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An Outline of Occult Science
(CW 13)
Paperback
June 1972
9780880103688
More details
- Publisher
SteinerBooks - Published
1st June 1972 - ISBN 9780880103688
- Language English
- Pages 388 pp.
- Size 5.5" x 8.5"
$24.95
Written in 1909 (CW 13)
A Guide to the Evolving Destiny of Humanity and the Cosmos...
This book “contains the outline of Anthroposophy as a whole,” as Rudolf Steiner states in his preface. The “occult science” presented here is not a “secret” knowledge, but rather knowledge of what remains hidden from ordinary sensory perception. The light of suprasensory research illumines this knowledge and makes it her into an “open secret.”
Following an introduction to the invisible nature of the human body, soul, and spirit—including Steiner’s spiritual-scientific research on sleep, dreams, after-death experience, and reincarnation—the main content of the book begins in chapter 4.
This is a systematic description of cosmic evolution as it presents itself to an individual consciousness that has transcended the limits of space and time. Steiner portrays the immense drama of the cooperative activity of lofty spiritual beings on the complex harmony of the human structure during the seven cycles of previous incorporations of Earth.
Following this sweep through long ages of time, the higher tasks and events of more recent “historical” periods are traces up to the present time and beyond. The fulcrum of this cosmic evolution is shown to be the “Mystery of Golgotha.”
An additional chapter describes the training that students must undertake to prepare for the that of initiation. Steiner depicts the first stages of knowledge of the new “Grail” initiation with the Christ mystery at its center. This path begins with a study of results of spiritual science, including those presented in this book.
The cosmogony outlined in An Outline of Occult Science provides an inexhaustible source of insights into cosmic and human evolution and eventual destiny. With repeated study of this material, readers will find ways to open new vistas of understanding the spiritual origins and connections of the universe, Earth, and humankind.
This volume is a translation by Maud and Henry B. Monges of Geheimwissenschaft im Umriss (GA 13). Lisa D. Monges revised that translation for this 1972 edition.
C O N T E N T S:
Preface, 16th to 20th Edition
Preface, 7th to 15th Edition
Preface, 4th Edition
Preface, 1st Edition
1. The Character of Occult Science
2. The Essential Nature of Mankind
3. Sleep and Death
4. The Evolution of the Cosmos and Man
5. Cognition of the Higher Worlds—Initiation
6. The Present and Future of Cosmic and Human Evolution
7. Details from the Realm of Spiritual Science
8. Special Comments
This volume is a translation by Maud and Henry B. Monges of Geheimwissenschaft im Umriss (GA 13). The translation was revised for this 1972 edition by Lisa D. Monges. This translation has been authorized for the Western Hemisphere by agreement with the Rudolf Steiner Nachlassverwaltung, Dornach, Switzerland.
Rudolf Steiner
Rudolf Steiner (b. Rudolf Joseph Lorenz Steiner, 1861–1925) was born in the small village of Kraljevec, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now in Croatia), where he grew up. As a young man, he lived in Weimar and Berlin, where he became a well-published scientific, literary, and philosophical scholar, known especially for his work with Goethe’s scientific writings. Steiner termed his spiritual philosophy anthroposophy, meaning “wisdom of the human being.” As an exceptionally developed seer, he based his work on direct knowledge and perception of spiritual dimensions. He initiated a modern, universal “spiritual science” that is accessible to anyone willing to exercise clear and unbiased thinking. From his spiritual investigations, Steiner provided suggestions for the renewal of numerous activities, including education (general and for special needs), agriculture, medicine, economics, architecture, science, philosophy, Christianity, and the arts. There are currently thousands of schools, clinics, farms, and initiatives in other fields that involve practical work based on the principles Steiner developed. His many published works feature his research into the spiritual nature of human beings, the evolution of the world and humanity, and methods for personal development. He wrote some thirty books and delivered more than six thousand lectures throughout much of Europe. In 1924, Steiner founded the General Anthroposophical Society, which today has branches around the world.
