Written in 1901 (CW 7) The mystics Steiner writes about in this book were early giants in the modern art of illumined self-knowledge. Their ways of seeing the world, God, and themselves foreshadowed all that we practice now in the best of meditation, both East and West. Here, you can read about their essential passion for unity, their practice of intensification of perception, and their ever-fresh insights into the process of knowing itself. CONTENTS: Foreword by Christopher Bamford
Preface to the 1923 Edition
Introduction: Mystics, Natural Science, and the Modern World (by Rudolf Steiner) Meister Eckhart
The Friendship with God: Johannes Tauler
Cardinal Nicolas of Cusa
Agrippa of Nettesheim & Theophrastus Paracelsus
Valentin Weigel & Jacob Boehme
Giordano Bruno & Angelus Silesius Epilogue
Afterword by Paul M. Allen
Preface to First Edition 1901 This volume is a translation from German of the book Die Mystik im Aufgange des neuzeitlichen Geisteslebens und ihr Verh ltnis zur modernen Weltanschauung (GA 7). A previous edition was titled Mysticism at the dawn of the Modern Age.