1925

26 of 89 days have a dated record, 49 more lie between two dated days in one place; the rest are covered only by where he lived. Mostly Dornach; also Berlin, Fürth, Stuttgart, Mannheim. Residence by the witnesses: Dornach (Eyewitness · Wachsmuth); Dornach (Scholarly · Selg). 5 days are placed differently by two witnesses and given no place.

January 1925

5 of 31 days witnessed, 26 bracketed in Dornach · in the era «The last illness» (28 September 1924 to 30 March 1925)

Dated to the month

His own account wrote «25. The Sense- and Thought-Systems of Man in Relation to the World» at the Goetheanum Dornach GA 26, chapter 25 (the volume; the document itself is not served) the edition prints the place and month under the title
His own account wrote «27. The Apparent Extinction of Spirit-Knowledge in Modern Times» at the Goetheanum Dornach GA 26, chapter 27 (the volume; the document itself is not served) the edition prints the place and month under the title
His own account wrote «28. Historic Cataclysms at the Dawn of the Spiritual Soul» at the Goetheanum Dornach GA 26, chapter 28 (the volume; the document itself is not served) the edition prints the place and month under the title
His own account wrote «29. From Nature to Sub-Nature» at the Goetheanum Dornach GA 26, chapter 29 (the volume; the document itself is not served) the edition prints the place and month under the title
His own account wrote «Der Mensch in seiner makrokosmischen Wesenheit» at the Goetheanum Dornach GA 26, chapter 30 (the volume; the document itself is not served) the edition prints the place and month under the title

2 January 1925

His own account wrote «Letter from the Sickbed» GA 37, 70_19250102p01

4 January 1925 Dornach

His own account published «Footnote to the article “The Founding of Alexandria” by Walter Johannes Stein» GA 37, 147_19250104x01

In his own words (rsarchive.org English, no translator credited)

> found the glorious city on Proteus' island realms, Which mightily protect the Plutonean deity, On five-peaked heights the infinite universe directing.
> Gründe die ruhmvolle Stadt ob Proteus Inselbereiche, Welche gebietend beschütze die Plutoneische Gottheit, Auf fünfgipfligen Höhn das unendliche Weltenall lenkend.
His own account issued the letter to members «21. Gnosis and Anthroposophy» GA 26, chapter 21 (the volume; the document itself is not served) the edition prints the day after the text; the day is a Sunday, the day the members' newsletter appeared
Gesamtausgabe a eurythmy performance or programme is dated here: «Eurythmy Performance» Dornach GA 277, 4 January 1925

11 January 1925 Dornach

His own account issued the letter to members «22. The Freedom of Man and the Age of Michael» GA 26, chapter 22 (the volume; the document itself is not served) the edition prints the day after the text; the day is a Sunday, the day the members' newsletter appeared
Gesamtausgabe a eurythmy performance or programme is dated here: «Eurythmy Performance» Dornach GA 277, 11 January 1925

18 January 1925 Dornach

His own account issued the letter to members «23. Where is Man as a Being Who Thinks and Remembers?» GA 26, chapter 23 (the volume; the document itself is not served) the edition prints the day after the text; the day is a Sunday, the day the members' newsletter appeared
Gesamtausgabe a eurythmy performance or programme is dated here: «Eurythmy Performance» Dornach GA 277, 18 January 1925

25 January 1925

His own account issued the letter to members «24. Man in His Macrocosmic Nature» GA 26, chapter 24 (the volume; the document itself is not served) the edition prints the day after the text; the day is a Sunday, the day the members' newsletter appeared

February 1925

8 of 28 days witnessed, 19 bracketed in Dornach, 1 by residence only · in the era «The last illness» (28 September 1924 to 30 March 1925)

Dated to the month

Eyewitness · Wachsmuth received Emil Bock in the second week of February through Wachsmuth, being no longer able to receive callers himself Dornach Guenther Wachsmuth, The Life and Work of Rudolf Steiner, 1955 (Garber 1989), part 0035-1925 the Gesamtausgabe prints no lecture this daythe first of the rows that bear on post 11's closing sentence: Wachsmuth reports that Steiner could no longer receive callers, and that questions were put to him through an intermediary
His own account wrote «Des Menschen Sinnes- und Denkorganisation im Verhältnis zur Welt» at the Goetheanum Dornach GA 26, chapter 31 (the volume; the document itself is not served) the edition prints the place and month under the title
His own account wrote «Gedächtnis und Gewissen» at the Goetheanum Dornach GA 26, chapter 32 (the volume; the document itself is not served) the edition prints the place and month under the title

1 February 1925 Dornach

His own account wrote «Posted Notice» GA 37, 71_19250201p01

In his own words (rsarchive.org English, no translator credited)

The poem *Eleusis*, which Hegel addressed to his friend Hölderlin, is associated with significant memories of the early days of anthroposophical work.
Mit der Einfügung des Gedichtes *Eleusis* das Hegel an seinen Freund Hölderlin gerichtet hat, sind bedeutsame Erinnerungen an die ersten Zeiten des anthroposophischen Wirkens verknüpft.
His own account wrote «Posted Notice» GA 37, 72_19250201p02

In his own words (rsarchive.org English, no translator credited)

On Tuesday evening, February 17, 1925, at 8 p.m., there will be a recital of older and newer poems. Choral poems will be spoken in a new way.
Am Dienstag, 17. Februar 1925, abends 8 Uhr, wird eine Rezitations-Darbietung mit älteren und neueren Gedichten stattfinden.
His own account issued the letter to members «25. The Sense- and Thought-Systems of Man in Relation to the World» GA 26, chapter 25 (the volume; the document itself is not served) the edition prints the day after the text; the day is a Sunday, the day the members' newsletter appeared
Gesamtausgabe a eurythmy performance or programme is dated here: «Eurythmy Performance» Dornach GA 277, 1 February 1925

8 February 1925 Dornach

His own account issued the letter to members «26. Memory and Conscience» GA 26, chapter 26 (the volume; the document itself is not served) the edition prints the day after the text; the day is a Sunday, the day the members' newsletter appeared
Gesamtausgabe a eurythmy performance or programme is dated here: «Eurythmy Performance» Dornach GA 277, 8 February 1925
Eyewitness · Wachsmuth held the constitutional assembly joining the decisions of the Christmas Conference to legal form Dornach Guenther Wachsmuth, The Life and Work of Rudolf Steiner, 1955 (Garber 1989), part 0035-1925

15 February 1925 Dornach

His own account issued the letter to members «27. The Apparent Extinction of Spirit-Knowledge in Modern Times» GA 26, chapter 27 (the volume; the document itself is not served) the edition prints the day after the text; the day is a Sunday, the day the members' newsletter appeared
Gesamtausgabe a eurythmy performance or programme is dated here: «Eurythmy Performance» Dornach GA 277, 15 February 1925

17 February 1925

His own account wrote to Marie Steiner GA 262, Nr. 227 no dateline in his hand and no place in the edition's heading

19 February 1925 Dornach

Gesamtausgabe a eurythmy performance or programme is dated here: «Eurythmy Performance» Dornach GA 277, 19 February 1925

22 February 1925 Dornach

His own account published «Communications from the Board of Directors» in the members' newsletter GA 37, 107_19250222v01 (the volume; the document itself is not served)
His own account issued the letter to members «28. Historic Cataclysms at the Dawn of the Spiritual Soul» GA 26, chapter 28 (the volume; the document itself is not served) the edition prints the day after the text; the day is a Sunday, the day the members' newsletter appeared
Gesamtausgabe a eurythmy performance or programme is dated here: «Eurythmy Performance» Dornach GA 277, 22 February 1925

24 February 1925 Berlin

Eyewitness · Wachsmuth was represented by Wachsmuth at the investiture of Friedrich Rittelmeyer as ruling bishop of the Christian Community Berlin Guenther Wachsmuth, The Life and Work of Rudolf Steiner, 1955 (Garber 1989), part 0035-1925 the Gesamtausgabe prints no lecture this dayWachsmuth reports being sent as Steiner's representative, and having taken the ritual text from Steiner's sickbed at the foot of the Christ statue

27 February 1925

Witnesses place this day differently: Berlin (Gesamtausgabe); Dornach (His own account). The day is given no place.

His own account wrote to Marie Steiner from Dornach Dornach GA 262, Nr. 229
Gesamtausgabe a eurythmy performance or programme is dated here: «Eurythmy Performance» Berlin GA 277, 27 February 1925

March 1925

30 days of the month fall in the life · 13 of 30 days witnessed, 4 bracketed in Berlin, 13 by residence only · in the era «The last illness» (28 September 1924 to 30 March 1925)

Dated to the month

His own account wrote «Das scheinbare Erlöschen der Geist-Erkenntnis in der Neuzeit» at the Goetheanum Dornach GA 26, chapter 33 (the volume; the document itself is not served) the edition prints the place and month under the title
His own account wrote «Die geschichtlichen Erschütterungen beim Heraufkommen der Bewußtseinsseele» at the Goetheanum Dornach GA 26, chapter 34 (the volume; the document itself is not served) the edition prints the place and month under the title
His own account wrote «Von der Natur zur Unter-Natur» at the Goetheanum Dornach GA 26, chapter 35 (the volume; the document itself is not served) the edition prints the place and month under the title

1 March 1925

His own account issued the letter to members «29. From Nature to Sub-Nature» GA 26, chapter 29 (the volume; the document itself is not served) the edition prints the day after the text; the day is a Sunday, the day the members' newsletter appeared

2 March 1925 Berlin

Gesamtausgabe a eurythmy performance or programme is dated here: «Eurythmy Performance» Berlin GA 277, 2 March 1925

5 March 1925

Witnesses place this day differently: Dornach (Eyewitness · Wachsmuth, His own account); Danzig (Gesamtausgabe). The day is given no place.

His own account wrote to Marie Steiner from Dornach Dornach GA 262, Nr. 231
Gesamtausgabe a eurythmy performance or programme is dated here: «Eurythmy Performance» Danzig GA 277, 5 March 1925
Eyewitness · Wachsmuth wrote to Marie Steiner that his condition was improving only gradually Dornach Guenther Wachsmuth, The Life and Work of Rudolf Steiner, 1955 (Garber 1989), part 0035-1925 a letter Wachsmuth prints; the letter itself is the primary and is not quoted here, because this witness carries no quotation authority

8 March 1925 Berlin

His own account issued the letter to members «Der Mensch in seiner makrokosmischen Wesenheit» GA 26, chapter 30 (the volume; the document itself is not served) the edition prints the day after the text; the day is a Sunday, the day the members' newsletter appeared
Gesamtausgabe a eurythmy performance or programme is dated here: «Eurythmy Performance» Berlin GA 277, 8 March 1925

10 March 1925 Fürth

Gesamtausgabe a eurythmy performance or programme is dated here: «Eurythmy Performance» Fürth GA 277, 10 March 1925

13 March 1925

Witnesses place this day differently: Stuttgart (Gesamtausgabe); Dornach (His own account). The day is given no place.

His own account wrote to Marie Steiner from Dornach Dornach GA 262, Nr. 233
Gesamtausgabe a eurythmy performance or programme is dated here: «Eurythmy Performance» Stuttgart GA 277, 13 March 1925

15 March 1925 Stuttgart

His own account wrote «To the Teachers of the Stuttgart Waldorf School» GA 37, 73_19250315p01

In his own words (rsarchive.org English, no translator credited)

It is a great hardship for me not to be able to be among you for so long. And now I have to place important decisions in your hands, in which I have naturally participated since the school was founded.
Es ist mir eine große Entbehrung, so lange nicht unter Euch sein zu können. Und ich muss jetzt wichtige Entscheidungen, an denen ich naturgemäß seit dem Bestande der Schule teilgenommen habe, in Eure Hand legen.
His own account wrote «To the Students of the Waldorf School» GA 37, 74_19250315p02

In his own words (rsarchive.org English, no translator credited)

Much to my regret, I will not be able to be among you for a long time. And yet it always gave me the greatest satisfaction when I was able to spend some time among my dear students.
Zu meinem großen Leide kann ich durch lange Zeit jetzt nicht unter Euch sein. Und es gewährte mir doch stets die größte Befriedigung, wenn ich unter meinen lieben Schülerinnen und Schülern einige Zeit zubringen konnte.
His own account published «Educational Conference» in the members' newsletter GA 37, 114_19250315g01

In his own words (rsarchive.org English, no translator credited)

Calls for educational reform are coming from all sides. But the plight of educators has not been alleviated by even the best programs.
Der Ruf nach Reform des Erziehungswesens tönt aus allen Lagern. Aber die Not des Erziehers ist auch durch die besten Programme heute nicht geringer geworden.
His own account issued the letter to members «Des Menschen Sinnes- und Denkorganisation im Verhältnis zur Welt» GA 26, chapter 31 (the volume; the document itself is not served) the edition prints the day after the text; the day is a Sunday, the day the members' newsletter appeared
Gesamtausgabe a eurythmy performance or programme is dated here: «Eurythmy Performance» Stuttgart GA 277, 15 March 1925

18 March 1925

Gesamtausgabe a eurythmy performance or programme is dated here: «Eurythmy Performance» GA 277, 18 March 1925

20 March 1925

Witnesses place this day differently: Karlsruhe (Gesamtausgabe); Dornach (His own account). The day is given no place.

His own account wrote to Marie Steiner from Dornach Dornach GA 262, Nr. 235
Gesamtausgabe a eurythmy performance or programme is dated here: «Eurythmy Performance» Karlsruhe GA 277, 20 March 1925

22 March 1925 Mannheim

His own account published «Communications from the Board of Directors» in the members' newsletter GA 37, 108_19250322v01

In his own words (rsarchive.org English, no translator credited)

We would hereby like to inform our friends of the resolutions adopted at the General Assembly on February 8, 1925, to guide the institutions grouped around the Goetheanum in Dornach in the spirit of the reorganization of the anthroposophical movement at the Christmas Conference in 1923.
Wir möchten hierdurch die Freunde von den Beschlüssen unterrichten, die auf der Generalversammlung vom 8.
His own account issued the letter to members «Gedächtnis und Gewissen» GA 26, chapter 32 (the volume; the document itself is not served) the edition prints the day after the text; the day is a Sunday, the day the members' newsletter appeared
Gesamtausgabe a eurythmy performance or programme is dated here: «Eurythmy Performance» Mannheim GA 277, 22 March 1925

23 March 1925

Witnesses place this day differently: Stuttgart (Gesamtausgabe); Dornach (His own account). The day is given no place.

His own account wrote to Marie Steiner from Dornach Dornach GA 262, Nr. 237
Gesamtausgabe a eurythmy performance or programme is dated here: «Eurythmy Performance» Stuttgart GA 277, 23 March 1925

29 March 1925 Dornach

His own account issued the letter to members «Das scheinbare Erlöschen der Geist-Erkenntnis in der Neuzeit» GA 26, chapter 33 (the volume; the document itself is not served) the edition prints the day after the text; the day is a Sunday, the day the members' newsletter appeared
Gesamtausgabe a eurythmy performance or programme is dated here: «Eurythmy Performance» Dornach GA 277, 29 March 1925