Occult Signs and Symbols
GA 101
Steiner discusses the occult significance of Noah's ark, Gothic churches, animal forms, symbolism in numbers, and the Seven Seals. With seven illustrations.
Transcribed from a series of lectures in Stuttgart, September 13–16, 1907. Translated from German shorthand reports unrevised by the lecturer (Vol. 101 in the Bibliographic Survey, 1961) by Sarah Kurland with emendations by Gilbert Church, Ph.D. Electronic transcription by John Roland Penner, 1998.
Lecture Four, given on September 16, 1907, is also included in Bn/GA 284.
| Lecture I | 13th September, 1907 | |
| The Creative Cosmic Tone. Flooding Colour and the Formative Forces of the Akasha. | ||
| Lecture II | 14th September, 1907 | |
| The Symbolic Meaning of Noah's Ark and the Gothic Churches. The Symbolism of Certain Animal Forms and Their Relation to the Elements: Snake, Fish, Butterfly, Bee. | ||
| Lecture III | 15th September, 1907 | |
| The Symbolism of Numbers. The Mystics and the Time of Copernicus. Involution, Evolution and Creation out of Nothingness. The Number Four, the Sign of Creation. | ||
| Lecture IV | 16th September, 1907 | |
| Man, the Most Significant Symbol. The Seven Seals. | ||