Second Lecture

In today's lecture, allow me to begin by presenting some background information on how the roots of anthroposophy were historically discovered. I will be compelled to draw on some rather remote areas and also to include some personal observations; the former in particular, the digression into somewhat remote, seemingly philosophical areas, should be avoided as far as possible in the coming days. But in order to avoid the impression that anthroposophy is based on some kind of amateurish ideas, it is necessary to say something about this foundation today.