An Outline Of Esoteric Science by Rudolf Steiner
Introduction by Clopper Almon vii
Preface by Rudolf Steiner 1
1. The Character of Esoteric Science 11
2. The Makeup of the Human Being 30
3. Sleep and Death 59
4. Cosmic Evolution and the Human Being 117
Introductory Thoughts 117
An Overview of Planetary Incarnations 125
Saturn 135
Sun 153
Moon 165
Earth 197
Atlantis 239
The End of Atlantis 247
Ancient Indian Civilization 252
Ancient Persian Civilization 258
Egypto-Chaldean Civilization 263
Greco-Latin Civilization 266
The Coming of the Christian Era 268
5. Knowledge of Higher Worlds — Initiation 281
6. Cosmic and Human Evolution Now and in the Future 376
7. Details from the Field of Spiritual Science 399
The Human Ether Body 399
The Astral World 402
Human Life after Death 403
The Course of a Human Life 406
The Higher Domains of the Spiritual World 408
The Aspects of Our Human Makeup 409
The Dream State 410
Acquiring Supersensible Knowledge 411
Observing Specific Beings and Events in the Spiritual World 412
Appendix
Rudolf Steiner’s Early Introductions to An Outline of Esoteric Science 415
Further Reading 433