{"product_id":"a-way-of-self-knowledge-and-the-threshold-of-the-spiritual-world-cw-16-17-paperback","title":"A Way of Self-Knowledge: And the Threshold of the Spiritual World (Cw 16-17) - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRudolf Steiner\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eChristopher Bamford\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eFriedemann-Eckart Schwarzkopf\u003c\/b\u003e (Preface by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2 written works, 1912 \u0026amp; 1913 (CW 16\/17)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart one, \"A Way of Self-Knowledge\"\u003c\/strong\u003e Eight meditations that take the reader on a journey through human experience. Beginning with ordinary experience, Steiner offers ways to imagine and understand the physical body, the elemental (or etheric) body, the elemental world, the Guardian of the Threshold, the astral body, the \"I\"-body (or thought body), the nature of experience in suprasensory worlds, and ways of perceiving previous earthly lives. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart two, \"The Threshold of the Spiritual World\"\u003c\/strong\u003e Sixteen short chapters in which Steiner provides aphoristic thoughts on trusting one's thinking, cognition of the spiritual world, karma and reincarnation, the astral body and luciferic beings, how to recognize suprasensory consciousness, the true nature of love, and more. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese two complete books together represent Steiner's most personal statements about his own spiritual path. He speaks directly from experiences of cognitive research and explorations. Each of the meditations and aphorisms arises from his spiritual research and demonstrates how such spiritual research is to be undertaken. The \"content\" is Steiner's own, but readers can discover their own \"content.\" Steiner's method of awareness--his path of attention to one's own experience--is universal and truly human. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Way of Self-Knowledge\u003c\/i\u003e is a true sequel and complement to the classic of inner development, \u003ci\u003eHow to Know Higher Worlds\u003c\/i\u003e. It lays out in a way that is accessible to anyone the road to self-knowledge and to the world of spirit. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Way of Self-Knowledge: And the Threshold of the Spiritual World\u003c\/i\u003eis a translation of  \u003ci\u003eEin Weg zur Selbsterkenntnis des Menschen: In acht Meditationen\u003c\/i\u003e  (GA 16) and  \u003ci\u003eDie Schwelle dre geistigen Welt: Aphoristische Ausführungen\u003c\/i\u003e  (GA 17).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9.28 x 5.96 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 1999\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51758165197088,"sku":"9780880104432","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c276fc76f4d4c38b0377a38b2ccae3b4.webp?v=1780119689","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/a-way-of-self-knowledge-and-the-threshold-of-the-spiritual-world-cw-16-17-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}