Knowledge of the Higher Worlds and Its Attainment : On Consciousness, Dream Life and Initiation

Steiner, Rudolf

ISBN 10: 1502316528 / ISBN 13: 9781502316523

Verlag: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014

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“In human life joy is usually something one has not deserved through previous actions. When we investigate karma by occult means, we always discover that in most cases joy has not been earned, and we should accept it gratefully as sent to us by the gods, as a gift of the gods, and to say to ourselves: The joy which comes to meet us today ought to kindle in us the will to work in such a way as to take into ourselves the forces streaming to us through this joy, and to apply these usefully. We must look upon joy as a sort of prepayment on account for the future.”

The quintessential guide for the spiritual seeker from the deeply gifted mystic.

PREFACE TO THE EDITION OF MAY 1918 PREFACE TO THE SIXTH EDITION PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION I. HOW IS KNOWLEDGE OF THE HIGHER WORLDS ATTAINED? II. THE STAGES OF INITIATION III. SOME PRACTICAL ASPECTS IV. THE CONDITIONS OF ESOTERIC TRAINING V. SOME RESULTS OF INITIATION VI. THE TRANSFORMATION OF DREAM LIFE VII. THE CONTINUITY OF CONSCIOUSNESS VIII. THE SPLITTING OF THE HUMAN PERSONALITY DURING SPIRITUAL TRAINING IX. THE GUARDIAN OF THE THRESHOLD X. LIFE AND DEATH: THE GREATER GUARDIAN OF THE THRESHOLD APPENDIX

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Rudolf Steiner (1861 1925) was born in the small village of Kraljevec, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now in Croatia), where he grew up. As a young man, he lived in Weimar and Berlin, where he became a well-published scientific, literary, and philosophical scholar, known especially for his work with Goethe s scientific writings. At the beginning of the twentieth century, he began to develop his early philosophical principles into an approach to systematic research into psychological and spiritual phenomena. Formally beginning his spiritual teaching career under the auspices of the Theosophical Society, Steiner came to use the term Anthroposophy (and spiritual science) for his philosophy, spiritual research, and findings. The influence of Steiner s multifaceted genius has led to innovative and holistic approaches in medicine, various therapies, philosophy, religious renewal, Waldorf education, education for special needs, threefold economics, biodynamic agriculture, Goethean science, architecture, and the arts of drama, speech, and eurythmy. In 1924, Rudolf Steiner founded the General Anthroposophical Society, which today has branches throughout the world. He died in Dornach, Switzerland.

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Titel: Knowledge of the Higher Worlds and Its ...
Verlag: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
Einband: Softcover
Zustand: Good