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Title: Theosophy : An Introduction to the Spiritual Processes in Human Life and in the Cosmos by Rudolf Steiner ISBN: 0-88010-373-6 Publisher: Steiner Books Pub. Date: 01 January, 1994 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.83 (6 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Much Needed Wisdom for American Culture
Comment: The wisdom in this book is exactly what is needed in America today. In this book, Steiner takes care to scientifically explain his knowledge of human spiritual existence, as he himself has observed it. It is a great help in bridging the gap, so prominent in our culture, between science and spirituality. It is a little difficult to get through in terms of its ease of readability, but don't let that hinder you. The book is written that way on purpose so that as you work through it (re-reading sentences sometimes more than twice) it expands your mind to allow it to accept more complex concepts. I recommend it for everyone.
Rating: 5
Summary: STIMULATING AND THOUGHT PROVOKING
Comment: This work by Steiner covers the fundamentals of spirituality and mankind's place in the cosmos. Chapter One deals with the essential nature of the human being as body, soul and spirit, beginning with the physical bodily nature and concluding with the higher spiritual aspects of our being. The picture that emerges is one of the human being in an evolving process of becoming, where the agent of transformation is the "I". Chapter Two covers destiny and the reincarnation of the human spirit, while Chapter Three discusses other dimensions of consciousness like the soul world, the spirit world and their connection with the physical world and includes with a section on thought forms and the human aura. These worlds are not to be considered spatially, but are states of consciousness, qualitative spaces of inner relationship. Chapter Four discusses the individual's spiritual path and encourages the acquisition of spiritual knowledge with the emphasis on thinking and proving truth for oneself. Steiner sees the first step in this path of knowledge as the assimilation of scientific spiritual concepts. He asks the reader not to "believe" what he says, but to "think" it. It is not a question of belief but of experience. Here his thoughts correspond with those of Jung as explained in Stephan Hoeller's great book The Gnostic Jung And The Seven Sermons To The Dead - that mankind has a need of religious experience, not of belief. Unlike a major portion of Eastern thought which believes in the dissolution of individuality, Steiner's view is that spiritual growth does not take place at the expense of individuality, but through its enhancement. A similar idea can be found in Thomas Troward's beautiful book The Creative Process In The Individual. I would also like to recommend the following works for those interested in spirituality: Cosmic Consciousness by R M Bucke and The Varieties Of Religious Experience by William James. Theosophy is a thought-provoking book that ought to be studied rather than read. The book concludes with a thorough index and a short biography and photograph of Rudolf Steiner. It has stimulated my interest to investigate his other works.
Rating: 5
Summary: Occultists you need to read this
Comment: This book accomplishes admirably a view of the world that is not only "new age" but lucid and coherent. He gets around some of the knottier problems of the theology of the soul in very intersting ways. This book is so close to what I have been slowly discovering, that it helped me remove some of the blocks I had concerning spiritual principles. As always verify the truth of this stuff for yourself. But, if you are a beginning occult student who is looking for someone who is trying to help you, this book is a great place to start.
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Title: How to Know Higher Worlds: A Modern Path of Initiation (Classics in Anthroposophy) by Rudolf Steiner, Christopher Bamford ISBN: 0880103728 Publisher: Steiner Books Pub. Date: 01 January, 1994 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Intuitive Thinking As a Spiritual Path : A Philosophy of Freedom by Rudolf Steiner ISBN: 088010385X Publisher: Steiner Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 1995 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: An Outline of Esoteric Science (Classics in Anthroposophy) by Rudolf Steiner, Catherine E. Creeger ISBN: 0880104090 Publisher: Steiner Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 1997 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Anthroposophy in Everyday Life by Rudolf Steiner ISBN: 0880104279 Publisher: Anthroposophic Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 1995 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: Knowledge of the Higher Worlds and its Attainment by Rudolph Steiner ISBN: 1564597350 Publisher: Kessinger Publishing Pub. Date: 01 March, 1997 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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