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True and False Paths in Spiritual Investigation
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True and False Paths in Spiritual Investigation
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True and False Paths in Spiritual Investigation
Rudolf Steiner e.Lib Document
Lectures Section
Differences of Consciousness in Ancient and modern Times -
Spiritual Knowledge important for purposes of Healing -
Metals and their Effects upon Consciousness -
Differentiation of the Historical Epochs and their Spiritual Background -
Life-periods as Organs of Cognition - The School of Chartres -
Potential Aberrations in Spiritual Investigation, e.g. Mediumship -
Elementary Beings - Influences of the Sun and Moon -
Dream Life and Somnambulism - The Metamorphosis of Consciousness -
Revelation of the Divine through Art
Steiner delineates the different states of consciousness experienced by
people in past ages and their methods of initiation. He discusses in depth
the relationship of the seven metals to the different states of
consciousness. Today, because we are constituted differently, we can
develop higher perception only through purely spiritual forces. Many
other spiritual facts are detailed in these absorbing esoteric studies.
By Rudolf Steiner
Eleven lectures given at Torquay, England
Translated by A. H. Parker
Bn 243, GA 243, CW 243
Differences of Consciousness in Ancient and modern Times —
Spiritual Knowledge important for purposes of Healing —
Metals and their Effects upon Consciousness — Differentiation
of the Historical Epochs and their Spiritual Background —
Life-periods as Organs of Cognition — The School of Chartres —
Potential Aberrations in Spiritual Investigation, e.g. Mediumship —
Elementary Beings — Influences of the Sun and Moon —
Dream Life and Somnambulism —
The Metamorphosis of Consciousness —
Revelation of the Divine through Art
Steiner delineates the different states of consciousness experienced
by people in past ages and their methods of initiation. He discusses
in depth the relationship of the seven metals to the different states
of consciousness. Today, because we are constituted differently, we
can develop higher perception only through purely spiritual forces.
Many other spiritual facts are detailed in these absorbing esoteric
studies.
Eleven lectures given in August of 1924 at Torquay, England from the
lecture series entitled,
The Consciousness of the Initiate.
Published in German as,
Das Initiatenbewusstsein. Die wahren und die falschen
Wege der geistigen Forschung.
This volume is presented here with the kind permission of the Rudolf
Steiner Nachlassverwaltung, Dornach, Switzerland.
From Bn 243, GA 243, CW 243.
Copyright © 1969
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Lecture One | Nature is the Great Illusion; Know Thyself |
August 11, 1924 |
Lecture Two | The Three Worlds and their Reflected Images |
August 12, 1924 |
Lecture Three | Form and Substantiality of the Mineral Kingdom in Relation to the Levels of Consciousness in Man |
August 13, 1924 |
Lecture Four | The Secret of Investigation into Other Realms through the Metamorphosis of Consciousness |
August 14, 1924 |
Lecture Five | The Inner Vitalization of the Soul through the Qualities of the Metallic Nature |
August 15, 1924 |
Lecture Six | Initiation-Knowledge, Waking Consciousness and Dream Consciousness |
August 16, 1924 |
Lecture Seven | Knowledge of the World of Stars. Differentiation of the Historical Epochs of Mankind and their Spiritual Background |
August 18, 1924 |
Lecture Eight | Potential Aberrations in Spiritual Investigation |
August 19, 1924 |
Lecture Nine | Abnormal Paths into the Spiritual World and their Transformation |
August 20, 1924 |
Lecture Ten | Influences of the Extra-Terrestrial Cosmos Upon the Consciousness of Man |
August 21, 1924 |
Lecture Eleven | What is the Position in Respect of Spiritual Investigation and the Understanding of Spiritual Investigation? |
August 22, 1924 |
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