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An Outline of Occult Science

Rudolf Steiner

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Book Excerpt: 
. . . attain spiritual happiness through the bodily senses, which are the only form in which the spiritual can be manifested, unless it utilized the senses to seek the spiritual element in sense-experience. Nevertheless, the ego loses sight of the true spiritual reality in the physical world to such an extent that it experiences sensual desires irrespective of the needs of the spirit. If sense pleasure, as the expression of the spirit, serves to raise and develop the ego, any pleasure which is not an expression of the spirit warps and impoverishes it. Even though such a desire finds the means of its gratification in the sense-world, still its destructive effect upon the ego is thereby in no way diminished; [pg 068] but it is not until after death that its disastrous effects become apparent.

For this reason a man may, by gratifying such desires, create, during his life, new and similar desires, wholly unaware that he is enveloping himself in a “consuming fire.. . . Read More

Community Reviews

Quite the plod!
But then, the topic was such.
Can't say that I enjoyed/understood every word and concept but to use Steiner's own example :
It was the way one enjoys a painting without necessarily grasping the method, strokes, mediums and myriad styles. As always, was blown away by the richness of the

A curious mixture of incredibly profound insight and rambling hokum. A frustrating but, at times, fascinating book.

This is probably the driest, dullest thing I've ever read that would still be cool as fuck to trip balls to

Really difficult to settle on how many stars to give this. For the importance, significance, and originality of the material he presents, it should be a solid 5 stars; but friendly as I am to spacey, way-out-there, New Age material, I found this to be a lot to swallow--particularly the long chapter

3.5 stars
the first 2/3 of this book is so heavy, dry and wordy that it is a slog. the last third is written a little more accessible and readable. interesting read but not light pr quick

This probably the best book by Steiner which delves into his esoteric philosophy. Though with any book Steiner wrote, it is a very tough read and takes quite a while to get into it. His writing style is an old style that most may not follow the flow of, but it is good if you can persevere. If you ar

"The way to knowledge of the supersensible worlds, which is described here, is one that every human being can follow, no matter what the situation in which he may find himself within the present-day conditions of life. When describing such a path we must consider that the goal of knowledge and truth

Steiner is fascinating [he was the founder of Waldorf Schools] but his prose is very dense.

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