Preface to the Edition of May 1918

vi

Preface to the Third Edition

vii

Preface to the Fifth Edition

xi

I.

How Is Knowledge of the High Worlds Attained?

1

II.

The Stages of Initiation

35

III.

Some Practical Aspects

98

IV.

The Conditions of Esoteric Training

114

V.

Some Results of Initiation

131

VI.

The Transformation of Dream Life

189

VII.

The Continuity of Consciousness

202

VIII.

The Splitting of the Human Personality during Spiritual Training

215

IX.

The Guardian of the Threshold

231

X.

Life and Death. The Greater Guardian of the Threshold

245

Appendix

260