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
Given in 1916, when Europe was in the throes of the First World War, these seven lectures present Rudolf Steiner's trenchant diagnosis of the malaise of our time. Steiner vividly confronts us with the dead end to which materialism has brought modern civilization. Starting with a new look at the Christian festival of Pentecost, Steiner shows how the chaos of his time — and ours — can be transcended. In this book, he deals with the importance of balance in life, the twelve senses and their relationship to the cosmos, psychology, and art. In the process, he reveals the central importance of the development of Imagination.
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Lecture 1 | The Immortality of the I | June 06, 1916 |
Lecture 2 | Blood and Nerves | June 13, 1916 |
Lecture 3 | The Twelve Human Senses | June 20, 1916 |
Lecture 4 | The Human Organism Through the Incarnations | June 27, 1916 |
Lecture 5 | Balance in Life | July 04, 1916 |
Lecture 6 | The Feeling For Truth | July 11, 1916 |
Lecture 7 | Toward Imagination | July 18, 1916 |
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