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11. Cosmic Memory: Preface by the Editor of the German Edition (1939)
Tr. Karl E. Zimmer

Rudolf Steiner
However, the one who wishes to obtain a clear idea of the manner in which a reading of the Akasha Chronicle becomes possible, must devote himself intensively to the study of Anthroposophy. [ 5 ] Apart from the above-mentioned books we indicate for those who are advanced in the study of the science of the spirit, the esoteric reflections on Okkultes Lesen und Okkultes Hören (Occult Reading and Occult Hearing), and the third volume of the series Geistige Wesen und Ihre Wirkungen (Spiritual Beings and Their Effects) which has just appeared and should be of special interest today: Geschichtliche Notwendigkeit und Freiheit, Schicksalseinwirkungen aus der Welt der Toten (Historical Necessity and Freedom, Fateful Influences from the World of the Dead).
346. Lectures to Priests The Apocalypse: Lecture IX 13 Sep 1924, Dornach
Tr. Unknown

Rudolf Steiner
In order to get into the content one needs a cosmology and a view of humanity which can only be given by a new Anthroposophy and by a real perception of' the spiritual world. One comes to Anthroposophy through the Apocalypse because one is using the means to understand the Apocalypse and because one notices: John received the Apocalypse from regions where Anthroposophy was before it came to human beings.
327. The Agriculture Course (1938): Lecture I 07 Jun 1924, Koberwitz
Tr. Günther Wachsmuth

Rudolf Steiner
But this necessity will lead us to detours which are inevitable, because everything which is said will have Anthroposophy itself as a basis. I would in particular ask you to forgive me if in the introductory lecture to-day there is much that seems so divergent from our subject that many of you will not immediately see what bearing it has upon specifically agricultural problems.
I cannot say whether what I am going to say out of Anthroposophy will be satisfactory to us in every respect, but I shall try to bring before you what Anthroposophy can contribute to Agriculture.
327. The Agriculture Course (1938): Lecture VII 15 Jun 1924, Koberwitz
Tr. Günther Wachsmuth

Rudolf Steiner
In the days when they were not intellectual, they were not so clever, but they were far wiser and learned through their feelings how to go about things; and we must learn to act with wisdom once again through Anthroposophy, but this time the wisdom will be conscious. For Anthroposophy is by no means something clever and intellectual—it strives for wisdom.
What is contained in this saying garnered from Anthroposophy was once common property in times of instinctive clairvoyance into Nature. Even m later days, much of this knowledge has remained among' those gifted with a peculiar sensitiveness in these matters, and in the works of Goethe you will sometimes come across the phrase: “In Nature everything lives through giving and taking.”
130. The Festivals and Their Meaning II: Easter: The Death of a God and its Fruits in Humanity 05 May 1912, Düsseldorf
Tr. Dorothy S. Osmond, Alan P. Shepherd, Charles Davy

Rudolf Steiner
But the time will come when their own religion will lead more and more Buddhists to Anthroposophy, and Christianity itself will lead more and more Christians to Anthroposophy. And then complete understanding will reign between them.
And to this soul, which must reign all over the globe as the science of the Spirit belonging to all men in all earthly civilisations, Anthroposophy should lead the way. From the 13th and 14th centuries onwards, such knowledge was cultivated in the Rosicrucian Schools.
176. The Karma of Materialism: Lecture VI 04 Sep 1917, Berlin
Tr. Rita Stebbing

Rudolf Steiner
I recently described the incredible superficiality with which a professor of Berlin University attacked Anthroposophy. I told you of the misrepresentations and slanders delivered by Max Dessoir.21 That such an individual should be a member of a learned body is part and parcel of the complexities of life today.
For the moment I refer to it in my forth coming booklet concerned with attacks on Anthroposophy. As I said Max Dessoir wrote a history of psychology and then withdrew it from circulation.
People are bound to say that here, at last, the old fashioned idea of speaking about the spiritual world is done away with. Anyone knowing something of Anthroposophy will recognize that in the case of this scholar there is a condition of dimmed consciousness.
326. The Origins of Natural Science: Lecture III 26 Dec 1922, Dornach
Tr. Maria St. Goar, Norman MacBeth

Rudolf Steiner
Now, you will perhaps recall how, in my book The Case for Anthroposophy,28 I tried to explain the human organization in a way corresponding to modern thinking.
28. Rudolf Steiner, The Case for Anthroposophy (London: Rudolf Steiner Press, 1970).29. In a reply to two lectures, which Walter Johannes Stein and Eugen Kolisko gave to defend two articles on “Anthroposophy as Science” in the Goettingen newspaper, Hugo Fuchs, Professor of Anatomy, spoke sarcastically of a human being with head, breast, and belly system.
270. Esoteric Lessons for the First Class II: Sixteetnth Hour 28 Jun 1924, Dornach
Tr. Frank Thomas Smith

Rudolf Steiner
But membership in the School implies even more, that the member recognize the serious conditions for membership—namely the basic condition that anyone who wishes to belong to the School should present himself in life in such a way that he is in every respect a representative of anthroposophy before the world. To be a representative of anthroposophy before the world necessarily means that whatever he or she does in connection to anthroposophy, be it ever so remotely connected, also be with the approval of the leadership of the School, that is, with the esoteric Executive Committee at the Goetheanum.
108. The Way of Knowledge 17 Jan 1909, Pforzheim
Tr. Hanna von Maltitz

Rudolf Steiner
After the opening of the Pforzheim branch we are together again and will best fill our time by immediately entering into a spiritual theme, a theme which, through Anthroposophy, shows that we don't only absorb teaching and thoughts but that our life of feeling and of experience is enriched, calmed and protected.
—We need to acquire the right way of thinking about things around us, through Anthroposophy. We see for instance the various plants, animals and minerals around us. Not only do animals equally give us joy and suffering, pleasure and pain; that no one doubts.
—It is an incorrect objection if we believe Anthroposophy has no meaning. It already has an account of spiritual-soul facts of great value. When such knowledge for example speaks about the relationship of plant suffering to plant joy then we really need to think about this knowledge and should allow such thoughts to work on us.
120. Manifestations of Karma: Karmic Effects Of Our Experiences As Men and Women. Death and Birth In Relationship to Karma 26 May 1910, Hanover
Tr. Unknown

Rudolf Steiner
Least of all should an anthroposophist complain at this because anthroposophy teaches us a true understanding of these matters, and thus gives us knowledge as to where the compensation may be sought.
It is inevitable that what is of profound inner significance also appears as fashion, as sensation, and this tendency can be traced in every current of human evolution. But those souls who are truly ripe for anthroposophy are those who fail to find satisfaction from external sensations, and who realise that external science in spite of all its explanations cannot explain certain facts. These are the souls who through their general karma are so prepared that they become united to anthroposophy with the innermost members of their soul life. Spiritual Science forms part of mankind's general karma, and as such will take its place there.

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