GA 270

Esoteric Lessons for the First Class of the School of Spiritual Science

Esoterische Unterweisungen für die erste Klasse der Freien Hochschule für Geisteswissenschaft

Nineteen lessons and seven repetition lessons, held in Dornach between 15 February and 20 September 1924, as well as four individual lessons, held in Prague, Berne and London in April and August 1924.

Fourth edition 2020. Until now, the class lessons were only available as a lavish offprint in large format. The step to bundle them in one volume and also to integrate them into the series of GA volumes in terms of format corresponds to a need that must be taken seriously today. Whereas the acquisition of the volumes used to be linked to conditions, which the large-format edition with its special position in the complete works also expressed externally, the integration into the whole of the GA volumes also means a "levelling". This means that what is true of Rudolf Steiner's entire oeuvre applies to the Class Lessons: it consists of printed books that only come to life through reading and the inner work associated with it, whether this work is of a philosophical or esoteric nature. Only this work creates the actual protection, and it is at the same time the prerequisite for spiritual effectiveness.

German Edition 1999 / English Edition 2021

Nineteen lessons and seven repetition lessons, held in Dornach between February 15 and September 20, 1924, as well as four individual lessons, held in Prague, Berne and London in April and August 1924. Book of plates with reproductions of Rudolf Steiner's wall charts and manuscripts.

Originaly first published 1924 in four volumes by the Rudolf Steiner Nachlassverwaltung in collaboration with the School of Spiritual Science at the Goetheanum in Dornach.

The English translations of the mantric verses have been reworked by a committed group of translators, linguists, and editors to express the subtleties of meaning, grammatical accuracy, and poetic style while retaining the original sound and meter of the German mantric forms. Three versions of the existing English translations are also included.

Volume I:	1. - 9. Lesson English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org
Volume II:	10. - 19. Lesson English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org
Volume III:	7 Revision Lessons in Dornach, 4 Individual Lessons in Prague, Bern and London (2) English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org
Volume IV:	Blackboard drawings pdf

Literature

• Rudolf Steiner, George Adams (Translator), Michael Wilson (Translator), Johanna Collis (Translator), Virginia Sease (Introduction), Simon Blaxland-de Lange (Introduction), Julian Sleigh (Introduction): Esoteric Lessons for the First Class of the School of Spiritual Science at the Goetheanum. CW 270. Rudolf Steiner Press 2021. ISBN 978-1855845824

German

• Rudolf Steiner: Esoterische Unterweisungen für die erste Klasse der Freien Hochschule für Geisteswissenschaft, 4. Auflage, GA 270 (2020), ISBN 978-3-7274-2701-5
• Rudolf Steiner: Esoterische Unterweisungen für die erste Klasse der Freien Hochschule für Geisteswissenschaft am Goetheanum 1924, GA 270 I-IV (1999), ISBN 3-7274-2700-0
• Rudolf Steiner: Der Meditationsweg der Michaelschule in neunzehn Stufen. Rudolf Steiners esoterisches Vermächtnis aus dem Jahre 1924, Perseus Vlg. Basel 2011 ISBN 978-3-907564-79-0
• Rudolf Steiner: Der Meditationsweg der Michaelschule, Ergänzungsband. Die Wiederholungsstunden in Prag, Bern, London und Dornach, Perseus Vlg., Basel 2011 ISBN ISBN 978-3-907564-87-5
• Rudolf Steiner: Für alle Menschen, Bd. 3: Die innere Entwicklung, Verlag Rudolf Steiner Ausgaben, Bad Liebenzell 2017, ISBN 978-3-86772-075-5
• Rudolf Steiner: Die Mantren, 2. erweiterte Auflage, Verlag Rudolf Steiner Ausgaben, Bad Liebenzell 2017, ISBN 978-3-86772-222-3

References to the work of Rudolf Steiner follow Rudolf Steiner's Collected Works (CW or GA), Rudolf Steiner Verlag, Dornach/Switzerland, unless otherwise stated. Email: verlag@steinerverlag.com URL: www.steinerverlag.com. Index to the Complete Works of Rudolf Steiner - Aelzina Books A complete list by Volume Number and a full list of known English translations you may also find at Rudolf Steiner's Collected Works Rudolf Steiner Archive - The largest online collection of Rudolf Steiner's books, lectures and articles in English. Rudolf Steiner Audio - Recorded and Read by Dale Brunsvold steinerbooks.org - Anthroposophic Press Inc. (USA) Rudolf Steiner Handbook - Christian Karl's proven standard work for orientation in Rudolf Steiner's Collected Works for free download as PDF.