Rudolf Joseph Lorenz Steiner (27 or 25 February 1861 [1] – 30 March 1925) was an Austrian occultist, [10] social reformer, architect, esotericist, [11] [12] and claimed clairvoyant. [13] [14] Steiner gained initial recognition at the end of the nineteenth century as a literary critic and published works including The Philosophy of Freedom. [15]At the beginning of …