Rudolf Steiner
About
Rudolf Steiner (b. Rudolf Joseph Lorenz Steiner, 1861–1925) was born in the small village of Kraljevec, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now in Croatia), where he grew up. As a young man, he lived in Weimar and Berlin, where he became a well-published scientific, literary, and philosophical scholar, known especially for his work with Goethe’s scientific writings. Steiner termed his spiritual philosophy anthroposophy, meaning “wisdom of the human being.” As an exceptionally developed seer, he based his work on direct knowledge and perception of spiritual dimensions. He initiated a modern, universal “spiritual science” that is accessible to anyone willing to exercise clear and unbiased thinking. From his spiritual investigations, Steiner provided suggestions for the renewal of numerous activities, including education (general and for special needs), agriculture, medicine, economics, architecture, science, philosophy, Christianity, and the arts. There are currently thousands of schools, clinics, farms, and initiatives in other fields that involve practical work based on the principles Steiner developed. His many published works feature his research into the spiritual nature of human beings, the evolution of the world and humanity, and methods for personal development. He wrote some thirty books and delivered more than six thousand lectures throughout much of Europe. In 1924, Steiner founded the General Anthroposophical Society, which today has branches around the world.
Author's Books
Introduction by Robert A. McDermott
Notes by Frederick Amrine
Translated by Charles Davy
Goetheanism
An Impulse of Transformation and Resurrection (CW 188)
Agriculture
Spiritual-Scientific Foundations for Agricultural Renewal (CW 327)
The Inner Nature of Music
And the Experience of Tone (CW 283)
Eurythmy as Speech Made Visible
Speech Eurythmy Course (CW 279)
Foreword by Marie Steiner-von Sivers
Introduction by Coralee Frederickson
Translated by Matthew Barton
Friedrich Nietzsche
Fighter for Freedom
Foreword by Bernard J. Garber
Introduction by Paul Marshall Allen
Translated by Margaret Ingram deRis
Europe between East and West
In Cosmic and Human History (CW 174a)
The Spiritual Background to the First World War
(CW 174b)
Supersensible Impulses in the Historical Development of Humanity
(CW 216)
Human and Cosmic Thought Edition 2 Revised
(CW 151)
Introduction by Robert A. McDermott
Translated by Charles Davy
Contributions by Frederick Amrine
The Language of the Cosmos
Cosmic Influences and the Spiritual Task of Northern Europe (CW 209)
On the Wings of Words
Conversations and Human Relations: Inner Aspects of the Fundamental Social Law and The Threefold Social Organism
The Tension between East and West Edition 2 Revised
(CW 83)
On Philosophy, History, and Literature
Lectures at the Worker Education School and the Independent College, Berlin, 1901–1905 (CW 51)
From Eclipse to Apocalypse
Star Wisdom, Vol. 6, with Monthly Ephemerides for 2024 and for the Months of Jesus Christ's Ministry
Edited by Joel Matthew Park
Introduction by Virginia Moore
Translated by Virginia Moore and Lisa D. Monges
Revised by Clifford Venho
Background to the Gospel of St. Mark Edition 2 Revised
(CW 124)
Introduction by Robert A. McDermott
Translated by E. H. Goddard and Dorothy S. Osmond
Revised by Frederick Amrine
Contributions by Margot Amrine
Three Paths to Christ
Experiencing the Supersensible (CW 143)
The Value of Thinking
For a Cognition that Satisfies the Human Being: The Relationship between Spiritual Science and Natural Science (CW 164)
Past and Future Impulses in Societal Events
(CW 190)
Four Modern Mystery Dramas
The Doorway of Initiation • The Trial of the Soul • The Guardian of the Threshold • The Souls Awaken (CW 14)
The Mystery of Death
The Nature and Significance of Central Europe and the European Folk-Spirits (CW 159)
The Calendar of the Soul
(CW 40)
Introduction by Hans Pusch
Translated by Hans Pusch and Ruth Pusch
Revised by Ruth Pusch
Christ and the Human Soul
The Meaning of Life – The Spiritual Foundation of Morality – Anthroposophy and Christianity (CW 155)
The Driving Force of Spiritual Powers in World History
(CW 222)
Four Large Watercolour Motifs of Rudolf Steiner
With a Lecture by Rudolf Steiner on Raphael
By (artist) Rudolf Steiner and Gerard Wagner
Introduction by Peter Stebbing
Edited by Peter Stebbing
Foreword by Virginia Sease, PhD
Universe, Earth, Human Being
Their Relationship to Egyptian Myths and Modern Civilization (CW 105)
Christ and the Spiritual World
The Quest for the Holy Grail (CW 149)
Introduction by Frederick Amrine
Revised by Frederick Amrine
Translated by Charles Davy
Contributions by Margot Amrine
The Occult Truths of Myths and Legends
Greek and Germanic Mythology: Richard Wagner in the Light of Spiritual Science (CW 92)
The Fall of the Spirits of Darkness
The Spiritual Background to the Outer World: Spiritual Beings and their Effects (CW 177)
Introduction by Christopher Schaefer
Contributions by Frederick Amrine
Revised by Frederick Amrine
Translated by Anna R. Meuss, FIL, MTA
The Anthroposophic Movement
The History and Conditions of the Anthroposophical Movement in Relation to the Anthroposophical Society: An Encouragement for Self-Examination (CW 258)
Introduction by Christian von Arnim
Translated by Christian von Arnim
Edited by Richard Seddon
The Karma of Materialism
Aspects of Human Evolution (CW 176)
Nature and Spirit Beings
Their Activity in Our Visible World (CW 98)
Polarities in the Evolution of Humanity
West and East – Materialism and Mysticism – Knowledge and Belief (CW 197)
Introduction by Robert A. McDermott
Revised by Frederick Amrine
Translated by Maud B. Monges
The Calendar of the Soul
A set of 52 cards with paintings by Karin Jarman
Becoming Fully Human
The Significance of Anthroposophy in Contemporary Spiritual Life (CW 82)
Between Death and Rebirth
In Relation to Cosmic Facts (CW 141)
Translated by E. H. Goddard, Dorothy S. Osmond and Frederick Amrine
Introduction by Frederick Amrine
The Mysteries of Initiation
From Isis to the Holy Grail (CW 144)
Deeper Secrets of Human Evolution in Light of the Gospels
(CW 117)
The Reappearance of Christ in the Etheric
A Collection of Lectures on the Second Coming of Christ
Anthroposophy and the Natural Sciences
Foundations and Methods (CW 75)
Art and Theory of Art
Foundations of a New Aesthetics (CW 271)
Daily Contemplations
Wisdom and Love: An Almanac for the Soul
A Road to Sacred Creation
Rudolf Steiner's Perspectives on Technology
Three Perspectives of Anthroposophy
Cultural Phenomena from the Point of View of Spiritual Science (CW 225)
The Mission of the New Spirit of Revelation
The Pivotal Nature of the Christ Event in Earth Evolution (CW 127)
Macrocosm and Microcosm
The Greater and the Lesser World: Questions Concerning the Soul, Life and the Spirit (CW 119)
World History and the Mysteries
In the Light of Anthroposophy (CW 233)
Introduction by Frederick Amrine
Translated by Mary Adams, George Adams and Dorothy S. Osmond
Reading the Pictures of the Apocalypse
(CW 104a, 94)
Foreword by Virginia Sease, PhD
Introduction by James H. Hindes
Translated by James H. Hindes
Goethe's Theory of Knowledge
With Special Reference to Schiller (CW 2)
Wonders of the World
Trials of the Soul, Revelations of the Spirit (CW 129)
Esoteric Lessons for the First Class of the School of Spiritual Science at the Goetheanum
Volumes One to Four (CW 270)
Introduction by Virginia Sease, PhD, Julian Sleigh and Simon Blaxland-de Lange
Translated by George Adams, Michael Wilson and Johanna Collis
The Christmas Conference
For the Foundation of the General Anthroposophical Society 1923/1924 (CW 260)
Introduction by Virginia Sease, PhD
Contributions by Marie Steiner-von Sivers
Translated by Johanna Collis and Michael Wilson
The Aims of Anthroposophy and the Purpose of the Goetheanum
(CW 84)
Rosicrucianism and Modern Initiation
Mystery Centres of the Middle Ages: The Easter Festival and the History of the Mysteries (CW 233a)
True and False Paths of Spiritual Research
(CW 243)
Introduction by Paul King
Revised by Paul King
Translated by Harry Collison and A. H. Parker
The Imaginative Life Tableau
The Spiritually Perceived Story of Our Life between Birth and Death: Meditative Knowledge out of Childhood Forces
Memory
Remembering and Forgetting
Introduction by Andreas Neider
Edited by Andreas Neider
Translated by Johanna Collis and Paul King
The Philosophy of Spiritual Activity
Fundamental Features of a Modern Worldview: Results of Soul Observation According to the Natural-scientific Method (CW 4)
Interdisciplinary Astronomy
Third Scientific Course (CW 323)
Initiative
The Karmic Spiritual Impulse of the Followers of Michael: How Ahriman Works into Personal Intelligence (CW 237)
Eurythmy as Visible Speech
(CW 279)
Letters and Documents, 1901–1925
(CW 262)
Eurythmy
Its Birth and Development (CW 277a)
Eurythmy as Visible Singing
(CW 278)
Care for the Soul
Between Body and Spirit – Psychotherapy Founded on Anthroposophy
Theosophy
An Introduction to the Suprasensory Knowledge of the World and the Vocation of Man (CW 9)
Translated by Henry B. Monges
Revised by Thomas O'Keefe, David Ecklund and Clifford Venho
Foundations of Esotericism
(CW 93a)
Kundalini
Spiritual Perception and the Higher Element of Life
Intuition
The Focus of Thinking
Imagination
Enhancing the Powers of Thinking
Growing Old
The Spiritual Dimensions of Ageing
The Riddles of Philosophy
Presented in an Outline of Its History (CW 18)
The Threshold of the Spiritual World
Aphoristic Contemplations (CW 17)
Rudolf Steiner, Life and Work
1924-1925: The Anthroposophical Society and the School for Spiritual Science
Rudolf Steiner, Life and Work
1924-1925: The Anthroposophical Society and the School for Spiritual Science
Self-Doubt
Depression, Anxiety Disorders, Panic, and Fear: Threshold Experiences, Crises of the Soul, and Healing on the Anthroposophical Path
Social Threefolding
Rebalancing Culture, Politics and Economics: An Introductory Reader
Introduction by Stephen E. Usher
Edited by Stephen E. Usher
Revised by Christian von Arnim
The First Class of the Michael School
Recapitulation Lessons and Mantras (CW 270)
Edited by T. H. Meyer
Translated by Jannebeth Röell, Paul V. O'Leary and James Lee
The Night as a Wellspring of Strength
Sleep, Spiritual Encounters, and the Starry Firmament
Conscious Society
Anthroposophy and the Social Question (CW 189)
Introduction by Signe Eklund Schaefer
Translated by Mabel Cotterell and James H. Hindes
Revised by Mado Spiegler