Dying Earth Living Cosmos; The Living Gifts of Anthroposophy; The Need for New Forms of Consciousness cw181, a collection of three cycles of lectures, seven in each, totaling 21 lectures by Rudolf Steiner. Given in Berlin between 22 January and 6 August 1918. Translated by Matthew Barton. Brought to you with the permission of Rudolf Steiner Press of London.

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PART 1: DYING EARTH AND LIVING COSMOS

1. Lecture 1: How spiritual science relates to the tasks of our time (January 22, 1918)

2. Lecture 2: Our outward form and inner nature (January 29, 1918)

3. Lecture 3: The significance of waking and sleeping in human life. Our connection with the dead. (February 5, 1918)

4. Lecture 4: The Connection between the living and the dead. Thinking in accord with reality. (March 5, 1918)

5. Lecture 5: The Human Being's Connection with the World of Spirit. (March 12, 1918)

6. Lecture 6: Sense of community and feelings of gratitude as a bridge of connection with the dead. (March 19, 1918)

7. Lecture 7: Trust in life and soul rejuvenation as a bridge of connection with the dead (March 26, 1918)

PART II: THE LIVING GIFTS OF ANTHROPOSOPHY

8. Lecture 8: Folk Souls and the Mystery of Golgotha (March 30, 1918)

9. Lecture 9: The relativity of knowledge and spiritual cosmology (April 1, 1918)

10. Lecture 10: Life between death and rebirth (April 2, 1918)

11. Lecture 11: The eternal and the transient (April 9, 1918)

12. Lecture 12: Thoughts on life and death (April 16, 1918)

13. Lecture 13: Spiritual science, practical life and human destinies (May 14, 1918)

14. Lecture 14: Whitsun Lecture (May 21, 1918)

PART III: THE NEED FOR NEW FORMS OF CONSCIOUSNESS

15. Lecture 15: States of consciousness (June 25, 1918)

16. Lecture 16: The Dornach Building (July 3, 1918)

17. Lecture 17: East and West (July 9, 1918)

18. Lecture 18: History and reincarnation (July 16, 1918)

19. Lecture 19: Human nature and human development (July 23, 1918)

20. Lecture 20: Contemporary Problems I (July 30, 1918)

21. Lecture 21: Contemporary Problems II (August 6, 1918)