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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These eight lectures were given by Rudolf Steiner in mid-June of 1923 at Dornach. They comprise the entire lecture series entitled, The History and Significance of the Anthroposophical Movement to the Anthroposophical Society, published in German as, Die Geschichte und die Bedingungen Anthroposophischen Bewegung Im Verhaeltnis zur Anthroposophischen Geselschaft. Eine Anregung zur Selbstbesinnung. Translated by Ethel Bowen-Wedgwood
Foreword by Marie Steiner | ||
I. | Homeless Souls | June 10, 1923 |
II. | The Theosophical Society: A Common Body with a Conscious Self. Blavatsky Phenomenon | June 11, 1923 |
III. | Critical Judgment and Colour of the Times | June 12, 1923 |
IV. | Blavatsky's Orientation: Spiritual, but Anti-Christian | June 13, 1923 |
V. | Anti-christianity. — The Healing of the Gulf. — The Mysteries Re-awakened in a New Knowledge. — Flow of the Movement in its Two First Periods | June 14, 1923 |
VI. | The Two First Periods of the Anthroposophic Movement | June 15, 1923 |
VII. | Third Stage: The Present Day. — Life-conditions of the Anthroposophical Society | June 16, 1923 |
VIII. | Conclusions: The Anthroposophical Society and Its Future Conduct. — The Unseen Being, Anthroposophy. | June 16, 1923 |
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