4 lectures, Vienna, September 27-October 1, 1923 (CW 223)
Steiner shows the need to "expand the horizon of life into the breadth of the world" in order to overcome today's hermit-like existence. He shows that the path to becoming true citizens of the cosmos is through the forces of the Archangel Michael, who is always present and prepared to help us.
This volume is a translation of the final four of the nine lectures in
Der Jahreskreislauf als Atmungsvorgang der Erde und die vief grossen Festeszeiten
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