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Sorry! But it takes time to go process all of the corrections! If you did not use the 'Corrections' feature, it will take quite a bit longer. This feature was implemented to help the e.Librarian find the exact text that you feel should be changed. Without its help, finding the text is a difficult process: the text in our database is not in a form that you see on your browser display. Page numbers, paragraph numbers and word counts are irrelevant. Please use the 'Corrections' llink found at the upper-right of each document page on our site. There is a 'Help" link next to it, should you need additional help with the submission form.

• http://www.rsarchive.org/ — Rudolf Steiner Archive
• http://fineart.elib.com/ — Fine Arts Presentations
• http://www.knownews.net/ — Our NewsWire
• http://www.goetheanscience.org/ — The Science of Goethe
• http://www.waldorfeducation.net/ — A Waldorf Education site
• http://www.biodynamicfarming.info/ — A Biodynamic Farming site

Various bLogs:

• http://reviews.rsarchive.net/ — Now I See ... Book Reviews
• http://rsa.rsarchive.net/ — RS Archive bLog
• http://fablog.elib.com/ — e.Gallery bLog
• http://fablog.goetheanscience.net/ — Goethean Science bLog
• http://www.spiritworking.info/ — Spirit Working bLog
• http://starcal.rsarchive.net/ — Star Calendar bLog

No! There is nothing like a "membership" at any of our sites. In the spirit of the original Internet, all information on our sites is free for everyone to use!

Yes we do! There are several:

• The e.Lib, Inc. — is an e.Lib, or electronic library: on-line documents of all kinds. Feel free to explore it's resources. It is also the umbrella organization for the rest of the sites on this page.
• Anthroposophical Publications — A platform for Anthroposophically-inspired writers to publish their works at cost or completely free, and especially translating into English and publishing the over 3,000 untranslated lectures of the Austrian philosopher, Rudolf Steiner [1861-1925]. We feel that if it's available in German, it should be available in English! Steiner himself said, “and English is a universal world language, and will become so more and more.” (from The Kingdom of Childhood lecture series, lecture on August 12th 1924).
• Study Groups, On-line — A new way for groups to discuss and share research on books, lectures — really any subject. This is an application to join or set up a group for like-minded folks to do research or discuss a favorite topic. Groups can interact with other groups, with no tracking, no advertising, and no hassles. This can replace or enhance email list serves, in-person get-togethers, and other on-line gatherings. For groups, branches, Societies, or Waldorf teachers, parents, staff, or classrooms.
• Now I See ... — is a bLog site featuring Book Reviews by Anthroposophists, of non-anthroposophical books! All in the spirit of Franz Brentano. An interesting concept that features some interesting book reviews: books on the World Wars, UFO's, Psychic Detectives, and biographies are just a few of the subjects!
• Fine Art Presentations — is an e.Gallery featuring several hundred artists from the 13th through the 21st Century. And ... it also has a category for Anthroposophically influenced artists. We believe this is the only such gathering on the Internet. Rudolf Steiner's Lectures on art are linked into the artists at this Special Collection at the e.Gallery.
  • Fine Art bLog — is a bLog site citing new features and happenings at Fine Art Presentations, including an Artist of the Week selection and site announcements.
• KnowNews dot Net — is a Newswire service featuring World News, US News, Business, Science, Entertainment, Sports, Health, and  special section for Anthroposophical News from around the world. This section is categorized, or grouped, by topics like Biodynamics, Waldorf Education, etc., and the database goes back several years. There is an Archived database of articles that goes back even further.

There is a lot of material here, just waiting for research or exploration ... feel free to look around!

There may be several answers to this question:

1. Rudolf Steiner, especially in the later years of his life, gave several different lectures every day! The file naming format is YYYYMMDDX00, where YYYY = year, MM = month, DD = day, X = when the lecture was given (morning, evening, afternoon, etc.), and 00 = the occurance of this lecture (00 = German original, 01-99 = same lecture, different translation. By checking the URL of the lectures, you can determine if this is one of several lectures given on that day, or if it is just a different translation.
2. The Rudolf Steiner Archive strives to offer all of the English translations of Steiner's lectures. Publishers may decide to reprint a lecture series, and it may or may not have the same title! It is, though, the exact same lecture by the same translator ... just packaged differently. So, in keeping with our mission, we have included it at the Archive. Now, sometimes that same lecture series is re-edited and then re-published. Or it may be a completely different translation by another translator! There are many different scenarios.
3. The duplicated lecture could indeed be there! It would be a legitimate error and we would like you to let us know about it so we can fix it. Be sure to include the URLs of the lectures in question. Don't just say, " Hey, you've got a duplicated lecture!" Details ... we need details!

Rudolf Steiner referred to his spiritual philosophy as 'anthroposophy,' and he defined it as 'the consciousness of one's humanity.' He was a highly-trained clairvoyant who spoke from his direct cognition of the spiritual world. However, he did not see his work as religious or sectarian, but rather sought to found a universal 'science of the spirit.' Steiner chose the term anthroposophy (from the Greek, anthropo-, human, and -sophy, wisdom) to emphasize his philosophy's humanistic orientation.

No! All of the documents at the Rudolf Steiner Archive & e.Lib are free for everyone to read. The Search and Compare tools that are available on the site are free, also. In the spirit of how the Internet was founded.

He lectured! During his lifetime, and generally after the year 1904, he gave over 6700 lectures an various cities all over Europe. All of his lectures, while focusing on the science of the spirit, were about different subjects, for instance his 'Nine Lectures on Bees.' He also wrote 28 books, and hundreds of articles, essays, critiques, verses, and meditations.

Steiner's multi-faceted genius has led to innovative and holistic approaches in medicine, science, education (Waldorf schools), special education, philosophy, religion, economics, agriculture (Bio-Dynamic method), architecture, drama, the new art of eurythmy, and other fields. In 1924 he founded the General Anthroposophical Society, which today has branches throughout the world.

I don't know! But you can find out what you've missed by visiting the Rudolf Steiner Archive!

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Rudolf Steiner was an Austrian philosopher who was born in 1861 and passed on in 1925. You can read all about him by going to our Biographies Section: https://www.rsarchive.org/Biogs.php

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A regular expression is a pattern that describes a set of strings. Regular expressions are constructed analogously to arithmetic expressions, by using various operators to combine smaller expressions.

The fundamental building blocks are the regular expressions that match a single character. Most characters, including all letters and digits, are regular expressions that match themselves. Any metacharacter with special meaning may be quoted by preceding it with a backslash (see examples below).

A list of characters enclosed by [ and ] matches any single character in that list; if the first character of the list is the caret ^ then it matches any character not in the list. For example, the regular expression [0123456789] matches any single digit, and [^0123456789] matches any single character that is not a digit. A range of ASCII characters may be specified by giving the first and last characters, separated by a hyphen ([q-t] is the same as [qrst]). Most metacharacters lose their special meaning inside lists. To include a literal ] place it first in the list. Similarly, to include a literal ^ place it anywhere but first. Finally, to include a literal - place it last.

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Two regular expressions may be concatenated; the resulting regular expression matches any string formed by concatenating two substrings that respectively match the concatenated subexpressions.

Two regular expressions may be joined by the infix operator |; the resulting regular expression matches any string matching either subexpression.

Repetition takes precedence over concatenation, which in turn takes precedence over alternation. A whole subexpression may be enclosed in parentheses to override these precedence rules.

In basic regular expressions the metacharacters ?, +, {, |, (, and ) lose their special meaning; instead use the backslashed versions \?, \+, \{, \|, \(, and \).

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"The dates above the verses relate to the manuscript of the first edition, which covered the year 1912–1913. When he was questioned about the change of dates that occurs from year to year, Rudolf Steiner stressed that one must always begin with the first verse at Easter. Thus, the change in dates is not important because three successive verses of the Calendar are always kept in the same mood."

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