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53. The Inner Development of Man 15 Dec 1904, Berlin
Tr. Maria St. Goar

Rudolf Steiner
Thus, the overall outlook on the theory of life as developed by anthroposophy will have been outlined. Today however, I would like to present a few suggestions on how man's inner development must progress if he desires to reach conclusions of his own concerning the statements proclaimed by an anthroposophical world outlook.
After initial acquaintance with some of the basic teachings of anthroposophy such as reincarnation and karma—the teaching that the human soul has in the past been incarnated repeatedly in a physical body and will continue to return in future incarnations, and the teaching of karma, of compensatory justice—most people will ask how one can comprehend these teachings and how one can acquire an understanding of these on one's own.
Only if this has become the case is he truly appointed to speak about the truths of mysticism, the truths of anthroposophy and spiritual science. In this way does the spiritual investigator function and thus must everybody begin, that is, in the simplest, most elementary manner until he comes to comprehension of these teachings.
146. The Occult Significance of the Bhagavad Gita: Lecture II 29 May 1913, Helsinki
Tr. George Adams, Mary Adams

Rudolf Steiner
If we cannot do this, we are not yet completely ready for occult development. For this reason modern anthroposophy, if pursued earnestly and worthily, is the right preparation in our age for a true occult development.
When a person's interests are gradually sharpened and widened through the study of anthroposophy, which leads even without occult training to an understanding of occult truths, then he is being rightly prepared for an occult path.
Yes, there are many today who have a humble place in life and as if by natural instinct feel this interest in the whole of mankind. That is why anthroposophy is in such harmony with the spirit of our age. First, then, we must learn of the mighty upheaval of the soul that has to come at the beginning of occult experience.
296. Education as a Social Problem: The Inexpressible Name, Spirits of Space and Time, Conquering Egotism 17 Aug 1919, Dornach
Tr. Lisa D. Monges, Doris M. Bugbey

Rudolf Steiner
In the course of my life I have received many letters from church people who state that anthroposophy is fundamentally a fine thing, but it contradicts the simple Christian faith; that Christ has redeemed the soul, that one can attain salvation in Christ without any effort on one's part.
And I would bring close to your hearts what I have said repeatedly in various ways: It is of utmost importance to acknowledge that what we can acquire of anthroposophical knowledge is the true guide-line now for all action and striving; that we must have the courage to will to prevail with anthroposophy. The worst thing is that people in these days have so little courage for willing to prevail with what is needed. They permit their best will-forces to break down; though it is so necessary they do not will to carry through. Learn to represent anthroposophy with courage. Receive graciously the people who show an interest in looking at this building which represents our spiritual striving.
308. The Essentials of Education: Lecture Two 09 Apr 1924, Stuttgart
Tr. Jesse Darrell

Rudolf Steiner
This preconception is inevitably a stumbling block to anyone who approaches the Waldorf education movement without a basic study of anthroposophy. I do not mean for a moment that we simply ignore objections to this kind of education. On the contrary. Those who have a spiritual foundation such as anthroposophy cannot be the least bit fanatical; they will always fully consider any objections to their viewpoints.
Its subject is the anthroposophic way of viewing the world. He describes anthroposophy, and he also describes me (if you will forgive a personal reference). He has read many of my books and makes a very interesting comment.
309. The Roots of Education: Lecture Three 15 Apr 1924, Bern
Tr. Helen Fox

Rudolf Steiner
A time will come when psychologists will not describe a diseased condition of the soul life as they do today, but will speak of it in terms of music, as one would speak, for example, of a piano that is out of tune. Please do not think that anthroposophy is unaware of how difficult it is to present such a view in our time. I understand very well that many people will consider what I have presented as pure fantasy, if not somewhat crazy.
In this connection, it is extraordinary how people view anthroposophy today. They cannot imagine that anything exists that transcends their powers of comprehension, but that those same powers can in fact eventually reach.
This shows how hard it is, even for such an enlightened person as Maeterlinck, to reach reality. On the firm basis of anthroposophy we have to speak of a reality that is considered unreal today. I-being and the Genius of Language Now we come to the I-being.
313. Anthroposophical Spiritual Science and Medical Therapy: Lecture VIII 18 Apr 1921, Dornach
Tr. Gerald Karnow

Rudolf Steiner
If one wishes to understand the human being from within, one must keep to what anthroposophy has to offer. But neither an anthroposophical nor an anthropological theory can be applied in any other way than by leaving it behind at the right point and passing into the other domain. With what we call anthroposophy, of course, we enter the soul-spiritual domain and return again to outer, sense-perceptible phenomena.
Then German journals, run by people who are incapable of judgment, publish idiotic attacks as a serious discussion on anthroposophy. The point is that we must take into account this process that can be described as a radiation, as I have just done.
115. Wisdom of Man, of the Soul, and of the Spirit: Supersensible Currents in the Human and Animal Organizations 27 Oct 1909, Berlin
Tr. Samuel P. Lockwood, Loni Lockwood

Rudolf Steiner
This ability to interpret phenomena correctly will further stand us in good stead when, in the course of our investigations, we come to phenomena that lead us out of the region of individual anthroposophy into the realm of the anthroposophy that concerns the whole of mankind. Returning once more to the sense of sound and the sense of visualization, let us ask ourselves which of these came into being first in the course of human development?
When we know the secret of those currents that fashion man and the earth we can understand the organization of the earth, the distribution of oceans and continents, the migrations of men. Anthroposophy leads us into that life through which the outer world becomes transparent and comprehensible.
199. Spiritual Science as a Foundation for Social Forms: Lecture III 08 Aug 1920, Dornach
Tr. Maria St. Goar

Rudolf Steiner
These he analyses and thus figures out—and quite correctly in terms of these concepts—that by the beginning of the third millennium barbarism will have taken the place of our civilization. If one speaks to him of anthroposophy, he turns red in the face, for he cannot stand it. Were he to comprehend what can enter into men through anthroposophy and how it can invigorate them, then he would see that the decline can be prevented only through anthroposophy, that it is the one and only way to come to an ascent again.
191. Fundamentals of the Science of Initiation 17 Oct 1919, Dornach
Tr. Unknown

Rudolf Steiner
It would be a good thing if this bible passage were to be considered a little by those who brush aside Anthroposophy with a supercilious smile, or who criticize it in a vile way. They should consider that what they look upon as foolishness may be “wisdom before the Gods”. It would be a very good thing if several people—and by “several” I mean many—particularly those who go to church with their prayer book and revile Anthroposophy, were to insist less upon their proud faith and look more closely into that which is really contained in the Christian faith.
You know that beside natural science there is also a spiritual knowledge; in the form of Anthroposophy, the knowledge of man, we may pursue cosmology, anthropology, etc., in such a way that they lead to the kind of results described, for instance, in my Occult Science.
189. The Social Question as a Question of Consciousness: Lecture I 15 Feb 1919, Dornach
Tr. Unknown

Rudolf Steiner
And how often have I pointed out here that the deeper causes are to be found only through those considerations of reality that result from the Movement here for Spiritual Science, Anthroposophy—the deeper causes also for the social study of life and of things. At the beginning of the year [ Note 1 ] I pointed out something I believe to be significant, namely, that today it is possible for mankind to be thoroughly pessimistic not just from emotional reasons but on actual social grounds.
Thus, in a particular way, because it is not called forth arbitrarily but by observation of the forces of the times, the spiritual knowledge of Anthroposophy becomes in the anthroposophical members the needed healing power in the highest sense. It is not indeed the programme of one individual or of several individuals, but the result of observing what the spiritual leadership of the world dictates as necessary for mankind's present progress. It is on that account only that we can speak of Spiritual Science, of Anthroposophy, otherwise it would obviously be presumptuous. But what springs from true modesty need not be deterred when making itself felt, by the reproach of the presumptuous.

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