"In astrology Jupiter,the 'Greater Fortune'; Venus,the 'Lesser Fortune'...." 80 p. 103 [In astrology,generally,these planets are thought to foretell beneficial futures. The Sun,Moon,and Mercury are also generally conceived as beneficent.]
A long meditation by Rudolf Steiner,delivered at the laying of the foundation stone for the Goetheanum; sometimes taken as summarizing Anthroposophy.
A collection of Rudolf Steiner's lectures,published by the Anthroposophic Press,laying out the premises for Waldorf education.
The number of the cosmos or creation,according to Steiner.
"The basic principles of Buddhism ... [A]ll life is subject to suffering ... [D]esire to live is the cause of repeated existences ... [O]nly the elimination of desire can produce release ... [T]he way of escape is the elimination of selfishness...." 80 p. 103 [More typically,the four truths are given as 1) life is suffering,2) suffering arises from desire,3) detachment from desire and from the objects of desire will end suffering,4) the Eightfold Path enables detachment and the attainment of enlightenment.]
"In astrology,the 'animal Signs' [sic]. When one of these is in the ascendant,it is believed that the individual expresses some of these qualities of the animals." 80 p. 103
One of Steiner's several accounts of human nature. According to this account,man consists of physical nature,etheric nature,astral nature,and the I.
"A mathematical welding of space and time,as a framework for all natural phenomena." 73 p. 85 [In science,the fourth dimension is usually conceived to be time,but some scientific theories postulate more than three physical dimensions.]
Steiner said that the French "race" is deteriorating,in part because the French are bringing blacks to Europe. He also said the French language corrupts the soul.
"(Zoroastrianism) Spirits of the dead and gods of the underworld." 80 p. 104
