Aelzina BooksThe Complete Works of Rudolf Steiner: Volume 96
Ursprungsimpulse der Geisteswissenschaft. Christliche Esoterik im Lichte neuer Geist-Erkenntnis.
Origin-Impulses of Spiritual Science. Christian Esotericism in the Light of new Spirit-Knowledge
Section of the Complete Works: Private Lectures to the Members of the Anthroposophical Society
First German Edition published 1974.
Notes about the German versions of this volume:
1st edition 1974. Repinted 1989. Reconstructed from incomplete stenograms and listener notes. Selections published separately between 1933 and 1962.
Lectures in this volume: 20
1906-01-29 Berlin
1906-04-16 Berlin
1906-05-07 Berlin
1906-05-14 Berlin
1906-10-01 Berlin
1906-10-08 Berlin
1906-10-15 Berlin
1906-10-19 Berlin
1906-10-20 Berlin
1906-10-21 Berlin
1906-10-22 Berlin
1906-10-22 Berlin
1906-12-17 Berlin
1907-01-28 Berlin
1907-02-18 Berlin
1907-03-04 Berlin
1907-03-25 Berlin
1907-04-01 Berlin
1907-04-27 Berlin
1907-06-12 Berlin
English Complete Works Version: This volume has yet to be published in a Complete Works edition.
English Non-Complete Works Full Versions: There are one or more pre-Complete Works full-volume translations:
Original Impulses for the Science of the Spirit
20 lectures Berlin
Paperback, 316 pages. Published 2001 by Completion Press.
Notes on this edition: Translated by A. R. Meuss. Translation based on the 2nd German edition of 1989.
Other English publishing history: Sections available
Sections of this German volume may have been published in English, either as stand-alone books, one-lecture pamphlets, or as part of a compilation. If there are any volumes listed below, then they have some percentage of this Complete Works volume in them. The amount could be as little as a part of one lecture (in a compilation), a single lecture or essay as a pamphlet. Or it could be a book that contains as much as 90% of the material in the source Complete Works German volume.
Esoteric Development
Selected Lectures and Writings : Collection of 8 lectures and 2 written texts
Paperback, 191 pages. Published 2003 by SteinerBooks.
Notes on this edition: Revised for 2003 edition. Introduction by Stephen Usher. Lecture of 20 Oct 1906
The Christian Mystery
Selected lectures and notes from lectures
Paperback, 287 pages. Published 1998 by Anthroposophic Press.
Notes on this edition: Collection selected from GA 96, 97, 102, 267. Translation mostly by James H. Hindes, with some sections translated by Catherine Creeker, D. S. Osmond, or Christopher Bamford.
The Education of the Child
and Early Lectures on Education
Paperback, pages. Published 1996 by Anthroposophic Press.
Notes on this edition: Lecture of 5/14/1906
The Education of the Child
Lecture of 14 May 1906 : 1 essay and 5 lectures in different cities
Paperback, 127 pages. Published 1996 by Anthroposophic Press.
Notes on this edition: Collection of one essay and 5 early lectures, from GA's 55, 60, 96 and one lecture the date to which is probably incorrect, since Steiner is not known to have given a lecture that day
Self-Transformation
Lecture of 20 Oct 1906
Paperback, 250 pages. Published 1995 by Rudolf Steiner Press.
Notes on this edition: Lectures from GA's 54, 83, 84, 95, 96, 108, 152, 157 and 194
Understanding the Human Being
Selected writings of Rudolf Steiner
Paperback, 206 pages. Published 1993 by Rudolf Steiner Press.
Notes on this edition: Edited by Richard Seddon. 4-page excerpts from about 2 dozen different volumes
Esoteric Development
Selected Lectures and Writings from the Works of Rudolf Steiner : Collection of 8 lectures and 2 written texts
Paperback, 191 pages. Published 1982 by Anthroposophic Press.
Notes on this edition: Edited by Alice Wulsin. Introduction by Alan Howard.
Signs and Symbols of the Christmas Festival
Lecture of 12/17/1906 : 3 lectures Berlin
Hard Cover, 62 pages. Published 1969 by Anthroposophic Press.
Notes on this edition: Lecture 3 was also published separately with the same title.
Festivals and their Meaning I
Christmas : 8 lectures 1904-1921
Hard Cover, 117 pages. Published 1955 by Anthroposophical Publishing Co..
Notes on this edition: First edition 1955. Second edition 1967. Translations, edited by D. S. Osmond. Lectures from CW's 54, 96, 127, 156, 173, 203, 209 and B60
Signs and Symbols of the Christmas Festival
Pamphlet, 19 pages. Published 1941 by Anthroposophic Press.
Notes on this edition: Translated by Lisa D. Monges. Lecture of December 17, 1906.
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