Glossary
Secret Brotherhoods in Anthroposophy
In the winter of 1916, while the war pressed against neutral Switzerland, Rudolf Steiner told his Dornach audience that current events could not be explained from newspapers alone. He pointed...
Public Opinion in Anthroposophy
When Rudolf Steiner spoke in Dornach in December 1916, he treated public opinion not as the settled voice of a people but as something manufactured. Judgments arrive ready-made through the...
Historical Judgment in Anthroposophy
In the winter of 1916, with censored newspapers shaping every conversation in Europe, Steiner stood in Dornach and asked his listeners to do something unfashionable: wait. Historical judgment, as he...
Truth and Public Life in Anthroposophy
In January 1917, speaking at Dornach while the war's third winter closed in, Rudolf Steiner told his audience that public statements have weight beyond their accuracy. Truth and Public Life...
The Crisis of the Fifth Epoch in Anthroposophy
When Rudolf Steiner gave the Dornach lectures of autumn 1918, the war that had consumed Europe for four years was entering its final weeks. He told his listeners that the...
Religious Streams as Historical Symptoms in Ant...
When Rudolf Steiner surveyed the religious life of modern Europe from his Dornach lectern in 1918, he refused to treat creeds as mere doctrine. Religious streams as historical symptoms names...