The Rudolf Steiner Archive

Published in German as: Goethes Geistesart in ihrer Offenbarung durch seinen “Faust” und durch das “Maerchen Von der Schlange und der Lilie”.

This treatment of Goethe's mystic/esoteric philosophical outlook approaches questions by examining two of his literary masterpieces, Faust and the fairy tale, The Green Snake and the Beautiful Lily. This book was translated from the German by D. S. Osmond

This volume is presented here with the kind permission of the Rudolf Steiner Nachlassverwaltung, Dornach, Switzerland.

• Translator's Note

1. Goethe's Faust: A Picture of his Esoteric World Conception
2. Goethe's Standard of the Soul, as Illustrated in Faust
3. Goethe's Standard of the Soul, as Illustrated in his Fairy Story of “The Green Snake and the Beautiful Lily.”
4. Goethe's Fairy Tale. The Green Snake and the Beautiful Lily.