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'''Prayer''' (from [[w:Medieval Latin|Medieval Latin]]: {{lang|la|precaria}}; [[w:Vulgate|Vulgate]] Latin {{lang|la|oratio}}; {{Greek|προσευχή}} ''proseukhḗ''; {{HeS|תפילה| tfiˈla}}) is a supplicatory, but not egoistic, turning to God or other higher spiritual beings, speaking only inwardly or also outwardly, and at the same time a preliminary stage of mystical immersion, in which the [[I-consciousness]] is not extinguished but strengthened.  
'''Prayer''' (from [[w:Medieval Latin|Medieval Latin]]: {{lang|la|precaria}}; [[w:Vulgate|Vulgate]] Latin {{lang|la|oratio}}; {{Greek|προσευχή}} ''proseukhḗ''; {{HeS|תפילה| tfiˈla}}) is a supplicatory, but not egoistic, turning to God or other higher spiritual beings, speaking only inwardly or also outwardly, and at the same time a preliminary stage of mystical immersion, in which the [[I-consciousness]] is not extinguished but strengthened.


== Literature ==
== Literature ==

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Prayer (from Medieval Latin: precaria; Vulgate Latin oratio; Greekπροσευχή proseukhḗ; Hebrewתפילה tfiˈla) is a supplicatory, but not egoistic, turning to God or other higher spiritual beings, speaking only inwardly or also outwardly, and at the same time a preliminary stage of mystical immersion, in which the I-consciousness is not extinguished but strengthened.

Literature

References to the work of Rudolf Steiner follow Rudolf Steiner's Collected Works (CW or GA), Rudolf Steiner Verlag, Dornach/Switzerland, unless otherwise stated.
Email: verlag@steinerverlag.com URL: www.steinerverlag.com.
Index to the Complete Works of Rudolf Steiner - Aelzina Books
A complete list by Volume Number and a full list of known English translations you may also find at Rudolf Steiner's Collected Works
Rudolf Steiner Archive - The largest online collection of Rudolf Steiner's books, lectures and articles in English.
Rudolf Steiner Audio - Recorded and Read by Dale Brunsvold
steinerbooks.org - Anthroposophic Press Inc. (USA)
Rudolf Steiner Handbook - Christian Karl's proven standard work for orientation in Rudolf Steiner's Collected Works for free download as PDF.