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282. Speech and Drama: The Mystery Character of Dramatic Art 14 Sep 1924, Dornach
Translated by Mary Adams

If we go back to the time before worldliness began to get the upper hand on the stage, we shall find that dramatic performances were always in connection with worship, with the cult. The Christmas ritual which was intended to lead the people up to a lofty height where they might verily behold the Divine—this Christmas ritual we find continued, either still inside or in front of the church, in the form of a play.
343. The Foundation Course: Anthroposophy and Religion 28 Sep 1921, Dornach
Translated by Hanna von Maltitz

[ 14 ] Today in our inner reflections we have a weak memory of what at that time had been lived through instinctively. We celebrate Christmas and a historic glance reveals to us the connection of the inner memory life of individuals who, during winter, had felt abandoned by heaven, and so nursed their memories in solitude.
What is revealed in our abstract minds and calculations to determine the Easter festival, this was a direct experience for earlier man; it was observed in the heavens after the completion of winter and the time of St John in the soulful feeling of the divine weaving in the heavens, to unite in divine blessedness with the truly Spiritual-Divine which had been only a memory at Christmas time and into which they lived at springtime. The old summer solstice was primarily celebrated as the inner search for the union with the Divine in which man could empathise with how, if the earth would not be enclosed, the earth would be an active being working in the cosmos together with the entire being of humanity towards this cosmic experience.
261. Our Dead: Memorial speech for Sophie Stinde 26 Dec 1915, Dornach

Among the many things we may remember in these days of the Christmas season, the world's earthly motto stands before our soul above all: Revelation of divine powers in the heights And peace on earth to men, Who are of good will.
Cosmic Memory: Introduction

Today the Goetheanum is the world headquarters of General Anthroposophical Society, which was founded at Dornach at Christmas, 1923, with Rudolf Steiner as President. Audiences of many thousands come there each year to attend performances of Steiner's dramas, of Goethe's Faust (Parts I and II in their entirety), and of plays by other authors, presented on the Goetheanum stage, one of the finest in Europe.
300a. Faculty Meetings with Rudolf Steiner I: Sixteenth Meeting 30 Jul 1920, Stuttgart
Translated by Ruth Pusch, Gertrude Teutsch

Steiner: I already noticed it some time ago, and mentioned it at Christmas and in February. I didn’t go into it then because it is so difficult for me, but it comes up so often, namely, that we shut people out.
300b. Faculty Meetings with Rudolf Steiner I: Twenth-Seventh Meeting 11 Sep 1921, Stuttgart
Translated by Ruth Pusch, Gertrude Teutsch

Those who are less advanced will not be able to read A Christmas Carol. A new teacher: I think Dickens is much too difficult for this grade. Could we obtain a textbook for teaching language?
Curative Eurythmy: refer
Translated by Kristina Krohn, Anthony Degenaar

And what gave rise to it? The natural science course in Stuttgart at Christmas 1920/21. Frau Baumann and I went to this course—more as visitors really—since we could not understand a lot of what Dr.
295. Discussions with Teachers: Discussion Ten 01 Sep 1919, Stuttgart
Translated by Helen Fox, Catherine E. Creeger

This was known to the people of ancient times, and that was why they placed Christmas—the time when we look for soul life—not in the summer, but during winter. “Just as a person’s soul life passes out of the body when falling asleep, and again turns inward when a person wakens, so it is also for the Earth.
121. The Mission of the Individual Folk-Souls: Nerthus, Freyja and Gerda. Twilight of the Gods. Vidar and the new Revelation of Christ 17 Jun 1910, Oslo
Translated by A. H. Parker

See also the lecture given by Rudolf Steiner in Basle, 12.xii.1916, entitled Christmas at a Time of Grievous Destiny. The Festivals and their Meaning. Vol. 1. Christmas. (Rudolf Steiner Press).
270. Esoteric Instructions: Seventh Recapitulation Lesson 20 Sep 1924, Dornach
Translated by John Riedel

My dear brothers and sisters! Since the Christmas Conference an esoteric impulse goes through the entire Anthroposophical Society, and those members of the Anthroposophical Society who have recently taken part in the general members' lectures will have noticed just how this esoteric impulse flows through all that is worked on within the Anthroposophical Movement and through all that is still to be worked on.
And through all that is connected with the impulse of the Christmas Conference, through all that has been brought forth, is the possibility of this being the kernel of the Anthroposophical Movement’s forming an esoteric school to be seen as the esoteric school inspired and guided by Michael himself.

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