The Spirit in the Realm of Plants
Rudolf Steiner
The following lectures were given by Rudolf Steiner to audiences
familiar with the general background of his anthroposophical
teaching. He constantly emphasized the distinction between his
written works and reports of lectures that were given as oral
communications and were not originally intended for print. It
should also be remembered that certain premises were taken
for granted when the words were spoken. ‘These premises’
Rudolf Steiner writes in his autobiography, ‘include at the
very least the anthroposophical knowledge of man and of the
cosmos in its spiritual essence; also of what may be called
anthroposophical history told as an outcome of research into the
spiritual world.