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263. Correspondence with Edith Maryon 1912–1924: Letters Regarding the Death Of Edith Maryon

Steiner is so immense and we are all shocked to see its effects on him, the loss of his long-standing, understanding artistic collaborator is a twist of fate that fills me with the deepest, most sincere sympathy.
263. Correspondence with Edith Maryon 1912–1924: Humorous Verses and Sketches for Edith Maryon

Rudolf Steiner
He also read the daily newspaper to her or commented on articles from the newspaper. It is therefore understandable that political events were also discussed. The verses and drawings with which Rudolf Steiner helped Edith Maryon to distract her from her pain also bear witness to these visits.
263. Correspondence with Edith Maryon 1912–1924: Verses and Notes for Edith Maryon 1918–1924

Rudolf Steiner
Spiritually, there is But this feeling dreams within me. I must understand what is dreaming in my feeling: In every thing In all becoming Life dreams; I am in dreams, Thinking disturbs me.
354. The Evolution of the Earth and Man and The Influence of the Stars: The weather and its causes 13 Sep 1924, Dornach
Translated by Gladys Hahn

Rudolf Steiner
It must never be imagined that evolution proceeds in an unbroken line. To understand how the earth actually evolves it must be realized that interruptions such as the Ice Age do indeed take place in the straightforward process of evolution.
From this you will certainly be able to understand where the light of Venus comes from. While it receives no light from this side, Venus is illuminated from the other side by the sun, and it eats up the sun's light, so to say.
The Waldorf School, Stuttgart, Germany, opened in 1919 under Rudolf Steiner's guidance. There are now more than 300 schools in the international Waldorf School movement.
354. The Evolution of the Earth and Man and The Influence of the Stars: Form and origin of the earth and moon. Volcanism 18 Sep 1924, Dornach
Translated by Gladys Hahn

Rudolf Steiner
One must go very far back if one wants to understand this. Otherwise one cannot grasp how it happens that at certain spots on the earth fiery, molten masses come out.
Can you picture it? It stands on a triangle, a triangle is underneath; and on that triangle, the base, are three other triangles; that forms a little pyramid. That is how we picture a tetrahedron.
And in our time all sorts of nonsense is talked; that cannot lead to an understanding of what things are in their reality. So, gentlemen, let us speak further about this next Saturday.
354. The Evolution of the Earth and Man and The Influence of the Stars: The nature and task of anthroposophy. Biela's comet 20 Sep 1924, Dornach
Translated by Gladys Hahn

Rudolf Steiner
Those who have not been here long will naturally have some difficulty and only gradually be able to understand. First and foremost, we must realize that people are little inclined to accept something new when it comes into the world.
But science with its elaborate instruments and remarkably clever experiments has discovered a mass of facts which—in the way it presents them—cannot really be understood. Nor will they ever be understood until it is realized that the spiritual world is behind everything and within everything.
People must understand how things in the world are constantly changing. And the greatest misfortune, one might say, is that in earlier times humanity was superstitious and now it is scientific!
354. The Evolution of the Earth and Man and The Influence of the Stars: How did man originate? Earth life and star wisdom 24 Sep 1924, Dornach
Translated by Gladys Hahn

Rudolf Steiner
The question that was asked concerning man's origin can be rightly understood and answered only by looking back at the whole evolution of humanity. The assertion that men were originally animal-like, that they had an animal-like intelligence, and so forth, is nothing but a science fairy tale.
The Evolution of the Earth and Man and The Influence of the Stars: Foreword
Translated by Gladys Hahn

Stephen E. Usher
In these works they will find a discussion of both the basic findings of the science of the spirit and of the scientific method employed in spiritual research. An understanding of these writings is absolutely necessary in forming a judgment regarding the soundness of the information conveyed by Steiner in a volume such as this one.
Before even elementary observations can be made with accuracy, the soul must undergo considerable development in the direction of self-knowledge so as not to confuse itself with the objective Imaginations.
These practical applications were all the result of his spiritual research, and their world-wide success and acceptance lends support to the validity of the underlying method out of which they arose. With these thoughts in mind and an understanding of Steiner's basic writings the reader will find in this volume a fascinating collection of Rudolf Steiner's ideas.
354. On the Development of Human Culture: Lecture I 12 Jul 1924, Dornach
Translated by Violet E. Watkin

Rudolf Steiner
I have spoken to you of our wish to look further into the history connected with the study of the world that we have undertaken. You have seen how the human race has gradually built itself up from the rest of great Nature.
It is strange that if we are willing to judge superficially, at this point we are emphatic: then we do not want to be Chinese! But you must not understand me to say that we ought to become Chinese or for that matter particularly to admire China—although that is what some people may easily say afterwards.
This possibility of difference, this spiritual aspect of the matter, was far better understood by the Indians than by those who came later. The Indians said: When we draw a single object, it is not the whole truth; we have to conceive the matter spiritually.
354. On the Development of Human Culture: Lecture II 06 Aug 1924, Dornach
Translated by Violet E. Watkin

Rudolf Steiner
When today we have a certain amount of relevant knowledge and study with real understanding the documents that have appeared in India, Asia, Egypt, or even in Greece, we find the people in those times far in advance of us.
But we have only to read what physicians of old had to say, and rightly understand it, to become aware that in reality people up to the time of Hippocrates in Greece knew far more than is known by our modern materialistic physicians.
Wotan will then make you either strong or weak according to your deserts. You see this is how people felt, hew they understood these matters. Today people say: That is superstition, a superstitious notion. But in those times they did not understand it so.

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