The Five Basic Books

Theosophy: An Introduction to the Supersensible Knowledge of the World and the Destination of Man. Read book

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Table of Contents

Chapter I. The Essential Nature of Man
 1. The Corporeal Nature of Man
 2. The Soul Nature of Man
 3. The Spiritual Nature of Man
 4. Body, Soul and Spirit

Chapter II. Re-embodiment of the Spirit and Destiny

Chapter III. The Three Worlds
 1. The Soul World
 2. The Soul in the Soul World after Death
 3. The Spirit Land
 4. The Spirit in Spirit Land after Death
 5. The Physical World and its Connection with
    the Soul and Spirit Land
 6. Thought Forms and the Human Aura

Chapter IV. The Path of Knowledge

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Philosophy of Freedom: Is man entitled to claim for himself freedom of will, or is freedom a mere illusion begotten of his inability to recognize the threads of necessity on which his will, like any natural event, depends? Read book

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Knowledge of Freedom

Chapter 1
 Conscious Human Action

Chapter 2
 The Fundamental Desire for Knowledge

Chapter 3
 Thinking in the Service of Knowledge

Chapter 4
 The World as Percept

Chapter 5
 The Act of Knowing the World

Chapter 6
 Human Individuality

Chapter 7
 Are there Limits to Knowledge?

Chapter 8
 The Factors of Life

Chapter 9
 The Idea of Freedom

Chapter 10
 Freedom — Philosophy and Monism

Chapter 11
 World Purpose and Life Purpose

Chapter 12
 Moral Imagination

Chapter 13
 The Value of Life

Chapter 14
 Individuality and Genus

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Occult Science, an outline: Occult Science deals with the evolution of Man and the Earth. Read book

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Table of Contents

Chapter I
  The Character of Occult Science

Chapter II
  The Nature of Humanity

Chapter III
  Sleep And Death

Chapter IV
  Man and the Evolution of the World

Chapter V
  Knowledge of the Higher Worlds (Concerning Initiation)

Chapter VI
  Present and Future Evolution of the World and of Mankind

Chapter VII
  Details From the Domain of Spiritual Science

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Knowledge of the Higher Worlds and its Attainment: The Way of Initiation or How to Attain Knowledge of the Higher Worlds, Initiation and Its Results. Read book

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Table of Contents

Chapter I
  How is Knowledge Of The Higher Worlds Attained?

Chapter II
  The Stages of Initiation
  Preparation
  Enlightenment
  The Control of Thoughts and Feelings

Chapter III
  Initiation

Chapter IV
  Some Practical Aspects

Chapter V
  The Conditions of Esoteric Training

Chapter VI
  Some Results of Initiation

Chapter VII
  The Transformation of Dream Life

Chapter VIII
  The Continuity of Consciousness

Chapter IX
  The Splitting of the Human Personality during Spiritual Training

Chapter X
  The Guardian of the Threshold

Chapter XI
  Life and Death. The Greater Guardian of the Threshold

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Christianity As Mystical Fact: Christianity As Mystical Fact and the Mysteries of Antiquity. Read book

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Table of Contents

–  Points of View

–  Mysteries and Mystery Wisdom

–  Greek Sages before Plato in the Light of Mystery Wisdom

–  Plato as a Mystic

–  Mystery Wisdom and Myth

–  Egyptian Mystery Wisdom

–  The Gospels

–  The Miracle of the Raising of Lazarus

–  The Apocalypse of John

–  Jesus and His Historical Background

–  The Essence of Christianity

–  Christianity and Pagan Wisdom

–  Augustine and the Church

–  Comments by the Author

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Credits: Photo of Rudolf Steiner (1905)