Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a selection of Rudolf Steiner's writings and lectures. Also included are writings about
Steiner and anthroposophy by contemporaries and later followers, many of whom were members of the
Anthroposophical Society. The papers are housed in five boxes, and are arranged into papers by Steiner (Box 1) and
papers about Steiner, which are arranged alphabetically by author and title (Boxes 2-4). Box 5 consists of
miscellaneous collections of lecture notes and journal articles by Steiner and others dating from 1906 to 1976.
Biographical Note
Rudolph Steiner was born in February 1861 in Murakiraly, Austria-Hungary (present-day Croatia) to Johann and
Franziska (nee Blie) Steiner. Steiner is recognized as a philosopher, educator, and esotericist, and is known for
founding anthroposophy, a philosophical and spiritual movement with ties to transcendentalism and Theosophy. He
graduated from the Vienna Institute of Technology in 1883 and received a doctorate in philosophy from the University
of Rostock in 1891. Steiner worked at the Goethe archives in Weimar from 1888 to 1896, and became chief editor of
Magazin fur Literatur in 1897. He married Anna Eunicke in 1899; they later separated and he married his second
wife, Marie von Sievers, in 1914.
After leading the Theosophical Esoteric Society for Germany and Austria for several years, Steiner and his followers
split from the group to form the Anthroposophical Society in 1913. Steiner’s teachings on anthroposophy emphasize
ethical individualism and the existence of an experiential spiritual world. The Anthroposophical Society supports those
interested in synthesizing Western philosophy and science with mysticism through ‘spiritual science.’ Its headquarters
are located in the Goetheanum cultural center in Dornach, Switzerland.
Steiner’s wide-ranging interests and ideas have impacted several fields: he developed biodynamic agriculture, which
shares commonalities with organic farming; Eurythmy, a performance art; and anthroposophic medicine, while his
educational philosophy formed the basis for Waldorf education. Steiner was a prolific writer and lecturer; his collected
works include approximately 300 volumes of lectures. Steiner died March 30, 1925, in Dornach, Switzerland.
Related Materials
Rudolf Steiner Archive. http://www.rsarchive.org/
Box Contents List
Box 1
Steiner, Rudolf. “Adam Kadmon.” Lecture given at the Goetheanum, September 30, 1922. Spring Valley, N.Y.:
Mercury Press.
----. “Anthroposophical Knowledge of Man.” Eight lectures given in Berlin between October 23, 1908 and June 17,
1909.
----. “Anthroposophical Life-Gifts.” Seven lectures given in Berlin between March and May, 1918.
----. “The Astral World and Devachan.” Three lectures given in Berlin, October 19, 21, and 26, 1908.
----. “At the Gates of Theosophy.” Notes on a course delivered in Stuttgart, Germany in August 1906.
----. “Atomism and its Refutation.” Spring Valley, N.Y.: Mercury Press, 1970.
----. “Before the Divine Incarnation.” Unknown publication, n.d.
----. “The Christ Impulse in the Course of History.” Two lectures given in Lugano, September 17, 1911 and Locarno,
September 19, 1911.
----. “Christmas.” Lecture given in Berlin, December 23, 1913.
----. “The Colors of the Earth As Seen By the Soul After Death.” Lecture given in Berlin, April 1, 1918. Unknown
publication, n.d., p. 28.
----. “The Cosmic New Year.” A course of lectures given in Stuttgart between December 21, 1919 and January 1,
1920.
-----. “The Descent of the Spirit. Gaining a Relationship to the Dead Through the Language of the Heart.” Lecture
given in London, August 30, 1922.
----. “Effects of Karma: The Single Incarnations as Links of the Individuality….” Lecture given in Munich, December
10, 1910.
----. “The Ego-Consciousness of the So-Called Dead.” Lecture given in Leipzig, February 22, 1916.
----. “Error and Insanity.” Lecture given in Berlin, April 28, 1910.
----. “The Festivals and Their Meaning: Ascension and Pentecost.” Six lectures given between 1908 and 1924.
----. “The Future Jupiter and Its Beings.” Lecture given in Dornach, Switzerland, January 3, 1915.
----. “Geographic Medicine.” Two lectures given in St. Gallen on November 15 and 16, 1917. Spring Valley, N.Y.:
Mercury Press, n.d.
----. “The Human Being in Relation to Planetary Life.” Lecture given in Dornach, July 1, 1922.
----. “The Influence of Spiritual Beings Upon Man.” Eleven lectures given in Berlin between January 6 and June 11,
1908.
----. “The Inner Realities of Evolution: The Inner Aspect of the Moon-Embodiment of the Earth.” Fourth of five lectures
given in Berlin between October and December 1911.
----. Knowledge and Initiation ; Plus, Knowledge of the Christ Through Anthroposophy. Two lectures given in London,
April 14, 1922 and April 15, 1922. Mokelumne Hill, Calif.: Health Research, 1969.
----. “The Mystery of the Double.” Lecture given in St. Gallen, n.d.
----. “The New Christmas Thought.” Lecture given December 22, 1918.
----. “Newborn Might and Strength Everlasting: A Christmas Offering.” n.p. n.d.
----. “On the Fifth Gospel.” Seven lectures given in Berlin between 1913 and 1914.
----. “The Origin of Suffering” and “The Origin of Evil.” Two lectures given in Berlin, November 8 and 22, 1906.
----. “The Pre*Earthly Deeds of Christ: The Christ Impulse in the Essence of Time and Its Sovereignty in Mankind.”
Lecture given in Pforzheim, Germany, March 7, 1914.
----. “Raphael’s Mission in the Light of the Science of the Spirit.” Lecture given in Stuttgart, May 19, 1913.
Anthroposophic News Sheet 3, no. 29-32, July 21, 1935 et sequens.
----. “Rosicrucian Christianity.” Two lectures given in Neuchatel, September 27 and 28, 1911. Spring Valley, N.Y.:
Mercury Press, n.d.
----. “The Significance of the Mass.” Lecture given in Cologne, March 17, 1905.
----. “Spiritual Relations in the Configuration of the Human Organism.” Three lectures given at the Goetheanum,
October 20, 22, and 23, 1922. Spring Valley, N.Y.: Mercury Press, n.d.
----. “The Three Fundamental Forces in Education.” Lecture given in Stuttgart, September 16, 1920.
----. “Three Stages in the Waking of the Human Soul.” Lecture given in Prague, April 28, 1923.
----. “The Threefold Sun and the Risen Christ.” Lecture given in London, April 24, 1922.
----. The Threshold of the Spiritual World. Unknown publication, 1913.
----. “The Tree of Life and the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil.” Six lectures given in Dornach, Switzerland
between July 24 and August 9, 1915.
----. “The True Nature of the Second Coming: Esoteric Studies.” Two lectures given in Karlsruhe, January 25, 1910
and Stuttgart, March 6, 1910.
----. “The Vision of Christ’s Advent in the Etheric.” Two lectures given in Karlsruhe, January 25, 1910 and Stuttgart,
March 6, 1910.
----. “What Can the Art of Healing Gain Through Spritual Science?” Three lectures given in Holland, July 1924.
[Spring Valley, N.Y.]: Mercury Press, n.d.
----. “Wisdom Active in Historical Evolution: Christmas Lecture.” Lecture given in Dornach, Switzerland on December
25, 1921.
----. “World History in the Light of Anthroposophy and as a Foundation for Knowledge of the Human Spirit.” Four of
eight lectures given in Dornach, Switzerland, December 24-31, 1923.
----. “The World of Dreams as a Bridge Between the Physical World and the World of Moral Ideas.” Lecture given in
Dornach, Switzerland, September 22, 1923.
Steiner, Rudolf, and Charles Davy. From Jesus to Christ: Ten Lectures Given in Karlsruhe from 5th to 14th October,
1911. London: Rudolf Steiner Press, 1973. The first two of ten lectures.
Box 2
Adams, George. “The Mysteries of the Rose-Cross.” Unknown publication, 1955.
Arenson, Adolf. “Fruits of Earnest Study of the Lectures of Rudolf Steiner.” Lecture given in Stuttgart, March 30,
1930, and Dornach, April 28, 1930.
Baldwin, Samuel Davies. Armageddon; Or, The Overthrow of Romanism and Monarchy; the Existence of the United
States Foretold in the Bible. Excerpts from p. 103 et sequens.
Barnes, Christy. “Soloviev and the Task of Russia.” Unknown publication, n.d., p. 27-41.
Barnes, Henry, and Christy Barnes. “Albert Steffen: Retrospect, On the Occasion of the Publication of Hiram and
Solomon and The Death Experience of Manes.” Unknown publication, n.d., p. 48-57.
Bock, Emil. The Apocalypse of St. John. London: Christian Community Press, n.d.
----. The Three Years: The Life of Christ Between Baptism and Ascension. London: Christian Community Press,
1955.
David, Kurt Franz. “Social Formation of the World: The Year 1917 and the Destiny of Central Europe.”
Anthroposophic News Sheet, October 15, 1967.
Doreal, M. “Shamballa or the Great White Lodge.” Unknown publication, n.d.
Gerbert, Hildegard. “The Education of the Will.” Lecture given at the Pedagogical Museum in Paris, n.d.
Goelzer, Georg. “Parzival, the Michaelic Knight.” Goetheanum News 47, November 12, 1977.
Hiebel, Frederick. “The Christmas Message of the Gospel of St. Luke in the Changing Knowledge of Destiny.”
Anthroposophic News Sheet, December 28, 1969.
Horst, Agatha. “The Mystery-Background of Celtic Culture and Its Transformation.” Contribution to the Cultural
Science Study-Week at the Goetheanum, October 1960.
Howard, Alan. “Essential Anthroposophy.” Unknown publication, n.d., p. 1-10.
----. “Peter Pan and the Prodigal Son.” Unknown publication, n.d., p. 8-17.
Klein, Gerhard. “Our Doctor.” Unknown publication, n.d.
Kolisko, Eugen. “Nutrition.” A series of lectures given in 1932. Spring Valley, N.Y.: Anthroposophic Press, 1944.
Konig, Karl. “Meditations on the Endocrine Glands.” From The Golden Blade, ed. Arnold Freeman and Charles
Waterman. London, 1952.
Krause-Zimmer, Hella. “Ox and Ass – The Unlike Pair.” Anthroposophic News Sheet, January 9-23, 1966.
Leadbeater, C. W. “Wesak.” From The Theosophist, May 1930.
Lewis, Leta Jane. “Novalis, Fichte, and Sankara.” From Prabuddha Bharata or Awakened India LXVII, May 1962, p.
219-224.
Liebstoeckl, Hans. The Secret Sciences in the Light of Our Time. Tiptree, Anchor Press, n.d.
Mayer, Francis. Mental Alchemy. Unknown publication, n.d.
McGavin, Janet, Carlo Pietzner, and Ursel Pietzner. “Introductory Lecture to the Theme ‘Education as Mediator
Between Image and Reality.’” Lecture given at Christmas Conference, Beaver Run, 1968.
Palmer, Jerome. “The Virgin Mary Appears in Egypt.” Unknown publication, n.d., p. 60-70.
Pelikan, Wilhelm. “Archetypal Relations Between Plant and Man.” Unknown publication, n.d., p. 37-46.
----. The Secrets of Metals. Unknown publication, n.d.
Box 3
Pietzner, Carlo. “Halfway to Easter.” Lecture given at Camphill Village, Copake, N.Y., March 2, 1975.
----. “Novalis.” Lecture given at Camphill Village, Copake, N.Y., May 14, 1972.
----. “Salt and Man’s Changing Earth.” Lecture given at Kimberton Hills at Candlemas, February 2, 1975.
----. “Sulfur and the Philosophy of Spiritual Activity.” Lecture given at a Festival Gathering of the Camphill Community,
Kimberton Hills, Pa., August 29, 1973.
Poppelbaum, Hermann. “The Etheric Body in Idea and Action.” From Medical Yearbook of the Goetheanum, vol. III,
Dornach, 1952.
Roschl, Maria. “Rudolf Steiner’s Teaching of the Power of the Christ.” Three lectures given during the Youthweek of
the Section for Spiritual Striving of Youth at the Goetheanum, Dornach, Switzerland, n.d.
Schneider, Johannes W. “Meditation in East and West: Zen and Anthroposophy.” Journal for Anthoposophy 23,
Spring 1976, p. 1-7.
Schwenk, Theodor. “Water, Element of the Threshold in Modern Consciousness.” Lecture given in Herrischried, West
Germany, August 1969. Unknown publication, n.d., p. 11-20.
Steffen, Albert. Barrabas: Drama in Four Acts. Unknown publication, 1949.
----. “Content of Albert Steffen’s Address at the Annual General Meeting of March 27, 1959.” Anthroposophic News
Sheet 27, no. 15/16, April 19, 1959.
----. “Diary Notes on Dramaturgies.” Anthroposophic News Sheet 27, no. 3/4, January 25, 1959.
----. “Ego-Philosophy." Anthroposophic News Sheet 27, no. 7/8, February 22, 1959.
----. “Growing Younger.” Anthroposophic News Sheet 27, no. 13/14, April 12, 1959.
----. Hiram and Solomon. Dornach, Switzerland, 1925.
----. “In Memoriam Rudolf Steiner.” Unknown publication, n.d.
----. "Iron Necessities." Anthroposophic News Sheet 27, no. 23/24, June 14, 1959.
----. “Motifs.” Anthroposophic News Sheet, October 18, 1959.
----. “Novalis: In Memory of Rudolf Steiner’s Last Lecture, on the 28th of September, 1924.” Anthroposophic News
Sheet, January 13, 1946.
----. “On Dionysis, the Areopagite.” Anthroposophic News Sheet no. 48, November 25, 1934.
----. “Outlook on the Work for the Year 1959.” Anthroposophic News Sheet 27, no. 1/2, January 18, 1959.
----. “A Poet and a Painter.” From Buch der Ruckschau. Dornach: Verlag fur Schone Wissenschaften, n.d.
----. “A Portrait of Rudolf Steiner." Anthroposophic News Sheet 27, no. 11/12, March 22, 1959. Originally published in
Albert Steffen, Begegnungen mit Rudolf Steiner.
----. “Self-Recollection While Thinking of the Dead.” Anthroposophic News Sheet 27, no. 5/6, February 8, 1959.
----. “The Sensory-Ethical Effect of the Rainbow." Anthroposophic News Sheet 27, no. 9/10, March 8, 1959.
----. “Spirit Awakening in Dream and Sleep Experience.” Anthroposophic News Sheet 27, no. 19/20, May 17, 1959.
----. “Towards ‘Nuclear Painting.’” Anthroposophic News Sheet, November 1, 1959.
Stolcius de Stolcenberg, Daniel. The Chemical Pleasure-Garden [Chymisches Lustgartlein]. Translated from Latin
into German by Daniel Meissner von Commonthaw, Frankfort: Lucas Jennis, 1624, then translated into English.
Box 4
Unger, Georg. “How the Idea of Anthroposophy May Be Realized.” Lecture given to the Rudolf Steiner Group,
Chicago, Ill., June 5, 1967.
----. “Modern Theories of the Cosmos: Galaxies, Pulsars, Black Holes…” From Golden Blade, 1975.
Wannamaker, Olin D. “Rudolf Steiner: Centuries of Mystical Experience Yield to Knowledge of the Spirit.” Unknown
publication, n.d.
----. Rudolf Steiner, February 27, 1861-March 30, 1925: Research Spiritual-Scientist and Teacher. Unknown
publication, n.d.
----. Rudolf Steiner, Founder of Anthroposophy: The Mind and Heart Revealed in the Story of His Life (Extracted from
Rudolf Steiner’s Autobiography by Olin D. Wannamaker). Unknown publication, n.d.
----. Rudolf Steiner, His Life and Teaching in Outline: An Introduction to Anthroposophy. Unknown publication, n.d.
----. “Rudolf Steiner’s Lecture Cycle: Secrets of the Bible Story of Creation. A Student’s Introduction with Digest and
Notes, Compiled by Olin D. Wannamaker.” Unknown publication, n.d.
Weihs, Thomas J. “Being and Meaning.” Ten lectures given at Camphill Hall, May 1969-May 1970.
----. “Meaning as Metamorphosis.” Whitsun Lecture, May 17, 1970.
----. “Seeds of Thought.” Eight lectures given at Murtle Hall, Bieldside, Aberdeen, Scotland, September 1971-June
1972. Grange Village: Camphill Lecture Distribution Centre, 1972.
Weissenborn, H. W. “St. Paul and the Transformation of the Mysteries.” Unknown publication, n.d.
Witzenmann, Herbert. “From Consumer to Producer in the Spiritual Sphere.” Unknown publication, n.d., p. 30-35.
Box 5
Miscellaneous