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	{{GZ\|The aim of this work is to give spiritual-scientific insights into the nature of the human being. The presentation is kept in such a way that the reader may grow into what is presented, so that in the course of reading it becomes a kind of soliloquy. If this soliloquy takes place in such a way that previously hidden forces are revealed, which can be awakened in every soul, then the reading leads to a real inner work of the soul. And this can gradually see itself urged towards soul-transformation, which truly transfers into the vision of the spiritual world. For this reason, what has been communicated has been given in the form of eight meditations which can really be carried out. If this is done, they can be suitable to convey to the soul through its own inner deepening what is spoken of in them [...].		{{GZ\|The aim of this work is to give spiritual-scientific insights into the nature of the human being. The presentation is kept in such a way that the reader may grow into what is presented, so that in the course of reading it becomes a kind of soliloquy. If this soliloquy takes place in such a way that previously hidden forces are revealed, which can be awakened in every soul, then the reading leads to a real inner work of the soul. And this can gradually see itself urged towards soul-transformation, which truly transfers into the vision of the spiritual world. For this reason, what has been communicated has been given in the form of eight meditations which can really be carried out. If this is done, they can be suitable to convey to the soul through its own inner deepening what is spoken of in them [...]

	It must only be observed that the experiences which can be made in such a way as they are described here, must take an individual form with an individual soul, according to its special character. It has been endeavoured to do justice to this fact, so that one can also imagine that what is described was exactly lived through by a particular soul in the way it is presented. (The title is therefore: "A Road to Self-Knowledge.") For this very reason the Scripture can serve to help other souls to live into what has been described and to reach the corresponding goals. Thus this writing is also a supplement and extension of what is found in my book "How to attain knowledge of the higher worlds"\|6\|7f}}		It must only be observed that the experiences which can be made in such a way as they are described here, must take an individual form with an individual soul, according to its special character. It has been endeavoured to do justice to this fact, so that one can also imagine that what is described was exactly lived through by a particular soul in the way it is presented. (The title is therefore: "A Road to Self-Knowledge.") For this very reason the Scripture can serve to help other souls to live into what has been described and to reach the corresponding goals. Thus this writing is also a supplement and extension of what is found in my book "How to attain knowledge of the higher worlds"\|6\|7f}}

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== A Road to Self-Knowledge - In eight meditations ==
=== Ein Weg zur Selbsterkenntnis des Menschen - In acht Meditationen
=== Contents ===
;INTRODUCTORY REMARKS

{{GZ|The aim of this work is to give spiritual-scientific insights into the nature of the human being. The presentation is kept in such a way that the reader may grow into what is presented, so that in the course of reading it becomes a kind of soliloquy. If this soliloquy takes place in such a way that previously hidden forces are revealed, which can be awakened in every soul, then the reading leads to a real inner work of the soul. And this can gradually see itself urged towards soul-transformation, which truly transfers into the vision of the spiritual world. For this reason, what has been communicated has been given in the form of eight meditations which can really be carried out. If this is done, they can be suitable to convey to the soul through its own inner deepening what is spoken of in them [...].

It must only be observed that the experiences which can be made in such a way as they are described here, must take an individual form with an individual soul, according to its special character. It has been endeavoured to do justice to this fact, so that one can also imagine that what is described was exactly lived through by a particular soul in the way it is presented. (The title is therefore: "A Road to Self-Knowledge.") For this very reason the Scripture can serve to help other souls to live into what has been described and to reach the corresponding goals. Thus this writing is also a supplement and extension of what is found in my book "How to attain knowledge of the higher worlds"|6|7f}}

;FIRST MEDITATION
The meditator tries to gain a true conception of his [[physical body]].

;SECOND MEDITATION
The meditator tries to gain a true conception of the elementary or [[etheric body]].

;THIRD MEDITATION
The meditator tries to form an idea about the clairvoyant knowledge of the [[elementary world]].

;FOURTH MEDITATION
The meditator tries to form an idea of the "[[Guardian of the Threshold]]".

;FIFTH MEDITATION
The meditator tries to form an idea of the [[astral body]].

;SIXTH MEDITATION
The meditator tries to form an idea of the "[[I-body]]", or "[[thought-body]]".

;SEVENTH MEDITATION
The meditator tries to form ideas about the nature of experience in supersensible worlds.

;EIGHTH MEDITATION
The meditator tries to form a conception of the seeing of the [[repeated earth-lives]] of man

==Literature==

* [[Rudolf Steiner]]: ''A Road to Self-Knowledge''. Translation by M. Cotterell. Anthroposophical Publishing Company, London 1956 [https://wn.rsarchive.org/GA/GA0016/English/AP1956/GA016_index.html rsarchive.org]

=== German ===
* [[Rudolf Steiner]]: ''Ein Weg zur Selbsterkenntnis des Menschen'', [[GA 16]] (2004), ISBN 3-7274-0160-5 {{Lectures|016}}

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