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1 CONTENTS Introduction by Christopher Bamford xi 1. Life between Death and Rebirth Hamburg, February 16, 1916 The connection of the living with the dead. The gradual change of the physical corpse into the element of warmth; death as initiator of self-awareness in the spiritual world. The life tableau; weaving of the etheric body into the outer etheric world. Soul exercises by means of color perception; the possibility of perceiving the etheric world between sensory impression and imagination. Painting of the Dornach building. Thought becomes the outer world for the dead; feeling and will remain bound to the soul. The interaction between the living and the dead (shared seeing with thought; the dead pointing to the objective world). The dead must re-create thoughts of the spiritual world; the thoughts of the people who love them elevate their existence. Old clairvoyance with the example of Meister Bertram s representation of the Fall (Lucifer as a serpent with a human head). The denial of feeling and will by current science. What is a true concept? The autonomy of the concept of being. The current loss of the concept of truth, with the example of a newspaper article about Rudolf Steiner. On Ernst Haeckel s book Ewigkeitsgedanken [Thoughts on eternity]. The significance of sacrificial death and human consciousness of it. pages The Elements of Our Being between Death and Rebirth Kassel, February 18, 1916 The elements of being in humans between death and rebirth. The I as the lowest element, enveloped in the spirit self, life spirit, spirit human. Achievement of self-awareness by looking at one s own death and the empty space created by it. The life tableau: looking at the shared world ether; enveloping with a sort of spirit self. The continued effect of an unspent etheric body from

2 an early death, with the example of Theo Faiss. The life led back by the spirit self to the world of effects (kamaloka). Being led by the life spirit to implant forces for the new life on earth. On heredity, with the example of Goethe: the influence of identity on subsequent generations. The philosophy of as if and Fritz Mauthner. Views of current science on thinking, feeling, will. The high point of materialism was around On experiments about the correlation between brain configuration (occipital lobe) and criminality; additions by spiritual science. The increase of materialism in materialistic spiritism. The example of Meister Bertram s representation of the Fall as old clairvoyance(lucifer as a serpent with a human head). The ideal of spiritual science. The separation of the anthroposophical movement from the theosophical movement and world events. pages The Death Event and the Time after Death LEIPZIG, FEBRUARY 22, 1916 The elements of the human being. The relation between the internal and external aspects of the physical body; turning during the Moon period. On the building and casting off of the physical body; the remains of intrinsic warmth in the Earth. The igniting of I-consciousness after death by looking at one s death and the empty space left behind in the world. Looking at the life panorama; its transition to the outside world. Human fortunes as actions of the gods. Elements of the human being after death: formation of the spirit self through the etheric aspect interwoven in the universe. Living backward. Casting off the astral body as transition to a completely spiritual life. The internal arising of the life spirit; connection to the body gradually becoming weary during life. The cosmic midnight: we construct our next incarnation from the wisdom collected as a result of our becoming tired as we aged; all the hierarchies influence this activity. The head as an impression of the wisdom of the gods. The soul finding itself after death: surrender of the internal aspect, active formation of the spiritual form. Looking at the living. The depiction of Lucifer as a serpent with human head: the old clairvoyance with the example of Meister Bertram s painting of the Fall. The significance of sacrificial death and the human being s consciousness of it. pages 48 69

3 4. How Can Today s Poverty of Soul be Overcome? Zürich, October 10, 1916 Development of the spiritual soul as a task of the fifth Post-Atlantean cultural epoch. The intellect and the mind in the fourth cultural epoch. The difficulty of getting to know and understand one another today because of increasing individualization; loneliness and egotism as characteristics of the consciousness soul. Gradual consciousness of karmic relations through inner activity. The ideals of today s cultural epoch: (1) Human social understanding: necessity of practical psychology and biology and a real attention to the other s individuality. Danger of sympathies and antipathies in personal and national interrelations. (2) Freedom of thought. The necessity of religious freedom of thought and tolerance in place of the old group religions. Danger of faith in authority stemming from Jesuitism, with the example of the medical field. (3) The importance of acknowledging the reality of the spiritual world. pages Karmic Effects Zürich, October 24, 1916 The meaning of spiritual science for this period. On exposure to life enigmas. Questions of fate with the example of the early death of a family member; the experiences of the one remaining behind (pain, loss) and the dead person (inner living together with the thoughts of the one remaining behind). Invigoration of the I-consciousness by an previous violent death (accident). The typical effects of the subconscious. The necessity of spiritual research regarding the connection of human beings to the spiritual world. Spiritual-scientific ideas assimilated in life as a window into earth-life after death. Reading aloud as living nourishment for the dead. The reverse effect of assimilated spiritualscientific realizations on the Earth after death. The crumbling of the Earth s surface and of spiritual life. The revival of thought, feeling, and impetus to will by seeing the spiritual connection. Today s lack of connection in thought with the example of a brochure by a theologian (A. W. Hunzinger): ethically-based pessimism; conflict between morals and tendencies; attempts at conflict resolution by rejecting: existence (Buddhist), materiality (Platonist), and individuality (Mystic). The thoughtlessness of the solution proposed in the book (freeing the human being from awareness through love). pages

4 6. The Great Delusion of Contemporary Culture St. Gallen, October 26, 1916 Coming to terms with spiritual science and the difficulties associated with this (isolation, anxiety). The necessity of spiritual realization. The spreading materialism of the nineteenth century; the opposing spiritism of occult circles as an attempt at proving the spiritual world. Discrediting of spiritual science with machinations. The difficulties important people have in recognizing the spiritual world, with examples of Jaurès and F. Mahling. Materialism in medicine and the possibilities of spiritual science in this field. The confusion today between the natural-scientific and theological concepts of mind, with the example of a theologian (A. W. Hunzinger). The necessity of thoughts that truth and recognition of the spiritual world are the basis for a new natural order of life. pages The Connection between the Living and the Dead Bern, November 9, 1916 The elemental world and its influences. The development of imaginations in the etheric body by one s living together with our fellow humans and the soul s interest in its surroundings. The relation of the etheric body to many elemental entities. The special relationship to one s own etheric counter-image; the unification of the etheric body with it after death and the creation of a sort of planetary system with other elemental entities. The etheric body of the dead person as switch in interactions between the living and the dead. The conditions of receiving imaginations from the dead: soul interest in the dead person; immersion in something personal, such as their handwriting; participation in pain of the family members. The spiritual world. Shared relationships of different people with the same astral beings. Inspiration from the dead by immersion in their habits. Perception of the ahrimanic-luciferic influences on human beings by the dead; impartial interest in fellow humans as a condition for their coming near. The earlier instinctive knowledge of the influence of the dead (father-son succession, pedagogy). Real influence of the dead on the inner aspect of the living begins thirty years after death. Influences of the dead as causes of inner soul conflicts. The effect of the dead on people s views by intuition; comparison to the effects of the archai. The necessity of joining with the impulses of the dead. pages

5 8. The Relationship of Human Beings to the Spiritual World Zürich, December 3, 1916 Our relationship to the physical and elemental worlds. Imaginative perception of the elemental (etheric) world. Imaginative seeing of the future. The relationship of our etheric body as an independent elemental being to other elemental beings comparison to the solar system; illness as a reflection of irregularities in this relationship. The inclusion of spiritual principles into medicine. The effect of the dead on the habits of the living through their cast-off etheric bodies. The perception of the luciferic and ahrimanic influences on humans by the dead. Psychoanalysis today and its association with the subconscious. The spirit year in relation to the physical year (as Saturn to the Sun). The relationship between the human being and cosmos with the example of the Platonic Great Year. On Uranus and Neptune. The effect of the dead on imaginative, inspirational, and intuitive perception; their influence on people s views after thirty years. Continuity in evolution through effects from the spirit of the dead person. Comparison of the kamaloka period with the embryonic period. The experience of the dead from within the surrounding space. The cause of repeated earth-lives; encouragement to meditate. The effect of the highest hierarchies on the dead. The Rosicrucian motto. pages Appendix Notebook Entries for the Lecture of February 18, Admission Ticket for the Lecture of December 3, Editorial and Reference Notes 181 Rudolf Steiner s Collected Works 193 Significant Events in the Life of Rudolf Steiner 207 Index 221

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