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The Fulfillment of Old Age (eBook)
The Fulfillment of Old Age is Dr. Norbert Glas’s tender, candid look at the late phase of life — the changes in the physical body and senses, the gradual shifts in life forces, and the meaning that becomes available when old age is met with attention. Glas, an anthroposophical physician who ran a nursing home in Stroud, writes for both elders and the younger generations who care for them.
The Christmas Conference (eBook)
The Christmas Conference: For the Foundation of the General Anthroposophical Society 1923/1924 The laying of the Foundation Stone, lectures and addresses, discussion of the Statutes, Dornach, Dec. 24, 1923 – Jan. 1, 1924 (CW 260) “This anthroposophic movement is not an earthly service. This anthroposophic movement in its entirety, in all its details, is a
Materialism and the Task of Anthroposophy (eBook)
Materialism and the Task of Anthroposophy 17 lectures, Dornach, April 4–June 5, 1921 (CW 204) In this history of human consciousness, Steiner explains that the world ended in AD 300, when it became impossible to find spirit in nature. Since then, we have been living in an increasingly spiritual world on a disintegrating, dying Earth.
Earthly Knowledge and Heavenly Wisdom (eBook)
Earthly Knowledge and Heavenly Wisdom 9 lectures, Dornach, February 1923 (CW 221) There is a great difference between the meaning of “know yourself” in the ancient mystery centers and its meaning today. In ancient times, one tried to achieve after death what one can now attain during earthly life. In order to reach higher stages
The Principle of Spiritual Economy (eBook)
The Principle of Spiritual Economy: n Connection with Questions of Reincarnation: An Aspect of the Spiritual Guidance of Man 11 lectures, various cities, January – May, 1909 (CW 109) These talks reveal a particular aspect of how humankind have been guided spiritually throughout history—by the life forces and astral bodies of the great initiates and
The Origins of Natural Science (eBook)
The Origins of Natural Science 9 lectures, Dornach, December 24, 1922 – January 6, 1923 (CW 326) “Modern science, and the scientism based on it, so far from being the only possible ‘reality principle’ is merely one way of conceiving the nature of reality; a way moreover that has arisen only recently and which there
The Universal Human (eBook)
The Universal Human: The Evolution of Individuality 4 lectures, Munich and Bern, 1909–1910, 1916 (CW 117, 124, 165) “This is one of the meanings of the Mystery of Golgotha: the attainment of the unity of humanity from within. Externally, human beings are becoming more and more different. The result will be not sameness but difference
Spiritual Beings (CW 136) (eBook)
Spiritual Beings in the Heavenly Bodies and in the Kingdoms of Nature 10 lectures, Helsinki, April. 3–14, 1912 (CW 136) Rudolf Steiner’s achievement in these lectures—it has been said by Valentin Tomberg—“cannot be compared with the accomplishment of any contemporary seer or thinker, or with any of the Middle Ages or antiquity. It towers over
Secrets of the Threshold (eBook)
Secrets of the Threshold 8 lectures in Munich, August 24–31, 1913 (CW 147) Rudolf Steiner gave these lectures just after the first performance of his mystery drama The Souls’ Awakening in Munich. He offers details of one’s experience of spiritual development and crossing the threshold of the spiritual world. Steiner explains that humanity stands today at this
What is Necessary in These Urgent Times (CW 196) (eBook)
What is Necessary in These Urgent Times 18 lectures in Dornach, January 9 – February 22, 1920 (CW 196) In the vast range of Rudolf Steiner’s lectures, jewels of all kinds lie hidden in plain sight, awaiting only our discovery of them. Such lectures contain a kind of wisdom not found anywhere else. And sometimes,
The Evolution of the Earth and Man (eBook)
The Evolution of the Earth and Man 14 lectures, Dornach, Jun 30 – Sept 24, 1924 (CW 354) The remarkable discussions in this volume took place between Rudolf Steiner and workers at the first Goetheanum in Dornach, Switzerland. At Rudolf Steiner’s instigation, the varied subjects were chosen by his audience. He took their questions and
The Effects of Esoteric Development (eBook)
The Effects of Esoteric Development 10 lectures at The Hague, March 20–29, 1913 (CW 145) Address in Berlin, February 3, 1913 “The future of spiritual esoteric movements such as ours will depend more and more upon the realization that human spiritual development is necessary. Whoever rejects or is hostile toward spiritual development will thus have
Speech and Drama (eBook)
Speech and Drama 19 lectures, Dornach, April 10, 1921 and September 5–23, 1924 (CW 282) In this course, designed for students and professionals in the stage arts, Rudolf Steiner begins with a fundamental and spiritually-rooted appreciation of human speech and what actually takes place during human communication. Speech is a spiritual activity as well as
Three Lectures on the Mystery Dramas (eBook)
Three Lectures on the Mystery Dramas: The Portal of Initiation and the Soul’s Probation 3 lectures, Basel and Berlin, Sept. 17, 1910 – Dec. 19, 1911 (CW 125) Rudolf Steiner wrote four mystery dramas intended to portray the spiritual path of self-knowledge as described by spiritual science, or Anthroposophy. Those plays are not merely symbolic
Necessity and Freedom (eBook)
Necessity and Freedom 5 lectures, Berlin, January 25 – February 8, 1916 (CW 166) The age-old question of free will is still a mystery to most people today. Even religious and philosophical circles have difficulty reconciling the concepts of morality, destiny, karma, and necessity with true freedom. Steiner illuminates questions of freedom and necessity, and
Esoteric Lessons 1910-1912 (CW 266/2) (eBook)
Esoteric Lessons 1910-1912: From the Esoteric School, Vol. 2 (CW 266/2) Notes written from memory by the participants and meditation verses by Rudolf Steiner “Many who enter esoteric training are very disappointed and say that they had imagined the exercises to be much more energetic and the effects of the exercises to be far more drastic.
Art as Spiritual Activity (eBook)
Art as Spiritual Activity: Rudolf Steiner’s Contribution to the Visual Arts “Through the introduction by Michael Howard and Steiner’s ten lectures, this volume offers an account of the sources and purposes of art, as well as a particularly helpful approach to art as a spiritual practice. So, far from being dated, Steiner’s account of art
Anthroposophy in Everyday Life (eBook)
Anthroposophy in Everyday Life: Practical Training in Thought, Overcoming Nervousness, Facing Karma and The Four Temperaments Four of Rudolf Steiner’s best-loved lectures are collected in this book. They are some of the most accessible presentations of the anthroposophic approach to life available in English. Included are: Practical Training in Thought Overcoming Nervousness Facing Karma The