Knowledge of the Higher Worlds and Its Attainment: A Revised and Enlarged Edition of 'The Way of Initiation' with 'Initiation and its Results'

1937 date at title page and small stamp: "Printed in England." Small label for distribution or similar adhered to title page: "Dale News, Inc., Lily Dale, N. Y. (USA)." Stated at copyright: "Authorized English translation by G. Metaxa. Edited by H. Collison. Revised English Edition first published August 1923.; 3rd English Edition February 1937, Jan. 1938" Handy portable 4 3/4" x 6 1/2" design. Maroon full cloth boards, bright gilt impressed cover and spine titles, light shelf wear, discoloration. Stylish frontispiece portrait plate: "Rudolf Steiner : 27 February 1861 - 30 March 1925." Pages very good, clean; no writing. Light area of discoloration to exterior edge of title page. String-bind fine, square; hinges intact. Includes an editorial preface by Henry Collison and an "Appendix To the Author's latest edition 1918." Printed in England. Rare attractive original early printing. Steiner presents a digestible, concise - brief though dense with insight - and unique treatise on the nature of the spiritual realm and the more ethereal beyond. One of Steiner's motivations for this material is to replace more and more the individual consultation between pupil and teacher by a directly objective course of direct spiritual teaching. And that in the course spiritual training, a complete and immediate connection with the objective spiritual world is made; more so than any relation to another individual as teacher. Contents: "Part I, The Way of Initiation: How is Knowledge of the Higher World Attained?; The Stages of Initiation; Some Practical Aspects; The Conditions of Esoteric Training; Part II, Initiation and Its Results: Some Results of Initiation; The Transformation of Dream Life; The Continuity of Consciousness; The Partition of Human Personality During Spiritual Training; The Guardian of the Threshold; The Great or Second Guardian of the Threshold; and, an Appendix". Printed in Guernsey, British Isles, By The Star and Gazette, Ltd." 255 pages. Insured post. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.…