AN OUTLINE OF OCCULT SCIENCE; (Authorized Translation from the Fourth Edition, Newly Revised) by Steiner, Rudolf - 1922

Chicago, IL: Anthroposophical Literary Concern, 1922. Third Edition in English. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. Orange cloth-covered boards with black lettering to front and spine. Very minor wear to extremities. Some minor smudging and staining to front board, and minor rubbing to corners and edges. Front hinge a little loose, yet still firmly attached (easy fix). One inch open tear to bottom corner of title page. Translated by Max Gysi. Original German title: Die Geheimwissenschaft Im Umriss. "The 16th-20th German Edition formed the basis for the English translation. This book is a sequel to Dr. Steiner's earlier book entitled THEOSOPHY. Generally speaking, AN OUTLINE OF OCCULT SCIENCE deals with the evolution of Man and the Earth.

Quite a scarce Steiner work published by the short-lived Anthroposophical Literary Concern. "...Henry Monges obtained, from one Max Gysi, the copyrights for the five already published English translations of books by Rudolf Steiner. The Monges appear to have had the copyrights transferred to them by one Ethel Parks Browning who had raised the money to purchase them from Max Gysi in 1918.This was in 1916 or 1917, before the U.S. entered the World War. After the War, in 1919, Monges went to Dornach, Switzerland and spent two years there, meeting with Rudolf Steiner regularly and also improving his German. Returning to the U.S. in 1921, he established a soon-to-be short-lived publishing company with a partner in Chicago called "Anthroposophic Literary Concern." When this endeavor collapsed, Monges and his wife Maud Monges took what remained of the book business with them to their country home in Highland, NY, where they continued operations. (Thus, the work-from-home trend heavily present in this organization in recent years is actually a throwback to its roots.) from Steiner Books site.

"It is not a question of merely making certain communications. Presenting them in a manner consistent with a conscientious view of the corresponding plane of life is the real challenge. This is the plane where the loftiest ambitions are often handled poorly, and where knowledge and superstition can become confused one with the other." Rudolf Steiner

The First Three English editions, of which this catalogued copy, is the third: A list of English editions appears below. AN OUTLINE OF OCCULT SCIENCE, Rand McNally, New York and Chicago, 1914, 469 pp., translated from the 4th German edition of 1913 and edited by Max Gysi AN OUTLINE OF OCCULT SCIENCE, Theosophical Publishing Society, London, 1914, 469 pp., translated from the 4th German edition of 1913 and edited by Max Gysi OCCULT SCIENCE -- AN OUTLINE, Anthroposophical Literature Concern, Chicago and Highland New York, 1922, 416 pp.