Two Lectures Cycles, Followed by Two Christmas Lectures Dornach, October 3-7
and December 12-20, 1914; Dornach, December 26 and Basel, December 27, 1914 (CW 156)

These two lecture courses, given just after the beginning of World War I, stand as a kind of unexpected gift. A few months later, once the war became a reality, the possibilities for esoteric work would change and it would become more difficult to do spiritual research. But in the short interval before the true horror of the conflict unfolded, Rudolf Steiner--almost by the way--was able to give these lectures,...