Among his many topics, Steiner speaks about the geographic nature of the American continent and the forces that arise from it, the nature of the double (or doppelganger) and the dangers of psychoanalysis, the spiritual origin of electromagnetism, the abuse of inoculations and vaccinations, the meaning of Ireland for world development, confused ideas about angels in relation to higher beings and divinity, and, above all, the need for clear insight into world events based on spiritual knowledge.