From Mammoths to Mediums CW 350, sixteen lecture/discussions by Rudolf Steiner. Given to the workmen at the Goetheanum between 30 May and 22 September 1923. Translated by Anna Meuss, FIL, MTA

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1. Lecture 1: About repeated lives on earth. Physical exercises, dancing and sport (May 30, 1923)

2. Lecture 2: How the etheric and astral principles work in man and earth (June 2, 1923)

3. Lecture 3: Blood circulation and movement of the heart. Perceiving things of the spirit through the lens of the eye. (June 6, 1923)

4. Lecture 4: Effects of light and color in earthly matter and in cosmic bodies (June 9, 1923)

5. Lecture 5: The way our guardian angel works (June 13, 1923)

6. Lecture 6: The deeper reasons for the disastrous World War (1) (June 16, 1923)

7. Lecture 7: Effects of relative star positions on the earth and on human beings (June 25, 1923)

8. Lecture 8: Developing independent thinking and the ability to think backwards (June 28, 1923)

9. Lecture 9: Creating boredom artifcially. Opinions formed in the physical world are reversed in the other world (June 30, 1923)

10. Lecture 10: Developing inner honesty (July 7, 1923)

11. Lecture 11: Getting to be at home in the outside world. Questions relating to nutrition. Effects of potatoes, beetroot and radishes (July 18, 1923)

12. Lecture 12: Human and cosmic breathing. The earth breathes light. Fertilization in plants and humans; fertilization of water through lightning (July 20, 1923)

13. Lecture 13: How conscience developed in the course of human evolution. Unbornness and immortality. Aristotle and the Catholic church (July 25, 1923)

14. Lecture 14: Lung knowledge and kidney knowledge (July 28, 1923)

15. Lecture 15: Druid wisdom. Mithraic rites. Catholic ritual. Masonic rites. Ritual of the Christian Community. (September 10, 1923)

16. Lecture 16: Role of protein, fats, carbohydrates and salts in nutrition. Effects of potato diet. Opponents of anthroposophy. (September 22, 1923)