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Behind the Scenes of External Happenings
The Fall of the Spirits of Darkness
By Rudolf Steiner
GA 178
Two lectures given in Zurich,
6th and 13th November, 1917 —
an authorised translation from shorthand reports
unrevised by the Lecturer.
These lectures are a part of the work:
Individual Spiritual Beings Working in the Human Soul,
the title in German is:
Individuelle Geistwesen und Ihr Wirken in der Seele
des Menschen. Geistige Wesen und ihre Wirkungen.
This English edition is published in agreement with, and the kind
permission of the Rudolf Steiner Nachlassverwaltung, Dornach,
Switzerland.
The translation was done by Dorothy S. Osmond and Owen Barfield.
Copyright © 1947
This e.Text edition is provided through the wonderful work of:
The Rudolf Steiner Publishing Co. London
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| Contents |
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| Lecture 1 |
November 06, 1917 |
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Interplay between forces unfolded by the human being after death and
forces unfolded here on the physical plane. Much that in earlier times
might be safely left outside the realm of consciousness will now have
to be raised into consciousness. Unlawful methods of acquiring
impulses connected with the future. “Propagandists by
Action.” The Order of murderers known as the
“Thugs.”
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| Lecture 2 |
November 13, 1917 |
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Monotheism and man's relationship to his Guardian Angel. The battle
of Michael with the Dragon. Aims of occult brotherhoods in connection
with the acquisition of power. Contact with the Dead. The necessity
for establishing real relationships with the spiritual world. The
thought as an actual power in the soul.
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