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Date	Lecture Title	Book Title	City	Volume
01 Jan	Pitris	Self-Knowledge and God-Knowledge I	Berlin	90a
01 Jan	Private Lecture of Unknown Date unknown date	Not Yet Available	Berlin	266-I
04 Jan	Theosophy and Christianity		Berlin	52
05 Jan	Description of the Rounds	Self-Knowledge and God-Knowledge I	Berlin	90a
12 Jan	The Formation of the Aura I	Self-Knowledge and God-Knowledge I	Berlin	90a
19 Jan	The Formation of the Aura II	Self-Knowledge and God-Knowledge I	Berlin	90a
26 Jan	The Formation of the Cosmos According to Annie Besant's “Ancient Wisdom”	Self-Knowledge and God-Knowledge I	Berlin	90a
28 Jan	The World of the Spirit or Devachan I	On the Astral World and Devachan	Berlin	88
01 Feb	Theosophy and Spiritualism		Berlin	52
02 Feb	The Second Logos	Self-Knowledge and God-Knowledge I	Berlin	90a
04 Feb	The World of the Spirit or Devachan II	On the Astral World and Devachan	Berlin	88
08 Feb	First Lecture	Esoteric Lessons 1904–1909	Berlin	266-I
09 Feb	On the Formation of the Cosmos	Self-Knowledge and God-Knowledge I	Berlin	90a
11 Feb	The World of the Spirit or Devachan III	On the Astral World and Devachan	Berlin	88
15 Feb	Second Lecture	Esoteric Lessons 1904–1909	Berlin	266-I
15 Feb	Third Lecture	Esoteric Lessons 1904–1909	Berlin	266-I
16 Feb	The Development of Beings	Self-Knowledge and God-Knowledge I	Berlin	90a
18 Feb	On Devachan	Self-Knowledge and God-Knowledge I	Berlin	90a
21 Feb	Fourth Lecture	Esoteric Lessons 1904–1909	Berlin	266-I
22 Feb	The Mosaic Creation Story and the Rounds	Self-Knowledge and God-Knowledge I	Berlin	90a
25 Feb	The World of the Spirit or Devachan IV	On the Astral World and Devachan	Berlin	88
26 Feb	Theosophy, Buddhism, Spiritism	The Essence of Christianity	Weimar	68a
03 Mar	Microcosm and Macrocosm	Self-Knowledge and God-Knowledge I	Berlin	90a
07 Mar	Theosophy and Somnambulism		Berlin	52
08 Mar	What Does Mankind of Today Find in Theosophy?		Berlin	52
11 Mar	On the Sattva State	Self-Knowledge and God-Knowledge I	Berlin	90a
14 Mar	Notes on two Esoteric Lectures I	Esoteric Lessons 1904–1909	Berlin	266-I
16 Mar	Theosophical Doctrine of the Soul I		Berlin	52
18 Mar	About the Cabbala	Awareness—Life—Form	Berlin	89
23 Mar	Theosophical Doctrine of the Soul II		Berlin	52
24 Mar	Birth and Death in the Life of the Soul	Not Yet Available	Erfurt
25 Mar	Theosophy in the Gospels — An Easter Reflection	The Essence of Christianity	Weimar	68a
28 Mar	Birth and Death in the Life of the Soul	The Circular Flow of Man's Life within the World Of Sense, Soul And Spirit	Cologne	68b
29 Mar	Introduction to Goethe's Fairy Tale of the Green Snake and the Beautiful Lily	Goethe and the Present	Berlin	68c
30 Mar	Theosophical Doctrine of the Soul III		Berlin	52
01 Apr	Genesis I	Self-Knowledge and God-Knowledge I	Berlin	90a
04 Apr	Lecture One	The Story of the Green Serpent and the Beautiful Lily	Berlin	68c
04 Apr	The Fairy Tale of the Green Snake and the Beautiful Lily	Goethe and the Present	Berlin	68c
22 Apr	Goethe as Theosophist	Goethe and the Present	Munich	68c
28 Apr	What Do Intellectuals Make of Theosophy?		Berlin	52
29 Apr	Genesis II	Self-Knowledge and God-Knowledge I	Berlin	90a
02 May	White Lotus Day	Self-Knowledge and God-Knowledge I	Berlin	90a
15 May	The Salvation of Humanity	Self-Knowledge and God-Knowledge I	Berlin	90a
16 May	Birth and Death in the Life of the Soul, A View of the Theosophical Worldview	The Circular Flow of Man's Life within the World Of Sense, Soul And Spirit	Hanover	68b
21 May	On the Apocalypse I	Self-Knowledge and God-Knowledge I	Berlin	90a
23 May	Whitsuntide — Festival of the Liberation of the Human Spirit	The Temple Legend	Berlin	93
26 May	Spiritual Cosmology	Theosophic/Esoteric Cosmology	Berlin	89
26 May	Theosophical Cosmology I	Awareness—Life—Form	Berlin	89
28 May	On the Significance of the Oldest Parts of the Old Testament	Self-Knowledge and God-Knowledge I	Berlin	90a
30 May	The History of Spiritism		Berlin	52
02 Jun	Esoteric Cosmology I	Theosophic/Esoteric Cosmology	Berlin	89
02 Jun	Theosophical Cosmology II	Awareness—Life—Form	Berlin	89
06 Jun	The History of Hypnotism and Somnambulism		Berlin	52
09 Jun	Esoteric Cosmology II	Theosophic/Esoteric Cosmology	Berlin	89
09 Jun	Theosophical Cosmology III	Awareness—Life—Form	Berlin	89
10 Jun	The Contrast between Cain and Abel	The Temple Legend	Berlin	93
12 Jun	The Principle of Correlation	Self-Knowledge and God-Knowledge I	Berlin	90a
13 Jun	The Concept of Objective Presence and Subjective Perception	Self-Knowledge and God-Knowledge I	Berlin	90a
15 Jun	The Following Rounds	Self-Knowledge and God-Knowledge I	Berlin	90a
16 Jun	The Main Law of All Round Evolution	Self-Knowledge and God-Knowledge I	Berlin	90a
18 Jun	Reincarnation And Karma	Self-Knowledge and God-Knowledge I	Berlin	90a
20 Jun	What Does Man Gain From Knowing His Past?	Self-Knowledge and God-Knowledge I	Berlin	90a
21 Jun	Mathematics and Occultism		Amsterdam	35
22 Jun	Ways of Coming to Knowledge and Will	Self-Knowledge and God-Knowledge I	Berlin	90a
24 Jun	Good and Evil	The Occult Truths of Old Myths and Legends	Berlin	92
25 Jun	Differences in the Structure of the Spirit Between the Second Rama, Krishna and Buddha	Self-Knowledge and God-Knowledge I	Berlin	90a
26 Jun	On Atlantean Culture	Self-Knowledge and God-Knowledge I	Berlin	90a
27 Jun	On Atlantis	Self-Knowledge and God-Knowledge I	Berlin	90a
28 Jun	On Lemuria	Self-Knowledge and God-Knowledge I	Berlin	90a
29 Jun	The Fifth Root Race: Fire	Self-Knowledge and God-Knowledge I	Berlin	90a
30 Jun	Planetary Chains	Self-Knowledge and God-Knowledge I	Berlin	90a
30 Jun	The Consciousness Soul	Man, Nature and the Cosmos	Berlin	91
01 Jul	Noun and Verb	Self-Knowledge and God-Knowledge I	Berlin	90a
01 Jul	Reading the Akashic Records of Wolfram von Eschenbach	The Occult Truths of Old Myths and Legends	Berlin	92
02 Jul	The Logoi	Awareness—Life—Form	Berlin	89
03 Jul	Evolution and involution	Awareness—Life—Form	Berlin	89
04 Jul	Existence [form], life and conscious awareness I	Awareness—Life—Form	Berlin	89
04 Jul	Bericht über die Jahrestagung in Amsterdam	Not Yet Available	Berlin	250
07 Jul	Existence [form], life and conscious awareness II	Awareness—Life—Form	Berlin	89
08 Jul	The Universe From the Outside	Self-Knowledge and God-Knowledge I	Berlin	90a
08 Jul	Sacramentality Daedalus and Icarus	The Occult Truths of Old Myths and Legends	Berlin	92
09 Jul	Esoteric Lesson	Not Yet Available	Berlin	266-I
10 Jul	Further Development of our Planet	Self-Knowledge and God-Knowledge I	Berlin	90a
11 Jul	Modern Biblical Research	Self-Knowledge and God-Knowledge I	Berlin	90a
14 Jul	Esoteric Lesson	Not Yet Available	Berlin	266-I
15 Jul	Germanic Mythology	The Occult Truths of Old Myths and Legends	Berlin	92
18 Jul	Occult Research on the Gospels	Self-Knowledge and God-Knowledge I	Berlin	90a
19 Jul	On Roman History	Philosophy, History and Literature	Berlin	51
22 Jul	Reincarnation	The Occult Truths of Old Myths and Legends	Berlin	92
25 Jul	The Gospels and Initiation	Self-Knowledge and God-Knowledge I	Berlin	90a
26 Jul	The Relationship of the Germanic Peoples to Christianity	The Essence of Christianity	Berlin	68a
26 Jul	An Overview of Our Development	Self-Knowledge and God-Knowledge I	Berlin	90a
02 Aug	Incarnation	Self-Knowledge and God-Knowledge I	Berlin	90a
10 Aug	Outlook on the Next Rounds	Self-Knowledge and God-Knowledge I	Berlin	90a
11 Aug	The Task of the Second Half of Development	Self-Knowledge and God-Knowledge I	Berlin	90a
12 Aug	Where Does Evil Come From?	Self-Knowledge and God-Knowledge I	Berlin	90a
13 Aug	Ancient Wisdom	Self-Knowledge and God-Knowledge I	Berlin	90a
14 Aug	Essence, Perception, and Actions	Self-Knowledge and God-Knowledge I	Berlin	90a
16 Aug	On the Purpose and the Home of Man	Self-Knowledge and God-Knowledge I	Berlin	90a
17 Aug	On Meditation I	Inner and Outer Evolution	Graal	91
18 Aug	On Meditation II	Inner and Outer Evolution	Graal	91
19 Aug	Helpful Concepts for Understanding Ancient Legends and the New Testament	Inner and Outer Evolution	Graal	91
20 Aug	Helpful Concepts for Understanding the New Testament	Inner and Outer Evolution	Graal	91
21 Aug	Helpful Concepts for Understanding the Days of the Week	Inner and Outer Evolution	Graal	91
22 Aug	Form, Life, Consciousness	Inner and Outer Evolution	Graal	91
23 Aug	The Structure of Man I	Self-Knowledge and God-Knowledge I	Berlin	90a
26 Aug	The Three Realms of Nature	Inner and Outer Evolution	Graal	91
30 Aug	The Structure of Man II	Self-Knowledge and God-Knowledge I	Berlin	90a
30 Aug	Evolution And Involution	Inner and Outer Evolution	Graal	91
31 Aug	States of Consciousness	Inner and Outer Evolution	Berlin	91
03 Sep	Manas as Light and Love	Inner and Outer Evolution	Berlin	91
04 Sep	Inner Evolution Since Lemurian Times	Inner and Outer Evolution	Berlin	91
05 Sep	The Realms	Self-Knowledge and God-Knowledge I	Berlin	90a
05 Sep	The Fall into the Material	Inner and Outer Evolution	Berlin	91
06 Sep	From the Arhats to the Mahatmas	Inner and Outer Evolution	Berlin	91
08 Sep	After the so-called Flood of Sin	Inner and Outer Evolution	Berlin	91
09 Sep	Medieval Wisdom	Self-Knowledge and God-Knowledge I	Berlin	90a
10 Sep	The Transition from the Atlantean Race to Our Own	Inner and Outer Evolution	Berlin	91
12 Sep	Theosophie und Moderne Kultur	Not Yet Available	Berlin	250
25 Sep	Theosophie und Moderne Wissenschaft	Not Yet Available	Berlin	250
29 Sep	What Does Modern Man Find in Theosophy?		Berlin	53
30 Sep	The Mysteries of the Druids and Drotten	The Occult Truths of Old Myths and Legends	Berlin	92
30 Sep	The Mysteries of the Druids and the ‘Drottes’	The Temple Legend	Berlin	93
03 Oct	Apocalypse I	Self-Knowledge and God-Knowledge I	Berlin	90a
06 Oct	Is Theosophy Unscientific?		Berlin	52
07 Oct	The Prometheus Saga	Greek and Germanic Mythology in the Light of Esotericism	Berlin	92
07 Oct	The Prometheus Saga	The Temple Legend	Berlin	93
10 Oct	Lecture I	(On) Apocalyptic Writings	Berlin	90a
10 Oct	Apocalypse II	Self-Knowledge and God-Knowledge I	Berlin	90a
12 Oct	The Early Chapters of Genesis	Self-Knowledge and God-Knowledge I	Berlin	90a
13 Oct	Human Wisdom		Berlin	53
14 Oct	The Argonaut Saga and the Odyssey	Greek and Germanic Mythology in the Light of Esotericism	Berlin	92
17 Oct	Planetary Evolution I	Awareness—Life—Form	Berlin	89
17 Oct	Lecture II	(On) Apocalyptic Writings	Berlin	90a
17 Oct	Apocalypse III	Self-Knowledge and God-Knowledge I	Berlin	90a
18 Oct	Lecture I	The History of the Middle Ages	Berlin	51
19 Oct	Planetary Evolution II	Awareness—Life—Form	Berlin	89
19 Oct	The Difference Between Calculation and Operation	Notes from Mathilde Scholl 1904–1906	Berlin	91
20 Oct	Reincarnation and Karma		Berlin	53
21 Oct	The Sigfried Saga	Greek and Germanic Mythology in the Light of Esotericism	Berlin	92
22 Oct	Planetary Evolution III	Awareness—Life—Form	Berlin	89
23 Oct	Protokoll der Jahresversammlung der Deutschen Theosophischen Gesellschaft (DTG)	Not Yet Available	Berlin	250
24 Oct	Lecture III	(On) Apocalyptic Writings	Berlin	90a
24 Oct	Apocalypse IV	Self-Knowledge and God-Knowledge I	Berlin	90a
25 Oct	Lecture II	The History of the Middle Ages	Berlin	51
25 Oct	Planetary Evolution IV	Awareness—Life—Form	Berlin	89
26 Oct	Ellipse, Hyperbola, Lemniscate, Circle	Notes from Mathilde Scholl 1904–1906	Berlin	91
27 Oct	Theosophy and Darwin		Berlin	53
28 Oct	The Trojan War	Greek and Germanic Mythology in the Light of Esotericism	Berlin	92
29 Oct	Platonic Mysticism and Docta ignorantia I	Philosophy, History and Literature	Berlin	51
29 Oct	Planetary Evolution V	Awareness—Life—Form	Berlin	89
30 Oct	On Clairvoyance	Self-Knowledge and God-Knowledge I	Berlin	90a
30 Oct	protocol plus report	Not Yet Available		250
31 Oct	Planetary Evolution VI	Awareness—Life—Form	Berlin	89
01 Nov	Lecture III	The History of the Middle Ages	Berlin	51
01 Nov	Planetary Evolution VII	Awareness—Life—Form	Berlin	89
01 Nov	Apocalypse V	Self-Knowledge and God-Knowledge I	Berlin	90a
01 Nov	Summary of the Previous Discourses on the Apocalypse	Self-Knowledge and God-Knowledge I	Berlin	90a
02 Nov	Planetary Evolution VIII	Awareness—Life—Form	Berlin	89
03 Nov	Theosophy and Tolstoy		Berlin	53
03 Nov	Theosophy and Tolstoy		Berlin	53
03 Nov	Planetary Evolution IX	Awareness—Life—Form	Berlin	89
04 Nov	The Mystery known to Rosicrucians	The Temple Legend	Berlin	93
04 Nov	Trigonometry	Notes from Mathilde Scholl 1904–1906	Berlin	91
05 Nov	Platonic Mysticism and Docta ignorantia I	Philosophy, History and Literature	Berlin	51
05 Nov	Planetary Evolution X	Awareness—Life—Form	Berlin	89
07 Nov	What can the Modern Human find in Theosophy?	The Circular Flow of Man's Life within the World Of Sense, Soul And Spirit	Berlin	68b
07 Nov	Apocalypse VI	Self-Knowledge and God-Knowledge I	Berlin	90a
08 Nov	Lecture IV	The History of the Middle Ages	Berlin	51
09 Nov	Planetary Evolution XI	Awareness—Life—Form	Berlin	89
09 Nov	Sine, Cosine, Tangent, Cotangent	Notes from Mathilde Scholl 1904–1906	Berlin	91
10 Nov	The Soul World		Berlin	53
10 Nov	Planetary Evolution XII	Awareness—Life—Form	Berlin	89
11 Nov	The Seven Post-Atlantean Sub-Races	Self-Knowledge and God-Knowledge I	Berlin	90a
11 Nov	Manicheism	The Temple Legend	Berlin	93
11 Nov	The Manicheans		Berlin	93
12 Nov	Platonic Mysticism and Docta ignorantia I	Philosophy, History and Literature	Berlin	51
12 Nov	On the Migrations of the Races	Self-Knowledge and God-Knowledge I	Berlin	90a
14 Nov	Apocalypse VII	Self-Knowledge and God-Knowledge I	Berlin	90a
14 Nov	The Origin of Karma	Self-Knowledge and God-Knowledge I	Berlin	90a
15 Nov	Lecture V	The History of the Middle Ages	Berlin	51
17 Nov	The Spiritual World		Berlin	53
27 Nov	Lecture Two	The Story of the Green Serpent and the Beautiful Lily	Cologne	68c
27 Nov	The Fairy Tale of the Green Snake and the Beautiful Lily	Goethe and the Present	Cologne	68c
28 Nov	Christian Mysticism — The Masters of Cologne: Eckhart, Albertus Magnus	The Essence of Christianity	Cologne	68a
01 Dec	Theosophy and Nietzsche		Berlin	53
02 Dec	The Essence and Task of Freemasonry from the Point of View of Spiritual Science I	The Temple Legend	Berlin	93
06 Dec	Lecture VI	The History of the Middle Ages	Berlin	51
07 Dec	Goethe's Enigmatic Fairy Tale of the Green Snake and the Beautiful Lily	Goethe and the Present	Weimar	68c
08 Dec	Is Theosophy Buddhist Propaganda?		Berlin	52
09 Dec	The Essence and Task of Freemasonry from the Point of View of Spiritual Science II	The Temple Legend	Berlin	93
13 Dec	Lecture VII	The History of the Middle Ages	Berlin	51
15 Dec	On the Inner Life		Berlin	53
15 Dec	The Inner Development of Man		Berlin	53
16 Dec	The Essence and Task of Freemasonry from the Point of View of Spiritual Science III	The Temple Legend	Berlin	93
19 Dec	Birth of the Light	Signs and Symbols of the Christmas Festival	Berlin	90a
19 Dec	The Birth of Light: a Christmas Reflection	Self-Knowledge and God-Knowledge I	Berlin	90a
20 Dec	Lecture VIII	The History of the Middle Ages	Berlin	51
21 Dec	Esoteric Lesson	From the Contents of Esoteric Classes III: 1913–1914	Berlin	266-III
23 Dec	Evolution and Involution as they are Interpreted by Occult Societies	The Temple Legend	Berlin	93
23 Dec	The Work of Secret Societies in the World. The Atom as Coagulated Electricity		Berlin	93
24 Dec	Cosmology and the Development of Consciousness	Self-Knowledge and God-Knowledge I	Berlin	90a
25 Dec	The Development of Man	Self-Knowledge and God-Knowledge I	Berlin	90a
26 Dec	The Rounds on the Seven Planets	Self-Knowledge and God-Knowledge I	Berlin	90a
27 Dec	Creation of Races up to the Fertilization with Manas (Animal Separations)	Self-Knowledge and God-Knowledge I	Berlin	90a
28 Dec	History of the Middle Ages IX	Philosophy, History and Literature	Berlin	51
28 Dec	Events in the Second Half of the Lemurian Racial Development	Self-Knowledge and God-Knowledge I	Berlin	90a
28 Dec	Esoteric Lesson	From the Contents of Esoteric Classes III: 1913–1914	Berlin	266-III
29 Dec	History of the Middle Ages X	Philosophy, History and Literature	Berlin	51
29 Dec	Picture of the Development on the Moon and on the Earth	Self-Knowledge and God-Knowledge I	Berlin	90a
30 Dec	Past and Future Rounds	Self-Knowledge and God-Knowledge I	Berlin	90a
30 Dec	On the Three Magi	The Festivals and Their Meaning I: Christmas	Berlin	90a
30 Dec	The Feast of the Epiphany (Three Kings)	Self-Knowledge and God-Knowledge I	Berlin	90a
31 Dec	Separation into Male and Female	Self-Knowledge and God-Knowledge I	Berlin	90a

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Year	Lecture Title	Book Title	City	Volume
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
1907	Initiation	Knowledge of Soul and Spirit	Berlin	56
1910	Life and Death	Death and Immortality in the Light of Spiritual Science	Hamburg	69d
1911	The Seven Principles of the Macrocosm and Their Connection with the Human Being	Esoteric Christianity and the Guiding Spirits of Humanity	Stuttgart	130
1911	The Seven Principles of the Macrocosm and Their Connection with Us	Not Yet Available	Stuttgart
1912	Life Between Death and Rebirth II	Life Between Death and Rebirth	Munich	140
1912	Esoteric Lesson	From the Contents of Esoteric Classes II: 1910–1912	Munich	266-II
1914	Lecture III	The Destinies of Individuals and of Nations	Berlin	157
1915	The Setting of Thoughts as a Result of German Idealism	From a Fateful Time	Munich	64
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
1916	Rembrandt	The History of Art I	Dornach	292
1917	The Working of Soul in Man and its Relationship with its Eternal Essence	Freedom, Immortality and Social Life	Bern	72
1919	The Culture of the Mysteries and the Michael Impulse.	The Mission of the Archangel Michael	Dornach	194
1919	Anthroposophy and Its Opponents (Communication to Members)	Not Yet Available	Dornach	255b
1920	Third Lecture	The Bridge Between the World Spirit and the Physical Body	Dornach	202
1921	Foundations of Anthroposophy	Foundations of Anthroposophy	Oslo	79
1921	Foundations of Anthroposophy	Foundations of Anthroposophy (single)	Oslo	79
1923	Lecture III	Nine Lectures on Bees	Dornach	351