Notes from 16 lectures, Munich and Oslo, Apr. 22, 1907-May 21, 1909 (CW 104a); 1 lecture in Paris, June 14, 1906 (CW 94)

We can be overwhelmed by the fearsome pictures of our current world situation, which reflect powerful spiritual events taking place today. This book is based on notes written down at 16 lectures given in 1907 and 1909, presenting Rudolf Steiner's masterful account of the meaning of the most esoteric book in the Bible. They instruct a practice and inner training in reading the signs of the times, so that we can prepare responsibly and in full consciousness to meet the challenges that humanity is facing now and in the future.

In aphoristic, intense sections, Steiner surveys the sweep of world history on a cosmic scale. His penetrating interpretation of the Apocalypse shows how the human soul will evolve and change through the present and coming great conflagrations.

Themes include

- the nature of the third millennium;
- Sorat and the significance of the number 666;
- the War of All against All;
- the Second Coming of Christ;
- the true nature of the "I";
- how future possiblities will depend on our present actions.

This volume is a translation from German of Aus der Bilderschrift der Apokalypse des Johannes (GA 104a); the added lecture in Paris is from Kosmogonie. Populäre Okkultismus. Das Johannes-Evangelium. Die Theosophie an Hand des Johannes-Evangelium (GA 94).