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1918

Date	Lecture Title	Book Title	City	Volume
04 Jan	The Nature of Mythical Thinking, Egyptian, Greek, Hebrew	Ancient Myths: Their Meaning and Connection with Evolution	Dornach	180
05 Jan	The Change of Soul in the Change of Consciousness	Ancient Myths: Their Meaning and Connection with Evolution	Dornach	180
06 Jan	How Can Osiris Be Awakened to New Life?	Ancient Myths: Their Meaning and Connection with Evolution	Dornach	180
06 Jan	Introductory Words to a Performance of the Oberufer Paradise and Nativity Plays	Not Yet Available	Dornach	274
08 Jan	The Theory of Heredity, Old Isis Inscription	Ancient Myths: Their Meaning and Connection with Evolution	Dornach	180
11 Jan	The Getting Younger of Humanity while Advancing in Time	Ancient Myths: Their Meaning and Connection with Evolution	Dornach	180
12 Jan	Duality of the Human Being, Head and Trunk	Ancient Myths: Their Meaning and Connection with Evolution	Dornach	180
13 Jan	Man Is the Solution of the Riddle	Ancient Myths: Their Meaning and Connection with Evolution	Dornach	180
14 Jan	Fifteenth Lecture	Mysterious Truths and Christmas Impulses	Dornach	180
17 Jan	Sixteenth Lecture	Mysterious Truths and Christmas Impulses	Dornach	180
22 Jan	The Present Position of Spiritual Science	Earthly Death and Cosmic Life	Berlin	181
24 Jan	Aim and Being of Spiritual Research	The Eternal human Soul	Berlin	67
29 Jan	A Contribution to our Knowledge of the Human Being	Earthly Death and Cosmic Life	Berlin	181
05 Feb	The Living and the Dead	Earthly Death and Cosmic Life	Berlin	181
07 Feb	The Human Being as Being of Soul and Spirit	The Eternal human Soul	Berlin	67
08 Feb	Preface	The Mission of Folk-Souls	Berlin	121
08 Feb	Preface	The Mission of the Individual Folk-Souls	Berlin	121
10 Feb	The Dead are with Us		Nuremberg	182
10 Feb	The Dead are with Us		Nuremberg	182
11 Feb	Body, Soul and Spirit of Man	Not Yet Available	Nuremberg	71b
12 Feb	Revelations of the Unconscious in Psychic Life	Not Yet Available	Norrköping	71b
14 Feb	Michael's Battle and Its Reflection On Earth I	The Mission of the Archangel Michael	Munich	174a
15 Feb	The Sensible-Supersensible in its Realisation Through the Arts		Munich	271
16 Feb	Man as a Spirit and Soul Being	Not Yet Available	Munich	71b
17 Feb	Michael's Battle and Its Reflection On Earth II	The Mission of the Archangel Michael	Munich	174a
17 Feb	The Sensible-Supersensible in its Realisation Through the Arts	Not Yet Available	Munich	271
18 Feb	Revelations of the Unconscious in Psychic Life	Not Yet Available	Munich	71b
19 Feb	On Eurythmy (combined with next lecture)	Not Yet Available	Munich	277a
21 Feb	Goethe as Father of Spiritual Research	The Eternal human Soul	Berlin	67
23 Feb	Twelfth Lecture	The Spiritual Background of Human History	Stuttgart	174b
24 Feb	Thirteenth Lecture	The Spiritual Background of Human History	Stuttgart	174b
25 Feb	Man as a Being of Spirit and Soul	Man as a Being of Spirit and Soul	Stuttgart	71b
26 Feb	The Psychological Expression of the Unconscious	Man as a Being of Spirit and Soul	Nuremberg	71b
26 Feb	On Eurythmy	Not Yet Available	Stuttgart	277a
28 Feb	Mind, Soul and Body of the Human Being	The Eternal human Soul	Berlin	67
05 Mar	The Cosmic Thoughts and our Dead	Earthly Death and Cosmic Life	Berlin	181
07 Mar	Nature and Her Riddles in the Light of Spiritual Science	The Eternal human Soul	Berlin	67
12 Mar	Man's Connection with the Spiritual World	Earthly Death and Cosmic Life	Berlin	181
14 Mar	The Historical Life of Humanity and Its Riddles	The Eternal human Soul	Berlin	67
19 Mar	Feelings of Unity and Sentiments of Gratitude: A Bridge to the Dead	Earthly Death and Cosmic Life	Berlin	181
21 Mar	Manifestations of the Unconscious		Berlin	67
26 Mar	Confidence in Life and Rejuvenation of the Soul: A Bridge to the Dead	Earthly Death and Cosmic Life	Berlin	181
28 Mar	Life in Art and Art in Life	Not Yet Available	Berlin	71b
30 Mar	Lecture I	Anthroposophical Life Gifts	Berlin	181
30 Mar	The Earth As Being with Life, Soul, and Spirit	The Earth As Being with Life, Soul, and Spirit	Berlin	181
01 Apr	Lecture II	Anthroposophical Life Gifts	Berlin	181
01 Apr	The Earth As Seen by the Dead	The Earth As Being with Life, Soul, and Spirit	Berlin	181
02 Apr	Lecture III	Anthroposophical Life Gifts	Berlin	181
09 Apr	Lecture IV	Anthroposophical Life Gifts	Berlin	181
15 Apr	The Animal and Human Realms. Their Origin and Development	The Eternal human Soul	Berlin	67
16 Apr	Lecture IV	Anthroposophical Life Gifts	Berlin	181
18 Apr	The Supersensible Human Being	The Eternal human Soul	Berlin	67
20 Apr	The Questions of Free Will and Immortality	The Eternal human Soul	Berlin	67
23 Apr	Fourteenth Lecture	The Spiritual Background of Human History	Stuttgart	174b
24 Apr	Free Will and Immortality	Reincarnation and Immortality	Nuremberg	71b
25 Apr	The Historical Evolution of Humanity and the Science of the Spirit	Reincarnation and Immortality	Nuremberg	71b
26 Apr	Fifteenth Lecture	The Spiritual Background of Human History	Stuttgart	174b
29 Apr	Man and the World	Death as a Way of Life	Heidenheim	182
30 Apr	Signs of the Times: East, West, Central Europe	Death as a Way of Life	Ulm	182
01 May	Supernatural Man and the Question of Freewill	Not Yet Available	Munich	71b
02 May	Eleventh Lecture	Central Europe Between East and West	Munich	174a
03 May	Human History and Morality	Not Yet Available	Munich	71b
04 May	Twelfth Lecture	Central Europe Between East and West	Munich	174a
05 May	The Source of Artistic Imagination and the Source of Supersensible Knowledge	Not Yet Available	Munich	271
06 May	The Source of Artistic Imagination and the Source of Supersensible Knowledge II		Munich	271
11 May	Supernatural Man and the Question of Freewill	Not Yet Available	Leipzig	71b
14 May	Lecture VI	Anthroposophical Life Gifts	Berlin	181
21 May	Lecture VII	Anthroposophical Life Gifts	Berlin	181
27 May	How Can One Scientifically Recognize Spiritual Life?	Not Yet Available	Vienna	71b
29 May	Human History	Not Yet Available	Vienna	71b
01 Jun	The Sensible-Supersensible. Spiritual Knowledge and Artistic Creativity	Not Yet Available	Vienna	271
02 Jun	Introduction to a Eurythmy Performance	Not Yet Available	Vienna	277
12 Jun	Spiritual Scientific Note on Goethe's Faust Vol. II		Prague	273
14 Jun	How Can One Recognize the Superrnatural Life of the Human Soul?	Not Yet Available	Prague	71b
25 Jun	States of Consciousness	A Sound Outlook for Today and a Genuine Hope for the Future	Berlin	181
28 Jun	Introduction to a Eurythmy Performance	Not Yet Available	Berlin	277
30 Jun	The Rebelliousness of Men Against the Spirit	Death as a Way of Life	Hamburg	182
01 Jul	Scientific Knowledge of the Supernatural	Not Yet Available	Hamburg	71b
01 Jul	Scientific Knowledge of the Supernatural	Not Yet Available	Hamburg	71b
03 Jul	The Building at Dornach	A Sound Outlook for Today and a Genuine Hope for the Future	Berlin	181
09 Jul	East and West	A Sound Outlook for Today and a Genuine Hope for the Future	Berlin	181
16 Jul	History and Repeated Earth-Lives	A Sound Outlook for Today and a Genuine Hope for the Future	Berlin	181
23 Jul	The Being and Evolution of Man	A Sound Outlook for Today and a Genuine Hope for the Future	Berlin	181
30 Jul	Problems of the Time I	A Sound Outlook for Today and a Genuine Hope for the Future	Berlin	181
06 Aug	Problems of the Time II	A Sound Outlook for Today and a Genuine Hope for the Future	Berlin	181
17 Aug	Lecture I	Occult Psychology	Dornach	183
18 Aug	Lecture II	Occult Psychology	Dornach	183
19 Aug	Lecture III	Occult Psychology	Dornach	183
20 Aug	Extract Before a Performance of "the Classical Walpurgis Night" from Goethe's "Faust"	Not Yet Available	Dornach	277
23 Aug	Extract Before a Performance of "the Classical Walpurgis Night" from Goethe's "Faust" (continued)	Not Yet Available	Dornach	277
24 Aug	Lecture I	Mysteries of the Sun and of the Threefold Man	Dornach	183
25 Aug	Lecture II	Mysteries of the Sun and of the Threefold Man	Dornach	183
25 Aug	Introductory Words to a Eurythmy Performance. Goethe's "Faust": Prologue in Heaven	Not Yet Available	Dornach	277
25 Aug	Address to an Eurhythmy Performance	Not Yet Available	Dornach	277b
26 Aug	Lecture III	Mysteries of the Sun and of the Threefold Man	Dornach	183
31 Aug	Seventh Lecture	The Science of Human Development	Dornach	183
01 Sep	Eighth Lecture	The Science of Human Development	Dornach	183
02 Sep	Ninth Lecture	The Science of Human Development	Dornach	183
06 Sep	Lecture I	The Bridge between the Ideal and the Real	Dornach	184
07 Sep	Lecture II	The Bridge between the Ideal and the Real	Dornach	184
07 Sep	Goethe, Comte and Bentham		Dornach	184
08 Sep	Third Lecture	The Polarity of Duration and Development	Dornach	184
13 Sep	Fourth Lecture	The Polarity of Duration and Development	Dornach	184
14 Sep	Fifth Lecture	The Polarity of Duration and Development	Dornach	184
15 Sep	The Polarity between Eternity and Evolution in Human Life		Dornach	184
20 Sep	The Threefoldness of Space and the Unity of Time	The Cosmic Prehistoric Ages of Mankind	Dornach	184
20 Sep	Memorial Words to Mark the Death of Maria Hahn (died 20 Sept. 1918)	Not Yet Available	Dornach	261
20 Sep	Address to an Eurhythmy Performance	Not Yet Available	Amsterdam	277b
21 Sep	Lucifer and Ahriman	The Cosmic Prehistoric Ages of Mankind	Dornach	184
22 Sep	Romanism and Freemasonry	The Cosmic Prehistoric Ages of Mankind	Dornach	184
22 Sep	Words at the Grave of Maria Hahn	Not Yet Available	Regensburg	261
27 Sep	Some Spiritual-Scientific Observations in Connection with the “Classical Walpurgis-Night”	The Problem of Faust	Dornach	273
28 Sep	Spiritual Science Considered with the Classical Walpurgis-Night	The Problem of Faust	Dornach	273
29 Sep	Goethe's Life of the Soul from the Standpoint of Spiritual Science	The Problem of Faust	Dornach	273
04 Oct	Lecture I	Three Streams in Human Evolution	Dornach	184
05 Oct	Lecture II	Three Streams in Human Evolution	Dornach	184
06 Oct	Lecture III	Three Streams in Human Evolution	Dornach	184
06 Oct	St Augustine, St Simon and Auguste Comte		Dornach	184
08 Oct	Can a method of gaining insight into spheres beyond the sense-perceptible world be given a scientific basis?	Anthoposophy Has Something to Add to Modern Science	Zürich	73
09 Oct	The Work of the Angels In Mans Astral Body		Zürich	182
09 Oct	What Does the Angel Do in Our Astral Body?		Zürich	182
10 Oct	The spiritual scientific make-up of psychology	Anthoposophy Has Something to Add to Modern Science	Zürich	73
11 Oct	Lecture IV	Three Streams in Human Evolution	Dornach	184
12 Oct	Lecture V	Three Streams in Human Evolution	Dornach	184
13 Oct	Lecture VI	Three Streams in Human Evolution	Dornach	184
15 Oct	The study of nature, social science and religious life seen in the light of spiritual science	Anthoposophy Has Something to Add to Modern Science	Zürich	73
16 Oct	How Do I Find the Christ?		Zürich	182
17 Oct	Modern history in the light of spiritual-scientific investigation	Anthoposophy Has Something to Add to Modern Science	Zürich	73
18 Oct	The Birth of the Consciousness Soul	From Symptom to Reality in Modern History	Dornach	185
18 Oct	Address to an Eurhythmy Performance	Not Yet Available	Zürich	277b
19 Oct	Symptomatology of Recent Centuries	From Symptom to Reality in Modern History	Dornach	185
20 Oct	Characteristics of Historical Symptoms in Recent Times	From Symptom to Reality in Modern History	Dornach	185
25 Oct	The Historical Significance of the Scientific Mode of Thinking	From Symptom to Reality in Modern History	Dornach	185
26 Oct	The Supersensible Element in the Study of History	From Symptom to Reality in Modern History	Dornach	185
26 Oct	Evil and the Future of Man		Dornach	185
30 Oct	The Nature of the Soul and Body of Man as Illuminated by Spiritual Science		Basel	72
30 Oct	Brief Reflections on the Publication of the New Edition of ‘The Philosophy of Freedom’	From Symptom to Reality in Modern History	Dornach	185
31 Oct	Justification of Supersensible Knowledge Through Natural Science		Basel	72
01 Nov	Incidental Reflections on the Occasion of the New Edition of ‘Goethes Weltanschauung’	From Symptom to Reality in Modern History	Dornach	185
01 Nov	Document	Not Yet Available		252
02 Nov	Religious Impulses of the Fifth Post-Atlantean Epoch	From Symptom to Reality in Modern History	Dornach	185
03 Nov	The Relation Between the Deeper European Impulses and Those of the Present Day	From Symptom to Reality in Modern History	Dornach	185
03 Nov	6th Annual General Meeting of the Goetheanum Society (fka St. John's Building)	Not Yet Available	Dornach	250
03 Nov	Document	Not Yet Available		252
08 Nov	Moral, Social and Religious Life	Not Yet Available	Basel	71b
09 Nov	First Lecture	The Developmental History of Social Opinion	Dornach	185a
10 Nov	Second Lecture	The Developmental History of Social Opinion	Dornach	185a
15 Nov	Third Lecture	The Developmental History of Social Opinion	Dornach	185a
16 Nov	Fourth Lecture	The Developmental History of Social Opinion	Dornach	185a
17 Nov	Fifth Lecture	The Developmental History of Social Opinion	Dornach	185a
22 Nov	Sixth Lecture	The Developmental History of Social Opinion	Dornach	185a
23 Nov	Seventh Lecture	The Developmental History of Social Opinion	Dornach	185a
24 Nov	Eighth Lecture	The Developmental History of Social Opinion	Dornach	185a
29 Nov	East and West from a Spiritual Point of View	The Challenge of the Times	Dornach	186
30 Nov	The Present from the Viewpoint of the Present	The Challenge of the Times	Dornach	186
01 Dec	The Mechanistic, Eugenic and Hygienic Aspects of the Future	The Challenge of the Times	Dornach	186
06 Dec	Social and Antisocial Instincts	The Challenge of the Times	Dornach	186
07 Dec	Specters of the Old Testament in the Nationalism of the Present	The Challenge of the Times	Dornach	186
08 Dec	The Innate Capacities of the Nations of the World	The Challenge of the Times	Dornach	186
09 Dec	Justification for a Science of the Soul in the Sense of Anthroposophy		Bern	72
11 Dec	Moral, Social and Religious Life from the Standpoint of Anthroposophy		Bern	72
12 Dec	Social and Anti-social Forces In The Human Being		Bern	186
13 Dec	The Transforming of Instinctive into Conscious Impulses	The Fundamental Social Demand of Our Times	Dornach	186
14 Dec	The Logic of Thought and the Logic of Reality	The Fundamental Social Demand of Our Times	Dornach	186
15 Dec	The Metamorphosis of Intelligence	The Fundamental Social Demand of Our Times	Dornach	186
20 Dec	The New Revelation of the Spirit	The Fundamental Social Demand of Our Times	Dornach	186
21 Dec	Understand One-Another	The Fundamental Social Demand of Our Times	Dornach	186
22 Dec	The Birth of Christ in the Human Soul	How Can Humanity Find the Christ Again?	Basel	187
22 Dec	The Birth of Christ in the Human Soul		Basel	187
24 Dec	The Entrance of Christianity into the Course of Earth Evolution	How Can Humanity Find the Christ Again?	Dornach	187
25 Dec	Distribution of Man's Inner Impulses in the Course of His Life	How Can Humanity Find the Christ Again?	Dornach	187
27 Dec	The Evolution of Christianity from the Mysteries of pre-Christian Times	How Can Humanity Find the Christ Again?	Dornach	187
28 Dec	The Change in the Human Soul Constitution	How Can Humanity Find the Christ Again?	Dornach	187
29 Dec	Transformation of the Human Being in the Course of Evolution	How Can Humanity Find the Christ Again?	Dornach	187
31 Dec	Experiences of the Old Year and Outlook over the New Year I	How Can Humanity Find the Christ Again?	Dornach	187

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Year	Lecture Title	Book Title	City	Volume
1897	The Joy of Youth	Collected Essays on Drama 1889–1900		29
1903	Does Everything in the World Have a Useful Purpose?	Self-Knowledge and God-Knowledge I	Berlin	90a
1903	The Three Logoi and Man, the Seven Stages of Consciousness	Theosophy and Occultism	Berlin	90c
1904	On Clairvoyance	Self-Knowledge and God-Knowledge I	Berlin	90a
1905	Theosophy in Daily Life	Self-Knowledge and God-Knowledge II	Berlin	90b
1905	Lecture XXVII	Foundations of Esotericism	Berlin	93a
1906	How can We Understand Illness and Death? Blood is a Very Special Fluid	Not Yet Available	Munich	68b
1910	9th. General Meeting of the German Section of the Theosophical Society	Not Yet Available	Berlin	261
1911	Esoteric Lesson	From the Contents of Esoteric Classes II: 1910–1912	Berlin	266-II
1913	The Spiritual World and Spiritual Science. Views and Aims of the Present	Spiritual Science as a Treasure for Life	Berlin	63
1916	Sixteenth lecture	Goethe and the Crisis of the Nineteenth Century	Dornach	171
1918	The Nature of the Soul and Body of Man as Illuminated by Spiritual Science	Freedom, Immortality and Social Life	Basel	72
1918	Brief Reflections on the Publication of the New Edition of ‘The Philosophy of Freedom’	From Symptom to Reality in Modern History	Dornach	185
1919	National and International Life in the Threefold Social Organism	The Social Future	Zürich	332a
1920	Lecture VI	The New Spirituality and the Christ Experience of the Twentieth Century	Dornach	200
1920	Introductory Words to a Eurythmy Performance	Not Yet Available	Dornach	277
1920	Address on Eurhythmie	Not Yet Available	Dornach	277c
1921	The buried spirit-cognition	Not Yet Available		36
1921	Lecture VI	Cosmosophy Vol. II	Dornach	208
1921	Introductory Words to a Public Eurythmy Performance	Not Yet Available	Dornach	277
1921	Address on Eurhythmie	Not Yet Available	Dornach	277c