 An
Outline of Esoteric Science
by Rudolf Steiner
An Outline of Esoteric Science
by Rudolf Steiner is as vital and relevant as when it was first published in
1910. This masterpiece of esoteric Rosicrucian cosmology (on which
Rudolf Steiner worked and then reworked for many years, making it
ever more precise and accurate) remains the most effective
presentation to date of the spiritual alternative to contemporary
materialist cosmologies and the Darwinian view of human nature and
evolution.
In this comprehensive work of spiritual
science, readers learn how the creation and evolution of humanity is
embedded in the heart of the vast, invisible web of interacting
cosmic beings through whom the processes of cosmic
evolution unfold. Within this context, Steiner includes descriptions
of various aspects of the different bodies
of the human being and how these arrived over long periods of time
to their present state as well as their relation to sleep and death,
to the animal vegetable and mineral kingdoms, etc. Included
also is
a detailed practical guide to the methods or exercises, including
the “Rose Cross Meditation,” by which the means of perceiving and
understanding the realms of soul and spirit that Steiner describes
can be achieved.
Significant within his exposition of the whole
spiritual evolutionary process, is the pivotal role that Steiner assigns to
the Christ and to the entrance of Christ into earthly evolution
through the Mystery of Golgotha (the 3-year Incarnation and
especially the Crucifixion and Resurrection).
Along with his books,
Theosophy
and
How to Know Higher Worlds,
An Outline of Esoteric Science is considered to be
fundamental to a proper understanding of much of his later works and
to anthroposophy as a whole.
Trans: C. E. Creeger (Written 1910,
GA13); 480pp
Anthroposophic Press
ISBN:
0 88010 409 0; paperback
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An Outline of Esoteric Science - Rudolf
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Also available in the "classic" translation:
Occult
Science - An Outline - Rudolf Steiner
Related titles:
A Study Companion to An Outline of Esoteric
Science by Clopper Almon
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