Rudolf Steiner Audio

Dale B. Brunsvold
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Oct 6, 2026 • 42min

CW 170 The Riddle of Humanity: Lecture 1 (Dornach, 29 July 1916) by Rudolf Steiner

Rudolf Steiner explores humanity’s spiritual future through architecture, self-knowledge, and the hidden forces shaping destiny. He examines Otto Weininger’s troubled genius, theories of masculine and feminine nature, distorted imagination, and the tension between spiritual insight and intellectual confusion. The talk also considers incarnation, suicide, death, and spiritual science as a path through modern inner turmoil.
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Oct 6, 2026 • 33min

CW 170 The Riddle of Humanity: Lecture 2 (Dornach, 30 July 1916) by Rudolf Steiner

A wide-ranging lecture explores the contrast between cosmic order and earthly disruption, from planetary rhythms and seasonal cycles to storms and earthquakes. It examines humanity as a microcosm, linking waking reason with the stars and dream life with meteorological forces. Hebrew calendars, Jubilee cycles, planetary alignments, and the Mystery of Golgotha all converge in a profound reflection on consciousness and cosmic history.
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Oct 6, 2026 • 40min

CW 170 The Riddle of Humanity: Lecture 3 (Dornach, 31 July 1916) by Rudolf Steiner

Rudolf Steiner explores humanity’s dual nature through the head and body, heavenly and earthly forces, waking consciousness, and dreams. The lecture considers Earth’s spiritual value, Uranus and Gaia, childhood before sexual differentiation, and the seven-year transformation of human forces. It also examines Maya, freedom, knowledge, and the metamorphosis of human experience across incarnations.
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Oct 6, 2026 • 48min

CW 170 The Riddle of Humanity: Lecture 4 (Dornach, 5 August 1916) by Rudolf Steiner

Rudolf Steiner, Austrian philosopher and founder of anthroposophy, explores humanity’s cosmic and earthly formation. He examines the connections between truth, beauty, and morality, challenges the usual division of sensory and motor nerves, and follows moral impulses through the blood and the human constitution. The lecture also considers aesthetic experience, spiritual freedom, initiation, and humanity’s evolution toward wisdom.
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Oct 6, 2026 • 39min

CW 170 The Riddle of Humanity: Lecture 5 (Dornach, 6 August 1916) by Rudolf Steiner

Rudolf Steiner, Austrian philosopher and founder of anthroposophy, explores humanity’s descent through nature and ascent through spirit. He discusses Plato’s virtues, the forces of morality, beauty, and truth, elemental beings surrounding the aura, and the transformation of desire. Cosmic evolution, self-knowledge, dream imagery, and humanity’s journey from Saturn to Vulcan round out this richly symbolic lecture.
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Oct 6, 2026 • 27min

CW 170 The Riddle of Humanity: Lecture 6 (Dornach, 7 August 1916) by Rudolf Steiner

Rudolf Steiner, Austrian philosopher and founder of anthroposophy, explores humanity’s intricate bond with the cosmos. He considers how the present body becomes the future head, whether knowledge serves utility or development, and how wisdom transforms human forces after death. The lecture also examines materialism, Ahriman, Christ, and the possibility of making knowledge a sacred service.
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Oct 6, 2026 • 42min

CW 170 The Riddle of Humanity: Lecture 7 (Dornach, 12 August 1916) by Rudolf Steiner

Rudolf Steiner explores humanity’s relationship with the cosmos through the evolution of consciousness and perception. He expands the familiar five senses into twelve, including movement, balance, thought, speech, and recognition of another person’s individuality. The lecture also connects seven life processes and twelve sense regions with planetary and zodiacal forces, contrasting earthly experience with ancient lunar perception.
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Oct 6, 2026 • 53min

CW 170 The Riddle of Humanity: Lecture 8 (Dornach, 13 August 1916) by Rudolf Steiner

Rudolf Steiner, Austrian philosopher and founder of anthroposophy, explores humanity’s hidden spiritual dimensions. He links the senses and bodily life processes to the human zodiac, spiritual perception, and the transformations of consciousness after death. The lecture examines subconscious forces, imagined illness, backward thinking, Christian von Ehrenfels’s ideas, and German music as a pathway toward the spirit.
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Oct 6, 2026 • 1h 1min

CW 170 The Riddle of Humanity: Lecture 9 (Dornach, 15 August 1916) by Rudolf Steiner

Rudolf Steiner, Austrian philosopher and founder of anthroposophy, explores the spiritual meaning of the senses and the transformation of perception through art. He connects aesthetic experience with poetry, music, tragedy, beauty, and moral knowledge. The lecture also examines reality beyond abstract logic, unreliable observation, and the responsibility of bringing spiritual truth into the modern world.
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Oct 6, 2026 • 1h 5min

CW 170 The Riddle of Humanity: Lecture 10 (Dornach, 21 August 1916) by Rudolf Steiner

Rudolf Steiner examines how modern philosophy loses its grip on reality, from Ernst Mach’s sensations and Avenarius’s bare occurrences to pragmatism’s useful truths and Vaihinger’s conscious fictions. He explores abstract logic, Bergson’s intuition, Nietzsche’s eternal return, and the challenge of developing a genuine sense for spiritual and concrete reality.

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