How To Attain Knowledge Of The Higher Worlds

<p>In this classic account of the Western esoteric path of initiation Steiner leads the student from the cultivation of reverence and inner tranquility to the development of inner life through the stages of preparation illumination and initiation.</p><p> </p><p>Practical exercises in inner and outer observation and moral development are described. By patiently and persistently following these suggestions new organs of soul and spirit begin to form revealing the contours of higher worlds that had been concealed from us. Here Rudolf Steiner is available as teacher counselor and friend.</p><p> </p><p>His advice is practical clear and powerful.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Being deeply interested in Dr. Steiner's work and teachings and desirous of sharing with my English-speaking friends the many invaluable glimpses of Truth which are to be found therein I decided upon the translation of the present volume.</p><p> </p><p>It is due to the kind co-operation of several friends who prefer to be anonymous that this task has been accomplished and I wish to express my hearty thanks for the literary assistance rendered by them-also to thank Dr. Peipers of Munich for permission to reproduce his excellent photograph of the author.</p><p> </p><p>The special value of this volume consists I think in the fact that no advice is given and no statement made which is not based on the personal experience of the author who is in the truest sense both a mystic and an occultist.</p><p> </p><p> If the present volume should meet with a reception justifying a further venture we propose translating and issuing during the coming year a further series of articles by Dr. Steiner in continuation of the same subject and a third volume will consist of the articles now appearing in the pages of The Theosophist entitled The Education of Children.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>While the pleasant German vernacular is still discernable in the text of this work we wish to state that it has been Americanized in spelling phraseology and definition to make plainer to the Western mind the wonderful truths experienced by its distinguished author.</p><p> </p><p>The readers especially Occult Theosophic Masonic and New Thought students we believe will appreciate the clearness with which his teachings lead to the simple rich Harmony of Life.</p><p> </p><p> </p>