerably reduced in size. What then has taken
more force; due to the longer path at the edge, more force is taken
to pass, we find it very like any ordinary liquid taken from the
partly take our start tomorrow in studying the relation of the eye to

Title: Fourth Lecture (First Scientific Lecture-Course)
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take the trouble you will find it everywhere. The simple phenomenon
If we now take a
But it did not occur to the physicists to take the pure phenomenon as
is simply to take the phenomena as we find them.

Title: Fifth Lecture (First Scientific Lecture-Course)
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can take effect as it were simultaneously, the sodium line will be
— A Bologna cobbler, to take one example, was doing some
of that time, you need not take it to mean what is called
take ordinary paraffin oil and look through it towards a light, the
green. But if you take your stand to some extent behind it — if
Bologna stone, we can take the light away and the thing still goes on
t it takes to do it. We are supposed to be dividing the real
second place we envisage the time it takes to do it. From the
velocity”. Nor should we say, “The body takes so much
mean now, a phenomenon that takes its course purely within the light.
call “bodily colours”. Please take these things to heart

Title: Sixth Lecture (First Scientific Lecture-Course)
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habit of feeling the pure facts as such; please do not take my words
this takes time and trouble.
I will now take my
found to be displaced. Please take this well into account. Here is a
must take the dark seriously, — take it as something real. (The
appearing to the outer senses, was taken note of; then, to explain
in debt, the fourth is £50 in debt. Yet why should I take note
surrounded by darkness, and we shall find — I beg you to take
withdraw, to suck at us and take away. So too must we distinguish
under the influence of light; something is taken from us, we are
other lectures too. Take a crystal cube of rock-salt. It is in some
has taken place. First it is light and colour which they desire to

Title: Seventh Lecture (First Scientific Lecture-Course)
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shadows, without perceptible colour. You only need to take a good
idea of Goethe's is mistaken, as you may readily convince
yourselves. Take a little tube and look through it, so that you
this instance was mistaken, and as the error is incorporated in his
have studied, I want you to take note of the pure fact we have just
environment? Take then the following experiment. Fill a bucket with
of light, inasmuch as we ourselves partake in this element. Quite
partake also in this. Our consciousness is indeed able to dive down
our own consciousness have to partake in the phenomena of light so
have to partake in the element of warmth so that we swim also in
this; so too must we partake in the element of air. We must
breathing process. In that my bodily organism partakes in these

Title: Eighth Lecture (First Scientific Lecture-Course)
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your perception of the sound, the time the sound has taken to go
have gradually discovered what kind of movement it is. It takes
Please take
into such obvious mistakes. And yet they do. The whole distinction
take it to be a finished reality, for it need not be so at all. The
But we have still not reached the end. All this that takes its
totality when you take together the more volitional element
what is left of the eye if I first take away the vitreous body and
aspect: just as the muscles of the larynx take hold of the vocal
they take hold of it.
larynx. If we take larynx and ear together as a single whole, we
of light. Having begun with the mistaken premise that eye and ear
are equally sense-organs, we shall be no less mistaken in our
never do this if you take your start from the colour-theory of

Title: Ninth Lecture (First Scientific Lecture-Course)
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the other. Electricity is thus able to take effect across space,
spreads out in space and takes effect at a distance. In like
spreads out through space and takes effect at a distance, unfolding
taken by the electricity. Thus we may say: What otherwise goes
magnet, so that it takes this form (
to which I have been introducing you, all of them take their course
in the element of light in such a way that we ourselves partake in
scientists have taken the first step — they only do not yet
have taken the first step towards the recognition of the fact that

Title: Tenth Lecture (First Scientific Lecture-Course)
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while α' + ß' + γ' taken together give an
world we see and examine with our senses — ever to be taken
idea that what takes place outside us partly accords with what we
blind alley if they first take the trouble to find out what is the
spirit with which these lectures — if we may take them as a
it, but you can at least take notice of it; you know that

Title: Man/Being/Spirit/Soul: Lecture I: Man as a Being of Spirit and Soul
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— with the way this outlook is taken
the example and ideal of natural science, must take its place
We could take hundreds of scientists and thinkers to
illustrate our point, but we shall take one as an example. We
science of spirit, but on the other it takes the ground away
super-sensible, but on the other it emphatically takes away the
physical life of the human being. Let us take a particular
spiritual digestion, a change which takes place in the spirit.
taken up into the inner life of the soul. The
be taken in hand much more seriously and much more
super-sensible with the concepts and according to the laws taken
function is taken in hand, and our will is strengthened
for: the will itself has to take on a new direction, has to
has its strict method which takes years to learn, and now the
scientific methods and have then taken up the science of spirit
of human soul life take on a new aspect. When the scientist of
science of spirit takes its science just as seriously as does
the eternal. If we take up the science of spirit, we know why
does and wish to take the ground away from under its feet. We
for religious life, that it does not take anyone away from true
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Title: Man/Being/Spirit/Soul: Lecture II: The Psychological Expression of the Unconscious
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flows into one's conscious life. It would of course take a very
But I must take certain things for granted, which were
unconscious soul life and its manifestations. I shall take
different from an experience that takes place in our normal
In ordinary life people are accustomed to take a certain time
is why people so often take a stand against the science of
journeys we could never undertake in real life, journeys where
organic physical processes take place in it. For
in man that perceives what takes place in time. And in this
pictures, which is taken from temporal life, is nothing
symbolism, but he takes dreams to be something real! He is on
does not take the content of dreams to be symbolical or
would never simply take the content of the dream by itself,
spirit notice that the changes which take place in dreams take
only indirectly through the soul. The soul takes its place in
discussing this case because I wish to take a stand on
take the son under his wing at this decisive moment.
can be taken in various ways. All sorts of things could have
was taken at the battle-front in France, shortly before he was
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The theory of heat, so-called, has taken a form during the
elementary phenomena or take up the elementary instruments for
things that take place in our organism. Among these things is that we
we have the tortoise (s), who has a start on Achilles. Let us take
could really take a trip to the sun and could see that none of their
foundation. A great deal of pride is taken in this so-called
not noticed that the same impossible grounds are taken as in the
of roots, through the flower and fruit formation. The process takes

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Grecian ideas were now taken up again, but they were no longer
condition there takes place an individualizing, a differentiation.
takes place, we have a great deal of difficulty in answering on the
properties that takes place in the passage from the solid through the
taken up parrot-fashion, as it were. Then all that the Greeks included
take account of the forces actually present in fact. For the Moon,

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and the liquid formed from the solid begins to take up the heat. Let
and it takes the form of the vessel, forming a horizontal upper
has taken place in space. And since at our ordinary temperature
as of the fourth power. This takes us out of ordinary
upper surface and for the rest takes the shape of the vessel. This is
form takes place of itself from within. Since I have done nothing but

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together a series of phenomena taken from the realm of heat in such a
I have left out all that which can only take place through myself. If
transformation of heat into an effect which can only take place
continually live, but do not take up into our consciousness. We
occurs, does it take conscious form.
But there is something else that must be taken into account as a
consciousness is enabled to take up the passive concept world.
really is there and takes place, and can its existence be denied
portion, but cannot take it up as a real inner experience; I approach

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We will therefore take up in more detail the things that were begun
when we have taken it up into ourselves.
Now you can take what I might call a comprehensive view of the realm
thinking takes me. But in that case I must remain within what can be
unprejudiced way, to take seriously the Kantian ideas. For if space
concerned. It is precisely because you yourself take part, as it were,
with your inner being in the properties of the mass, because you take
bodies in which all those things take place to which we are asleep, as
we raise ourselves to imaginative concepts, we really take a step
to take on form if its own pressure were opposed by an equal and
relation to the earth does not take part at all. It is out of the
conscious of the fact that the solid, of itself, takes care of that
which is the case of water is taken care of by the earth as a whole.
The solid takes into itself the role of the earthly. It is entirely
solid. In water it does not reside within, but the whole earth takes
earth. It does not form surfaces. It partakes of everything which is
the whole earth. The earth takes the sold captive when the latter goes

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for our observations is the following: To illustrate it we can take
gravity. We find when we have a number of solids in a row and take way
Then we will have, indeed, taken a great step ahead. We have advanced

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time and do not wonder at it at all. For when you take up your pencil
taken up) that the properties of the air itself bring about the
way in the phenomena of gases a picture of what takes place in the
anthroposophy unless we are able to take them out of the rut in which
these latter act in liquids before evaporation has had time to take
this relation to the earth, they take on an individuality, assume
solids take gravity up within themselves. On the other hand we see
way taken up gravity for their form-building. But consider the
particles there comes about the formation of drops, which take on the
case of fluids, the peculiarity is that they all take on the form of
us take up these phenomena of the earth so that we can grasp what can
for form as the droplet takes on form when it can withdraw itself from
especially of the fluid and gaseous portions, take place at night
the things which today are taken into account only rarely. Naturally
we do take them into account today, with light phenomena at least in
in other phenomena that take place within a certain null sphere, we do

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have let the entire process take place, after the heat that we have
matter was then taken up by various people, Helmholtz among others,
of physical-mechanical thinking was taken as the starting point for
must take into account that I have not stuck the needle into my
What must be taken into account especially is: That it is never
we simply take the phenomenon as it is presented to us we are obliged

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take account of difference in level. The part played by this, what is
and take into account that which Eduard von Hartmann set aside before
with his environment. He must take in more oxygen from the air in the
What must take place if there is to be such a reality as the U realm?
beginning of such an insight. For, suppose you take a suitable
Now there is a very remarkable thing. I think, my friends, if you take

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that takes on form. We have the fluids as an intermediate stage and
sides is placed at that point. And how does he take up what comes from
childhood, the greater the body building, and as we take on years

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qualities. For the realm of heat this principle takes on a certain
longer partake of the space nature. In myself I experience in fact
have the non-spatial. And now when I conceive of that which takes
take place in the realm of heat. I have a continually maintained
effects of light take place, that we consider so little allied to the

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take into account in developing our ideas on this subject, and it is
be taken as self-evident.
so-called conduction of heat takes place. The phenomenon are to be
Now we have to take up another consideration of Fourrier's to draw
20th century. So far I have taken into consideration only
reveal themselves within, that is, what takes place in the body as the
That represents what takes place here. I will not consider the whole
we take into account the fact that we go one way to reach the heat and
you reach the same infinite point no matter what direction you take.
doubtless recollect that we have to take into account that there is
activity, light, heat, and what takes place in addition when we pass
takes place. For the necessity of the case constrains us to see as
arisen if it had been seen that even when we calculate we must take

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within our movement. Such investigations will not only be undertaken
realms of light and chemical action. From our considerations taken in
heat phenomena). If you take up this line of thinking, you will come
But a tremendously important thing unfolds for us when we take a
take place in the direction indicated. What happens then?

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Let me first give a general summary of what we have taken under
the external point of view, that something takes its rise in the
terrestrial matter the seizing upon the imponderable matter takes
certain individuality. It takes its origin from the periphery of the
bodies of water taken together constitute a sphere. Now you see, when
you to take especially to heart, for the things are now extremely
valid ideas we have set forth here, they will be taken up at once, and
always have to speak about science to a public which while it takes in
nature takes place in a mutual interaction with the outer cosmos. We

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souls. These depths are taken hold of by forces which, in the
respects worthy of admiration. We were taken round by a friend who is
taken by Middle Europe and its cultural life, the leading centers of
place in face of the spiritual is the following, which we will take
to take a radical example — people burnt a Giordano Bruno. In

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Nature. But — to take a significant point — you cannot
only describing symptoms. For these things take place in the deeper
understand the Mystery of Golgotha, because it had not taken place.
awakening is at stake and it will simply not do to go any further
my dear friends, if an awakening is to take place, the Mystery of

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is taken into account by the human being today? He attaches
sleep: “I must take my fill of beer to prepare for sleep.”
regarded by the orientals as inferior, take the upper hand. It does
is why the human being takes no spirituality with him into sleep. He
understood, it is very disagreeable when anyone takes this seriously.
animals in the physical world, they take one for a fool. I can
He takes violent exception to the fact that Anthroposophy
follow the course taken by God in connection with the world. This

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revolution that has inevitably taken place in the spiritual life of
say: This age has taken all spirit out of my soul, but my soul

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But this age has been incapable of producing a history which takes
the thinking in it, too, should take a peaceful course so that all

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of the pre-earthly existence of the soul has been lost. If we take
will increasingly take a different course.
new way, to what once was taken seriously but is so no longer in the
world-riddle, we take our place in the world quite differently from

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dear friends, there may be some here who take the above statement
with mild scepticism. There are many people today who would take it
for knowledge has, out of intellectuality, taken on a character
must take the book and sit down to it as if we were sitting down in
front of another human being, because what he says cannot be taken
hidden. This is taken to be a poetic way of speaking, but it is no
things must be taken concretely. To speak of a super-sensible world
So a deep antipathy was felt; one simply did not try to take in hand
satisfy. The human being unwilling to take in anything is like a lung
because the child takes in a great deal that is based on tradition.

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take the souls born approximately after the year 333. These souls
previous incarnation had taken place during the first three Christian
say: Through studying the path taken by the scientific soul, we can

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sphere of education, an opposite direction is taken. But it was not
monastic schools. We could also take the conditions for the young who
that one should be taken seriously; for this was the basis upon which
even in those days. But to justify the right to be taken seriously
being if he wants to set to work before the young take it as a matter
to be taken seriously? It can be summed up in the burning question:
intellectualism. A different path will be taken. I have the very

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a different point of view the course taken by mankind's
people no longer notice is that changes still take place at the
Take
still take me in.” But he will not believe the other to be his
reality.” Thus take it as a hypothesis that you could have
into me which will take away my freedom. Something is entering me
of what takes place in the soul when one does not keep with one's
has taken the human being thousands of years to acquire this
heart of the growing human being. This question takes different forms

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mistake to suppose that the baby's experience when sucking milk
child learning to speak. For then the head which has to take part in
take a class in a school. There are perhaps thirty pupils in the
pushed into the head and what we take in from the outer world cannot
experience which takes hold of us inwardly, which is something for
intellectualism only takes hold of man's head. And once when I

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something of it can be taken over into the twentieth century, for the
who could afford to take a cab was an aristocrat. It was the
education be taken quite naturally.
possible to demand this of our contemporaries nor would they take it
his plate and weighed the different foods so as to take the right
down rules as to how much food should be taken into the stomach, and
pedagogy has taken a wrong road. To avoid giving offense I must
being taken amiss. It is only on the assumption mentioned that we can

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Yet these concepts have taken on new life from outer Nature. Inasmuch
how this devouring has taken effect. Whereas from the fifteenth
what takes place in man? There is taking place every moment in man
what occurs nowhere else in the earthly world around us. He takes in
the foodstuffs from the surrounding world. He takes them from the
destroyed, even the most living ones. Man takes in living substance
receive this art of education as a theory, we must not take it as
earth. He did not take man away to an earthly life in the heavens.
short, we must take seriously our entrance into the Michael age. With
saying: Take what I have tried to express as if I had wanted, above

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What will be taken up in these lectures are the occult symbols and

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when spiritual science will one day really take hold of the soul,
great ideas of initiates. Human souls take up the force of these
take on their present contours, the air became free of water. This
take on distinctness. The human soul had to receive other
reflected image. To present this in greater detail would take us too

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direction this really takes. First, however let's examine a plant, a
ensheathed, because the seed is taken from the whole plant, which has
with pins. Of course, this is not to be taken literally, but it is
can reflect on the number three. We should not take off and spin
Before that there is not much else he can do than to let nature take
day, he will take these periods into account and consider what had
world, when you take the two-thirds away, the one-third still remains
Take a thin golden
take on a definite character; this might also occur on the fourteenth
myself did not take a look in the book, but I feel completely

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taken quite literally.
was not yet able to take up a human soul because it was on the astral
he will again have taken into himself, and his form will become
The time will then draw near in which great changes will take
achieved the highest spirituality, takes on the form of Michael
Copernicus, but a third has not been taken into account. Copernicus

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belongs. It is of the impulses of will which then take effect in the
What form did these preparations take? These preparations for
rule correctly understood; they are taken far too superficially. The
It has become a beautiful custom to take the Christmas Tree as the
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However, from then on human beings take everything they have
taken to the Other Side. Before the Fourth Epoch, light shone

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this and they begin to feel insecure, much as a man might who, taken
another perhaps is taken further on in our educational institutions.
point out paths taken by Christianity.
taken from the industrial-economic life. All the festivals originally
survived as innate Spiritual life which was not taken from the East,
Let us take a characteristic example. Such philosophers, such students
they endeavoured to take an upward path. Mill, for example, as a
culture. You will correct me if I make a mistake, for I was not there
It is not enough to take them as mere parlance. People must accustom

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fearful deterioration that has overtaken the so-called culture of
spiritual power of understanding. That is objective fact; it has taken
Christianity among the heathen, so in the West there will take place
this truth unnoticed because it is more comfortable to take the
What then has happened in more recent days? Something has taken place
the path that Goethe has taken, so that we are able to recognize the
Christ. The event of Golgotha had already taken place some centuries

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continually transgresses. Let us take a simple example. One of the
what takes place in the Anthroposophical Society. What would be the
on in our brain do the soul and spirit take root in what is being
our head, that which takes place objectively in the outer world when
months ago. That which continually takes place in the Earth through
must be taken. Nevertheless, the further question must be asked:
within external nature.” That which takes place later is the
exactly the same mistake as the following. I write a word on the
is essential in the processes of Nature convinces us of the mistake we
intellect the reason of the letters following each other. Taken in the
cause of what takes place in the course of Nature. This insight into
takes possession of us. This knowledge does not work in such a shadowy
way as our intellectual knowledge does. It is taken far more from
should take seriously what is revealed to him through this knowledge.
on the one hand consciously want to take a part in the processes of
take place just as the others have taken place — viz. that
Lucifer did — that man shall take the right attitude. The
coming of Ahriman. When the incarnation of Ahriman takes place in the
reality taken place. Our University professors will certainly not
trouble whether man sleeps through it or not. For them what has taken

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the speaker does not wish to differentiate, takes the place of

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serious side of this phenomenon only appears when we take into
deny the manifold mistakes and one-sided fallacies which Fichte,
mistakes, while continuing the natural course of development on the
to life again amongst men. Every opinion that had taken firm hold
the writings of my opponents. This pronouncement takes place
taken into full consideration and where the justifiable needs of every
single person can be satisfied.” Taken in the abstract, no
man himself ought to possess takes something on one side, the
Through that which Lucifer on the one hand takes for his own, Ahriman
from the standpoint of Schiller's Letters on Aesthetics to take
activity; it has no place in it.” Such members might take an
the Jesuit, Father Zimmermann, shows how seriously he takes all we do.
It would be well if those who are in our Society would also take
an amateur; but he had been unable to find any mistake.” In our
only take the lead who wish to work on in the old way.

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historical evolution of humanity, who does not take the point
We take hold of a spiritual universe, a universe permeated with
sense-oriented empiricism; it is necessary to take such
earth plays its part in the direction taken by the needle in
take into account what we find — as naturally we must
taken into consideration, but they are always secondary. And
to reality in the same way that photographs of a tree, taken
particular photograph. Someone else takes a photograph from
idealism, realism, and the like have really taken this form.
very outset of our studies I ask you not to take what I have to
photographs from many different aspects had been taken on the
Take, for
Think for a moment of a psychologist who takes his start purely
herself — please take this with a grain of salt —
must of course be taken with the well-known grain of salt.
whole. The human brain, especially when we undertake detailed
just this that leads us into a dilemma when we take our start
if you take a series of ideas) that bear a great resemblance,
merely observe him from outside or dissect him. Take the human
of reality interpenetrate in the human being. Take, for
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ptyalin to that of being worked on by the pepsin and then taken
intermediate steps are not taken — at least in relation
to take offense at these expressions. They are used merely
puberty. Even in the outer empirical sense, then, if we take
side of philosophy. We take the functions of the human organism
organization directly takes hold of the solid and fluid, so
begin with, the course taken by food up to the point when it
We take in food
— we take in food from the mineral, plant, and animal
kingdoms. What we take in as food belongs originally to the
that takes place in the heart-lung system. (In the animal it is
would be absolutely impossible for this process to take place
transformed into an etheric organization could not take place
describing here could not take place in the physical world at
thinking. I have told you that oxygen takes hold of the etheric
organs. I am referring here to something that does not take its
out the essential change that takes place in the renal
possible to what I have said. Take certain lower animals where
followed. Take the annual plant that grows out of the earth in
is growing. We must rather take our start from the root, and so
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that all the processes connected with human metabolism take
nerve-sense system into the rhythmic system, takes place in a
tempo of four to one. To speak precisely, we may take the
If we were to try to draw what takes place schematically, we
principles, which should be taken into strictest account in all
transgressions it makes the mistake of speaking like this: such
the uterus or of the pylorus. One must study the path taken by
in a remarkable way if only you take the proper facts that are

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conditions. We must always take into account the fact that the
that everything the human being takes into his digestive tract
through the opposite process from that which takes its course
vitalization along the path taken by human nourishment through
increasing enlivening of what is taken in through
not take place from below upward. The vitality is sucked up
everything that is taken up in the human being in the
Now let us take
each other better. You must naturally take such statements with
It takes on the organization of the astral organism, as it
be strong enough to allow the vitalization to take place at the
to perceive processes that take place in the outer world, that
out by the kidney activity and taken hold of by the plastic
Let us take
without being taken in hand by the formative force. Not enough
tending gradually to the inorganic. The human organism takes
a mere stimulus. A cure that apparently takes place immediately
ahead, they will take this point of view: “I must above

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does not take the point of view that perfection has been reached and
same sense as the Earth plays its part in the direction taken by the
the case of animals and of human beings. We take account of what we
limited extent they are taken into consideration, but they are always
taken from one side only, are related to the tree. I can photograph
photograph. Somebody else takes a photograph from another side
materialism, idealism, realism and the like, have really taken this
to take what I have to say as if it were meant to tend in the
different aspects had been taken on one plate.
Take,
takes his start purely from empirical science. In recent times people
these things must of course be taken with reservations. To-day I only
just this that leads us into difficulties when we take our start from
make diagrams, especially if we take a series of ideas. Such diagrams
or dissect him. Take the human head. We understand what is
interpenetrate in the being of man. Take, for example, the specific
admit that little account is taken of the fact that he is
if we take this watery being of man as something real. In the fluids
substances we take in from the outside world, for instance the
which take their course side by side with the anabolic processes. For

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taken up into the blood. Then, after considering the whole alimentary
steps are not taken — at all events in regard to certain
in the outer empirical sense — if we take all the factors into
an abstract classification, that we take the functions of the
begin with, the course taken by the foodstuff. It reaches the
We take
but I think we understand each other — we take in foodstuff
absolutely impossible for this process to take place in the physical
organisation could not take place within the sphere of earthly
referring here to something that does not take its start from the
try to find out the essential change that takes place in the renal
into this. Take certain lower animals where there is no trace at all
followed. Take the annual plant which grows out of the earth in
grows. We must take our start from the root, and so from the dynamic
cannot follow the processes in an annual plant if you take only the

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metabolism in man take their course four times more quickly than
speak precisely, we may take the breathing system to be the rhythmic
play into each other, but not with the same rhythm. All that takes
principles. They should be taken into strictest account through all
but among other errors it makes the mistake of speaking like this:
stimulating the other. Substances taken from seeds or roots and

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here we must always take account of the fact that the human organism
everything man takes into himself from the plant world, for
the opposite process from that which takes its course within the
process of increasing vitalisation of what is taken in through
heart and lungs lead over into the realm of life all that is taken up
now let us take a concrete case. Suppose we have flatulence as a
that we may understand each other. You must take such statements with
Take
characteristic way. They take on, as it were, the organisation of the
to allow the vitalisation to take place at the point of transition
and can then be radiated out by the kidneys and taken hold of,
us take another example. Suppose that the radiating action of the
taken in hand by the formative force. Insufficient plastic force is
coursing in the blood-vessels will not be taken up in the proper way
tending gradually to the inorganic state. The human organism takes
Take
and people are not afraid to go straight ahead, they will take this

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spiritual light, indicating the direction they should take. What is
sounding words — what changes are due to take place in human
by it, should take it as a strong impulse into his will, into his
And so let us turn our gaze first to what takes place in this yearly
Nature-spirits, and with them they have taken, in an extremely subtle
ourselves: the Earth takes up in winter what exists in man as his
of high summer time above us is purified. And what takes place in
that what takes place out there in the cosmos is an earnest admonition
forth to meet us in the astral light, takes on the likeness of
there takes form a cosmic Imagination; one can indeed do no other than
going on there, then the soul, which takes its own form and origin
the Dragon, which takes shape from out of the sulphur. So that above
future. And one can know that if a part of mankind were to take this
picture takes shape from Nature's very self, and from the directive
spirit which makes him able to take hold of the purpose of the
now we speak of this Michael Festival which should take its place with
there was a human race. What takes its course there between sulphur
shall have what teaches us how to take in hand the iron in our own

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the Jupiter period his soul forces will take on such a form as will
From among these Hierarchies let us take the one which stands two
Now if we take the most important Beings in the ranks of the
who have taken part in something on the physical plane. The order of
take off your cuffs without thinking, and without thinking put away
thought about them. If you had taken care to impress upon yourself a
rank, as it were the chief, is the one who takes over the leadership
senses, we can also point to what takes place here in the sense-world
— that a promotion, so to say, of this Archangel, takes place
mankind from the soul, will take the place of the Alexanders,
partakers in things of great significance.
civilisation, who will take his place? The place must be filled.

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It would take us too far to-day to describe what kind of understanding
background of the world in which we live and in which we wish to take
words are not to be taken as directed against what past ages have
Let us take this picture and make of it an Imagination. Let us try to

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fact; it has taken place. We may say concerning it that since

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looked as to their last hope. — Before it had yet taken
against all utopianisms, should itself be taken for a Utopia by
views as to the form this economic system ought to take,
actually takes place, or — expressed in this learned
smallest thing, down to the halfpenny that I take out of my
own times, — vibrates on even into the penny I take out
the sound of the other thing: of what has taken the place of
new order of society is trying to take shape; one that shall no
economic process, when every measure has been taken on the
been taken to forestall this confusion of provinces in the
Utopia, but something that was to be taken as Not-a-Utopia. I
its four legs; and those are taken for the really practical

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realize the course which must be taken by education itself for
individual later to take an interest in the whole world as far
Now notice that. Now I take a number of paper shreds away, I
together I called it twenty-four; now I have taken three away
the development of certain forces take place, so that this
Parents can do an enormous amount, if they only take care to
head. Take this example: I want to make clear to the child the
with what we impart to the child, our action takes hold of the

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can simply take as a formula the case of the nervous system
sympathy and a cosmic antipathy to take place in our
there are really present an activity which takes place in the
breast and a parallel activity which takes place in the head,
he confront the world? Let us take a clear feeling, a clear
be careful to take one complication into account. It is
light of the social significance of speech. If you take it into
produces astonishment, amazement. Take “caput:” the
for education. If you take language in this way, as expressing
take, again, from a rather wider point of view the significant
fact that the human being takes 18 breaths in a minute. How
many breaths does he take in a day? 18 Ã— 60
hours is a “year” for our breathing. Now take our
larger breathing-process which takes place in our daily
If we take this day, to have a corresponding year we must
the sun takes in this way 25,920 years to go round its whole
sun's revolution round the worlds, which takes 25,920 years,
can look on the process which takes a year in the whole
been taking place. But all the processes which take place in
terms of the number 25,920. And the process which takes place
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take into account that man contains a dead, a dying element,
with our will, we take part in a process of vivification. As
side and for their union to take place of itself, creatively,
line? When we simply take a pencil and draw a horizontal line,
the children were to be taken back again to Münich and
education a dead thing and takes away its living element. For
does underlie the structure of certain cycles. Take, for
Care must be taken that the child brings ready with him to the
quite well — for instance, take Schiller's
fields, when, that is, we take them out to nature. In
takes the children out into nature to exemplify to them out of
should do when we take the children out into the open is to

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must look on the first school-lesson which you take with your
the next day, to redirect his attention to it, so that we take
artificially prepared for the purpose of teaching is a mistake
a glass of water by the side. You take a brush and dip it in
the water, take some colour and, on a white surface that you
patch in the same way. This will take some time; the children
will take it in well, as, in fact, in teaching, all depends on
number of children take turns at striking this same concordant
let us take first the teacher who takes the main morning
kind of healing or restoration of the soul's being must take
is really to educate our children so that they take thought

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making the drawings. Anyone who made a mistake, when he was
ancient Egypt, then, matters of writing were taken very, very
everything beginning with M. The picture of the word was taken
letter actually takes.
anticipate letters in their final forms; they take a letter in
drawing of the sitting or dancing bear, but they take the b as
taken spiritual science into its culture.
she could spell properly. She made spelling mistakes in her
in reality he made mistakes all his life, especially in his

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take a much more inward course. This is, moreover, urgent and
summarize the steps taken in great detail, this is the
taken directly, in its elements, as art. It leads to a
because of his tender age, when you encourage the child to take
index of his poems, in their order of composition; so you take
reflected in his feelings. Taken as a whole I call the life of
consciousness. But the educator must, after all, take up a
afraid to take up his stand detached from his usual life and to
return to it in the same way, so that the same act takes place

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this vivid idea: for instance, you take up chalk to write with;
you can only take up the chalk because your hand is designed to
teach natural history, we should take man as our
which takes place in the human consciousness round about
important moral element if you take pains to arrange your
connection with the human being. He only began to take an

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there must still be taken into account the reciprocal relation
point he begins to take an inner interest in the great
strike the eye, enter it, are taken up by the lens and
purely physical facts which take place outside the human being.
take care to develop physical concepts from life itself. As far
Nursemaids often make this mistake; they talk with the child in
nature. We must take seriously the fact that man must become
nature, you take a delight in it like the child himself,
earth itself the process takes place which could otherwise only
transmitter, that it takes, as it were, the current in its
for it is the earth alone which undertakes the transmission.
take out the stopper the air pours quickly in and fills up the

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method. Take for a moment this position: you get pupils
First of all, let us take the oldest children who are to be
to find one. This practice with the children really takes you
and sentences taken more from life were introduced into the
language, in conversation, to take reading passages as I have
teaching, particularly of the pupils whom you take on in the
will take you yourself a great deal of time to discover
taken down at your dictation, or whether, on the other hand,
the children take pleasure in these examples and particularly
foreign language teaching so that the child is allowed to take
or four weeks you will have a class of children who take just
did in romping about. But you must take care, too, to think out
These things can be done, but you yourself must take part in
are really not quite sitting. And let us take a delight in the
should be taken full advantage of. The help that one language
can be to another should be taken into account. This

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subjects shall we then teach? We shall take the artistic
procedure: it is important that you do not first take reading
significance of grammar. At this point we take “word
can go on to the mineral kingdom. We take the mineral kingdom
naturally various things will have to be taken into account.
For we cannot take music with little beginners who have come to
can be taken side by side with another. For example, we cannot
must carefully take into account, when we organize our school,
actually take place only between the first and second, and
that we take enough trouble. We shall not delay, after having
sufficiently practised, the children can take the book and read
taken orally in school. Homework in foreign languages should
planned, for example — I will take a case — in this
experiment. Somebody decides to undertake a course of lectures.
and which you must take especially into account in teaching
one side of our figure (follow the arrow). Now I take another

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familiar. We try to take the child through the difference
earth. Here, if we have only taken the first stage correctly,

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because the Benedictines are a Catholic order who take a great
commandment: “Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord
and then to take up some other aspect of study; if, for
“Take a person employed in some business; he is told to
or to people who are to take a matter in hand. He writes a

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chief mistake attendant to-day on the teaching of children
this will have to be taken most seriously into account with the
the mistakes which the child makes — at first he
will do nothing but make mistakes, of course; later on, fewer
Anthroposophy.” For this reason we must take care that
“Now take a tree: a tree is a thing which goes on
shall not only let the child sing, but we shall take him to the
and the rest in the morning, and we shall take, in moderation
of gymnastics and Eurhythmy; but if you take religion with them
writing” as separate subjects. We shall take pains to
writing and bad writing. And if we take pains to tell the child
shall only need to take spelling at first from the point of
view of correcting mistakes. That is, we shall not need
we take care, in telling stories, to keep all really long
drawn-out ones prolonged, and all soft ones soft, and to take
to take another piece of chalk. The third will cover this,
fourteen whom you have taken over from the schools of

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overtaken it under Lenin — and which might overtake
undertake this instruction precisely in these years. At
proceeds from a rationalized knowledge of how to take personal
cannot take rules for nutrition and health at this age, and you
of nature. We have taken great pains, too — and I hope

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by reminding you of what I should like you to take to heart:
“The second is that as teachers we must take an interest
ought to be able to take an interest in the biggest and

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You will have to take over children for their education and
tries to reach men through their egoism. Take for example that
earthly existence in addressing man, and takes account only of the
conducted. There are many people to-day who take things abstractly,
but, if one takes them concretely,' then in certain domains one simply
take up into his spirit what is bestowed on him in that he is born to
this must be taken in hand, in order that a harmony may thereby be
his way into the universal world order without being able to take with
distinction between being ridiculed and being taken by surprise in a
not made — that we take ridicule like a good shower of rain. If

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takes up psychology or anything to do with psychological concepts will
elements of being: to take a somewhat crude example: your eyes, they
One of the great mistakes of the last period of man's evolution during
Now we will take the other side, that of willing, which is in the
mistaken when in speaking psychologically they constantly say:
nature, is formed out of the cosmos, and also what he then takes from
educating we take up again in some measure the activities which were

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laws of the universe as a background to all he undertakes in his
man cannot take his place in social life. Let us therefore first of
example, when you take hold of a piece of chalk this is a physical
process exactly like the spiritual process that takes place when you
together in front, so that you could never take hold of yourself.
not receive human bodies into itself it would take its course in
plane in which these movements take place. The animal is not in this
you will find this thought strongly emphasised, namely: what takes
but rather the rest of nature reaches into man and what takes place in

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lives in the will fully takes shape in the life between birth and
childhood, notice must be taken of this part of the will which
just as the etheric body permeates the physical body so it also takes
nature. In its turn it takes hold of impulse, and then not only is
apply to the animal: when man takes up into his ego — i.e. into
impulse, desire, when it is taken hold of by the ego. But instinct,
impulse and desire in man when taken hold of by the ego we generally
Now the wish can become more concrete, it can take on a clearer form,
house is taken to the train that she may travel to the Spa. The rest
with the other members of the party, is overtaken at a crossroads by a
Popular socialism is prone to this mistake of arranging education on
We must take great care that there are men who know that progress in
ordinary intercourse which takes place between adults cannot be
and conscious repetition. This must be taken into consideration. And

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If you take Goethe's Theory of Colour, to which I have already
what takes place in every sense activity, only that the disgust which
humanity and partakers in the world's process itself.
picture. This takes place in a comprehensive way if we bring ideals,
arising out of a mistaken conception — I mean mistaken on both
preparation for the practical reforms you will have to undertake, then
“sense-activity.” This is a very grave mistake, a serious
error. For if you take only those senses which are known to the

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shall study the human being from all three. The first to be taken is
activities into cognition (which takes place in thought) and into
nothing of what takes place in your muscles whilst one leg moves
forward after the other; nothing of what takes place in the mechanism
Psychologists take endless trouble to define the relation between body
And as to the processes which take place in willing as I have already

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clearly before you. Only you must take into account that in this
Now we must take notice that something arises straight-away whenever
professional psychologists to take the man seriously. But if you were
the senses, before they are taken hold of by the intellect and by
should never do, but rather take the concept from the facts. We should
asleep. And further: that which takes place in the environment, or
rather on the surface of the body, takes place in a similar way in the
processes take place (the dark shading in the drawing). Now imagine
can receive warmth and so on: similar processes also take place in the
waking, sleeping and dreaming. You learn something, you take it in and

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which we are asleep, takes hold of a mental picture down in the
head too partakes of the chest nature, and so does the limb-man. The
limb-man: for the limbs partake of the head nature and also of the
chest nature: they take part, for example, in the breathing through
have an activity before me which takes place in the interplay between
but of what takes place in perception when you confront a man. The
movements, just as you take them in through hearing when they are
raise it into knowledge. It is because the circle which you have taken

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know that, primarily, our life spiritually takes its course in waking,
child who wants to take on authority what he has to know, to feel and
logic takes no account of the fact that we form conclusions every time
into it too, and what we take out with us when we leave the menagerie
life. That is to say, you must take great care to talk over with the

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one vertebra lies above another. We can take out the single vertebra,
What is in the head takes its rise in the head. What passes through
the organs of the head do not take part in the outer movements, they
things. Care is taken that the accepted culture of our time should
For he should take an interest in all that has happened in the world.

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the limb system it produces a substance which partakes of the limb
education that we cannot really undertake much with the head. At birth
can, of course, take advantage of this awakening to introduce reading
change of teeth there takes place the building up of forms from the
teeth to adolescence — there takes place life-development, growth
have taken place. And the result of these two reviews must be that he

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Now we spoke yesterday of how far the formation of the head takes part
circulation of the blood, also in breathing and nourishment, all take
interchange with what takes place outside in the physical sense-world
Let us first take the breathing. What does a man do in breathing? You
know that he takes in oxygen, and through his life processes he
takes up the oxygen, and carbon dioxide gas arises through the union
Indeed, nourishment, like the process of breathing, takes place in the
nourishment man also takes in substances from the world around him,
transforms the substances taken up in nourishment, they combine with
is going on in the human being. But it is not true. What takes place
take place in the human body, only the intervening part. It is
combustion, such as take place in the forming of fruit, are carried on
carry out. In the processes of digestion the human being can only take
it. Thus he cannot take part in the end stage either. He must excrete
take place around him, but he only goes through the middle part;
is the opposite to everything which takes place in the plant world
which takes place through the breathing, is always at work in
body and soul are combined. That which takes place through the
as they take place in man, represent only the middle portion of
They take their rise outside him and only after he has excreted them
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picture it as something that takes up spirit and soul into itself,
do bodily work the spirit and soul within us takes part only in so far
and soul nature takes part in it from without. We continuously work
along in your reading, the less you exert yourselves to take in what

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also and makes it take on a more physical nature. Perhaps you think of
the lung as less spiritual than the nose? This is a mistake. The lung
takes place, opportunity is provided for the soul head — which is
proceeds downwards from the chest nature of man to take on something
we take it out of the body, we cannot see it so in the living body.
mental pictures, won from the spirit it will take wings. Such

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however, that spiritual science must fight, if one takes into
spiritual science. I will take pains to introduce some
where in a directly intuitive way one takes part with one's
same time period the girl grows faster. One can take notice
world, we take what may lie far apart in observation and we
lies in that he has taken to apply to the universal field of
cognition. This makes it so difficult to take the assertions
on a canvas. Take, for example, a couple of trees we see out
described, and were to take the content of the world into our
We will take
field. Kant's error lies in the fact that he takes a
Take, for
in which we pursue the knowledge of nature. We take something
nature are based on this soul habit of longing to take inner
When we take a

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accomplish this task will take the remaining seven
we are able to take the life of these mental pictures to
The mistaken idea that the life of feeling, as part of the
organism. Take the sense of warmth as an example, which
another. There is a professor of anatomy who takes this view,
takes place in our life of feeling when we gesture with our
experience of what we call symmetry. This experience takes
Certainly in our casual outer consciousness we don't take

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We can see that what takes place in the soul in the
the outer world. Please take what I am saying quite
call it that — which takes place entirely within the
mathematical thinking we are right inside what actually takes
takes place. This, along with the pictorial character of
level of knowledge shall take place in a condition of soul
As our starting point let us take something that has proved
this difficulty has led some to say: What takes place in the
also occurring in the other senses. You see, what takes place
with our model does in fact take place in the eye and thus in
really takes place in our organism? If one insists on a
undertakes in imagination to observe the human eye, one has
take place there. It is not only outside the eye that we find
through a photographic apparatus: he would regard what takes
— what takes place in the process of sense

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know what takes place in those "gulfs" — as I called them
take an example. A crystal is held up to view — a cubic
we must take care not to theorize about the observations
gradually at a point where time takes on the quality of
voluntary activity mental images we have evoked are taken
into our soul in the same way that we take memory images into
way remembering takes place, we gain the ability to hold
scientist must take his development in hand through a certain
self-discipline. He might, for instance, take a
You may take
“inspiration.” Please do not take exception to
the physical organism as his starting-point; we take the

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means of it we can understand what takes place in the activity of
takes place in mental life. He made drawings for the
take the next step into imaginative thought. But to some
— shows hardly any resemblance to what takes place in
breathing. What otherwise takes place quite naturally in the
Thus respiration — all that takes place in the human
different consciousness takes shape from the ordinary one. He
philosophy is not only something that has taken a different
form than it takes in the west; it grows out of something
the forgetting process, we take hold of respiration from
more abstract way, when we take something we are carrying in
alive in the ritual while it takes place.

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these forces, something can take form that is no longer just
have taken the form of earnest mystical experience. What
really do? Normally our organism takes over the mental
me. Of course, I do not do this; I simply take a look at the
instance, he does not take some light phenomenon and begins
Our memories take on the quality of being really objective,
Through this process, what has been taken up by the organism
be taken in too broad a sense, since, as we know, nerve
take a negative step, I dropped the whole idea of writing on
of inner vision. One must first be able to take what one
take place.
their own way — but which abound with questions. Take,

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together, and when we take account of a certain experience
takes place, except that it is reversed.
takes on real meaning. At the same time we gain a more exact
history seminar. The historical problems we spoke of take on
Let us take
purpose or necessity, in whatever might have taken place
of cognition. But one may take something else into

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work will exist ultimately. If you take this into account,
try to take into account the signs of the times. We have
us with great social questions. But above all we seek to take
awareness that we have taken the responsibility of calling
with the general attitude to take what traditional science
taken unaltered and be disseminated among the masses.

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we remember at Christmas time, the Christ spirit, will take joy in you.
that you can once again show me that you have taken love for your
— for “Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God

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you are meant to take up into your souls. Love for your teachers will
bring this spirit here to you; they take in what St. Paul said with

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we will once again take into our hearts what our teachers will give
love, and I say it to you so that you can take note of it. Once
Whoever gets a good report should not take it as an indication that it

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spiritual world to partake of their content. Anthroposophy must bring
power of love, it is love-engendering when human beings take it in a
that much that has been undertaken did not, in fact, spring directly
type of enterprise. Please, therefore, do not take my words as
Society, so no one should mistake my words for value judgments. I am
really is, because it will take a strong, energetic Anthroposophical
to take part in its fostering and development.
I beg you to take
us. They have taken on the responsibility of developing the various
about, dear friends! But let me ask you to take with all due weight
should take personally the statement that he has been an outstanding

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emphasized as, for example, in my refusal to take sides about
true. What action to take was a matter left to everyone's free
has to be taken into consideration if one is to make really
expressing them, that one has taken all the pertinent facts into
mistaken, the Waldorf School faculty was named as a case in point,
re-casting usually takes more than a short period of time; indeed,
may remain the same after its re-casting, it will have taken on a
taken a matter of years to accomplish the first re-casting, one
life in the human soul. It takes a lot of patience to re-cast it
because, as I have said, the process of re-casting can take years,
differently, take a different approach than is usual elsewhere. This
of an anthroposophical outlook, provided one takes physics just as it
take to enter them! We go out through the gates of death into
direction directly counter to that that we take on dying. We go one
the cosmic element that has taken the same path, in order that man
It begins with what the head can grasp, takes on all the life and
a comment that is not to be taken too weightily.
have been presenting new truths to add to the old. This takes time,
my dear friends, is a vital need. Please do not take it amiss that I

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step we take to go out again into the universe in an age that
not earthly experience, and the effect of one life on the next takes
undertaken with the clear intention of putting one's whole being
to it. Instead, a number of individuals wanted to undertake this or
kind ought to be happening in other respects as well. Let us take a
scientists, to take an example, always keep in mind that
scientists should take care not to expose anthroposophy to scientific
positive task is not undertaken, the Anthroposophical Society can
work, to get us beyond fruitless talk of the sort that takes us back
Please do not take
civilized life and, most especially, by modern hearts. Please take my

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practical situation prevailing in the life around them must be taken
surrounding population. It takes a deeply experienced inner revulsion
learning capacity take in, confront the ethical, moral and religious
knowledge that corresponds to his in-turned will, that takes him ever
which he takes his place in the Society.
practice. He has taken flight into the Anthroposophical Society, but
take on that mission, though it is also true that real human strength
could take place only in our age, the age of the consciousness soul,
will's impotence, take wing quite easily when one sits in a circle
to develop in a practical direction, everything it undertakes must be
mistaken for an anthroposophical life. This sort of thing cannot go
the anthroposophical source or take the attitude that there is no
Anybody with a heart and a healthy mind can take in anthroposophy,

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still take into account the fact that the Society has been effective
events here were to take a much worse turn than they have taken thus
elsewhere. We would not have taken our stand on ground that means so
such as to be able to take hold of many people of the period in the
way they long to be taken hold of but cannot be by the traditional
picture, which I cannot take the time to develop now, of all we owe
as children. Let us take an ideal example. Someone finds himself in
cultus takes. The cultus speaks to greater depths than those of
so in the world of sleep. But the moment we awake we begin to take
reverses the direction he takes when, in presenting the cultus, he
experience in a direction exactly opposite to that taken when we
others, and has grown a little, these awakenings take place in an
basis of that understanding take anthroposophical ideas into an
which is able to take the first small step toward mutual
I explained briefly earlier today, and the other side takes no
clarity on what form the Society ought to take, now that it embraces
make itself responsible for the projects the Society has undertaken,

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taken, however, and the things that have been happening in the past
experience a certain world of pictures that they take to be real
but do not undertake to transform their souls as these must be
degree of unity or the greatest tolerance. Strife and quarreling take
natural for him to take the attitude that he is simply going to go
proceeds to take on the activities it has included since 1919, it
also takes on the responsibility for them. Their destiny becomes
up something that I will illustrate with an example taken from my own
undertake some degree of self-education to that end. But
mistakes have been made in the past few years for want of it, with
Anthroposophical Society's life and progress. They must all be taken
persons asked me to take initiatives in this connection. I saw it as
taken some steps in a scientific direction. But the development that
call the exceedingly premature steps taken since 1919, and, in
needed to be taken into account, but that the Society is the vessel
sciences have taken up the slogan: Prove what you are saying! What
where proving everything is taken as a matter of course. The
the case, one takes one's place in life and in human society simply
taken from my own writings, for wherever it is indicated I call

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not take up any new piece of work; they prefer asking if its need is

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is used, it should not be taken to mean something vague and mysterious
in the soul. On the contrary, it should be taken to mean something achieved
not feel the least temptation to take such reduced levels of consciousness
to these things may be taken as a criterion for their understanding,
activity takes this relationship down to a lower level of awareness,
takes a purer, more objective form. The content of experience gained
do not take the preventive measures I have so often described, which
due to will forces being stirred. Take a good look at your soul life
having completely taken time into one's experience. In normal
concepts but as something we may call Imagination, because it takes
an example that will at the same time also — figuratively speaking — take
I tried, as it were, to slip into the state of mind that can take hold
and so on. Soul experience is taken to another level, it becomes different
some time, one discovers that meditations like these, that take hold
in concepts, having taken the roundabout route via pictorial imaging.
and Swedenborg is of the greatest interest, for here a road was taken
said, when lecturing on Haeckel, that we should take the first pages
Instead, it is necessary to take up the views science has achieved,
the advances made in research into nature, and take them forward into
in a dead spirit, but taken onwards to the living spirit.

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be necessary to take a more penetrating look at this life of memory
and takes us down into pain, that we move up and down with the waves
taken to reach Imagination must never aim for a reduced level of conscious
and healthy. A person who hallucinates, who has visions, takes his visions,
world, we take it into ourselves. A rhythmical interaction with the
of knowledge and psychologists will take pride in getting such a clear,
I pointed out that moral impulses are Intuitions taken from a spiritual

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who today in all honesty takes up the point of view from which an overview
takes away his certainty of a moral world order. It inevitably causes
spiritual science takes through Imagination and Inspiration. I have
the course it has taken. We then live not just in the moment in our
It is possible to take our
And it will gradually take us into the reality of the spiritual world,
and energy, so that we may take courage and contradict it where necessary.
come to see how this process of decay takes hold also of plant and animal
If one takes an honest look
One thing, however, which we take with us through all these stages of
applying pure thought to them, because the spiritual scientist takes
human soul in conjunction with what in the first place may be taken
out of itself. It has to be accepted that he will then be able to take
to take in anthroposophical concepts, concepts that have no correlative
man is taken hold of directly by spiritual science, and man is able

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a way that we take our starting point from something which is already
of this. Such objections are foolish, coming from people who take a
that the spiritual scientist has to take everything he sees in imaginative
human souls when taken into those souls and tested for their truth.
to take the road that led to my
though this is so much shut away that the whole may well be taken for
a fixed form, and indeed has to be taken as such from an external point
No, in this field, too, spiritual science wants to take into account
but it wants to take them further, to those secrets of life that we
also has a soul and a spirit. That would not take us far beyond talking
science is to immerse itself in everything with the spirit it has taken
the ground will be taken from under their feet by Anthroposophy. They
It is necessary to take an
represents our religious awareness and feeling. And we do not take anything
to enable man truly to take the path to the spiritual world in his soul
our freedom to that object. That is the essential point: to take an
to remain passive, because they do not want to take hold of the one
is, to take hold of the supersensible in free spirituality. That requires
Perception has to be taken into the spiritual atmosphere of freedom,

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has taken on a form through words used to proclaim it which no
taken up earlier and thus have available capacity for what is
the souls coming out of a previous earthly life can take up
such a word — modify such facts. We can't take this
active participation which can take on ever more evil forms
how deeply these cultural historical falsehoods are taken up.
take it as evil — those who are within the
some way or another, always take this characteristic of untruth
is taken into account without the simultaneous possibility of
People still turn indignant when their wishes are not taken
then no one would have taken a single step. At the time it was
undertaken is being done, to then only lapse by saying that we
develop a train of stimulated thought and take it further. In
secondly, that our next meeting can take place as a result of

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life of thought. This becomes more comprehensible when we take
going to sleep and waking up takes place in a completely
different world. It takes place in a spiritual world, a world
first days after death (since it takes about three days to let
takes days afterward for the life body to be completely
sleeping experiences is this: that in sleep the world takes
are to be born. From out of the spiritual world, we take note

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those significant events which have taken place since
I have taken pains to express in narrow circles, where to
takes into consideration that which is struggling to come
individualities into the general cultural wealth. Take
how significant it is that so dreadfully little takes
point to many spheres of life where this luxury has taken
the place of the spirit. Let as take just one: landscape
roads this longing of every soul takes. One could see how
that they were taken into the shafts before the sun rose,
one should take wood and make a fire, and stop preaching.
the economic life has taken its own course. That is the
Threefold Commonwealth has been taken out of existing
I said: “Now let us take any family in the country,
of course, very well taken care of: laid at birth in the
were not taken care of at all until their death —

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something to be taken very seriously, there develops in
distinction, otherwise one will make the mistake of
Science has already disclosed — takes the very
way in which everything that partakes of the nature of a
take everything in my book Theosophy, or in
world. Take especially what is said in those books about
when you are submerged in animalness take care of your
However, I said that one must not mistake what is
consciousness or willing does the nervous system take any
nerves. Frightful mistakes such as this exist in science,
brings men more and more to abstractions, that it takes
as compared to the Eastern? Take the language that

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happenings — then, my friends, then there takes
mistake. But speaking relatively of the special
oneself. He mistakes the lack of knowledge that became
dear friends, this is in our power. We must undertake the
conception, I wanted also to take a stand against them. I
judge that after all here is a man to be taken seriously:
Avenarius — let us take just Mach and Avenarius
breathing. Normally, we take 18,breathe a minute. That
average number of breaths that a man takes. Now you know
huge breath that we take when we enter in the morning
outside. However many mistakes it may be making here and

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taken literally. St. John's Gospel begins, “In the
content to take the word “Word” as a mere
Christian spirit: to take out of the State — which
which is our inheritance from Rome — to take out of
takes the word “German” in vain — just
you take our words seriously, we are your enemies! That
become deeds. And if someone takes their phrases
state takes him in hand as soon as possible — not
indelicate period he is taken at once into the care of
taken care of that he does not have to take care of
is still taken care of, this time by a religion which
all of, us cannot pay? First, the state takes away in the
averting his eyes while he does it from what really takes

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is particularly taken up with memories of the span of life it
call the soul body, a complete spatial expansion takes place,
of space; this takes place not merely after death, but also in
him in order that life may take its right course from
of Mercury. That is, if we take the radius from earth to Venus
earth so that epidemics, illnesses, take place, so that death
at the wrong time takes place, then these souls “without
taken up the religion, which has evolved from it, but from the
beings, by reason of the forces which we have taken with us; so
Christ. And we must take so much strength with us from
take into account the change in the Mars-sphere. The forces
one does not take into consideration merely human life between
shall be able to take hold of the impulses of existence on
take place: the souls are permeated by that which no longer can
following were not to take place.
smaller. And as he grows smaller, he takes into himself the
see that which we have taken into ourselves. No wonder

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concepts take hold of our soul which in their turn become
is only concerned with thoughts taken from the material world;
and sensations taken solely from the material world, cannot be
and of soul, which will take place when such things have become
the moment I could take into consideration that there was
could be guided by it. Now I had to take into consideration
on handwriting or picture, then we take into our own work the
will come when we are going to take into account what the dead
want for those left behind. Today we can only take into account
surely, take hold of the souls on earth and transform them.
increasingly take the place of non-comprehension in this
strangely devious ways are taken by the beings who, so to
Strangely devious ways are taken by these beings, but
resistance. But now let us take a further look at the
that they are not taken along for the next incarnation. But
train — then indeed the bodily sheath is taken from such
in complicated ways. The ways of wisdom which are taken in the
Science must exist out of inner necessity, he will take his
opinion of one's environment, and to take pleasure in the value
one gains in the opinion of one's environment, to take intense
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as you know very well, in Anthroposophy we take this as our
night in our life of soul. What takes place in the soul when it is
after I have taken time to explain more fully the planetary
experience, you will not take offence when I say at once that
return? He would not return into waking life, did not forces take
in would take us to the consideration of much finer and subtler
we want to take our stand for evolution in all sincerity and in a

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we observe how life takes its course around us, how it throws
take the following form. — We ask ourselves: How would it be if
remarkable process then takes shape within our soul, an inner process
take the following standpoint, and say: Yes, we have had these
test, let us not take this attitude but assume that for a
before? We have not only affronted him, we have taken something away
from ourself; as a personality taken as a whole, our worth would be
towards what we do not like. This, then, we will take as an
something else. Let us take our joys, our advantages, our
take it for granted that at about the age of thirty we are not led by
is shed upon it. Although we may be mistaken in some particular
circumstances would not have occurred to us and which, taken in their
fruitful thoughts, especially if taken together with what is said in
cannot take the standpoint that he discovers such things through

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tentative measures can be taken and that in this way a conviction of
change that will gradually and inevitably take place in all human
spiritual world must be taken into account is, of course, the
transformed into something that takes hold of practical life itself,
seems utterly eccentric! Do not, however, take this example to imply
in many respects with the whole course taken by the evolution of
course taken by human evolution be able to speak of any possibility
activities are taken over from man in the future by machines, there
soon instil itself into our education, take hold of human beings even
— Who can possibly doubt that Copernicanism has taken firm
the truths of reincarnation and karma must take equally firm
modern mind. But what matters is that Anthroposophy shall be taken as
earnestly and as profoundly as Christianity was taken by the first
prevailing. If Anthroposophy is not taken with equal seriousness by
— this theory was able to take root in the human soul because
enable it to take footing, even in the minds of children?
the truths of reincarnation and karma, the capacity to take in
necessary if the idea of reincarnation and karma is to take root in
knowledge can take the place of faith? Such utterances are
tirades on the subject of faith and knowledge take into consideration
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in question that take effect in the course of history. But with this
higher Individualities, higher Hierarchies stand behind and take possession
were, takes hold of him from behind and Sets him at the appropriate
the Goddess. A scene takes place, directly reminiscent of a Biblical
to take with me the animals that were to remain, and those Individualities
discourse which then takes place we can glean how, for the culture of
Zeus into a higher life. How, as the result of a certain path taken
of many things that have taken place in historical times. We come to

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that these Beings cannot take direct hold of the physical facts of our
indeed the whole of Europe in the 15th century, would have taken on
so because we are in Stuttgart and I sometimes like to take account
and abstains from wine. She takes pleasure in fine horses and weapons
Orleans. And when we also take into consideration the fact that through
souls — souls who have taken less into themselves.
people are aware of it, spiritual-scientific ideas will take root in
will take the facts as they really are, will lead by and by to what
also see how modification takes place in the course of the ages up to

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the only means of indicating what form these influences take and how
But we must now take account of the fact that during the first, the
are in a position to take in from the impressions of the outer world
come; we must take the direction upwards, as it were, to what is to
something that takes the opposite direction to that of the influences
her, take place, to be sure, in the sphere to which she reaches, but
to the form they take. But to say that they are mere invention would
— I am obliged to stress this point because in this domain mistakes
as well as by our opponents — contrasting mistakes, it is true,
called upon in a subsequent incarnation to take the opposite path: to
Theosophical Movement in the modern age. I am therefore glad to take the
be taken as though they contradicted those revelations which were given to
here and there that we always take a contrary view of things. We work
and compassion in order that a catharsis may take place in his soul.

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buildings such as the pyramids are taken from the heavens and from the
human-personal? The measures could then be taken only from man himself,
sun takes to move round the earth” (for they believed in the apparent
reduced inevitably to abstract measures taken from something deal. For
as well, humanity is instinctively impelled to take the upward path,
is that if, for example, you take the number 1,428, again you have a
many wanderings among various communities, and strict care was taken
any deep feeling for Christianity. Wherever the boy was taken, and wherever
the Persians, he was overtaken by his destiny. Just as destiny overtakes
history, it is interesting to observe the laxer course taken by this
paradoxically does the law of reincarnation take effect when the karmic

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its totality. We must not, to be sure, take an average Persian when
Distance is an essential factor, for if, to take an example, you are
take place. And here, because it is of essential significance in the
historical development, we must take stock of conditions
there happenings fully, we must also take into consideration that such
minor axis of the ecliptic. When we take account of the fact that what
take place in the sphere of the earth itself. Because the forces work
zone, then the temperate zone, then the arctic zone. This can be taken
through the sun and other factors, takes effect on the physical plane.
living in this narrow compass — then the matter takes an a very
turn of the 18th and 19th centuries; but if you take what I have said
into evolution, how it can take effect in the whole process of the evolution
undertake certain tasks in later incarnations.
is connected with what may take place in a minute arena. But these things

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it takes hold not only of knowledge, not only of art, but of the whole
an attitude is taken which wants to separate the question of the good
says! ...” The historical evolution of mankind takes its course
such transitions in their sweep, to take effect in our souls.

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has taken place. Then he is actually before us, we understand what he
a feeling which we take into the sphere of
our destined encounter with another human being takes effect.
takes longer for the heavenly bodies to change their substance, but
takes the other human being into the sphere of his will and does not
bright light of day seem to take the place of the mysterious night.
subconscious Ego-organisation what is to take place after
bodies but to your Ego. The Ego enables you to take your place in the
cannot take anything from the environment of the Earth into himself
can be cured by spiritual means alone. Means that take effect
something that takes its place beside our present and our future as
the Moon takes its place in the Cosmos beside the Sun. Our reverence
actions and in the initiatives it takes has a clear view of what
this reason I would ask you to take very seriously what you will find

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when it is taken with due
Garibaldi steered at once to the land and met a man who was so taken
death, was bound to take a different path from that of Haroun al
oriental wisdom. He could not follow the path that was taken, more
take a different path. These paths led to reincarnation in a later
metamorphosis takes place of the inner forces which in one life are
future it will be of very special interest to take account of them.
resentment against the one who had taken possession of the
to follow the paths taken by these two men who passed through the
matters must be taken with deep earnestness, unmixed with any trace
phenomena of repeated lives on Earth are taken seriously, together

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on the Earth. They take into themselves what is inscribed by us
them to me. I simply could not take any interest in the matter and
taken place in her presence on the subject of repeated earthly lives.
the Moon sphere had still to be taken in tow. The Cosmos therefore
that the final stage of the development of karmic connections takes
let us take another life. During an incarnation in Greece, a certain
most certainly have to be taken in the course of Earth-evolution.
be fettered to the Earth but take wings out into the expanses of the

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and regularity about this work. Of course you cannot take what I have
said as being correct to a day, but if you take it in its essentials,
this recapitulation; and the Theosophical Movement must be taken
question: “What is the right attitude for the theosophist to take
arise: Why is this path not taken to-day? Why are the results of
This step has not been taken out of any personal preference or from
take in faith and on authority what is given out of clairvoyant
should not be taken lightly, but which we should look upon as an
repeating the phrase: That must be taken on trust! Accept as little as
through the fact of the existence of human beings. We might take the
taken form in thought, if man had not been able to give it this form.
pistol; they will appear in a different way. Take a non-thinking,
both receive the same revelations. Let us take some particular case.
only later; and the very moment he sees it, it is taken hold of by his
difference between them, for what we take into the life after death is
The forms and pictures in your vision that are taken from the physical
All this takes us more intimately into the whole question, and it is
is a fact that changes take place in the brain in the course of a
never be lost; no one can take it away from him. That is an essential
phenomena of the higher worlds. If you take up old books of this kind
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general attitude that we take with us into the school can be
far from adding anything to a human being, it takes something
because people take the matter much too lightly. There is
things are taken seriously in our civilization today, however,
viewed the lungs as two stones. The burning that takes place
inorganic burning. What takes place in the human being is
a living burning, permeated with soul. Any process that takes
element, the fluid, and with the fluid the etheric, takes over.

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the higher grades we must take into account the impossible
rhythmic system takes over the activity of the digestive
the astral body takes hold of processes that otherwise we have
being begins to take part again in the activity that is
taken up are subjected to the etheric activity and to the outer
When the human being bows his head, a change takes place in his
the process have been described. Little account is taken,
know whether any account is taken of this in physiology
prefers to take nitrogen from his own organic substances,
upon the musical sphere. Thus, our teaching takes shape, and

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process lies the possibility for the will to take hold so that
fully penetrating this, every one of our actions will take on
and goodness. What the teacher takes to be beautiful or true or
Indian people looks upon you as a saint, as one who has taken
in such a way that they can really take hold of our feeling
dragon takes on the most diverse forms; he takes on every

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awhile a thought first flits by and then takes on increasingly firm

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ordinary life? We're used to saying that thinking takes place in the
position one has to take with respect to the physical world and to

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only with a tiny corner of the world, and we must take time to learn
If we take our earth and the sun as representing normal
take seriously the fact that to have a masculine brain is not so
special being in such a way that this human nature and essence take a
itself: when the human I takes a step forward, then, in order that
spiritual life takes its course with a certain cosmic regularity, as
undertakes with an earthly bourgeois regularity certain activities
day by day, like lunch and dinner, so does human spiritual life take
takes its course under the influence of the moon, of the lunar body.
the other hand, is it not wonderful that cometary existence takes

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the ages of Abraham and Moses takes on human form. In a spiritual
the founding of Christianity, now takes place during the time
renewal of the age of Abraham will take place, beginning with our
will depend upon humanity itself whether what then takes place turns
A striking parallelism of events will take place,
the time when this Christ event takes place. They will experience it
when it takes place. It will bear fruit for him.
form. Humanity has no other leader than the Christ to take it into

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repetition which does, in fact, resemble another, the form it takes
ages take us back to old Atlantis. In very ancient times, vestiges of
Being takes on human form.
of these three pre-Christian ages takes place in the Christian era, but
do not take the same form but what comes later manifests as a kind of
be taken for granted that this man was steeped through and through in
a renaissance of the Abraham-epoch will take place as we pass slowly
Abraham-epoch exactly the opposite path is taken — the path
depend upon humanity itself whether what will then take place turns
take place in earth-existence a change signifying that, having gained
Event that is to take place in our century will also work —
such a way that human nature and the human being always take a

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couldn't give it anything to take with it, and it would go out

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take esoteric life seriously, and so an esoteric class must always be
something sacred for us. We should never take it to be something
the “truth,” and that we don't have to take this or

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goes to an esoteric school must take his age into account. But since
everything still is. Let's take our handwriting. This is an

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Before a man takes his own development in hand, everything goes
He frees himself from guidance, takes his development in hand and
colors rising before him in which forms take shape, and something
soul as the latter's qualities — so we shouldn't take
than one usually thinks. When a man takes his esoteric development in
directed us, for now we direct ourselves and also take full
stream of development. We must take the unfolding of our spiritual

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sorrows. The meditation must be our last thought that we take into

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The translations of Goethe's Faust were taken from: Faust I
Goethe's poems were taken from: J. W. von Goethe 103 Great Poems,
the sources of error in the spiritual area. We want to take
starting point which his soul takes. Self-development is based
the fact that we take a healthy soul life as starting point and
confessors of spiritual science commit a mistake if they
take as right starting point that means a morally healthy soul
the spiritual world into this human soul that take the human
characterise this mood we have taken the starting point from
judges them wrongly. Let us take an example. Such a seer can
spiritual world in general, he does not take in beings, but
my Occult Science, I have tried to take the starting
Someone who takes these two guidelines to reach the spiritual
evoke a feeling that these things may not be taken at all

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The translations of Goethe's Faust were taken from: Faust I
Goethe's poems were taken from: J. W. von Goethe 103 Great Poems,
material life riddles. However, one has to take something else
[one has to take into account] that one has armed the eyes with
is there that just such scientific thinkers who take the facts,
purely external. It takes years and years.
take up other results of spiritual science. Since the soul life
us take an example. One mostly judges using outer reasons.

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basis for the correct understanding of curative eurythmy must be taken
transforming in a certain direction what takes place in the human organism
in the will (which it in fact has, insofar as metabolism takes place
that may quite possibly take place in the normally functioning human
process which can take place through eurythmy. I cannot avoid expressing
science takes in relation to such offshoots will be taken as indicative
which takes place in relative isolation from the human organism so that
by inhalation. You must take inhalation into consideration here in its
must be studied in such a way that respiration is taken into consideration.
to constipation. In the period of life in which teething takes place,
taken place. In short, one must approach the matter as untheoretically
you take into consideration that the whole system of curative eurythmy
would wish to see them. It is, however, necessary that one takes the
happens that the entire human being is taken too little into consideration.
of course.” Indeed, but again and again in practice it is not taken
to take the total human being into consideration one would have to say:
be taken into consideration.
curative eurythmic result. It is particularly important to take heed
a battle with the orthopedists will take place. Despite the fact that
find enough in the indications given to be able to take measures through
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would be to take present history as our starting point. If we compare
the tones we ordinarily take into consideration have as their medium
take possession of it, the experience of the seventh became faintly
is then able to take hold of the physical embryo, giving rise to the
forces of growth and so on. Though physical forces take hold of the
have, to feel, our own self once more. You must take all these
that the human being is not just possessed by God but takes hold of
lowest tones of the scale, the physical body is naturally taken along
of concepts takes place on a level above that of the musical realm.
actual musical experience that takes its course completely within —

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transported. This becomes more obvious if we take the scales through
we must take the other aspects of music into consideration if we wish
or instrumental music. The element of harmony takes hold directly of
be something musical the moment it was taken hold of by the brain's
but you will not take the bell's musical element as the impulse
directions it must be contained. The musical experiences must take
but it is not a mental image; it clearly takes its course in the life
not take this pedantically; pedantry must never play a role in the
you take these things as they are, you can ponder, for example, over
clairvoyance. If man wishes to take objective hold of the musical

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an example taken from the art of recitation and declamation, and to
This work was taken in hand by Frau Dr. Steiner,

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through his breathing. The breath takes hold of the
Dancing,” and is taken from his “Orchestra, or A Poeme
take a lantern, Child, to light
earth the crowne and rule to take:

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that primaeval period of innocence. This takes us right into the
case that art and poetry take to themselves all-embracingly

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fact not taken into account by present-day views of the world.
Take the grain of wheat or rye. It must be planted within the Earth at
farmers must undertake this or that work, or the bulls be introduced
will allow these Imaginations to take effect — that is, to
Let us take a particular instance. The Druid observed the growing
and so on. I can take these forces, and by using frost, hail and rain
to take whatever was harmful from the opposing giant powers and

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clothed with substance taken from a Nature which the spirit seems to
outcast race, taken from a divine-spiritual world where they really
same whether you take a match and strike it on the box, or take the
have been difficult! Yet it one takes the whole physical world,
take exception. Then he suddenly became befogged. Actually we ought to

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Christ. Man was to take a step upwards in evolution and to experience
Our perceptions are, as you know, taken up into our astral organism
The reason is that all we perceive or think, which is taken up into
least to some extent even upon the physical body. This process takes
passed over into man's inner being. To take one example: when a man
instance, we may take the case of a tailor who in his ordinary life
inside the skin of a human being. We should be very much mistaken were
feelings, takes three or four days to be imprinted on our organism.
Golgotha. This was the vicarious deed of a God. Man was to take a step
argue as follows: first observe how long it takes some particular
thickness and multiply it by the time taken by that stratum to form,
him that it would take fifteen years, and then he would be cured.
condition; then we calculate how long it would take to reach that
strive to take to heart. There has never been a time when humanity has
among Schelling's hearers, and these two had taken part in it,

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a role. And what takes place in the formative process in the
The whole change that takes place in the soul-life of the child
activity, and that takes on a religious character, arises if
Another process takes place in the years of puberty, but it is
descend into the organism. They co-operate in what takes
that takes place in nature is permeated by a mysterious music:
high degree. They take all that into their organism. While that
period up to puberty this co-operation takes place between the
the human organism and the outer world. Were we to take a
the astral body takes after death: then the matters must be
transformation of what takes place on the one hand
when your knowledge takes on artistic form, will you become a

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these are guided by a kind of connection that takes place above the
who first recognized man as the highest creature that can take on
which we are speaking, had not taken on bodies of flesh, but possessed
itself takes care that the soul shall return again and again to new
path the soul takes after death, the outer architectural form for the
Again, a further step is taken to the Gothic Cathedral. Without the

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most cases taken to the temple and there put into a kind of sleep. It
Take another example. We have two people before us; one is an Atheist
For example, let us take the simple conception 3 x 3=9. Children form
of things Spiritual. We are led from what takes place on earth to what
has taken place on the ancient Sun, Moon, and Saturn. With physical
happens visibly, all that is external, takes place under the influence
Care was taken, precisely at the moment when the ancient memories

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envelops this on all sides. Take, for example, a rock crystal; you
centre; taken together they form an “earth-centre”; and the

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learnt, further, that high Spiritual Beings take part in man's
grade of being takes a hand in this.
on earth, Spiritual Beings have taken part in work upon humanity, and
Take for example the Angels. In earlier times these passed through
taken place. Man was unable to proceed at this rate of development,
constitutes our present moon. So this Spirit which had undertaken the
under the influence of the moon alone nothing at all would have taken

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mineral soil, but require other plants on which to take root.
that they would not injure Baldur; the mistletoe alone did not take
Such a statement ought to be taken quite literally, and we must try to

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when the bone appeared. The spirits guiding man had now to take care

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nature only, and take on no external form. This is what man's higher
knowledge that which had taken place at one time on earth. You will
development by allowing this hardening process to take place too soon,
constituents did improvement again take place. There was, therefore,
then withdrew more into the spiritual world so as later to take on
age some very important event would have to take place when the last

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ancient Saturn. It is easy to make the mistake that these were men
where you will: take, for example, the leaf of any plant; the more
several parts are arranged according to the highest wisdom. Take a
ingrained in everything that exists on earth, had to take form
only take place through men being torn away from group-soul qualities;
father, mother, son, and daughter, he who does not take up his cross
a perception of what takes place far beyond our solar system. The most
universe; he could speak of nothing that takes place beyond the earth.
when he takes us up into the spiritual world he says again very much
inkling of how those who partake of Inspiration ascend to the sun.
taken place in more recent ages of earthly existence, in the Egyptian

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their withdrawal, they were not taken up into a higher kingdom. Above
and not to be mature enough to be taken immediately into the realm of
that the man who met death on the field of battle was taken up by the
partakers of this lost world. The first great age of post-Atlantean
appearance, but a reality which must be taken into account.
Emigrations had taken place from Asia and Africa; these mingled with

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In order that we may understand the entire human being we must take
when he takes on a physical body, and has then to assimilate them as
good not only for men but also for the Gods, for man takes up with him
throws light on much that had taken place in our time.
would never have taken place. Man has, however, taken a path that
they would have developed greater powers) or whether they would take
If man had taken the upward turn in the middle of the Atlantean epoch
come back to it, for at that time he could not take much over with
during life, could he take over with him that which brought light
world is not lost in the period between death and rebirth; he takes
concerning the Christ, because they take the fruits of this with them

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This was firmly implanted in souls at that time. Things that take
and it has to be taken in connection with a far-reaching and just
longer quite correct; even in Theosophical handbooks great mistakes
detail will take place; work will be so organized that a holder of
say: I must undertake a part of the work of humanity, and leave
straightforward one, but that something like a division has taken
Let us suppose that this descent of man into matter had not taken
Egypt. Take, for instance, what Pythagoras learnt from the Egyptians,
sensible that they will not fall into the mistake of some of our
had to be developed in order that another forward step might be taken
of what had taken place previously would have re-appeared in our age.
Take a description of Buddha by one who accepts the standpoint of
perished through the enjoyment of too much pork; this must not be taken
of the historic Buddha that had been taken possession of by a God;

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ordinary schools, will have to be taken out their grooves and
treatment, take no account of Astronomy, have indeed definite
taken into account in other branches of science too, so that
so I beg of you to take these lectures as a
friends. We must take up our position from the standpoint of
form the world-concept takes. But it is not a question
dear friends, take any literature dealing with
is that substances which are otherwise in Nature are taken up
taken up into the organism of the cell and can only work
fluid and unformed and a skeleton or framework which takes on
do not take the stain. Thus with carmine or saffron, or
mirrors the universe around it! It takes on the form of the
rectangular, out of shape, and the structure takes on a
now take the female ovum, and picture to
certain inner balance. They have taken on form in the
calculate when an eclipse of the Sun or Moon would take
whole social life should take its right course. Astronomy

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at all is taken of the human being. On the contrary, people
we must take a good deal simply from observation in order to
disclose — if one does not take up the proud position
the Earth take place round the North-South axis, but that
Ecliptic, its own revolution, which takes the opposite
what takes place out there in the starry world in its
facts and you will see how they lead us further. Take, for
itself. Then we must take up another indication, which
itself felt; though, to be sure, this is not ordinarily taken
take this in connection with other things which,
took that stimulant which in its nature takes least hold of
with something which takes thorough hold of the metabolic
take into account the qualitative impression which such
necessary regrouping of the sciences. Now take another thing

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belongs in this way to the Earth, let us first take the plant
soul and spirit of man. We see how what takes place
observation, what takes place in effect, in soul and spirit.
for the astronomical world-conception. We can only take our
similar to what takes place in the monthly functions of the
Now take the
sense, between what takes place in the body on the arising of
refers, and what takes place in the monthly periods of the
this in a very simple fashion. Take Kepler's Third Law.
But now take the matter actively and
— but take what is living still in Kepler's form,
an ellipse together with it. What takes place outwardly is in
it a little quaintly You must take care all the time that you

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made which passes unnoticed, — is taken tacitly for
in which it was conceived should be mistaken, it has departed
eliminate the mistake and return to what is true. We need to
take note of something in the real world-picture, which as it
also take into account the movements of the comets.
astray. They do not take into account, how necessary it is
can take an easy line and say that there are
must take leave of what we are able to master mathematically.
felt pretty strongly the moment we begin to take hold of the
reality and take them as axioms of the reality itself. We
if I take Mathematics as constituting reality, for

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geometry take us up to a certain point, whence we can go no
that it was only necessary to take into account the forces
directly present in what takes place in the embryo itself.
stage) embryological development is taken hold of by a
what goes before this has to be taken fro granted. We must
while the forming of ideas and mental pictures takes us more
undertaken, otherwise no progress will be made in certain
forming of ideas. (Please do not take offense at the
refer to.) Observe the breathing process. The intake of air
regards the Heavens, but we must recognize that when we take
picture in the following way. Through his head, he takes part
analyze human memory and take into account the underlying
bodily nature is taken hold of more intensely than it is when
into a shorter period and takes its course between birth and
fertilization takes place, the processes in the ovum
barriers between what takes place within man and in the
it were stationary. Pictorially, therefore, what takes place
about sense-perception. We must take our start from the whole

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celestial space?’ Asking this question, we will take
where, so to speak, the relation of man to the world takes on
life takes hold of something real, — that they
(though you may take the word 'highest' with a grain of salt)
Take Aristotle and Plato, and above all the greatest
the Ego is not yet so prominent. The way in which they take
mistaken and fruitless to approach what is still extent of
into the past, — takes us to the beginning of the third
the Earth's surface. Only those who take a very short-term
overtakes our present civilization. Moreover assuming that we
this will lead on to a further insight. That which take place
in due course; but to begin with we can take our start from
are taken hold of by something which in ourselves keeps more
for otherwise the pure phenomenon will be obscured. Take only
must conceive that the change which has taken place since the
real facts. We can only take our start from the empirically
round the Ecliptic, and that the time it takes is called the
Scorpio. This rhythm is contained within what takes its
same. You know that the number of breaths man takes —

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will take our start from another direction.
movement in the Heavens, we have to take our start from man
here referring to the form it takes in present time.)
world if once we take our start from other realms than the
organic life of the human being as a whole had not yet taken
of premise from which we have to take our start, so as to
taken in this immobile way. We assume that this inner
the form of man. We will take our start from the animal, and
Now take the side of the Earth that is turned away from the
limited domain, where one merely takes the outward visual

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Astronomy of our time only takes into account what is
that we must adopt a different method. We have to take our
the Universe with his senses; we must take man as a whole in
have so often told, have taken place since then —
taken place in his faculties of sense-perception. He had
thus at what has taken place in man through his connection
allege that anything takes place thence forward, deserving to
which he can go farther, — can undertake quite other
of the several creatures. We will take note of this and set
take up again what I have frequently mentioned: The
we take our start from gravitation and nothing more, and
Take for
containing vessel. Take all this brutal play of mutual impact

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from which we intend to take our start, — understand
will afford us a means of orientation in the striving to take
and the distance AB, 2a. If we take the mid-point between a
conditions, — take C as the center of the co-ordinate
have taken it here, is greater than a, equal to a, or less
curve is changed and it takes on this form
point which describes the curve takes this path, goes round
that most people who concern themselves with mathematics take
takes on a qualitative nature is set into spatial connection,
although it would take months to present in all detail. You
undertaken and carried forward. It is at all events possible.
begin with, between what takes place in the third system of
— and what takes place in the head. The relationship is
connection between what takes place in the head, for
you will also be led to ask whether what takes place outside
which we regard as chemical phenomena outside of man, take
takes place in Nature outside him. We say: What is within

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polarity. Take the tubular bone and think of this centre-line
soul-life, let us now consider how it takes its course when
resultant between what takes place out in the starry world
what takes place in man as a result of the radial
just described must be taken into account with the same inner
attempting to explain the embryo we must take these two
opposites into account. As we take the Earth's
entirely adapted to the mineral kingdom. Take the kind of
triangle in the outer world when you take hold of it in
pass over from one to the other continuously, to take its
regard to the external world, we have before us what takes
before us something which takes place between us and some

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Today I take
take our start from what meets the eye — from what is
Heavens would be found in other regions too. Take then this
From this we have to take our start. Take for example the
not our own; — which take place apart from us, outside us, so
now is: How might this principle be modified if we take into
above all. Then take the animal organisation with its
Take now the
towards the planetary loop and a position where we take leave
Take in

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human body. Take as a whole the structure of the pairs of
the Sun; for it takes place, once more, when the planet is in
date. Then it will not suffice you to take your start from
taken as a whole, in the organic life, reveals an evident
From the animal the carbon has to be taken away by the oxygen

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opinion the Universe is far, far greater. He takes the stars
along the one circle and the other. Take Venus for example.
Now take the movements Ptolemy attributes to the centres
to take some time for men to get as enlightened as they
is no empirical fact to vouch for it. We need to take the

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our measuring and mathematizing, must take its start from
conceiving the observed facts truly? We must really take it
to heart — we must take knowledge of the fact —
observed, what is perceivable, is taken far to easily, too
time-table!) What do we do then? We see what we take to be
those who take their start from the current idea of
take our start from premises of Spiritual Science. This would
are wont to take it simply and think it so convenient of
have undoubtedly taken hold of other realms of vegetable
taken shape at an earlier stage amid external Nature.
working of the Sun. Now take that other working of the Sun's
Moon, — something is taken away again from the
to take our start from this other picture. In the last
imply. If one the other hand we take our start from this, the

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therefore take for granted that we shall ever be able to
We can and we should try to take seriously that 'memberment'
But it will not be so if we take our start, as we must do,
was outside before, is now inside, and vice-versa. Take
not be easy to take hold of mathematically. Yet without
only take this as a picture) — if you call to mind that the
Take, to
upper branch will take this form eventually. If then you
precisely the relationship from which you should take your
also compare it with something else. Take any popular
still take it simply as a picture — is fundamentally
enacted takes you right out of three-dimensional space. You
obliged to take the coordinates in this way. In the former
to get the polar-coordinates, as in Figure 6. No, I will take

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apprehend that element of movement which takes its course
element which takes its course along the Radius?
of which will indicate that they cannot be taken in a merely
forming and development of man does indeed take place in
life is enabled in some respects to take a similar course,
researches have not been undertaken.
movements takes its course in such a surface. Now here again
postman you take a walk. Hence the relationship, highly
transformation, when it takes place with our deliberate
being transformed, yet so that the transformation takes place
“absolute” must of course again be taken
the same metabolism which takes place when we are not acting
deliberately, — which takes place simply with the lapse
substance that takes place in our deliberate movement takes
transmutation so takes place that the final process to which
the former metabolic process takes its course, so to speak,
body that take place when we move deliberately and those that
take place when we are sleeping. And from the very fact that
who takes it to be the same and bases his research on this
curves of this direction. What have we taken as fundamental
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That which takes place between the head and the rest of man
in a vertical direction when man is upright, takes place in a
take into account what I mentioned before, how the Astronomy
accepted notion of the Sun's apparent path. Take all of this
if I take this, to begin with, to be a true perspective, I
retain for life. In practice, they take their start from the
this lecture arose out of a mistaken remark by one of

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themselves in their true light if we then take our start from
of matter whoever takes the phenomena with open mind and puts
take the connection of what I have been saying with man
depends. You take a crystal of salt into your hand. You may
little. The constants of the curves must themselves be taken
now describe. Take all the empirical facts that are available
were, — do not impinge on one another. Take for example
You may take one of those blue or red toy balloons and
laws. See then what form is taken by the same type or
If only the path were really taken, from the ordinary
empirical verification of these truths, which must be taken

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contributing factors — indeed very many, if we take into
aspect of my subject, and therefore ask you to take it in connection with
today. I shall naturally be forced by the subject itself to take details
out of their context, but I shall take pains so to shape this
of the culture, the particular technical shade taken on by the culture of
matter must be taken far more profoundly than it generally is today.
of teeth has taken place. This is just as much a scientific law as any
that, if we take this as our basis, the result will be the same education
present form. In those that will take their place the object will be to
examinations, which will take a very different form from their present
and what has to do with feeling, everything taken into the memory has
saying: Today there are innumerable town-dwellers who, when taken into
human faculties must take place at the right time — they have not
quite different mode off living. Many people, however, who later take up
enable anyone with a bent towards handicraft to take advantage of the
taken hours — this being necessary for his physical condition. If
should go through these years without acquiring some idea of what takes
lectures on anthroposophy have been by my audience; for if they had taken
interspersing of natural science, could be taken as contributing to
to a certain class. Take up any philosophical work today, for example, by
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will immediately take possession of the hearts and minds of men. Today
was taken for granted that whoever did so was a dilettante; in other
proletariat have taken during these decades. Now an educational system
unions, in associations, in political parties, and have never taken the
this? It is because people have never learnt to take lessons from life,
of life. Today even when people have taken their degree, as a rule they
would rather define. They would like today to take up images of the facts
wake up; and those who do not wake will not be able to take part in what

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school, in what goes on there everything is taken into account except the
education to health, we have to take care that in future the growing
hands on what people today take as a matter of course — what they
the wrong direction gradually taken in the life of spirit.
second year was taken in the first and vice versa, but at least something
to take the path demanded by reality if anything is to happen. Naturally
needs to take a quite different course during children's growing years
one ha s taken from it. Today, art is not served by painters providing
mistaken education, this education which does not make for the
take a share in manual labor, no one would need to work at it daily for
already taken in hand. There is so little understanding for this that it
public so that they should not realise that among the coins they take

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takes its true form in you yourselves, if to a certain extent
remind you that we take our stand on the Spiritual Science we
today it is taken for granted by those men who discuss or
not lay special stress on the details) take the spirit of the
imagine a greater mistake in our method of education than to
pedagogy, have taken a most important part in deciding
scientific training has actually been taken as a teacher's
that here is really a pedagogy, which has been forgotten, taken
have made up their minds to take their stand on the esoteric
social organism that the western nations will take part in it.
for an artist to take a book on aesthetics in his hand in order
kind of child, but you will have taken trouble with them. From
intellectualistically, but to be able to really take these
should be taken into consideration by the teacher, for this is

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they can themselves take their stand upon true reality. Others, who aim at
Aristotle set down. The additions made today are due to a somewhat mistaken
the teaching brought by the Arabs was not Aristotle's, but only a mistaken
have happened otherwise; the actual course taken was necessarily such as it
were taken to accentuate the breach between faith on the one hand, which
Aristotelians; and as the era of Kepler and Galileo drew near, mistaken
not proceed from the heart, as he had mistakenly gathered from Aristotle,
again remove it. There can be no doubt, I take it, that the seal being, let
consciousness takes its place, whose activity in its widest range is
think but in the consciousness of an activity not undertaken in ordinary
philosophers can undertake to agree that anthroposophy is no dilettantism.

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teacher should be taken quite aphoristically. It would indeed be best if it
were to take shape in you gradually, if it were to develop further through
of Central Europe have taken their lead in such matters from the people of
the West. It is taken for granted today among men who debate educational
Nonetheless these paths exist and are to be found. And if you take the
scientist. This has gone so far that a scientific training is taken to be a
would sooner take the students' part. For the direction things have taken
than of this when they decide to take their stand on the esoteric
basis of this understanding, the peoples of the West will take it
for the artist to take a book on aesthetics in hand, and then to paint or
there is not much to be done, but we will have taken pains with them.
that the rest of our organism shows its true form, which is the form taken
the spirit I have just described, and now you take your way back down
rather to be able to really take these various moods into account. For what
mood that should be taken into consideration by the teacher as he teaches,

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limbs, takes place through rays proceeding from the head downward to the
forces had taken their course unconsciously within the body. If later on
takes place during the years of puberty, although it has been preparing
They are forces taken in from the world.
forces as are of a musical kind are taken up more from the outer world,
head. Whatever, on the contrary, is taken up by the child as a
to puberty such cooperation takes place between the formative-structural,
you the difference between man and animal. In an animal what is taken in of
not retarded before the fourteenth year. This you must not take to mean
person takes in here on earth plays a powerful role in fashioning his
have taken it in often in the form I now frequently describe as the art of
properly unless we take into account the typical course of the astral body
head in the period before the seventh year takes the form of an attack on
are two levels in man on which this warding-off takes place. The defence is
teeth. Then further, through what he has taken in of music and language, is
when this lives itself into the etheric body and thereby takes hold of the

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should be taken in from outside in a particular form, and acquire their
But if you undertake a study of the being of man, and learn to understand
perception as such. This perception as such actually takes place within the
realms in which perception of visual things take place musical memory, the
remembering of everything audible, takes place. We remember what we hear in
fact that we all take it for granted, it is a wonderful and mysterious
the former imprinting of soul in the body, that is, we have to take hold,
science. But this has to be consciously taken in hand, if human evolution
process of digestion, you cannot have much influence on. The process takes
can be thinking about something when you wake up that could have taken
that can throw light on the whole of life, must take place in miniature in
must take in the study of man, understand the study of man through

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gradually organising it through and through; which means that there takes
say with regard to the child: in puberty the birth of the astral body takes
takes place is a continuous penetration of the human organism by the ego,
can, on the other hand, fall a prey to making the opposite mistake. There
mistake, that one does not let the ego sink deeply enough into the
itself well into the organism, provided the child takes it in and works it
becoming fanciful, then I will rather make him take up recitation, rhythm
take such things seriously into consideration. Take for instance the
significant than others. What happens here takes place through interaction
between the astral body and the etheric body. It takes place in waking man,
above. Such processes take place in infinitely manifold ways in man
fascinated by that which takes place in individual children, because even
them in a different way. If you want to consider the changes which take
must take note of the change in the child's manner of moving. These
listened to his lecture facing him, in order to take in what he said.
pedagogy, and this despite the great interest taken by many people. The
children. We do not take it amiss when such a thing is said by laymen; they

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take the place of that which we have lost. With all possible
especially if it takes root in the hearts of our
especially in a spiritual movement which takes its rise out of
today that must be taken into account. In these two lectures I
shall take pains to deal with as much as possible of that which
child is taken in his earliest years into a community that is
with the language and its genius are by no means taken into
Take the condition of the dreaming person and compare this with
Anthroposophy first begin. Indeed, we are compelled to take our
take to heart that, wherever we engage in Anthroposophical
as a certain number of persons who take in what they hear or
thus far taken. We shall arrive only at a tremendous chaos, at
will our discussions take a fruitful course.
each other, and who have not thus far been able to take the
opinion, for what is to take place must come from the bosom of
same course it has thus far taken, I beg you, therefore, to
that it has once taken these foundations into itself —
Anthroposophical Society can take charge, as this must be done,

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the world leads one to take hold of life in a truer way than
one can take it without this.
lower condition, is taken over into what we will call a higher
are not willing to undertake this. For this reason, there has
of this ordinary attitude. In this case what takes place in the
individual things that have been taken up, and the destiny of
alternative: Either the spiritual-scientist must take in hand
this, but this standpoint is taken in the right way only when
taken hold of in the right way, and, most of all, that this
Anthroposophical circles. In this regard innumerable mistakes
see that the Society is in such a state as to be able to take
the outside world suppose that nothing takes place in this
most part things take place which he would not in the least
my spiritual eye take in at a glance the manner in which the
compelled to take exception out of a consciousness of the very
which simply takes things as they are, or a theology which, as
needs only to be taken by the opponents out of my own writings.
Such a step was actually taken somewhat later through the
take over the Presidency of the Anthroposophical Society which

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this a number of times. It is necessary to take a very
century, particularly in this respect. We tend to take
intellectual approach which we take so much for granted,
earth had taken a physical form in the cosmos that
human form. This anthropomorphism takes over whenever
must take our orientation from what the facts have to
they can take a course that will lead to human beings on
take firm hold of this earthly, mineral aspect of human
magnetism is more easily understood. It does not take as
course taken by the world that exists outside us. Those
our spiritual movement that takes its orientation in
draw attention to some very peculiar points of view taken
movement which endeavours to take up the challenge of the

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of Asia may thus be said to have taken the intellectual
sufficiently stressed — was first of all taken in
itself able to take in the ideas coming from Asia.
respects. It is necessary, however, that they take hold
want to know how Schelling, for instance, to take just
characteristics that enable them in particular to take up
Germanic mind is demonstrated. The Germanic mind takes
taken of the world, at the point where they relate to
them’. Take a look, you will find this kind of
differentiation shows itself particularly if one takes a

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today states are taken so much for granted that no one
worse, they are so much taken for granted that people are
take it to mean today. The idea of the ruler of an
because modern minds are little inclined to take serious
down from spiritual heights to take up its abode in a
we know them today, and take a wider view. We cannot
forced him to take the route prescribed by the priest. It
are altogether little prepared to take note of major
not so limited in their ideas they could take a wider
were to take such things in historical evolution
hand. He would take that to be self-evident. At the time
say, something was taken as a matter of course, was the
to human minds, when it was taken as a matter of
taken it into one's mind to say one was German, i.e.
of the way they do take effect, literally ask for
the course taken by spiritual affairs behind the Physical

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that must inevitably take our present civilization to the
is made in cultural life to take a wider point of view
take account of the instincts of the masses, instincts
proper idea of current events one would have to take
particularly taken into account however is connected with
within animal nature. If you now take all the cleverness
Let me take
them say: ‘It would take the ground away from under
shadows being taken up into a container and presenting
with it. Something taken for granted as a fundamental
that what we are doing is taken from some source or
will without doubt never emerge, however long it takes
ideas as the Jesuits, only they take them the other way

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different aspects, things now also taken into
people say today: Something else will have to take the
taken and it is realized that if the stomach is
and others have attempted to take the anthroposophical
must take account of it in everything we say and do. The
way, it is not at all healthy if something is undertaken
to be taken into account.
to be found? It takes a certain form and people fail to
notice, but most of it takes place in the sphere of
threefold order is a good thing; we must take it
is for this idea to be taken up by a sufficiently large
those who take a practical view. The latter will take an
people living for some private pleasure; they take hold
say takes ten hours, could be easily done in one hour.

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made that when any work is undertaken or any proposal
must be taken into account and taken positively into
is new. This, however, does not have to be taken into
mistaken to look for atoms and molecules in the world we
proud to say that they do not take atoms and molecules to
take a living comprehension of spiritual entities as your
course be taken hold of, whilst in the case of the
rainbow we could not take hold of anything. Yet although
view of nature that is generally taken today, a view that
say, and take it in the right spirit.
with the senses — is mistaken, and the error
definition that takes hold of realities, in this case the
ideas to take hold of reality. We cannot do so whilst we
too lazy to take in the things that only materialism can
anything that takes you into the sphere of matter, saying
we must take the road to reality. I have tried to

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matter of the earth. This form of self-perception takes
age to another take place inside the human skin.
liberal element which is to the left takes on some colour
usually taken seriously. You cannot give your allegiance
their own way, I am uniting with that one, I take his
need. We could take up such abstract mysticism, but that
develop an inner impulsiveness where they take words as
things one really wishes people to take to heart; I have

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takes life seriously really ought to feel that the
humankind was taken as a matter of course when this
who who descended to earth to take up his abode among
be taken by the divine knowledge that had once existed
come about. It has taken the road I have often
experimentation and observation. Take a look — but
names we bear have taken a road where it is no longer
is Miller. That is the road names have taken. The rest of

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different points of view. Today I want to take a point of
take a closer look at the dream world, considering it in
changes the human brain had undergone. If you take an
physical basis of dreaming — take it as a working
will not take time at this point to consider the nature
did the people of the ancient Orient take themselves very
into decadence. If you take a good look at oriental
inability to take up the mission of modern humanity, to
something of which we must take special note if we want
Take
understood as a whole. Take Hegelian philosophy, for
the view taken of the of the human being is such that a
achieve pictures or images, but it does not take them to
to take the insights that their particular faculties have
We must understand it before we can consciously take our
future. The culture of the Middle must take its place in
take its place there and point the way.
mistake not to pay proper attention to the way in which
mistake to cast sidelong glances at the East and to try
significance today. And we must take care not to cast any
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permitted to take the great disaster that has happened in recent years as
given rise to opinions, all kinds of measures were taken, and people had
work — labour — had taken on quite a different form to what
Now let us take some other
the relative size of something that had really been taken out of the
evolution. If you now take the following and add it to what has been
something occurred that in the past would have taken quite a different
civilization, and we must take a good look at it.
nowadays. That is the view taken by the present age. We know, however,
relatively short time — just take the time from 1870, when six and
forces and energies also exist and take effect independent of human
ahrimanic world will take hold of the human will and human beings will
more alive in feelings. The ahrimanic takes effect through the human
intellect and comes to realization as it takes form in the products of
management and workers. Practical life fails to take account of the
have a science that I have taken to great heights; have a life in the
earlier earth lives. Everything we take in of the outside world in this
powers to take over! Machines create something in us that will be the
take account of spiritual science. Just think what it means that there
speaking of something that takes no account of human nature, and those
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really touch us as human beings if we allow them to take
This will take us beyond the earthly realm because it has
what we need to develop our own nature and take it beyond
must take hold, with the whole of our being, of what to
something within this earthly realm that will take us
Christ is the principle that can take our evolution
something in us that can only be taken further by a
Christ spirit. If you take an honest, unbiased look at
will this enlivened science take? Some things are in
earth. We have to take our human beingness back from the
half-developed Imaginations — if we were to take
take this element of knowledge back into our
course take bread and — well, let us say
beings, that will take us beyond this and make us into
however, that spiritual science must take the whole of
all the gold. If you take a good look at the world around
some people take this amiss. I know I am poking around in
— and they take exception to this. Exception is
even taken by people who are sitting in this room and
reject the things that take their substance from the
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