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1906

Date Lecture Title Book Title City Volume
03 Dec Lecture I The Inner Nature of Music and the Experience of Tone Cologne 283
03 Dec The Occult Basis of Music Cologne 283
12 Nov Lecture II The Inner Nature of Music and the Experience of Tone Berlin 283
26 Nov Lecture III The Inner Nature of Music and the Experience of Tone Berlin 283
10 Nov Lecture IV The Inner Nature of Music and the Experience of Tone Leipzig 283
12 Feb Esoteric Lesson Not Yet Available Cologne 266-I
03 Mar Esoteric Lesson From the Contents of Esoteric Classes I: 1904–1909 Hamburg 266-I
13 Apr Esoteric Lesson Not Yet Available Berlin 266-I
18 Apr Esoteric Lesson From the Contents of Esoteric Classes I: 1904–1909 Berlin 266-I
06 May Esoteric Lesson From the Contents of Esoteric Classes I: 1904–1909 Berlin 266-I
26 Jun Esoteric Lesson Not Yet Available Munich 266-I
02 Oct Esoteric Lesson Not Yet Available Berlin 266-I
22 Oct Esoteric Lesson Not Yet Available Berlin 266-I
29 Oct Esoteric Lesson Not Yet Available Munich 266-I
01 Nov Esoteric Lesson From the Contents of Esoteric Classes I: 1904–1909 Munich 266-I
06 Nov Esoteric Lesson From the Contents of Esoteric Classes I: 1904–1909 Munich 266-I
14 Nov Esoteric Lesson Not Yet Available Berlin 266-I
18 Nov Esoteric Lesson Not Yet Available Hamburg 266-I
01 Dec Esoteric Lesson From the Contents of Esoteric Classes I: 1904–1909 Cologne 266-I
18 Dec Esoteric Lesson From the Contents of Esoteric Classes I: 1904–1909 Berlin 266-I
27 Feb Esoteric Lesson Not Yet Available Berlin 266-III
18 Mar Esoteric Lesson From the Contents of Esoteric Classes III: 1913–1914 Berlin 266-III
13 Apr Esoteric Lesson Not Yet Available Berlin 266-III
23 Nov Preparation for Admittance Not Yet Available Munich 265
25 Jun General Assembly of the Besant-Branch (Report on the Paris Congress and Memorial Words for Countess Brockdorff) Not Yet Available Berlin 261
21 Oct 4th. General Meeting of the German Section of the Theosophical Society Not Yet Available Berlin 261
09 Feb The Christian Mystery The Christian Mystery (2000) Düsseldorf 97
11 Feb The medieval view of the world in Dante's Divine Comedy The Christian Mystery (2000) Düsseldorf 97
12 Feb The Gospel of John as an Initiation Document I The Christian Mystery (2000) Cologne 97
13 Feb The Gospel of John as an Initiation Document II The Christian Mystery (2000) Cologne 97
02 Dec The Mystery of Golgotha Cologne 97
02 Dec The Mystery of Golgotha The Christian Mystery (2000) Cologne 97
15 Dec The Significance of Christmas in the Science of the Spirit The Christian Mystery (2000) Leipzig 97
30 Mar Lucifer, Bearer of light—The Christ, Bringer of Love The Christian Mystery (2000) Düsseldorf 97
04 Apr The Children of Lucifer, Love in the Spirit Taking the Place of Blood-based Love The Christian Mystery (2000) Düsseldorf 97
29 Apr The Rational Mind the Gift of Lucifer and its Future Transformation into a New Kind of Clairvoyance The Christian Mystery (2000) Stuttgart 97
19 Sep The Three Ways of Initiation. (Address for the opening of the Paracelsus Branch) The Christian Mystery (2000) Basel 97
30 Nov The Yoga Path, Christian Gnostic Initiation and Esoteric Rosicrucianism The Christian Mystery (2000) Cologne 97
11 Dec How do we Gain Insight into the Higher Worlds in the Rosicrucian Way? The Christian Mystery (2000) Munich 97
14 Mar Karmic Law as Outcome of Active Life. Causes of Sickness and Heredity The Christian Mystery (2000) Stuttgart 97
29 Jul Parsifal Landin 97
29 Jul The Secret of the Grail in the Works of Richard Wagner The Christian Mystery (2000) Landin 97
04 Dec The Three Aspects of the World The Christian Mystery (2000) Cologne 97
21 Apr The Inner Earth The Christian Mystery (2000) Munich 97
25 Apr The Reasons for the Existence of the Theosophical Movement The Christian Mystery (2000) Leipzig 97
13 Oct Precious Stones and Metals and their Relationship to the Evolution of Earth and Man The Christian Mystery (2000) Leipzig 97
29 Jan Original Impulses for the Science of the Spirit Original Impulses fo the Science of the Spirit Berlin 96
16 Apr Inner Earth and Volcanic Eruptions Original Impulses fo the Science of the Spirit Berlin 96
07 May Past and Future Ways of Perceiving the Spirit Original Impulses fo the Science of the Spirit Berlin 96
14 May Education Based on Spiritual Insight Original Impulses fo the Science of the Spirit Berlin 96
01 Oct Spiritual Insight Offering Greatest Liberation I: Man's Share in the Higher Worlds Original Impulses fo the Science of the Spirit Berlin 96
08 Oct Spiritual Insight Offering Greatest Liberation II: The Mission of the Spiritual Science Movement Original Impulses fo the Science of the Spirit Berlin 96
15 Oct Karma and Details of the Law of Karma Berlin 96
15 Oct Karma and Details of the Law Original Impulses fo the Science of the Spirit Berlin 96
19 Oct The Relationship of Human Senses to the Outside World Original Impulses fo the Science of the Spirit Berlin 96
20 Oct The Path of Knowledge and Its Stages: The Rosicrucian Spiritual Path Esoteric Development Berlin 96
20 Oct The Way to Higher Knowledge and Its Stages I: The Rosicrucian Way Original Impulses fo the Science of the Spirit Berlin 96
21 Oct Imaginative Knowledge and Artistic Imagination Esoteric Development Berlin 96
21 Oct The Way to Higher Knowledge and Its Stages II: Imaginative Perception and Artistic Imagination Original Impulses fo the Science of the Spirit Berlin 96
22 Oct Matters of Nutrition and Methods of Healing Original Impulses fo the Science of the Spirit Berlin 96
22 Oct Karma Technique Original Impulses fo the Science of the Spirit Berlin 96
17 Dec Signs and Symbols of the Christmas Festival The Festivals and Their Meaning I: Christmas Berlin 96
17 Dec Signs and Symbols of the Christmas Festival Signs and Symbols of the Christmas Festival Berlin 96
17 Dec Signs and Symbols of the Christmas Festival Original Impulses fo the Science of the Spirit Berlin 96
22 Aug The Being of Man At the Gates of Spiritual Science Stuttgart 95
23 Aug The Three Worlds At the Gates of Spiritual Science Stuttgart 95
24 Aug Life of the Soul in Kamaloka At the Gates of Spiritual Science Stuttgart 95
25 Aug Devachan At the Gates of Spiritual Science Stuttgart 95
26 Aug Human Tasks in the Higher Worlds At the Gates of Spiritual Science Stuttgart 95
27 Aug The Upbringing of Children; Karma At the Gates of Spiritual Science Stuttgart 95
28 Aug Workings of the Law of Karma in Human Life At the Gates of Spiritual Science Stuttgart 95
29 Aug Good and Evil. Individual Karmic Questions At the Gates of Spiritual Science Stuttgart 95
30 Aug Evolution of the Earth At the Gates of Spiritual Science Stuttgart 95
31 Aug Progress of Mankind Up To Atlantean Times At the Gates of Spiritual Science Stuttgart 95
01 Sep The Post-Atlantean Culture-Epochs At the Gates of Spiritual Science Stuttgart 95
02 Sep Occult Development At the Gates of Spiritual Science Stuttgart 95
02 Sep Answers to Questions from Lecture 12 At the Gates of Spiritual Science Stuttgart 95
03 Sep Oriental and Christian Training At the Gates of Spiritual Science Stuttgart 95
04 Sep Rosicrucian Training — The Interior of the Earth — Earthquakes and Volcanoes At the Gates of Spiritual Science Stuttgart 95
04 Sep Answers to Questions from Lecture 14 At the Gates of Spiritual Science Stuttgart 95
25 May The Birth of the Intellect and the Mission of Christianity An Esoteric Cosmology Paris 94
26 May The Mission of Manicheism An Esoteric Cosmology Paris 94
27 May God, Man, Nature An Esoteric Cosmology Paris 94
28 May Involution and Evolution An Esoteric Cosmology Paris 94
29 May Yoga In East and West I An Esoteric Cosmology Paris 94
30 May Yoga In East and West II An Esoteric Cosmology Paris 94
31 May Occultism and the Gospel of St. John An Esoteric Cosmology Paris 94
01 Jun The Christian Mystery An Esoteric Cosmology Paris 94
02 Jun The Astral World I An Esoteric Cosmology Paris 94
06 Jun The Astral World II An Esoteric Cosmology Paris 94
07 Jun The Devachanic World (Heaven) I An Esoteric Cosmology Paris 94
08 Jun The Devachanic World (Heaven) II An Esoteric Cosmology Paris 94
09 Jun The Logos and the Word An Esoteric Cosmology Paris 94
10 Jun The Logos and Man An Esoteric Cosmology Paris 94
11 Jun The Evolution of Planets and Earth An Esoteric Cosmology Paris 94
12 Jun Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Human Will An Esoteric Cosmology Paris 94
13 Jun Redemption and Liberation An Esoteric Cosmology Paris 94
14 Jun The Apocalypse An Esoteric Cosmology Paris 94
14 Jun Cosmogony Reading the Pictures of the Apocalypse Paris 94
28 Jun Introduction Popular Occultism Leipzig 94
29 Jun Man's Ascent into Super-sensible Worlds Popular Occultism Leipzig 94
30 Jun Man's Different States after Death Popular Occultism Leipzig 94
01 Jul The Devachanic World Popular Occultism Leipzig 94
02 Jul Life Between Death and New Birth Popular Occultism Leipzig 94
03 Jul Man's Return to a New Earthly Life Popular Occultism Leipzig 94
04 Jul Effects of the Law of Karma Popular Occultism Leipzig 94
05 Jul Evolution of Man and Solar System Popular Occultism Leipzig 94
06 Jul Lemurian Development Popular Occultism Leipzig 94
07 Jul Paths of Occult Training Popular Occultism Leipzig 94
08 Jul Eleventh Lecture Popular Occultism Leipzig 94
09 Jul Twelfth Lecture Popular Occultism Leipzig 94
10 Jul Thirteenth Lecture Popular Occultism Leipzig 94
11 Jul Fourteenth Lecture Popular Occultism Leipzig 94
19 Feb Lecture I The Gospel of St. John Berlin 94
26 Feb Lecture II The Gospel of St. John Berlin 94
05 Mar Lecture III The Gospel of St. John Munich 94
27 Oct First Lecture Theosophy Based on the Gospel of John Berlin 94
28 Oct Second Lecture Theosophy Based on the Gospel of John Berlin 94
31 Oct Third Lecture Theosophy Based on the Gospel of John Berlin 94
02 Nov Fourth Lecture Theosophy Based on the Gospel of John Berlin 94
03 Nov Fifth Lecture Theosophy Based on the Gospel of John Berlin 94
04 Nov Sixth Lecture Theosophy Based on the Gospel of John Berlin 94
05 Nov Seventh Lecture Theosophy Based on the Gospel of John Berlin 94
06 Nov Eighth Lecture Theosophy Based on the Gospel of John Berlin 94
02 Jan The Royal Art in a New Form The Temple Legend Berlin 93
01 Jan Goethe and His Connection with Rosicrucianism (date uncertain) The Temple Legend Berlin 93
21 Aug The Fourth Dimension I Notes from Mathilde Scholl 1904–1906 Landin 91
23 Aug The Fourth Dimension II Notes from Mathilde Scholl 1904–1906 Landin 91
25 Aug The Fourth Dimension III Notes from Mathilde Scholl 1904–1906 Landin 91
27 Aug The Fourth Dimension IV Notes from Mathilde Scholl 1904–1906 Landin 91
31 Aug Christ And Luzifer Notes from Mathilde Scholl 1904–1906 Landin 91
31 Aug The Molten Sea Notes from Mathilde Scholl 1904–1906 Landin 91
01 Sep The Interconnection Between the Three Worlds and the Natural World Notes from Mathilde Scholl 1904–1906 Landin 91
11 Sep On the Creator's Word Notes from Mathilde Scholl 1904–1906 Landin 91
12 Sep The Meaning of Christ-Jesus Notes from Mathilde Scholl 1904–1906 Landin 91
13 Sep The World Center, Christ, The I Notes from Mathilde Scholl 1904–1906 Landin 91
14 Sep The Connection Between the Spiritual and Physical Worlds Notes from Mathilde Scholl 1904–1906 Landin 91
16 Sep Evolution and Involution Notes from Mathilde Scholl 1904–1906 Landin 91
18 Sep Substance and Power Notes from Mathilde Scholl 1904–1906 Landin 91
19 Sep Power and Substance Notes from Mathilde Scholl 1904–1906 Landin 91
20 Sep Earth, Heart, Atom Notes from Mathilde Scholl 1904–1906 Landin 91
21 Sep Number and Revelation I Notes from Mathilde Scholl 1904–1906 Landin 91
22 Sep Number and Revelation II Notes from Mathilde Scholl 1904–1906 Landin 91
30 Sep The Three Worlds Notes from Mathilde Scholl 1904–1906 Landin 91
04 Oct The Eleventh and Twelfth Commandments Notes from Mathilde Scholl 1904–1906 Landin 91
03 Sep The Descent of Man Notes from Mathilde Scholl 1904–1906 Landin 91
04 Sep Light on the Path I Notes from Mathilde Scholl 1904–1906 Landin 91
05 Sep Light on the Path II Notes from Mathilde Scholl 1904–1906 Landin 91
05 Sep Elijah Notes from Mathilde Scholl 1904–1906 Landin 91
10 Sep The Power of God in the World and in Man Notes from Mathilde Scholl 1904–1906 Landin 91
15 Sep The Meaning of the Golden Triangle Notes from Mathilde Scholl 1904–1906 Landin 91
23 Sep The Spiral and Duality, Power and Revelation Notes from Mathilde Scholl 1904–1906 Landin 91
24 Sep The Zodiac and Man Notes from Mathilde Scholl 1904–1906 Landin 91
24 Sep Life, Revelation, Wisdom, Love Notes from Mathilde Scholl 1904–1906 Landin 91
25 Sep Prâna (The Life Force), The Fire Notes from Mathilde Scholl 1904–1906 Landin 91
26 Sep Prâna And More Notes from Mathilde Scholl 1904–1906 Landin 91
27 Sep The Spiral and Pi Notes from Mathilde Scholl 1904–1906 Landin 91
02 Oct The Human Being and Nutrition Notes from Mathilde Scholl 1904–1906 Landin 91
16 Sep The Divine Breath Notes from Mathilde Scholl 1904–1906 Landin 91
10 Jan The Transient and the Eternal Self-Knowledge and God-Knowledge II Lugano 90b
07 Jan Earth Evolution Awareness—Life—Form Berlin 89
13 Jan The Christ as the macrocosmic human being in reverse Awareness—Life—Form Berlin 89
19 Jan The Kernel of Wisdom in Religions The Essence of Christianity Frankfurt 68a
11 Feb Human Freedom The Essence of Christianity Düsseldorf 68a
21 Feb The Wisdom Teachings of Christianity The Essence of Christianity Leipzig 68a
22 Apr Germanic and Indian Secret Doctrine The Essence of Christianity Munich 68a
23 Apr Internal Development The Essence of Christianity Munich 68a
24 Apr Germanic and Indian Secret Doctrine The Essence of Christianity Leipzig 68a
09 Nov On Lucifer The Essence of Christianity Leipzig 68a
27 Nov Esoteric Christianity: The Gospel of St. John and Ancient Mysteries Düsseldorf 68a
14 Dec The Children of Lucifer The Essence of Christianity Leipzig 68a
03 Feb The Three Worlds The Circular Flow of Man's Life within the World Of Sense, Soul And Spirit Hamburg 68b
21 Mar Haeckel's World Riddle and Theosophy The Circular Flow of Man's Life within the World Of Sense, Soul And Spirit Leipzig 68b
11 Apr German Theosophists of the Nineteenth Century The Circular Flow of Man's Life within the World Of Sense, Soul And Spirit Leipzig 68b
12 Oct Paracelsus The Circular Flow of Man's Life within the World Of Sense, Soul And Spirit Leipzig 68b
04 Dec Richard Wagner and Mysticism The Circular Flow of Man's Life within the World Of Sense, Soul And Spirit Bonn 68b
05 Apr The Evolution of the Planets The Circular Flow of Man's Life within the World Of Sense, Soul And Spirit Berlin 68b
16 Jan The Ideals of Humanity and the Ideals of the Initiates The Circular Flow of Man's Life within the World Of Sense, Soul And Spirit Stuttgart 68b
17 Jan Theosophy and the Visual Arts The Circular Flow of Man's Life within the World Of Sense, Soul And Spirit Munich 68b
12 Feb The Inner Development of Man The Circular Flow of Man's Life within the World Of Sense, Soul And Spirit Cologne 68b
29 Oct How to Understand Illness and Death The Circular Flow of Man's Life within the World Of Sense, Soul And Spirit Munich 68b
30 Nov Blood is a Very Special Fluid The Circular Flow of Man's Life within the World Of Sense, Soul And Spirit Cologne 68b
31 Jan Goethe's Gospel Goethe and the Present Leipzig 68c
28 Nov Esotericism in Goethe's Works Goethe and the Present Düsseldorf 68c
28 Nov The Essence of Egoism (Goethe's “Wilhelm Meister”) Goethe and the Present Leipzig 68c
05 Feb Brotherhood and Struggle for Existence The Nature of Man in the Light of Spiritual Science Bremen 68d
03 Mar Educational Issues The Nature of Man in the Light of Spiritual Science Hamburg 68d
07 Apr Hypnotism and Spiritualism in the Light of Theosophy The Nature of Man in the Light of Spiritual Science Hamburg 68d
11 Oct The Significance of Supersensible Knowledge Today Supersensible Knowledge Berlin 55
25 Oct Blood is a Very Special Fluid Supersensible Knowledge Berlin 55
25 Oct The Occult Significance of Blood Berlin 55
08 Nov The Origin of Suffering The Origin of Suffering the Origin of Evil Illness and Death Berlin 55
08 Nov The Origin of Suffering Supersensible Knowledge Berlin 55
22 Nov The Origin of Evil The Origin of Suffering the Origin of Evil Illness and Death Berlin 55
22 Nov The Origin of Evil Supersensible Knowledge Berlin 55
01 Dec Education in the Light of Spiritual Science Supersensible Knowledge Cologne 55
13 Dec What Do We Understand by Illness and Death The Origin of Suffering the Origin of Evil Illness and Death Berlin 55
13 Dec Illness and Death Supersensible Knowledge Berlin 55
17 Nov Women and Society Hamburg 54
17 Nov The Question of Woman Hamburg 54
01 Feb The Wisdom Teaching of Christianity Berlin 54
15 Feb Reincarnation and Karma as Key to the Mystery of Man Berlin 54
22 Feb Esoterics I: Lucifer Berlin 54
01 Mar Esoterics II The Children of Lucifer Berlin 54
08 Mar German and Indian Secret Doctrine Berlin 54
15 Mar German Theosophy from the Beginning of the 19th Century Berlin 54
22 Mar Siegfried and The Twilight of the Gods Berlin 54
29 Mar Parsifal and Lohengrin Berlin 54
12 Apr Easter Berlin 54
12 Apr Easter Berlin 54
19 Apr Inner Development Berlin 54
26 Apr Paracelsus Berlin 54
03 May Jacob Boehme Berlin 54
04 Jun Theosophy in Germany a Hundred Years Ago Collected Essays on Philosophy and Anthroposophy 1904–1923 Paris 35
10 Jul The Significance of Breathing in Development. Three Ways of Initiation Not Yet Available Leipzig
28 Apr The Wisdom Teaching of Christianity Not Yet Available Nuremberg
30 Apr The Old and New Testaments Not Yet Available Stuttgart
01 May Theosophy and Art Not Yet Available Stuttgart
02 May Paracelsus Not Yet Available Leipzig

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Year Lecture Title Book Title City Volume
1921 Educational Methods Based on Anthroposophy I Waldorf Education and Anthroposophy I Oslo 304
1920 Address at a monthly assembly Rudolf Steiner in the Waldorf School Stuttgart 298
1919 Address to an Eurhythmy Performance Not Yet Available Dornach 277b
1907 Esoteric Lesson From the Contents of Esoteric Classes I: 1904–1909 Basel 266-I
1913 Esoteric Lesson From the Contents of Esoteric Classes III: 1913–1914 Stuttgart 266-III
1923 Lecture I Mystery Centres Dornach 232
1919 Michaelic Thinking. The Knowledge of Man as a Supersensible Being. The Mission of the Archangel Michael Dornach 194
1918 Seventh Lecture The Developmental History of Social Opinion Dornach 185a
1915 Fifth Lecture The Spiritual Background of Human History Stuttgart 174b
1913 Second Stuttgart Lecture The Fifth Gospel III Stuttgart 148
1909 Lecture III Deeper Secrets of Human History Berlin 117
1908 What is Self Knowledge? What is Self Knowledge? Vienna 108
1901 The Relationship of the Mental and Spiritual to the Physical World Ancient Mysteries and Christianity Berlin 87
1917 Spiritual Scientific Research into the Immortality of the Human Soul and the Essence of Freedom Freedom, Immortality and Social Life Basel 72
1911 The Hidden Depths of Soul Life The Hidden Depths of Soul Life Berlin 61
1905 Brotherhood and the Struggle for Existence The Riddles of the World and Anthroposophy Berlin 54
1905 Brotherhood and the Fight for Survival Brotherhood and the Fight for Survival Berlin 54