Theosophy by Rudolf Steiner
Theosophy An Introduction To The Supersensible Knowledge Of The World And The Destination Of Man by Rudolf Steiner
Publishing: Copyright date of 1910 but most likely printed in the 30-40s byRudolf Steiner Publishing Co; Eighteenth Edition
Condition: Very Good / minor pencil underlining / minor spotting to title page and end pages
Steiner’s title on one of the most popular mystical philosophies of our modern era, Theosophy covers the juicy stuff on the inner life and hidden truths of the spiritual world.
“In so far as the soul world is the abode of man immediately after death, it is called the “Region Of Desires.” The different religious systems, which have embodied in their doctrines a knowledge of these conditions, know this “Region Of Desires” by the name of “purgatory,” “cleansing fire,” and so on. The lowest region of the soul world is that of Burning Desire. By it everything in the soul that has to do with the coarsest, lowest, selfish desires of the physical life is purged from the soul after death. For through such desires it is exposed to the effects of the forces of this soul region. The unsatisfied desires which have remained from physical life furnish the points of attack. The sympathy of such souls extends only to what can nourish their selfish natures; it is greatly exceeded by the antipathy which floods everything else. Now the desires aim at physical enjoyments which cannot be satisfied in the soul world. The craving is intensified to its highest degree by this impossibility of satisfaction. But at the same time, owing to this impossibility, it is forced to die out gradually.”
Theosophy An Introduction To The Supersensible Knowledge Of The World And The Destination Of Man by Rudolf Steiner
Publishing: Copyright date of 1910 but most likely printed in the 30-40s byRudolf Steiner Publishing Co; Eighteenth Edition
Condition: Very Good / minor pencil underlining / minor spotting to title page and end pages
Steiner’s title on one of the most popular mystical philosophies of our modern era, Theosophy covers the juicy stuff on the inner life and hidden truths of the spiritual world.
“In so far as the soul world is the abode of man immediately after death, it is called the “Region Of Desires.” The different religious systems, which have embodied in their doctrines a knowledge of these conditions, know this “Region Of Desires” by the name of “purgatory,” “cleansing fire,” and so on. The lowest region of the soul world is that of Burning Desire. By it everything in the soul that has to do with the coarsest, lowest, selfish desires of the physical life is purged from the soul after death. For through such desires it is exposed to the effects of the forces of this soul region. The unsatisfied desires which have remained from physical life furnish the points of attack. The sympathy of such souls extends only to what can nourish their selfish natures; it is greatly exceeded by the antipathy which floods everything else. Now the desires aim at physical enjoyments which cannot be satisfied in the soul world. The craving is intensified to its highest degree by this impossibility of satisfaction. But at the same time, owing to this impossibility, it is forced to die out gradually.”
Theosophy An Introduction To The Supersensible Knowledge Of The World And The Destination Of Man by Rudolf Steiner
Publishing: Copyright date of 1910 but most likely printed in the 30-40s byRudolf Steiner Publishing Co; Eighteenth Edition
Condition: Very Good / minor pencil underlining / minor spotting to title page and end pages
Steiner’s title on one of the most popular mystical philosophies of our modern era, Theosophy covers the juicy stuff on the inner life and hidden truths of the spiritual world.
“In so far as the soul world is the abode of man immediately after death, it is called the “Region Of Desires.” The different religious systems, which have embodied in their doctrines a knowledge of these conditions, know this “Region Of Desires” by the name of “purgatory,” “cleansing fire,” and so on. The lowest region of the soul world is that of Burning Desire. By it everything in the soul that has to do with the coarsest, lowest, selfish desires of the physical life is purged from the soul after death. For through such desires it is exposed to the effects of the forces of this soul region. The unsatisfied desires which have remained from physical life furnish the points of attack. The sympathy of such souls extends only to what can nourish their selfish natures; it is greatly exceeded by the antipathy which floods everything else. Now the desires aim at physical enjoyments which cannot be satisfied in the soul world. The craving is intensified to its highest degree by this impossibility of satisfaction. But at the same time, owing to this impossibility, it is forced to die out gradually.”