“Introduction B 1B: The Romantic Context: Themes from Goethe and Schiller Viewed As Formative by Steiner in Early Years, and Viewed As Supportive to His ’anthroposophy’ in Later Years 1B1: Egyptian Mysteries: Schiller’s Esoteric Religiosity and Pre-Existence 1B2: Goethe’s ’primal skeleton’, ’primal plant’ and Steiner’s ’life-force’ 1B3: Goethe’s Esoteric Religiosity (the Rosicrucians) and a Platonic ’Devachan’ 1B4: Goethe’s Fairy Tale Provides the Thematic Basis of Die Pforte 2 Die Pforte AN OUTLINE OF ITS STRUCTURE AND THEMES 2A: Describing Supra-Sensible Phenomena, Metaphor and ’transferring’ German into English, Including Steiner’s Neologisms 2B: An Overview of the Scenes in Die Pforte”. Otago German Studies 19 (March 3, 2017). Accessed March 15, 2025. https://otagogermanstudies.otago.ac.nz/ogs/article/view/227.