Inner Development & Meditation

Inner development and meditation form the practical heart of anthroposophy — the disciplined path by which an individual cultivates the higher faculties Rudolf Steiner described as imagination, inspiration, and intuition. This collection of approximately 200 titles provides guidance for every stage of contemplative practice within the anthroposophical tradition.

Steiner’s own guides include How to Know Higher Worlds and the six supplementary exercises often called the “basic exercises” of anthroposophical meditation. Major works by later authors include Georg Kühlewind’s Stages of Consciousness, Jörgen Smit’s Meditation: Guidance of the Inner Life, Florin Lowndes’ Enlivening the Chakra of the Heart, and Arthur Zajonc’s Meditation as Contemplative Inquiry.

Whether you are beginning a meditation practice grounded in Western spiritual tradition or seeking advanced exercises for supersensible awareness, these titles offer a structured, experience-based approach. Companion topics appear under Karma & Reincarnation.