A Short Bio for Rudolf Steiner
- Born Feb. 27 1861 in Kraljevec (today Croatia)
- Technical Gymnasium, then Technical High School in Vienna
- Through teacher K.J. Schröer Steiner becomes the editor of the natural scientific writings of Goethe
- 1983 Publishes his basic work The Philosophy of Spiritual Activity (Philosophy of Freedom)
- Around 1900 Starts developing his method of Spiritual Science, in addition to and complementing Natural Science
- 1902 Supported by later wife Marie von Sievers, General Secretary of German Sec. of Theosophical Society led by Annie Besant
- 1912 Leaves because of absurdities around young Krishnamurti allegedly being the expected Maitreya Buddha or “Christ”
- 1913 Lectures within the new Anthroposophical Society founded not by him, but for him
- 1913 (September) Foundation stone laid for the first Goetheanum cupola building
- 1917 Memoranda about Threefolding of the social organism
- 1919 Founding of the first Waldorf School in Stuttgart
- 1922/23 Burning down of the Goetheanum (arson)
- 1923/24 New Anthroposophical Society with Steiner as chairman
- 1924 Agricultural Course, lectures about Karma and Reincarnation
- 1925 Fundamentals of Therapy, written together with his friend, the doctor Ita Wegman
- 1925 (March 30th) Steiner dies in Dornach, Switzerland
- 1928 Second Goetheanum opened
Basic Works:
- Philosophy of Spiritual Activity
- Christianity as a Mystical Fact
- Theosophy
- How to get Knowledge of Higher Worlds
- Occult Science
- Towards Social Renewal
- Four Mystery Dramas
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