Spiritual Hierarchies and the Physical World: Zodiac, Planets & Cosmos

10 lectures in Düsseldorf, April 12-18, 1909;
participants' notes from Q&A sessions (CW 110)

Ever since nature and consciousness were separated during the late Middle Ages--giving rise to scientific thinking that considers only the physical world and views the mind as merely an epiphenomenon of neural chemistry--the spiritual beings who are the universe have felt abandoned and unable to complete their work, which depends on human collaboration for its suc-cess. Human beings have likewise fel...