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• Title: Book: Occult Science (1972): The Character of Occult Science
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  • judgment concerning his justification can only be formed by other
  • mutually with him. His exposition will be given in the form of a
  • of cognition referred to here. Whoever considers that form of
  • to him. This death and despair in their manifold forms are, at the
  • comparatively large number of supersensible experiences in the form of
  • in the form of dogmas for which belief based on authority were
  • gaining information about certain of its facts, and then we account
  • information. If we penetrate deeply into the descriptions of occult
  • methods. He produces his instruments by transforming what
  • must be transformed into higher capacities and powers. Man is thereby
• Title: Book: Occult Science (1972): The Essential Nature of Mankind
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  • dissolver of the physical bodily form.
  • after he has become acquainted in simple narrative form with the
  • in the form or shape into which the mineral substances and forces of
  • the physical body are fashioned during life. This form disappears by
  • its ability to give a definite form and shape to the mineral
  • form and shape by means of the currents and movements of the ether
  • member of the human entity. In order to aid the student in forming a
  • astral body. Just as the physical body is unable to retain its form by
  • belonging to him. Supersensible cognition forms a conception of this
  • but what experiences this permanency. We must formulate the concepts
  • Memory appears in various stages. Its simplest form occurs when a
  • its mental image, is able to visualize it. He has formed this image
  • nature of the  I  by knowing how this word has taken form in the
  • objects are formed just as these objects come and go, and these
  • idealist. The latter develops out of the former if he rids himself of
  • the latter's hidden nature. This astral body, overcome and transformed
  • is concealed in the former is enveloped by two veils, while the
  • form a concept of the difference in the work on these two bodies by
  • religion to act upon it again and again, they form within it a power
  • that works right into the ether body and transforms it in much the
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• Title: Book: Occult Science (1972): Sleep And Death
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  • never weakens life when it appears in its true form. When, having been
  • facts of the sleeping state in their particular form. If, however,
  • prepare themselves to transform, during the following waking state,
  • organic formative activity when freed from the presence of the spirit
  • and soul elements. This unconscious formative activity and what takes
  • body can retain the form and stature suitable for man only by means of
  • reside the prototypes according to which the ether body gives form to
  • toward his environment he forms, by means of perception, thought
  • about on the earth, and because in the former case the dependence is
  • the images through which the human being receives his form lies in
  • is finished, its form and cohesion can be explained by purely
  • processes, too, can transform themselves into such dream symbols. A
  • mind how the dream transforms into a picture what sense-perception
  • information. — Later the astral body separates from its ether body also
  • degree that the ether body loses the form it had during its sojourn in
  • form, which corresponds to the physical body, endures. During life
  • its direct form. Only at death does the ego receive these revelations
  • although in another form. All spiritual desires of the ego within the
  • thirsts in vain for satisfaction. We can only form an idea of what now
  • able to enjoy the spirit in the form in which it is able to manifest
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• Title: Book: Occult Science (1972): The Evolution of the Cosmos and Man (Part 1)
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  • members and transforms them. Out of this transformation, at a lower
  • life spirit, and spirit man are formed. These members of the human
  • form, did not yet exist upon our planet. It shows how mankind has
  • earthly substance has been formed out of a primeval mist. It cannot be
  • of the physical sense-world. For him, all transformations in the
  • which lumps of ice were gradually forming by means of ingeniously
  • was formerly water, so also, through spiritual observation, we are
  • beings are condensed from an element that was formerly spiritual. — In
  • spiritual nature is transformed into matter, but in matter we have
  • before us transformed parts only of the primeval spiritual substance.
  • incapable of giving information concerning the spiritual element in
  • ice is formed by means of refrigeration. For such a being, water would
  • transformed into ice would the water be at all perceptible to it. Thus
  • from the physical facts he observes now in the present, he forms a
  • the transient forms of these occurrences. It must be repeated, once
  • really unprejudiced. In the following pages, information concerning
  • supersensible cognition. The transformations of our planet will be
  • really thinks impartially: in the first place, the information
  • imparted by this form of cognition is thoroughly logical; in the
  • later still, through repeated materialization, became transformed into
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• Title: Book: Occult Science (1972): The Evolution of the Cosmos and Man (Part 2)
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  • be seen in the course of this description that the form, however,
  • bony fibers, formed in harmony with the laws of mechanics. The whole
  • accomplished of its task of transforming the other members of man's
  • transformations. We only wished to point out that these communications
• Title: Book: Occult Science (1972): The Evolution of the Cosmos and Man (Part 3)
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  • If we wish to form an approximately accurate pictorial idea of the
  • surrounding space. He would not find this space uniformly warm
  • certain lines, not straight lines, but in irregular forms, produced by
  • only the condition in which any one of these three bodily forms finds
  • still other beings that may be called the “Spirits of Form.”
  • reflected life, the activity of the astral body of the Spirits of Form
  • whole to appear like an ensouled being. The Spirits of Form divide
  • life as it streams back to them from Saturn in the form of heat.
  • not merely in the form borne by man at the present time. The Spirits
  • not the only beings who participate in the formation of these organs.
  • processes to the Spirits of Fire in the form of images. They forego
  • forms, sometimes resembling this shape, sometimes that. During the
  • further course of evolution these forms become more defined;
  • itself appears with the simplest, dullest form of consciousness. We
  • must picture this form of consciousness as duller than that of
  • nature. If he gives himself up to ideas that he himself forms in his
  • Spirits of Wisdom, Motion, Form, and so forth. At the same time, these
  • The ascent continues until the formation of the state of heat; then
  • phantoms have assumed a form through the activity of the Spirits of
• Title: Book: Occult Science (1972): The Evolution of the Cosmos and Man (Part 4)
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  • an end, what was formerly Saturn issues forth out of “cosmic
  • newly formed Sun just as it was at the end of the Saturn evolution. It
  • must first transform the various evolutionary stages that it had
  • reached on Saturn, so that they conform with the conditions on the
  • the stage of his evolution acquired on Saturn conforms to the
  • be characterized by saying that the physical body, germinally formed
  • parts. Whereas previously the physical body and life body formed one
  • into which air forms are articulated that are in regular motion. If we
  • a compact plant formation, but with a gaseous or aeroform structure,
  • supplemented by the activities of the Spirits of Form, the effect of
  • gaseous forms. This, too, takes place through the fact that the
  • Spirits of Form permit their forces to flow in and out of the human
  • their form only momentarily. Now, however, they assume temporarily
  • ensues a period of rest, at the end of which the Spirits of Form
  • the Sun evolution, capable of working upon the newly formed human life
  • capacity, not only to transform the gaseous structures within it, but
  • similar to their maternal forms.
  • human physical bodies, formed on Saturn, attain the degree of maturity
  • there exist beings and formations that do not fit into its conditions.
  • were, by the human bodies and forms a kind of lower nature within the
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• Title: Book: Occult Science (1972): The Evolution of the Cosmos and Man (Part 5)
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  • one cosmic formation. The second thing to be noted is that the human
  • life bodies formed upon the Sun were absorbed during the pause by
  • what, in a certain sense, forms the spiritual sheath of the planet.
  • they transformed what had thus been prepared into the ability alluded
  • Form begin their activity. Because the Spirits of Motion allow their
  • of the Spirits of Form. Then these changing feelings become
  • transformed in such a way that the first traces of longing and desire
  • however, the Spirits of Form do not give up their own nature to him,
  • of Form and bears an instinctive character.
  • this, however, our present water, but any fluid form of existence. The
  • human physical body now gradually takes on a form composed of three
  • incorporate into themselves an independent astral body. These form a
  • cleavage, after the Spirits of Form begin their activity, some thing
  • thus formed from one. Certain higher beings who, prior to this, were
  • reborn, but refined sun; the other is now the actually new formation,
  • acquire new possibilities of evolution. The Spirits of Form, in
  • further condensation of the human physical body also. The former
  • form, and the aeriform and heat formations condense correspondingly.
  • former has the same relationship to the latter that the Saturn body
  • was formed from the body of the Spirits of Will — Thrones. From this
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• Title: Book: Occult Science (1972): The Evolution of the Cosmos and Man (Part 6)
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  • form of existence, a form that stands at a quite different level from
  • transformation that can be the basis for an objective consciousness.
  • form of existence before the life or ether body can also advance. The
  • After this intermediate period devoted to a higher form of existence,
  • form. In order to understand this state of humanity, special attention
  • life body do not yet exist in a physical or etheric form, but in an
  • astral form. What at that time makes the physical body physical is not
  • its physical form but the physical laws that are present in it,
  • although it has an astral form. It is a being ruled by physical laws
  • appearing in soul form. This is also true of the life body.
  • physical and life forces still appear in soul form. Within this cosmic
  • structure everything that is to be transformed later into the
  • condensation, which after a time results in a fire form appearing in
  • the midst of this soul structure, a form similar to Saturn in its
  • densest condition. This fire form is interwoven with the activities of
  • Therefore the Earth fire-ball is by no means a uniform substance, but
  • who are destined to become human beings in our present form on the
  • fire Earth only with one point of their soul form, with the result
  • that the heat causes a part of their astral form to condense. Through
  • around them. If we wish to form a sensible-supersensible picture of
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• Title: Book: Occult Science (1972): The Evolution of the Cosmos and Man (Part 7)
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  • visible symbols of their special spiritual powers. Superhuman forms
  • evolutions and had formed the human physical, ether, and astral
  • bodies, as well as the mineral, plant, and animal kingdoms, formed the
  • highest form of the Ego.
  • With Christ there appeared in human form what the high Sun Being had
  • all mystery wisdom had in a certain regard to assume a new form.
  • capacities. The first form into which this knowledge could be poured
  • form than it was contained in the Southern and Eastern mysteries.
  • Light was proclaimed, but in such a form that it was impossible to say
  • future Christ form shone also into these mysteries. It was proclaimed
• Title: Book: Occult Science (1972): Cognition of the Higher Worlds. Initiation. (Part 1)
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  • preceding descriptions some information has been given about higher
  • entire nature is transformed. A boundless enrichment of his soul
  • certain transformation of his entire nature. The means for such a
  • transformation cannot, by its very nature, be thought out by
  • For the point of the matter is not whether we receive this information
  • we may do so only to a certain point. Yet the information given leads
  • the transformation of his soul. Any dangerous interference with the
  • undertake this transformation by means that elude the consciousness of
  • these may arise through thinking that training would transform man
  • properly performed, will give him the possibility of observing the
  • required for this training that would transform man into something
• Title: Book: Occult Science (1972): Cognition of the Higher Worlds. Initiation. (Part 2)
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  • formed through the soul's own energy. The essential is not what is
  • the senses. But if we undertake this with a visualized image formed in
  • the color of the green plant sap transformed into red, and the red
  • of instincts and desires. This can then transform the feeling of
  • such thoughts and feelings for a time, we are to transform them into
  • seed, about the forms of crystals, and so forth. In the present book,
  • varied manner. Also certain sentences, formulae, even single words,
  • feelings perceives how a human being performs an action that is
  • It may say to itself, an action performed through goodness of heart is
  • one in which the performer does not follow his own interest, but the
  • has given it joy or pleasure, and it may form the comprehensive idea
  • out his exercises, so that patience and perseverance form the
  • extirpated from consciousness. What has been formed through meditation
  • spiritually what has been formed through meditation, so that it may
  • Something has taken place for the student of the spiritual in one form
  • form should never originate from any other soul-spirit observation
  • training not being at the same time moral training does not conform to
  • be sure that we think in conformity with facts. If we ask ourselves
  • forth, we then conform our thoughts more to reality than if we reflect
  • command: Today, at this definite time, I shall perform this or that
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• Title: Book: Occult Science (1972): Cognition of the Higher Worlds. Initiation. (Part 3)
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  • one forms a thought based upon observation in the physical sense
  • man is able to form only such thoughts. Human thought does not need to
  • what is communicated is true, and if anyone is unable to form this
• Title: Book: Occult Science (1972): Cognition of the Higher Worlds. Initiation. (Part 4)
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  • “lotus flowers,” according to the forms which they present
  • another of the “lotus flowers,” is formed. After all that
  • are supersensible and consist of a definitely formed soul activity;
  • only be grasped by someone for whom the exercises performed in his
  • are, in truth, work performed on the soul-spirit nature, that is to
  • soul-spirit nature. If, however, one forms a definite opinion right at
  • forms of spiritual life that correspond to the partial success dulls
• Title: Book: Occult Science (1972): Cognition of the Higher Worlds. Initiation. (Part 5)
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  • imaginative world. In the former can be observed a continual growth
  • imaginative world a continual transformation of one thing into another
  • formation makes its appearance that is not perceptible physically and
  • into which the decaying plant is gradually transformed. When the plant
  • has disappeared, this formation stands completely developed in its
  • transformation of one thing into another. — Because this is so, the
  • body, and ego — come under the law of transformation, and perception of
  • beings undergoing transformation, but he would be unable to explain
  • the processes of transformation; he would be unable to orientate
  • transformation; nowhere are there points of rest. Such points of rest
  • perceives the transformation of one process into another; through the
  • former one learns to know the inner qualities of beings who transform
  • states of the Earth and its preceding transformations, disclose
  • evolved further to its present form during the Sun, Moon, and Earth
  • transformations have taken place within the human being as a result of
  • and beings who co-operated in order that such transformations could
  • occur in humanity as are expressed in the transformations during the
  • separation, and so forth?” Anyone properly informed about these
  • supersensible sees a transformation taking place in an astral being
• Title: Book: Occult Science (1972): Cognition of the Higher Worlds. Initiation. (Part 6)
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  • arise the imagination of the transformation that underlies physical
  • transformed in the human soul. For example, somebody may discover that
  • this person in the same way as formerly.” Or he may pose the
  • even to form the habit of disregarding all faults because it brings
  • perform a certain deed or leave it undone. His judgment suggests to
  • restrain him, but simply performs the deed, according to his capacity
  • he followed his judgment, but that by non-performance of the deed, a
  • dangerous. Whoever were to form the habit of disregarding his judgment
  • the spiritual world now begins to open itself to cognition in a form
• Title: Book: Occult Science (1972): Cognition of the Higher Worlds. Initiation. (Part 7)
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  • motions, forms, and currents appear in the human ether or life body
  • might immediately be formed in the neighborhood of the heart. In that
  • radiations must have formed in the sphere of the ether body, enclosing
  • senses and form from them mental images and concepts. This is not the
  • certain expressions of the physical body that formerly took place
  • with what the soul performs in the exercises or otherwise in inner
• Title: Book: Occult Science (1972): Cognition of the Higher Worlds. Initiation. (Part 8)
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  • of the forces of his personality assumes a different form from the one
  • in the physical-sensory world, where the ego effects a uniform
  • the right way the described transformation of forces signifies true
  • form its soul. — In the further course of this evolution the development
  • gives them form that depends upon his own nature. Let us imagine that
  • itself in a certain form. At the moment, however, when pleasure or
  • displeasure is felt in regard to the picture, it changes its form. The
  • unconcealed it would show that certain forms of destiny must still be
  • profound self-knowledge. This is an impulse to transform immediately a
  • transform his nature that it may unfold spiritual organs of
  • perception of his own being in its true form. He would lose through
  • another form, as a picture of the imaginative world, what he has
  • impresses its own form sharply upon our observation, no matter how the
  • are transformed through such wishes and interests, and he has before
  • him, like a reality, what he himself has formed, or at least has
  • helped in forming. This source of deception is removed by the
  • bring about imagination, a symbol is first formed. In this symbol are
  • soul activity only, which has formed the symbol. Here also error is
• Title: Book: Occult Science (1972): Cognition of the Higher Worlds. Initiation. (Part 9)
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  • threshold” begins to take on quite a different form. He presents
  • must drag in the form of his ordinary self, and if he is not strong
  • gives up his efforts. He becomes a prisoner of the form that, through
  • experiences something quite different. The form that the
  • form the human soul has assumed under the influence of this power is
  • form will appear that we may call the “greater guardian of the
  • not transformed into illusion, only if the work is continued in an
• Title: Book: Occult Science (1972): Cognition of the Higher Worlds. Initiation. (Part 10)
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  • evolutions. We understand the ether body when we follow its formations
  • imaginations with certainty, yet he already performs exercises leading
  • existence. In this way he learns to know himself in the form he
  • this guardian now transforms himself into the form of the Christ,
  • period to period to ever changing forms, just as outer life changes
  • its forms, and at all times a perfect harmony must prevail between
• Title: Book: Occult Science (1972): The Present and Future of Cosmic and Human Evolution
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  • contains a form that is still in its germinal stage and that will only
  • happens upon the earth streams continually into this future form. In
  • this form we have, therefore, before us what is to be our earth in the
  • being into which the Earth will be transformed, just as the Moon has
  • transformed itself into the Earth. We may call this future form the
  • certain forms when, within the earth of the physical senses, this or
  • beings and things become visible that are the further developed forms
  • of Moon forms. The picture of this world also resolves itself into two
  • of the past Sun evolution, the other presents a future form of the
  • Earth; that is to say, the form into which the Earth will have
  • transformed itself when the effects of the Earth and Jupiter processes
  • have streamed into the forms of that world. What we thus observe of
  • increases, what forms it assumes in regard to the hidden facts of life
  • cultural period. In the former there was not yet present what we now
  • intellect he received in the form that was fitting for that time:
  • picture of that world, formed by their intellect and feeling. This
  • confident knowledge of former ages, traditional knowledge, lost more
  • desires to impart its information. To the degree to which the
  • in a still dim way. The new possession will, however, have a form
  • form from the one possessed previously. Whereas the impressions
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• Title: Book: Occult Science (1972): Details From the Realm of Spiritual Science
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  • of force the former exercises upon the latter. Supersensible cognition
  • transformation, however, is preceded by another on a lower stage, and
  • the sentient soul is formed, transformations in the astral body take
  • place; the formation of the intellectual soul expresses itself in
  • transformations in the ether body, the formation of the consciousness
  • soul in transformations in the physical body. In the course of the
  • that the sentient soul is already based upon a transformed astral
  • body, the intellectual soul upon a transformed ether body, and the
  • consciousness soul upon a transformed physical body. We may, however,
  • transformed through the presence of the ego. Since the ego, however,
  • time, this feeling transforms itself into knowledge, into a
  • feeling of humility, then the content of feeling transforms itself
  • knowledge, for that which gives information about the meaning of life.
• Title: Book: Occult Science (1972): Preface First Edition
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  • of judgment or as someone who has not the goodwill to form an
  • someone who forms his judgments in quite a conscientious way. For the
  • Mayer, Helmholtz, Joule, Clausius, and others, formed a part of his
  • conformity with a conscientious view of the sphere of life in
  • presented at a later period, or at least in another form.
• Title: Book: Occult Science (1972): Preface: Sixteenth to Twentieth Edition
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  • did not yet live in me in its final form as was the case with
  • spirit as content, but this content will appear in the form of
  • perceptions thought form. It is just as comprehensible as the finished
  • perceptions up to a point where he can pour them into thought form
  • without loss of their imaginative character within this form.
  • vision brought, to a sufficient degree, into thought form, and which,
  • “occult,” but to bring everything into a form that renders
  • spiritual world by maintaining that they are transformed reproductions
  • but a representation in picture form of an objective spiritual content
• Title: Book: Occult Science (1972): Special Comments
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  • so perform it that the outer process appears as though the action were
  • on the fact that the work performed on the astral body has been
  • characteristics in a form higher than it can occur on this earth
  • picture with a soul content. Then it takes on a form that justifies
  • refuses at present to form thoughts that are not only demanded by