Rudolf Steiner's collected works
Rudolf Steiner (1861 to 1925) started Waldorf education, biodynamic farming and eurythmy, and wrote and lectured on philosophy, art, science and the social questions of his time. His collected works, the Gesamtausgabe or GA, give every book and lecture series a number.
Here are 345 of those volumes and 5,477 lectures, given between 1886 and 1925. Each one has its dates and places, and a link to read it free in English on the Rudolf Steiner Archive. The lectures on medicine aren't part of this catalogue.
For parents and teachers
Steiner's talks on education are in GA 293 to 311, 23 volumes. The first three, starting with General Human Studies as the Basis of Education, are the course he gave the teachers of the first Waldorf school in Stuttgart. The school opened in September 1919, straight after it. 5 include lectures given in England, in London, Oxford, Ilkley, Torquay and Stratford.
All 23 education volumesBy section
- Books 30The books Steiner wrote himself, GA 1 to 28.
- Public lectures 49Lectures open to anyone, mostly in Berlin, GA 51 to 87.
- Lectures to members 183Lectures given to members of the Theosophical and later the Anthroposophical Society, GA 88 to 270.
- Art, eurythmy, speech and music 22Lectures on art, eurythmy, speech and drama, music and architecture, GA 271 to 292.
- Education 23Lectures to teachers and parents, from the course for the first Waldorf school in Stuttgart in 1919 to talks in Switzerland, the Netherlands and England, GA 293 to 311.
- Natural science 8Lectures on physics, astronomy and the sciences, GA 320 to 326.
- Agriculture 1The 1924 course at Koberwitz that began biodynamic farming, GA 327.
- Social life 17Lectures on economics and the threefold social order, GA 328 to 341.
- For priests of the Christian Community 5Courses for the founders of the Christian Community, GA 342 to 346.
- Lectures to the Goetheanum workers 7Talks with the workers building the Goetheanum, answering their questions, GA 347 to 354.
By year
By place
- Dornach 1693
- Berlin 1064
- Stuttgart 647
- Munich 224
- Basel 124
- Leipzig 84
- Vienna 84
- Hildesheim 83
- Oslo 79
- Cologne 74
- Hanover 63
- Bern 61
- Zurich 58
- Hamburg 55
- The Hague 53
- Kassel 52
- Nuremberg 47
- Düsseldorf 46
- Prague 44
- London 32
- Paris 31
- Wrocław 28
- Karlsruhe 27
- Torquay 27
- Ilkley 26
- Penmaenmawr 26
- Helsinki 24
- Bremen 22
- Stockholm 21
- Oxford 19
- Arnheim 16
- Weimar 16
- Copenhagen 15
- Budapest 14
- Dresden 14
- Mannheim 13
- St. Gallen 12
- Frankfurt 11
- Heidelberg 11
- Rome 11
- Amsterdam 10
- Koberwitz 10
- Norrköping 10
- Darmstadt 9
- Elberfeld 9
- Heidenheim 8
- Strasbourg 7
- Pforzheim 6
- Ulm 6
- Bergen 5
- Bonn 5
- Linz 5
- Tübingen 5
- Winterthur 5
- Wiesbaden 4
- Bielefeld 3
- Freiburg 3
- Hilversum 3
- Olten 3