Anthroposophical Leading Thoughts
GA 26
A collection of short essays for the members of the Anthroposophical Society appearing in the newsletter What is happening in the Anthroposophical Society, news for its members. They summarize, in highly concentrated form, the whole of anthroposophy. Each essay ends with a short summary of its contents that are known as the “leading thoughts.” They are like mantras and can be used quite fruitfully for meditation.
The Michael Mystery
Anthroposophical Publishing Co., London, 1930, 1933, 1956, 186 pp., translated from the German by E. Bowen-Wedgwood and George Adams.
This collection is limited to the newsletters that discuss the workings of the archangel Michael beginning on 17 August 1924 (leading thoughts 79-84).
The Life, Nature and Cultivation of Anthroposophy
Anthroposophical Society in Great Britain, London, 1963, 1975, 61 pp., translated from the German by George Adams
An thin volume containing only the earliest newsletters and “leading thoughts”.
Anthroposophical Leading Thoughts
Anthroposophy as a Path of Knowledge, The Michael Mystery, Rudolf Steiner Press, London, 1973, 1985, 219 pp., translated from the German by George and Mary Adams
A more comprehensive collection containing all the “leading thoughts” but lacking some of the introductions and the earliest newsletters
Anthroposophical Guiding Principles
In this volume, all the editorials in the “To the Members!” section are now printed for the first time in their original context, together with any accompanying guiding principles.
Translation by by Steiner Online Library
Rudolf Steiner schrieb nach der Weihnachtstagung zur Begründung der Allgemeinen Anthroposophischen Gesellschaft (1923) bis zu seinem Tode im März 1925 eine Folge von 185 "Anthroposophischen Leitsätzen" sowie regelmäßige Briefe "An die Mitglieder", die im Nachrichtenblatt "Was in der Anthroposophischen Gesellschaft vorgeht" wöchentlich gedruckt wurden. Die vorliegende Ausgabe enthält sämtliche Leitsätze und die dazugehörigen Briefe "An die Mitglieder".