Shows the insuperable difficulties in elucidating post-mortem survival on a rational basis. This book analyses the three ways that philosophers have attempted to get around these difficulties: the 'reconstitutionist way'; the 'way of the astral body'; and, the 'Platonic-Cartesian way'. It reviews classic arguments and findings of parapsychology.
Rudolf Steiner introduced the West to his detailed, scientific knowledge of reincarnation and karma. He gave concrete descriptions of the way individuals metamorphos during the course of successive incarnations and specific examples of how karma works. Steiner also provides practical exercises that lead us to experience the reality of ......
The meaning of existence - from pre-birth plans to one's task in life
What is the meaning of life? As human beings, we cannot avoid this most basic question of earthly existence. Is consciousness simply an accident of the universe, as modern science would claim? On the other hand, many established religions suggest that life is a one-time experience, culminating in ‘eternal life’ in heaven or some kind of purgatory ......
Ormond McGill is known and loved throughout the USA as the 'Dean of American Hypnosis'. His stage shows have spellbound audiences the length and breadth of the continent, and his hypnotic powers continue to amaze people wherever he goes. Seeing The Unseen is his latest masterpiece, the intriguing story of 'Sarah Channing', a famous figure who ......
The year is 1916. Europe is entering the third year of the most devastatingly brutal war yet known. The high hopes and idealistic expectations for the newly dawned twentieth century have been very quickly met with the murderous visage of modern warfare. (The death toll would eventually reach 35 million souls.) Such is the context and ever-present ......
13 lectures, Dornach and Basel, December 4-31, 1916 (CW 173) Although these lectures were given in 1916, they have much to teach us about today's political spin, media distortions, propaganda and downright lies--all delivered by the media on a daily basis. Rudolf Steiner's calm, methodological approach penetrates the smokescreen of accusations ......
The primary contention of this book is that, as a spiritual being, each of us lives beyond death, and eventually returns to earth in a new human body. With this knowledge in mind, the authors give much sound practical advice as to how parents, and others who spend time with children, can welcome a soul to the world and help it grow into a healthy ......