The Threshold of the Spiritual World,

A Way of Self-Knowledge,
Die Schwelle der Geistigen Welt. Aphoristische Ausfuehrungen.

Rudolf Steiner
(Written 1913; GA 17 / Bn 17 / CW 17)

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In The Threshold of the Spiritual World, Steiner describes various spiritual experiences, thus offering continually fresh points of view on the supersensible world. Here again, Steiner also presents clear suggestions for the reader's own practice of meditation.

It is a small book containing 16 short sections, each section dealing with one or another aspect of Spiritual Science. The last section discusses the relation between this book and two others which deal with similar topics: Theosophy and Occult Science — an Outline. It has also been published as A Way of Self-knowledge.

In addition, clear and succinct summary chapters are interspersed in between the longer and more detailed sections, making this a very easily accessible book.

Known Publications:

• Die Schwelle der Geistigen Welt. Aphoristische Ausfuehrungen, German language editions: 1913, 1918, 1921, 1935, 1956, 1972, 1987 ISBN 3-7274-0160-2,
• The Threshold of the Spiritual World, G. P. Putnam's Sons, London and New York, 1918, authorized translation edited by H. Collison
• The Threshold of the Spiritual World, Rudolf Steiner Publishing Co., London, 1922, 1930, 1938, 110 pp., bound with A Road to Self-Knowledge, translated from the German by H. Collison
• The Threshold of the Spiritual World, Anthroposophical Publishing Co., London, 1956, 1975, 99 pp., translated from the German by M. Cotterell
• A Road to Self Knowledge, Rudolf Steiner Publishing Co., London, 1975, 173pp., bound with A Road to Self-Knowledge, translated from the German by M. Cotterell ISBN 0-85440-290-X, Cloth; ISBN 0-85440-291-8, Paper
• A Way of Self-Knowledge, Anthroposophic Press, Hudson NY, 1999, bound with Bn 16, A Road to Self-Knowledge, translated from the German ISBN 0-88010-443-0, Paper