GA 93a

Basic Elements of Esotericism

Grundelemente der Esoterik

Notes from an esoteric course in the form of thirty-one lectures, Berlin, 26 September to 5 November 1905

Contents (selection)

Ancient symbols for important stages of development / The sphinx riddle / Bees and ants. Philosopher's Stone / Four Types of Ether / Seven Stages of Being / Consciousness, Life, Form / Reincarnation. Zodiac and Cultural Development / Sense Organs and the Future of the Earth / States of Form / Self-Consciousness, Selflessness, Karma / Origin of the Human Body / Hierarchies and Levels of Consciousness / Pralayas / The Teachings of the Rosicrucians / Black and White Magic / Natural and Artificial Elementals / The Three Logoi

Literature

• Rudolf Steiner: Grundelemente der Esoterik, GA 93a (1987), ISBN 3-7274-0935-5 English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org