Knowledge of the higher worlds and its attainment

Preface to the edition of May 1918 --

Preface to the sixth edition --

Preface to the third edition --

How is knowledge of the higher worlds attained? --

The stages of initiation --

Initiation --

Some practical aspects --

The conditions of esoteric training --

Some results of initiation --

The transformation of dream life --

The continuity of consciousness --

The splitting of the human personality during spiritual training --

The guardian of the threshold --

Life and death : the greater guardian of the threshold.