1922. A series of lectures commencing with the opening of the French course at the Goetheanum Dornach in September 1922. Contents: three steps of Anthroposophy; exercises of thought, feeling and volition; methods of imaginative, inspired and intuitive knowledge or cognition; exercises of cognition and will; experiences of the soul in sleep; transference from the psycho-spiritual to the physical sense life in man's development; relationship of Christ with humanity; event of death and its relationship with the Christ; destination of the ego-consciousness in conjunction with the Christ problem; on experiencing the will part of the soul.
Rudolf Steiner (1861 1925) was born in the small village of Kraljevec, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now in Croatia), where he grew up. As a young man, he lived in Weimar and Berlin, where he became a well-published scientific, literary, and philosophical scholar, known especially for his work with Goethe s scientific writings. At the beginning of the twentieth century, he began to develop his early philosophical principles into an approach to systematic research into psychological and spiritual phenomena. Formally beginning his spiritual teaching career under the auspices of the Theosophical Society, Steiner came to use the term Anthroposophy (and spiritual science) for his philosophy, spiritual research, and findings. The influence of Steiner s multifaceted genius has led to innovative and holistic approaches in medicine, various therapies, philosophy, religious renewal, Waldorf education, education for special needs, threefold economics, biodynamic agriculture, Goethean science, architecture, and the arts of drama, speech, and eurythmy. In 1924, Rudolf Steiner founded the General Anthroposophical Society, which today has branches throughout the world. He died in Dornach, Switzerland.