By Rudolf Steiner

This account of the Western path of initiation began appearing in installments in 1904. Steiner openly describes a path of development for all who seek to have real experiences of the spiritual world without sacrificing their practical duties in everyday life. The student is led through the cultivation of reverence and inner tranquility to the development of inner life through the stages of preparation, illumination and initiation.

Steiner describes how we pass through the trials of Fire, Water and Air, and new qualities of feeling, judgement and perception unfold. He shows how the transformation of feelings occurs and indicates the consequences of such practices on our inner and outer lives. A guide to working with the chakras is also given. Finally, the student is led to the first stage of spiritual development: the meeting with the Guardians of the Threshold.

By Rudolf Steiner

In the eight meditations of A Road to Self-Knowledge the spiritual world is described as it “can be experienced by a soul which sets out on the path to the Spirit in a certain manner … [one can] imagine that what is depicted here has been actually lived through by an individual soul.”

The Threshold of the Spiritual World was also intended by Rudolf Steiner “to complete and amplify” his other writings, for he was concerned to give accounts of the spiritual spheres from “contunally fresh points of view.” He says, however, “It has also been sought to give the description in such a way that it may be read independently, without any knowledge of these other works.”

By Rudolf Steiner

Lecture given in Zurich, October 1918.

Angels – what are their goals for mankind and how can they be achieved?

By Rudolf Steiner

I hope that reading this book can become a kind of inner conversation. If this conversation unfolds in such a way that it reveals the hidden inner forces that can be awakened in every soul, then reading this book may lead to genuine, inner soul work. As a result you may find yourself gradually impelled to undertake that journey of the soul, which truly leads to vision of the spiritual world.

– Rudolf Steiner.

In reading this book, we not only understand what Steiner meant by “spiritual science” but we are also helped to begin to practice it. Unlike natural science, spiritual science as Steiner conceived of it is not based upon sensory facts and reason, but upon a profound and differentiated exploration of cognitive states of consciousness.

This book is a sequel to and complements How to Know Higher Worlds.

By Rudolf Steiner

Theosophy is a key work for anyone seeking a solid grounding in spiritual reality. Steiner presents a comprehensive understanding of human nature, beginning with the physical body and moving up through the soul to our spiritual being, with an extraordinary overview of the laws of reincarnation and the workings of karma. Steiner shows the different ways that we live within the three worlds of body, soul, and spirit, and describes the path of knowledge by which each one of us can begin to understand the marvellous and harmonious complexity of the psycho-spiritual worlds.

By Rudolf Steiner

Moral teaching and moral preaching cannot establish morality. It is only by delving into the hidden secrets of life that we can advance not just to moral doctrines but to the moral sources of life – true moral impulses.

At different times, humanity has manifested moral life in different ways. To understand these differences, the evolution of consciousness must be taken into account. Originally morality was a part of human nature, for in their essence human beings are good. But through evolution, there have come errors, deviations, fallings-away. In this small, much–loved cycle of three lectures, Rudolf Steiner indicated the sources for the recovery of a living morality for our time. Rudolf Steiner shows the transformation of the virtues through the evolution of consciousness, and, above all, through the incarnation of the Christ in the Mystery of Golgotha.

By Rudolf Steiner

Steiner strives to justify a knowledge of the spiritual realm before entry into spiritual experience.

By Rudolf Steiner

“Esoteric science” is not “secret” knowledge but knowledge that remains hidden from ordinary senses. Following an introduction to the invisible nature of the human being – including sleep, dreams, after-death experiences, and reincarnation – the heart of the book opens into a systematic description of cosmic evolution beyond the limits of space and time.

By Marcia and Jack Kelly

Here are one hundred ways of giving thanks for our food in a glorious collection of ancient and contemporary graces from many traditions. Saying grace before meals is a time-honoured ritual in which we acknowledge the source of all nourishment; experience a moment of stillness, humility, and gratitude; and perhaps dedicate the strength and vitality we receive from the food to the service of others. These blessings – Christian, Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist, Islamic and Native American – were gathered by Marcia and Jack Kelly in their travels to monasteries while researching their Sanctuaries series. Not just for special occasions but for each time we sit down at the table.

By Rudolf Steiner

Rudolf Steiner gives a penetrating description – from his spiritual research into the evolution and history of the human being, earth and cosmos – of the experiences people gained through the ancient mysteries. His survey takes us through the mysteries of Artemis in Ephesus, of Hibernia, Eleusis, Somothrace, and the Middle Ages. After the preliminary lectures on the nature and function of the human soul, a magnificent drama is presented of the development of the earth, including graphic descriptions of the metals, their connection with the planets and their curative properties. Steiner also outlines the origins of plants and animals and the connection of humanity with the earth, and gives a panoramic view of human evolution in the past, present and future.