
The Evolution of Consciousness
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According to the initiate-research of Rudolf Steiner, humanity is in a continual process of transformation and evolution. Modern-day consciousness, based as it is on sense perception and abstract logic, differs considerably from the consciousness of ancient humanity. At that time, says Steiner, the human being was seen to be a microcosm, a concentration of the laws and activities of the cosmos. The loss of such knowledge today has led to the existential quest for meaning, and even the cul-de-sac of atheism.
In these comprehensive lectures, delivered to an English audience, Rudolf Steiner indicates how it is possible for people to rediscover their connection to the cosmos. He describes how one develops higher faculties of consciousness - what he calls Imagination, Inspiration and Intuition - and gives a vivid description of life after death and the individual's progress through the planetary spheres. It is in these spheres, he explains, where tasks and goals for future incarnations are prepared in cooperation with the spiritual beings of the heavenly hierarchies.
The lectures culminate in a call for mankind to take its own destiny in hand through conscious and free development of spiritual capacities.
The edition of this fundamental work features a revised translation as well as previously-unavailable addresses and question-and-answer sessions.
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- Intro
- Summary of Contents
- Publisher's Note
- Rudolf Steiner Lectures in Britain Marie Steiner's Preface to the first edition of this book (1927)
- Welcoming Address Penmaenmawr, 18 August 1923
- LECTURE 1 First Steps in Imaginative Knowledge 19 August 1923
- LECTURE 2 Inspiration and Intuition 20 August 1923
- Questions and Answers Evening of 20 August
- LECTURE 3 New and Old Initiation Science 21 August 1923
- Questions and Answers 21 August
- LECTURE 4 Dream Life 22 August 1923
- LECTURE 5 The Relationship of Human Beings to the Three Worlds 23 August 1923
- LECTURE 6 The Ruling of Spirit in Nature 24 August 1923
- LECTURE 7 The Interplay of the Different Worlds 25 August 1923
- LECTURE 8 Human Experiences During Sleep as Premonitions of Experiences after Death 26 August 1923
- LECTURE 9 Experiences Between Death and a New Birth 27 August 1923
- LECTURE 10 Human Spiritual/Cosmic Existence After Death 28 August 1923
- LECTURE 11 Experiencing the World's Past 29 August 1923
- LECTURE 12 Evolution of the World in Connection with Human Evolution 30 August 1923
- LECTURE 13 Entry of Human Beings into the Era of Freedom 31 August 1923
- Farewell Address Evening of 31 August 1923
- Facsimiles
- Notes
- Regarding Rudolf Steiner's Lectures
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