Knowledge Of The Higher Worlds And Its Attainment: (Cw 10)

Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE ) this line for the product details – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Title: Knowledge Of The Higher Worlds And Its Attainment: (Cw 10) ISBN13: 9780880100465 ISBN10: 088010046X Author: Steiner, Rudolf (Author), Metaxa, George (Translator) Description: This Is One Of The Most Popular Classic Translations Of Steiner’s Foundational Guide To The Spiritual Path Knowledge Of The Higher Worlds And Its Attainment Is A Manual For Attaining Suprasensory Knowledge Of The Invisible And Opens New Perspectives On One’s Essential Purpose In Life In 1904, Rudolf Steiner First Made This Account Of The Western Esoteric Path Of Initiation Public With Great Precision, He Carefully Leads Us From The Cultivation Of The Fundamental Soul Attitudes Of Reverence And Inner Tranquility To Inner Development Through The Stages Of Preparation, Illumination, And Initiation Practical Exercises In Inner And Outer Observation And Moral Development Are Given By Patiently And Persistently Following These, New Organs Of Soul And Spirit Begin To Form That Reveal The Contours Of The Higher Worlds Hitherto Concealed From Us The Methods By Which A Student Is Prepared For The Reception Of Higher Knowledge Are Minutely Prescribed The Direction He Is To Take Is Traced With Unfading, Everlasting Letters In The Worlds Of The Spirit Where The Initiates Guard The Higher Secrets In Ancient Times, Anterior To Our History, The Temples Of The Spirit Were Also Outwardly Visible; Today, Because Our Life Has Become So Unspiritual, They Are Not To Be Found In The World Visible To External Sight; Yet They Are Present Spiritually Everywhere, And All Who Seek May Find Them Contents: How Is Knowledge Of The Higher Worlds Attained? The Stages Of Initiation: Enlightenment; Preparation; The Control Of Thoughts And Feelings Initiation Some Practical Aspects The Conditions Of Esoteric Training Some Results Of Initiation The Transformation Of Dream Life The Continuity Of Consciousness The Splitting Of The Human Personality During Spiritual Training The Guardian Of The Threshold Life And Death: The Greater Guardian Of The Threshold Appendix Not Everyone Can Immediately Achieve Spiritual Vision; But The Discoveries Of Those Who Have It Can Be Health-Giving Life Nourishment For All The Results Of Supersensible Knowledge, When Properly Employed In Life, Prove To Be Not Impractical, But Rather, Practical In The Highest Sense The Acquisition Of Higher Knowledge Is Not The End, But The Means To An End; The End Consists In The Attainment, Thanks To This Knowledge, Of Greater And Truer Self-Confidence, A Higher Degree Of Courage, And A Magnanimity And Perseverance Such As Cannot, As A Rule, Be Acquired In The Lower World The Student Places All The Higher Knowledge He Has Acquired At The Service Of Humanity –Rudolf Steiner Binding: Paperback, Paperback Publisher: Anthroposophic Press Publication Date: 1947-11-01 Weight: 0.7 lbs Dimensions: 0.65” H x 8” L x 5” W Number of Pages: 288 Language: English