First Edition 1924, printed privately for members of the Anthroposophical Society in Great Britain.

Second Edition 1936, Rudolf Steiner Publishing Go., London and Anthroposophic Press, New York.

Reprinted 1947, Rudolf Steiner Publishing Co., London

Reprinted 1969

Reprinted 1976

Third Edition, revised 1984

Authorised translation from shorthand reports unrevised by the lecturer.

This English edition is published in agreement with the Rudolf Steiner Nachlassverwaltung, Dornach, Switzerland. The original German text is published in the Complete Edition of the works of Rudolf Steiner entitled: Die Offenbarungen des Karma (No. 120 in the Bibliographical Survey, 1961).

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