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The Rudolf Steiner Archive

a project of Steiner Online Library, a public charity

Man's Being, His Destiny and World Evolution
GA 226

Steiner describes here the journey of the soul through the planetary and stellar spheres during sleep and after death.

These six lectures, translated from the German by Erna McArthur, were given in Oslo in May of 1923. In the collected edition of Rudolf Steiner's works, the volume containing these texts is entitled: The Human Being, His Destiny and World Evolution. They are published in German as: Menschenwesen, Menschenschicksal und Welt-Entwickelung (vol. 226 in the Bibliographic Survey).

I.On the Nature and Destiny of Man and World May 16, 1923
II.Life between Death and a New Incarnation May 17, 1923
III.Our Experiences at Night, Life after Death May 18, 1923
IV.Man's Being, His Destiny and World Evolution, Part I May 19, 1923
V.Man's Being, His Destiny and World Evolution, Part II May 20, 1923
VI.Man's Being, His Destiny and World Evolution, Part III May 21, 1923