Glossary

Philosophy of Freedom

Rudolf Steiner's 1894 foundational philosophical work (Die Philosophie der Freiheit, GA 4) that grounds human freedom in intuitive thinking and moral intuition.

Anthroposophy

Anthroposophy is the spiritual-scientific path founded by Rudolf Steiner, named from anthropos (human) and sophia (wisdom), refounded at the Christmas Conference of 1923 and carried today by the General Anthroposophical...

Rudolf Steiner

Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925) was an Austrian philosopher, esotericist, and scientific editor whose work matured into Anthroposophy, a spiritual science he developed out of Goethean phenomenology. In seven-year stages he edited...

Goethean Science

Goethean Science is the method of natural inquiry Goethe developed between 1790 and 1832 and Rudolf Steiner edited and systematised in his four-volume introductions of 1883 to 1897. It studies...

Ahrimanic Deception

Rudolf Steiner's name for the mechanistic-materialist illusion that denies spirit and prepares humanity for Ahriman's future Western incarnation, named in his Zurich lecture of 27 October 1919.

Michael (Archangel)

In Rudolf Steiner's anthroposophy, Michael is the Archangel who, in late November 1879, ascended to the rank of Archai and became the ruling Time-Spirit (Zeitgeist) of the present age. Steiner...