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How to Know Higher Worlds
Wie erlangt man Erkenntnisse der höheren Welten? (GA 10)

A manual of inner development serialised in Lucifer-Gnosis (1904–1905) and published as a book in 1909. It describes the conditions of discipleship—reverence, inner calm, control of thought, equanimity—meditation exercises and the stages of preparation, illumination and initiation, with the warning to take three steps in moral improvement for every step in occult knowledge.
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English

How to Know Higher Worlds
Anthroposophic Press, 1994
Translation: Christopher Bamford
ISBN 0880103728
Rudolf Steiner
The Way of Initiation
The Conscious LibraryThe Way of Initiation
Theosophical Publishing Society, Londres, 1908
Translation: Max Gysi
Primera traducción inglesa; texto en Project Gutenberg (n.º 39986).
Deutsch
Rudolf Steiner
Wie erlangt man Erkenntnisse der höheren Welten?
The Conscious LibraryWie erlangt man Erkenntnisse der höheren Welten?
Philosophisch-Theosophischer Verlag, Berlín, 1909

GA 10
Rudolf Steiner Verlag (GA), 1993
ISBN 9783727401008
Español

La iniciación o cómo adquirir el conocimiento de los mundos superiores
Edaf, 1988
ISBN 9788476401866
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- Goethean Science · 1883
- A Theory of Knowledge Implicit in Goethe's World-Conception · 1886
- Truth and Knowledge · 1892
- The Philosophy of Freedom (Intuitive Thinking as a Spiritual Path) · 1894
- Documents on The Philosophy of Freedom · 1994
- Friedrich Nietzsche, Fighter for Freedom · 1895
- Goethe's World View · 1897
- Mysticism at the Dawn of the Modern Age · 1901
- Christianity as Mystical Fact · 1902
- Theosophy · 1904
- Cosmic Memory · 1904
- The Stages of Higher Knowledge · 1905
- The Education of the Child in the Light of Anthroposophy · 1907
- An Outline of Esoteric Science · 1910
- Four Mystery Dramas · 1910
- The Spiritual Guidance of the Individual and Humanity · 1911
- A Way of Self-Knowledge · 1912
- The Threshold of the Spiritual World · 1913
- The Riddles of Philosophy · 1914
- The Riddle of Man · 1916
- Riddles of the Soul · 1917
- Goethe's Standard of the Soul · 1918
- Towards Social Renewal (The Threefold Commonwealth) · 1919
- The Renewal of the Social Organism · 1961
- Cosmology, Religion and Philosophy · 1922
- Anthroposophical Leading Thoughts · 1925
- Extending Practical Medicine (Fundamentals of Therapy) · 1925
- The Course of My Life (Autobiography) · 1925
- Collected Essays on Drama 1889–1900 · 1960
- Collected Essays on Philosophy, Science, Aesthetics and Psychology 1884–1901 · 1961
- Collected Essays on Cultural and Contemporary History 1887–1901 · 1966
- Collected Essays on Literature 1884–1902 · 1971
- Biographies and Biographical Sketches · 1967
- Essays from the Journals Lucifer and Lucifer-Gnosis 1903–1908 · 1960
- Philosophy and Anthroposophy: Collected Essays 1904–1923 · 1965
- The Goetheanum Idea in the Midst of the Present Cultural Crisis · 1961
- Writings on the History of the Anthroposophical Movement and Society 1902–1925 · 2019
- Letters, vol. I (1881–1890) · 1985
- Letters, vol. II (1890–1925) · 1987
- Calendar of the Soul · 1912
- Truth-Wrought Words · 1925
- Sayings, Poems, Mantras: Supplementary Volume · 2002
- Dramatizations I: Plays by Édouard Schuré · 2021
- Dramatizations II: The Oberufer Christmas Plays · 2023
- Drafts, Fragments and Paralipomena to the Four Mystery Dramas · 1967
- Anthroposophy, A Fragment · 1910
- The Temple Legend · 1904
- Foundations of Esotericism · 1905
- At the Gates of Spiritual Science · 1906
- Rosicrucian Wisdom · 1907
- The Gospel of St John · 1908
- The Apocalypse of St John · 1908
- The Gospel of St Luke · 1909
- Manifestations of Karma · 1910
- The Mission of the Individual Folk-Souls · 1910
- From Jesus to Christ · 1911
- The Bhagavad Gita and the West · 1912
- The Fifth Gospel · 1913
- The Foundations of Human Experience (Study of Man) · 1919
- Introducing Anthroposophical Medicine · 1920
- Economics: The World as One Economy · 1922
- Lectures and Courses on Christian Religious Work · 1921
- The Christmas Conference · 1923
- Karmic Relationships · 1924
- Agriculture Course · 1924
- Education for Special Needs (Curative Education) · 1924
- Eurythmy as Visible Speech · 1924
Sources
- Rudolf Steiner Archiv, Dornach / Rudolf Steiner Verlag, Basilea: Rudolf Steiner Gesamtausgabe (GA).
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