The way of initiation: by Rudolf Steiner

THE SUPER PHYSICAL WORLD AND ITS GNOSIS In this practical age and because of the many various claims of the day it is but natural that people who hear of transcendentalism should at once ask the question: How may we for ourselves know the truth of such statements? Indeed it is noticeable as a characteristic of the majority that they will accept nothing on faith or mere authority but wish rather to rely entirely upon their own judgment. Therefore when a mystic undertakes to explain something of the super physical nature of man and of the destiny of the human soul and spirit before birth and after death he is at once confronted with that fundamental demand. Such doctrine they seem to think is important only when you have shown them the way by which they may convince themselves of its truth.Rudolf Steiner was a philosopher social thinker architect and esotericist. His philosophical work which he termed spiritual science sought to provide a connection between the cognitive path of Western philosophy and the inner and spiritual needs of the human being. In The Way of Initiation Steiner details the exercises and moral qualities to be cultivated on the path to a conscious experience of supersensible realities. His short but powerful book is intended as a guide for achieving spiritual vision.