Glossary

Copies of the Astral Body of Jesus in Anthropos...

When Steiner traced the intimate history of Christianity in Berlin in February 1909, he distinguished a second stage of inheritance. The copies of the astral body of Jesus were held...

The Luciferic and Ahrimanic in History in Anthr...

When Steiner lectured on the war from Dornach in January 1917, he refused to treat events as accidents of diplomacy. The Luciferic and Ahrimanic in History names his claim that...

West, Middle and East in Anthroposophy

In December 1916, with the war pressing on every border of neutral Switzerland, Steiner gave his Dornach audience the contrast that anthroposophical writers still summarise as West, Middle and East:...

The Instincts of the Age in Anthroposophy

In October 1918, with the war still burning, Rudolf Steiner told his Dornach audience that the catastrophe had not been planned by anyone so much as lived out from below....

The Dead and the Living in History in Anthropos...

Among the themes of Steiner's wartime lectures, the dead and the living in history is perhaps the most intimate. Speaking in Dornach on 20 January 1917, Steiner told his listeners...

The Karma of Untruthfulness in Anthroposophy

Between 4 December 1916 and the end of January 1917, with the war at its height beyond the Swiss border, Rudolf Steiner gave his Dornach members the lectures collected as...