Each chapter of this book was originally a part of a series of ten lectures given at the Goetheanum in September of 1922, known as the “French Course.” These lectures were revised by Steiner for printed form and were published as a book. As lectures, they are in GA 215.

Chapter titles:
    The Three Steps of Anthroposophy
    Exercises of Thought, Feeling and Volition
    Methods of Imaginative, Inspired and Intuitive Knowledge or Cognition
    Exercises of Cognition and Will
    Experiences of the Soul in Sleep
    Transference from the Psycho-Spiritual to the Physical Sense-Life in Man's Development
    The Relationship of Christ with Humanity
    The Event of Death and Its Relationship with the Christ
    The Destination of the Ego-consciousness in Conjunction with the Christ-problem
    On Experiencing the Will-part of the Soul