Knowledge of the Higher Worlds and Its Attainment
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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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Knowledge of the Higher Worlds and Its Attainment canonical | 2 |
| How to Know Higher Worlds | 1 |
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.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Knowledge of the Higher Worlds and Its Attainment Context triple: [Anthroposophy, hasKeyWork, Knowledge of the Higher Worlds and Its Attainment]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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esoteric book ⓘ spiritual text ⓘ |
| aimsAt |
attainment of supersensible knowledge
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development of higher organs of perception ⓘ |
| associatedMovement | Anthroposophical Society NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Rudolf Steiner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTo | anthroposophy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
ethical guidelines
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meditative instructions ⓘ practical spiritual exercises ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Austria-Hungary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
conscious self-development
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inner discipline ⓘ moral purification ⓘ |
| ethicalRequirement |
control of feelings
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control of thoughts ⓘ control of will ⓘ development of selflessness ⓘ |
| firstPublicationForm | series of articles ⓘ |
| firstPublicationPeriod | 1904–1905 ⓘ |
| genre |
mystical literature
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occult literature ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeEnglishTitle | How to Know Higher Worlds NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTranslation | Knowledge of the Higher Worlds and Its Attainment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
anthroposophical meditation practices
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anthroposophical pedagogy ⓘ anthroposophical therapeutic work ⓘ |
| keyConcept |
guardian of the threshold
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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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
Occult Science: An Outline
NERFINISHED
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Theosophy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Christian esotericism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | step-by-step path of initiation ⓘ |
| subject |
clairvoyant consciousness
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esoteric training ⓘ initiation ⓘ meditation ⓘ moral development ⓘ spiritual development ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
spiritual seekers
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students of anthroposophy ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Knowledge of the Higher Worlds and Its Attainment Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
How to Know Higher Worlds