How To Know Higher Worlds Av Rudolf Steiner

This is the classic account of the modern Western esoteric path of initiation made public by Steiner in 1904. He begins with the premise that 'the capacities by which we can gain insights into the higher worlds lie dormant within each one of us.' Steiner carefully and precisely leads the reader from the cultivation of the fundamental soul attitudes of reverence and inner tranquility to the development of inner life through the stages of preparation, illumination, and initiation. Steiner provides practical exercises of inner and outer observation and moral development. By patiently and persistently following his guidelines, new 'organs' of soul and spirit begin to form, which reveal the contours of the higher worlds thus far concealed from us. Steiner in this important work becomes a teacher, a counselor, and a friend whose advice is practical, clear, and effective. The challenges we face in life require increasingly deeper levels of understanding, and Steiner's text helps readers to