Self-Knowledge, the Journey to Wisdom: Higher Knowledge, the Guardian of the Threshold and the Power of Christ

Selections from various volumes in The Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner

Many spiritual traditions speak of a "guardian" or "dweller" who protects the threshold to the spiritual world, warning the unprepared to pause in their quest for higher knowledge. The Guardian reveals the consequences of our negative actions and points to the full reality of our untransformed nature. This experience is said to be one of the deepest and most harrowing on the inner path, but is an essential precondition ...