Behind The Scenes Of External Events | Rudolf Steiner - An Occult Perspective of Current Events. Steiner here claims that outward political and social events are downstream of concrete supersensible causes, impulses from the dead, the post-1879 activity of “spirits of darkness,” and secret brotherhoods that seek mass influence via “unlawful methods,” including propaganda by action, arguing that modern humanity must consciously factor these hidden drivers to discern history at all. This frame refracts current events: sudden shocks, leader assassinations or attempts, engineered agitation, narrative cascades, crowd manipulation, and coordinated “grassroots” surges—not as isolated material incidents but as orchestrated outcomes of non-material intentions working through persons and groups; thus news cycles, disinformation swarms, and ideological polarizations indicate where extra-physical motives have found receptive instruments.