Week 6
There has arisen from its narrow limits
My self and finds itself
As revelation of all worlds
Within the sway of time and space;
The world, as archetype divine,
Displays to me at every turn
The truth of my own likeness.
Week 32
I feel my own force, bearing fruit
And gaining strength to give me to the world.
My inmost being I feel charged with power
To turn with clearer insight
Toward the weaving of life's destiny.
—Translation by Ruth and Hans Pusch
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This volume consists of notes by Schure of the 18 lectures Steiner gave in Paris in 1906. These notes constitute the only known record of these lectures. Steiner presents a survey of the evolution of the cosmos, earth and humanity in a comprehensive way that he later expanded into his book An Outline of Occult Science.
When these lectures were first translated into English and published in ANTHROPOSOPHY: A Quarterly Review of Spiritual Science in 1929, lecture 16 “Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and the Will of Man” was not published. Rene Querido translated this 16th lecture into English from the French and kindly furnished the diagram following lecture 16 which shows the interior of the Earth. Rene Querido also wrote the preface for this reprint edition.
Preface | ||
Foreword by Edouard Schuré | ||
I. | The Birth of the Intellect and the Mission of Christianity | 25th May, 1906 |
II. | The Mission of Manicheism | 26th May, 1906 |
III. | God, Man, Nature | 27th May, 1906 |
IV. | Involution and Evolution | 28th May, 1906 |
V. | Yoga In East and West I | 29th May, 1906 |
VI. | Yoga In East and West II | 30th May, 1906 |
VII. | Occultism and the Gospel of St. John | 31st May, 1906 |
VIII. | The Christian Mystery | 1st June, 1906 |
IX. | The Astral World I | 2nd June, 1906 |
X. | The Astral World II | 6th June, 1906 |
VXI. | The Devachanic World (Heaven) I | 7th June, 1906 |
XII. | The Devachanic World (Heaven) II | 8th June, 1906 |
XIII. | The Logos and the Word | 9th June, 1906 |
XIV. | The Logos and Man | 10th June, 1906 |
XV. | The Evolution of Planets and Earth | 11th June, 1906 |
XVI. | Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Human Will | 12th June, 1906 |
XVII. | Redemption and Liberation | 13th June, 1906 |
XVIII. | The Apocalypse | 14th June, 1906 |
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