The Goetheanum Windows

The First Goetheanum in Dornach, Switzerland before it was burned by Arson in 1922.

The Second Goetheanum today in Dornach, Switzerland.

9 stained glass windows were designed for the first Goetheanum in Dornach, Switzerland in the early 20th century. They were based on the sketches of artists advised directly by Dr. Rudolf Steiner to provide a student of the spirit with a visual portrayal of the journey of the human being through life and death, the mysteries, and the processes and beings at work in the universe.

A total of nine artists were entrusted were with the production of the windows for the 1st Goetheanum, which was burned down by Arson in 1922, and were faithfully recreated by Assja Turgenieff for the 2nd Goetheanum, which stands today. She worked alongside the Polish painter and Anthroposophist Thaddäus Rychter, whose wife, Anna May Rychter, painted the "Grail Triptych" (a brief article on this painting that depicts the mystery of the Holy Grail can be found on his website here https://www.sunarchive.org/thegrailtryptich

The windows of the first Goetheanum, with which a large domed hall was equipped, were constructed by way of a special form of glass art was developed according to Rudolf Steiner. The resulting difference in glass thickness made the motifs stand out particularly clearly in the sunlight. As the seeker follows the windows as they were intended in the 1st Goetheanum, an individual expands beyond the "I" of our micro-environments (or microcosm) into the macrocosm (the spiritual and physical universe) of which the world, human beings, animals, minerals, and every physical object is a reflection and manifestation.

The windows consist of:

The windows led a student of the mysteries to the Representative of Humanity; a wooden statue standing some 20 feet high and weighing several tons that depicts the harmony, balance, and transformative presence of Christ-Jesus over the opposing powers of humanity; Lucifer and Ahriman. The Christ is the Greater Guardian of the Threshold and the Redeemer of Humanity. The scene does not depict the conquest over the opposing powers through force, but rather the transformative and immutable spirit-forces of Christ-Jesus of universal brotherhood, compassion, wisdom, and unconditional love.

The opposing powers serve a rightful place in the universe and influence humanity from the spiritual spheres. They cannot be avoided, only understood and managed as their influences radiate into the world. Thus we see Christ-Jesus with Ahriman beneath the surface of the earth. This is his rightful plane of activity by choice. Ahriman is always depicted as beneath the earth as a shriveled appearance reflecting his inner soul qualities of the pure intellect; measure, number, and weight devoid of light, love, and spirit. Lucifer is the false angel of light and he is depicted as above who inspires the passions and leads humanity into a false-vision of the universe and dreamy illusions.

There are only a handful of books and pamphlets published on the esoteric meaning of the windows. Authors such as Assja Turginieff (1935), Edward Hartmann (1971), and Dr. Adrian Anderson (2016) published books on the Goetheanum Windows. Most of the images of the windows available on the internet of the windows are of poor resolution. The images here were enhanced them for clarity and contrast of the images using modern tools without making any changes. Images were copied from books on the subject, some of which are out-of-print and antiquarian. Opinions sometimes vary from these sources but overall the views are consensus with one another. This does not mean that they reveal all that Dr. Steiner had intended but they give us a place to start for further research.

The windows are triptychs (3 panes) or panels. The scenes begin from left, to the right, and to the center where a transformative end state/culmination point is depicted with regards to that specific scene.

Author's Note: Quotes were taken from several sources and are indicated. Quotes provide insights on the windows, but quotes were also provided by way of Dr. Steiner about the symbols, colors, and situations in the windows. Works available in only German were translated through Google Translator.

Helpful Keys

The 7-Fold Nature of the Human Being

Thinking: Associated with the brain, the head, and the eagle.

Feeling: Associated with the heart and lungs, the blood, and the lion.

Willing: Associated with the limbs, digestion (arms, legs), and the bull.

The 7 aspects of the human being were described by Dr. Rudolf Steiner in detail in his work Occult Science, An Outline. When viewed spiritually, the human being consists of a Physical Body, Etheric Body, Astral Body, Ego or "I" (which has a lower and higher aspect), and three higher aspects. The three primary principles of the human being (excluding the physical body which, in light of Anthroposophy, has already a high stage of perfection), consists of purified and unpurified qualities. Everyone is unique based on karma, decisions, and the progress of our individual journey over the course of human evolution.

The purified aspects were referred to by Dr. Steiner as the spirit-self (transformed Astral body), life-spirit (transformed Etheric Body), and spirit-man or Atma (transformed "I"). Dr. Steiner also mentioned a "causal body" and 3 expressions of the soul, in the lecture series "At the Gates of Spiritual Science."

On Color

Color is observed primarily through external means. However, color is expressed objectively through the eye of the spirit. It arises through all of the activities, notions, thoughts, and feelings of the soul and spirit activity. Colors are visible to the trained observer n the aura of all living things. The aura is egg-shaped when viewed clairvoyantly and varies in size according to the individual including moods, the quality of our thoughts and moral character, deeds, and intentions. The Goetheanum Windows were designed in alignment with the true spiritual meaning of color to characterize the moments, locations, and journey of the human soul.

General Quotes on Color from Dr. Rudolf Steiner. Specific color associated with the windows are quoted in each section below from Dr. Steiner. Refer to this article for more insights: https://www.sunarchive.org/oncolor

(1) "The color effects perceptible to the spirit eye that ray out around the physical man observed in his activity, and that envelop him like a somewhat egg-shaped cloud, are the human aura. The size of this aura varies in different people, but we may say that the entire man appears on average twice as long and four times as wide as the physical man. The most varied shades of color flood the aura. This color flooding is a true picture of the inner human life. As this changes, so do the shades of color. Certain permanent qualities such as talents, habits, and traits of character, however, express themselves also in permanent fundamental color shades."

-Rudolf Steiner, https://rsarchive.org/Books/GA009/English/AP1971/GA009_c03_6.html

(2) "We have to compare the auras of various soul-experiences with each other in order to learn to understand the meaning of the color shades. To begin with, take soul-experiences shot through with strongly marked emotions. They may be divided into two kinds — those in which the soul is impelled to these emotions chiefly by the animal nature, and those in which these passions take a more subtle form, in which they are, so to speak, strongly influenced by reflection." -Rudolf Steiner, https://rsarchive.org/Books/GA009/English/AP1971/GA009_c03_6.html

(3) "...the faculty of cognition; and feelings are for the soul what food is for the body. If we give the body stones in place of bread, its activity will cease. It is the same with the soul. Veneration, homage, and devotion are like nutriment, making it healthy and strong, especially strong for the activity of cognition. Disrespect, antipathy, and underestimation of what deserves recognition all exert a paralyzing and withering effect on this faculty of cognition.

For the spiritually experienced, this fact is visible in the aura. A soul that harbors feelings of reverence and devotion produces a change in its aura. Certain spiritual colorings, as they may be called, yellow-red and brown-red in tone, vanish and are replaced by blue-red tints. Thereby, the cognitional faculty is ripened; it receives intelligence of facts in its environment of which it had hitherto no idea. Reverence awakens in the soul a sympathetic power through which we attract qualities in the beings around us, which would otherwise remain concealed."-Rudolf Steiner, Knowledge of Higher Worlds and its Attainment, GA 10, Lecture I. How is Knowledge Of The Higher Worlds Attained?

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Left: The 7 aspects, "sheaths", or "bodies" of the human being in light of Anthroposophy.

https://rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA204/English/AP1987/19210423p01.html

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Left: The 7-fold nature of the human being in light of Anthroposophy. Dr. Steiner observed that there are 7 fundamental aspects, which includes 3 dimensions of the human soul, all of which are interwoven and interact with one another. I added the term "ego" next to "I". Refer to Lecture 9 of the Gospel of St. John. https://rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA104/English/APC1958/19080626p01.html

The Planets in Light of Spiritual Science

There are 7 planets in the spiritual solar system associated with the influences and planes of transformation of the human being, and not 9 (Moon, Mercury, Venus, Sun, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn). These spheres correlate to the planes, or spheres, of spiritual activity that an individual passes through during the journey from death to rebirth; thus, they are not purely physical planets that project a physical influence. They are the homes, or "cities", of divine beings who possess divine and unique aspects. They are both higher and lower beings, in terms of morality, associated with these planetary forces.

The sun-sphere is the highest plane in the solar system. It the location of the "throne of the Christ" (https://rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA140/English/AP1968/LifBet_index.html). It is the path of the human being, through free will and decisions, to find balance and understand and control these planetary influences, that perpetually flow throughout the universe into the world and all living things.

The planets are visible in many of the windows. For example, the moon is portrayed as waxing (the moon's shadow is decreasing as the Moon approaches a Full Moon) or waning (the moon's shadow is increasing as the moon darkens). This implies that moon forces are prominent at certain times of the month, year, and through celestial events such as eclipses, planetary alignments, and the activity of other astronomical phenomena such as comets and meteors. These forces project a hidden influence upon the human being and affect our moods, dispositions, moments of destiny, and the spiritual forces that can both help and hinder us. -Refer to Archangels and the Planets at https://www.sunarchive.org/archangels-and-the-planets

As the planets come into conjunction or opposition with one another, unique aspects are projected onto humanity. The spiritual activities of higher beings in the spiritual spheres are the source of all influences. Objective facts, gathered through the eyes of a genuine modern spiritual initiate in Dr. Rudolf Steiner, necessitate an informed study that can be accomplished only through Anthroposophy. This study does not rely on superstition, the uninformed, and the dilettantism of those who speak on these topics. To remedy this quandary, Dr. Steiner founded a field of spiritual research called "Astrosophy" which he delegated to Dr. Elizabeth Vreede who was one of the founding members of the Anthroposophical Society based on the studies and results of spiritual scientific research

Christ-Jesus, The Representative and Redeemer of Humanity,

& the Opposing Powers of Evil: Ahriman and Lucifer

The Representative of Humanity. Christ-Jesus:

“We know that as far as concerns Earth-development on the physical plane Christ was incarnated for three years in the body of Jesus of Nazareth. We know that that incarnation took place once for all, that there had been no previous incarnation, and that there will be no other like it. What the Christ did by dwelling for three years in a human body was necessary for human beings on the Earth, it was necessary for men as earthly beings of sense to have the Christ also among them once as an earthly being of sense. But in His essential nature the Christ is not restricted to His life for three years in the sheaths of Jesus of Nazareth; He is also the leader of all the Beings of the higher hierarchies. He is an all-embracing, cosmic, universal Being." -Steiner, Rudolf, Wonders of the World, Ordeals of the Soul, Revelations of the Spirit. GA 129. Lecture 4. Dionysos as the representative of the ego-forces. The entry of the Christ Impulse into human evolution and the activity of the planetary gods. August 21, 1911, Munich. https://rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA129/English/RSP1963/19110821p02.html

The leader of all of the Beings of the higher spiritual hierarchies.

The Sun-Sphere, freedom, center, spiritualized thinking, redemption, compassion, knowledge, Light, wisdom, unconditional universal spiritual love, and empowerment to individuality and the "I". Christ-Jesus leader of the spiritual hierarchies who incarnated in a physical form as Christ-Jesus in 30AD at the Baptism on the River Jordan, He is the carrier and redeemer of the world and humanity. His blood permeated the earth and spiritualized it forever. He, as a God who incarnated in a physical form only once, died as a one-time cosmic moment. It shall never occur again.

His forces unfold gradually as humanity evolves in sequential stages over time; hence the term "Grail" or "Gradalis" (English: "holiness gradually"). Christ-Jesus overcame death at the Event of Golgotha and transformed the world and humanity forever thus enabling us to reach our destiny properly. There are many profound mysteries with this cosmic one-time event, and Dr. Steiner provided profound insights into the activities and transformations that are at work in the spiritual and physical spheres.

The divine angelic choirs, and the activities of the Order of the Initiates, perpetually support this mission and shall do so forever. The missions of these high leaders of humanity, who have reached higher stages of spiritual transformation, serve the Christ mission perpetually. Had Christ-Jesus not intervened, humanity would have been condemned to the corruptive aspects of the opposing powers. As reincarnation is a fact of human evolution, we would have been doomed through a perpetual process of amnesia confined to a circular pattern of outer perception alone which leads to spiritual death. Dr. Steiner referred to Christ-Jesus as "The Representative of Humanity." The victory over the opposing powers is achieved through knowledge, overcoming egotism, universal love, compassion, forgiveness, self-purification, wisdom, light, activity, and balance.

The battle for the human soul is the quest for the expansion of one's inner consciousness and soul-spiritual catharsis one outcome of which is the attainment of an active, conscious vision that "pierces the veil" of the outer world where the hidden processes, beings, and forces that govern human, world, and cosmic activity can be observed. The path of change has been provided to us by the great teachers of humanity led by the 13th Disciple; the Representative of Humanity Christ-Jesus. The great masters, which consists of 12 members, make up the "Great White Lodge", "White Brotherhood", or the collegium of the initiates. A key foundational pillar of this spiritual quest, captured in the myths of old including Orpheus, Herakles, Perseus, King Arthur and Parsifal, is moral catharsis and awareness; self-purification and the overcoming of the dragon nature within us. When combined, a seeker is on the path of the initiation...

“We know that as far as concerns Earth-development on the physical plane Christ was incarnated for three years in the body of Jesus of Nazareth. We know that that incarnation took place once for all, that there had been no previous incarnation, and that there will be no other like it. What the Christ did by dwelling for three years in a human body was necessary for human beings on the Earth, it was necessary for men as earthly beings of sense to have the Christ also among them once as an earthly being of sense. But in His essential nature the Christ is not restricted to His life for three years in the sheaths of Jesus of Nazareth; He is also the leader of all the Beings of the higher hierarchies. He is an all-embracing, cosmic, universal Being."

-Steiner, Rudolf, Wonders of the World, Ordeals of the Soul, Revelations of the Spirit. GA 129. Lecture 4. Dionysos as the representative of the ego-forces. The entry of the Christ Impulse into human evolution and the activity of the planetary gods. August 21, 1911, Munich. https://rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA129/English/RSP1963/19110821p02.html

Ahriman: Ahriman is the leader of a vast group of beings that Dr. Steiner referred to as the Spirits of Darkness and the Spirit of Lies. He lives in the darkness and despises the true light. A member of the rank of the angelic beings known as the Archai (or Time Spirits who are one stage above Archangels and two stages above angels), he is the dark spirit of materialism who guides humanity to a perception of the universe that relies solely on measure, number, and weight devoid of any spiritual foundation and exist based on purely mechanistic processes that are "natural" in origin. He wishes to put humanity into a kind of sleep-state of spiritual unawareness.

Although he lives in a purely spiritual state, and does not incarnate, he mocks the divine and the spirit. Utterly selfish, he inspires greed and seeks to blind humanity to turn human beings against one another. Ahriman inspired Judas and the betrayal of Christ-Jesus through greed. He leads human beings away from the spiritual aspects of life and the cosmos into division, war, and profit. He possesses the highest of intellects; but it is based on pure egotism. One of his inspirations is that there is no baseline of objective truth; only arguments and perspectives rationalized to suit self-interest. Thus, people will be perpetually opposed to one another. His activity is found in the lower aspects of existence in the spiritual-earth bound plane and the subsensible regions of the Earth. Ahriman seeks the hardening and crystallization of the human being into a kind of shallow husk of egotism and self-interest.

He inspires purely intellectual thought processes devoid of the spirit. The crude instincts within the human being are one aspect of Ahriman's activity; these are inspired and fueled by the subsensible regions of existence. He seeks to thwart human progress by tying humanity to the earth; his domain. If possible, he uncomfortably collaborates with Lucifer, but only to suit his own ends. He and Lucifer were both present at the Temptation of Christ-Jesus and His journey of 40 days in the desert. Ahriman seeks to bring humanity forward too soon from our proper path of evolution. Since 1879, a group of Ahrimanic beings were expelled by the Archangel Michael from the spiritual spheres, which once was their proper field of activity, into the spiritual-earthbound sphere where they influence humanity today. This explains the fast advances in technology, especially through weapons of war, since the 19th century.

Lucifer: Lucifer is portrayed in Anthroposophy as the illusory aspects associated with "higher" or "lofty", which does not imply superiority to the Christ, but rather an influence that pulls the human being away from our rightful sphere of activity; the physical world and balance with the spiritual worlds. He looks down upon physical existence. He seeks to hold humanity back to a prior stage of evolution.

He is false-light and can be mistaken for the Christ by the untrained eye. A member of the angelic ranks (one stage below the Archangels), he was held back at a prior stage of evolution. He stimulates and invigorates the passions, egotism, vanity, sensuality, false-pride, and dreamy illusions. Lucifer is responsible for the Fall of Man by corrupting the Astral form of the human being which, at the same time, enabled our path to freedom and individuality. This event occurred during the third of seven epochs of human evolution, or the "Moon Epoch" in Anthroposophical literature. He is often portrayed as looking down by Ahriman thus he is portrayed as a kind of distorted angel (with wings similar to an Egyptian Pharaoh's headdress). These spiritual appearances are the natural result of his state of being. Ahriman's appearance is a result of the same inner-soul expressions.

There are many other demonic beings, of course, and they each play a corruptive role in the battle for the human soul. These beings were discussed in Dr. Steiner's lectures and works. Artistic portrayals of Ahriman and Lucifer in Anthroposophy are based on direct, supersensible observation by Dr. Steiner. They are not illusory or hypothetical portrayals.

Refer to my article here for more information and references: https://www.sunarchive.org/christ-and-the-opposing-powers

The Theme of the Goetheanum Windows

By Assja Turgenieff

"The Goetheanum Window Motifs" P.39, 1935

"World views cannot be decoded by one aspect. They speak a new language in silence, but that language falls silent when interpretations are brought to them. Try to approach these images from a different angle with the help of Rudolf Steiner's spirit words. If one brings them into line with the 'initiation scene in the Egyptian temple' from the 4th Mystery Drama, then one finds words in the instructions of the neophytes which can be signposts for the window viewing.

It's not about providing individual pictures with individual quotes. The path to purification of consciousness stands once again as a whole between the contradictions of the elements, their formative and destructive powers, which give man the basis of his earthly experience, from earthly experience through light and sound to earthly experience, to the perception of the world word. In the images of the past in the drama, the way of initiation is given in this scene, but it is in accordance with the knowledge given to our time in the color and form of the window motifs.

As the warning voice of conscience from the depths of divine existence speaks the words of self-knowledge to the neophyte at the entrance of the Temple of the Threshold Guardians: "You, semblance of appearance, learn to know yourself" (corresponding to the red window). From the weight of these words, the guided student begins his way from appearance to being through contradiction, through language, which forms him in the contradiction of the elements (green windows)."

The Red West Window

Theme From the Author: The Initiate. One who has reached higher stages of spiritual perception, catharsis, and purification over long cycles of time. Clairvoyance, clairaudience, and the dormant faculties of the human being are unfolded, which allows the initiate to be an objective messenger between the physical and spiritual worlds. No illusions prevail in the initiate, which are qualities that reside in the lower aspects of the human being.

Left: It Reveals

Right: It Has Revealed

Center: I See

Left Panel: These strange beasts represent the lower and unpurified aspects of the human being. They were discussed by Dr. Rudolf Steiner in his Esoteric Lessons and each has a specific quality. Each one represents some distortion, or illusion, that must be overcome that manifests through the human being as biases, instincts, and distortion that reside in the human soul. For example, one portrays anger, predatorial instincts while another portrays a certain arrogance that mocks to the spiritual worlds and tries to lead a human being astray. If not overcome, they lead a person into self-destruction and illusion. The candidate for initiation must identify these aspects which manifest in feelings, thoughts, and deeds and overcome them. It is a perpetual battle.

Right Panel: The candidate for initiation is reaching upward to the Sun, a symbol of the Sun-Christ Mysteries, which govern the path of spiritual enlightenment. He/she has identified these destructive influences and each of them is now receding or dissolving away. Angels are now creating a barrier, or wall, so that these instinctual forces are blocked. This is a cooperative exercise with an individual on the path.

Center Panel: The image portrays the initiate who has fully unfolded the chakras of the soul-body and thus has obtained mature and objective spiritual vision, willing, hearing, and perceiving. As a conscious and active participant in the spiritual worlds, the initiate is fully conscious of the physical and the spiritual worlds and is a messenger between both. An initiate is not the same as "mediums" or "psychics". The initiate has mastered a mature faculty in a conscious way and does not rely on feelings (an astral clairvoyant) or subconscious impulses (which often accompany moments of psychic awareness) without understanding the nuances of their origins. Waves of information, energy, and knowing are portrayed here as waves, or motion, indicating that the wheels of the chakras are spinning and active.

Each chakra has a different number of petals which must be activated one at a time through a structured path of meditation and catharsis. The spiritual ears are open; the initiate can hear the secrets of the universe which are spoken esoterically through the Lion and the Bull in the center panel. They are portrayed here whispering to the initiate through his spiritual hearing or clairvoyance.

The Color Red:

(1) "Rose-red indicates a benevolent affectionate nature..." -Rudolf Steiner, Theosophy, GA 9, III-6. Thought-forms and the Human Aura https://rsarchive.org/Books/GA009/English/RSP1965/GA009_c03_6.html

(2) "Thoughts that spring from the sensual life course through the soul world in shades of red. A thought that springs from devoted and unselfish love rays out in glorious rose red. " -Rudolf Steiner, https://rsarchive.org/Books/GA009/English/AP1971/GA009_c03_6.html

(3) "A spiritual life combined with noble devotion and capacity for sacrifice shows rose-pink or light violet colors." -Rudolf Steiner, https://rsarchive.org/Books/GA009/

(4) "A violent anger that breaks out suddenly creates red streams..." -Rudolf Steiner, https://rsarchive.org/Books/GA009/English/AP1971/GA009_c03_6.html (Note: this is not portrayed in the image above; this is for reference only. Colors have tints, tones, and forms when viewed spiritually.

Chakras:

(1) Crown Chakra (Sahasrara): The Thousand Points of Light

(2) Third Eye Chakra (Anja): 2 Petals

(3) Throat Chakra (Vishudda): 16 Petals

(4) Heart Chakra (Anahata): 12 Petals

(5) Sacral/Naval Chakra (Manipura ): 10 Petals

(6) Sex Organs, Svadhishthana: 6 Petals

(7) Base Chakra, Base of Spine (Muldhara): 4 Petals

Note: The lower chakras, although purified for the initiate, are not shown in this image. Only the higher chakras are portrayed above the heart.

Quotes:

(1) "Spiritual science points to the fact that there are highly developed individuals called the “initiates.” In every age there have been secret schools where it was taught how, through exercises in meditation and concentration, a person could reach higher stages of development. Such exercises lead to insight that cannot be attained by means of the five senses and the intellect.

Inner meditative work enables the soul to become free of the senses; something occurs in an individual that is comparable to what happens in someone born blind and whose sight is restored. An inner process takes place through which the spiritual eyes and ears are opened. The whole of humanity will reach this stage, but only after long periods of time."

-Rudolf Steiner, Supersensible Knowledge, GA 55, IV. The Origin of Evil, https://rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA055/English/AP1987/19061122p02.html

(2) "The human physical countenance has something that is maya, that is absolutely false, that is something quite different in truth. What appears on this windowpane is not something that symbolizes; it is an essence that is envisaged, which only does not look to the spiritual observer as it appears to the senses. The larynx is the organ of vision for the etheric; the larynx is already Maja as a physical larynx, and that which is a merely physical-sensual vision is not reality. What is the spiritual meaning behind this? The spiritual fact is that the human being is truly being whispered in the ear, left and right, what the secrets of the world are. So that one can say: the bull speaks in the left ear, the lion in the right ear." -Rudolf Steiner, The Building Concept of the Goetheanum, GA 289, 25 August 1921, Dornach, Translated by Steiner Online Library, 6. Guided tour of the Goetheanum https://rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA289/English/SOL2022/19210825k01.html

(3) "We direct our gaze to the central part of the window. A human face appears. There is no form in the sensory world whose sight can be experienced by supersensible consciousness in such a similar way as the forms of a human head and its facial features. These forms are created by formative forces that have their sphere of activity in the first spiritual realm bordering the sensory world. We call this realm the etheric world. From this world, the forces that we experience in the physical as space and time are formed. In addition, there are formative forces that, directed toward the human form, represent themselves in the image of the lion and the bull. In the course of world and humankind's evolution, the eagle forces have sunk to the scorpion and dragon forces. They originally represented a supreme being. In the arrangement of the cosmic forces in the zodiac appearing in the celestial vault, the forms of the Water Man, the Bull, the Scorpion, and the Leo stand crosswise opposite each other:

Leo

Bull

Scorpio (Eagle)

Aquarius

Related to this are the four well-known Evangelical symbols. At the top of the image appears Saturn, indicating the origin of the human form. In anthroposophical spiritual science, earlier incarnations of the Earth's plan is referred to as Saturn…" -The Goetheanum Glass-Windows" by Georg Hartmann, 1971.

(4) "The red "initiation" motif...was given for the main entrance of the building in the west: a call to self-knowledge, to self-transformation, which had to accompany man in the search for his true being, which shows him the obstacles on his path to knowledge. In the central motif, the human being gazes upon his divine-spiritual origin. He recognizes the divinity of his humanity in the universe, surrounded by cosmic forces, with a lion and a bull in priestly robes whispering the secrets of the world to him on the waves of the sound ether—this is roughly how Dr. Steiner characterized the picture to a visitor he was leading through the Goetheanum. Below the currents in the larynx region is the smaller motif of "Michael Fighting the Dragon": a light-giving figure, carrying himself by his own power, his head directed above the gathering evil toward the divine." -Die Goetheanum-Fenster: Sprache des Lichtes." Entwürfe und Studien. Textband. Bildband (Rudolf Steiner, The Goetheanum Windows, Language of Light), German Edition, 1996

Green Window, South

Theme From the Author: The mystery of the will and its connection between the human being and the world.

Left: The Will is Being Born/Conceived

Right: The Will is Born

Center: The World Obtains/Acquires the Will

In this unusual sketch, we see a human being drawing forces from the moon as a crescent and full moon. Beneath the human being, are little sprites who are Ahrimanic beings. These demonic beings were confined to the physical plane after a battle with Michael which, in light of Anthroposophy, concluded in 1879. These beings, who possess a rightful place in human evolution, try to lead human beings astray through the passions and instincts. These lower forces are connected to the lower aspects of the Moon which also possess higher influences on the human being. in the left pane, we see light beams connecting a human being with these demons, who live below the surface of the physical-spiritual earth.

As we move to the right pane, the human being has severed the beams and is moving towards a full moon. The test is for the human being to become conscious of the influence of these beings, who live within the spiritual earthbound plane and are connected to all of humanity, and sever there negative forces in order to take from them what is useful and appropriate. Ahrimanic beings work primarily on the intelligence of human beings, but they operate through the will as well as the instincts and passions. In the middle pane, we see a human being who has mastered this dragon, or Ahrimanic influence, who appears to be under the control of a human being sitting atop a kind of mountain. By doing so, he/she has unlocked the powers of the Ether forces which are portrayed in green. This summit, in light of Dr. Steiner, was not intended to be portrayed as leaves. In initiation wisdom, or spiritual science, the term "mountain" or summit represents a stage of initiation and supersensible experience. By bringing the will forces under the initiate's complete control, and taking firm mastery over the lower forces of the human being, a form of supersensible vision is attained.

On the Color Green: Appears in one who has attained balance and intelligence.

(1) "In persons with more subtle passions there appear in the same locations brighter reddish-yellow and green shades. One can notice that as intelligence increases the green shades become more frequent. Persons who are very intelligent, but who give themselves over entirely to satisfying their animal impulses, show much green in their aura, but this green will always have an admixture more or less of brown or brownish-red."

-Rudolf Steiner, https://rsarchive.org/Lectures/ReinImmort/19180425p01.html

(2) "In green, man seeks to strengthen the balance between his personality to the opposites he recognizes beyond the limits of consciousness." -Assja Turgenieff, The Goetheanum Window Motifs (Translated from German).

(3) "One can notice that as intelligence increases the green shades become more frequent. Persons who are very intelligent, but who give themselves over entirely to satisfying their animal impulses, show much green in their aura, but this green will always have an admixture more or less of brown or brownish-red."

-Rudolf Steiner, https://rsarchive.org/Lectures/ReinImmort/19180425p01.html

(4) "...green expresses understanding of life and the world. Children who learn easily have much green in this part of the aura." -Rudolf Steiner, https://rsarchive.org/Lectures/ReinImmort/19180425p01.html

(5) "Green expresses love towards all beings;" -Rudolf Steiner, https://rsarchive.org/Search.php?q=green&type=keywords

(6) "...feelings of injured dignity that expend themselves in a sudden welling up can be seen appearing in dark green clouds." -Rudolf Steiner, https://rsarchive.org/Books/GA009/English/AP1971/GA009_c03_6.html

Quotes:

(1) Center Panel. "This is a great gentleman, he must have dignity and grandeur. These shapes behind man are two aspects of the moon. One glittering, the other flaming. One strengthens the memory, the other acts on instincts." He (Dr. Steiner) referred to these two aspects as 'Minds of Gravity.'" -Assja Turgenieff, The Goetheanum Window Motif Translated from German, 1935.

(2) "We're always surrounded by five ether streams in the world around us on earth. They're called earth, water, fire, air and thought ethers. These etheric streams are also active in man: earth ether from the head to the right foot, from there water ether to the left hand, from there fire ether to the right hand, from there air ether to the left foot, and then thought ether back to the head. This is the occultist's sacred pentagram (5 pointed star), the symbol of man. Its point is directed upwards, which indicates that the spirit streams to man from the heights. The pentagram is present in many flowers and other things in nature."

-Rudolf Steiner, Esoteric Lessons I, GA 266, Number 12, Köln, 12-1-'06, https://rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA266/English/UNK1998/19061201e01.html (Parenthesis are the author's)

(3) "The first thing man encounters on his path to spiritual knowledge are the essential forces of duality, in which his earthly existence proceeds. The two powers stand before the soul world: One lives within as a tempter, The other clouds the view when it is directed outward, says John in Rudolf Steiner's first mystery drama In the central motif of the southern green window, the human figure itself takes on a Luciferian character, while luminous figures of the spirit world rise before it. A cosmic aspect of the Ahrimanic force reveals itself to man in the opposite central motif (north) from outside, through the phenomena of nature: the Spirit of Gravity. From the earthly realm, this Spirit has woven the planetary system into its orbit.

And the Spirit of Gravity gathered the contradiction, and this became resistance to the human will, Rudolf Steiner wrote in the margin of the original sketch. Consciously in the moment of spiritual cognition, unconsciously through life's experiences, man forms his own will in encounters with this force. Spiritual-scientific insights point us to the connections between the human will and the forces of electricity as well as the gravity of earthly matter."

-Die Goetheanum-Fenster: Sprache des Lichtes." Entwürfe und Studien. Textband. Bildband (Rudolf Steiner, The Goetheanum Windows, Language of Light), German Edition, 1996

(4) "What is called the laws of gravitation in astronomy, what mutually supports the planetary bodies, appears in a first spiritual experience brought about by the "spirit of gravity," which reveals itself on the green window in its serpentine body. For the spiritual student must come to terms with the polar forces: with gravity, which seeks to bind him to the earth, but also with "lightness," which seeks to make him earth-fleeing and illusory. On both sides of the window, this relationship to the student with the natural gravity of the stars, which draws him into its substratum, appears as forces of resistance. To be able to freely grasp himself, even his orientation, he turns to the forces of the moon for the Ahrimanic forces for his own free will. This is on the right. The snail bodies are a principle of the animal kingdom, animals - in an untamed state..." -"The Goetheanum Glass-Windows" by Georg Hartmann, 1971. P30 https://www.amazon.com/The-Goetheanum-Glass-Windows/dp/3723502369

(5) "On the left side, the spiritual student stands on the earth's surface. He is placed within the natural effects of gravity, which the sun, moon, and stars influence in his bodily form. From the earth's subsoil, Ahrimanic beings appear effectively, creating the forces of resistance for the weight of the human body. But for true spiritual knowledge, the soul life must be able to grasp itself free from the body. The human being then finds his orientation in the world's connections from within himself. Again, he turns to the spiritual sun. The forces of the moon and the stars now work on him differently. Disappointed, the Ahrimanic beings must go into the depths. The human being has come to his own free will. The snail-like bodily nature of the Ahrimanic beings corresponds to a principle of formative forces that takes shape in countless variations in many forms of the terrestrial animal kingdom—and here especially in mollusks. This involves the combination of circular forces with those that move in a straight line." -"The Goetheanum Glass-Windows" by Georg Hartmann, 1971. P31 https://www.amazon.com/The-Goetheanum-Glass-Windows/dp/3723502369

(6) "He's a great man, after all; he must have dignity, grandeur. These forms behind the man are two aspects of the moon; one glitters, the other has flames. One strengthens the memory, the other affects the instincts.” -Rudolf Steiner, as quoted in "Die Goetheanum-Fenster-Motive. ("The Goetheanum Window Motifs") by Turgenieff, Assja, Published by Dornach: Philosophisch-Anthroposophischer Verlag, 1935.

Green Window, South

Left: And the Love of Humanity Arises

Right: And Love of Humanity Takes Hold of Him
Center: The Love of the World/Cosmos is Working (Comes into Being or Actively Streams

Theme From the Author: The theme of initiation is present in this window as are the necessity for a candidate for initiation to master certain forces which are 12-fold in nature. This upward current is presented in the center panel through a kind of fiery being who is influencing the human being and making a kind of plea for three angelic beings to listen to him. Most likely this fiery being is Lucifer. Since the color the window is green, we are dealing with formative etheric forces.

Three angelic beings appear to be turning away, or defending themselves, through posture against Lucifer. In the mysteries, and myths, the spirit, or higher self, is always presented in female form. The three angelic forms could represent the three purified aspects of the human being; thinking, willing, and feeling. Or, the three angels could also represent the three purified aspects of the human soul in light of Anthroposophy; life-spirit (purified etheric body), spirit-self (purified "I" or ego), and spirit-man (purified astral form).

There are 12 rays descending to the seeker from above in the left and right panel. In spiritual science, there are 12 dimensions of consciousness within the human being that unfold gradually over time; both gradually and deliberate effort. These 12 dimensions align with the 12 houses of the zodiac each of which has a unique constellation and universal spiritual force as well as the 12 months of the year, and the 12-sided dodecahedron; a Platonic solid that is often cited in spiritual studies that align with the long and painful path of consciousness. In the right plane, a pillar presents itself representing a foundation or a temple; the temple of the soul.

The pane on the left suggests that the 12 aspects of consciousness are still working subconsciously on the seeker since they are dimmer and seem to fade out as they approach the seeker. The seeker appears to be a kind of sleep-state with his/her arms raised up as if sleepwalking. This implies that the hidden aspects of spiritual consciousness are not awakened yet (which does not imply that a waking person lives in a trance in waking consciousness, but that the soul-forces have not been bridged to the conscious mind). On the right, the 12 rays of the spirit are now raying brightly and appear to be permeating a pillar-temple; the temple of the purified soul.

The Color Green: Appears in one who has attained balance and intelligence (or is attaining to it).

-Rudolf Steiner, https://rsarchive.org/Lectures/ReinImmort/19180425p01.html

(5) "Green expresses love towards all beings..." -Rudolf Steiner, https://rsarchive.org/Search.php?q=green&type=keywords

Quotes:

(1) "The central motif has to do with the cosmic forces, the liberating forces of the light-air element of fire longing for the spirit away from the chains of the earth..." - Assja Tugenieff, The Goetheanum Window Motifs (Translated by the Admin from German).

(2) "We turn to the window that shows the experiences of the spirit seeker in his confrontation with Luciferic beings. This time, the human being is not sitting on solid earthly ground. He experiences himself as being carried upwards by the power of warmth. He feels as if he is in a pleasantly flaming being. Angel-like figures now appear before him, pointing him upwards. Just as the spiritual aspect of the experience of heaviness can fill the soul with fear, so the feeling of "lightness" can distract the human being from his earthly task through an illusory bliss. Between both deviations, the human soul must be able to hold itself by its own strength and move forward in its development.

Thus, we stand between the two green windows.

The left and right panels of this south window show a double aspect of the light effect. In both depictions, the head of a spiritual father figure is depicted at the top, surrounded by twelve similarly formed heads. In the ancient initiations of pre-Christian era, the initiate could only cross the threshold into the spiritual world with the help of twelve people who had already experienced initiation. He thus remained dependent on these twelve companions throughout his life. They gave him the power of inner soul support when the soul, through Luciferic temptations, increasingly wanted to detach itself from the earthly body.

Thus, on the left side, the light works from above, holding the person from the outside.

On the right side, the light radiates from below upwards. The spirit seeker experiences his own inner power of light, which sustains him and yet preserves his connection with the earth; he perceives himself as a column with a base, column shaft, and capital, surrounded by an aura of light..." -"The Goetheanum Glass-Windows" by Georg Hartmann, 1971. P31 https://www.amazon.com/The-Goetheanum-Glass-Windows/dp/3723502369

(3) “Purely artistically and formally, through the composition itself, an image of the upward-pulling power of light is given in the ever-increasing size and brightness of the three angel-like figures floating one above the other. Their upward-pointing gesture further illustrates the upward-pulling power of light.

The love of the world works

And human love arises

And human love takes hold of him

This central motif, too, reflects an impact of cosmic forces: the liberating forces of the light-air element and fire, longing for the spirit and away from earthly shackles. In the side motif, in the light that the searching human being receives from above through the crystallizing forms of thought—still vaguely surrounded by spiritual mirror images of himself in his emergence—the image of his being takes shape in the spirit. An awakening in the spirit, a creation from the spirit, a sending of light from above into the work detached from the self, is the third moment of this composition.” -Die Goetheanum-Fenster: Sprache des Lichtes." Entwürfe und Studien. Textband. Bildband (Rudolf Steiner, The Goetheanum Windows, Language of Light), German Edition, 1996, P33.

(4) "...a geometric body which we call a pentagonal dodecahedron consisting of twelve equilateral pentagons. The pentagonal dodecahedron reveals further laws of the long path of the consciousness. But now we want to look at the result manifested by the last crystal form in this series: the icosahedron made up of twenty equilateral triangles." -Elizabeth Haich, "Initiation", Chapter 33. This is an abridged quote. Refer to this article for a brief summary on sacred numbers. https://www.sunarchive.org/on-sacred-numbers or www.rsarchive.org for free.

Blue Window, South

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Drawing Center: Anna May Rychter

Theme: The mystery of the will and the formative forces of the cosmos. The application of one's will, which is concealed from the conscious mind, and how it is connected to nature (and overcoming lower forces of the soul especially the predatorial instincts). The panels reveal the unique formative forces that emanate from the 12 cycles of the cosmos that manifest in the constellations.

Left: Decision, Making a Decision

Center: The Outer World is Making a Decision

Right: He has willed.

The Color Blue: Appears in one who is yearning for the spirit and a quest to overcome one's egotism through piety, devotion, and prayer. Blue is the color that symbolizes the quest/ideal of a seeker in this window as he/she tries to overcome egotism.

(1) "...blue is the sign of piety." -Rudolf Steiner, https://rsarchive.org/Lectures/ReinImmort/19180425p01.html

(2) "...blue is the sign of a capacity for selfless sacrifice for all beings. If this capacity for sacrifice rises to the height of strong willing, devoting itself to the active service of the world, the blue brightens to light violet." -Rudolf Steiner, https://rsarchive.org/Books/GA009/English/AP1971/GA009_c03_6.html

(3) "Shades of blue appear in soul-moods full of devotion. The more a man places his self in the service of a cause, the more pronounced become the blue shades." -Rudolf Steiner, https://rsarchive.org/Books/GA009/English/AP1971/GA009_c03_6.html

(4) "Shades of blue appear in soul-moods full of devotion. The more a man places his self in the service of a cause, the more pronounced become the blue shades. In this class also one finds two quite different kinds of people. There are natures who are not in the habit of exerting their power of thought — passive souls who, as it were, have nothing to throw into the streams of events in the world but their good nature. Their aura glimmers with beautiful blue. This is also the appearance of many religious and devotional natures. Compassionate souls and those who find pleasure in giving themselves up to a life of benevolence have a similar aura. If such people are intelligent in addition, green and blue currents alternate, or the blue itself perhaps takes on a greenish shade. It is the peculiarity of the active souls in contrast to the passive, that their blue saturates itself from within with bright shades of color." -Rudolf Steiner, https://rsarchive.org/Books/GA009/English/AP1971/GA009_c03_6.html

Quotes:

(1) "A Zodiac consists of twelve constellations: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces. For the materialistic astronomer, these are simply group pictures. Though the clairvoyant knows, that they have not simply been placed into space, but that their constellations correspond to spiritual beings who are grouped around in this belt in the sky. Once beings have completed their sun-existence, they will become such a Zodiac. This too goes through a kind of evolution."

-Rudolf Steiner, GA098, Lecture 7, https://rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA098/English/SOL2023/098-13_1908-02-08.html

(2) "...on the spiritual path reveals the spiritual backgrounds of human will, which is effective in the limbs of the body. In contrast to thinking and perceiving, which can be experienced in consciousness by man, the will is carried out for man in deep sleep consciousness. We have an idea of our intentions of will, we have a perception and idea of the results of our actions. But what is lived out between the conscious motive of our actions and the execution of the act as a process of will, that closes itself to our ordinary daily consciousness.

On the left we see a hunter. He's carrying his rifle. He intends to shoot the eagle. The eagle is held in place by spirit beings. No animal can be killed by human hands if the spiritual world does not release it. In the picture on the right, the hunter has taken the rifle into force and pulled the trigger. The spirit beings have released the eagle, even before it reaches the ball. The hunter has carried out his act of will. But what works in this willful activity? What happens in the differentiated muscle movements of the limbs and the rest of the body, so that the act of will can take place? The middle image gives the answer.

Here we are with the world forces acting from the cosmic circle of the earth. This circle is shaped to the twelve world-places of the zodiac, from whose forces the forms of the human total form are formed. At this stage of the path of knowledge, the spiritual student experiences the will of the world, which is powerfully expressed by the human being." -Georg Hartmann, Goetheanum Glasfenster, Pgs 43-44.

(3) "...the human form in both casement windows, the human form in two situations. In one case, all the qualities that live in the hunter when he aims at the animal he wants to shoot live in the person. In what has been scratched out of the glass, you will find the entire inner life of the person depicted, you will find everything that lives in him poured into the figurative.

When you come to a certain stage of inner experience, you cannot help but give shape to what lives inside as passion. And if you then think of the metamorphosis as having progressed, the whole picture shows the following in the right-hand window: the person has progressed from intending to shoot the bird down to actually doing it: he has taken aim and is shooting." -Rudolf Steiner, The Building Concept of the Goetheanum, GA 289, 16 October 1920, Dornach, Translated by Steiner Online Library, 3. The Double Dome Room and Its Interior Design, https://rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA289/English/SOL2022/19210629k01.html

Author's Note: The central theme of the right pane is the will impulse of the predatorial instinct, which is driven by one's instinctual and primal impulses. The bird is given over to the earth as a gift God. It is being released by an angelic being referred to as a Group Soul in Anthroposophy. The hunter, who is succumbing to lower impulse and the thrill of hurting a vulnerable animal which cannot defend itself, which is an fundamental aspect of the unpurified feelings expressed in the symbol of dragon, must make a transition from the predatorial and merciless thrill of hunting and exploiting those who are vulnerable which manifests itself in the survival of the fittest principle (all living beings including animals, planets, and the earth), to considering the spiritual nature of all beings and how humanity can and should live in harmony with the manifestations of God in Earth.

This theme appears in the tale of medieval epic of Parsifal, when an innocent boy who has not been educated on the true nature of spiritual ideas, emerges from the forest embarking on an adventure to find the Grail and shoots down a vulnerable swan with an arrow. He is lectured by a knight of the Grail about the crime committed. The Swan is the symbol of a stage of initiation in the Grail Mystery. Swans - like so many other animals - mate for life just like people should do of sound maturity.

(4) "According to occult teaching, every body consists of twelve members. The one uppermost is called the Ram; the adjacent one, the Bull; the one with the hands, the Twins; the chest is called the Crab; everything in the region of the heart is the Lion; below it—the trunk—is the Virgin; the hips, the Scales; below this, the Scorpion; and still farther down: the thigh, the Archer; the knee, the Goat; the lower leg, the Water-carrier; and the feet, the Fishes. The human body, then, is divided into twelve members..." -Rudolf Steiner, GA112, Lecture 14, https://rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA112/English/AP1948/19090707p02.html

(5) "A further step on the spiritual path reveals the spiritual background of human will, which is active in the limbs of the body.

In contrast to thinking and perceiving, which can be experienced consciously by humans, will takes place for humans in deep sleep consciousness. We have an idea of our intentions; we have a perception and idea of the results of our actions. But what unfolds as a process of will between the conscious motive of our action and the execution of the action is hidden from our ordinary daytime consciousness.

This time we will first look at the side pictures.

On the left, we see a hunter. He carries his rifle. He intends to shoot the eagle. The eagle is held in existence by spirit beings. No animal can be killed by human hands unless the spiritual world releases it. Therefore, hunting peoples still practice ancient ceremonies through which they ask the spirit beings protecting the animal to release it before the hunt, so that human life can be preserved.

In the right-hand picture, the hunter has raised his rifle and pulled the hammer. The spirit beings have released the eagle before the bullet reaches it. The bullet will therefore hit. The hunter has carried out his act of will.

But what is at work in this act of will? What takes place in the differentiated muscular movements of the limbs and the entire rest of the body so that the act of will can occur? The central picture provides the answer. Here we are dealing with the cosmic forces that work from the cosmic sphere of the Earth. This sphere develops into the twelve cosmic locations of the zodiac. From its forces, the forms of the overall human figure are created. On this stage of the path of knowledge, the spiritual student experiences the cosmic will, which powerfully flows through the human being.

In every bodily movement, even the smallest, whether it occurs unconsciously as a reflex or is "willed" by a conscious motive, the entire cosmos is at work with its forces. The will thus works as a spiritual entity through corporeality. Humans can initially act as far as their limbs reach.

But the human spirit has managed to exert forces beyond the limits of their corporeality. The thrown stone, the hurled spear, the fired arrow, the shotgun pellet, the body propelled into space—these are all effects of will emanating from humans. They would not be possible without the action of the forces of the cosmic realm. -"The Goetheanum Glass-Windows" by Georg Hartmann, 1971 (Author's Note: This is an abridged quote.)

(6) Author: In the center panel, the formative forces of the cosmos work within the human being in 12 unique ways, symbolized by the 12 constellations or "houses" of the zodiac which cycle once every 2,160 years. 12 cycles make up one "Epoch" which is 25, 920 years. During these intervals, humanity makes continued strides towards evolution; a destined goal of human existence given to us, and enabled, by God (Christ-Jesus is the leader of the higher-hierarchies) and the enumerable higher-angelic beings of the spiritual hierarchies.

In light of Anthroposophy, each constellation has a certain formative influence of the human being, in spiritual and physical terms. The human being is an eternal being incarnating in a physical form for a temporary time only. We are born, live, and die, and then are reborn. Through this process, we gradually evolve. This process is expressed in the center panel as stars that are projected by a symbol of the constellations (Pisces, Virgo, etc) into the formation of the human being. These forms, which are managed by the divine hierarchies, form, sustain, and transform.

The following list are the 12 formative forces are portrayed in the center panel with each human being in a certain disposition, or repose, where these forces are work. The 12 signs of the zodiac also represent formative universal periods of time as fixtures in the heavens that follow certain cadences for this moment in cosmic history. Each contributes something unique to the human being.

It is important to consider that these formative forces can have a productive and counter-productive influences upon each of us depending on our individual choices, dispositions, and karma. If a seeker does not learn to know and manage these forces, one could fall out balance. For example, a person pursues a well-balanced diet and controls the digestive forces in alignment with its intended purpose, versus allowing the digestive forces to dominate the appetites leading to obesity and laziness. Thus, in addition to the universal formative forces expressed in the central panel which affect all of us, which are bestowed upon us by the spiritual hierarchies, there is a individual influence that must be channeled and balanced on the path of evolution.

the forces of Aries form the human head,
the forces of Cancer on the chest/breast region,
the forces of Taurus on the throat region,
the forces of Gemini on the shoulders,
the forces of Leo on the heart,
the forces of Virgo on the digestive organs,
the forces of Scorpio on the reproductive organs,
the forces of Sagittarius on the thighs and upper arms,
the forces of Capricorn on the knees and elbows,
the forces of Aquarius on the lower legs and forearms,
the forces of Libra on the hips,
the forces of Pisces on the feet and hands." -"The Goetheanum Glass-Windows" by Georg Hartmann, 1971 (Author's Note: This is an abridged quote.)

Blue Window, North

Theme From the Author: The Struggle to Clear/Spiritual Thinking. The spiritual worlds assist he/she who, through dint of continued effort, to harmonize thinking with clarity which leads one to a clear vision of the world of the spirit.

Left: And He Sees.

Right: And He Makes Himself See.

Center: The Cosmos/World Gives Him/Her Sight.

(1) "...blue is the sign of piety." -Rudolf Steiner, https://rsarchive.org/Lectures/ReinImmort/19180425p01.html

Quotes:

(1) "In the further course of the path of knowledge, the spiritual student learns about the forces from the cosmos that are effective in his or her perception and thinking abilities. These forces are connected to the harmonies of the spheres. In the spiritual world, such formative forces are experienced as if in tones. It is as if high spiritual beings, through the sound of trumpets, were directing the forces emanating from the sun, moon, planets, and fixed stars to form the human sensory organs.

Among the trumpet-blowing spiritual figures, other beings appear who cooperate with the forces of the eagle, the lion, the bull, and the human archetype. Thus, the spiritual beings create the miracle of the human bodily organization, so that this body may be imprinted with the organs that can perceive what led to their formation." -Georg Hartmann, Goetheanum Glasfenster, P43.

(2) "Floating angelic figures with musical instruments - an image of the empire of spheres, in which the neophyte is supposed to sound as the sound of spheres - are the middle motif. In the realm of spheres, the neophyte is essentially guided by the voices of his/her own soul forces. Philia, Astrid, Luna and the other Philia (Note: these are characters from Dr. Rudolf Steiner's Mystery Drama which leads a seeker through the stages, processes, and beings of spiritual initiation or attainment) give him the words that should lead him on his path of self-knowledge through world knowledge.

From the light of the planetary worlds, three angelic beings send their rays to the image of human will, feeling and thinking, which rise above his head as the three apocalyptic animals. In the first ray you can see moon-like shapes, in the second you can see stars, in the third a wave-shaped light. This composition also has an upward opening perspective, a greater and brightness of the figures, which give the ascending movement through the pure spirituality of the upper planets to the fixed stars, in which the world tone should lead to the WORD of worlds." -Rudolf Steiner Quote from a Guided Tour, Quoted from "Die Goetheanum-Fenster: Sprache des Lichtes." Entwürfe und Studien. Textband. Bildband (Rudolf Steiner, The Goetheanum Windows, Language of Light), German Edition, 1996, P33 (Note: Also refer to the Gospel of St. John and Dr. Rudolf Steiner's lectures about the significance of the spiritual WORD as an act of creation, activity, and movement.)

(3) "From the light of the planetary worlds, three angelic beings send their rays to the image of human will, feeling and thinking, which rise above his head as the three apocalyptic animals. In the first ray you can see moon-like shapes, in the second - stars, in the third a wave-shaped light. This composition also has an upward opening perspective, a greater and brightness of the figures, which give the ascending movement through the pure spirituality of the upper planets to the fixed stars, in which the world tone should lead to the world words. According to Dr. Rudolf Steiner:

In the human organism, thinking is based on degradation processes. In the world, however, it evokes edifying pictorial forces. In the side motifs of these windows as well as in the side motifs of the violet windows (south), geometric forms that translate into the organic are written into the topsoil. Renewing ether forms - eyes and arms - bring individuals closer to the finder and the seeker, to the seer and the feeling." -Turgenieff, Assja, Die Goetheanum-Fenster-Motive. ("The Goetheanum Window Motifs"), Published by Dornach: Philosophisch-Anthroposophischer Verlag, 1935, P40-41.

Rose-Pink Window, North

Left: He Becomes Pious (Devotion)

Right: The World Stirs with Piety (Devotion)

Center: His Piety (Devotion) Works (is Active)

Theme From the Author: The German term "welt" translates as "world" but it is bigger than that. Oftentimes, Dr. Steiner referred to the world-soul which was permeated and forever transformed by the Event of Golgotha in 33AD. There is world-spirit and being beyond mere physicality. The physical world, which is tertiary for the human soul as it passes from birth to death, is humanity's proper place of spiritual activity. The depiction in this window is the striving for balance between the opposing powers of Ahriman and Lucifer who are overcome, and transformed, by Christ-Jesus and the Event of Golgotha. Lucifer and Ahriman work upon humanity from the spiritual planes. They do not incarnate in the physical world. Christ-Jesus, the Representative and Redeemer of Humanity, incarnated only ONCE in human evolution and will not do so again.

Christ-Jesus is portrayed in the left and right pane reaching out to Ahriman (lower) and Lucifer (higher) through compassion, wisdom, and love. They have a proper place in human evolution. Lucifer, who works from above downwards onto the world through a form of false-price, seeks to pull men away from the earth into the realm of fantasy, illusions, and a kind of spiritual egotism that looks down upon physical existence and holds us back from the future. Ahriman (in the right pane) represents the purely forces of materialism and intellect; number, weight, and measure devoid of any and all spiritual truths and feelings. His field of activity in the spiritual earth-bound plane of physical world and the sub-sensible realms thus he is portrayed as living beneath the earth where Christ-Jesus finds him, redeems him, permeated by the powers of the Sun; Christ is the leader of the higher hierarchies, the God of Light and brings the higher forces of life, love, and redemption to ALL beings.

Ahriman seeks to confine people purely to a reality of number, measure, and weight. Ahriman wants human beings to rely purely on the outer perceptions of the sense-world, the intellect, and the instinctual aspects rooted deep within the earth, and the human being, which are connected to the metabolism. The crucifixion, as portrayed by the three crosses on Golgotha, represents the redemption of humanity and the seeking of balance and the higher self; it is the event by which HIS forces were forever imbued in the world enabling humanity to overcome, and find balance between, Lucifer and Ahriman. Christ-forces enable transformation out of purely unselfish, purified divine LOVE, hence the color Pink was used which, when viewed spiritually, manifests as this color objectively.

The Color Rose-Pink: Appears out of unselfish, spiritual love.

(1) "A spiritual life combined with noble devotion and capacity for sacrifice shows rose-pink or light violet colors." -Rudolf Steiner, https://rsarchive.org/Books/GA009/English/AP1971/GA009_c03_6.html

Quotes:

(1) "The transition from one motif to the other can be attempted to suggest some guidelines for the study of these images of the human soul, which, "unlimited by the expanse of space and unharmed by the course of time," has to find the "deepest ground of its own being" in the spiritual realm.

In the white daylight, the waking person's image of his spirituality fades. As if falling asleep, it fades in the dazzling rays of the sun. In this motif, the position of the sun and moon relative to the human being is also opposed to the opposite motif of sleep. "So let the sun stay at my back," says the spiritually awakened Faust (Goethe), returning to daytime consciousness, and turns to the spiritual image of the rainbow appearing in the spray of the waterfall. Striding, the awakened man in the window image reaches out his hand to a plant. An image of sleep in nature is the plant world, a call to a higher waking state, which relates to ordinary waking as waking is to sleep.

Behind the human being, made visible to spiritual gaze by the shadow he casts back, stands an indistinct, shadowy, winged figure. Placed between this shadow being and the spiritual image of his higher self, stirring away in the light, the awakening person seeks the redeeming atoning powers of piety: The world stirs piety.

In the side motifs of these windows, Rudolf Steiner gave a new image, a new aspect of the central motif of the Goetheanum, which was present in the painting of the small dome and is sculpted in the wooden group preserved from the fire. This image represents the confrontation of "piety" with the duality hidden behind the threshold of consciousness, behind sensory experiences: Lucifer, burning in earthly flames and withdrawing from the earth (drawing humanity away from the earth, our rightful plane of activity. He wishes to prevent humanity from moving forward), and Ahriman, bound by the sun's gold (rays) (materialism) and cramping in the earthly realm, whom Russian folk tales call the "immortal prisoner."

Toward these two, a figure (Christ-Jesus) leans in a gesture of compassion, an image of the redeeming power that, through the earthly deed of Golgotha, has brought balance to light and darkness." -Die Goetheanum-Fenster: Sprache des Lichtes." Entwürfe und Studien. Textband. Bildband (Rudolf Steiner, The Goetheanum Windows, Language of Light), German Edition, 1996 (Parenthesis are the author's).

(2) "The fate of world development is linked to the fate of humanity. Humanity, created by spiritual beings of the world, becomes, in the course of the world, the fate of these beings. In the course of evolution, Luciferic and Ahrimanic spirits have become opponents of the good, divine-spiritual beings. As such opponents, they have approached humanity in order to seduce it for their own purposes. They have become the spiritual causes of evil. One should not think that world and human development could occur without these beings. Without them, humanity would have remained a pure manifestation of the divine-spiritual beings, without self-will, without earthly experience, without the possibility of becoming a free being. Thus, these opposing powers are permitted by the world order. Humanity is exposed to them. But Christ also came to Earth from the divine-spiritual world. Humanity can increasingly ally itself with the Christ forces. Then it will be possible to become "human" to an ever greater degree.

The Christ was on earth for three years in the body of Jesus of Nazareth. This was a unique world event through which he connected himself with earthly destiny. The Christ being will never again appear in an earthly incarnation. But in the etheric world, which borders on and permeates the sensory world, the Christ will be found today and in the future. There he becomes an irrefutably certain soul experience for the human being who has become perceptive.

In the middle picture, we see how the angelic being guides the human being to the etheric world. Just as Moses experienced the Deity in the burning bush, so the Christ being can reveal itself in the flowing life forces that appear here in the form of plant formations. As a sun being, the Christ reveals himself here in harmony with the lunar and stellar forces. He, the bearer of worldly love, is the teacher of human love.

Lucifer is the being who selfishly wants to appropriate these powers. He wants to degrade love to passion. He cannot bear the power of love that emanates from Christ. He feels as if he is burning in it. Thus he blazes up. But – as depicted in the left-hand side picture – Christ leans toward him in a brotherly manner. Through him, Lucifer will one day be redeemed. And Ahriman? The right-hand side picture shows how this spirit, frosty and soulless, has bound itself in the rays of light, which it egotistically wanted only for itself. Christ, too, leans toward him, loosening its bonds.

For the spiritual student who has reached this high level on the path of knowledge, the relationship of Christ to the opposing beings becomes a direct visual experience. This reveals to him something most important about the future of the world and the task of humanity. The light that floods the Goetheanum building and makes its outer forms appear in ever-changing patterns of brightness and shadow conjures up, through the colored glass windows, the soul experiences of the spiritual student on his path of knowledge in meaningful images for the observer staying in the interior. The soul can live with such images. Then, from these images flows a power that can awaken dormant soul abilities." -Die Goetheanum-Fenster: Sprache des Lichtes." Entwürfe und Studien. Textband. Bildband (Rudolf Steiner, The Goetheanum Windows, Language of Light), German Edition, 1996, P33.

Rose-Pink Window, South

Left: I Observe the Temple (or Building)

Right: The Temple Becomes the Human Being

Center: The World (Cosmos) Builds

Author Summary:

On the left pane, a human being is portrayed as reclining between a temple and three skulls; the symbol of physical death. With he/she seeks the higher, or turn to the lower? Portraying the skulls this way may be a symbol of the person who relies purely on rational and intellectual thinking, which withers and deadens the human being before the seeker turns to higher forces, which propel him/her into the spiritual spheres and eternal life. There is a temple which has been built (which some say is a portrayal of the Goetheanum), but it remains outside and external, l and the seeker have not yet entered. The temple typically represents the being of the individual and the reaching for the higher spirit-forces within.

On the right, the human being is standing, upright, looking up to its higher self, which is approaching the seeker and has been awakened. The higher self is portrayed with a blossomed lotus flower in the area of the third eye of the larger being indicating the opening of the seeker's spiritual vision (Third Eye). In the center, he seeker, through active and appropriate forms of meditation, has awoken the bridge between the physical and spiritual worlds. The sun above the meditating seeker is the spiritual sun radiating out into the cosmos, thus portraying a bridge to the universe in a conscious way. It is the spiritual sun. The larger being to the right is the seeker's higher self-awakened through meditation.

The Color Rose-Pink: Appears out of unselfish, spiritual love.

Quotes:

(1) "There are three states of bodily existence: the complete filling of the bodily organization with the living, creative forces of the spirit-soul, the abandonment of these forces, and the transition between the two states in the decay in the decomposition of the corporeality. The spiritual student experiences the workings of these forces on his path of training. He knows that the forces that bring decay and death to the physical organism also make possible the bright waking consciousness that is active in earthly life. He learns about the forces of death. But he also learns that these forces of death can find their transformation into a higher Life. In this transformation, the Christ force, which has united with the earth, is effective.

The spiritual student must awaken the forces slumbering within him that lead to knowledge of the higher worlds. His soul undergoes trials on this path. True self-knowledge is difficult. It shows man the abyss of his own being. It reveals the forces that destroy. These forces, too, live within man. In the center field of the peach-blossom-colored stained-glass window in the south, man is depicted seated, meditating. He experiences beneath him the forces of decay in the image of a decaying human head. But before him appears the archetype of man, created by the divine-spiritual beings as world thought. Spiritual sunbeams, cosmic star forces, formative forces of the moon create this archetype of man, which is free from all forces of decay. The spiritual student experiences how the world builds on this human form as a divine goal.

The images on the right and left speak of the transformation of the Earth. Humanity participates in this transformation through its spiritual creation. This does not involve the external transformation of the Earth's surface, but rather a future spiritualization of the entire planet Earth. The Earth is the place of skulls. Beneath the dark rocky ledge on which the human being rests in a reclining position, the skull bones are piled up. It is the Earth that carries the forces of death within itself.

The image of the building arises before the gaze of man. The architectural forms of the first Goetheanum appear. Spiritual beings gaze down upon this earthly work. The building is an image of the human form. In all the mysteries, temple buildings were spoken of as the bodies of the gods. The human body is the temple of the spirit. It appears to the spiritual gaze in the image of the building. Now man rises. The building is transformed into the human face, illuminated by the earth that has become luminous himself..." -"The Goetheanum Glass-Windows" by Georg Hartmann, 1971.

(2) "For human beings, there are three bodily postures which can also be an expression of three states of consciousness. A person can indeed develop his waking daytime consciousness lying, sitting, or standing. But while sitting, he can think and ponder, and probably also dream. The spiritual student will usually perform his soul exercises while sitting. Standing is the true representation of the human form. The power of uprightness elevates him above the animal. Thus, a person can be upright and sincere. When lying down, the human body is most strongly subject to the earth's gravitational forces. This is when the spirit-soul is most easily separated from the body-corporeal. This happens every night during sleep.

The world is Temple.

I behold the Temple.

And the Temple becomes human.

Rudolf Steiner also wrote on the original sketches of the side motifs:

The threshold veils itself.

The threshold reveals itself.

Here in the central motif, a waking being – the higher spirit of a human being – leans over a resting/meditating person - be it in sleep or in a consciousness cut off from external sensory perception. A half-decayed skull rises from the depths next to the person; an image of the destructive processes of decomposition that approach the organism when activity bound to the senses separates itself from the senses. The sleeper would be at their mercy if the protective forces of his spiritual being did not unite with him. In inspirational consciousness, the meditator experiences this connection.

In the side motif - a person lying thoughtfully on a rock at the edge of a precipice. This body position, which brings the entire body into the laws of gravity, triggers for the imaginative vision of the resting person an image of three-dimensional space as qualitative, moral forces that spiritually underlie the bodily structure: the architectural image of the ascending, supporting and burdening formative forces culminating in the dome structure. A structure conceived from organic laws is the image of the human form as conceived by the cosmos. This image gives us a new illumination of the biblical word

Through the inner activity of contemplation—like a kind of Orpheus figure with a lyre in his hand (see right-hand side motif)—the contemplator rises; the image of the creative architectural forces transforms into something essential. In place of the gigantic skull structures plunging into the underworld, youthful, ideal images of humanity appear rising from the now bright, transparent rocky ground. From the nocturnal depths, in the light of the sun radiating through the night, the face of the divine is revealed to the creative contemplation." -Die Goetheanum-Fenster: Sprache des Lichtes." Entwürfe und Studien. Textband. Bildband (Rudolf Steiner, The Goetheanum Windows, Language of Light), German Edition, 1996

Violet Window, North

Left: It Will Be.

Right: It Is.

Center: It Comes into Being.

Author Summary: This window portrays the journey of the soul after death as it moves forth to rebirth. The journey after death occurs in purely spiritual form as the soul prepares for rebirth and the fulfillment of karma, the soul's mission, and destiny. Guardian angels are present, the forces of destiny, parents, formative forces, spiritual families greeting and bidding farewell prior to rebirth, and divine guardians who oversee this process from one lifetime to the next.

Left: The soul is in the spiritual worlds standing above the earth and yet near to it. It is overseen by two spiritual angelic guides, with the light of the sun and spiritual worlds behind them, who are guiding it to the next rebirth. The triangle (thinking, willing, and feeling; soul, spirit, and physical body), pentagram (the etheric body of 5-pointed star), and hexagram (which also appears to have 6 or 7 points; I am unsure if this intentional. if it is six, it represents the astral body. If it is 7, this would most likely represent the 7-fold nature of the human being) and the 7 divine cadences that manifest throughout the physical world. Guides oversee the soul and guide it, permeating with divine spiritual forces that it will use and guide it through its next lifetime.

Right: The human soul is being helped along with angelic guides as it descends to birth. The soul approaching rebirth, having passed through stages of transformation in the after-death state, has taken on a newborn baby's physical appearance as it prepares to enter the earth. The angelic beings are lovingly releasing the soul in just the right spot over the earth at just the right moment with great care.

Center: This scene is the fulfillment in its final moments; the process of descending from the spiritual worlds into rebirth. Above, the soul says farewell to friends and guides of the divine spiritual worlds who are saying heartfelt goodbyes. The Janus figure (two heads facing different directions) represents the dual nature of the soul as it looks back, perhaps in yearning and anticipation as drawn by the law of destiny, as it moves forward into the next incarnation and soul-mission. The soul's forces are imbued with a plant form; the symbol of etheric forces tied to the earth that sustain and live within the human being during life. The teardrop moving downwards is the human soul descending to its parents. It represents the spiritual germinal essence of the human soul which was shaped and defined in the spiritual worlds prior to birth (based on one's karma).

The Color Purple/Violet: Appears spiritually with piety, devotion, and selfless prayer. This color is also associated with the crown chakra.

(1) "...blue is the sign of a capacity for selfless sacrifice for all beings. If this capacity for sacrifice rises to the height of strong willing, devoting itself to the active service of the world, the bluebrightens to light violet." -Rudolf Steiner, https://rsarchive.org/Books/GA009/English/AP1971/GA009_c03_6.html

(2) "A spiritual life combined with noble devotion and capacity for sacrifice shows rose-pink or light violet colors." -Rudolf Steiner, https://rsarchive.org/Books/GA009/English/AP1971/GA009_c03_6.html

Quotes:

(1) "Before incarnation, the human being presents itself as if with a Janus face. It has traversed the spiritual world, experienced the soul world again, and is now in the etheric world, which is revealed in the central image through the plant-like etheric forms.

The human spirit soul looks down to the earthly world. It brings the parents together so that through their union the physical conditions for the new earthly life can be created. But it also looks back on the experiences of its previous earthly lives, the consequences of which are now linked to the future earthly life as the seeds of destiny. Thus, through birth, each human being enters the earthly plane with their very individual, self-created preconditions of destiny.

The spiritual eye sees the image of how the physical body of man is formed from the earth's forces. Yet this formation would not be possible if the creative world beings did not pour their forces into earthly events. Thus, on the left side of the picture, we see the physical body rising from the earth's sphere (which develops in the maternal organism through embryonic development)...in the right-hand picture one sees the spirit soul, guided by the angelic beings, as it makes its way to the earth, to the developing physical body." -"The Goetheanum Glass-Windows" by Georg Hartmann, 1971.

(2) "...we must...be aware that in the body-free condition between death and a new birth, we develop our relations to these Beings—Angeloi, Archangeloi, Archai. And according to the kind of relations we develop, so does our internal karma take shape: what I might call our nature-karma, that of our karma which depends upon the way our ether-body compounds the living fluids in us, making us grow short or tall, and so forth..." -Rudolf Steiner, Karmic Relationships, Vol. 1, Lecture 2. https://rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA235/English/RSP1972/19240217p01.html

Violet Window, South

Theme: The process of death, reunions, resurrection, and the path of the soul into the spiritual worlds.

Left: It had become.

Center: It has been.

Right: It was.

Author Summary: The process of looking back over one's life and the path to rebirth. In the center panel, the Soul has departed the physical form and moved upward in a spiral (all evolution is viewed esoterically as a spiral). During this process, each soul reviews its life in reverse from death to birth. Dr. Steiner reveals that the past-life review occurs over a 3-day period immediately after death. Mourners are seen in the lower left side of the panel as the soul leaves the physical body and ascends. It can be seen taking on the form of a new birth as a baby in a cradle at the top of the center panel, under the watchful eye of God; the all-seeing eye. In the background, are the 10 commandments - the moral spiritual laws of the world and the cosmos - which are the absolute laws of karma and destiny that define and compel each soul to a new birth. In light of Anthroposophy, the commandments when viewed esoterically are both universal laws and they are divided into 2 segments; laws 1-3 and 4-10. The Event on Golgotha and Christ-Jesus, shown by way of 3 crosses, is shown next to the cradle of the soul preparing for its new birth; the redemptive forces of our savior who enable each soul to continue its spiritual evolution which, without the Event of Golgotha, could not have occurred properly.

On the Color Purple/Violet: Appears when piety, devotion, and selfless prayer. This color is associated with the crown chakra.

(1) "...blue is the sign of a capacity for selfless sacrifice for all beings. If this capacity for sacrifice rises to the height of strong willing, devoting itself to the active service of the world, the blue brightens to light violet." -Rudolf Steiner, https://rsarchive.org/Books/GA009/English/AP1971/GA009_c03_6.html

Quotes:

(1) "One speaks of the 'Raven' when words have something to communicate to the inner world of the Mystery Places from the world outside. Just call to mind the ravens of Elias, or the ravens of Wotan, even the ravens of the Barbarossa Saga…" -Steiner, Rudolf. The Gospel of St. John, The Seven Degrees of Initiation, Lecture V, The First Sign, May 23, 1908.

Note: Dr. Steiner provided insights that the symbolism of the Raven which expresses a link to the process of spiritual initiation d activity connected to the mysteries.

(2) "The initiate of the first degree bore the name of the raven. He is the messenger between the physical and the astral world. The symbol of the raven has been attributed significance since the most ancient times. In the Old Testament, the prophet Elijah was provided for by the ravens. Ravens are the messengers of Wotan, who fly over the world every day and report to him what they have perceived. The Kyffhäuser mountain, where Barbarossa slumbers, is also circled by ravens, which are supposed to give him news when the hour of awakening has come." -Steiner, Rudolf. The Gospel of St. John, Theosophy Based on the Gospel of John, GA 94, Lecture 4

(3) "Teachers who have a knowledge of their own astral body, sounding inwardly in musical forms, should view the human being and the various animal forms that exist in the world. They can then understand the deep meaning contained in an old instinctual wisdom, which represented the human being as a coalescence of four beings—three lower and one higher: lion, bull, eagle, and angel. The bull represents an unbalanced development of the lowest forces of human nature. Picture the forces in the human metabolic-limb system without any balancing forces in the head and rhythmic systems; in other words, imagine an unbalanced and prevailing development of the metabolic-limb system. Here we have a one-sided formation that presents itself to us as the bull.

We can thus imagine that if this bull nature were toned down by the human head organization, it would develop into something like the human being. If the central rhythmic system is developed in an unbalanced way—for example, through a contraction of the abdominal system or a stunting of the head system—we can picture it as lion nature. If, however, there is one-sided development of the head organism in such a way that the forces otherwise existing in the inner part of the head push out into “feathers,” we get a bird, or eagle nature." -Steiner, Rudolf. The Essentials of Education, GA 308 Lecture 4

(4) "The soul descending for reincarnation sends its forces between the two people who are to become its parents. It has turned the double Janus face simultaneously to the contexts of the past and to those to come. The head is not yet complete, still attached to the surrounding currents of the spirit world, the figure merging into plant-like forms of the etheric realms. In the first side motif, the spirit figure of the child, carried by two angels, ascends into the activity of organic matter. In the second motif, the distribution of light and dark is artistically reminiscent of icon-like impressions: the shadowy image of the "unborn," who remains behind on the background of light, while the spiritual, star-like formative forces create round, organic forms in the material." -"Die Goetheanum-Fenster: Sprache des Lichtes." Entwürfe und Studien. Textband. Bildband (Rudolf Steiner, The Goetheanum Windows, Language of Light), German Edition, 1996

Sources

(1) Out of Print: "Die Goetheanum-Fenster-Motive. ("The Goetheanum Window Motifs") by Turgenieff, Assja, Published by Dornach: Philosophisch-Anthroposophischer Verlag, 1935. -Admin: This rare book provides key insights based on first-hand knowledge of the artist who received direction from Dr. Steiner directly and worked on the windows as they were created. Refer to the "Free Works" Section to download a free PDF copy in German of this rare book.

https://steinerverlag.com/shop/kategorie/rudolf-steiner-ga/die-goetheanum-fenster/

(2) Out of Print/Hard to Find: "Die Goetheanum-Fenster: Sprache des Lichtes." Entwürfe und Studien. Textband. Bildband (Rudolf Steiner, The Goetheanum Windows, Language of Light), German Edition, 1996

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/3727436018/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

(3) In Print: "The Meaning of the Goetheanum Windows: Rudolf Steiner's story of the Spiritual Quest carved into nine stained glass windows" by Adrian Anderson:

https://www.amazon.com/Meaning-Goetheanum-Windows-Steiners-Spiritual/dp/0994160240/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1CNC801819H3&keywords=goetheanum+windows&qid=1643390545&s=books&sprefix=goetheanum+windows%2Cstripbooks%2C218&sr=1-1

(4) In Print: "Goetheanum Glass Windows" by Albert Schmelzer, Published 2013,

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/3723514820/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

(5) Out of Print: "The Goetheanum Glass-Windows" by Georg Hartmann, 1971.

https://www.amazon.com/The-Goetheanum-Glass-Windows/dp/3723502369

(6) Out of Print: "The Imagery of the Goetheanum Windows", The Windows Portrayed in Poetic Form by Wilhelm Rath:

https://www.amazon.com/Imagery-Goetheanum-Glass-Windows-Interpretation/dp/0854403000

(7) Brief summary on Anthrowiki. https://en.anthro.wiki/The_glass_windows_of_the_first_Goetheanum