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Date	Lecture Title	Book Title	City	Volume
06 Jan	Lecture I	The Influence of Spiritual Beings on Man	Berlin	102
07 Jan	Esoteric Lesson	Not Yet Available	Berlin	266-I
09 Jan	Man, Woman and Child		Berlin	56
10 Jan	Man and Woman in the Light of Spiritual Science	The Nature of Man in the Light of Spiritual Science	Leipzig	68d
11 Jan	Man, Woman and Child in the Light of Spiritual Science	The Nature of Man in the Light of Spiritual Science	Leipzig	68d
15 Jan	Supersensible Beings and their Influence on Humans	Nature and Spirit Beings — Their Effects in Our Visible World	Munich	98
16 Jan	Esoteric Lesson	From the Contents of Esoteric Classes III: 1913–1914	Munich	266-I
23 Jan	The Souls of Animals in the Light of Spiritual Science		Berlin	56
26 Jan	Esoteric Lesson	From the Contents of Esoteric Classes III: 1913–1914	Berlin	266-I
27 Jan	Lecture II	The Influence of Spiritual Beings on Man	Berlin	102
29 Jan	The Essence of Man in the Light of Spiritual Science	The Nature of Man in the Light of Spiritual Science	Wiesbaden	68d
31 Jan	Religion, Science and Theosophy	The Essence of Christianity	Mainz	68a
01 Feb	The Mystery of Death and the Riddle of Life	The Circular Flow of Man's Life within the World Of Sense, Soul And Spirit	Wiesbaden	68b
02 Feb	The Group Souls of Animals, Plants and Minerals		Frankfurt	98
02 Feb	Group Souls of Animals, Plants, and Minerals I	Nature and Spirit Beings — Their Effects in Our Visible World	Frankfurt	98
02 Feb	Group Souls of Animals, Plants, and Minerals II	Nature and Spirit Beings — Their Effects in Our Visible World	Heidelberg	98
03 Feb	Man and Woman in the Light of Spiritual Science	The Nature of Man in the Light of Spiritual Science	Mannheim	68d
06 Feb	The Course of Human Development from the Standpoint of Occult Science	The Nature of Man in the Light of Spiritual Science	Karlsruhe	68d
08 Feb	The Influence of Other Worlds on the Earth I	Nature and Spirit Beings — Their Effects in Our Visible World	Stuttgart	98
11 Feb	The Influence of Other Worlds on the Earth II	Nature and Spirit Beings — Their Effects in Our Visible World	Stuttgart	98
12 Feb	Esoteric Lesson	From the Contents of Esoteric Classes I: 1904–1909	Berlin	266-I
13 Feb	The Mania for Disease in the Light of Spiritual Science	The Nature of Man in the Light of Spiritual Science	Berlin	68d
15 Feb	Lecture III	The Influence of Spiritual Beings on Man	Berlin	102
17 Feb	Science at a Crossroads	The Circular Flow of Man's Life within the World Of Sense, Soul And Spirit	Leipzig	68b
20 Feb	The Origin of Evil		Kassel	68a
21 Feb	The Spirit of Truth from a Christian Point of View	The Essence of Christianity	Kassel	68a
22 Feb	On “The Mysteries”	Goethe and the Present	Kassel	68c
24 Feb	About the beings that influence human beings	Nature and Spirit Beings — Their Effects in Our Visible World	Hanover	98
25 Feb	Richard Wagner and the Spirit World	The Circular Flow of Man's Life within the World Of Sense, Soul And Spirit	Hanover	68b
26 Feb	Esoteric Lesson	From the Contents of Esoteric Classes I: 1904–1909	Berlin	266-I
27 Feb	The Health Craze in the Light of Spiritual Science (see S-1634 in Ga 56)	Not Yet Available	Berlin
29 Feb	Lecture IV	The Influence of Spiritual Beings on Man	Berlin	102
02 Mar	The Social Question and Theosophy		Hamburg	54
04 Mar	The Christian Initiation	Introduction to the Basics of Theosophy	Hilversum	111
05 Mar	Mysticism and esotericism (Microcosm and Macrocosm)	Introduction to the Basics of Theosophy	The Hague	111
05 Mar	The Initiation of the Rosicrucian	Introduction to the Basics of Theosophy	The Hague	111
06 Mar	Theosophy, Goethe and Hegel	Goethe and the Present	Amsterdam	68c
06 Mar	Occultism and Esotericism	Introduction to the Basics of Theosophy	The Hague	111
06 Mar	Theosophy, Goethe and Hegel	Introduction to the Basics of Theosophy	Amsterdam	111
07 Mar	Esoteric Christianity	Introduction to the Basics of Theosophy	Amsterdam	111
07 Mar	The Astral World and Devachan	Introduction to the Basics of Theosophy	Amsterdam	111
08 Mar	The Esoteric Life	Introduction to the Basics of Theosophy	Rotterdam	111
09 Mar	Grade of Higher Knowledge (Steps to Higher Knowledge)	Introduction to the Basics of Theosophy	Nijmegen	111
10 Mar	The Rosicrucian Esoteric Doctrine of the Evolution of the Cosmos	Introduction to the Basics of Theosophy	Nijmegen	111
10 Mar	Man's Life in the Light of Occult Science	Introduction to the Basics of Theosophy	Arnheim	111
12 Mar	Occupation and Earnings		Berlin	56
14 Mar	The Place of Anthroposophy in Philosophy	The Answers to Questions About the World and Life Provided by Anthroposophy	Berlin	108
14 Mar	Esoteric Lesson	From the Contents of Esoteric Classes I: 1904–1909	Berlin	266-I
16 Mar	Lecture V	The Influence of Spiritual Beings on Man	Berlin	102
17 Mar	The Development of the Earth and Humanity	Nature and Spirit Beings — Their Effects in Our Visible World	Munich	98
18 Mar	Man and Woman in Light of Spiritual Science		Munich	56
18 Mar	Esoteric Lesson	From the Contents of Esoteric Classes I: 1904–1909	Munich	266-I
19 Mar	Man, Woman and Child in the Light of Spiritual Science	The Nature of Man in the Light of Spiritual Science	Munich	68d
20 Mar	On Philosophy	The Answers to Questions About the World and Life Provided by Anthroposophy	Munich	108
24 Mar	Lecture VI	The Influence of Spiritual Beings on Man	Berlin	102
26 Mar	Sun, Moon and Stars		Berlin	56
30 Mar	Goethe's Esoteric Answer to the Riddle of the World	The Circular Flow of Man's Life within the World Of Sense, Soul And Spirit	Stockholm	68b
04 Apr	The Gospel of John from a Theosophical Point of View	The Essence of Christianity	Oslo	68a
06 Apr	The Essence of Sleep and Death	The Circular Flow of Man's Life within the World Of Sense, Soul And Spirit	Goteborg	68b
09 Apr	Outset and End of the Earth		Berlin	56
12 Apr	Esoteric Lesson	From the Contents of Esoteric Classes I: 1904–1909	Berlin	266-I
13 Apr	Easter: the Mystery of the Future	The Festivals and Their Meaning II: Easter	Berlin	102
16 Apr	Hell		Berlin	56
20 Apr	Lecture VII	The Influence of Spiritual Beings on Man	Berlin	102
29 Apr	The Relationship between Worlds and Beings	Nature and Spirit Beings — Their Effects in Our Visible World	Munich	98
13 May	An Outline of Religious Ideas in post-Atlantean Times		Berlin	102
14 May	Heaven		Berlin	56
15 May	Esoteric Lesson	From the Contents of Esoteric Classes I: 1904–1909	Berlin	266-I
16 May	Lecture VIII	The Influence of Spiritual Beings on Man	Berlin	102
18 May	The Doctrine of the Logos	The Gospel of St. John	Hamburg	103
18 May		Not Yet Available	Hamburg	277a
19 May	Esoteric Christianity	The Gospel of St. John	Hamburg	103
20 May	The Mission of the Earth	The Gospel of St. John	Hamburg	103
21 May	Man, Woman and Child in the Light of Spiritual Science	The Nature of Man in the Light of Spiritual Science	Hamburg	68d
22 May	The Raising of Lazarus	The Gospel of St. John	Hamburg	103
22 May	Esoteric Lesson	From the Contents of Esoteric Classes I: 1904–1909	Hamburg	266-I
23 May	The Seven Degrees of Initiation	The Gospel of St. John	Hamburg	103
24 May	Esoteric Lesson	From the Contents of Esoteric Classes I: 1904–1909	Hamburg	266-I
25 May	The “I AM”	The Gospel of St. John	Hamburg	103
26 May	The Mystery of Golgotha	The Gospel of St. John	Hamburg	103
27 May	Human Evolution in Its Relation to the Christ Principle	The Gospel of St. John	Hamburg	103
29 May	The Prophetical Documents and the Origin of Christianity	The Gospel of St. John	Hamburg	103
30 May	The Effect of the Christ Impulse Within Mankind	The Gospel of St. John	Hamburg	103
30 May	Christian Initiation	The Gospel of St. John	Hamburg	103
31 May	The Nature of the Virgin Sophia and of the Holy Spirit	The Gospel of St. John	Hamburg	103
31 May	Esoteric Lesson	From the Contents of Esoteric Classes I: 1904–1909	Hamburg	266-I
01 Jun	Lecture IX	The Influence of Spiritual Beings on Man	Berlin	102
04 Jun	Lecture X	The Influence of Spiritual Beings on Man	Berlin	102
05 Jun	Esoteric Lesson	From the Contents of Esoteric Classes I: 1904–1909	Berlin	266-I
07 Jun	Whitsuntide: Collective Spiritual Striving and Working toward Spiritualisation of the World I	Nature and Spirit Beings — Their Effects in Our Visible World	Cologne	98
07 Jun	Whitsun: the Festival of United Soul-Endeavour	The Festivals and Their Meaning III : Ascension and Pentecost	Cologne
10 Jun	Friedrich Nietzsche In the Light of Spiritual Science	The Answers to Questions About the World and Life Provided by Anthroposophy	Düsseldorf	108
11 Jun	Lecture XI	The Influence of Spiritual Beings on Man	Berlin	102
14 Jun	Elemental Beings and other Higher Spiritual Beings	Nature and Spirit Beings — Their Effects in Our Visible World	Munich	98
14 Jun	Esoteric Lesson	From the Contents of Esoteric Classes I: 1904–1909	Munich	266-I
15 Jun	Goethe, Hegel and Theosophy	Goethe and the Present	Munich	68c
15 Jun	Esoteric Lesson	Not Yet Available	Munich	266-I
17 Jun	Introductory Lecture	The Apocalypse of St. John	Nuremberg	104
18 Jun	Lecture I	The Apocalypse of St. John	Nuremberg	104
19 Jun	Lecture II	The Apocalypse of St. John	Nuremberg	104
20 Jun	Lecture III	The Apocalypse of St. John	Nuremberg	104
21 Jun	Lecture IV	The Apocalypse of St. John	Nuremberg	104
22 Jun	Lecture V	The Apocalypse of St. John	Nuremberg	104
23 Jun	Lecture VI	The Apocalypse of St. John	Nuremberg	104
24 Jun	Lecture VII	The Apocalypse of St. John	Nuremberg	104
25 Jun	Lecture VIII	The Apocalypse of St. John	Nuremberg	104
26 Jun	Lecture IX	The Apocalypse of St. John	Nuremberg	104
27 Jun	Lecture X	The Apocalypse of St. John	Nuremberg	104
29 Jun	Lecture XI	The Apocalypse of St. John	Nuremberg	104
30 Jun	Lecture XII	The Apocalypse of St. John	Nuremberg	104
04 Jul	Esoteric Lesson	Not Yet Available	Kassel	266-I
04 Aug	Lecture I	Universe, Earth and Man	Stuttgart	105
05 Aug	Lecture II	Universe, Earth and Man	Stuttgart	105
05 Aug	Esoteric Lesson	From the Contents of Esoteric Classes I: 1904–1909	Stuttgart	266-I
06 Aug	Lecture III	Universe, Earth and Man	Stuttgart	105
07 Aug	Lecture IV	Universe, Earth and Man	Stuttgart	105
08 Aug	Lecture V	Universe, Earth and Man	Stuttgart	105
09 Aug	Esoteric Lesson	From the Contents of Esoteric Classes I: 1904–1909	Stuttgart	266-I
10 Aug	Lecture VI	Universe, Earth and Man	Stuttgart	105
11 Aug	Lecture VII	Universe, Earth and Man	Stuttgart	105
12 Aug	Lecture VIII	Universe, Earth and Man	Stuttgart	105
13 Aug	Lecture IX	Universe, Earth and Man	Stuttgart	105
13 Aug	Esoteric Lesson	From the Contents of Esoteric Classes I: 1904–1909	Stuttgart	266-I
14 Aug	Lecture X	Universe, Earth and Man	Stuttgart	105
16 Aug	Lecture XI	Universe, Earth and Man	Stuttgart	105
16 Aug	Esoteric Lesson	Not Yet Available	Stuttgart	266-I
17 Aug	Philosophy and Anthroposophy		Stuttgart	35
02 Sep	Spiritual Connections between the Culture-streams of Ancient and Modern Times	Egyptian Myths and Mysteries	Leipzig	106
02 Sep	Esoteric Lesson	Not Yet Available	Leipzig	266-I
03 Sep	The Reflection of Cosmic Events in the Religious Views of Men	Egyptian Myths and Mysteries	Leipzig	106
04 Sep	The Old Initiation Centers. The Human Form as the Subject of Meditation	Egyptian Myths and Mysteries	Leipzig	106
05 Sep	The Experiences of Initiation. The Mysteries of the Planets.	Egyptian Myths and Mysteries	Leipzig	106
07 Sep	The Genesis of the Trinity of Sun, Moon, and Earth. Osiris and Typhon.	Egyptian Myths and Mysteries	Leipzig	106
08 Sep	The Influence of Osiris and Isis. Facts of Occult Anatomy and Physiology.	Egyptian Myths and Mysteries	Leipzig	106
09 Sep	Evolutionary Events in the Human Organism up to the Departure of the Moon	Egyptian Myths and Mysteries	Leipzig	106
10 Sep	The Stages of Evolution of the Human Form The Expulsion of the Animal Beings	Egyptian Myths and Mysteries	Leipzig	106
11 Sep	The Influence of the Sun and Moon Spirits, of the Isis and Osiris Forces	Egyptian Myths and Mysteries	Leipzig	106
12 Sep	Old Myths as Pictures of Cosmic Facts	Egyptian Myths and Mysteries	Leipzig	106
13 Sep	The Ancient Egyptian Doctrine of Evolution	Egyptian Myths and Mysteries	Leipzig	106
14 Sep	The Christ Impulse as Conqueror of Matter	Egyptian Myths and Mysteries	Leipzig	106
15 Oct	How and Where Does One Find the Spirit?		Berlin	57
19 Oct	The Astral World	The Astral World	Berlin	107
20 Oct	Formal Logic I	The Answers to Questions About the World and Life Provided by Anthroposophy	Berlin	108
21 Oct	Some Characteristics of the Astral World	The Astral World	Berlin	107
22 Oct	Goethe's Secret Revelation: Exoteric	Goethe's Secret Revelation	Berlin	57
22 Oct	On Higher-Dimensional Space	The Fourth Dimension (2024)	Berlin	324a
23 Oct	History of the Physical Plane and Occult History		Berlin	107
24 Oct	Goethe's Secret Revelation: Esoteric	Goethe's Secret Revelation	Berlin	57
25 Oct	Esoteric Lesson	Not Yet Available	Berlin	266-I
26 Oct	The Law of the Astral Plane: Renunciation; The Law of the Devachanic Plane: Sacrifice	The Astral World	Berlin	107
26 Oct	Novalis		Berlin	108
26 Oct	7th. General Meeting of the German Section of the Theosophical Society	Not Yet Available	Berlin	261
26 Oct	Seventh General Assembly of the German Section of the Theosophical Society	The History of the German Section of the Theosophical Society 1902-1913		250
27 Oct	Concerning the Nature of Pain, Suffering, Joy, and Bliss		Berlin	107
27 Oct	The Mission of Savonarola		Berlin	108
28 Oct	Formal Logic II	The Answers to Questions About the World and Life Provided by Anthroposophy	Berlin	108
29 Oct	Four Human Soul Groups		Berlin	107
02 Nov	Forgetting	The Being of Man and His Future Evolution	Berlin	107
03 Nov	The Bible and Wisdom	The Essence of Christianity	Bielefeld	68a
05 Nov	The Course of Human Life from the Standpoint of Spiritual Science	The Nature of Man in the Light of Spiritual Science	Hanover	68d
06 Nov	Carnegie and Tolstoy		Munich	68b
06 Nov	Tolstoy And Carnegie	The Circular Flow of Man's Life within the World Of Sense, Soul And Spirit	Munich	68b
07 Nov	Clairvoyance and Fantasy	The Circular Flow of Man's Life within the World Of Sense, Soul And Spirit	Munich	68b
08 Nov	On Philosophy and Formal Logic	The Answers to Questions About the World and Life Provided by Anthroposophy	Munich	108
08 Nov	Esoteric Lesson	From the Contents of Esoteric Classes I: 1904–1909	Munich	266-I
10 Nov	Different Types of Illness	The Being of Man and His Future Evolution	Berlin	107
11 Nov	Esoteric Lesson	From the Contents of Esoteric Classes I: 1904–1909	Berlin	266-I
12 Nov	The Bible and Wisdom		Berlin	57
13 Nov	Hegel's Theory of Categories		Berlin	108
14 Nov	The Bible and Wisdom (New Testament)		Berlin	57
16 Nov	The Ten Commandments	The Ten Commandments and the Sermon on the Mount	Berlin	107
17 Nov	Esoteric Lesson	From the Contents of Esoteric Classes I: 1904–1909	Berlin	266-I
18 Nov	The Course of Human Life from the Standpoint of Spiritual Science	The Nature of Man in the Light of Spiritual Science	Prague	68d
21 Nov	Regarding Higher Worlds		Vienna	108
23 Nov	What is Self Knowledge?		Vienna	108
24 Nov	The Essence of Man as the Key to the Secrets of the World	The Circular Flow of Man's Life within the World Of Sense, Soul And Spirit	Vienna	68b
01 Dec	Where and How Can one Find the Spirit?	The Circular Flow of Man's Life within the World Of Sense, Soul And Spirit	Wroclaw	68b
02 Dec	Life between Two Reincarnations	The Answers to Questions About the World and Life Provided by Anthroposophy	Wroclaw	108
05 Dec	The Bible and Wisdom		Hanover	68a
06 Dec	Esoteric Lesson	Not Yet Available	Hamburg	266-I
07 Dec	The Apostle Paul and Theosophy	The Essence of Christianity	Bremen	68a
08 Dec	Original Sin	The Being of Man and His Future Evolution	Berlin	107
10 Dec	Superstition from the Standpoint of Spiritual Science		Berlin	57
13 Dec	The Rishis		Stuttgart	108
14 Dec	The Ten Commandments		Stuttgart	108
15 Dec	The Secret of the Human Temperaments	The Nature of Man in the Light of Spiritual Science	Nuremberg	68d
16 Dec	A Chapter of Occult History		Nuremberg	108
17 Dec	Questions of Nutrition in the Light of Spiritual Science		Berlin	57
21 Dec	Rhythm in the Bodies of Man	The Being of Man and His Future Evolution	Berlin	107
21 Dec	Esoteric Lesson	Not Yet Available	Berlin	266-I
22 Dec	The Christmas Mystery. Novalis, the Seer		Berlin	108
26 Dec	The Interpretation of Fairy Tales	The Poetry and Meaning of Fairy Tales	Berlin	108
28 Dec	Esoteric Lesson	Not Yet Available	Berlin	266-I

December 01 GMT

Year	Lecture Title	Book Title	City	Volume
1896	Dr. Wüllner as Othello	Collected Essays on Drama 1889–1900		29
1903	On the Process of Becoming of the Human Races	Self-Knowledge and God-Knowledge I	Berlin	90a
1904	Theosophy and Nietzsche	Origin and Goal of the Human Being	Berlin	53
1905	The Creation of the World and the Descent of Man	The Circular Flow of Man's Life within the World Of Sense, Soul And Spirit	Cologne	68b
1906	Education in the Light of Spiritual Science	Supersensible Knowledge	Cologne	55
1906	Esoteric Lesson	From the Contents of Esoteric Classes I: 1904–1909	Cologne	266-I
1907	Natural Science at a Crossroads	The Circular Flow of Man's Life within the World Of Sense, Soul And Spirit	Nuremberg	68b
1907	Man and the Surrounding World	Nature and Spirit Beings — Their Effects in Our Visible World	Nuremberg	98
1908	Where and How Can one Find the Spirit?	The Circular Flow of Man's Life within the World Of Sense, Soul And Spirit	Wroclaw	68b
1911	From Jesus to Christ	A New Experience of Christ	Nuremberg	69c
1912	Addresses from Receitations I	Not Yet Available	Berlin	281
1913	Spiritual Science and the Spiritual Goals of Our Time	The Humanities and the Future of Humanity	Basel	69e
1914	The “Barbarians” of Schiller and Fichte	The Human Soul, Fate and Death	Munich	70a
1918	The Mechanistic, Eugenic and Hygienic Aspects of the Future	The Challenge of the Times	Dornach	186
1921	World Development in the Light of Anthroposophy	Foundations of Anthroposophy	Oslo	79
1921	World Development in the Light of Anthroposophy	World Development in the Light of Anthroposophy	Oslo	79
1922	Moral Qualities and the Life after Death. Windows of the Earth.	Man and the World of Stars	Dornach	219
1923	Lecture V	Mystery Centres	Dornach	232
1923	Lecture IV	Nine Lectures on Bees	Dornach	351