The Complete Works of Rudolf Steiner: Volume 182
Der Tod als Lebenswandlung
Death as a Transformation of Life
Section of the Complete Works: Private Lectures to the Members of the Anthroposophical Society
First German Edition published 1969.
Notes about the German versions of this volume:
1st edition in this arrangement, 1969. 2nd revised and corrected edition 1976. 3rd revised edition published 1986, reprinted 1996. Most lectures were previously published between 1936 and 1950, either as individual lecture-books, or in periodicals. Stenographically recorded by Helene Finckh, the first versions were printed from her initial reconstruction. The 2nd edition was revised by comparing the first edition to the original stenograms, which are extant for all but one lecture.
Lectures in this volume: 7
1917-11-29 Bern
1918-02-10 Nuremberg
1918-04-29 Heidenheim
1918-04-30 Ulm
1918-06-30 Hamburg
1918-10-09 Zurich
1918-10-16 Zurich
English Complete Works Version: This volume is available in an English Complete Works edition:
Death as Metamorphosis of Life
Including “What Does the Angel Do in Our Astral Body?” & “How Do I Find Christ?”
Paperback, 160 pages. Published 2008 by SteinerBooks.
Notes on this edition: Translated by Sabine Seiler Introduction by Christopher Bamford.
English Non-Complete Works Full Versions: No English translations exist that included this volume in its entirety.
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.
The Work of the Angel in Our Astral Body
Paperback, 48 pages. Published 2007 by Rudolf Steiner Press.
Notes on this edition: Trans. A. Meuss
How do I find the Christ?
Paperback, 64 pages. Published 2006 by Rudolf Steiner Press.
Notes on this edition: Trans. M. Barton
Staying Connected
Collection of meditations and talks 1905-1924
Paperback, 270 pages. Published 1999 by Anthroposophic Press.
Notes on this edition: Edited and introduced by Christopher Bamford. Lectures from GA's 140, 154, 157, 168, 181, 182, 214, 237, 250, 261, 264 and 268
Evil
Selected lectures
Paperback, 216 pages. Published 1997 by Rudolf Steiner Press.
Notes on this edition: Published in German by Verlag Freies Geistesleben 1993, compiled and edited by Michael Kalisch
Angels
Selected lectures
Paperback, 182 pages. Published 1996 by Rudolf Steiner Press.
Notes on this edition: Compiled and edited by Wolf-Ulrich Kluenker. Extracts from GA's 121, 136, 152, 175, 182, 209, 224, 233a, and 275
The Reappearance of Christ in the Etheric
Lecture of 11/29/1917 : 13 lectures Stuttgart, Dornach, Bern
Hard Cover, 234 pages. Published 1983 by Anthroposophic Press.
Notes on this edition: GA 118 contains 16 lectures given in different cities. Lectures 10-12 are from GA 186, Dornach 18, 19, 25 Nov. 1917 and lecture 13 is from GA 182, Bern 29 Nov. 1917.
The Dead are with Us
Paperback, 31 pages. Published 1964 by Rudolf Steiner Press.
Notes on this edition: Lecture of February 10, 1918. Revised translation 1964 by D. S. Osmond. Reprinted 1973.
The Work of the Angels in Man's Astral Body
Pamphlet, 34 pages. Published 1960 by Anthroposophical Publishing Co..
Notes on this edition: Translated by D. S. Osmond with the help of Owen Barfield.
The Dead are with Us
Paperback, 23 pages. Published 1952 by Rudolf Steiner Publishing Co..
Notes on this edition: Lecture of February 10, 1918. First edition 1945. Second edition 1952 (no indication of how this edition differs from the previous one).
The Dead are with Us
Paperback, 23 pages. Published 1945 by Rudolf Steiner Publishing Co..
Notes on this edition: Lecture of February 10, 1918. First edition 1945. Reprinted 1952.
How do I find the Christ?
1 lecture Zuerich
Pamphlet, 24 pages. Published 1941 by Anthroposophic Press.
Notes on this edition: Translated by Lisa Dreher and Henry B. Monges. Lecture of October 16, 1918.