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1904

Date	Lecture Title	Book Title	City	Volume
01 Jan	Pitris	Theosophy, Christology and Mythology	Berlin	90a
01 Jan	Reincarnation And Karma	Theosophy, Christology and Mythology	Berlin	90a
01 Jan	What Does Man Gain From Knowing His Past?	Theosophy, Christology and Mythology	Berlin	90a
01 Jan	The Structure of the Human Being I (given on unknown date in 1904)	Not Yet Available	Berlin	90a
01 Jan	The Structure of the Human Being II (given on unknown date in 1904)	Not Yet Available	Berlin	90a
01 Jan	On the Course of the Rounds (given on unknown date in 1904)	Not Yet Available	Berlin	90a
01 Jan	Private Lecture of Unknown Date unknown date	Not Yet Available	Berlin	266-I
04 Jan	Theosophy and Christianity		Berlin	52
05 Jan	Description of the Rounds	Theosophy, Christology and Mythology	Berlin	90a
12 Jan	The Formation of the Aura I	Theosophy, Christology and Mythology	Berlin	90a
19 Jan	The Formation of the Aura II	Theosophy, Christology and Mythology	Berlin	90a
26 Jan	The Formation of the Cosmos According to Annie Besant's “Ancient Wisdom”	Theosophy, Christology and Mythology	Berlin	90a
28 Jan	The World of the Spirit or “Heaven” I	Not Yet Available	Berlin	88
01 Feb	Theosophy and Spiritualism		Berlin	52
02 Feb	The Second Logos	Theosophy, Christology and Mythology	Berlin	90a
04 Feb	The World of the Spirit or “Heaven” II	Not Yet Available	Berlin	88
08 Feb	Introductory Lecture I	Not Yet Available	Berlin	266-I
09 Feb	On the Formation of the Cosmos	Theosophy, Christology and Mythology	Berlin	90a
11 Feb	The World of the Spirit or “Heaven” III	Not Yet Available	Berlin	88
15 Feb	Esoteric Lesson	Not Yet Available	Berlin	266-I
15 Feb	Introductory Lecture II	Not Yet Available	Berlin	266-I
16 Feb	The Development of Beings	Theosophy, Christology and Mythology	Berlin	90a
18 Feb	On Devachan	Theosophy, Christology and Mythology	Berlin	90a
21 Feb	Introductory Lecture III	Not Yet Available	Berlin	266-I
22 Feb	The Mosaic Creation Story and the Rounds	Theosophy, Christology and Mythology	Berlin	90a
25 Feb	The World of the Spirit or “Heaven” IV	Not Yet Available	Berlin	88
26 Feb	Theosophy, Buddhism, Spiritism	The Essence of Christianity	Weimar	68a
03 Mar	Microcosm and Macrocosm	Theosophy, Christology and Mythology	Berlin	90a
07 Mar	Theosophy and Somnambulism		Berlin	52
08 Mar	What Does Mankind of Today Find in Theosophy?		Berlin	52
11 Mar	On the Sattva State	Theosophy, Christology and Mythology	Berlin	90a
14 Mar	Introductory Lecture IV	Not Yet Available	Berlin	266-I
16 Mar	Theosophical Doctrine of the Soul I		Berlin	52
18 Mar	About the Cabbala	Awareness—Life—Form	Berlin	89
23 Mar	Theosophical Doctrine of the Soul II		Berlin	52
24 Mar	Birth and Death in the Life of the Soul	Not Yet Available	Erfurt
25 Mar	Theosophy in the Gospels — An Easter Reflection	The Essence of Christianity	Weimar	68a
28 Mar	Birth and Death in the Life of the Soul	The Human Cycle Within The World Of Sense, Soul And Spirit	Cologne	68b
29 Mar	Introduction to Goethe's Fairy Tale of the Green Snake and the Beautiful Lily	Goethe and the Present	Berlin	68c
30 Mar	Theosophical Doctrine of the Soul III		Berlin	52
01 Apr	Genesis I	Theosophy, Christology and Mythology	Berlin	90a
04 Apr	Lecture One	The Story of the Green Serpent and the Beautiful Lily	Berlin	68c
04 Apr	The Fairy Tale of the Green Snake and the Beautiful Lily	Goethe and the Present	Berlin	68c
22 Apr	Goethe as Theosophist	Goethe and the Present	Munich	68c
28 Apr	What Do Intellectuals Make of Theosophy?		Berlin	52
29 Apr	Genesis II	Theosophy, Christology and Mythology	Berlin	90a
02 May	White Lotus Day	Theosophy, Christology and Mythology	Berlin	90a
15 May	The Salvation of Humanity	Theosophy, Christology and Mythology	Berlin	90a
16 May	Birth and Death in the Life of the Soul, A View of the Theosophical Worldview	The Human Cycle Within The World Of Sense, Soul And Spirit	Hanover	68b
21 May	On the Apocalypse I	Theosophy, Christology and Mythology	Berlin	90a
23 May	Whitsuntide — Festival of the Liberation of the Human Spirit	The Temple Legend	Berlin	93
26 May	Spiritual Cosmology	Theosophic/Esoteric Cosmology	Berlin	89
26 May	Theosophical Cosmology I	Awareness—Life—Form	Berlin	89
28 May	On the Significance of the Oldest Parts of the Old Testament	Theosophy, Christology and Mythology	Berlin	90a
30 May	The History of Spiritism		Berlin	52
01 Jun	Ways of Coming to Knowledge and Will	Theosophy, Christology and Mythology	Berlin	90a
02 Jun	Esoteric Cosmology I	Theosophic/Esoteric Cosmology	Berlin	89
02 Jun	Theosophical Cosmology II	Awareness—Life—Form	Berlin	89
06 Jun	The History of Hypnotism and Somnambulism		Berlin	52
09 Jun	Esoteric Cosmology II	Theosophic/Esoteric Cosmology	Berlin	89
09 Jun	Theosophical Cosmology III	Awareness—Life—Form	Berlin	89
10 Jun	The Contrast between Cain and Abel	The Temple Legend	Berlin	93
12 Jun	The Principle of Correlation	Theosophy, Christology and Mythology	Berlin	90a
13 Jun	The Concept of Objective Presence and Subjective Perception	Theosophy, Christology and Mythology	Berlin	90a
15 Jun	The Following Rounds	Theosophy, Christology and Mythology	Berlin	90a
16 Jun	The Main Law of All Round Evolution	Theosophy, Christology and Mythology	Berlin	90a
21 Jun	Mathematics and Occultism		Amsterdam	35
24 Jun	Good and Bad	Not Yet Available	Berlin	92
25 Jun	Differences in the Structure of the Spirit Between the Second Rama, Krishna and Buddha	Theosophy, Christology and Mythology	Berlin	90a
26 Jun	On Atlantean Culture	Theosophy, Christology and Mythology	Berlin	90a
27 Jun	On Atlantis	Theosophy, Christology and Mythology	Berlin	90a
28 Jun	On Lemuria	Theosophy, Christology and Mythology	Berlin	90a
29 Jun	The Fifth Root Race: Fire	Theosophy, Christology and Mythology	Berlin	90a
30 Jun	Planetary Chains	Theosophy, Christology and Mythology	Berlin	90a
01 Jul	Nomenon, Phenomenon	Not Yet Available	Berlin	90a
01 Jul	Wolfram von Eschenbach, The Grail Legend, Lohengrin	Not Yet Available	Berlin	92
02 Jul	The Logoi	Awareness—Life—Form	Berlin	89
03 Jul	Evolution and involution	Awareness—Life—Form	Berlin	89
04 Jul	Existence [form], life and conscious awareness I	Awareness—Life—Form	Berlin	89
07 Jul	Existence [form], life and conscious awareness II	Awareness—Life—Form	Berlin	89
08 Jul	The Universe from Without	Not Yet Available	Berlin	90a
08 Jul	Sacramentalism, A Special Provision of our Fifth Race	Not Yet Available	Berlin	92
09 Jul	Esoteric Lesson	Not Yet Available	Berlin	266-I
10 Jul	The Further Development of our Planet	Not Yet Available	Berlin	90a
11 Jul	Modern Biblical Research	Not Yet Available	Berlin	90a
14 Jul	Esoteric Lesson	Not Yet Available	Berlin	266-I
15 Jul	Germanic Mythology	Not Yet Available	Berlin	92
18 Jul	Occult Research and the Gospels	Not Yet Available	Berlin	90a
19 Jul	On Roman History	Philosophy, History and Literature	Berlin	51
22 Jul	On Reincarnation	Not Yet Available	Berlin	92
25 Jul	Gospels and Initiation	Not Yet Available	Berlin	90a
26 Jul	The Relationship of the Germanic Peoples to Christianity	The Essence of Christianity	Berlin	68a
26 Jul	Overview of Human Evolution	Not Yet Available	Berlin	90a
02 Aug	Incarnation	Not Yet Available	Berlin	90a
10 Aug	View of the Coming Rounds	Not Yet Available	Berlin	90a
11 Aug	The Task of the Second Half of The Earth's Development	Not Yet Available	Berlin	90a
12 Aug	Whence Evil?	Not Yet Available	Berlin	90a
13 Aug	Ancient Wisdom	Not Yet Available	Berlin	90a
14 Aug	Essence, Perception and Deeds	Not Yet Available	Berlin	90a
16 Aug	On the Task and Home of Man	Not Yet Available	Berlin	90a
17 Aug	On Meditation I	Cosmology and Human Evolution. Color Theory	Graal	91
18 Aug	On Meditation II	Not Yet Available	Graal	91
20 Aug	Helpful Concepts for the New Testament	Not Yet Available	Graal	91
21 Aug	Some Helpful Concepts for The Days of the Week	Not Yet Available	Graal	91
22 Aug	Form, Life, Consciousness	Not Yet Available	Graal	91
03 Sep	Manas as Light and Love	Not Yet Available	Berlin	91
04 Sep	Inner Evolution SInce Lemurian Times	Not Yet Available	Berlin	91
05 Sep	The Empires	Not Yet Available	Berlin	90a
05 Sep	The Fall into Matter	Not Yet Available	Berlin	91
06 Sep	From the Arhats to the Mahatmas	Not Yet Available	Berlin	91
08 Sep	After the So-Called “Deluge”	Not Yet Available	Berlin	91
09 Sep	Wisdom of the Middle Ages	Not Yet Available	Berlin	90a
10 Sep	On the Transition From the Atlantean to Modern Times	Not Yet Available	Berlin	91
29 Sep	What Does Modern Man Find in Theosophy?		Berlin	53
30 Sep	Myths and Sagas, The Druids	Not Yet Available	Berlin	92
30 Sep	The Mysteries of the Druids and the ‘Drottes’	The Temple Legend	Berlin	93
03 Oct	Apocalyptic Writings I	Not Yet Available	Berlin	90a
06 Oct	Is Theosophy Unscientific?		Berlin	52
07 Oct	The Prometheus Saga	Greek and Germanic Mythology in the Light of Esotericism	Berlin	92
07 Oct	The Prometheus Saga	The Temple Legend	Berlin	93
10 Oct	Lecture I	(On) Apocalyptic Writings	Berlin	90a
12 Oct	On the Beginning of Genesis	Not Yet Available	Berlin	90a
13 Oct	Human Wisdom		Berlin	53
14 Oct	The Argonaut Saga and the Odyssey	Greek and Germanic Mythology in the Light of Esotericism	Berlin	92
17 Oct	Planetary Evolution I	Awareness—Life—Form	Berlin	89
17 Oct	Lecture II	(On) Apocalyptic Writings	Berlin	90a
18 Oct	Lecture I	The History of the Middle Ages	Berlin	51
19 Oct	Planetary Evolution II	Awareness—Life—Form	Berlin	89
20 Oct	Reincarnation and Karma		Berlin	53
21 Oct	The Sigfried Saga	Greek and Germanic Mythology in the Light of Esotericism	Berlin	92
22 Oct	Planetary Evolution III	Awareness—Life—Form	Berlin	89
24 Oct	Lecture III	(On) Apocalyptic Writings	Berlin	90a
25 Oct	Lecture II	The History of the Middle Ages	Berlin	51
25 Oct	Planetary Evolution IV	Awareness—Life—Form	Berlin	89
27 Oct	Theosophy and Darwin		Berlin	53
28 Oct	The Trojan War	Greek and Germanic Mythology in the Light of Esotericism	Berlin	92
29 Oct	Platonic Mysticism and Docta ignorantia I	Philosophy, History and Literature	Berlin	51
29 Oct	Planetary Evolution V	Awareness—Life—Form	Berlin	89
30 Oct	On Clairvoyance	Not Yet Available	Berlin	90a
31 Oct	Planetary Evolution VI	Awareness—Life—Form	Berlin	89
01 Nov	Lecture III	The History of the Middle Ages	Berlin	51
01 Nov	Planetary Evolution VII	Awareness—Life—Form	Berlin	89
01 Nov	Apocalyptic Writings V	Not Yet Available	Berlin	90a
01 Nov	Overview of Apocalypse V	Not Yet Available	Berlin	90a
02 Nov	Planetary Evolution VIII	Awareness—Life—Form	Berlin	89
03 Nov	Theosophy and Tolstoy		Berlin	53
03 Nov	Theosophy and Tolstoy		Berlin	53
03 Nov	Planetary Evolution IX	Awareness—Life—Form	Berlin	89
04 Nov	The Origin of Karma	Not Yet Available	Berlin	90a
04 Nov	The Mystery known to Rosicrucians	The Temple Legend	Berlin	93
05 Nov	Platonic Mysticism and Docta ignorantia I	Philosophy, History and Literature	Berlin	51
05 Nov	Planetary Evolution X	Awareness—Life—Form	Berlin	89
07 Nov	What can modern man find in Theosophy?	Not Yet Available	Berlin	68b
07 Nov	Apocalyptic Writings VI	Not Yet Available	Berlin	90a
08 Nov	Lecture IV	The History of the Middle Ages	Berlin	51
09 Nov	Planetary Evolution XI	Awareness—Life—Form	Berlin	89
10 Nov	The Soul World		Berlin	53
10 Nov	Planetary Evolution XII	Awareness—Life—Form	Berlin	89
11 Nov	The Seven Post-Atlantean Sub-Rounds	Not Yet Available	Berlin	90a
11 Nov	Manicheism	The Temple Legend	Berlin	93
11 Nov	The Manicheans		Berlin	93
12 Nov	Platonic Mysticism and Docta ignorantia I	Philosophy, History and Literature	Berlin	51
14 Nov	Apocalyptic Writings VII	Not Yet Available	Berlin	90a
15 Nov	Lecture V	The History of the Middle Ages	Berlin	51
17 Nov	The Spiritual World		Berlin	53
27 Nov	Lecture Two	The Story of the Green Serpent and the Beautiful Lily	Cologne	68c
27 Nov	The Fairy Tale of the Green Snake and the Beautiful Lily	Goethe and the Present	Cologne	68c
28 Nov	Christian Mysticism — The Masters of Cologne: Eckhart, Albertus Magnus	The Essence of Christianity	Cologne	68a
01 Dec	Theosophy and Nietzsche		Berlin	53
02 Dec	The Essence and Task of Freemasonry from the Point of View of Spiritual Science I	The Temple Legend	Berlin	93
06 Dec	Lecture VI	The History of the Middle Ages	Berlin	51
07 Dec	Goethe's Enigmatic Fairy Tale of the Green Snake and the Beautiful Lily	Goethe and the Present	Weimar	68c
08 Dec	Is Theosophy Buddhist Propaganda?		Berlin	52
09 Dec	The Essence and Task of Freemasonry from the Point of View of Spiritual Science II	The Temple Legend	Berlin	93
13 Dec	Lecture VII	The History of the Middle Ages	Berlin	51
15 Dec	On the Inner Life		Berlin	53
15 Dec	The Inner Development of Man		Berlin	53
16 Dec	The Essence and Task of Freemasonry from the Point of View of Spiritual Science III	The Temple Legend	Berlin	93
19 Dec	Birth of the Light	Signs and Symbols of the Christmas Festival	Berlin	90a
20 Dec	Lecture VIII	The History of the Middle Ages	Berlin	51
21 Dec	Esoteric Lesson	From the Contents of Esoteric Classes III: 1913–1914	Berlin	266-III
23 Dec	Evolution and Involution as they are Interpreted by Occult Societies	The Temple Legend	Berlin	93
23 Dec	The Work of Secret Societies in the World. The Atom as Coagulated Electricity		Berlin	93
24 Dec	Cosmological and Consciouness Development	Not Yet Available	Berlin	90a
25 Dec	The Evolution of Mankind	Not Yet Available	Berlin	90a
26 Dec	The Rounds of the Seven Planets	Not Yet Available	Berlin	90a
27 Dec	Race Formation Before Fructification with Manas (Animal Divisions)	Not Yet Available	Berlin	90a
28 Dec	History of the Middle Ages IX	Philosophy, History and Literature	Berlin	51
28 Dec	Events During the Second Half of the Lemurian Epoch	Not Yet Available	Berlin	90a
28 Dec	Esoteric Lesson	From the Contents of Esoteric Classes III: 1913–1914	Berlin	266-III
29 Dec	History of the Middle Ages X	Philosophy, History and Literature	Berlin	51
29 Dec	Description of the Moon Separation from the Earth	Not Yet Available	Berlin	90a
30 Dec	Past and Future Rounds	Not Yet Available	Berlin	90a
30 Dec	On the Three Magi	The Festivals and Their Meaning I: Christmas	Berlin	90a
31 Dec	The Separation of Man and Woman	Not Yet Available	Berlin	90a

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Year	Lecture Title	Book Title	City	Volume
1897	Goethe Days in Weimar	Collected Essays on Cultural and Contemporary History 1887–1901		31
1904	The Argonaut Saga and the Odyssey	Greek and Germanic Mythology in the Light of Esotericism	Berlin	92
1905	Origin and Nature of Man	Not Yet Available	Hamburg	68b
1907	Norse and Persian Myths	Myths and Legends, Occult Signs and Symbols	Berlin	101
1909	The Mission of Spiritual Science	Metamorphoses of the Soul: Paths of Experience I	Berlin	58
1911	The Esoteric Path to Christ	From Jesus to Christ	Karlsruhe	131
1911	Esoteric Lesson	From the Contents of Esoteric Classes II: 1910–1912	Karlsruhe	266-II
1913	The Path of the Christ through the Centuries	The Path of the Christ through the Centuries	Copenhagen	152
1916	Inner Impulses of Evolution XI	Not Yet Available	Dornach	171
1917	The Battle between Michael and ‘The Dragon’	The Fall of the Spirits of Darkness	Dornach	177
1919	The Spiritual Foundation of the Social Question	The Liberation of the Human Being as the Basis for a Social Reorganization	Bern	329
1921	Lecture IX	Cosmosophy Vol. I	Dornach	207
1921	Lecture IV	On The Art of Lecturing	Dornach	339
1921	Lecture IV	The Art of Lecturing	Dornach	339
1922	Lecture XII	The Younger Generation	Stuttgart	217
1922	Spiritual Connections in the Forming of the Human Organism II	Not Yet Available	Stuttgart	218
1923	Goethe's Cultural Environment and the Present Epoch	Goethe's Cultural Environment and the Present Epoch		36