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Rudolf Steiner Bio
By: patrick jane Date: June 21, 2021, 8:45 am
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Rudolf Steiner
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February 1861[1] – 30 March 1925) was an Austrian philosopher,
social reformer, architect, esotericist,[8][9] and claimed
clairvoyant.[10][11] Steiner gained initial recognition at the
end of the nineteenth century as a literary critic and published
philosophical works including The Philosophy of Freedom. At the
beginning of the twentieth century he founded an esoteric
spiritual movement, anthroposophy, with roots in German idealist
philosophy and theosophy; other influences include Goethean
science and Rosicrucianism.[12]
In the first, more philosophically oriented phase of this
movement, Steiner attempted to find a synthesis between science
and spirituality.[13] His philosophical work of these years,
which he termed "spiritual science", sought to apply the clarity
of thinking characteristic of Western philosophy to spiritual
questions,[14]:291 differentiating this approach from what he
considered to be vaguer approaches to mysticism. In a second
phase, beginning around 1907, he began working collaboratively
in a variety of artistic media, including drama, the movement
arts (developing a new artistic form, eurythmy) and
architecture, culminating in the building of the Goetheanum, a
cultural centre to house all the arts.[15] In the third phase of
his work, beginning after World War I, Steiner worked to
establish various practical endeavors, including Waldorf
education,[16] biodynamic agriculture,[17] and anthroposophical
medicine.[16]
Steiner advocated a form of ethical individualism, to which he
later brought a more explicitly spiritual approach. He based his
epistemology on Johann Wolfgang Goethe's world view, in which
"Thinking… is no more and no less an organ of perception than
the eye or ear. Just as the eye perceives colours and the ear
sounds, so thinking perceives ideas."[18] A consistent thread
that runs from his earliest philosophical phase through his
later spiritual orientation is the goal of demonstrating that
there are no essential limits to human knowledge.[19]
In 1879, the family moved to Inzersdorf to enable Steiner to
attend the Vienna Institute of Technology,[22] where he enrolled
in courses in mathematics, physics, chemistry, botany, zoology,
and mineralogy and audited courses in literature and philosophy,
on an academic scholarship from 1879 to 1883, where he completed
his studies and the requirements of the Ghega scholarship
satisfactorily.[23][24] In 1882, one of Steiner's teachers, Karl
Julius Schröer,[21]:Chap. 3 suggested Steiner's name to Joseph
Kürschner, chief editor of a new edition of Goethe's works,[25]
who asked Steiner to become the edition's natural science
editor,[26] a truly astonishing opportunity for a young student
without any form of academic credentials or previous
publications.[27]:43
Before attending the Vienna Institute of Technology, Steiner had
studied Kant, Fichte and Schelling.[10]
Early spiritual experiences
Rudolf Steiner as 21-year-old student (1882)
When he was nine years old, Steiner believed that he saw the
spirit of an aunt who had died in a far-off town asking him to
help her at a time when neither he nor his family knew of the
woman's death.[28] Steiner later related that as a child he felt
"that one must carry the knowledge of the spiritual world within
oneself after the fashion of geometry ... [for here] one is
permitted to know something which the mind alone, through its
own power, experiences. In this feeling I found the
justification for the spiritual world that I experienced ... I
confirmed for myself by means of geometry the feeling that I
must speak of a world 'which is not seen'."[21]
Steiner believed that at the age of 15 he had gained a complete
understanding of the concept of time, which he considered to be
the precondition of spiritual clairvoyance.[10] At 21, on the
train between his home village and Vienna, Steiner met an herb
gatherer, Felix Kogutzki, who spoke about the spiritual world
"as one who had his own experience therein".[21]:39–40[29]
Kogutzki conveyed to Steiner a knowledge of nature that was
non-academic and spiritual.
Writer and philosopher
In 1888, as a result of his work for the Kürschner edition of
Goethe's works, Steiner was invited to work as an editor at the
Goethe archives in Weimar. Steiner remained with the archive
until 1896. As well as the introductions for and commentaries to
four volumes of Goethe's scientific writings, Steiner wrote two
books about Goethe's philosophy: The Theory of Knowledge
Implicit in Goethe's World-Conception (1886),[30] which Steiner
regarded as the epistemological foundation and justification for
his later work,[31] and Goethe's Conception of the World
(1897).[32] During this time he also collaborated in complete
editions of the works of Arthur Schopenhauer and the writer Jean
Paul and wrote numerous articles for various journals.
In 1891, Steiner received a doctorate in philosophy at the
University of Rostock, for his dissertation discussing Fichte's
concept of the ego,[14][33] submitted to Heinrich von Stein,
whose Seven Books of Platonism Steiner esteemed.[21]:Chap. 14
Steiner's dissertation was later published in expanded form as
Truth and Knowledge: Prelude to a Philosophy of Freedom, with a
dedication to Eduard von Hartmann.[34] Two years later, in 1894,
he published Die Philosophie der Freiheit (The Philosophy of
Freedom or The Philosophy of Spiritual Activity, the latter
being Steiner's preferred English title), an exploration of
epistemology and ethics that suggested a way for humans to
become spiritually free beings. Steiner later spoke of this book
as containing implicitly, in philosophical form, the entire
content of what he later developed explicitly as
anthroposophy.[35]
Steiner, c.1900
In 1896, Steiner declined an offer from Elisabeth
Förster-Nietzsche to help organize the Nietzsche archive in
Naumburg. Her brother by that time was non compos mentis.
Förster-Nietzsche introduced Steiner into the presence of the
catatonic philosopher; Steiner, deeply moved, subsequently wrote
the book Friedrich Nietzsche, Fighter for Freedom.[36] Steiner
later related that:
My first acquaintance with Nietzsche's writings belongs to the
year 1889. Previous to that I had never read a line of his. Upon
the substance of my ideas as these find expression in The
Philosophy of Spiritual Activity, Nietzsche's thought had not
the least influence....Nietzsche's ideas of the 'eternal
recurrence' and of 'Übermensch' remained long in my mind. For in
these was reflected that which a personality must feel
concerning the evolution and essential being of humanity when
this personality is kept back from grasping the spiritual world
by the restricted thought in the philosophy of nature
characterizing the end of the 19th century....What attracted me
particularly was that one could read Nietzsche without coming
upon anything which strove to make the reader a 'dependent' of
Nietzsche's.[21]:Chap. 18
In 1897, Steiner left the Weimar archives and moved to Berlin.
He became part owner of, chief editor of, and an active
contributor to the literary journal Magazin für Literatur, where
he hoped to find a readership sympathetic to his philosophy.
Many subscribers were alienated by Steiner's unpopular support
of Émile Zola in the Dreyfus Affair[37] and the journal lost
more subscribers when Steiner published extracts from his
correspondence with anarchist John Henry Mackay.[37]
Dissatisfaction with his editorial style eventually led to his
departure from the magazine.
In 1899, Steiner married Anna Eunicke; the couple separated
several years later. Anna died in 1911.
Theosophical Society
Main article: Rudolf Steiner and the Theosophical Society
Rudolf Steiner in Munich with Annie Besant, leader of the
Theosophical Society. Photo from 1907
Marie Steiner, 1903
In 1899, Steiner published an article, "Goethe's Secret
Revelation", discussing the esoteric nature of Goethe's fairy
tale The Green Snake and the Beautiful Lily. This article led to
an invitation by the Count and Countess Brockdorff to speak to a
gathering of Theosophists on the subject of Nietzsche. Steiner
continued speaking regularly to the members of the Theosophical
Society, becoming the head of its newly constituted German
section in 1902 without ever formally joining the
society.[14][38] It was also in connection with this society
that Steiner met and worked with Marie von Sivers, who became
his second wife in 1914. By 1904, Steiner was appointed by Annie
Besant to be leader of the Theosophical Esoteric Society for
Germany and Austria. In 1904, Eliza, the wife of Helmuth von
Moltke the Younger, became one of his favourite scholars.[39]
Through Eliza, Steiner met Helmuth, who served as the Chief of
the German General Staff from 1906 to 1914.[40]
In contrast to mainstream Theosophy, Steiner sought to build a
Western approach to spirituality based on the philosophical and
mystical traditions of European culture. The German Section of
the Theosophical Society grew rapidly under Steiner's leadership
as he lectured throughout much of Europe on his spiritual
science. During this period, Steiner maintained an original
approach, replacing Madame Blavatsky's terminology with his own,
and basing his spiritual research and teachings upon the Western
esoteric and philosophical tradition. This and other
differences, in particular Steiner's vocal rejection of
Leadbeater and Besant's claim that Jiddu Krishnamurti was the
vehicle of a new Maitreya, or world teacher,[41] led to a formal
split in 1912/13,[14] when Steiner and the majority of members
of the German section of the Theosophical Society broke off to
form a new group, the Anthroposophical Society. Steiner took the
name "Anthroposophy" from the title of a work of the Austrian
philosopher Robert von Zimmermann, published in Vienna in
1856.[42] Despite his departure from the Theosophical Society,
Steiner maintained his interest in Theosophy throughout his
life.[12]
Anthroposophical Society and its cultural activities
The Anthroposophical Society grew rapidly. Fueled by a need to
find an artistic home for their yearly conferences, which
included performances of plays written by Edouard Schuré and
Steiner, the decision was made to build a theater and
organizational center. In 1913, construction began on the first
Goetheanum building, in Dornach, Switzerland. The building,
designed by Steiner, was built to a significant part by
volunteers who offered craftsmanship or simply a will to learn
new skills. Once World War I started in 1914, the Goetheanum
volunteers could hear the sound of cannon fire beyond the Swiss
border, but despite the war, people from all over Europe worked
peaceably side by side on the building's construction. Steiner
moved from Berlin[43] to Dornach in 1913 and lived there to the
end of his life.[44]
Steiner's lecture activity expanded enormously with the end of
the war. Most importantly, from 1919 on Steiner began to work
with other members of the society to found numerous practical
institutions and activities, including the first Waldorf school,
founded that year in Stuttgart, Germany. At the same time, the
Goetheanum developed as a wide-ranging cultural centre. On New
Year's Eve, 1922/1923, the building burned to the ground;
contemporary police reports indicate arson as the probable
cause.[16]:752[45]:796 Steiner immediately began work designing
a second Goetheanum building - this time made of concrete
instead of wood - which was completed in 1928, three years after
his death.
At a "Foundation Meeting" for members held at the Dornach center
during Christmas, 1923, Steiner spoke of laying a new Foundation
Stone for the society in the hearts of his listeners. At the
meeting, a new "General Anthroposophical Society" was
established with a new executive board. At this meeting, Steiner
also founded a School of Spiritual Science, intended as an
"organ of initiative" for research and study and as "the 'soul'
of the Anthroposophical Society".[46] This School, which was led
by Steiner, initially had sections for general anthroposophy,
education, medicine, performing arts (eurythmy, speech, drama
and music), the literary arts and humanities, mathematics,
astronomy, science, and visual arts. Later sections were added
for the social sciences, youth and agriculture.[47][48][49] The
School of Spiritual Science included meditative exercises given
by Steiner.
Political engagement and social agenda
Steiner became a well-known and controversial public figure
during and after World War I. In response to the catastrophic
situation in post-war Germany, he proposed extensive social
reforms through the establishment of a Threefold Social Order in
which the cultural, political and economic realms would be
largely independent. Steiner argued that a fusion of the three
realms had created the inflexibility that had led to
catastrophes such as World War I. In connection with this, he
promoted a radical solution in the disputed area of Upper
Silesia, claimed by both Poland and Germany. His suggestion that
this area be granted at least provisional independence led to
his being publicly accused of being a traitor to Germany.[50]
Steiner opposed Wilson's proposal to create new European nations
based around ethnic groups, which he saw as opening the door to
rampant nationalism. Steiner proposed, as an alternative:
'social territories' with democratic institutions that were
accessible to all inhabitants of a territory whatever their
origin while the needs of the various ethnicities would be met
by independent cultural institutions.[51]
Attacks, illness, and death
The National Socialist German Workers Party gained strength in
Germany after the First World War. In 1919, a political theorist
of this movement, Dietrich Eckart, attacked Steiner and
suggested that he was a Jew.[52] In 1921, Adolf Hitler attacked
Steiner on many fronts, including accusations that he was a tool
of the Jews,[53] while other nationalist extremists in Germany
called for a "war against Steiner". That same year, Steiner
warned against the disastrous effects it would have for Central
Europe if the National Socialists came to power.[52]:8 In 1922 a
lecture Steiner was giving in Munich was disrupted when stink
bombs were let off and the lights switched out, while people
rushed the stage apparently attempting to attack Steiner, who
exited safely through a back door.[54][55] Unable to guarantee
his safety, Steiner's agents cancelled his next lecture
tour.[37]:193[56] The 1923 Beer Hall Putsch in Munich led
Steiner to give up his residence in Berlin, saying that if those
responsible for the attempted coup (Hitler's Nazi party) came to
power in Germany, it would no longer be possible for him to
enter the country.[57]
From 1923 on, Steiner showed signs of increasing frailness and
illness. He nonetheless continued to lecture widely, and even to
travel; especially towards the end of this time, he was often
giving two, three or even four lectures daily for courses taking
place concurrently. Many of these lectures focused on practical
areas of life such as education.[58]
Steiner's gravestone at the Goetheanum
Increasingly ill, he held his last lecture in late September,
1924. He continued work on his autobiography during the last
months of his life; he died on 30 March 1925.
Spiritual research
Steiner first began speaking publicly about spiritual
experiences and phenomena in his 1899 lectures to the
Theosophical Society. By 1901 he had begun to write about
spiritual topics, initially in the form of discussions of
historical figures such as the mystics of the Middle Ages. By
1904 he was expressing his own understanding of these themes in
his essays and books, while continuing to refer to a wide
variety of historical sources.
A world of spiritual perception is discussed in a number of
writings which I have published since this book appeared. The
Philosophy of Freedom forms the philosophical basis for these
later writings. For it tries to show that the experience of
thinking, rightly understood, is in fact an experience of
spirit.
(Steiner, Philosophy of Freedom, Consequences of Monism)
Steiner aimed to apply his training in mathematics, science, and
philosophy to produce rigorous, verifiable presentations of
those experiences.[59] He believed that through freely chosen
ethical disciplines and meditative training, anyone could
develop the ability to experience the spiritual world, including
the higher nature of oneself and others.[37] Steiner believed
that such discipline and training would help a person to become
a more moral, creative and free individual – free in the sense
of being capable of actions motivated solely by love.[60] His
philosophical ideas were affected by Franz Brentano,[37] with
whom he had studied,[61] as well as by Fichte, Hegel, Schelling,
and Goethe's phenomenological approach to science.[37][62][63]
Steiner used the word Geisteswissenschaft (from Geist = mind or
spirit, Wissenschaft = science), a term originally coined by
Wilhelm Dilthey as a descriptor of the humanities, in a novel
way, to describe a systematic ("scientific") approach to
spirituality.[64] Steiner used the term Geisteswissenschaft,
generally translated into English as "spiritual science," to
describe a discipline treating the spirit as something actual
and real, starting from the premise that it is possible for
human beings to penetrate behind what is sense-perceptible.[65]
He proposed that psychology, history, and the humanities
generally were based on the direct grasp of an ideal
reality,[66] and required close attention to the particular
period and culture which provided the distinctive character of
religious qualities in the course of the evolution of
consciousness. In contrast to William James' pragmatic approach
to religious and psychic experience, which emphasized its
idiosyncratic character, Steiner focused on ways such experience
can be rendered more intelligible and integrated into human
life.[67]
Steiner proposed that an understanding of reincarnation and
karma was necessary to understand psychology[68] and that the
form of external nature would be more comprehensible as a result
of insight into the course of karma in the evolution of
humanity.[69] Beginning in 1910, he described aspects of karma
relating to health, natural phenomena and free will, taking the
position that a person is not bound by his or her karma, but can
transcend this through actively taking hold of one's own nature
and destiny.[70] In an extensive series of lectures from
February to September 1924, Steiner presented further research
on successive reincarnations of various individuals and
described the techniques he used for karma research
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Though I'd never ever heard of Steiner until you posted these
threads- those things he encountered are familiar ideas.
Maybe few folks will make the connection, but those things he
was speaking of was the foundation of "the secret" from this
excellent movie-- "The Sixth Sense."
yeah... this is kinda my jam.
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Very interesting fellow. Thank you for this thread
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Zarathustra- Rudolf Steiner
1 hour 12 minutes
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Apocalypse of Saint John By Rudolf Steiner
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Introductory Lecture: Spiritual Science. The Gospels. The Future
of Mankind. (June 17, 1908)
Lecture 1: The Apocalypse as a description of Christian
Initiation. (June 18)
Lecture 2: The Nature of initiation. The first and second occult
seal pictures. (June 19)
Lecture 3: The Messages to the seven Churches. (June 20)
Lecture 4: The seven seals and their unsealing. (June 21)
Lecture 5: The development of man in connection with the cosmic
development of the Earth. The twenty-four Elders and the sea of
glass. (June 22)
Lecture 6: Man in the Lemurian and Atlantean epochs. The Mystery
of Golgotha. (June 23)
Lecture 7: The development of the personality that has a
consciousness of self. The descent into the abyss. The good and
the evil race. (June 24)
Lecture 8: The future development of mankind. The civilization
of the seven seals and the seven trumpets. (June 25)
Lecture 9: Transition to the spiritualized Earth. The woman
clothed with the sun. The beast with the seven heads and ten
horns. (June 26)
Lecture 10: The process of evolution through the seven
conditions of consciousness, of life, and of form. The pouring
out of the vials of wrath. (June 27)
Lecture 11: The number 666. Sorath the Sun-Demon. The Fall of
Babylon and the marriage of the Lamb. The New Jerusalem. Michael
conquers the Dragon. (June 29)
Lecture 12: The first and second deaths. The new heaven and the
new earth. The origin of the Apocalypse.
Timestamps:
Introductory chapter
chapter 1 0:55:26
chapter 2 1:37:19
chapter 3 2:14:43
chapter 4 3:09:31
chapter 5 3:50:14
chapter 6 4:24:16
chapter 7 5:08:28
chapter 8 5:52:11
chapter 9 6:34:31
chapter 10 7:11:08
chapter 11 8:05:24
chapter 12 8:51:37
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