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Biography
of Rudolf Steiner (from
Berkeley University)
For an alternative view see: The
Sceptic's Dictionary
1861
Born on February 27 at Kraljevec on the Murr island in Croatia, within
the Austro-Hungarian
Empire.
1863-68
Lives in the Southern Austrian Railway station at Pottschach, where his father
is a railway technician.
1879
Attends Vienna
Technical University.
1883
In Vienna, edits Goethe's Natural Scientific Writings.
1889
First introduced to theosophical ideas in Vienna in the circle
of Marie Lang.
1889-97
Employed by the Goethe
Archive in Weimer.
1891
Receives doctorate in philosophy from the University of Rostock.
1892
Publishes dissertation under the title Truth and
Knowledge.
1894
The Philosophy of Freedom is published.
1895
Friedrich Nietzsche: Battler against His Time is
published.
1897
Goethe's Conception of the World is published. In Berlin, he edits the
avant-garde periodical Magazin für Literatur.
1899
Marries Frau Eunike.
1902-9
Serves as general secretary of the German branch of the Theosophical
Society, although he
never becomes a member.
1904
Hilla Rebay, who will go on to be the founding director of the Solomon
R. Guggenheim Museum, New York,
attends his lectures.
Knowledge of Higher Worlds and Its Attainment and Theosophy is
published.
1908
Wassily
Kandinsky and Gabriele Munter attend his lectures at the Architektenhaus
in
Berlin. Meets with Swedish mystical painter Hilma af Klint in Stockholm.
1909
Separates from the Theosophical Society in disagreement over the declaration
by Annie Besant and C. W. Leadbeater that a sixteen-year-old
Indian youth, J. Krishnamurti,
is a spiritual prophet Piet
Mondrian joins the Theosophical Society. Occult Science: An Outline is
published.
1910-13
Writes four mystery dramas, first performed in Munich.
1911
Frau Eunike, his first wife, dies.
1913
HIs followers organize the Anthroposophical Society, although
he does not become a member. Begins construction on the first Goetheanum,
in Dornach,
Switzerland.
1914
Marries Marie von Sievers, his former assistant in the German branch of the Theosophical
Society.
1919
Develops experimental educational model for children in response to a request
from Emil Molt, owner of the Waldorf-Astoria Tobacco
factory in Stuttgart.
1920
Hilma af Klint travels to the Goetheanum in Dornach to meet
with him.
1922
On New Year's Eve, shortly after completion, first Goetheanum is burned to the
ground, probably arson. Virtually all drawings made prior to the fire are destroyed.
The touring agency of Sachs and Wolf inform him that they can no longer guarantee
his safety and refuse to arrange further public lectures. He has become a political
target for the Nazis.
1923
Re-founds the General Anthroposophical Society and assumes its
leadership.
1925 Dies. |
