With an Attitude Worthy of Humanity

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In a lecture given at Dornach on 1st November 1919, Rudolf Steiner said the following: “To the extent to which people can be roused into conducting their affairs not for material ends alone but also so as to incorporate a free and independent spiritual life alongside economic life, as an integral part of the social organism — to that same extent Ahriman’s incarnation will be awaited with an attitude worthy of humanity.”

Many phenomena now discernible in the world are indicative of the impending incarnation of Ahriman, and perhaps even the actual incarnation itself. In this talk, Jeremy will examine some of these phenomena, not only in the context of Steiner’s lectures on this topic but also by looking at examples of what has developed over the last 100 years. Jeremy will also touch on some of the latest ways in which the work of Ahriman is seeking to capture the souls of human beings, thus diverting us away from our intended evolutionary path and propelling us towards the Eighth Sphere.

Steiner has told us that: “Humanity on earth cannot escape this incarnation of Ahriman. It will come inevitably. But what matters is that people shall find the right vantage point from which to confront it.” So, this talk will also look at some ways in which we can prepare ourselves accordingly.

Speaker: Jeremy Smith

Jeremy Smith, after many years working in various branches of education, including distance learning for the trade union Nalgo, and several years as the education facilitator in a Steiner Waldorf school, Jeremy was asked in 2014 to join the Board of Tablehurst Biodynamic Farm in Forest Row, East Sussex, where he took on the role of registered manager of the farm’s care home, a small residential facility for three adults with learning disabilities. He retired from the farm in January 2024 but continues to be busy, not only as a board director of Emerson College UK and a trustee of an anthroposophical charity, the Hermes Trust, but also as a director of the anthroposophical publishing house, Temple Lodge Press. In 2014 Jeremy started a weblog with an anthroposophical perspective on world affairs and spiritual development: https://anthropopper.com. Married with two children, he has recently become a grandfather for the first time and is also a keen gardener.