The Universal Human

THE
UNIVERSAL HUMAN

The Evolution of Individuality

Four Lectures given between
1909 and 1916
in Munich and Bern

Rudolf Steiner

Translation edited by
Christopher Bamford and
Sabine H. Seiler

ANTHROPOSOPHIC PRESS

The lectures in this book were published from stenographic records not revised by the lecturer. “Individuality and the Group-Soul” and “The God Within and the God of Outer Revelation” appear in German in Die tieferen Geheimnisse des Menschheitswerdens im Lichte der Evangelien (Vol. 117 in the Collected Works). “The Lord of the Soul” is published in German in Exkurse in das Gebiet des Markus-Evangeliums (Vol. 124 in the Collected Works), and the German text of “The Universal Human: The Unification of Humanity through the Christ Impulse” appears in Die geistige Vereinigung der Menschheit durch den Christus-Impuls (Vol. 165 in the Collected Works). All three titles are published by Rudolf Steiner Verlag in Dornach, Switzerland.

All Bible quotations in this volume are taken from The New Oxford Annotated Bible, Standard Revised Version.

The publishers acknowledge with gratitude the help of Gilbert Church, Ph.D. who revised an earlier translation of these lectures.

Copyright ©1990
Anthroposophic Press, Inc.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Steiner, Rudolf, 1861-1925

[Lectures. English. Selections]

The universal human: the evolution of individuality: four lectures given between 1909 and 1916 in Munich and Bern / Rudolf Steiner; translation edited by Christopher Bamford and Sabine H. Seiler.

Contents: Individuality and the group-soul — The God within and the God of outer revelation — The Lord of the soul — The universal human.

ISBN 0-88010-350-7 — ISBN 0-88010-289-6 (pbk.)

1. Anthroposophy. I. Bamford, Christopher. II. Seiler, Sabine H. III. Title.

BP595.S894L4213 1990

299'.935 — dc20 90-49532 GIP

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