The Time-Sequence and Spiritual Foundations for Threefolding

The Time-Sequence and Spiritual Foundations for Threefolding

Two lectures, Dornach March 23 and 29, 1919 (CW 190)

Five months after the signing of the Armistice ending World War I, Rudolf Steiner gave these two lectures in Dornach, Switzerland. These are the only lectures extant in which Dr. Steiner gives the spiritual time-sequences for the development of the spiritual-cultural life, the rights life and the economic life, the hierarchies and inner faculties necessary to the accomplishment of a threefold social order by the end of the seventh cultural epoch.

About the Author

Rudolf Steiner (1861–1925) was born in the small village of Kraljevec, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now in Croatia), where he grew up (see right). As a young man, he lived in Weimar and Berlin, where he became a well-published scientific, literary, and philosophical scholar, known especially for his work with Goethe’s scientific writings. At the beginning of the twentieth century, he began to develop his early philosophical principles into an approach to systematic research into psychological and spiritual phenomena. Formally beginning his spiritual teaching career under the auspices of the Theosophical Society, Steiner came to use the term Anthroposophy (and spiritual science) for his philosophy, spiritual research, and findings. The influence of Steiner’s multifaceted genius has led to innovative and holistic approaches in medicine, various therapies, philosophy, religious renewal, Waldorf education, education for special needs, threefold economics, biodynamic agriculture, Goethean science, architecture, and the arts of drama, speech, and eurythmy. In 1924, Rudolf Steiner founded the General Anthroposophical Society, which today has branches throughout the world. He died in Dornach, Switzerland.