Knowledge of the Higher Worlds and Its Attainment

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anthroposophical work esoteric book spiritual text

Knowledge of the Higher Worlds and Its Attainment is a foundational esoteric text by Rudolf Steiner that outlines practical spiritual exercises and a path of inner development central to anthroposophical practice.

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Label	Occurrences
Knowledge of the Higher Worlds and Its Attainment canonical	3
How to Know Higher Worlds	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12936932 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

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Target entity: Knowledge of the Higher Worlds and Its Attainment
Context triple: [Anthroposophy, hasKeyWork, Knowledge of the Higher Worlds and Its Attainment]

A. Transcendent Theosophy
Transcendent Theosophy is a major school of Islamic philosophy developed by Mulla Sadra that synthesizes Peripatetic, Illuminationist, and mystical thought into a metaphysical system centered on the primacy and gradation of existence.
B. The Secret Doctrine
The Secret Doctrine is Helena Petrovna Blavatsky’s foundational theosophical work, presenting an esoteric cosmology and synthesis of religion, philosophy, and science.
C. The Cosmic Doctrine
The Cosmic Doctrine is an influential esoteric text by Dion Fortune that outlines a complex metaphysical and occult cosmology used in Western mystery traditions.
D. Profound Desire of the Gods
Profound Desire of the Gods is a 1968 Japanese film by Shōhei Imamura that explores the clash between modernity and traditional island culture through a surreal, anthropological lens.
E. Love of Eternal Wisdom
Love of Eternal Wisdom is a spiritual and theological treatise by St. Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort that reflects on divine wisdom and the path to holiness through love of Christ.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

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Target entity: Knowledge of the Higher Worlds and Its Attainment
Target entity description: Knowledge of the Higher Worlds and Its Attainment is a foundational esoteric text by Rudolf Steiner that outlines practical spiritual exercises and a path of inner development central to anthroposophical practice.

A. Transcendent Theosophy
Transcendent Theosophy is a major school of Islamic philosophy developed by Mulla Sadra that synthesizes Peripatetic, Illuminationist, and mystical thought into a metaphysical system centered on the primacy and gradation of existence.
B. The Secret Doctrine
The Secret Doctrine is Helena Petrovna Blavatsky’s foundational theosophical work, presenting an esoteric cosmology and synthesis of religion, philosophy, and science.
C. The Cosmic Doctrine
The Cosmic Doctrine is an influential esoteric text by Dion Fortune that outlines a complex metaphysical and occult cosmology used in Western mystery traditions.
D. Profound Desire of the Gods
Profound Desire of the Gods is a 1968 Japanese film by Shōhei Imamura that explores the clash between modernity and traditional island culture through a surreal, anthropological lens.
E. Love of Eternal Wisdom
Love of Eternal Wisdom is a spiritual and theological treatise by St. Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort that reflects on divine wisdom and the path to holiness through love of Christ.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	anthroposophical work ⓘ esoteric book ⓘ spiritual text ⓘ
aimsAt	attainment of supersensible knowledge ⓘ development of higher organs of perception ⓘ
associatedMovement	Anthroposophical Society ⓘ
author	Rudolf Steiner ⓘ
centralTo	anthroposophy ⓘ linked to: Anthroposophy
contains	ethical guidelines ⓘ meditative instructions ⓘ practical spiritual exercises ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Austria-Hungary ⓘ linked to: Austro-Hungarian Empire
emphasizes	conscious self-development ⓘ inner discipline ⓘ moral purification ⓘ
ethicalRequirement	control of feelings ⓘ control of thoughts ⓘ control of will ⓘ development of selflessness ⓘ
firstPublicationForm	series of articles ⓘ
firstPublicationPeriod	1904–1905 ⓘ
genre	mystical literature ⓘ occult literature ⓘ
hasAlternativeEnglishTitle	How to Know Higher Worlds ⓘ linked to: Knowledge of the Higher Worlds and Its Attainment
hasEnglishTranslation	Knowledge of the Higher Worlds and Its Attainment ⓘ
influenced	anthroposophical meditation practices ⓘ anthroposophical pedagogy ⓘ anthroposophical therapeutic work ⓘ
keyConcept	guardian of the threshold ⓘ imaginative cognition ⓘ initiation stages ⓘ inspirative cognition ⓘ intuitive cognition ⓘ reverence as a path to knowledge ⓘ
laterPublicationForm	book ⓘ
originalLanguage	German ⓘ
originalTitle	Wie erlangt man Erkenntnisse der höheren Welten? ⓘ
philosophicalTradition	Western esotericism ⓘ
relatedWorkByAuthor	Occult Science: An Outline ⓘ Theosophy ⓘ
religiousContext	Christian esotericism ⓘ linked to: Esoteric Christianity
structure	step-by-step path of initiation ⓘ
subject	clairvoyant consciousness ⓘ esoteric training ⓘ initiation ⓘ meditation ⓘ moral development ⓘ spiritual development ⓘ
targetAudience	spiritual seekers ⓘ students of anthroposophy ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Anthroposophy → hasKeyWork → Knowledge of the Higher Worlds and Its Attainment ⓘ

Rudolf Steiner → notableWork → Knowledge of the Higher Worlds and Its Attainment ⓘ

Rudolf Steiner → notableWork → How to Know Higher Worlds ⓘ

linked to: Knowledge of the Higher Worlds and Its Attainment

Knowledge of the Higher Worlds and Its Attainment → hasEnglishTranslation → Knowledge of the Higher Worlds and Its Attainment ⓘ

Knowledge of the Higher Worlds and Its Attainment → hasAlternativeEnglishTitle → How to Know Higher Worlds ⓘ