The Spiritual Guidance of the Individual and Humanity by Rudolf Steiner tr by by Samuel Desch (1992).pdf

L ECTURE O NE i

T HE S PIRITUAL G UIDANCE OF

THE I NDIVIDUAL AND H UMANITY

ii S PIRITUAL G UIDANCE

L ECTURE O NE iii

T HE S PIRITUAL G UIDANCE OF

THE I NDIVIDUAL AND H UMANITY

Some Results of Spiritual-Scientific Research

into Human History and Development

R UDOLF S TEINER

Translated by Samuel Desch

A NTHROPOSOPHIC P RESS

iv S PIRITUAL G UIDANCE

This book is a translation of Die geistige Führung des Menschen

und der Menschheit (volume 15 in the Collected Works), published

by Rudolf Steiner Verlag, Dornach, Switzerland, 1974.

Published in the United States by Anthroposophic Press,

R.R.4, Box 94 A1, Hudson, New York 12534.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Steiner, Rudolf, 1861-1925.

[Geistige Führung des Menschen und der Menschheit. English]

The spiritual guidance of the individual and humanity : some results of

spiritual-scientific research into human history and development /

Rudolf Steiner ; translated by Samuel Desch.

Translation of: Die geistige Führung des Menschen und der Menschheit.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN 0-88010-364-7

1. Anthroposophy. 2. Jesus Christ—Anthroposophical interpretations.

I. Title.

BP595.S894G4713 1992

92-3707

299’.935—dc20

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Cover Design by Barbara Richey and Mary Giddens.

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for brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and articles.

Printed in the United States of America.