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Theosophy Description
Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780787308254
ISBN: 0787308250
Label: Mokelumne Hill Pr
Manufacturer: Mokelumne Hill Pr
Publication Date: 1968-12
Publisher: Mokelumne Hill Pr
Studio: Mokelumne Hill Pr
EAN: 9780787308254
ISBN: 0787308250
Label: Mokelumne Hill Pr
Manufacturer: Mokelumne Hill Pr
Publication Date: 1968-12
Publisher: Mokelumne Hill Pr
Studio: Mokelumne Hill Pr
Editorial Review of Theosophy
This work, though now appearing for the first time in English dress, has not only passed into three editions in Germany, but has been translated into Russian, Swedish, Dutch, Czechish, and Italian, while a French translation is being prepared. It were perhaps well to mention that in this work the words "know" and "knowledge," when used in reference to the supersensible worlds, involve actual experience of them gained by man through his higher organs of perception. The names chosen by the author to describe the higher bodies of man, and other theosophic facts, have been, as far as possible, retained here. Readers will find that they revert with primitive strength to the ancient power of names, and are word pictures and also mnemonics of what they represent. They thus constitute distinct forces too valuable to be withheld from the English reading public.
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Review Summary: Steiner's Architecture of the Subtle Body
Review: This is a good place to begin with Steiner, although the reader should be forewarned that it is not his most characteristic work. That would have to be "An Outline of Esoteric Science" in which Steiner's true vision of the cosmos as a war between invisible angelic beings for possession over the human soul is detailed. This book, on the other hand, contains Steiner's model of the architecture of the subtle body and it is important for understanding the basis of his work, since without the knowledge of the subtle body, nothing else will quite make sense. So it is foundational in that sense.
But the reader coming to it with no prior knowledge of any of Steiner's other ideas may be a little put off by its German academicism, with its dry arranging of concepts into schematic hierarchies. Steiner's model of the subtle body has at least three different versions, a four-fold model, a seven-fold model and a nine-fold model, but the simplest and easiest is the four-fold model of physical body, etheric body, astral body and Ego. This model of the soul is largely derived from the Hindu Vedantic doctrine of the five sheaths within which the Atman is enwrapped, like a mummy.
The physical body is what the human being shares in common with the mineral world. At death, this body returns to the realm of the minerals which have composed it. But animating this physical body and regulating all of its processes of growth and metamorphosis is the etheric body, which is what the human being shares in common with the plant world. The etheric body is what makes living beings live. In the human being, it becomes associated with memory. The astral body, however, is what the human being shares in common with the animal world, since the astral body is essentially waking consciousness and enables animals to move about in space. Any being with a nervous system possesses one. But finally, the human being possesses something which is uniquely human and which animals do not have and which Steiner calls the Ego. By the term "ego," however, he does not mean the Freudian ego or even the Jungian ego, but something closer to the Jungian idea of the "Self" and the ego together. The Ego is that transmigrating monad which hops from body to body over the reincarnation process and it is responsible for the faculties of human freedom and conscious will and decision-making. You won't find anything on reincarnation in this particular Steiner text, however.
He further subdivides the ego into a sensory soul, a consciousness soul and an intelligence soul, which are basically the three faculties of the senses, the intellect and the will.
But you get the idea. This is Steiner's "Theosophy" in a nutshell, and it is a good place for a beginner to start, but the beginner should in no way get the idea that that is all there is to Steiner's vast, gigantic vision. This is only the tip of the tip of the iceberg.
SEE MY LECTURE ON STEINER ON YOU TUBE FOR MORE
--John David Ebert, author of Celluloid Heroes & Mechanical Dragons: Film as the Mythology of Electronic Society
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: An excellent first book to read of Rudolf Steiner
Review: I have read this book repeatedly and each time I understand it more deeply.
Steiner starts with a description of the physical body then progresses to the more subtle bodies as the etheric, astral bodies and the spiritual Ego which leads to an understanding of the human body in its totality. This is all written methodically and systematically. To read Steiner requires full attention and should be read slowly and consciously. It is an effort well worth making in order to acquire an understanding of the spiritual world and how it interpenetrates the physical. Steiner writes with a clarity and insight given to few. He was a true clairvoyant and wrote and lectured about the Universe and evolution of Humanity going back before Atlantis. Just the act of reading Steiner transforms the reader. It takes time to assimilate this new way of perceiving the world as well as ourselves but well worth the effort.
Rudolf Steiner was the founder of the Anthroposophical movement in Germany in the early 1900s.
He was a most gifted and inspiring teacher and was responsible for the advent of Waldorf education and Biodynamic farming among other new and more enlightened ways of functioning in the world. He has been my spiritual teacher since the early seventies and certainly has changed my life through his books, lectures and workshops. Theosophy is an excellent start.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: An excellent book
Review: The title is potentially a little misleading, since beyond superficial similarities it really has very little to do with the Theosophy of Blavatsky and Besant. Steiner really forges his own path, and a quite interesting one at that. This is really the book to start with if you want to understand Steiner's thought and worldview.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Real Truth
Review: I find Steiner's work invigorating. Theosophy requires you to THINK, unlike much of the New Age drivel on the bookshelves today. Steiner was obviously a man with a great gift of sight and I feel blessed that he has shared so much with us through his writing.
This is a must read for anyone serious about delving deeper into spiritual truth and wisdom. Not only does Steiner share his vision of the Spiritual world, he tells how we can all gain access to that world IF we are willing to devote ourselves to the work with sincerity and dedication.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Steiner's succienct work stinks
Review: There was found to be no original thought put into this writing. Copied from many other authors and in his 'succienct' writtings, he misses out on the One true picture. While covering such a broad subject, one can only draw to the conclusion that plagerism on such a matter as this one could only have been hoped for!
Review Summary: Steiner's Architecture of the Subtle Body
Review: This is a good place to begin with Steiner, although the reader should be forewarned that it is not his most characteristic work. That would have to be "An Outline of Esoteric Science" in which Steiner's true vision of the cosmos as a war between invisible angelic beings for possession over the human soul is detailed. This book, on the other hand, contains Steiner's model of the architecture of the subtle body and it is important for understanding the basis of his work, since without the knowledge of the subtle body, nothing else will quite make sense. So it is foundational in that sense.
But the reader coming to it with no prior knowledge of any of Steiner's other ideas may be a little put off by its German academicism, with its dry arranging of concepts into schematic hierarchies. Steiner's model of the subtle body has at least three different versions, a four-fold model, a seven-fold model and a nine-fold model, but the simplest and easiest is the four-fold model of physical body, etheric body, astral body and Ego. This model of the soul is largely derived from the Hindu Vedantic doctrine of the five sheaths within which the Atman is enwrapped, like a mummy.
The physical body is what the human being shares in common with the mineral world. At death, this body returns to the realm of the minerals which have composed it. But animating this physical body and regulating all of its processes of growth and metamorphosis is the etheric body, which is what the human being shares in common with the plant world. The etheric body is what makes living beings live. In the human being, it becomes associated with memory. The astral body, however, is what the human being shares in common with the animal world, since the astral body is essentially waking consciousness and enables animals to move about in space. Any being with a nervous system possesses one. But finally, the human being possesses something which is uniquely human and which animals do not have and which Steiner calls the Ego. By the term "ego," however, he does not mean the Freudian ego or even the Jungian ego, but something closer to the Jungian idea of the "Self" and the ego together. The Ego is that transmigrating monad which hops from body to body over the reincarnation process and it is responsible for the faculties of human freedom and conscious will and decision-making. You won't find anything on reincarnation in this particular Steiner text, however.
He further subdivides the ego into a sensory soul, a consciousness soul and an intelligence soul, which are basically the three faculties of the senses, the intellect and the will.
But you get the idea. This is Steiner's "Theosophy" in a nutshell, and it is a good place for a beginner to start, but the beginner should in no way get the idea that that is all there is to Steiner's vast, gigantic vision. This is only the tip of the tip of the iceberg.
SEE MY LECTURE ON STEINER ON YOU TUBE FOR MORE
--John David Ebert, author of Celluloid Heroes & Mechanical Dragons: Film as the Mythology of Electronic Society
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: An excellent first book to read of Rudolf Steiner
Review: I have read this book repeatedly and each time I understand it more deeply.
Steiner starts with a description of the physical body then progresses to the more subtle bodies as the etheric, astral bodies and the spiritual Ego which leads to an understanding of the human body in its totality. This is all written methodically and systematically. To read Steiner requires full attention and should be read slowly and consciously. It is an effort well worth making in order to acquire an understanding of the spiritual world and how it interpenetrates the physical. Steiner writes with a clarity and insight given to few. He was a true clairvoyant and wrote and lectured about the Universe and evolution of Humanity going back before Atlantis. Just the act of reading Steiner transforms the reader. It takes time to assimilate this new way of perceiving the world as well as ourselves but well worth the effort.
Rudolf Steiner was the founder of the Anthroposophical movement in Germany in the early 1900s.
He was a most gifted and inspiring teacher and was responsible for the advent of Waldorf education and Biodynamic farming among other new and more enlightened ways of functioning in the world. He has been my spiritual teacher since the early seventies and certainly has changed my life through his books, lectures and workshops. Theosophy is an excellent start.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: An excellent book
Review: The title is potentially a little misleading, since beyond superficial similarities it really has very little to do with the Theosophy of Blavatsky and Besant. Steiner really forges his own path, and a quite interesting one at that. This is really the book to start with if you want to understand Steiner's thought and worldview.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Real Truth
Review: I find Steiner's work invigorating. Theosophy requires you to THINK, unlike much of the New Age drivel on the bookshelves today. Steiner was obviously a man with a great gift of sight and I feel blessed that he has shared so much with us through his writing.
This is a must read for anyone serious about delving deeper into spiritual truth and wisdom. Not only does Steiner share his vision of the Spiritual world, he tells how we can all gain access to that world IF we are willing to devote ourselves to the work with sincerity and dedication.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Steiner's succienct work stinks
Review: There was found to be no original thought put into this writing. Copied from many other authors and in his 'succienct' writtings, he misses out on the One true picture. While covering such a broad subject, one can only draw to the conclusion that plagerism on such a matter as this one could only have been hoped for!