The Glossary by GA Volume
Glossary Index · By GA Volume
All 943 glossary entries arranged by their primary source volume in Rudolf Steiner's collected works (Gesamtausgabe), from the early written works to the late lecture cycles.
Multi-source (56)
Act of Consecration of ManAhura MazdaAncient Egyptian MysteriesAncient Indian EpochAncient Persian EpochBackwards ReviewBiographical WorkCholeric TemperamentChristian-Rosicrucian PathChristmas ImaginationConcentrationConsciousness Soul AgeCosmic ChristEasterEgypto-Chaldean EpochEight-Membered PathEleusinian MysteriesEphesus MysteriesFriedrich RittelmeyerFuture VenusFuture VulcanGreco-Latin EpochHibernian MysteriesHyperborean EpochInner CalmIron ProcessLucifer-Christ-Ahriman TriangleManuMary-SophiaMaster JesusMelancholic TemperamentMetabolic-Limb OrganismMichaelmasModeling TherapyModern Anthroposophical PathMusic TherapyMystery DramasNerve-Sense OrganismNorthern MysteriesOccult Science (Book)Painting TherapyPhantom BodyPhlegmatic TemperamentPolarian EpochPost-Atlantean EpochResurrection BodyRhythmic OrganismSacramental ConsultationSamothracian MysteriesSanguine TemperamentSoul GymnasticsSpacial DynamicsSpeech FormationSt John's TideTheosophy (Book)Warmth Organism
GA 1 · Goethean Science (8)
Goethean MorphologyGoethean SciencePlant MetamorphosisThe Archetypal PlantThe Living FormThe Metamorphosis of AnimalsThe Primal PhenomenonThe Type
GA 2 · A Theory of Knowledge Implicit in Goethe's World-Conception (5)
Exact Sensorial ImaginationGoethean EpistemologyIntellect and ReasonThe Idea in PerceptionThe Sense World and Thinking
GA 3 · Truth and Knowledge (1)
GA 4 · characterological disposition (14)
Characterological DispositionCritical IdealismEthical IndividualismEthical MonismFreedomMoral ImaginationMoral IntuitionMoral TechniqueNaive RealismPercept and ConceptPhilosophy of FreedomPure ThinkingThe GoodThe Value of Life (Optimism and Pessimism)
GA 5 · superman (1)
GA 6 · Goethe's World-Conception (3)
GA 7 · Cusa (1)
GA 8 · Christianity as Mystical Fact and the Mysteries of Antiquity (3)
GA 9 · Theosophy (12)
Consciousness SoulDevachanEtheric BodyEtheric ForcesI-BeingIntellectual SoulKamalokaLife-SpiritReincarnationSentient SoulSpirit-SelfThe Soul World
GA 10 · Knowledge of the Higher Worlds and Its Attainment (6)
GA 11 · Cosmic Memory (3)
GA 12 · The Stages of Higher Knowledge (1)
GA 13 · Occult Science, an Outline (6)
GA 15 · The Spiritual Guidance of the Individual and Humanity (1)
GA 16 · Road to Self-Knowledge (1)
GA 17 · The Threshold of the Spiritual World (2)
GA 18 (2)
GA 20 · Troxler (2)
GA 21 · The Riddles of the Soul (2)
GA 23 · Towards Social Renewal (2)
GA 26 · Anthroposophical Leading Thoughts (6)
Anthroposophical Leading ThoughtsAnthroposophyAstral BodyMichael (Archangel)SubnatureThe Michael Age
GA 27 · Extending Practical Medicine (5)
Anthroposophic MedicineEgo-OrganizationIta WegmanThe Antimony ProcessThe Nature of Illness and Self-Healing
GA 28 · Nietzsche (3)
GA 51 · Schiller (1)
GA 52 · hypnotism (2)
GA 53 · Tolstoy (1)
GA 054 · Boehme/Böhme (4)
GA 55 · insanity (3)
GA 056 · illusory illness/hypochondria (2)
GA 57 · Madonna (1)
GA 58 · asceticism (9)
Asceticism and IllnessEnthusiasmFantasyHuman CharacterHuman EgoismReverenceThe Metamorphoses of the SoulThe Mission of AngerWonder
GA 59 · Metamorphoses of the Soul-Life, Volume 2 (5)
GA 61 · "good fortune"/luck (3)
GA 62 · fairy tale (2)
GA 63 · Spiritual Science as a Treasure for Life (2)
GA 64 · "german idealism" (2)
GA 65 · Troxler (1)
GA 066 · motor nerve (1)
GA 67 · The Eternal in the Human Soul: Immortality and Freedom (1)
GA 69 · Truths and Errors of Spiritual Research (2)
GA 71 · unconscious (1)
GA 74 · nominalism (2)
GA 083 · yoga (1)
GA 87 · Heraclitus (4)
GA 88 (1)
GA 089 · pralaya (4)
GA 91 · involution (3)
GA 92 · Wagner (3)
GA 93 · The Temple Legend (9)
Cain and AbelHiram AbiffManicheismThe Golden LegendThe Occult AtomThe Prometheus SagaThe Temple LegendThe Temple of SolomonThe Two Streams
GA 96 · Christmas tree (3)
GA 97 · Dante (2)
GA 98 · Brother Mark (1)
GA 101 · symbol (4)
GA 102 · The Influence of Spiritual Beings upon Man (2)
GA 103 · The Gospel of St John (8)
The Gospel of JohnThe LogosThe Marriage at CanaThe Prologue of JohnThe Seven I AM SayingsThe Seven Oriental Degrees of InitiationThe Seven Stages of Christian InitiationThe Washing of the Feet
GA 104 · The Apocalypse of John (17)
Michael and the DragonSoratSpiritual SealsThe AbyssThe Apocalypse of JohnThe New JerusalemThe Number of the BeastThe Riders of the ApocalypseThe Second DeathThe Seven Bowls of WrathThe Seven SealsThe Seven Spirits of GodThe Seven TrumpetsThe Son of ManThe Thousand YearsThe Two BeastsThe Whore of Babylon
GA 104a · Reading the Pictures of the Apocalypse (5)
The Letter to EphesusThe Letter to LaodiceaThe Letter to PhiladelphiaThe Seven ChurchesThe Sun-Clothed Woman
GA 105 · Jehovah (2)
GA 106 · mumm (3)
GA 107 · Asura (5)
GA 108 · logic (5)
GA 109 · The Principle of Spiritual Economy (13)
Augustine and Spiritual EconomyBuddha and Spiritual EconomyCopies of the Astral Body of JesusCopies of the Etheric Body of JesusElizabeth of ThuringiaFrancis of AssisiHermes and the Zarathustra StreamMacrocosmic and Microcosmic FireMoses and the Zarathustra StreamThe Astral Body of ZarathustraThe Etheric Body of ZarathustraThe Preservation of the SheathsThe Principle of Spiritual Economy
GA 110 · The Spiritual Hierarchies (13)
CherubimDynamisExusiaiKyriotetesMoon BeingsSeraphimSpiritual HierarchiesSun SpiritThe Beings of SaturnThe Circling of the HierarchiesThe Cosmic SacrificeThe Cosmic WillThrones
GA 112 · oracle (3)
GA 113 · The East in the Light of the West (3)
GA 114 · The Gospel of St Luke (7)
Gautama BuddhaJohn the BaptistNirmanakayaThe Gospel of LukeThe Mission of the Hebrew PeopleTwo Jesus ChildrenVishva Karman
GA 115 · Pneumatosophy (3)
GA 116 · The Christ Impulse and the Development of Ego-Consciousness (2)
GA 118 · The Reappearance of Christ in the Etheric (2)
GA 119 · "into the macrocosm" (path/ascent/out) (1)
GA 120 · free will (7)
Free Will and KarmaIllness and KarmaKarma and AccidentsKarma and the Animal KingdomManifestations of KarmaThe Karma of Higher BeingsThe Karma of Man and Woman
GA 121 · The Mission of the Folk Souls (6)
GA 122 · schamayim (3)
GA 123 · Turanian (5)
GA 124 · Kyrios (3)
GA 125 · Hegel (1)
GA 126 · Eabani (3)
GA 127 · hope (1)
GA 128 · inner cosmic system (4)
GA 129 · Persephone (2)
GA 130 · Mars (8)
Buddha's Mission on MarsChristian RosenkreuzEsoteric ChristianityMaitreya BuddhaRosicrucianismSophiaThe Etherization of the BloodThe Lord of Karma
GA 131 · From Jesus to Christ (8)
Christ-ImpulseFrom Jesus to ChristMystery of GolgothaSun LogosThe Baptism in the JordanThe Second AdamThe TemptationThe Three Years
GA 132 · renunciation/resignation (2)
GA 133 · chance (2)
GA 134 · Imagination (4)
Materialised Imagination, Inspiration and IntuitionMatter as Shattered SpiritSurrender (Hingabe)The Future Larynx
GA 135 · Reincarnation and Karma (1)
GA 136 · Spiritual Beings in the Heavenly Bodies and in the Kingdoms of Nature (8)
Elemental BeingsSpirits of the Rotation of TimeSpiritual Beings in the Heavenly BodiesThe Comets and the CosmosThe Fixed Stars and the ZodiacThe Group Souls of the StarsThe Hierarchies and the ElementsThe Planetary Spirits
GA 137 · twelve members/sevenfold man (1)
GA 138 (2)
GA 139 · The Gospel of St Mark (4)
GA 140 · Occult Investigation into Life Between Death and Rebirth (16)
Life Between Death and RebirthReading the Cosmic ScriptSoul Groups After DeathThe Backward Journey Through LifeThe Expansion into the CosmosThe Forming of the Next BodyThe Jupiter SphereThe Mars SphereThe Meeting with the HierarchiesThe Mercury SphereThe Moon SphereThe Saturn SphereThe Soul After DeathThe Sun Sphere After DeathThe Venus SphereThe Zodiacal Sphere After Death
GA 141 · Between Death and Rebirth (2)
GA 142 · The Bhagavad Gita and the Epistles of Paul (1)
GA 143 · Love and its Meaning in the World (4)
LoveOvercoming NervousnessSubconsciousness and SuperconsciousnessThe Three Paths of the Soul to Christ
GA 144 · Sun at midnight (1)
GA 145 · The Effects of Esoteric Development (3)
GA 146 · The Bhagavad Gita and the Epistles of Paul (3)
GA 147 · elemental world (2)
GA 148 · Bath-Kol (3)
GA 149 · Christ and the Spiritual World: The Search for the Holy Grail (6)
GA 151 · Human and Cosmic Thought (20)
DynamismEmpiricismGnosisIdealismLogismMaterialismMathematismMonadismMysticismOccultismPhenomenalismPneumatismPsychismRationalismRealismSensationalismSpiritualismThe Twelve World-OutlooksTranscendentalismVoluntarism
GA 152 · Approaches to the Mystery of Golgotha (1)
GA 153 · The Inner Nature of Man and Life Between Death and Rebirth (2)
GA 154 · Hamerling (2)
GA 155 · interest (4)
GA 156 · vowel (1)
GA 157 · Portal (1)
GA 158 · thirteen (1)
GA 159 · virtue (3)
GA 161 · Brunetto Latini (4)
GA 162 · Tree of Life (1)
GA 163 · providence (1)
GA 164 · atom (2)
GA 165 · Christmas play (1)
GA 166 · necessity (1)
GA 167 · Comenius (4)
GA 168 · The Living and the Dead (3)
GA 169 (2)
GA 170 · The Riddle of Humanity (17)
The Breathing ProcessThe Nourishing ProcessThe Sense of BalanceThe Sense of EgoThe Sense of HearingThe Sense of LifeThe Sense of Self-MovementThe Sense of SightThe Sense of SmellThe Sense of TasteThe Sense of ThoughtThe Sense of TouchThe Sense of WarmthThe Sense of WordThe Seven Life-ProcessesThe Warming ProcessTwelve Senses
GA 171 · Khan (5)
GA 172 · The Karma of Vocation (1)
GA 173 · The Karma of Untruthfulness, Volume One (5)
Historical JudgmentPublic OpinionSecret BrotherhoodsThe Karma of UntruthfulnessWest, Middle and East
GA 174 · The Karma of Untruthfulness, Volume Two (3)
GA 175 · Mithras (2)
GA 176 · atheis* (3)
GA 177 · spirits of birth and death (2)
GA 178 · Secret Brotherhoods and the Mystery of the Human Double (1)
GA 180 · Ancient Myths and Their Meaning (12)
Ancient Myths and Their MeaningAtavistic ClairvoyanceIsis and the Search for OsirisKronos and the Stream of TimeMyth and ImaginationMyth as Memory of the SpiritOsiris and TyphonThe Egyptian Mysteries and MythThe Greek Generations of the GodsThe Mysteries Behind the MythsThe Osiris MythZeus and the Greek Soul
GA 181 · gratitude (1)
GA 182 · The Work of the Angels in Man's Astral Body (5)
GA 183 · aura (1)
GA 184 · Three Streams in Human Evolution (3)
GA 185 · From Symptom to Reality in Modern History (7)
From Symptom to RealityHistory and the Consciousness SoulReligious Streams as Historical SymptomsThe Crisis of the Fifth EpochThe Instincts of the AgeThe Mystery of DeathThe Symptomatology of History
GA 186 · "mechanical occultism" (4)
Mechanical OccultismSocial and Antisocial ForcesThe Logic of RealityThe Metamorphosis of Intelligence
GA 187 · birth of Christ (1)
GA 188 · St. John of the Cross (1)
GA 189 · The Social Question as a Question of Consciousness (12)
Economic LifeLabour as CommodityLand and the EconomyLiberty, Equality, FraternityMoney in the EconomySpiritual-Cultural LifeThe Emancipation of Spiritual LifeThe Nature of CapitalThe Rights LifeThe Rights StateThe Social OrganismThe Threefold Commonwealth
GA 190 · threshold (1)
GA 191 · The Influences of Lucifer and Ahriman (1)
GA 193 · social organism (1)
GA 194 · "mysteries of (the )?(light|space|earth)" (2)
GA 195 · The Cosmic New Year (4)
GA 196 · imperialism (1)
GA 198 (3)
Knowledge as a Source of HealingNature as the Cast-Off Shell of the GodsThe Blood-Relationship and the Christ-Relationship
GA 199 (2)
GA 200 · aesthetic letters (2)
GA 201 · Man's Relation to the Cosmos (5)
Man as MicrocosmThe Lemniscatory Path of Sun and EarthThe Planetary SpheresThe Platonic YearThe Zodiac
GA 202 · The Bridge Between Universal Spirituality and the Physical Constitution of Man (6)
Moral Ideals as World ForcesThe Bridge Between Spirit and MatterThe Bridge of WarmthThe Moral World OrderThe Natural and Moral OrdersThe New Isis Legend
GA 203 · Apollonius (2)
GA 204 · Erigena (3)
GA 205 · liver (1)
GA 207 · memory-mirror/memory mirror/mirror of memory (1)
GA 208 · Julian (2)
GA 209 · Epiphany (2)
GA 210 · Cyprianus (2)
GA 211 · The Sun Mystery (4)
GA 212 · etheric heart (1)
GA 213 · Brentano (3)
GA 214 · Spengler (6)
Oswald SpenglerThe Father PrincipleThe Holy SpiritThe Mystery of the TrinityThe Son PrincipleThe Trinity and the Human Being
GA 215 · cosmology (1)
GA 216 · unborn (1)
GA 217 · intellectualism (3)
GA 218 · exact clairvoyance (3)
GA 219 · communion (1)
GA 220 · sulphur (3)
GA 221 · invisible man (1)
GA 222 · The Driving Force of Spiritual Powers in World History (2)
GA 223 · The Cycle of the Year as Breathing-Process of the Earth (7)
Calendar of the SoulThe Breathing of the EarthThe Cycle of the YearThe Festivals and the Cosmic YearThe Soul of the EarthThe Spring and the Resurrection ForcesThe Winter In-Breathing
GA 224 · The Festivals and Their Meaning: Ascension (4)
GA 225 (3)
GA 226 · Man's Being, His Destiny and World-Evolution (2)
GA 227 · The Evolution of Consciousness (2)
GA 228 · destiny-determining (2)
GA 229 · The Four Seasons and the Archangels (8)
Gabriel, the Archangel of WinterRaphael, the Archangel of SpringThe Four Seasons and the ArchangelsThe Meteoric IronThe Michael ImaginationThe Sulphurising of SummerThe Winter Formative ForcesUriel, the Archangel of Summer
GA 230 · Man as Symphony of the Creative Word (21)
Fire SpiritsGnomesMan as Symphony of the Creative WordSylphsThe Amphibian and ReptileThe Bee and the HiveThe Bird WorldThe ButterflyThe CowThe Creative WordThe EagleThe FishThe Human as MicrocosmThe Insect WorldThe LionThe Mineral KingdomThe Plant and the CosmosThe Spirits of Plant GrowthThe Three Animal NaturesThe World-WordUndines
GA 232 · alchem (3)
GA 233 · Fourth Hierarchy (5)
Man as the Fourth HierarchyStar Intelligences and DemonsThe Evolution of MemoryThe Mysteries of the Middle AgesWriting in the Astral Light
GA 234 · Anthroposophy: An Introduction (1)
GA 235 · Karmic Relationships, Volume I (5)
GA 236 · earthquake (3)
GA 237 · Karmic Relationships, Volume III (4)
GA 238 · Karmic Relationships, Volume IV (3)
GA 240 · Karmic Relationships, Volume VI (3)
GA 243 · dream (5)
GA 245 · Guidance for Esoteric Training (1)
GA 253 · Swedenborg (3)
GA 254 · The Occult Movement in the Nineteenth Century (2)
GA 257 · awakening (2)
GA 258 · homeless soul (1)
GA 260 · The Christmas Conference (4)
Christmas ConferenceFoundation Stone MeditationGeneral Anthroposophical SocietySchool of Spiritual Science
GA 264 · Masters of Wisdom (1)
GA 265 · Misraim (2)
GA 270 · Esoteric Lessons for the First Class of the School of Spiritual Science (2)
GA 271 · Art and Knowledge of Art (4)
GA 273 · The Problem of Faust (20)
FaustFaust and HelenaFaust and the Two SoulsGretchenHelenaHomunculusMephistophelesThe Classical Walpurgis NightThe Earth SpiritThe Eternal FeminineThe Figure of CareThe MothersThe Pact with MephistophelesThe Problem of FaustThe Prologue in HeavenThe Redemption of FaustThe Second Part of FaustThe Walpurgis NightThe Witch's KitchenWagner the Pedant
GA 275 · Art in the Light of Mystery Wisdom (3)
GA 276 · The Arts and Their Mission (3)
GA 277 · Eurythmy: The Revelation of the Speaking Soul (16)
Art as a Higher Nature Within NatureEnsouled GymnasticsEurythmy and the Education of the WillEurythmy and the Schooling of TruthfulnessEurythmy Stage LightingHeld-Back MovementsThe Apollonian and Dionysian in EurythmyThe Copper-Rod ExerciseThe Etheric Basis of the Eurythmic GestureThe Eurythmic FormThe HallelujahThe Macrocosmic and Microcosmic DanceThe Pedagogical-Hygienic Significance of EurythmyThe Renewal of the Ancient Temple DanceThe Twelve MoodsThe Whole Human Being as Larynx
GA 278 · Eurythmy as Visible Singing (2)
GA 279 · Eurythmy as Visible Speech (4)
GA 280 · Methodology and Nature of Speech Formation (8)
Bright and Dark VowelsEpic, Lyric and Dramatic Styles of SpeakingGood-, Beautiful- and Correct-SpeakingSound-Formation Versus Sound-MeaningSpeaking in the Breath-StreamThe Plastic and the Musical in SpeechThe Speech Organs as InstrumentVocalising and Consonantising
GA 281 · recitation (2)
GA 283 · The Inner Nature of Music and the Experience of Tone (9)
Major and MinorMelody, Harmony and RhythmThe Experience of ToneThe Inner Nature of MusicThe Interval of the FifthThe Interval of the FourthThe Interval of the SeventhThe Interval of the ThirdThe Octave
GA 286 · Architecture as a Synthesis of the Arts (6)
Organic ArchitectureThe Acanthus LeafThe First GoetheanumThe GoetheanumThe Seven Planetary ColumnsThe Temple Becomes Man
GA 288 · Representative of Humanity (1)
GA 291 · The Nature of Colours / Colour (7)
Goethean Colour TheoryImage and Lustre ColoursLight and DarknessPeach-Blossom ColourPhysiological ColoursThe Art of PaintingThe Spectrum
GA 292 · The History of Art (20)
BotticelliCimabueFra AngelicoGiottoGothic ArtGreek SculptureHolbeinLeonardo da VinciLeonardo's Last SupperMichelangeloRaphael the PainterRembrandtThe Development of PerspectiveThe Evolution of PaintingThe Madonna in ArtThe Mission of ArtThe Northern and Southern Streams in ArtThe Sistine MadonnaThe Spiritual History of ArtThe Spiritual in Art
GA 293 · The Foundations of Human Experience (Study of Man) (16)
Antipathy and SympathyDrawing and Painting in ChildhoodMemory and the ChildPlay and the Young ChildRhythm and Repetition in TeachingTeaching Writing and ReadingThe Change of TeethThe First Seven YearsThe Second Seven YearsThe Study of ManThe Third Seven YearsThe Three Seven-Year PeriodsThe Threefold Human Being in EducationThe WillThe Will in EducationWaldorf Education
GA 294 · Practical Course for Teachers (4)
Authority and ReverenceImitation and ExampleThe Pictorial Imagination in TeachingThe Temperaments in Teaching
GA 295 (1)
GA 296 · social question (2)
GA 297 · The Spirit of the Waldorf School (1)
GA 299 · consonant (1)
GA 301 (1)
GA 302 · balance (5)
Balance in TeachingMeditatively Acquired Knowledge of ManThe Bodily Basis of LogicThe Cosmic and Earthly ChildThe Formative and Musical Forces in Childhood
GA 303 (2)
GA 307 · A Modern Art of Education (3)
GA 311 (1)
GA 312 · Spiritual Science and Medicine (1)
GA 313 · calcium (2)
GA 314 (2)
GA 315 · Eurythmy Therapy (1)
GA 316 · airy (3)
GA 317 · Curative Education Course (3)
GA 318 · Pastoral (1)
GA 320 · The Light Course (First Scientific Course) (1)
GA 321 (3)
GA 322 · The Boundaries of Natural Science (1)
GA 323 · embryo (2)
GA 324 · dimension (1)
GA 326 (3)
GA 327 · The Agriculture Course (2)
GA 328 · The Social Question (2)
GA 331 · works council (1)
GA 332a · The Social Future (1)
GA 335 (1)
GA 339 · rhetoric (1)
GA 340 · World Economy (5)
GA 342 (2)
GA 343 · sacrament (2)
GA 344 · The Founding of the Christian Community (1)
GA 346 (3)
GA 348 · measles (1)
GA 350 (4)
Lung Knowledge and Kidney KnowledgeNutrition and the Body of LightThe Cosmic Origin of the CultusThe Spiritual World as the Inverse of the Physical
GA 351 (1)
GA 352 (3)
Clothing and the Astral BodyPoisons and the Human Bodies (Alcohol, Opium, Arsenic)The Critique of Relativity
GA 353 (2)
Curated by Matt Griffin and Talia Grose, Thalira Wisdom Temple. Every entry sources its primary Steiner quote directly from the Gesamtausgabe corpus. Last updated: June 2026.