The Rudolf Steiner Archive

Translation made from the 26th edition of the German text entitled Geheimwissenschaft im Umriss. English edition published by permission of the Rudolf Steiner Nachlassverwaltung, Dornach, Switzerland.

This volume is presented here with the kind permission of the Rudolf Steiner Nachlassverwaltung, Dornach, Switzerland.

• Preface to the 1925 edition
• Preface to the 1920 edition
• Preface to the 1913 edition
• Preface to the 1909 edition (first)

1. The Character of Occult Science
2. The Nature of Humanity
3. Sleep And Death
4. Man and the Evolution of the World
• Chapter IV: (Part 1)
• Chapter IV: (Part 2)
• Chapter IV: (Part 3)
• Chapter IV: (Part 4)
• Chapter IV: (Part 5)
• Chapter IV: (Part 6)
• Chapter IV: (Part 7)
5. Knowledge of the Higher Worlds (Concerning Initiation)
• Chapter V: Part 1
• Chapter V: Part 2
• Chapter V: Part 3
• Chapter V: Part 4
• Chapter V: Part 5
• Chapter V: Part 6
• Chapter V: Part 7
• Chapter V: Part 8
• Chapter V: Part 9
• Chapter V: Part 10
6. Present and Future Evolution of the World and of Mankind
7. Details From the Domain of Spiritual Science