GA 243

Initiate Consciousness - The True and the False Ways of Spiritual Research

Das Initiaten-Bewußtsein - Die wahren und die falschen Wege der geistigen Forschung

Eleven lectures, Torquay (England) 11 to 22 August 1924.

Contents (selection)

Nature is the great illusion. "Know thyself" / The three worlds and their mirror images / Form and substantiality of the mineral with reference to the states of consciousness of man / The secret of exploring other worlds through the metamorphosis of consciousness / The inner animation of the soul through the properties of the metallic / Initiatory knowledge / Star knowledge / Possibilities of aberration in spiritual research / Abnormal ways into the spiritual world and their transformation / Influences of the extraterrestrial cosmos on human consciousness.

Literature

• Rudolf Steiner: Initiate Consciousness: Truth and Error in Spiritual Research. CW 243. Translation by O. D. Wannamaker. Kessinger Publishing 2010. ISBN 978-1161359794 rsarchive.org

German

• Rudolf Steiner: Das Initiaten-Bewußtsein. Die wahren und die falschen Wege der geistigen Forschung., GA 243 (2004), ISBN 3-7274-2430-3 English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org

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