The Awakening of the Soul

Introduction to the Psychology of the Seven Rays

von Gunda Scholdt

Table of Contents

THE AIM OF THIS BOOK

     I.     BASICS OF ESOTERIC KNOWLEDGE

The Soul, the Unknown Being

What is Ageless Wisdom?

What is Esotericism?

   II.     MACROCOSM  –  THE SOLAR SYSTEM

Who is God?

The Unity of Life

The Origin of the Seven Rays

The Structure of Life

What is the Soul?

The Cosmic Ray of Will or Power

The Cosmic Ray of Love-Wisdom

The Cosmic Ray of Active Intelligence

The Cosmic Ray of Harmony through Conflict

The Cosmic Ray of Concrete Knowledge or Science

The Cosmic Ray of Idealism or Devotion

The Cosmic Ray of Ceremonial Order or Magic

The Sevenfold World Soul

The Seven Kingdoms of Nature

The Seven Dimensions of the World

The Basic Duality of the Earth

The Four Spiritual Worlds

The Three Material Worlds

The Descent of the Human Spirit into the Material World

  III.     MICROCOSM  –  THE HUMAN BEING

The Nature of Man

The Human Form

The Physical Body

The Etheric Body

The Astral Body

The Mental Body

The Personality as Synthesis of the Four Bodies

The Human Soul

The Body Soul or the Non-self

The Psyche or the Personal Self

The Spiritual Soul or the Higher Self

The Monad

The Three Aspects of the Human Being

     The Etheric Body with the Seven Main Chakras

The Etheric Body

The Shape of the Etheric Chakras

The Seven Main Chakras

The Base Chakra

The Sacral Chakra

The Solar Plexus Chakra

The Heart Chakra

The Throat Chakra

The Ajna Chakra

The Supreme Head Chakra – The Thousand-Petalled Lotus

The Seven Levels of Consciousness (table)

The Three Stages of Unfoldment

The Fivefold Transformation Process of the Chakras

   IV.     THE RELATION BETWEEN

     MICROCOSM AND MACROCOSM

The Spiritual and Physical Environment of the Human Being

The Seven Planes of the Earth

The World of Causes – The World of Effects

The Three Worlds of Human Evolution

The Physical Plane – The Visible World

The Astral Plane – The Inner (sentient) World

The Mental Plane – The World of Thought

The Development of Human Perception

Physical Plane – Self-awareness

Astral Plane – Self-consciousness

Mental Plane – Self-knowledge

The Three Worlds of Human Evolution (table)

The Glamour of the Astral Plane

The Development of Psychic Abilities

The Lower Psychic Abilities

The Higher Psychic Abilities

The Undeveloped Man

The Psychic

The Mystic

The Three Levels of Perception

    V.     THE THREE STAGES OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

The Three Stages of Development

Individuation

Initiation

The First Initiation

The Second Initiation

The Third Initiation

The Fourth Initiation

Identification

The Causal Body

Experience on the Physical Plane

Experience on the Astral Plane

Experience on the Mental Plane

   VI.     SPIRITUAL PSYCHOLOGY IN PRACTICE

Basics of Spiritual Psychology

The Seven Individual Rays

The First Ray Type

The Second Ray Type

The Third Ray Type

The Fourth Ray Type

The Fifth Ray Type

The Sixth Ray Type

The Seventh Ray Type

Differences and Similarities of the Rays

The Personality Ray and the Soul Ray

Stories for Contemplation

Esoteric Psychoanalysis

The Five Stages of Integration

Stage 1: Physical Consciousness

Stage 2: Emotional Consciousness

Stage 3: Mental Consciousness

Stage 4: Integrated Personality

Stage 5: Soul-conscious Personality

The Fivefold Integration of Consciousness in Space and Time

The Fivefold Ray Formula

First Case

Second Case

Third Case

What is Astrology?

The Horoscope as a Human Life Plan

The Soul Diagram

VII.     SPIRITUAL THERAPY

The Origin of Psychic Problems

Problems Arising from Chakra Awakening

The Difference between Traditional and Spiritual Therapy

The Maturity of the Soul

VIII.     THE SPIRITUAL PATH

What is the Spiritual Path?

The Antahkarana

Mystical and Occult Meditation

Mystical Meditation

Occult Meditation

Some Seed-Thoughts for Meditation

   IX.     OUTLOOK ON THE FUTURE

The Transition from the Piscean Age to the Aquarian Age

The Principles of Education for the Aquarian Age

Esoteric Schools in the Aquarian Age

Some Tabulations on the Seven Rays

Bibliography

The Great Invocation

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