Nine lectures held in Berlin on October 23, 1911, and between March 19 and June 20, 1912 (CW 133)
Vistas of primordial cosmic happenings, of ages of gray antiquity in human history which, nevertheless, shed clearest light upon our present age, are opened up with particular vividness in these lectures given to members of the Anthroposophical Society--with certain interruptions, but in constantly recurring rhythm--in Berlin, where Rudolf Steiner made his home for many years between continual traveling. The lectures were given in order that the conscience of a small group of human beings at least might be made alive to the tasks of the time, to the vital significance of the hour in which we are living.
