The Way of Initiation: How to Attain Knowledge of the Higher Worlds

TRANSLATOR'S NOTE\nBeing deeply interested in Dr. Steiner's work and teachings, and desirous of sharing with my English-speaking friends the many invaluable glimpses of Truth which are to be found therein, I decided upon the translation of the present volume. It is due to the kind co-operation of several friends who prefer to be anonymous that this task has been accomplished, and I wish to express my hearty thanks for the literary assistance rendered by them-also to thank Dr. Peipers of Munich for permission to reproduce his excellent photograph of the author.\nThe special value of this volume consists, I think, in the fact that no advice is given and no statement made which is not based on the personal experience of the author, who is, in the truest sense, both a mystic and an occultist.\nIf the present volume should meet with a reception justifying a further venture, we propose translating and issuing during the coming year a further series of articles by Dr. Steiner in continuation of the same subject, and a third volume will consist of the articles now appearing in the pages of The Theosophist, entitled "The Education of Children."\nMAX GYSI.\nTABLE OF CONTENTS\nThe Superphysical World and Its Gnosis\nHow to Attain Knowledge of the Higher Worlds\nThe Path of Discipleship\nProbation\nEnlightenment\nInitiation\nThe Higher Education of the Soul\nThe Conditions of Discipleship\nA Note from the Publisher