Learning to See Into the Spiritual World

Spiritual Science

LEARNING TO SEE INTO THE SPIRITUAL WORLD

These four informal lectures were given by Rudolf Steiner to the workers at the Goetheanum, in response to the following questions:

What is the relationship between coming to see the secrets of the universe and one's conception of the world and of life?

How far must one go before one finds higher worlds on the path of natural science?

Do the forces of the cosmos influence the whole of humanity?

What connection do plants have with the human being and the human body?

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In answering these questions, Steiner covers a wide range of topics from the development of independent thinking and the ability to think backward to the uses of what seems boring and the reversal of thinking between the physical and spiritual worlds; from the " physiology" of dreams to living into nature and the spiritual dimension of different foodstuffs. As always in his lectures to the workers, Steiner's style is amazingly clear, direct, and simple:

"Truth, and the striving for truth, must taste good to you; and lies, once you are conscious of them, must taste bitter and poisonous. You must not only know that human judgments have color, but also that printer's ink nowadays is mostly deadly nightshade juice. You must be able to experience this in all honesty and rectitude, and once you can do so you will be in a state of spiritual transformation. ..."

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ISBN 0-88010-281-0