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The Psychology of the Soul

Introduction to the Psychology of the seven Rays

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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