10 lectures in Dusseldorf, April 12-18, 1909; notes by participants from question-and-answer sessions (CW 110)
April 21 - 22, 1909
Ever since nature and consciousness were separated during the late Middle Ages--giving rise to scientific thinking that considers only the physical world and views the mind as merely an epiphenomenon of neural chemistry--the spiritual beings who are the universe have felt abandoned and unable to complete their work, which depends on human collaboration for its suc-cess. Human beings have likewise felt aban-doned and alienated.
In...
10 lectures in Dusseldorf, April 12-18, 1909; notes by participants from question-and-answer sessions (CW 110)
5 lectures in Berlin, October 31, 1911-December 5, 1911 (CW 132)
In this most remarkable and in many ways unique course of lectures, Rudolf Steiner describes the inner experience of the states of consciousness known as the Saturn, Sun, Moon, and Earth stages of evolution.
Lecture by lecture, Steiner details the experiences of these states available to one who practices the spiritual scientific path of meditation. By this means, these stages and states gain an unexpected and existential reality: suddenly, we recognize what Steiner is talking about. Most remarkable of...
5 lectures in Berlin, October 31, 1911-December 5, 1911 (CW 132)
In this most remarkable and in many ways unique course of lectures, Rudolf...
As the editor of Goethe's scientific writings during the 1880s, Rudolf Steiner became immersed in a worldview that paralleled and amplified his own views in relation to epistemology, the interface between science and philosophy, the theory of how we know the world and ourselves. At the time, like much of the thinking today and the foundation of modern natural science, the predominant theories held that individual knowledge is limited to thinking that reflects objective, sensory perception. Steiner's view was eventually distilled in his...
Written 1884-1885; first published 1886 (CW 2)
As the editor of Goethe's scientific writings during the 1880s, Rudolf Steiner became immers...
Notes written from memory by the participants and meditation verses by Rudolf Steiner (CW 266/3) Beginning in January 1913, five days after the Anthroposophical Society was founded, this rich volume traces the esoteric work (and lack thereof) in the decade leading up to the reestablishment of the General Anthroposophical Society at the "Christmas Conference" (1923/1924) and the subsequent creation of the First Class, which replaced the Esoteric Section. Part One, the largest section (Jan. 2, 1913-July 14, 1914), containing thirty-nine lessons in nineteen months, allows us to sense the...
Notes written from memory by the participants and meditation verses by Rudolf Steiner (CW 266/3) Beginning in January 1913, five days after the An...
"Rudolf Steiner's model of a spiritualized medicine could hold the key for the next growth phase in Western medicine, if it is to survive, flourish, and become consistently and deeply therapeutic instead of merely palliative." --Richard Leviton, author of Imagination of Pentecost: Rudolf Steiner & Contemporary Spirituality
Rudolf Steiner, a scientist by training, lectured and wrote, at different times on medical subjects and advised physicians on their work. His view of medicine was both...
11 lectures, Aug. 28, 1923-Aug. 29, 1924 (CW 319)
"Rudolf Steiner's model of a spiritualized medicine could hold the key for the nex...
In the architecture of Rudolf Steiner's great cosmological temple, this extraordinary course of lectures on spiritual beings forms the central pillar with other important texts such as the fourth chapter of An Outline of Esoteric Science (CW 13); The Spiritual Hierarchies and the Physical World (CW 136); and Inner Experiences of Evolution (CW 132). These works--outlining a revolutionary angelological cosmology--are at the heart of Steiner's mission to transform our understanding of the world by laying down a...
10 lectures, Helsinki, April. 3-14, 1912 (CW 136)
In the architecture of Rudolf Steiner's great cosmological temple, this extraordinary cou...
Notes written from memory by the participants and meditation verses by Rudolf Steiner (CW 266/2) In this second of three volumes from Rudolf Steiner's early Esoteric School, we find a further deepening of spiritual practice and training. Steiner explains the requirements one must meet to become a serious student of esotericism. In addition, he gives directions--always emphasizing the increasing need for earnestness--for the transformation of the inner life, for the development of new spriritual forces and capacities, and for recognizing and overcoming the dangers that arise on a spiritual...
Notes written from memory by the participants and meditation verses by Rudolf Steiner (CW 266/2) In this second of three volumes from Rudolf Stein...
At the heart of this volume is Rudolf Steiner's commentary on the elemental forces responsible for our earthly nature as human beings--forces that influence us as members of a national or geographical group. When such elemental forces are not recognized and understood, he states, they cause conflict and chaos. Nonetheless, Steiner indicates, too, an important task that calls each of us to develop individuality emancipate ourselves from the earthly influences of national and racial groups.
These great themes are framed by Steiner's pioneering research into the two major Northern folk...
At the heart of this volume is Rudolf Steiner's commentary on the elemental forces responsible for our earthly nature as human beings--forces that ...