guardian of the thresholdHüter der Schwelle

aliases (en): dweller on the threshold; dweller of the threshold.

section aliases (The lesser guardian): lesser guardian; lesser guardian of the threshold; little guardian of the threshold; kleiner Hüter der Schwelle; kleinerer Hüter der Schwelle. The first of the two guardians Rudolf Steiner distinguishes: a person's own past, karma and imperfections met as a being (GA 10; GA 119 of 24 March 1910). Occult Science and the lecture of 12 March 1910 call this figure the double (GA 13, chapter V; GA 68b); the double has a second sense, an ahrimanic being, that is not the guardian.

section aliases (The greater guardian): greater guardian; greater guardian of the threshold; great guardian of the threshold; großer Hüter der Schwelle; größerer Hüter der Schwelle.

How this entry was madesections 14 · references 200 · books 35 · articles 9 · lectures 156 · generated

selection principle. Texts are listed whether they say guardian of the threshold or, in older translations, dweller on (or of) the threshold. Every lesson of the First Class of 1924 (GA 270), in which the guardian speaks, is listed, in one of its two English translations; scenes of Rudolf Steiner's mystery dramas are listed where the guardian appears or is spoken of. The headings are this index's own.

usage. This entry lists where Rudolf Steiner's collected works (the Gesamtausgabe, GA) treat the subject. It contains no quotations: the headings, scope lines and notes are this index's wording, not Steiner's. Under each heading Steiner's own books (GA 1 to 28) come first, then articles and notes (GA 29 to 46), then lectures in date order. A text is listed when it treats the subject or the point its heading names, not when the word merely occurs. A paragraph number marks the passage that is the point, and a range of paragraphs (at most twelve) the passages that are; a reference marked whole is a chapter or lecture that treats the subject throughout. A reference with neither a paragraph nor the mark whole was listed before this rule and names the chapter or lecture without saying where in it the subject is treated; such references are being read and pinned or marked. A book's defining paragraph is also listed in German where the German edition numbers or names it differently, and so is a lecture's paragraph whose German word the translation renders loosely; the two references are one passage. A lecture with more than one English translation is listed once. Texts with no English translation are listed in German, and so are the esoteric lessons (GA 266), whose German is the original record; each reference's witnesses name every language the site serves it in. A reference marked as listeners' notes was written down by others (a listener, a newspaper, the minutes), one marked report by others is another person's account of a meeting or event, one marked mixed sources comes from a volume that holds both listeners' records and texts in Steiner's own hand, one marked stenogram rests on a shorthand transcript, and one marked record unknown is a lecture for which no evidence of how it was taken down is on record, which is not an assurance of a stenogram. One marked may be abridged is a translation shorter than the German. A lecture names the place its own heading gives, and an English reference names its translator from that lecture's own source (never another lecture's or the volume's credit) or says that no translator is on record. Read a passage before saying what it contains.

Who the guardian of the threshold is

19

Where the guardian is characterized: the being met at the boundary between the sense world and the spiritual world, and why he stands there.

Books

  1. GA 10 How to Know Higher Worlds (The Way of Initiation): IX. The Guardian of the Thresholdp010en:RSPC1947no translator on record
  2. GA 10 How to Know Higher Worlds (The Way of Initiation): X. Life and Death. The Greater Guardian of the Thresholdp003en:RSPC1947no translator on record
  3. GA 13 An Outline of Esoteric Science (Occult Science): V. Knowledge of the Higher Worlds—Concerning Initiationp109en:RSP1969translated by George and Mary Adams
  4. GA 17 The Threshold of the Spiritual World: VIII. Concerning the Guardian of the Threshold and some Peculiarities of Clairvoyant Consciousnessp010en:GPP1922no translator on record

Lectures

  1. GA 93a Basic Elements of Esotericism: Lecture II27 September 1905Berlinp018en:Englishlisteners notestranslated by Vera and Judith Compton-Burnett
  2. GA 94 Cosmology: VIII. The Christian Mystery1 June 1906Parisp011en:Englishlisteners notestranslated by René Queirdo
  3. GA 98 Nature and Spirit Beings — Their Effects in Our Visible World: II. Esoteric Development and Super-sensible Knowledge7 November 1907Viennap025en:Englishlisteners notestranslated by Antje Heymanns
  4. GA 113 The Orient in the Light of the Occident; The Children of Lucifer and the Brothers of Christ: 2. Comparison of the Wisdom of East and West24 August 1909Munichp018en:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Steiner Online Library
  5. GA 138 Initiation, Eternity and the Passing Moment: Lecture III27 August 1912Munichp025en:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Gilbert Church
  6. GA 138 Initiation, Eternity and the Passing Moment: Lecture VII31 August 1912Munichp022en:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Gilbert Church
  7. GA 69a Truths and Errors in Spiritual Research: V. Errors of Spiritual Research I27 November 1912Münchensteinp023en:Englishrecord unknownno translator on record
  8. GA 69e Spiritual Science and the Future of Humanity: IX. Errors of Spiritual Research3 January 1913Colognep009en:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Steiner Online Library
  9. GA 69a Truths and Errors in Spiritual Research: VII. The Questions of Life and the Riddle of Death I16 February 1913Triestep019en:Englishrecord unknownno translator on record
  10. GA 62 Results of Spiritual Research: 12. Errors in Spiritual Investigation6 March 1913Berlinp018en:Englishrecord unknownno translator on record
  11. GA 147 The Secrets of the Threshold: Lecture VIII31 August 1913Munichp015en:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Ruth Pusch
  12. GA 304 Educational and Teaching Methods: I. Anthroposophical Spiritual Science and the Great Questions of our Present Civilization23 February 1921The Haguep011en:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by René M. Querido
  13. GA 270 Esoteric Instructions: First Lesson in Prague3 April 1924Praguep026en:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by John Riedel
  14. GA 270 Esoteric Instructions: Lesson XV21 June 1924Dornachp014en:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Frank Thomas Smith
  15. GA 270 Esoteric Instructions: Lecture XX (Recapitulation of Lesson I)6 September 1924Dornachp033en:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Frank Thomas Smith

The lesser guardian

16

Where the lesser guardian is treated: a person's own past, karma and character standing before him as a being, and what that being asks.

Books

  1. GA 10 How to Know Higher Worlds (The Way of Initiation): IX. The Guardian of the Thresholdwholeen:RSPC1947no translator on record
  2. GA 10 How to Know Higher Worlds (The Way of Initiation): X. Life and Death. The Greater Guardian of the Thresholdp006en:RSPC1947no translator on record
  3. GA 13 An Outline of Esoteric Science (Occult Science): V. Knowledge of the Higher Worlds—Concerning Initiationp106 to p113en:RSP1969translated by George and Mary Adams
  4. GA 17 The Threshold of the Spiritual World: VIII. Concerning the Guardian of the Threshold and some Peculiarities of Clairvoyant Consciousnessp009 to p011en:GPP1922no translator on record

Lectures

  1. GA 89 Consciousness — Life — Form: Planetary Evolution III22 October 1904Berlinp016en:Englishlisteners notestranslated by Anna Meuss
  2. GA 93a Basic Elements of Esotericism: Lecture II27 September 1905Berlinp018en:Englishlisteners notestranslated by Vera and Judith Compton-Burnett
  3. GA 98 Nature and Spirit Beings — Their Effects in Our Visible World: II. Esoteric Development and Super-sensible Knowledge7 November 1907Viennap024 to p027en:Englishlisteners notestranslated by Antje Heymanns
  4. GA 117a The Gospel of John and the Three Other Gospels: Fifth Lecture8 January 1910Stockholmp020 to p022en:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Steiner Online Library
  5. GA 68b The Circular Flow of Man's Life within the World Of Sense, Soul And Spirit: 55. The Mission of Devotion12 March 1910Munichp030 to p037en:Englishlisteners notestranslated by Steiner Online Library
  6. GA 119 Macrocosm and Microcosm: 3. The Inner Path Followed by the Mystic. Experience the Cycle of the Year23 March 1910Viennap018 to p019en:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Dorothy S. Osmond and Charles Davy
  7. GA 119 Macrocosm and Microcosm: 4. Faculties of the Human Soul and Their Development24 March 1910Viennawholeen:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Dorothy S. Osmond and Charles Davy
  8. GA 124 Excursions into the Subject of The Gospel of Mark: V. The Two Main Streams of Post-Atlantean Civilisation19 December 1910Berlinp012en:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by E. H. Goddard and Dorothy S. Osmond
  9. GA 69e Spiritual Science and the Future of Humanity: XXI. Spiritual Science and the Future of Humanity30 January 1911Colognep009en:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Steiner Online Library
  10. GA 62 Results of Spiritual Research: 13. Morality in the Light of Spiritual Research3 April 1913Berlinp031en:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Steiner Online Library
  11. GA 147 The Secrets of the Threshold: Lecture VIII31 August 1913Munichp014 to p016en:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Ruth Pusch
  12. GA 265a Lessons for the Participants of Cognitive-Cultic Work 1906–1924: The Guardian of the Threshold21 May 1923Oslop038 to p043en:Englishlisteners notestranslated by Steiner Online Library

The greater guardian

8

Where the greater guardian is treated: the sublime being met when the soul is freed from the sense world, and the task he points to.

Books

  1. GA 10 How to Know Higher Worlds (The Way of Initiation): X. Life and Death. The Greater Guardian of the Thresholdp009 to p013en:RSPC1947no translator on record
  2. GA 13 An Outline of Esoteric Science (Occult Science): V. Knowledge of the Higher Worlds—Concerning Initiationp122 to p124en:RSP1969translated by George and Mary Adams

Lectures

  1. GA 117a The Gospel of John and the Three Other Gospels: Fifth Lecture8 January 1910Stockholmp023 to p029en:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Steiner Online Library
  2. GA 68b The Circular Flow of Man's Life within the World Of Sense, Soul And Spirit: 55. The Mission of Devotion12 March 1910Munichp038 to p041en:Englishlisteners notestranslated by Steiner Online Library
  3. GA 119 Macrocosm and Microcosm: 3. The Inner Path Followed by the Mystic. Experience the Cycle of the Year23 March 1910Viennap037 to p038en:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Dorothy S. Osmond and Charles Davy
  4. GA 119 Macrocosm and Microcosm: 7. The Four Spheres of the Higher Worlds28 March 1910Viennap024 to p025en:Englishrecord unknownno translator on record
  5. GA 124 Excursions into the Subject of The Gospel of Mark: V. The Two Main Streams of Post-Atlantean Civilisation19 December 1910Berlinp028en:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by E. H. Goddard and Dorothy S. Osmond
  6. GA 246 Supplements to Member Lectures: 40. Transformations of the Horizon of Consciousness8 April 1911Bolognap008en:Englishlisteners notestranslated by Steiner Online Library

Meeting the guardian on the path of knowledge

29

Where the meeting is treated: preparation, courage and self-knowledge, the dangers of meeting him unprepared, and the errors of spiritual research.

Books

  1. GA 10 How to Know Higher Worlds (The Way of Initiation): IX. The Guardian of the Thresholdwholeen:RSPC1947no translator on record
  2. GA 13 An Outline of Esoteric Science (Occult Science): V. Knowledge of the Higher Worlds—Concerning Initiationp108 to p113en:RSP1969translated by George and Mary Adams
  3. GA 16 A Road to Self-Knowledge: Fourth Meditationp011 to p013en:AP1956translated by M. Cotterell
  4. GA 17 The Threshold of the Spiritual World: VIII. Concerning the Guardian of the Threshold and some Peculiarities of Clairvoyant Consciousnessp009 to p014en:GPP1922no translator on record
  5. GA 17 The Threshold of the Spiritual World: IX. Concerning the Ego-Feeling and the Human Soul's Capacity for Love; and the Relation of these to the Elemental Worldp001en:GPP1922no translator on record
  6. GA 17 The Threshold of the Spiritual World: X. Concerning the Boundary between the Physical World and Supersensible Worldsp005en:GPP1922no translator on record

Articles

  1. GA 46 Posthumous Essays and Fragments 1879-1924: 73. Clairvoyance, Reason and Sciencep012en:Englishtranslated by Steiner Online Library

Lectures

  1. GA 89 Consciousness — Life — Form: Planetary Evolution III22 October 1904Berlinp017en:Englishlisteners notestranslated by Anna Meuss
  2. GA 94 Cosmology: VIII. The Christian Mystery1 June 1906Parisp012en:Englishlisteners notestranslated by René Queirdo
  3. GA 98 Nature and Spirit Beings — Their Effects in Our Visible World: II. Esoteric Development and Super-sensible Knowledge7 November 1907Viennap027en:Englishlisteners notestranslated by Antje Heymanns
  4. GA 68a The Essence of Christianity: 37. The Dangers of Initiation19 December 1907Colognep026en:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Steiner Online Library
  5. GA 113 The Orient in the Light of the Occident; The Children of Lucifer and the Brothers of Christ: 2. Comparison of the Wisdom of East and West24 August 1909Munichp018 to p019en:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Steiner Online Library
  6. GA 68b The Circular Flow of Man's Life within the World Of Sense, Soul And Spirit: 55. The Mission of Devotion12 March 1910Munichp032 to p042en:Englishlisteners notestranslated by Steiner Online Library
  7. GA 119 Macrocosm and Microcosm: 4. Faculties of the Human Soul and Their Development24 March 1910Viennap036en:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Dorothy S. Osmond and Charles Davy
  8. GA 138 Initiation, Eternity and the Passing Moment: Lecture III27 August 1912Munichp019 to p030en:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Gilbert Church
  9. GA 138 Initiation, Eternity and the Passing Moment: Lecture IV28 August 1912Munichp006 to p010en:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Gilbert Church
  10. GA 69a Truths and Errors in Spiritual Research: V. Errors of Spiritual Research I27 November 1912Münchensteinp022 to p029en:Englishrecord unknownno translator on record
  11. GA 69e Spiritual Science and the Future of Humanity: IX. Errors of Spiritual Research3 January 1913Colognep025 to p028en:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Steiner Online Library
  12. GA 69a Truths and Errors in Spiritual Research: VII. The Questions of Life and the Riddle of Death I16 February 1913Triestep017 to p020en:Englishrecord unknownno translator on record
  13. GA 62 Results of Spiritual Research: 12. Errors in Spiritual Investigation6 March 1913Berlinp017 to p021en:Englishrecord unknownno translator on record
  14. GA 145 The Significance of Occult Development: Lecture VIII27 March 1913The Haguep004 to p007en:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Henry Collison
  15. GA 62 Results of Spiritual Research: 13. Morality in the Light of Spiritual Research3 April 1913Berlinp033en:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Steiner Online Library
  16. GA 147 The Secrets of the Threshold: Lecture II25 August 1913Munichp024en:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Ruth Pusch
  17. GA 147 The Secrets of the Threshold: Lecture VIII31 August 1913Munichp016 to p020en:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Ruth Pusch
  18. GA 197 Contrasts in Human Development: Lecture VI25 July 1920Stuttgartp009 to p012en:Englishrecord unknownno translator on record
  19. GA 80b The Inner Nature and Essence of the Human Soul: 4. The Threshold In Nature and In Man1 February 1921Baselp029en:Englishrecord unknownno translator on record
  20. GA 265a Lessons for the Participants of Cognitive-Cultic Work 1906–1924: The Guardian of the Threshold21 May 1923Oslop035 to p046en:Englishlisteners notestranslated by Steiner Online Library
  21. GA 316 Meditative Reflections and Guidance for Deepening the Art of Healing: Christmas Course VIII9 January 1924Dornachp016 to p018en:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Gerald F. Karnow
  22. GA 270 Esoteric Instructions: Lesson IV7 March 1924Dornachp004en:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Frank Thomas Smith

Thinking, feeling and willing at the threshold

21

Where the separation of the soul's forces at the crossing is treated, with the three beasts and the guardian's warnings about them.

Lectures

  1. GA 119 Macrocosm and Microcosm: 4. Faculties of the Human Soul and Their Development24 March 1910Viennap032 to p039en:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Dorothy S. Osmond and Charles Davy
  2. GA 190 Past and Future Influences on Social Events: Lecture III11 April 1919Dornachp005 to p006en:Englishrecord unknownno translator on record
  3. GA 202 The Bridge Between Universal Spirituality and the Physical Constitution of Man: III. The Magi and the Shepherds: The New Isis25 December 1920Dornachp028 to p030en:Englishrecord unknownno translator on record
  4. GA 227 Initiatory Realization: 5. The Relation of Man to the Three Worlds23 August 1923Penmaenmawrp043 to p054en:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Violet E. Watkin and Charles Davy
  5. GA 270 Esoteric Instructions: Lesson I15 February 1924Dornachwholeen:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Frank Thomas Smith
  6. GA 270 Esoteric Instructions: Lesson II22 February 1924Dornachwholeen:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Frank Thomas Smith
  7. GA 270 Esoteric Instructions: Lesson III29 February 1924Dornachwholeen:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Frank Thomas Smith
  8. GA 270 Esoteric Instructions: Lesson IV7 March 1924Dornachp057 to p068en:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Frank Thomas Smith
  9. GA 270 Esoteric Instructions: Lesson V14 March 1924Dornachwholeen:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Frank Thomas Smith
  10. GA 270 Esoteric Instructions: First Lesson in Prague3 April 1924Praguep036 to p046en:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by John Riedel
  11. GA 270 Esoteric Instructions: Second Lesson in Prague5 April 1924Praguewholeen:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by John Riedel
  12. GA 270 Esoteric Instructions: Lesson VII11 April 1924Dornachwholeen:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Frank Thomas Smith
  13. GA 270 Esoteric Instructions: The Lesson in Berne17 April 1924Bernp019 to p027en:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by John Riedel
  14. GA 270 Esoteric Instructions: Lesson IX22 April 1924Dornachwholeen:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Frank Thomas Smith
  15. GA 270 Esoteric Instructions: Notes from the Second Lesson in London27 August 1924Londonp036 to p047en:Englishlisteners notestranslated by John Riedel
  16. GA 270 Esoteric Instructions: Lecture XX (Recapitulation of Lesson I)6 September 1924Dornachp052 to p055en:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Frank Thomas Smith
  17. GA 270 Esoteric Instructions: Lecture XXI (Recapitulation of Lesson II)9 September 1924Dornachwholeen:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Frank Thomas Smith
  18. GA 270 Esoteric Instructions: Lecture XXII (Recapitulation of Lesson III)11 September 1924Dornachwholeen:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Frank Thomas Smith
  19. GA 270 Esoteric Instructions: Lecture XXIV (Recapitulation of Lesson V)15 September 1924Dornachwholeen:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Frank Thomas Smith
  20. GA 270 Esoteric Instructions: Lecture XXV (Recapitulation of Lesson VI)17 September 1924Dornachwholeen:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Frank Thomas Smith
  21. GA 270 Esoteric Instructions: Lecture XXVI (Recapitulation of Lesson VII)20 September 1924Dornachwholeen:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Frank Thomas Smith

Lucifer, Ahriman and the guardian

10

Where the luciferic and ahrimanic powers are treated at the threshold and in relation to the guardian.

Books

  1. GA 13 An Outline of Esoteric Science (Occult Science): V. Knowledge of the Higher Worlds—Concerning Initiationp122en:RSP1969translated by George and Mary Adams
  2. GA 14 Four Mystery Dramas: The Guardian of the Threshold: Scene 7wholeen:APC1925translated by H. Collison, M.A. Oxon., S. M. K. Gandell, M.A. Oxon., and R. T. Gladstone
  3. GA 14 Four Mystery Dramas: The Guardian of the Threshold: Scene 8p051 to p058en:APC1925translated by H. Collison, M.A. Oxon., S. M. K. Gandell, M.A. Oxon., and R. T. Gladstone

Lectures

  1. GA 117a The Gospel of John and the Three Other Gospels: Fifth Lecture8 January 1910Stockholmp020 to p030en:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Steiner Online Library
  2. GA 138 Initiation, Eternity and the Passing Moment: Lecture VI30 August 1912Munichp023en:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Gilbert Church
  3. GA 147 The Secrets of the Threshold: Lecture VIII31 August 1913Munichp017 to p018en:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Ruth Pusch
  4. GA 186 The Challenge of the Times: 6. The Innate Capacities of the Nations of the World8 December 1918Dornachp040en:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Olin D. Wannamaker
  5. GA 270 Esoteric Instructions: Lesson VI21 March 1924Dornachwholeen:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Frank Thomas Smith
  6. GA 270 Esoteric Instructions: Lesson XIV31 May 1924Dornachwholeen:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Frank Thomas Smith
  7. GA 270 Esoteric Instructions: Lesson XV21 June 1924Dornachwholeen:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Frank Thomas Smith

The guardian and the double

6

Where the double is related to the guardian: named as the lesser guardian, appearing as a false guardian, or set beside him.

Books

  1. GA 13 An Outline of Esoteric Science (Occult Science): V. Knowledge of the Higher Worlds—Concerning Initiationp109en:RSP1969translated by George and Mary Adams
  2. GA 14 Four Mystery Dramas: The Soul's Awakening: Scene 4p036 to p047en:APC1925translated by H. Collison, M.A. Oxon., S. M. K. Gandell, M.A. Oxon., and R. T. Gladstone

Lectures

  1. GA 94 Cosmology: VIII. The Christian Mystery1 June 1906Parisp011en:Englishlisteners notestranslated by René Queirdo
  2. GA 98 Nature and Spirit Beings — Their Effects in Our Visible World: II. Esoteric Development and Super-sensible Knowledge7 November 1907Viennap026en:Englishlisteners notestranslated by Antje Heymanns
  3. GA 68b The Circular Flow of Man's Life within the World Of Sense, Soul And Spirit: 55. The Mission of Devotion12 March 1910Munichp031 to p033en:Englishlisteners notestranslated by Steiner Online Library
  4. GA 277c The Origin and Development of Eurythmy 1920–1922: Address on Eurythmy18 August 1922Oxfordp022en:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Steiner Online Library

The guardian at the boundaries of ordinary consciousness

6

Where the guardian is treated as protecting everyday consciousness: behind sense perception, memory, thinking and the will.

Books

  1. GA 16 A Road to Self-Knowledge: Fourth Meditationp012 to p013en:AP1956translated by M. Cotterell

Lectures

  1. GA 119 Macrocosm and Microcosm: 3. The Inner Path Followed by the Mystic. Experience the Cycle of the Year23 March 1910Viennap038en:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Dorothy S. Osmond and Charles Davy
  2. GA 138 Initiation, Eternity and the Passing Moment: Lecture III27 August 1912Munichp030en:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Gilbert Church
  3. GA 69e Spiritual Science and the Future of Humanity: IX. Errors of Spiritual Research3 January 1913Colognep027en:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Steiner Online Library
  4. GA 62 Results of Spiritual Research: 12. Errors in Spiritual Investigation6 March 1913Berlinp019 to p020en:Englishrecord unknownno translator on record
  5. GA 153 The Inner Nature of Man and Life Between Death and Rebirth: The Senses and the Luciferic Temptation11 April 1914Viennap008 to p018en:Englishrecord unknownno translator on record

The guardian in sleep, dream and death

14

Where the guardian is treated in sleep and waking, dreams and visions, mediumship, and at death.

Books

  1. GA 10 How to Know Higher Worlds (The Way of Initiation): IX. The Guardian of the Thresholdp011en:RSPC1947no translator on record
  2. GA 10 How to Know Higher Worlds (The Way of Initiation): X. Life and Death. The Greater Guardian of the Thresholdp003en:RSPC1947no translator on record
  3. GA 17 The Threshold of the Spiritual World: VIII. Concerning the Guardian of the Threshold and some Peculiarities of Clairvoyant Consciousnessp011en:GPP1922no translator on record

Lectures

  1. GA 119 Macrocosm and Microcosm: 4. Faculties of the Human Soul and Their Development24 March 1910Viennawholeen:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Dorothy S. Osmond and Charles Davy
  2. GA 119 Macrocosm and Microcosm: 7. The Four Spheres of the Higher Worlds28 March 1910Viennap021en:Englishrecord unknownno translator on record
  3. GA 124 Excursions into the Subject of The Gospel of Mark: V. The Two Main Streams of Post-Atlantean Civilisation19 December 1910Berlinp012en:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by E. H. Goddard and Dorothy S. Osmond
  4. GA 210 Old and New Methods of Initiation: Lecture IV19 January 1922Mannheimp005 to p012en:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Johanna Collis
  5. GA 210 Old and New Methods of Initiation: Lecture IV19 January 1922Mannheimp009 to p016en:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Johanna Collis
  6. GA 227 Initiatory Realization: 5. The Relation of Man to the Three Worlds23 August 1923Penmaenmawrwholeen:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Violet E. Watkin and Charles Davy
  7. GA 227 Initiatory Realization: 6. The Ruling of Spirit in Nature24 August 1923Penmaenmawrp031 to p041en:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Violet E. Watkin and Charles Davy
  8. GA 227 Initiatory Realization: 7. The Interplay of various Worlds25 August 1923Penmaenmawrp005 to p006en:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Violet E. Watkin and Charles Davy
  9. GA 233 World History in an Anthroposophical Light: World History in the Light of Anthroposophy1 January 1924Dornachp009 to p019en:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by George and Mary Adams and Dorothy S. Osmond
  10. GA 240 Karmic Relationships: Esoteric Studies, Volume VI: Lecture VI1 June 1924Stuttgartp005 to p007en:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by D. S. Osmond
  11. GA 270 Esoteric Instructions: Lecture XX (Recapitulation of Lesson I)6 September 1924Dornachp033en:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Frank Thomas Smith

Humanity at the threshold

13

Where present humanity's unconscious crossing of the threshold is treated, with its signs in social life, the nations and science.

Lectures

  1. GA 93a Basic Elements of Esotericism: Lecture II27 September 1905Berlinp019en:Englishlisteners notestranslated by Vera and Judith Compton-Burnett
  2. GA 185a The Developmental History of Social Opinion: Eighth Lecture24 November 1918Dornachp007 to p010en:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Steiner Online Library
  3. GA 186 The Challenge of the Times: 1. East and West from a Spiritual Point of View29 November 1918Dornachp020 to p025en:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Olin D. Wannamaker
  4. GA 186 The Challenge of the Times: 6. The Innate Capacities of the Nations of the World8 December 1918Dornachwholeen:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Olin D. Wannamaker
  5. GA 186 The Challenge of the Times: I. The Transforming of Instinctive into Conscious Impulses13 December 1918Dornachp035 to p041en:Englishrecord unknownno translator on record
  6. GA 188 Goetheanism: I. The Difference Between Man and Animal3 January 1919Dornachwholeen:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Violet E. Watkin
  7. GA 188 Goetheanism: II. St. John of the Cross4 January 1919Dornachp040en:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Violet E. Watkin
  8. GA 188 Goetheanism: VI. Goetheanism as an Impulse for Man's Transformation12 January 1919Dornachp034en:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Violet E. Watkin
  9. GA 190 Past and Future Influences on Social Events: Lecture III11 April 1919Dornachp006 to p008en:Englishrecord unknownno translator on record
  10. GA 266c From the Contents of the Esoteric Lessons 1913–1923: Aus den Inhalten der esoterischen Stunden — Dornach, 1920-02-099 February 1920Dornachp003de:originalmixed sources
  11. GA 202 The Bridge Between Universal Spirituality and the Physical Constitution of Man: III. The Magi and the Shepherds: The New Isis25 December 1920Dornachp028 to p030en:Englishrecord unknownno translator on record
  12. GA 80b The Inner Nature and Essence of the Human Soul: 4. The Threshold In Nature and In Man1 February 1921Baselp052 to p054en:Englishrecord unknownno translator on record
  13. GA 233 World History in an Anthroposophical Light: World History in the Light of Anthroposophy1 January 1924Dornachp011 to p019en:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by George and Mary Adams and Dorothy S. Osmond

The guardian in the ancient mysteries

9

Where the guardian is treated in the initiation of the old mysteries, and how the modern path differs.

Lectures

  1. GA 113 The Orient in the Light of the Occident; The Children of Lucifer and the Brothers of Christ: 8. The Nature of the Luciferic Influence in History30 August 1909Munichp024en:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Steiner Online Library
  2. GA 117a The Gospel of John and the Three Other Gospels: Fifth Lecture8 January 1910Stockholmp020 to p025en:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Steiner Online Library
  3. GA 119 Macrocosm and Microcosm: 5. The Egyptian Mysteries of Osiris and Isis25 March 1910Viennap007en:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Dorothy S. Osmond and Charles Davy
  4. GA 80b The Inner Nature and Essence of the Human Soul: 4. The Threshold In Nature and In Man1 February 1921Baselp027 to p030en:Englishrecord unknownno translator on record
  5. GA 203 Human Responsibility for Global Development: Lecture II6 February 1921Dornachp004 to p008en:Englishrecord unknownno translator on record
  6. GA 80c Anthroposophical Spiritual Science and the Big Questions of Contemporary Civilization: 1. Anthroposophical Spiritual Science and the Major Civilization Issues of the Present Day19 February 1921Amsterdamp009 to p011en:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Steiner Online Library
  7. GA 80c Anthroposophical Spiritual Science and the Big Questions of Contemporary Civilization: 2. Anthroposophical Spiritual Science and the Major Civilization Issues of the Present Day20 February 1921Hilversump015 to p017en:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Steiner Online Library
  8. GA 304 Educational and Teaching Methods: I. Anthroposophical Spiritual Science and the Great Questions of our Present Civilization23 February 1921The Haguep019 to p024en:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by René M. Querido
  9. GA 232 Mystery Knowledge and Mystery Centres: 7. The Mysteries Of Hibernia I7 December 1923Dornachp020 to p021en:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by E. H. Goddard and Dorothy S. Osmond

The guardian in the mystery dramas

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Where the guardian appears in Rudolf Steiner's mystery dramas and their drafts, and the lectures on what the plays show of him.

Books

  1. GA 14 Four Mystery Dramas: The Soul's Probation: Scene 13p012en:APC1925translated by H. Collison, M.A. Oxon., S. M. K. Gandell, M.A. Oxon., and R. T. Gladstone
  2. GA 14 Four Mystery Dramas: The Guardian of the Threshold: Scene 2p024en:APC1925translated by H. Collison, M.A. Oxon., S. M. K. Gandell, M.A. Oxon., and R. T. Gladstone
  3. GA 14 Four Mystery Dramas: The Guardian of the Threshold: Scene 5p024en:APC1925translated by H. Collison, M.A. Oxon., S. M. K. Gandell, M.A. Oxon., and R. T. Gladstone
  4. GA 14 Four Mystery Dramas: The Guardian of the Threshold: Scene 7wholeen:APC1925translated by H. Collison, M.A. Oxon., S. M. K. Gandell, M.A. Oxon., and R. T. Gladstone
  5. GA 14 Four Mystery Dramas: The Guardian of the Threshold: Scene 8p055 to p062en:APC1925translated by H. Collison, M.A. Oxon., S. M. K. Gandell, M.A. Oxon., and R. T. Gladstone
  6. GA 14 Four Mystery Dramas: The Soul's Awakening: Scene 4p037 to p048en:APC1925translated by H. Collison, M.A. Oxon., S. M. K. Gandell, M.A. Oxon., and R. T. Gladstone
  7. GA 14 Four Mystery Dramas: The Soul's Awakening: Scene 5p053 to p055en:APC1925translated by H. Collison, M.A. Oxon., S. M. K. Gandell, M.A. Oxon., and R. T. Gladstone
  8. GA 14 Four Mystery Dramas: The Soul's Awakening: Scene 6p034 to p035en:APC1925translated by H. Collison, M.A. Oxon., S. M. K. Gandell, M.A. Oxon., and R. T. Gladstone
  9. GA 14 Four Mystery Dramas: The Soul's Awakening: Scene 9p015 to p025en:APC1925translated by H. Collison, M.A. Oxon., S. M. K. Gandell, M.A. Oxon., and R. T. Gladstone
  10. GA 14 Four Mystery Dramas: The Soul's Awakening: Scene 13p007en:APC1925translated by H. Collison, M.A. Oxon., S. M. K. Gandell, M.A. Oxon., and R. T. Gladstone

Articles

  1. GA 44 Drafts, Fragments and Paralipomena to the Four Mystery Dramas: Preliminary drafts: Scenes not included in the dramap017 to p019en:Englishtranslated by Steiner Online Library
  2. GA 44 Drafts, Fragments and Paralipomena to the Four Mystery Dramas: Drafts and prose sketches on individual eventsp007en:Englishtranslated by Steiner Online Library
  3. GA 44 Drafts, Fragments and Paralipomena to the Four Mystery Dramas: Drafts for the second and third actsp012en:Englishtranslated by Steiner Online Library
  4. GA 44 Drafts, Fragments and Paralipomena to the Four Mystery Dramas: Fragmentary drafts for the first, second, fifth, seventh, eighth, and tenth imagesp030 to p033en:Englishtranslated by Steiner Online Library
  5. GA 44 Drafts, Fragments and Paralipomena to the Four Mystery Dramas: Third Act, partly prosep022en:Englishtranslated by Steiner Online Library
  6. GA 44 Drafts, Fragments and Paralipomena to the Four Mystery Dramas: Paralipomena on the first, second, third, sixth, eighth, and tenth actsp009en:Englishtranslated by Steiner Online Library
  7. GA 44 Drafts, Fragments and Paralipomena to the Four Mystery Dramas: Subsequent remarks, fragmentaryp002en:Englishtranslated by Steiner Online Library
  8. GA 44 Drafts, Fragments and Paralipomena to the Four Mystery Dramas: Paralipomena on the first, second, third, sixth, eighth, ninth, and thirteenth scenesp032en:Englishtranslated by Steiner Online Library

Lectures

  1. GA 138 Initiation, Eternity and the Passing Moment: Lecture III27 August 1912Munichp025en:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Gilbert Church
  2. GA 277c The Origin and Development of Eurythmy 1920–1922: 53. Eurythmy Performance23 October 1921Dornachp021en:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Steiner Online Library

The guardian in the lessons of the First Class

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Where the guardian's admonitions lead the path, in the lessons of the First Class of the School for Spiritual Science of 1924.

Lectures

  1. GA 270 Esoteric Instructions: Lesson I15 February 1924Dornachwholeen:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Frank Thomas Smith
  2. GA 270 Esoteric Instructions: Lesson II22 February 1924Dornachwholeen:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Frank Thomas Smith
  3. GA 270 Esoteric Instructions: Lesson III29 February 1924Dornachwholeen:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Frank Thomas Smith
  4. GA 270 Esoteric Instructions: Lesson IV7 March 1924Dornachp057 to p068en:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Frank Thomas Smith
  5. GA 270 Esoteric Instructions: Lesson V14 March 1924Dornachwholeen:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Frank Thomas Smith
  6. GA 270 Esoteric Instructions: Lesson VI21 March 1924Dornachwholeen:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Frank Thomas Smith
  7. GA 270 Esoteric Instructions: First Lesson in Prague3 April 1924Praguewholeen:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by John Riedel
  8. GA 270 Esoteric Instructions: Second Lesson in Prague5 April 1924Praguewholeen:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by John Riedel
  9. GA 270 Esoteric Instructions: Lesson VII11 April 1924Dornachwholeen:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Frank Thomas Smith
  10. GA 270 Esoteric Instructions: The Lesson in Berne17 April 1924Bernp016 to p027en:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by John Riedel
  11. GA 270 Esoteric Instructions: Eighth Lesson18 April 1924Dornachp028 to p031en:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by John Riedel
  12. GA 270 Esoteric Instructions: Lesson XII11 May 1924Dornachwholeen:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Frank Thomas Smith
  13. GA 270 Esoteric Instructions: Lesson XIII17 May 1924Dornachwholeen:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Frank Thomas Smith
  14. GA 270 Esoteric Instructions: Lesson XIV31 May 1924Dornachwholeen:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Frank Thomas Smith
  15. GA 270 Esoteric Instructions: Lesson XV21 June 1924Dornachwholeen:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Frank Thomas Smith
  16. GA 270 Esoteric Instructions: Lesson XVI28 June 1924Dornachwholeen:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Frank Thomas Smith
  17. GA 270 Esoteric Instructions: Lesson XVII5 July 1924Dornachwholeen:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Frank Thomas Smith
  18. GA 270 Esoteric Instructions: Lesson XVIII12 July 1924Dornachp105 to p116en:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Frank Thomas Smith
  19. GA 270 Esoteric Instructions: Lesson XIX2 August 1924Dornachwholeen:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Frank Thomas Smith
  20. GA 270 Esoteric Instructions: Notes from the Second Lesson in London27 August 1924Londonwholeen:Englishlisteners notestranslated by John Riedel
  21. GA 270 Esoteric Instructions: Lecture XX (Recapitulation of Lesson I)6 September 1924Dornachwholeen:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Frank Thomas Smith
  22. GA 270 Esoteric Instructions: Lecture XXI (Recapitulation of Lesson II)9 September 1924Dornachwholeen:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Frank Thomas Smith
  23. GA 270 Esoteric Instructions: Lecture XXII (Recapitulation of Lesson III)11 September 1924Dornachwholeen:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Frank Thomas Smith
  24. GA 270 Esoteric Instructions: Lecture XXIII (Recapitulation of Lesson IV)13 September 1924Dornachwholeen:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Frank Thomas Smith
  25. GA 270 Esoteric Instructions: Lecture XXIV (Recapitulation of Lesson V)15 September 1924Dornachwholeen:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Frank Thomas Smith
  26. GA 270 Esoteric Instructions: Lecture XXV (Recapitulation of Lesson VI)17 September 1924Dornachwholeen:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Frank Thomas Smith
  27. GA 270 Esoteric Instructions: Lecture XXVI (Recapitulation of Lesson VII)20 September 1924Dornachwholeen:Englishrecord unknowntranslated by Frank Thomas Smith

The name

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Where the name and its history are treated: Bulwer-Lytton's Zanoni, the older usage, and Rudolf Steiner's modern presentation.

Lectures

  1. GA 89 Consciousness — Life — Form: Planetary Evolution III22 October 1904Berlinp016en:Englishlisteners notestranslated by Anna Meuss
  2. GA 203 Human Responsibility for Global Development: Lecture II6 February 1921Dornachp010en:Englishrecord unknownno translator on record

distinguish from. the double (Doppelgänger): in its first sense a person's own nature seen as a figure, which Occult Science calls the guardian of the threshold and the lesser guardian (GA 13, chapter V) and the lecture of 12 March 1910 the double the lesser guardian shows (GA 68b); in the lectures of November 1917 an ahrimanic being in the body, which they do not relate to the guardian (GA 178).

see also. karma; the I; Lucifer; Ahriman; sleep; the astral body; Michael; the mysteries; thinking; feeling; willing; initiation.

external. AnthroWiki (anthrowiki.at).

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