The Glossary by GA Volume
Glossary Index · By GA Volume
All 515 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 (4)
GA 3 · Truth and Knowledge (1)
GA 4 · The Philosophy of Freedom (11)
Ethical IndividualismEthical MonismFreedomMoral ImaginationMoral IntuitionMoral TechniqueNaive RealismPercept and ConceptPhilosophy of FreedomPure ThinkingThe Good
GA 6 · Goethe's World-Conception (3)
GA 8 · Christianity as Mystical Fact and the Mysteries of Antiquity (2)
GA 9 · Theosophy (12)
Consciousness SoulDevachanEtheric BodyEtheric ForcesI-BeingIntellectual SoulKamalokaLife-SpiritReincarnationSentient SoulSpirit-SelfThe Soul World
GA 10 · How to Know Higher Worlds (3)
GA 11 · Cosmic Memory (3)
GA 12 · The Stages of Higher Knowledge (1)
GA 13 · Occult Science, an Outline (6)
GA 17 · The Threshold of the Spiritual World (1)
GA 21 · The Riddles of the Soul (2)
GA 23 · Towards Social Renewal (2)
GA 26 · Anthroposophical Leading Thoughts (4)
GA 27 · Extending Practical Medicine (2)
GA 28 · The Course of My Life (1)
GA 55 · The Occult Significance of Blood (1)
GA 58 · Metamorphoses of the Soul-Life, Volume 1 (5)
GA 59 · Metamorphoses of the Soul-Life, Volume 2 (2)
GA 93 · The Temple Legend (6)
GA 102 · The Influence of Spiritual Beings upon Man (1)
GA 103 · The Gospel of St John (6)
The Gospel of JohnThe LogosThe Marriage at CanaThe Prologue of JohnThe Seven I AM SayingsThe 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 109 · The Principle of Spiritual Economy (12)
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 StreamMoses 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 · The Gospel of St John in Relation to the Other Gospels (1)
GA 113 · The East in the Light of the West (2)
GA 114 · The Gospel of St Luke (3)
GA 116 · The Christ Impulse and the Development of Ego-Consciousness (1)
GA 118 · The Reappearance of Christ in the Etheric (2)
GA 120 · Manifestations of Karma (3)
GA 121 · The Mission of the Folk Souls (3)
GA 123 · The Gospel of St Matthew (2)
GA 130 · Esoteric Christianity and the Mission of Christian Rosenkreutz (6)
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 135 · Reincarnation and Karma (1)
GA 136 · Spiritual Beings in the Heavenly Bodies and in the Kingdoms of Nature (7)
Elemental BeingsSpiritual 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 139 · The Gospel of St Mark (3)
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 143 · Love and its Meaning in the World (1)
GA 146 · The Bhagavad Gita and the Epistles of Paul (2)
GA 148 · The Fifth Gospel: From the Akashic Record (1)
GA 149 · Christ and the Spiritual World: The Search for the Holy Grail (3)
GA 151 · Human and Cosmic Thought (20)
DynamismEmpiricismGnosisIdealismLogismMaterialismMathematismMonadismMysticismOccultismPhenomenalismPneumatismPsychismRationalismRealismSensationalismSpiritualismThe Twelve World-OutlooksTranscendentalismVoluntarism
GA 153 · The Inner Nature of Man and Life Between Death and Rebirth (2)
GA 154 · How Does One Attain Knowledge of the Spiritual World? (1)
GA 168 · The Living and the Dead (3)
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 · Inner Impulses of Evolution (1)
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 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 182 · The Work of the Angels in Man's Astral Body (3)
GA 185 · From Symptom to Reality in Modern History (6)
From Symptom to RealityHistory and the Consciousness SoulReligious Streams as Historical SymptomsThe Crisis of the Fifth EpochThe Instincts of the AgeThe Symptomatology of History
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 191 · The Influences of Lucifer and Ahriman (1)
GA 195 · The Cosmic New Year (3)
GA 201 · Man's Relation to the Cosmos (3)
GA 211 · The Sun Mystery (1)
GA 218 · Planetary Spheres and Their Influence (1)
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 (2)
GA 226 · Man's Being, His Destiny and World-Evolution (2)
GA 227 · The Evolution of Consciousness (1)
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 · Mystery Centres (1)
GA 235 · Karmic Relationships, Volume I (4)
GA 237 · Karmic Relationships, Volume III (2)
GA 245 · Guidance for Esoteric Training (1)
GA 254 · The Occult Movement in the Nineteenth Century (1)
GA 260 · The Christmas Conference (4)
Christmas ConferenceFoundation Stone MeditationGeneral Anthroposophical SocietySchool of Spiritual Science
GA 270 · Esoteric Lessons for the First Class of the School of Spiritual Science (1)
GA 271 · Art and Knowledge of Art (3)
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 (1)
GA 276 · The Arts and Their Mission (3)
GA 278 · Eurythmy as Visible Singing (2)
GA 279 · Eurythmy as Visible Speech (4)
GA 283 · The Inner Nature of Music and the Experience of Tone (5)
GA 286 · Architecture as a Synthesis of the Arts (4)
GA 291 · The Nature of Colours / Colour (5)
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 297 · The Spirit of the Waldorf School (1)
GA 307 · A Modern Art of Education (3)
GA 312 · Spiritual Science and Medicine (1)
GA 315 · Eurythmy Therapy (1)
GA 317 · Curative Education Course (1)
GA 320 · The Light Course (First Scientific Course) (1)
GA 322 · The Boundaries of Natural Science (1)
GA 327 · The Agriculture Course (2)
GA 328 · The Social Question (2)
GA 332a · The Social Future (1)
GA 340 · World Economy (5)
GA 344 · The Founding of the Christian Community (1)
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.