Six Basic Exercises

I've been pleased to see quite a bit more life of late in circles associated with Anthroposophy, the system of esoteric philosophy and training created in the early 20th century by Rudolf Steiner. Maybe it's because plenty of people just now have heard of Steiner's predictions involving vaccines and collective madness, maybe it's something else, but the discussions on certain Anthroposophical forums I follow have become much more lively and much less dogmatic than in the past.

One consequence is that things from Steiner's instructional lectures and writings that are useful for beginners are all over the place just now. One of those strikes me as worth sharing here. It's a set of six basic exercises exploring the human powers of thinking, willing, and feeling, entirely suitable to complete beginners, and also entirely suitable to students of the occult in any tradition. Here they are, compiled by Anthroposophist Tom van Gelder and made freely available:

https://tomvangelder.antrovista.com/pdf/basic.pdf

Give 'em a read and consider whether they might be worth adding to your occult practices.