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Anthroposophy and the Inner Life
An Esoteric Introduction
9 lectures, Jan - Oct 1924 (CW 234)
Rudolf Steiner
ISBN: 0854403876
Book (Paperback)
Rudolf Steiner Press
$17.95
5 ˝ x 8 ˝
136 pages
May 1992
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OUT OF PRINT
These lectures were given to an audience of seasoned students of Anthroposophy; nevertheless, Rudolf Steiner described this course as "introductory."
As the wide-ranging content reveals, Steiner's gaze was clearly fixed on Western humanity in general. As one of the most important spiritual teachers of the twentieth century, he felt that it was vital to describe the purpose and nature of Anthroposophy from numerous perspectives. Most important, Steiner tried to reveal the esoteric nature of Anthroposophy in an exoteric way, because he believed that today's spiritual crisis requires it.
Given a year before he died, these lectures consider the implications of our human condition, especially our inner nature. He encourages the reader to consider our human and spiritual potential that Anthroposophy can help us develop.
Subjects include the transition from ordinary knowing to the science of initiation; meditation and inspiration; love, intuition, and the human "I"; dream life and outer reality; imaginative cognition and the building of destiny; and phases of memory and the true self.
 Rudolf Steiner (1861–1925) was born in Kraljevic, Austria, where he grew up the son of a railroad station chief. As a young man, he lived in Weimar and Berlin, where he became a respected and well-published scientific, literary, and philosophical scholar, known especially for his work with Goethe’s scientific writings. At the beginning of the twentieth century, he began to develop his earlier philosophical principles into an approach to systematic research into psychological and spiritual phenomena. Formally beginning his spiritual teaching career under the auspices of the Theosophical Society, Steiner came to use the term Anthroposophy (and spiritual science) for his philosophy, spiritual research, and its results. The influence of Steiner’s multifaceted genius has led to innovative and holistic approaches in medicine and therapies, philosophy, religious renewal, Waldorf education, education for special needs (including the Camphill Village movement), threefold economics, biodynamic agriculture, Goethean science, architecture, and the arts of drama, speech, and eurythmy. In 1924, Rudolf Steiner founded the General Anthroposophical Society, which today has branches throughout the world. He died in Dornach, Switzerland.
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