Philosophy, Cosmology and Religion (Lectures Section)

This cycle focuses on exercises to attain higher spiritual development. Steiner gives a description of philosophy based on Imagination, cosmology based on Inspiration, and religion based on Intuition. This is followed by a rich account of the stages of… Continue reading

The Human Soul and the Animal Soul; The Human Spirit and the Animal Spirit (Lectures Section)

This is the 3rd and 4th of 15 lectures given by Rudolf Steiner at Berlin, in November, 1910. The title of the series of lectures is: Spiritual Science’s Answer to the Large Questions of the Present Time. They were published in German as: Antworten der … Continue reading

The Four Temperaments (Lectures Section)

Between individual characteristics and those of the human race in general lie the four main groups of human temperaments: phlegmatic, sanguine, melancholic, and choleric. Steiner describes here how each person’s combination of temperaments is shaped ou… Continue reading

The Arts and Their Mission (Lectures Section)

Steiner’s extraordinary insights on architecture, sculpture, painting, drama, costuming, music, poetry, eurythmy, and more. “The starting point for a new life of art can come only by direct stimulation from the spiritual world. We must become artists, not by developing symbolism or allegory, but by rising, through spiritual knowledge, more and more into the spiritual world.” — from the contents
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Spiritual Science and Medicine (Lectures Section)

Rudolf Steiner Archive Document: Spiritual Science and Medicine These twenty lectures of Dr. Steiner’s on Spiritual Science and Medicine were given at the request of a number of practicing Doctors in Medicine. Some thirty doctors and students attended…. Continue reading

Preparing for the Sixth Epoch (Lectures Section)

Rudolf Steiner Archive Document: Preparing for the Sixth Epoch This lecture was given in Düsseldorf at the opening of Group II, on June 15, 1915. It was originally published in English with the title How Anthroposophical Groups Prepare for the Sixth Epoch, or Three Fundamental Characteristics of the Future Civilization of Mankind. Lecture 13 of 15 from the volume: The Secret of Death The volume of the Complete Edition of the works of Rudolf Steiner containing the original text of the this lecture, among fifteen others, is entitled: Das Geheimnis des Todes. Wesen und Bedeutung Mitteleuropas und die europaeischen Volksgeister. (No. 159 in the Bibliographical Survey, 1961).
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