Project Gutenberg 2012-06-13 Public domain in the USA. 393 Steiner, Rudolf 1861 1925 Steiner, Rudolph Schuré, Edouard 1841 1929 Schure, Edouard Schuré, Eduardo Gysi, Max The Way of Initiation; or, How to Attain Knowledge of the Higher Worlds Produced by Bruce Albrecht and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Way of Initiation; or, How to Attain Knowledge of the Higher Worlds" by Rudolf Steiner is a spiritual and philosophical text written in the early 20th century. This work explores the concepts of mysticism, occultism, and personal spiritual development through various stages of initiation, which aim to open individuals to higher realities and knowledge. It addresses the challenges modern people face in understanding superphysical realms and the methods required to cultivate spiritual insight. At the start of the text, the author presents the challenge of gaining acceptance for mystical truths in a skeptical and materialistic society. He argues for the necessity of personal experience and inner development in order to understand spiritual realities. Steiner outlines the initial steps towards achieving spiritual awareness, emphasizing the need for inner calm and a sense of reverence to explore higher states of consciousness. He suggests that everyone possesses latent faculties that can be awakened through devotion and meditation, leading ultimately to a deeper connection with the spiritual world. The opening portion sets the stage for further exploration of the stages of initiation, enlightenment, and the awakening of spiritual senses to perceive the subtle worlds beyond our immediate experience. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Theosophy BP Text Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal 329416 328036 2024-09-16T17:33:38.611013 2023-09-17T11:42:28.230388 text/html text/html 322545 2012-06-13T10:21:46 text/html; charset=utf-8 196919 2012-06-13T10:21:46 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 294537 2024-09-16T17:33:46.490986 application/epub+zip 299292 2024-09-16T17:33:41.475982 application/epub+zip 182797 2024-09-16T17:33:40.376994 application/epub+zip 556739 2024-09-16T17:33:49.855951 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 537627 2024-09-16T17:33:45.684955 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 239492 2022-09-18T10:08:02.250405 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 291405 291319 2024-09-16T17:33:37.571029 2023-09-17T11:42:27.239379 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 291038 2012-06-13T10:21:46 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 102582 2012-06-13T10:21:46 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 291032 2012-06-13T10:21:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 102526 2012-06-13T10:21:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20885 2024-09-16T17:33:50.012940 application/rdf+xml 24315 2024-09-16T17:33:40.749983 image/jpeg 4541 2024-09-16T17:33:40.561997 image/jpeg 270888 2024-09-16T17:33:38.645018 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog de.wikipedia en.wikipedia