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The Fall of the Spirits of Darkness: The Spiritual Background to the Outer World: Spiritual Beings and Their Effects (Cw 177) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #177) (Paperback)
The Fall of the Spirits of Darkness: The Spiritual Background to the Outer World: Spiritual Beings and Their Effects (Cw 177) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #177) (Paperback)
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This is book number 177 in the Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner series.
- #2: Goethe's Theory of Knowledge: An Outline of the Epistemology of His Worldview (Cw 2) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #2) (Paperback): $20.00
- #8: Christianity as Mystical Fact: And the Mysteries of Antiquity (Cw 8) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #8) (Paperback): $27.50
- #16: A Way of Self-Knowledge: And the Threshold of the Spiritual World (Cw 16-17) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #16) (Paperback): $27.50
- #28: Autobiography: Chapters in the Course of My Life, 1861-1907 (Cw 28) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #28) (Paperback): $42.00
- #62: Results of Spiritual Research: (Cw 62) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #62) (Paperback): $35.00
- #75: Anthroposophy and the Natural Sciences: Foundations and Methods (Cw 75) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #75) (Paperback): $30.00
- #81: Reimagining Academic Studies: Science, Philosophy, Education, Social Science, Theology, Theory of Language (Cw 81) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #81) (Paperback): $27.50
- #82: Becoming Fully Human: The Significance of Anthroposophy in Contemporary Spiritual Life (Cw 82) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #82) (Paperback): $25.00
- #84: The Aims of Anthroposophy and the Purpose of the Goetheanum: (Cw 84) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #84) (Paperback): $26.40
- #88: Concerning the Astral World and Devachan: (Cw 88) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #88) (Paperback): $27.50
- #92: The Occult Truths of Myths and Legends: Greek and Germanic Mythology: Richard Wagner in the Light of Spiritual Science (Cw 92) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #92) (Paperback): $28.00
- #98: Nature and Spirit Beings: Their Activity in Our Visible World (Cw 98) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #98) (Paperback): $30.00
- #100: True Knowledge of the Christ: Theosophy and Rosicrucianism--The Gospel of John (Cw 100) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #100) (Abridged / Paperback): $37.40
- #102: Good and Evil Spirits: And Their Influence on Humanity (Cw 102) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #102) (Paperback): $33.00
- #103: The Gospel of John: (Cw 103) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #103) (Paperback): $30.00
- #105: Universe, Earth, Human Being: Their Relationship to Egyptian Myths and Modern Civilization (Cw 105) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #105) (Paperback): $28.00
- #107: Disease, Karma, and Healing: Spiritual-Scientific Enquiries Into the Nature of the Human Being (Cw 107) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #107) (Paperback): $38.50
- #110: The Spiritual Hierarchies and the Physical World: Zodiac, Planets & Cosmos (Cw 110) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #110) (Paperback): $27.50
- #116: The Christ Impulse: And the Development of Ego-Consciousness (Cw 116) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #116) (Paperback): $30.80
- #117: Deeper Secrets of Human Evolution in Light of the Gospels: (Cw 117) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #117) (Paperback): $30.00
- #119: Macrocosm and Microcosm: The Greater and the Lesser World: Questions Concerning the Soul, Life and the Spirit (Cw 119) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #119) (Paperback): $31.90
- #121: The Mission of Folk Souls: (Cw 121) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #121) (Paperback): $28.00
- #125: Paths and Goals of the Spiritual Human Being: Life Questions in the Light of Spiritual Science (Cw 125) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #125) (Paperback): $33.00
- #127: The Mission of the New Spirit of Revelation: The Pivotal Nature of the Christ Event in Earth Evolution (Cw 127) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #127) (Paperback): $31.90
- #129: Wonders of the World: Trials of the Soul, Revelations of the Spirit (Cw 129) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #129) (Paperback): $29.70
- #134: The World of the Senses: And the World of the Spirit (Cw 134) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #134) (Paperback): $29.70
- #136: Spiritual Beings in the Heavenly Bodies and in the Kingdoms of Nature: (Cw 136) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #136) (Paperback): $35.00
- #141: Between Death and Rebirth: In Relation to Cosmic Facts (Cw 141) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #141) (Paperback): $30.00
- #142: The Bhagavad Gita and the West: The Esoteric Significance of the Bhagavad Gita and Its Relation to the Epistles of Paul (Cw 142, 146) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #142) (Paperback): $38.50
- #149: Christ and the Spiritual World: The Quest for the Holy Grail (Cw 149) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #149) (Paperback): $27.00
- #150: How the Spiritual World Projects Into Physical Existence: The Influence of the Dead (Cw 150) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #150) (Paperback): $29.70
- #152: Approaching the Mystery of Golgotha: (Cw 152) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #152) (Paperback): $27.45
- #156: Inner Reading and Inner Hearing: And How to Achieve Existence in the World of Ideas (Cw 156) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #156) (Paperback): $22.00
- #158: Our Connection with the Elemental World: Kalevala - Olaf Åsteson - The Russian People: The World as the Result of Balancing Influences (Cw 158) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #158) (Paperback): $26.40
- #161: Artistic Sensitivity as a Spiritual Approach to Knowing Life and the World: (Cw 161) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #161) (Paperback): $27.50
- #165: Unifying Humanity Spiritually: Through the Christ Impulse (Cw 165) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #165) (Paperback): $33.00
- #167: The Human Spirit Past and Present: Occult Fraternities and the Mystery of Golgotha (Cw 167) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #167) (Paperback): $33.00
- #168: The Connection Between the Living and the Dead: (Cw 168) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #168) (Paperback): $27.50
- #175: Building Stones for an Understanding of the Mystery of Golgotha: Human Life in a Cosmic Context (Cw 175) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #175) (Paperback): $40.70
- #176: The Karma of Materialism: Aspects of Human Evolution (Cw 176) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #176) (Paperback): $38.00
- #179: The Influence of the Dead on Destiny: (Cw 179) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #179) (Paperback): $27.50
- #181: Dying Earth and Living Cosmos: The Living Gifts of Anthroposophy: The Need for New Forms of Consciousness (Cw 181) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #181) (Paperback): $40.70
- #182: Death as Metamorphosis of Life: Including "What Does the Angel Do in Our Astral Body?" & "How Do I Find Christ?" (Cw 182) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #182) (Paperback): $22.00
- #183: Human Evolution: A Spiritual-Scientific Quest (Cw 183) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #183) (Paperback): $33.00
- #184: Eternal and Transient Elements in Human Life: The Cosmic Past of Humanity and the Mystery of Evil (Cw 184) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #184) (Paperback): $35.20
- #189: Conscious Society: Anthroposophy and the Social Question (Cw 189) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #189) (Paperback): $26.40
- #191: Understanding Society Through Spiritual-Scientific Knowledge: Social Threefolding, Christ, Lucifer, and Ahriman (Cw 191) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #191) (Paperback): $27.50
- #193: Problems of Society: An Esoteric View, from Luciferic Past to Ahrimanic Future (Cw 193) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #193) (Paperback): $28.60
- #194: Michael's Mission: Revealing the Essential Secrets of Human Nature (Cw 194) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #194) (Paperback): $35.20
- #195: Cosmic New Year: Thoughts for New Year 1920 (Cw 195) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #195) (Paperback): $16.50
- #196: What Is Necessary in These Urgent Times: (Cw 196) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #196) (Paperback): $38.50
- #197: Polarities in the Evolution of Humanity: West and East - Materialism and Mysticism - Knowledge and Belief (Cw 197) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #197) (Paperback): $28.00
- #202: Universal Spirituality and Human Physicality: Bridging the Divide: The Search for the New Isis and the Divine Sophia (Cw 202) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #202) (Paperback): $38.50
- #211: The Sun Mystery and the Mystery of Death and Resurrection: Exoteric and Esoteric Christianity (Cw 211) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #211) (Paperback): $27.45
- #212: Life of the Human Soul: And Its Relation to World Evolution (Cw 212) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #212) (Paperback): $24.20
- #217: Becoming the Archangel Michael's Companions: Rudolf Steiner's Challenge to the Younger Generation (Cw 217) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #217) (Paperback): $27.50
- #218: Spirit as Sculptor of the Human Organism: (Cw 218) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #218) (Paperback): $38.50
- #220: Awake! for the Sake of the Future: (Cw 220) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #220) (Paperback): $27.50
- #225: Three Perspectives of Anthroposophy: Cultural Phenomena from the Point of View of Spiritual Science (Cw 225) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #225) (Paperback): $29.70
- #228: Initiation Science: And the Development of the Human Mind (Cw 228) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #228) (Paperback): $24.20
- #233: World History and the Mysteries: In the Light of Anthroposophy (Cw 233) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #233) (Paperback): $29.70
- #243: True and False Paths of Spiritual Research: (Cw 243) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #243) (Paperback): $26.40
- #253: Sexuality, Inner Development, and Community Life: Ethical and Spiritual Dimensions of the Crisis in the Anthroposophical Society in Dornach, 1915 (Cw (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #253) (Paperback): $27.50
- #258: The Anthroposophic Movement: The History and Conditions of the Anthroposophical Movement in Relation to the Anthroposophical Society: An Encouragem (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #258) (Paperback): $28.00
- #261: Our Dead: Memorial, Funeral, and Cremation Addresses 1906-1924 (Cw 261) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #261) (Paperback): $33.00
- #264: From the History and Contents of the First Section of the Esoteric School: Letters, Documents, and Lectures: 1904-1914 (Cw 264) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #264) (Paperback): $38.50
- #265: Freemasonry and Ritual Work: The Misraim Service (Cw 265) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #265) (Paperback): $38.50
- #266: Esoteric Lessons 1913-1923: From the Esoteric School 3 (Cw 266/3) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #266) (Paperback): $49.00
- #267: Soul Exercises: Word and Symbol Meditations (Cw 267) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #267) (Paperback): $38.50
- #268: Mantric Sayings: Meditations 1903-1925 (Cw 268) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #268) (Paperback): $33.00
- #271: Art and Theory of Art: Foundations of a New Aesthetics (Cw 271) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #271) (Paperback): $27.50
- #272: Anthroposophy in the Light of Goethe's Faust: Volume One of Spiritual-Scientific Commentaries on Goethe's Faust (Cw 272) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #272) (Paperback): $38.50
- #273: Goethe's Faust in the Light of Anthroposophy: Volume Two of Spiritual-Scientific Commentaries on Goethe's Faust (Cw 273) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #273) (Paperback): $38.50
- #277: The Early History of Eurythmy: (Cw 277c) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #277) (Paperback): $33.00
- #284: Rosicrucianism Renewed: The Unity of Art, Science & Religion: The Theosophical Congress of Whitsun 1907 (Cw 284) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #284) (Paperback): $44.00
- #287: Architecture as Peacework: The First Goetheanum, Dornach, 1914 (Cw 287) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #287) (Paperback): $27.50
- #288: Architecture, Sculpture, and Painting of the First Goetheanum: (Cw 288) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #288) (Paperback): $49.50
- #290: Toward a New Theory of Architecture: The First Goetheanum in Pictures (Cw 290) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #290) (Paperback): $27.50
- #292: Art History as a Reflection of Inner Spiritual Impulses: (Cw 292) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #292) (Paperback): $49.50
- #312: Introducing Anthroposophical Medicine: (Cw 312) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #312) (Paperback): $33.00
- #313: Illness and Therapy: Spiritual-Scientific Aspects of Healing (Cw 313) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #313) (Paperback): $38.50
- #314: Physiology and Healing: Treatment, Therapy, and Hygiene (Cw 314) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #314) (Paperback): $42.90
- #316: Understanding Healing: Meditative Reflections on Deepening Medicine Through Spiritual Science (Cw 316) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #316) (Paperback): $38.50
- #317: Education for Special Needs: The Curative Education Course (Cw 317) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #317) (Paperback): $38.50
- #319: The Healing Process: Spirit, Nature & Our Bodies (Cw 319) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #319) (Paperback): $35.00
- #323: Interdisciplinary Astronomy: Third Scientific Course (Cw 323) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #323) (Paperback): $33.00
- #333: Freedom of Thought and Societal Forces: Implementing the Demands of Modern Society (Cw 333) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #333) (Paperback): $22.00
- #338: Communicating Anthroposophy: The Course for Speakers to Promote the Idea of Threefolding (Cw 338) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #338) (Paperback): $27.50
- #342: First Steps in Christian Religious Renewal: Preparing the Ground for the Christian Community (Cw 342) (Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner #342) (Paperback): $33.00
Volume 1
14 lectures, Dornach, September 29 - October 28, 1917 (CW 177)
Speaking toward the end of the catastrophic World War I, Rudolf Steiner reveals the spiritual roots of the crises of today. Since 1879, human minds have been influenced by backward angels, he says, "spirits of darkness," who--following their defeat in battle with Archangel Michael--were forced out of the heavens and "fell" to earth. That war in the spiritual worlds has had consequences, and it is essential for us today to become sufficiently awake to the retrogressive influences surrounding us. In a positive sense, we can choose freely to engage with the spirits of light, who seek to emancipate humankind from bonds of race, nation, and blood.
In this extraordinary series of lectures, Steiner sheds light on hidden aspects of world affairs. The Bolshevik Revolution was a recent event when he discussed events in Russia and humanity's attempts to build a theoretically ideal social order. Steiner also speaks in these lectures about the roles and spiritual backgrounds of significant individuals, including Johann Valentin Andreae, Vladimir Solovyov, Louis Claude de Saint-Martin, and American and British politicians Woodrow Wilson and Lloyd George, as well as world-renown figures such as Charles Darwin and Goethe.
This new edition of features a revised translation, notes, and extensive appendices by Frederick Amrine and a new introduction by Christopher Schaefer.
This volume is a translation from German of Die spirituellen Hintergr nde der u eren Welt. Der Sturz der Geister der Finsternis. Geistige Wesen und Ihre Wirkung, Band I, Dornach, 1999 (GA 177).