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Instead of denying clear thinking, his aim is to extend it beyond its present limitations. Second, Steiner recognizes--as do all genuine paths--that the way to spiritual experience is arduous and dangerous and calls for self-control in thought, word, and action. The human being comprises a unity, and we cannot develop knowledge without a corresponding development of feeling and will.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eSteiner predicted that humanity would begin to experience a longing for forms of experience that transcended intellectual, materialistic thinking. More than a hundred years after the first publication of this book, countless means are offered for achieving transcendental experience, including Eastern meditation practices, channelling, remote viewing, and astral projection. 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He shows that by taking account of our own activity of thinking, we can know the reasons for our actions. And if these reasons are taken from our world of ideals, then our actions are free, because we alone determine them. But this freedom cannot be settled for us by philosophical argument. It is not simply granted to us. If we want to become free, we have to strive through inner activity to overcome our unconscious urges and habits of thought. In order to do this we must reach a point of view that recognizes no limits to knowledge, sees through all illusions, and opens the door to an experience of the reality of the spiritual world. 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The book ends with a chapter on the modern 'path of knowledge', in which Steiner describes the exercises through which every person may develop the latent powers of perception which are necessary for a knowledge of metaphysical worlds.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTable of Contents:\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eForeword by Michael Holdrege\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePrefaces by Rudolf Steiner\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1: The Essential Nature of the Human Being:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1. The Bodily Nature of the Human Being\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2. The Soul Nature of the Human Being\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e3. The Spirit Nature of the Human Being\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e4. 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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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan id=\"titleId\" data-title-id=\"567403\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan id=\"titleId\" data-title-id=\"567403\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAt the beginning of the twentieth century, he began to develop his early philosophical principles into an approach to systematic research into psychological and spiritual phenomena. 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He spent some years in Sri Lanka working for the revival of Buddhism, and later became the Presiding Bishop of the Liberal Catholic Church, which seeks to combine the preservation of the Catholic sacraments with the widest measure of freedom of thought and interpretation of the scriptures. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLeadbeater was a highly developed clairvoyant and the author of over thirty books on the spiritual life and on the psychic nature of man. He unfolded and perfected his own psychic faculties under the guidance of his Adept teacher and in 1893 began his clairvoyant investigations, on occasion collaborating with Annie Besant, the second President of the Theosophical Society. His worldwide lectures presented a new viewpoint to thousands of people.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Quest Books","offers":[{"title":"Quest Books","offer_id":40333214154945,"sku":"","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Theosophical P.H.","offer_id":39334061473985,"sku":"","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Discounted T.P.H.","offer_id":39334061506753,"sku":"","price":13.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0545\/8601\/5937\/products\/MI-CW2.png?v=1676351320"},{"product_id":"the-occult-training-of-the-hindus-by-ernest-wood","title":"The Occult Training of the Hindus by Ernest Wood","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eThe Occult Training of the Hindus is much more than the Indian rope trick, as Ernest Wood points out in this highly interesting account of the practice of the ‘real occult’ in India. Genuine Occultism, the author explains, seeks the pure, eternal life , beyond the restrictions of time and space. The real occult is that which is hidden from those who cannot rise in thought beyond attachment to ‘limited states of consciousness.’ The average Hindu acknowledges that abnormal psychic powers may come to an aspirant who is in pursuit of the Truth. But he takes care that they do not lure him from his real ideal. For such a seeker ‘occultism’ is the science of life, or the science of the Self.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cimg data-mce-fragment=\"1\" alt=\"Ernest Egerton Wood (1883-1965)\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0545\/8601\/5937\/files\/ErnestWood-min.jpg?v=1634420981\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eErnest Egerton Wood \u003c\/strong\u003e(1883-1965), was a noted English yogi, theosophist, Sanskrit scholar, and author of numerous books, including \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eConcentration-An Approach to Meditation\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYoga and The Pinnacle of Indian Thought\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWood studied chemistry, physics and geology at the Manchester Municipal College of Technology. 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Augustus Knapp illuminate this vast and indispensable encyclopedia of the occult.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-title-id=\"9700723\" id=\"titleId\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: start;\"\u003e\u003cimg height=\"287\" width=\"200\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" alt=\"Manly Palmer Hall (1901-1990)\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0545\/8601\/5937\/files\/Manly_P._Hall-min.jpg?v=1634422277\" style=\"margin-bottom: 2.4px; float: none; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eManly Palmer Hall \u003c\/strong\u003e(1901-1990), was a Canadian-born scholar and philosopher. 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Leadbeater gave the informal talks at the Adyar, India headquarters of The Theosophical Society on which \u003cem\u003eThe Inner Life\u003c\/em\u003e is based, popular interest in clairvoyance and other psychic phenomena had broadened and deepened around the world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eYet Leadbeater himself, still recognized as one of the greatest clairvoyants of the twentieth century, described his gift in refreshingly straightforward terms. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eA clairvoyant, Leadbeater wrote, is simply a person who develops \"the power to respond to another octave out of the stupendous gamut of possible vibrations\" and so is enabled \"to see more of the world...than those of more limited perception.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd what a world Leadbeater describes for us in these pages- a world of Master adepts and their pupils, untapped human powers and potentials, ancient mysteries, devas and nature spirits- in short, the unseen workings of the universe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis classic survey of Theosophical thinking by the author of the perennial best-seller \u003cem\u003eThe Chakras\u003c\/em\u003e is must reading for all serious students of esoteric thought.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: start;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0545\/8601\/5937\/files\/Leadbeater_portrait-min.jpg?v=1634421589\" alt=\"Charles Webster Leadbeater (1847-1934)\" width=\"200\" height=\"314\" style=\"margin-bottom: 2.4px; float: none; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan id=\"titleId\" data-title-id=\"22870353\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCharles Webster Leadbeater \u003c\/strong\u003e(1847-1934), was Church of England clergyman until he joined the Theosophical Society in 1883. He spent some years in Sri Lanka working for the revival of Buddhism, and later became the Presiding Bishop of the Liberal Catholic Church, which seeks to combine the preservation of the Catholic sacraments with the widest measure of freedom of thought and interpretation of the scriptures. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLeadbeater was a highly developed clairvoyant and the author of over thirty books on the spiritual life and on the psychic nature of man. He unfolded and perfected his own psychic faculties under the guidance of his Adept teacher and in 1893 began his clairvoyant investigations, on occasion collaborating with Annie Besant, the second President of the Theosophical Society. His worldwide lectures presented a new viewpoint to thousands of people.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Quest Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39334150537409,"sku":"","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0545\/8601\/5937\/products\/TIL-CWL.png?v=1676356065"},{"product_id":"the-science-of-the-sacraments-by-cw-leadbeater","title":"The Science of The Sacraments by C.W. Leadbeater","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-title-id=\"8074793\" id=\"titleId\"\u003eAdherents of theosophy, the esoteric philosophy popular at the turn of the 20th century, believed that science and religion could be reconciled, and here, in this 1920 book, the renowned spiritualist Charles W. Leadbeater, a leader of theosophical thought, examines the Catholic Mass from a theosophical perspective, demonstrating how the rites and rituals of the Eucharist, Baptism, Holy Orders, and the other sacraments harness a mystical magic that unites worshippers in one divine spirit. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: start;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eThe Science of the Sacraments can be defined as ‘a new idea of Church worship’ for it presents a clairvoyant description of the inner or invisible side of the traditional Catholic rites. The central theme of the book is that a sacrament is ‘an outer and visible sign of an inner, spiritual grace.’ The author examines the far-reaching effect of ceremonies like the Holy Eucharist which benefit not only those attending it but also the community at large with its strong radiation of peace. The book is of great value for those interested to know the hidden realities of life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-title-id=\"8074793\" id=\"titleId\"\u003eDrawing on both traditional spiritual belief about the power at work during the Mass and modern concepts of a paranormal connection between the corporeal and the otherworldly, this is a work that will intrigue those of great faith as well as students of comparative mythology. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBritish author Charles Webster Leadbeater (1854-1934), was ordained as an Anglican priest, but later joined the prominent Theosophical Society and traveled to India to study alternative spiritual and occult practices, eventually settling into his life as a clairvoyant and author.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cimg data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"margin-bottom: 2.4px; float: none; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" alt=\"Charles Webster Leadbeater (1847-1934)\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0545\/8601\/5937\/files\/Leadbeater_portrait-min.jpg?v=1634421589\" width=\"200\" height=\"314\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-title-id=\"22870353\" id=\"titleId\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCharles Webster Leadbeater\u003c\/strong\u003e (1847-1934),  was Church of England clergyman until he joined the Theosophical Society in 1883. He spent some years in Sri Lanka working for the revival of Buddhism, and later became the Presiding Bishop of the Liberal Catholic Church, which seeks to combine the preservation of the Catholic sacraments with the widest measure of freedom of thought and interpretation of the scriptures. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLeadbeater was a highly developed clairvoyant and the author of over thirty books on the spiritual life and on the psychic nature of man. He unfolded and perfected his own psychic faculties under the guidance of his Adept teacher and in 1893 began his clairvoyant investigations, on occasion collaborating with Annie Besant, the second President of the Theosophical Society. His worldwide lectures presented a new viewpoint to thousands of people.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Apocryphile Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40517087592641,"sku":"","price":33.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0545\/8601\/5937\/products\/The_Science_of_The_Sacraments_by_C.W._Leadbeater_1920_Reprint.png?v=1726085729"},{"product_id":"initiation-into-hermetics-by-franz-bardon","title":"Initiation into Hermetics by Franz Bardon","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eFranz Bardon is regarded by many as the greatest and most important Hermetic adept of the 20th century. A tireless worker for the light, Franz Bardon survived Hitler’s concentration camps but died a victim of Communist persecution in 1958. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFranz Bardon left behind him four legendary books which have become acknowledged classics of occult literature. Initiation into Hermetics is the first and most important of Franz Bardon’s works and is rightly regarded as the cornerstone of his entire opus. In contrast to other books on the subject of magic, Franz Bardon focuses his attention on the practical training of mind, body, and spirit necessary for all true magical attainment. Using the four elements of fire, water, air and earth as a foundation, Bardon teaches the student how to master these universal forces in the three exercises providing detailed training in the entire Arcanum of Hermetic magic, from basic techniques in thought control and imagination to advanced teachings on astral travel, the use of talismans and magic mirrors, and much more. No other writer has ever developed such a clear, concise, and practical program of magical development. The first of the seventy-two tarot cards revealed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cimg style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0545\/8601\/5937\/files\/FranzBardon-min.jpg?v=1634421122\" alt=\"Franz Bardon (1909-1958)\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" width=\"200\" height=\"307\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFranz Bardon\u003c\/strong\u003e (1909-1958), was born in the current Czech Republic into a family which\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003estudied Esoteric Christianity, and became one of the most remarkable Hermetic magicians of the 20th century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn the 1930s Franz Bardon revealed the Holy Mysteries to the world at large. 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Magical Evocation contains detailed information about all aspects of magical evocation (Hermetic Magic). Veiled for centuries, readers can gather information on all aspects of ritual magic, as well as a step-by-step description as to how a true magician evokes positive beings, i.e. angel-spirits from the beyond and from the planetary spheres of our solar system. And the counterpart, how a sorcerer and necromancer invokes negative beings, i.e. arch-demons. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe reader will also learn about the significance of the magic circle, the magic triangle, the magic censer, the magic mirror, the magic lamp, the magic wand, the magic robe, and other magical aids as well as the proper instruction of ritual magic. 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Trained philosophical thinking leads to different conclusions than materialism, he says, but there is nothing in the field of spiritual science that need be rejected by rigorous scientific thought.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e Although the lectures were given to a variety of audiences, ideas recur from different perspectives and in different contexts, with strong thematic links binding them together. These include the relationship between philosophy and science; the nature of clairvoyance; Christ's presence in the etheric realm; reincarnation and karma; the mystery drama The Portal of Initiation; Christmas and its symbols; and the transformation of consciousness that occurred when Christ incarnated physically on earth. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the final lectures, Rudolf Steiner speaks inspiringly about the Christmas festival, contrasting the feeling of inwardness that people used to experience with the hectic cultural environment of modern cities. However, this does not lead Steiner to be nostalgic about the past. Rather, he states, we should seek to recreate a mood of inwardness in a new way, appropriate to our modern age and consciousness. These lectures give us the tools to bring such a contemporary spiritual approach to our lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cimg style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0545\/8601\/5937\/files\/rudolphsteiner-min.jpg?v=1634421485\" alt=\"Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925)\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" width=\"200\" height=\"278\"\u003e\u003cspan id=\"titleId\" data-title-id=\"567403\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRudolf Steiner \u003c\/strong\u003e(1861-1925), was born in the small village of Kraljevec, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now in Croatia), where he grew up. 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He speaks of the year 666, when three time streams intersected - the familiar linear stream and two 'lateral' streams- and the re-occurrence of the 666-year rhythm in history. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt the heart of this mystery is the being Sorat ('the beast'), who attempted to flood humanity with premature spiritual knowledge by inspiring the scholars of the ancient Academy of Gondishapur. Although responsible for the saving of Aristotle's works, Steiner describes how the Academy generated tremendous but dangerous gnostic wisdom, which eventually spread through the Christian monasteries and inspired Western scientific thought. Its immediate negative impact, however, had to be counteracted by the Prophet Muhammad and the founding of Islam.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn contrast to the 666-year rhythm in history, the 333-year rhythm is connected to the healing forces of the Mystery of Golgotha. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eThe year 333 was a central point in the post-Atlantean age, but also a pivotal moment in establishing the Christ Impulse and the new equilibrium it brought to humanity, allowing people to gain wisdom through their own efforts. Such wisdom enables insight into three key areas: supersensible knowledge of birth and death; understanding of an individual's life; and the ability consciously to confront the adversarial beings of Lucifer and Ahriman. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSteiner addresses a host of additional themes, including occult Freemasonry in Anglo-American countries; materialism in the Roman Catholic Church; prophetic and apocalyptic vision; dualism and fatalism in pre-Christian times; and the delusion of time and space. Seeking to awaken his listeners to the urgency of the tasks ahead of them, he urges that spiritual understanding be enlivened with enthusiasm, fire and warmth of heart.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925)\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0545\/8601\/5937\/files\/rudolphsteiner-min.jpg?v=1634421485\" style=\"margin-bottom: 2.4px; float: none; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" width=\"200\" height=\"278\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-title-id=\"567403\" id=\"titleId\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRudolf Steiner \u003c\/strong\u003e(1861-1925), was born in the small village of Kraljevec, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now in Croatia), where he grew up. 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In speaking of the walls in the new building, for example, Rudolf Steiner describes how their forms are not confining, but rather express an openness to the surrounding cosmos. Likewise, the carved motifs on the architraves of the wooden pillars are not fixed 'symbols' but are alive and continually metamorphosing . These observations are reflected in Steiner's broader discussions. He speaks of extending and deepening our connection with the world and the cosmos, going beyond our usual narrow limits and definitions to engage in 'community with the realities of existence'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e We can do this, for example, with the so-called 'dead', who find it difficult to relate to sense-bound thinking. Rudolf Steiner explains how we can connect with them, greatly enriching our lives and 'making an enormous difference to their souls'. The distinction between fixed symbols and living motifs takes us to the core of anthroposophy, striving never to rest in inert forms of thought.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the field of education, Steiner thus warns about 'external measuring' of pupils and linear models of cognitive learning. Throughout the three lecture courses included here- which together form a kind of compendium of anthroposophy at the time - Steiner touches upon a wealth of absorbing themes, including the 'discovery' of America, the contrast between East and West, the qualities of European 'folk souls', Valentin Andreae's Chymical Wedding, and Darwinism. Regardless of his topic, however, Steiner consistently makes the urgent appeal that we 'grasp reality', looking further than abstract schemes of all kinds - such as social and political 'programmes' - to participate in the cosmos as conscious and fully human co-creators.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"color: #000000;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cimg data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"margin-bottom: 2.4px; float: none; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0545\/8601\/5937\/files\/rudolphsteiner-min.jpg?v=1634421485\" alt=\"Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925)\" width=\"200\" height=\"278\" data-mce-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0545\/8601\/5937\/files\/rudolphsteiner-min.jpg?v=1634421485\" data-mce-style=\"margin-bottom: 2.4px; float: none; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" id=\"titleId\" data-title-id=\"567403\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRudolf Steiner \u003c\/strong\u003e(1861-1925), was born in the small village of Kraljevec, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now in Croatia), where he grew up. 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Sex is the source of all life, even spiritual life. Even the soul is created through sex, but not the sexual act of the common person. To create something divine requires divine, sacred sexuality, which is very different from the common sexual act. To create spiritually, we need sexuality that is pure, divine, holy.\u003cbr\u003eThis is not a book of theories or beliefs, but a practical handbook that empowers you to experience the truth for yourself. It is filled with practical exercises of sacred sexuality for singles and couples, meditation, astral projection, mantras, awakening kundalini and chakras, and much more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter putting these teachings into daily practice, the scriptures of all religions become radiantly clear, your spiritual practices become truly effective and powerful, and the empty feeling in your heart is replaced by something magical and alive. 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Are you ready for a spiritual and sexual revolution?\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: start;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: start;\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"margin-bottom: 2.4px; float: none; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" alt=\"Samael Aun Weor (1917-1977)\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0545\/8601\/5937\/files\/SamaelAunWeor-min.jpg?v=1634421807\" width=\"200\" height=\"243\" data-mce-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0545\/8601\/5937\/files\/SamaelAunWeor-min.jpg?v=1634421807\" data-mce-style=\"margin-bottom: 2.4px; float: none; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSamael Aun Weor \u003c\/strong\u003e(1917-1977), born Víctor Manuel Gómez Rodríguez in Colombia, was a spiritual teacher and author of over sixty books, and gave thousands of lectures in Latin America. 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Referenced throughout the literature of numerous religious traditions, they are custodians of the essential wisdom of the world.\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg height=\"287\" width=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0545\/8601\/5937\/files\/Manly_P._Hall-min.jpg?v=1634422277\" alt=\"Manly Palmer Hall (1901-1990)\" style=\"margin-bottom: 2.4px; float: none; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eManly Palmer Hall \u003c\/strong\u003e(1901-1990), was a Canadian-born scholar and philosopher. 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Beyond Theism and Atheism \u003cbr\u003e10. Invulnerability-Apollo and Dionysus \u003cbr\u003e11. Acting without Desire- The Causal Law\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 3: The Dead End of Existentialism\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e12. Being and Inauthentic Existence \u003cbr\u003e13. Sartre: Prisoner without Walls \u003cbr\u003e14. Existence, A Project Flung into the World \u003cbr\u003e15. Heidegger: Retreating Forwards and Being-for-Death- Collapse of Existentialism \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 4: Dissolution of the Individual\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e16. The Dual Aspect of Anonymity \u003cbr\u003e17. Destructions and Liberations in the New Realism \u003cbr\u003e18. The Animal Ideal- The Sentiment of Nature\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 5: Dissolution of Consciousness and Relativism\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e19. The Procedures of Modern Science \u003cbr\u003e20. Covering up Nature-Phenomenology\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 6: The Realm of Art--From Physical Music to the Drug Regime\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e21. The Sickness of European Culture \u003cbr\u003e22. Dissolution in Modern Art \u003cbr\u003e23. Modern Music and Jazz \u003cbr\u003e24. Excursus on Drugs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 7: Dissolution in the Social Realm\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e25. States and Parties-Apoliteia \u003cbr\u003e26. Society--The Crisis of Patriotic Feeling \u003cbr\u003e27. Marriage and the Family \u003cbr\u003e28. Relations between the Sexes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 8: The Spiritual Problem\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e29. The Second Religiosity \u003cbr\u003e30. Death--The Right over Life\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eNotes \u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: start;\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"margin-bottom: 2.4px; float: none; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" height=\"306\" width=\"200\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" alt=\"Julius Evola (1898-1974)\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0545\/8601\/5937\/files\/Evola2-min.jpg?v=1634422200\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-title-id=\"5949942\" id=\"titleId\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJulius Evola\u003c\/strong\u003e (1898-1974), was one of the leading authorities on the world's esoteric traditions, and has only recently become known to more than a handful of English-speaking readers. 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As Taylor notes in his Introduction, “the Elements of Theology . . . render[s] the treatise On the Theology of Plato more complete, and . . . assist[s] the reader who wishes to penetrate the depths of that most abstruse and sublime work; for the former elucidates, and is elucidated by the latter.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStudents wishing for an introduction to the theology described in this volume are encouraged to also read Taylor’s General Introduction to the Philosophy and Writings of Plato along with his translations of the complete Works of Plato.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I rejoice in the opportunity which is afforded me of presenting the truly philosophic reader, in the present work, with a treasure of Grecian theology; of a theology, which was first mystically and symbolically promulgated by Orpheus, afterwards disseminated enigmatically through images by Pythagoras, and in the last place scientifically unfolded by Plato and his genuine disciples. The peculiarity indeed of this theology is that it is no less scientific than sublime; and that by a geometrical series of reasoning originating from the most self-evident truths, it develops all the deified progressions from the ineffable principle of things, and accurately exhibits to our view all the links of that golden chain of which deity is the one extreme, and body the other.”-Thomas Taylor, from the Introduction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cimg style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0545\/8601\/5937\/files\/proclus-min_480x480.jpg?v=1634420288\" alt=\"Proclus Lycius (412-485)\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" width=\"200\" height=\"263\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProclus Lycius \u003c\/strong\u003e(412-485), was born in Constantinople to a family of high social status, and studied rhetoric, philosophy, and mathematics in Alexandria. 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