   This is the name given by Rudolf Steiner to his teachings.
Its means "knowledge of man" or "human wisdom." Steiner said his
teachings were Spiritual Science, a term that to him was
synonymous with occult science. Spiritual Science signified what
he considered to be the empirical character of his research
concerning the spiritual world.  His work in Spiritual Science
that formed Anthroposophy earnestly began in 1913 after a
dispute with Annie Besant, head of the Theosophical Society,
concerning her pronouncement that Jiddu Krishnamurri was the
reincarnated Christ. After leaving the Theosophical Society with
his followers Steiner formed the Anthroposophical Society, a
spiritual movement that is rooted in the Rosicrucian stem of the
Christian esoteric tradition.  Steiner's clearest description of
Anthroposophy can be found with the opening paragraphs of
Anthroposophical Leading Thoughts, which he wrote during the
last moths of his life:   Anthroposophy communicates knowledge
that is gained in a spiritual way…