The Spirit of the Waldorf School: 6 lectures, Stuttgart and Basel, 1919 (GAs 297, 24)

6 lectures and an essay, 1919-1920 (CW 297)

World War I destroyed the structures, values, and self-confidence that created the seeming greatness of the nineteenth century. In its place stood ruins and the shards of a civilization. In response to this, Emil Molt--the director of the Waldorf-Astoria Cigarette Factory and a student of Rudolf Steiner--decided to establish a school to educate people who could create a new culture. Thus, the Waldorf school movement was begun. Rudolf Steiner agreed...