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80b. The Inner Nature and the Essence of the Human Soul: Natural Death and Spiritual Life 12 Jan 1922, Stuttgart

The ideas and concepts in which Anthroposophy expresses what it gains in a certain way through so-called supersensible knowledge have, in contrast to the concepts that one is accustomed to in scientific life today, something, one may say, more vividly.
Many will object: this science, which you describe as anthroposophy, is, as it were, suspended in mid-air; one is not standing on the firm ground of fact. My dear ladies and gentlemen! I have tried to show you today how anthroposophy can only be properly understood if it is considered in the context of the whole process of world evolution and the place of human beings in this process.
Reincarnation and Immortality: The Mystery of the Human Being 09 Oct 1916, Zurich
Translated by Michael Tapp, Elizabeth Tapp, Adam Bittleston

This fundamental conception of man's being raises `Anthropology' in its final result into `Anthroposophy'.” Into an “anthroposophy!” He uses the expression, anthroposophy. We can see from this the longing for the science that today has to become a reality.
You notice, too, that Fichte also longs for an anthroposophy when he deals with the super-sensible in man and draws our attention to it. Anthroposophy does not appear at a particular time without reason, but it is something that has long been anticipated by the really deep core of our soul life.
—It becomes a real fact for the first time with the science of spirit or anthroposophy. And so we see—however paradoxical it may appear today—that the development of the inner powers of the soul emerges on two fronts.
37. Writings on the History of the Anthroposophical Movement and Society 1902–1925: To the Members of the Anthroposophical and the Free Anthroposophical Society in Germany

The development and reception of anthroposophical endeavors in the present makes a change in my working method necessary. Anthroposophy has revealed itself as a soul need for an ever-increasing number of people; on the other hand, it is increasingly confronted with misunderstandings and misjudgments by many.
But now I must also take the position that I may continue to work only within this center of anthroposophical life with its artistic and educational implications. I must belong entirely to anthroposophy as such, as well as to its artistic and educational endeavors and the like, and to institutions such as “Kommender Tag” etc. only to the extent that the spiritual impulses of anthroposophy flow into them.
Dear Children: Editors' Introduction
Translator Unknown

What is most revealing in these addresses is how open and straightforward Steiner was concerning the Christian basis of the school. Even though Christ is central to Anthroposophy, the world view based on spiritual-scientific research and inaugurated by Steiner, Anthroposophy is open to everyone regardless of religious background. Waldorf schools, which are based on Anthroposophy, are also open to families of any religious background. A universal approach to Christianity is elaborated by Steiner in the following passages: “Would a Buddhist be justified in saying that he may not acknowledge Christ because nothing is said to this effect in his scriptures?
332b. Current Social and Economic Issues: Open letter from Rudolf Steiner Regarding his Resignation as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of “The Coming Day”

The development and reception of anthroposophical endeavors in the present makes it necessary for me to change the way I work. Anthroposophy has revealed itself as a soul need for an ever-increasing number of people; on the other hand, it is increasingly confronted with misunderstandings and misjudgments by many.
But now I must also take the position that I may continue to work only within this center of anthroposophical life with its artistic and educational implications. I must belong entirely to anthroposophy as such, as well as to its artistic and educational endeavors and the like, and to institutions such as “Kommender Tag” etc. only to the extent that the spiritual impulses of anthroposophy flow into them.
332b. Current Social and Economic Issues: Farewell Address to the Members before Departing for Stuttgart 19 Apr 1919, Dornach

And anthroposophy should help people in all areas of life to become wiser, to make them more agile in their thinking, to give them what people today so sorely lack: the possibility of being convinced of something.
And unless you first seek the God in your heart, anthroposophy will not grant you any bliss. Hegel's words remain true: Man is not only eternal after his death, man must be eternal - here in this physical body. That is, he must have truly found that which is eternal in him. These things are all already in anthroposophy; these things also underlie the healthy social ideas, which are now being expressed in writing and which I commend to you.
251. The History of the Anthroposophical Society 1913–1922: General Meeting (1921) 04 Sep 1921,

We anthroposophists who emerged from the youth movement came together during the congress in a few special discussions and realized that we have special tasks in our intermediary position between the youth movement and anthroposophy. We have come to realize that it is not only our duty to bring anthroposophy to the youth movement, but also that it is our duty to place our young forces at the service of anthroposophy, so that a corresponding action can emerge from it.
What came close to the Theosophical Society, but was actually intended by Anthroposophy, was, my dear friends, in many respects a crowd of dreamers who took an extraordinary pleasure in their “dreams”.
How often have I had to hear it in recent times: Yes, anthroposophy, that's very beautiful, threefold social order very beautiful, but you can't agree with what those people in Stuttgart are doing.
339. The Art of Lecturing: Lecture II 12 Oct 1921, Dornach
Translated by Fred Paddock, Maria St. Goar, Peter Stebbing, Beverly Smith

When we set out today to speak about Anthroposophy and the Threefold Movement with its various consequences—which indeed arise out of Anthroposophy, and must really be thought of as arising out of it,—then we must first of all hold before our souls that it is difficult to make oneself understood.
One has often fallen into the habit of speaking also about anthroposophical matters in the way one has become used to speaking in the age of materialism; but one is more apt thereby to obstruct the understanding for Anthroposophy, rather than to open up an approach to it. We shall first of all have to make quite clear to ourselves what the content of the matter is that comes towards us in Anthroposophy and its consequences.
This also is the task, in a certain sense, to be solved by him who would speak productively about Anthroposophy or the threefold idea. For only when a fairly large number of people are able to speak in this way, will Anthroposophy and the threefold idea be rightly understood in public, even in single lectures.
150. The World of the Spirit and Its Impact on Physical Existence: The Transmutation of the Soul's Powers in Initiation 05 May 1913, Paris

But he will only receive an impression if we send him ideas and concepts with spiritual life. The task of anthroposophy will be understood when we understand that we have to remove the abyss that separates us from the dead.
Thus we can experience that, for example, one of two brothers becomes an anthroposophist and the other an opponent of anthroposophy. This can only be a fact of the external world. The inner process is as follows: there is a deep longing for something religious, and the only way to numb oneself to this is to reject anthroposophy.
From the moment our hair turns grey, we experience that which passes through the gate of death. In this sense, anthroposophy will become the elixir of life, just as blood courses through our physical body. Only then will anthroposophy be what it is meant to be.
259. The Fateful Year of 1923: Letter Regarding Resignation 31 May 1923, Dornach

The development and reception of anthroposophical endeavors in the present makes a change in my working method necessary. On the one hand, anthroposophy has emerged as a soul need for an ever-increasing number of people; on the other hand, it is increasingly confronted with misunderstandings and incorrect assessments by many.
But now I must also take the position that I may continue to work only within this center of anthroposophical life with its artistic and educational implications. I must belong entirely to anthroposophy as such, as well as to its artistic and educational endeavors and the like, and to institutions such as “Kommender Tag” etc. only to the extent that the spiritual impulses of anthroposophy flow into them.

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