Reading List
Unless otherwise indicated, all books are available from Rudolf Steiner Press, England, or Anthroposophic Press, New York.
Works by Rudolf Steiner
Fundamental reading
- An Outline of Esoteric Science
- Theosophy — (This title is to be understood in the original meaning of 'Divine Wisdom'.)
- How to Know Higher Worlds — The Philosophy of Freedom. (An alternative translation is entitled Intuitive Thinking as a Spiritual Path.)
As a general introduction to Anthroposophy
- Founding a Science of the Spirit
- Rosicrucian Wisdom
Reading for Introduction
- Johannes Hembleben, Rudolf Steiner. An Illustrated Biography
- A.P. Shepherd, A Scientist of the Invisible (Floris Books)
Reading for Chapter 1
- Rudolf Steiner, Mystery of the Universe
Reading for Chapter 2
- Rudolf Steiner, Between Death and Rebirth
- Rudolf Steiner, Manifestations of Karma
- L.F.C. Mees, Blessed by Illness
Reading for Chapter 3
- Rudolf Steiner, The Evolution of Consciousness
Reading for Chapter 4
- Rudolf Steiner's An Outline of Esoteric Science (see above) is the book which gives the most detailed information.
Reading for Chapter 5
- Rudolf Steiner, Between Death and Rebirth
- Rudolf Steiner, Life Between Death and Rebirth
- Rudolf Steiner, Staying Connected
- Rudolf Steiner, Verses and Meditations
Reading for Chapter 6
- Alfred SchUtze, The Enigma of Evil (Floris Books)
- Rudolf Steiner, The Influences of Lucifer and Ahriman
Reading for Chapter 7
- Rudolf Steiner, Calendar of the Soul
- Rudolf Steiner, The Effects of Esoteric Development
- Rudolf Steiner, Guidance in Esoteric Training
- Rudolf Steiner, Practical Training in Thought
- Rudolf Steiner, A Way of Self-Knowledge
- Rudolf Steiner, The Stages of Higher Knowledge
- Rudolf Steiner, Verses and Meditations
- How to Know Higher Worlds (see above) is also special to the theme of this chapter.
Reading for Chapter 8
- Life between Death and Rebirth
- Between Death and Rebirth
- Reading for Chapter 9
- The Spiritual Hierarchies
- The Spiritual Guidance of the Individual and Humanity
Reading for Chapter 10
- The Philosophy of Freedom
- The Riddles of Philosophy
- Goethe's Conception of the World
Reading for Chapter 11
- Christianity as Mystical Fact
- From Jesus to Christ
- The Spiritual Guidance of the Individual and Humanity
- The Christ Impulse and the Development of Ego-Consciousness
- The True Nature of the Second Coming
- By Alfred Heidenreich: The Unknown in the Gospels (Floris Books, Edinburgh)