Title Page : * "Knowledge of the Higher Worlds and Its Attainment", by Rudolf Steiner, [1947], KNOWLEDGE OF THE HIGHER WORLDS AND ITS ATTAINMENT "BY" RUDOLF STEINER (Translation Of Wie Erlangt Man Erkenntnisse Der Hheren Welten?) ANTHROPOSOPHIC PRESS, New York [1947] Prepared , November 2007. This text is...
V. Some Results Of Initiation : * "Knowledge of the Higher Worlds and Its Attainment", by Rudolf Steiner, [1947], p. 131 V "SOME RESULTS OF INITIATION" ONE of the fundamental principles of true spiritual science is that the one who devotes himself to its study should do so with full consciousness; he should attempt nothing...
Vii. The Continuity Of Consciousness : * "Knowledge of the Higher Worlds and Its Attainment", by Rudolf Steiner, [1947], p. 202 VII "THE CONTINUITY OF CONSCIOUSNESS" HUMAN life runs its course in three alternating states or conditions, namely, waking, dreaming sleep, and dreamless sleep. The attainment of the higher knowledge...
Iv. The Conditions Of Esoteric Training : * "Knowledge of the Higher Worlds and Its Attainment", by Rudolf Steiner, [1947], p. 114 IV "THE CONDITIONS OF ESOTERIC TRAINING" THE conditions attached to esoteric training are not arbitrary. They are the natural outcome of esoteric knowledge. Just as no one can become a painter who refuses...
Preface To The Sixth Edition : * "Knowledge of the Higher Worlds and Its Attainment", by Rudolf Steiner, [1947], p. vii "PREFACE TO THE SIXTH EDITION" In preparing this new edition of "Knowledge of the Higher Worlds and Its Attainment" I have gone over every detail of the subject as I had presented it over ten years ago...
I. How Is Knowledge Of The Higher Worlds Attained : * "Knowledge of the Higher Worlds and Its Attainment", by Rudolf Steiner, [1947], p. 1 I "HOW IS KNOWLEDGE OF THE HIGHER WORLDS ATTAINED?" "Conditions" THERE slumber in every human being faculties by means of which he can acquire for himself a knowledge of higher worlds. Mystics, Gnostics...
Preface To The Edition Of May 1918 : * "Knowledge of the Higher Worlds and Its Attainment", by Rudolf Steiner, [1947], p. vi "PREFACE TO THE EDITION OF MAY 1918" In working over this new edition I found only minor changes in its substance necessary; but I have added an appendix in which I have endeavored to explain more clearly...
Iii. Some Practical Aspects : * "Knowledge of the Higher Worlds and Its Attainment", by Rudolf Steiner, [1947], p. 98 III "SOME PRACTICAL ASPECTS" THE training of thoughts and feelings, pursued in the way described in the chapters on "Preparation, Enlightenment, and Initiation", introduces into the soul and spirit the same...
Appendix : * "Knowledge of the Higher Worlds and Its Attainment", by Rudolf Steiner, [1947], p. 260 "APPENDIX" THE path to supersensible knowledge, as described in this book, leads the soul through experiences concerning the nature of which it is especially important to avoid all illusions and misconceptions...
X. Life And Death. The Greater Guardi : * "Knowledge of the Higher Worlds and Its Attainment", by Rudolf Steiner, [1947], p. 245 X "LIFE AND DEATH: THE GREATER GUARDIAN OF THE THRESHOLD" IT HAS been described in the foregoing chapter how significant for the human being is his meeting with the so-called lesser Guardian of the Threshold...
Ix. The Guardian Of The Threshold : * "Knowledge of the Higher Worlds and Its Attainment", by Rudolf Steiner, [1947], p. 231 IX "THE GUARDIAN OF THE THRESHOLD" THE important experiences marking the student's ascent into the higher worlds include his meeting with the "Guardian of the Threshold". Strictly speaking, there are two...
Untitled : * This is Rudolf Steiner's guide to the seeker on the path of esoteric initiation. He includes much that would be of use to novices of any mystical belief system, and a lot of tantalizing information about the subtle body, higher planes of existence, and the spiritual encounter with the 'Guardians...
Vi. The Transformation Of Dream Life : * "Knowledge of the Higher Worlds and Its Attainment", by Rudolf Steiner, [1947], p. 189 VI "THE TRANSFORMATION OF DREAM LIFE" AN INTIMATION that the student has reached or will soon reach the stage of development described in the preceding chapter will be found in the change which comes over his...
Ii. The Stages Of Initiation : * "Knowledge of the Higher Worlds and Its Attainment", by Rudolf Steiner, [1947], p. 35 II "THE STAGES OF INITIATION" THE information given in the following chapters constitutes steps in an esoteric training, the name and character of which will be understood by all who apply this informati...
Viii. The Splitting Of The Human Personality : * "Knowledge of the Higher Worlds and Its Attainment", by Rudolf Steiner, [1947], p. 215 VIII "THE SPLITTING OF THE HUMAN PERSONALITY DURING SPIRITUAL TRAINING" DURING sleep no impressions are conveyed to the human soul through the instrumentality of the physical sense-organs. The impressions...
Preface To The Third Edition : * "Knowledge of the Higher Worlds and Its Attainment", by Rudolf Steiner, [1947], p. xi "PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION" Herewith appear in book form my expositions originally published as single essays under the title "Knowledge of the Higher Worlds and Its Attainment". For the present, this volume...
