1. On the Nature and Destiny of Man and World

The knowledge from which is drawn a conception of the spiritual-super-sensible has often been called by me, as well as by others, the Science of Initiation. We speak of this science of initiation when we look back at what went on in mankind's ancient Mysteries. Yet we also speak of the science of initiation— modern science of initiation—if we wish to characterize Anthroposophy in its deeper aspects.