Lectures to the First Class
Volume III
GA 270
During the re-founding of the Anthroposophical Society at Christmas 1923, Rudolf Steiner also reconstituted the “Esoteric School” which had originally functioned in Germany from 1904 until 1914, when the outset of the First World War made it's continuance impossible. However, the original school was only for a relatively few selected individuals, whereas the new school was incorporated into the School for Spiritual Science at the Goetheanum in Dornach, Switzerland.
By the time Rudolf Steiner had given the first nineteen First Class Lessons (Volumes One and Two), so many new members had joined, or wanted to join, that he felt it necessary to recapitulate the lessons already given rather than continue to advance. However, although the mantras (verses) used are the same as in Volume One, the descriptions are sufficiently different to justify a new volume. Furthermore, much new and valuable material is introduced, which is not in the previous volumes.
| Introduction | ||
| Apologia | ||
| Lesson XX (recapitulation of Lesson I) | September 06, 1924 | |
| Lesson XXI (recapitulation of Lesson II) | September 09, 1924 | |
| Lesson XXII (recapitulation of Lesson III) | September 11, 1924 | |
| Lesson XXIII (recapitulation of Lesson IV) | September 13, 1924 | |
| Lesson XXIV (recapitulation of Lesson V) | September 15, 1924 | |
| Lesson XXVI (recapitulation of Lesson VI) | September 17, 1924 | |
| Lesson XXVI (recapitulation of Lesson VII) | September 20, 1924 |