Introduction vii Clopper Almon Preface 1(10) Rudolf Steiner 1. The Character of Esoteric Science 11(19) 2. The Makeup of the Human Being 30(29) 3. Sleep and Death 59(58) 4. Cosmic Evolution and the Human Being 117(164) Introductory Thoughts 117(8) An Overview of Planetary Incarnations 125(10) Saturn 135(18) Sun 153(12) Moon 165(32) Earth 197(42) Atlantis 239(8) The End of Atlantis 247(5) Ancient Indian Civilization 252(6) Ancient Persian Civilization 258(5) Egypto-Chaldean Civilization 263(3) Greco-Latin Civilization 266(2) The Coming of the Christian Era 268(13) 5. Knowledge of Higher Worlds-Initiation 281(95) 6. Cosmic and Human Evolution Now and in the Future 376(23) 7. Details from the Field of Spiritual Science 399(16) The Human Ether Body 399(3) The Astral World 402(1) Human Life after Death 403(3) The Course of a Human Life 406(2) The Higher Domains of the Spiritual World 408(1) The Aspects of Our Human Makeup 409(1) The Dream State 410(1) Acquiring Supersensible Knowledge 411(1) Observing Specific Beings and Events in the Spiritual World 412(3) Appendix Rudolf Steiner's Early Introductions to An Outline of Esoteric Science 415(18) Further Reading 433