A compilation of four of Steiner's lectures 'Practical Training in Thought', 'Overcoming Nervousness', 'Facing Karma' and 'The Four Temperaments'.

Note the interest of the topics covered: Edgar Allan Poe as Seer, George Elliot's Mill on the Floss, The Philosophy of Omar Khayam, Hidden Lessons in Shakespeare, Roger Bacon: 'The Nullity of Magic', H P Blavatsky's Influence on Ireland's Literary Renaissance, Paracelsus and the Hidden Thread, and many more.

Rudolf Steiner's 9 lectures, in Berlin, January to May 1910.

In this book the author emphasizes the importance of striving for self knowledge.

The Embodiment of Evil on Earth. While we know of Ahriman from Persian mythology, Rudolf Steiner spoke of him as an actual, living spiritual entity. Just as Christ incarnated in a physical body, so would Ahriman incarnate in the Western world. These six lectures, together with an additional supporting excerpt, are reproduced in their entirety, and under one cover, for the first time.

A key series of lectures on personal development.

In this lecture the author speaks with clarity about life after death.