Contents
Lecture I, 4th January 1918
The nature of mythical thinking. Egyptian, Greek
and Hebrew way to connect oneself with the
Universe. Osiris-Isis Myth and the generation of
the Gods of the Greeks. What had been spiritual
experience in Egyptian and Greek myth became
teaching in Old Testament.
Lecture II, 5th January 1918
Looking back on the change of soul in
development of consciousness. Change from
picture writing to letter script. Separation of the
word from the soul experience. Formerly a change
of consciousness at puberty. Forces underlying the
feelings of nationalism. Development of abstract
thought. Meaning of the cross
Lecture III, 6th January 1918
How can Osiris be awakened to new life? Man
must work towards the experiencing of
Imaginations. The Veil of Isis. Man to learn to lift
the veil of knowledge. He must lay hold of the
Word. Instead, today, Man flees from Wisdom.
Eulenspiegelism.
Lecture IV, 8th January 1918
The theory of heredity. The old Isis inscription and
the motto which completes it for the present and
the future. In the present time man is estranged
from reality. Man turned gaze to the earth and now
must turn to the spiritual. Inner mission of our
time is the development of a spiritually free
humanity.
Lecture V, 11th January 1918
The getting younger of humanity while advancing
in time. In consequence the possibility of
development of the single human being
diminishes. Materialism must bring unhappiness
and can be countered by Spiritual Science. Art of
education is wanting. Friedrich Schlegel's
demands for a spiritualization of science fails.
Cannot build on old but through a new impulse.
Lecture VI, 12th January 1918
Duality of human being. Head-man and trunkman.
Transformation of head knowledge into heart
knowledge. Transformation of education needed.
Concepts of a mechanical universe have to be
overcome so that child may feel himself to be a
member of whole cosmos. When secrets of the
world and of man become social wisdom of life
then a social theory is possible that grasps real life.
Lack in religion, also. Hatred of Czarism.
Lecture VII, 13th January 1918
Man is solution of world riddle. His being unites
with a cosmic auric substance that streams into
earth and out again. Today, no relation between
head-man and heart-man. Mankind unable to find
connection of its soul with its thoughts. Task of
future educational science to enable child to feel
how he is built up out of Cosmos. Value of myth MsSVig
Lecture I, 4th January 1918
The nature of mythical thinking. Egyptian, Greek
and Hebrew way to connect oneself with the
Universe. Osiris-Isis Myth and the generation of
the Gods of the Greeks. What had been spiritual
experience in Egyptian and Greek myth became
teaching in Old Testament.
Lecture II, 5th January 1918
Looking back on the change of soul in
development of consciousness. Change from
picture writing to letter sc
word from the soul experience. Formerly a change
of consciousness at puberty. Forces underlying the
feelings of nationalism. Development of abstract
thought. Meaning of the cross
Lecture III, 6th January 1918
How can Osiris be awakened to new life? Man
must work towards the experiencing of
Imaginations. The Veil of Isis. Man to learn to lift
the veil of knowledge. He must lay hold of the
Word. Instead, today, Man flees from Wisdom.
Eulenspiegelism.
Lecture IV, 8th January 1918
The theory of heredity. The old Isis insc
the motto which completes it for the present and
the future. In the present time man is estranged
from reality. Man turned gaze to the earth and now
must turn to the spiritual. Inner mission of our
time is the development of a spiritually free
humanity.
Lecture V, 11th January 1918
The getting younger of humanity while advancing
in time. In consequence the possibility of
development of the single human being
diminishes. Materialism must bring unhappiness
and can be countered by Spiritual Science. Art of
education is wanting. Friedrich Schlegel's
demands for a spiritualization of science fails.
Cannot build on old but through a new impulse.
Lecture VI, 12th January 1918
Duality of human being. Head-man and trunkman.
Transformation of head knowledge into heart
knowledge. Transformation of education needed.
Concepts of a mechanical universe have to be
overcome so that child may feel himself to be a
member of whole cosmos. When secrets of the
world and of man become social wisdom of life
then a social theory is possible that grasps real life.
Lack in religion, also. Hatred of Czarism.
Lecture VII, 13th January 1918
Man is solution of world riddle. His being unites
with a cosmic auric substance that streams into
earth and out again. Today, no relation between
head-man and heart-man. Mankind unable to find
connection of its soul with its thoughts. Task of
future educational science to enable child to feel
how he is built up out of Cosmos. Value of myth MsSVig