How to Know Higher Worlds: The Classic Guide to the Spiritual Journey

In this simple, readable volume, Rudolf Steiner, one of the great spiritual masters of the modern era, sets out some step-by-step practices for awakening higher consciousness. He provides an effective and accessible approach for developing the higher powers that lie hidden in all of us.

This book offers much more, however. It also shows how to integrate the spiritual path with our daily lives, so that we become more effective and caring human beings. Steiner shows how we can progress on the spiritual path only when we awaken our love and compassion for the world around us.

First published nearly a century ago, this valuable guidebook has given inspiration and insight to hundreds of thousands of readers the world over. It has been translated into many languages and admired by some of the most brilliant minds of the twentieth century.

RUDOLF STEINER (1861-1925) became a respected and well-published scientific, literary, and philosophical scholar, particularly known for his work on Goethe's scientific writings. At the beginning of the twentieth century, he began to develop his earlier philosophical principles into an approach to methodical research of psychological and spiritual phenomena. His multifaceted genius has led to innovative and holistic approaches in medicine, philosophy, religion, education (Waldorf schools), special education (the Camphill movement), economics, agriculture (biodynamics), science, architecture, and the arts (drama, speech and eurythmy). In 1924 he founded the General Anthroposophical Society, which has branches throughout the world.