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1917

Date	Lecture Title	Book Title	City	Volume
18 Nov	Lecture I	The Wrong and Right Use of Esoteric Knowledge	Dornach	178
19 Nov	Lecture II	The Wrong and Right Use of Esoteric Knowledge	Dornach	178
25 Nov	Lecture III	The Wrong and Right Use of Esoteric Knowledge	Dornach	178
08 May	The Reason for the Opposition of Max Seiling	The History of the Anthroposophical Society 1913–1922	Berlin	251
29 May	Disciplinary Measures	The History of the Anthroposophical Society 1913–1922	Berlin	251
02 Jun	The Threefold Social Order and the Ideals of “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity”	The History of the Anthroposophical Society 1913–1922	Hamburg	251
03 Jun	The Maturing of Humanity's Will to Truth	The History of the Anthroposophical Society 1913–1922	Hamburg	251
05 Jun	The Seriousness of the Task	The History of the Anthroposophical Society 1913–1922	Berlin	251
10 Jun	Disciplining Humanity as it Becomes Younger	The History of the Anthroposophical Society 1913–1922	Leipzig	251
12 Jun	Disciplining Humanity as it Becomes More Aware	The History of the Anthroposophical Society 1913–1922	Hanover	251
17 Jun	Disciplining the Disciples of Humanity	The History of the Anthroposophical Society 1913–1922	Bremen	251
11 May	Ninth Lecture	The Spiritual Background of Human History	Stuttgart	174b
13 May	Tenth Lecture	The Spiritual Background of Human History	Stuttgart	174b
15 May	Eleventh Lecture	The Spiritual Background of Human History	Stuttgart	174b
18 Nov	Individual Spirit Beings I	The Reappearance of Christ in the Etheric	Dornach	178
19 Nov	Individual Spirit Beings II	The Reappearance of Christ in the Etheric	Dornach	178
25 Nov	Individual Spirit Beings III	The Reappearance of Christ in the Etheric	Dornach	178
29 Nov	The Three Realms of the Dead: Life Between Death and a New Birth	The Reappearance of Christ in the Etheric	Bern	182
10 Nov	Anthroposophy and Psychoanalysis I	Psychoanalysis in the Light of Anthroposophy	Dornach	178
11 Nov	Anthroposophy and Psychoanalysis II	Psychoanalysis in the Light of Anthroposophy	Dornach	178
27 Jan	Goethe's Feeling for the Concrete. Shadowy concepts and Ideas filled with Reality	The Problem of Faust	Dornach	273
02 Nov	Faust and the “Mothers”	The Problem of Faust	Dornach	273
03 Nov	Faust and the Problem of Evil	The Problem of Faust	Dornach	273
04 Nov	The Helena Saga and the Riddle of Freedom	The Problem of Faust	Dornach	273
25 Dec	Mysteries of Ancient and Modern Times	On the Mysteries of Ancient and Modern Times	Dornach	180
26 Dec	The 33 Year Rhythmical Cycle	On the Mysteries of Ancient and Modern Times	Dornach	180
29 Dec	Realities Beyond Birth and Death	On the Mysteries of Ancient and Modern Times	Dornach	180
24 Dec	Second Lecture	Mysterious Truths and Christmas Impulses	Dornach	180
30 Dec	Sixth Lecture	Mysterious Truths and Christmas Impulses	Dornach	180
31 Dec	Seventh Lecture	Mysterious Truths and Christmas Impulses	Dornach	180
01 Mar	Soul Immortality, Destiny Forces, and the Human Life Cycle	Mind and Matter — Life and Death	Berlin	66
15 Mar	The Human Soul and Body in the Light of Knowledge of Nature and Spirit	Mind and Matter — Life and Death	Berlin	66
17 Mar	Soul Enigma and World Enigma: Research and Contemplation in German Intellectual Life	Mind and Matter — Life and Death	Berlin	66
22 Mar	Life, Death and the Immortal Soul in the Universe	Mind and Matter — Life and Death	Berlin	66
31 Mar	The Beyond of the Senses and the Beyond of the Soul	Mind and Matter — Life and Death	Berlin	66
28 Jan	Man's Position in the Cosmic Whole		Dornach	173c
06 Jan	LectureI XV	The Karma of Untruthfulness II	Dornach	173b
07 Jan	LectureI XVI	The Karma of Untruthfulness II	Dornach	173b
08 Jan	LectureI XVII	The Karma of Untruthfulness II	Dornach	173b
13 Jan	Lecture XVIII	The Karma of Untruthfulness II	Dornach	173c
14 Jan	Lecture XVIX	The Karma of Untruthfulness II	Dornach	173c
15 Jan	Lecture XX	The Karma of Untruthfulness II	Dornach	173c
20 Jan	Lecture XXI	The Karma of Untruthfulness II	Dornach	173c
21 Jan	Lecture XXII	The Karma of Untruthfulness II	Dornach	173c
22 Jan	Lecture XXIII	The Karma of Untruthfulness II	Dornach	173c
28 Jan	Lecture XXIV	The Karma of Untruthfulness II	Dornach	173c
30 Jan	Lecture XXV	The Karma of Untruthfulness II	Dornach	173c
01 Jan	LectureI XIV	The Karma of Untruthfulness I	Dornach	173b
31 Jul	Lecture I	The Karma of Materialism	Berlin	176
07 Aug	Lecture II	The Karma of Materialism	Berlin	176
14 Aug	Lecture III	The Karma of Materialism	Berlin	176
21 Aug	Lecture IV	The Karma of Materialism	Berlin	176
28 Aug	Lecture V	The Karma of Materialism	Berlin	176
04 Sep	Lecture VI	The Karma of Materialism	Berlin	176
11 Sep	Lecture VII	The Karma of Materialism	Berlin	176
18 Sep	Lecture VIII	The Karma of Materialism	Berlin	176
25 Sep	Lecture IX	The Karma of Materialism	Berlin	176
03 Jan	January 3, 1917	Introductions for Traditional Christmas Plays	Dornach	274
07 Jan	January 7, 1917	Introductions for Traditional Christmas Plays	Dornach	274
30 Dec	December 30, 1917	Introductions for Traditional Christmas Plays	Dornach	274
22 Dec	Intellectuality and Will – The Necessity of New Cognitive Powers		Dornach	179
20 Feb	The Human Soul and the Universe		Berlin	175
15 Feb	The Human Soul and the Human Body	The Human Soul and the Human Body	Berlin	66
17 Feb	Riddles of the Soul and Riddles of the Universe	The Human Soul and the Human Body	Berlin	66
05 Oct	“Disputa” of Raphael — the School of Athens	The History of Art II	Dornach	292
15 Oct	Fourth and Fifth Post-Atlantean Epochs, Medieval Art in the Middle, West, and South of Europe	The History of Art II	Dornach	292
22 Oct	Greek and Early Christian Art, Symbolic Signs, the Mystery of Gold	The History of Art II	Dornach	292
29 Oct	The Changes in the Conception of Christ During a Certain Period of Time	The History of Art II	Dornach	292
02 Jan	Representations of the Nativity	The History of Art I	Dornach	292
17 Jan	Raphael and the Northern Artists	The History of Art I	Dornach	292
24 Jan	Sculpture in Ancient Greece and the Renaissance	The History of Art I	Dornach	292
02 Dec	Lecture I	Historical Necessity and Freewill	Dornach	179
09 Dec	Lecture II	Historical Necessity and Freewill	Dornach	179
10 Dec	Lecture III	Historical Necessity and Freewill	Dornach	179
11 Dec	Lecture IV	Historical Necessity and Freewill	Dornach	179
15 Dec	Lecture V	Historical Necessity and Freewill	Dornach	179
16 Dec	Lecture VI	Historical Necessity and Freewill	Dornach	179
17 Dec	Lecture VII	Historical Necessity and Freewill	Dornach	179
15 Nov	Knowledge of the Supersensible and Riddles of the Human Soul	Geographic Medicine	St. Gallen	178
16 Nov	The Mystery of the Double: Geographic Medicine	Geographic Medicine	St. Gallen	178
18 Oct	The Human Soul in the Realm of the Supersensible and Its Relation to the Body		Basel	72
19 Oct	Anthroposophy Interferes with No Religious Belief		Basel	72
23 Nov	Spiritual Scientific Research into the Immortality of the Human Soul and the Essence of Freedom		Basel	72
24 Nov	The Science of the Supersensible and Moral-Social Ideas		Basel	72
28 Nov	The Working of Soul in Man and its Relationship with its Eternal Essence		Bern	72
30 Nov	Spiritual Scientific Results of the Idea of Freedom and the Social-Moral Life		Bern	72
29 Sep	The Driving Forces Behind Europe's War	The Fall of the Spirits of Darkness	Dornach	177
30 Sep	Humanity's Struggle for Morality	The Fall of the Spirits of Darkness	Dornach	177
01 Oct	The Search for a Perfect World	The Fall of the Spirits of Darkness	Dornach	177
06 Oct	The Elemental Spirits of Birth and Death	The Fall of the Spirits of Darkness	Dornach	177
07 Oct	Changes in Humanity's Spiritual Make-up	The Fall of the Spirits of Darkness	Dornach	177
08 Oct	The New Spirituality	The Fall of the Spirits of Darkness	Dornach	177
12 Oct	Working from Spiritual Reality	The Fall of the Spirits of Darkness	Dornach	177
13 Oct	Abstraction and Reality	The Fall of the Spirits of Darkness	Dornach	177
14 Oct	The Battle between Michael and ‘The Dragon’	The Fall of the Spirits of Darkness	Dornach	177
20 Oct	The Influence of the Backward Angels	The Fall of the Spirits of Darkness	Dornach	177
21 Oct	Recognizing the Inner Human Being	The Fall of the Spirits of Darkness	Dornach	177
26 Oct	The Spirits of Light and the Spirits of Darkness	The Fall of the Spirits of Darkness	Dornach	177
27 Oct	The Fallen Spirits' Influence in the World	The Fall of the Spirits of Darkness	Dornach	177
28 Oct	Into the Future	The Fall of the Spirits of Darkness	Dornach	177
23 Dec	Et Incarnatus Est		Basel	180
06 Feb	Materialism and Spirituality	Cosmic and Human Metamorphoses	Berlin	175
13 Feb	The Metamorphoses of the Soul-Forces	Cosmic and Human Metamorphoses	Berlin	175
20 Feb	The Human Soul and the Universe I	Cosmic and Human Metamorphoses	Berlin	175
27 Feb	Morality as a Germinating Force	Cosmic and Human Metamorphoses	Berlin	175
06 Mar	The Human soul and the Universe II	Cosmic and Human Metamorphoses	Berlin	175
13 Mar	Man and the Super-Terrestrial	Cosmic and Human Metamorphoses	Berlin	175
20 Mar	Errors and Truths	Cosmic and Human Metamorphoses	Berlin	175
19 May	Seventh Lecture	Central Europe Between East and West	Munich	174a
20 May	Eighth Lecture	Central Europe Between East and West	Munich	174a
27 Mar	Lecture I	Building Stones for an Understanding of the Mystery of Golgotha	Berlin	175
03 Apr	Lecture II	Building Stones for an Understanding of the Mystery of Golgotha	Berlin	175
10 Apr	Lecture III	Building Stones for an Understanding of the Mystery of Golgotha	Berlin	175
12 Apr	Lecture IV	Building Stones for an Understanding of the Mystery of Golgotha	Berlin	175
14 Apr	Lecture V	Building Stones for an Understanding of the Mystery of Golgotha	Berlin	175
17 Apr	Lecture VI	Building Stones for an Understanding of the Mystery of Golgotha	Berlin	175
19 Apr	Lecture VII	Building Stones for an Understanding of the Mystery of Golgotha	Berlin	175
24 Apr	Lecture VIII	Building Stones for an Understanding of the Mystery of Golgotha	Berlin	175
01 May	Lecture IX	Building Stones for an Understanding of the Mystery of Golgotha	Berlin	175
08 May	Lecture X	Building Stones for an Understanding of the Mystery of Golgotha	Berlin	175
06 Nov	Lecture I	Behind the Scenes of External Happenings	Zürich	178
13 Nov	Lecture II	Behind the Scenes of External Happenings	Zürich	178
29 May	Lecture I	Aspects of Human Evolution	Berlin	176
05 Jun	Lecture II	Aspects of Human Evolution	Berlin	176
19 Jun	Lecture III	Aspects of Human Evolution	Berlin	176
26 Jun	Lecture IV	Aspects of Human Evolution	Berlin	176
03 Jul	Lecture V	Aspects of Human Evolution	Berlin	176
10 Jul	Lecture VI	Aspects of Human Evolution	Berlin	176
17 Jul	Lecture VII	Aspects of Human Evolution	Berlin	176
24 Jul	Lecture VIII	Aspects of Human Evolution	Berlin	176
05 Nov	Anthroposophy and Psychology	Anthoposophy Has Something to Add to Modern Science	Zürich	73
07 Nov	Anthroposophy and the Science of History	Anthoposophy Has Something to Add to Modern Science	Zürich	73
12 Nov	Anthroposophy and Natural Science	Anthoposophy Has Something to Add to Modern Science	Zürich	73
14 Nov	Anthroposophy and sociology	Anthoposophy Has Something to Add to Modern Science	Zürich	73
21 Oct	5th Annual General Meeting of the St. John Building Group	Not Yet Available	Dornach
10 Jun	Difficulties of Self Knowledge. The Development of the Soul and Spirit of Man in the Post-Atlantean Period. The Disciples of Humanity. About the Opposition	Not Yet Available	Leipzig
21 Oct	Document	Not Yet Available		252
11 May	Funeral Oration for Pauline Dieterle	Not Yet Available	Stratford	261
07 Oct		Not Yet Available	Dornach	261

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Year	Lecture Title	Book Title	City	Volume
1915	The World View Of German Idealism. A Consideration Regarding Our Fateful Times	Ways to a Knowledge of the Eternal Forces of the Human Soul	Munich	70b
1923	Lecture III	Nine Lectures on Bees	Dornach	351
1919	The Culture of the Mysteries and the Michael Impulse.	The Mission of the Archangel Michael	Dornach	194
1912	Life Between Death and Rebirth II	Life Between Death and Rebirth	Munich	140
1907	Initiation	Knowledge of Soul and Spirit	Berlin	56
1916	Rembrandt	The History of Art I	Dornach	292
1906	Esotericism in Goethe's Works	Goethe and the Present	Düsseldorf	68c
1906	The Essence of Egoism (Goethe's “Wilhelm Meister”)	Goethe and the Present	Leipzig	68c
1912	Esoteric Lesson	From the Contents of Esoteric Classes II: 1910–1912	Munich	266-II
1915	The Setting of Thoughts as a Result of German Idealism	From a Fateful Time	Munich	64
1917	The Working of Soul in Man and its Relationship with its Eternal Essence	Freedom, Immortality and Social Life	Bern	72
1921	Foundations of Anthroposophy	Foundations of Anthroposophy (single)	Oslo	79
1921	Foundations of Anthroposophy	Foundations of Anthroposophy	Oslo	79
1904	Christian Mysticism — The Masters of Cologne: Eckhart, Albertus Magnus	The Essence of Christianity	Cologne	68a
1911	The Seven Principles of the Macrocosm and Their Connection with the Human Being	Esoteric Christianity and the Guiding Spirits of Humanity	Stuttgart	130
1914	Lecture III	The Destinies of Individuals and of Nations	Berlin	157
1910	Life and Death	Death and Immortality in the Light of Spiritual Science	Hamburg	69d
1920	Third Lecture	The Bridge Between the World Spirit and the Physical Body	Dornach	202
1919	Anthroposophy and Its Opponents (Communication to Members)	Not Yet Available	Dornach	255b
1911	The Seven Principles of the Macrocosm and Their Connection with Us	Not Yet Available	Stuttgart