Week 5
Within the light that out of spirit depths
Weaves germinating power into space
And manifests the gods' creative work:
Within its shine, the soul's true being
Is widened into worldwide life
And resurrected
From narrow selfhood's inner power.
Week 31
The light from spirit depths
Strives to ray outwards, sun-imbued;
Transformed to forceful will of life
It shines into the senses' dullness
To bring to birth the powers
Whereby creative forces, soul-impelled,
Shall ripen into human deeds.
—Translation by Ruth and Hans Pusch
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At the end of his life Rudolf Steiner took up the task that was his special destiny; to bring to the West a knowledge of reincarnation and karma. To do this he gave over eighty lectures in 1924 in which he explicitly and concretely revealed the destinies of various individuals from one life to the next in order to show how the general laws of karma operate in individual cases. He also revealed many details of the karmic streams of the members of the Anthroposophical Society. These volumes constitute an immeasurable contribution to the understanding of reincarnation and karma, and the tasks of the Anthroposophical Society in connection with the Archangel Michael.
Twelve lectures given at Dornach, Switzerland, from 16th February to 23rd March, 1924. Published here with the kind permission of the Rudolf Steiner Nachlassverwaltung, Dornach, Switzerland.
Translated from shorthand reports unrevised by the lecturer. The original texts of the lectures are contained in Vol. 1 of the series entitled Esoterische Betrachtungen karmischer Zusammenhänge in the Complete Edition of Rudolf Steiner's works. (No. 235 in the Bibliographical Survey, 1961). Translated by George Adams
Revised by M. Cotterell, C. Davy and D.S. Osmond
Cover Sheet | ||
Introduction | ||
Lecture I | February 16, 1924 | |
Lecture II | February 17, 1924 | |
Lecture III | February 23, 1924 | |
Lecture IV | February 24, 1924 | |
Lecture V | March 01, 1924 | |
Lecture VI | March 02, 1924 | |
Lecture VII | March 08, 1924 | |
Lecture VIII | March 09, 1924 | |
Lecture IX | March 15, 1924 | |
Lecture X | March 16, 1924 | |
Lecture XI | March 22, 1924 | |
Lecture XII | March 23, 1924 |
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