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Date	Lecture Title	Book Title	City	Volume
26 Feb	Why is Spiritual Investigation Misunderstood?		Berlin	65
06 Jun	Whitsun: A Symbol of the Immortality of the Ego	The Festivals and Their Meaning III : Ascension and Pentecost	Berlin	169
07 Oct	Western and Eastern Culture, H. P. Blavatsky	Impulses of Utility, Evil, Birth, Death, Happiness	Dornach	171
20 Mar	The Weaving and Living Activity of the Human Etheric Bodies		Munich	174a
16 May	The Value of Truth	Things in Past and Present in the Spirit of Man	Berlin	167
15 Oct	Utilitarianism and Sacramentalism	Impulses of Utility, Evil, Birth, Death, Happiness	Dornach	171
09 Jan	The Universal Human: The Unification of Humanity Through the Christ Impulse	The Universal Human	Bern	165
20 Jun	The Twelve Human Senses	Toward Imagination	Berlin	169
18 Jul	Toward Imagination	Toward Imagination	Berlin	169
02 May	Thomas More and His Utopia	Things in Past and Present in the Spirit of Man	Berlin	167
02 Oct	The Templars		Dornach	171
12 Jan	The Supersensible Being of Man	Reincarnation and Immortality	Basel	70b
28 Mar	Shedding Light on the Deeper Impulses of History. Blavatsky	Things in Past and Present in the Spirit of Man	Berlin	167
15 Aug	The Sense-Organs and Aesthetic Experience		Dornach	170
04 Apr	Secrets of Freemasonry	Things in Past and Present in the Spirit of Man	Berlin	167
10 Dec	The Romantic Walpurgis-Night	The Problem of Faust	Dornach	273
28 Nov	Rembrandt	The History of Art I	Dornach	292
16 Feb	Relationships Between the Living and the Dead		Hamburg	168
26 Nov	The Relation of Man to the Hierarchies		Dornach	172
30 Sep	The Problem of Faust	The Problem of Faust	Dornach	273
24 Oct	The Problem of Destiny		Zürich	168
02 Jan	Perceiving and Remembering		Dornach	165
09 Oct	The Mystery of the Human Being	Reincarnation and Immortality	Zürich
11 Jan	The Mission of Spiritual Science and of Its Building at Dornach		Liestal	35
15 Nov	Mid-European and Southern Art	The History of Art I	Dornach	292
02 Jan	Meditations on the New Year: Perceiving and Remembering	Festivals of the Seasons	Dornach	165
01 Jan	Meditations on the New Year: On the Duty of Clear, Sound Thinking	Festivals of the Seasons	Dornach	165
18 Nov	Matter Incidental to the Question of Destiny		Dornach	172
25 Apr	Man's Four Members	Things in Past and Present in the Spirit of Man	Berlin	167
30 May	Luciferic Dangers from the East	Things in Past and Present in the Spirit of Man	Berlin	167
01 Nov	Leonardo, Michelangelo and Raphael	The History of Art I	Dornach	292
31 Dec	LectureI XIII	The Karma of Untruthfulness I	Dornach	173b
30 Dec	LectureI XII	The Karma of Untruthfulness I	Dornach	173b
26 Dec	LectureI XI	The Karma of Untruthfulness I	Dornach	173b
25 Dec	LectureI X	The Karma of Untruthfulness I	Dornach	173b
03 Sep	Lecture XV	The Riddle of Humanity	Dornach	170
02 Sep	Lecture XIV	The Riddle of Humanity	Dornach	170
28 Aug	Lecture XIII	The Riddle of Humanity	Dornach	170
27 Aug	Lecture XII	The Riddle of Humanity	Dornach	170
26 Aug	Lecture XI	The Riddle of Humanity	Dornach	170
21 Aug	Lecture X	The Riddle of Humanity	Dornach	170
27 Nov	Lecture X	The Karma of Vocation	Dornach	172
13 Aug	Lecture VIII	The Riddle of Humanity	Dornach	170
25 Nov	Lecture VIII	The Karma of Vocation	Dornach	172
18 Dec	Lecture VIII	The Karma of Untruthfulness I	Basel	173a
12 Aug	Lecture VII	The Riddle of Humanity	Dornach	170
01 Oct	Lecture VII	Inner Impulses of Evolution	Dornach	171
19 Nov	Lecture VII	The Karma of Vocation	Dornach	172
18 Dec	Lecture VII	The Karma of Untruthfulness I	Dornach	173a
07 Aug	Lecture VI	The Riddle of Humanity	Dornach	170
25 Sep	Lecture VI	Inner Impulses of Evolution	Dornach	171
18 Nov	Lecture VI	The Karma of Vocation	Dornach	172
17 Dec	Lecture VI	The Karma of Untruthfulness I	Dornach	173a
08 Feb	Lecture V	Necessity and Freedom	Berlin	166
06 Aug	Lecture V	The Riddle of Humanity	Dornach	170
24 Sep	Lecture V	Inner Impulses of Evolution	Dornach	171
13 Nov	Lecture V	The Karma of Vocation	Dornach	172
16 Dec	Lecture V	The Karma of Untruthfulness I	Dornach	173a
15 Aug	Lecture IX	The Riddle of Humanity	Dornach	170
26 Nov	Lecture IX	The Karma of Vocation	Dornach	172
24 Dec	Lecture IX	The Karma of Untruthfulness I	Dornach	173b
01 Feb	Lecture IV	Necessity and Freedom	Berlin	166
05 Aug	Lecture IV	The Riddle of Humanity	Dornach	170
23 Sep	Lecture IV	Inner Impulses of Evolution	Dornach	171
12 Nov	Lecture IV	The Karma of Vocation	Dornach	172
11 Dec	Lecture IV	The Karma of Untruthfulness I	Dornach	173a
30 Jan	Lecture III	Necessity and Freedom	Berlin	166
31 Jul	Lecture III	The Riddle of Humanity	Dornach	170
28 Aug	Lecture III	Memory and Habit	Dornach	170
18 Sep	Lecture III	Inner Impulses of Evolution	Dornach	171
06 Nov	Lecture III	The Karma of Vocation	Dornach	172
10 Dec	Lecture III	The Karma of Untruthfulness I	Dornach	173a
27 Jan	Lecture II	Necessity and Freedom	Berlin	166
30 Jul	Lecture II	The Riddle of Humanity	Dornach	170
27 Aug	Lecture II	Memory and Habit	Dornach	170
17 Sep	Lecture II	Inner Impulses of Evolution	Dornach	171
05 Nov	Lecture II	The Karma of Vocation	Dornach	172
09 Dec	Lecture II	The Karma of Untruthfulness I	Dornach	173a
25 Jan	Lecture I	Necessity and Freedom	Berlin	166
29 Jul	Lecture I	The Riddle of Humanity	Dornach	170
26 Aug	Lecture I	Memory and Habit	Dornach	170
16 Sep	Lecture I	Inner Impulses of Evolution	Dornach	171
04 Nov	Lecture I	The Karma of Vocation	Dornach	172
04 Dec	Lecture I	The Karma of Untruthfulness I	Dornach	173a
05 Nov	The Karma of the Individual and the Collective Life of Our Time		Dornach	172
03 Dec	The Influence of the Dead on the Life of Man on Earth		Zürich	168
06 Jun	The Immortality of the I	Toward Imagination	Berlin	169
27 Jun	The Human Organism Through the Incarnations	Toward Imagination	Berlin	169
16 Oct	Human Life in the Light of Spiritual Science		Liestal	35
07 Aug	Human Knowledge and Its Significance for Man and the Cosmos		Dornach	170
10 Oct	How Can the Destitution of Soul in Modern Times Be Overcome?		Zürich	168
19 Nov	Hereditary Impulses and Impulses from Previous Earth Lives		Dornach	172
23 May	Fragments from the Jewish Haggada	Things in Past and Present in the Spirit of Man	Berlin	167
11 Jul	The Feeling For Truth	Toward Imagination	Berlin	169
13 Nov	Factors of Karma		Dornach	172
13 Feb	Examination of Anthroposophic Literature	Things in Past and Present in the Spirit of Man	Berlin	167
22 Feb	The Ego-consciousness of the So-called Dead		Leipzig	168
08 Nov	Dürer and Holbein	The History of Art I	Dornach	292
01 Jan	On the Duty of Clear, Sound Thinking		Dornach	165
13 Dec	Dutch and Flemish Painting	The History of Art I	Dornach	292
07 Mar	Deeper Secrets of Man's Soul-Spiritual Nature	Things in Past and Present in the Spirit of Man	Berlin	167
18 Apr	Death and Resurrection	Things in Past and Present in the Spirit of Man	Berlin	167
06 Nov	The Cyclic Movement of Sleeping and Waking		Dornach	172
09 Nov	On the Connection of the Living and the Dead		Bern	168
11 Apr	Comenius and the Temple of PanSophia	Things in Past and Present in the Spirit of Man	Berlin	167
08 Oct	Cimabue, Giotto, and Other Italian Masters	The History of Art I	Dornach	292
21 Dec	Christmas at a Time of Grievous Destiny	The Festivals and Their Meaning I: Christmas	Basel
18 Mar	Central Europe between East and West		Munich	174a
09 May	Celtic Symbols and Cult, Jesuit State in Paraguay	Things in Past and Present in the Spirit of Man	Berlin	167
13 Jun	Blood and Nerves	Toward Imagination	Berlin	169
04 Jul	Balance in Life	Toward Imagination	Berlin	169
20 Sep	Architectural Forms Considered as the Thoughts of Culture and World-Perception		Dornach	288
12 Nov	Insertion of Early Human Destiny into Extraterrestial Relationships		Dornach	172
03 Feb	Faust's World Wandering and His Rebirth in German Intellectual Life	From Central European Intellectual Life	Berlin	65
04 Feb	A Healthy Emotional Life and Spiritual Research	From Central European Intellectual Life	Berlin	65
10 Feb	Austrian Personalities in the Fields of Poetry and Science	From Central European Intellectual Life	Berlin	65
11 Feb	How Are the Eternal Powers of the Human Soul Investigated?	From Central European Intellectual Life	Berlin	65
25 Feb	A Forgotten Quest for Spiritual Science Within the Development of German Thought	From Central European Intellectual Life	Berlin	65
26 Feb	Why is Spiritual Research Misunderstood?	From Central European Intellectual Life	Berlin	65
23 Mar	Nietzsche's Psychological Life and Richard Wagner	From Central European Intellectual Life	Berlin	65
24 Mar	The Question of Immortality and Spiritual Research	From Central European Intellectual Life	Berlin	65
13 Apr	The Development of the German Soul	From Central European Intellectual Life	Berlin	65
15 Apr	Body, Soul and Spirit in Their Development through Birth and Death and Their Place in the Universe	From Central European Intellectual Life	Berlin	65
08 Jan	Ways of Knowing the Eternal Powers of the Human Soul	Ways to a Knowledge of the Eternal Forces of the Human Soul	Bern	70b
10 Jan	Ways of Knowing the Eternal Powers of the Human Soul	Ways to a Knowledge of the Eternal Forces of the Human Soul	Zürich	70b
12 Jan	How Can Research into the Supersensible Essence of Man be Brought About?	Ways to a Knowledge of the Eternal Forces of the Human Soul	Basel	70b
14 Jan	The Harmony Between Spiritual and Natural Science and Misconceptions about the Former. The Building Dedicated to it in Dornach	Ways to a Knowledge of the Eternal Forces of the Human Soul	Basel	70b
15 Feb	The World View Of German Idealism. A Consideration Regarding Our Fateful Times	Ways to a Knowledge of the Eternal Forces of the Human Soul	Hamburg	70b
19 Feb	The World View Of German Idealism. A Consideration Regarding Our Fateful Times	Ways to a Knowledge of the Eternal Forces of the Human Soul	Kassel	70b
21 Feb	The Forgotten Pursuit of Spiritual Science Within the Development of German Thought	Ways to a Knowledge of the Eternal Forces of the Human Soul	Leipzig	70b
29 Feb	The Forgotten Pursuit of Spiritual Science Within the Development of German Thought	Ways to a Knowledge of the Eternal Forces of the Human Soul	Hanover	70b
02 Mar	The Forgotten Pursuit of Spiritual Science Within the Development of German Thought	Ways to a Knowledge of the Eternal Forces of the Human Soul	Bremen	70b
13 Mar	The Forgotten Pursuit of Spiritual Science Within the Development of German Thought	Ways to a Knowledge of the Eternal Forces of the Human Soul	Stuttgart	70b
14 Mar	How Are the Eternal Forces of the Human Soul Investigated?	Ways to a Knowledge of the Eternal Forces of the Human Soul	Stuttgart	70b
17 Mar	A Forgotten Pursuit of Spiritual Science Within the Development of German Thought	Ways to a Knowledge of the Eternal Forces of the Human Soul	Munich	70b
19 Mar	A Healthy Emotional Life and Spiritual Research	Ways to a Knowledge of the Eternal Forces of the Human Soul	Munich	70b
06 Jan	Lecture One	Transformations of the Human Element of Sensation and Thought from the Fourth to the Fifth Cultural Epoch	Dornach	165
07 Jan	Lecture Two	Transformations of the Human Element of Sensation and Thought from the Fourth to the Fifth Cultural Epoch	Dornach	165
15 Jan	Lecture One	The Conceptual World and Its Relationship to Reality	Dornach	165
16 Jan	Lecture Two	The Conceptual World and Its Relationship to Reality	Dornach	165
18 Feb	The Elements of the Human Being in Life Between Death and Rebirth	The Connection Between the Living and the Dead	Kassel	168
26 Oct	The Great Lie of Contemporary Civilization	The Connection Between the Living and the Dead	St. Gallen	168
30 Sep	Seventh Lecture	Goethe and the Crisis of the Nineteenth Century	Dornach	171
14 Oct	Eleventh Lecture	Goethe and the Crisis of the Nineteenth Century	Dornach	171
21 Oct	Thirteenth Lecture	Goethe and the Crisis of the Nineteenth Century	Dornach	171
28 Oct	Fourteenth Lecture	Goethe and the Crisis of the Nineteenth Century	Dornach	171
29 Oct	Fifteenth Lecture	Goethe and the Crisis of the Nineteenth Century	Dornach	171
30 Oct	Sixteenth lecture	Goethe and the Crisis of the Nineteenth Century	Dornach	171
12 Mar	Seventh Lecture	The Spiritual Background of Human History	Stuttgart	174b
15 Mar	Eighth Lecture	The Spiritual Background of Human History	Stuttgart	174b
24 Sep	Document	Not Yet Available		252
29 Oct	Memorial Words for Joseph Ludwig and Jacques de Jaager	Not Yet Available	Dornach	261
31 Oct	Memorial Words at the Cremation of Jacques de Jaager	Not Yet Available	Basel	261
17 Nov	Memorial Words for Sophie Stinde at the Anniversary of Her Death	Not Yet Available	Dornach	261
19 Aug	Wisdom – Beauty – Goodness Michael – Gabriel – Raphael	Faust, the Aspiring Human: A Spiritual-Scientific Explanation of Goethe's “Faust”	Dornach	272
20 Aug	The Historical Significance of “Faust”	Faust, the Aspiring Human: A Spiritual-Scientific Explanation of Goethe's “Faust”	Dornach	272
04 Sep	The “Entombment” the Essence of the Lemurs, the Fat and Scrawny Devil	Faust, the Aspiring Human: A Spiritual-Scientific Explanation of Goethe's “Faust”	Dornach	272
09 Sep	Goethe's Insights into the Secrets of Human Existence	Faust, the Aspiring Human: A Spiritual-Scientific Explanation of Goethe's “Faust”	Dornach	272
10 Sep	Insights into the True Reality Goethe Sought	Faust, the Aspiring Human: A Spiritual-Scientific Explanation of Goethe's “Faust”	Dornach	272
11 Sep	Goethe's Search for the Depths of Becoming and the Mysteries of the World in His “Faust”	Faust, the Aspiring Human: A Spiritual-Scientific Explanation of Goethe's “Faust”	Dornach	272
15 Jan	Introductory Words to a Eurythmy Performance	Not Yet Available	Dornach	277
14 Jan	Misunderstandings in Spiritual Research and the Dedication of the Building in Dornach	Architecture, Sculpture and Painting of the First Goetheanum	Basel	288
31 Jul	Regarding Two Letters	The History of the Anthroposophical Society 1913–1922	Dornach	251
27 Aug	Marie Steiner's Resignation from the Central Council	The History of the Anthroposophical Society 1913–1922	Dornach	251
28 Aug	Personal Rather than Factual	The History of the Anthroposophical Society 1913–1922	Dornach	251
20 Sep	Deliberations on the “Goesch-Sprengel” Case	The History of the Anthroposophical Society 1913–1922	Dornach	251

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Year	Lecture Title	Book Title	City	Volume
1917	The Working of Soul in Man and its Relationship with its Eternal Essence	Freedom, Immortality and Social Life	Bern	72
1916	Rembrandt	The History of Art I	Dornach	292
1912	Life Between Death and Rebirth II	Life Between Death and Rebirth	Munich	140
1914	Lecture III	The Destinies of Individuals and of Nations	Berlin	157
1923	Lecture III	Nine Lectures on Bees	Dornach	351
1921	Foundations of Anthroposophy	Foundations of Anthroposophy	Oslo	79
1921	Foundations of Anthroposophy	Foundations of Anthroposophy (single)	Oslo	79
1912	Esoteric Lesson	From the Contents of Esoteric Classes II: 1910–1912	Munich	266-II
1919	The Culture of the Mysteries and the Michael Impulse.	The Mission of the Archangel Michael	Dornach	194
1907	Initiation	Knowledge of Soul and Spirit	Berlin	56
1915	The Setting of Thoughts as a Result of German Idealism	From a Fateful Time	Munich	64
1904	Christian Mysticism — The Masters of Cologne: Eckhart, Albertus Magnus	The Essence of Christianity	Cologne	68a
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
1910	Life and Death	Death and Immortality in the Light of Spiritual Science	Hamburg	69d
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
1911	The Seven Principles of the Macrocosm and Their Connection with the Human Being	Esoteric Christianity and the Guiding Spirits of Humanity	Stuttgart	130
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