Today's orthodox notions of science--which is to say, of
knowing--are exceedingly narrow; they posit, implicitly or
otherwise, that the only knowledge possible, if any, is that of the
physical world. But the skeleton key to unlocking the door, behind
which lies the root of the problems and difficulties of our age,
and thus their solution, is to be able to fully answer this
question: What is it to know something? This question lies at the
foundation of spiritual science. Rudolf Steiner had first to solve
it for himself, pointing the way for others to do the same (in, for
example, his Philosophy of Freedom), long before he could give such
lectures as these. Rudolf Steiner's work and words, still largely
undiscovered as compared to their value for humanity, continue to
point the way toward a different path--a way of knowing that
encompasses the fullness, the breadth and depth of life and the
worlds we inhabit. This knowing--which is to say, science--does not
ignore or even contradict the narrower physical sciences of
technologists and other specialists, but offers an expansive
understanding of reality that also includes a deeper engagement
with those aspects of our experience that we are told are beyond
the ken of science. But is truth not accessible through art? Are
poetry and literature, indeed the beauty and wisdom of each human
language, not portals through which we can glimpse truths, every
bit as real (though of a different order) than those we might grasp
through a microscope? These thirteen lectures were given in
Dornach, Switzerland, from January to May 1915, between the fifth
and ninth month of World War I. Given the interrupted, fragmented
nature of this sequence, one might assume that the lectures could
not possibly present a tight, coherent whole. This is not the case.
Rudolf Steiner lays down the framework for the series in a concise
but detailed manner in the first two lectures, and then goes on to
demonstrate in lecture after lecture how, on this basis, many
aspects of life reveal the hidden presence and activities of the
realities--and the approach--he has established in the framework.
In fact, it is humbling to witness Rudolf Steiner's powers of
attention and presence of mind: to see how, after a significant
interval, in the same tone of voice and with seamless continuity,
he can pick up and further develop and interweave his announced
intention: namely, to provide "a detailed look at things we have
been considering for years."
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