This meditative book by Dennis Klocek provides a new approach to developing the capacities of our souls. Based in anthroposophy, Klocek's thinking goes beyond what already exists to create a truly unique contribution that can heal the reader in profound ways. Working with the book, as Robert Sardello suggests in the foreword, will "lead to capacities of sustained concentration on and receptivity to the spiritual worlds." CONTENTS Foreword by Robert Sardello, PhD Imagination: Creativity or Innovation? Hypothesis, Apocalypse, Apotheosis The Abstract Predicament The Transformation of Sympathy The Black Madonna and the Mysteries of Dionysos From Image to Vision The Place of the North The World of Imagination From Dowsing to Divining The Development of the Heart Soul: A Modern Path Imagination: The Sacred Door The Great Tree Preparation for Meditation Contemplation The New Yoga The Alchemy of Goethe's Fairy Tale Seeing the Double
Dennis Klocek is a teacher, researcher, artist, gardener, and alchemist. He graduated with an MFA in 1975 from Temple University's Tyler School of Art. He then taught for seven years at a community college. In 1982, his love for the work of Rudolf Steiner took him to Rudolf Steiner College in Sacramento, California, where he has been the director of their Consciousness Studies Program ("Goethean Studies") since 1992. Dennis is engaged in research, teaching, and writing in many fields, including weather, gardening, meditation, the human organism, and self-transformation. He founded the Coros Institute to teach and promote dialogue experiences based on esoteric wisdom. Dennis Klocek's books include Sacred Agriculture: The Alchemy of Biodynamics (2012); Cilmate: Soul of the Earth (2010); and The Seer's Handbook (2005). Visit Dennis's website, .dennisklocek.com. Robert Sardello, PhD, is cofounder (with Cheryl Sanders-Sardello, PhD, in 1992) of the School of Spiritual Psychology. At the University of Dallas, he served as chair of the Department of Psychology, head of the Institute of Philosophic Studies, and graduate dean. He is also cofounder and a faculty member of the Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture, as well as author of more than 200 articles in scholarly journals and cultural publications, and is a former faculty member of the Chalice of Repose Project in Missoula, Montana. Having developed spiritual psychology based in archetypal psychology, phenomenology, and the spiritual science of Rudolf Steiner from more than thirty-five years of research in this discipline, as well as holding positions in two universities, Dr. Sardello is now an independent teacher and scholar, teaching all over the U.S., Canada, and the U.K., as well as the Czech Republic, the Philippines, and Australia. He is a consultant to many educational and cultural institutions and a dissertation adviser at numerous academic institutions. He is author of several books, including Facing the World with Soul; Love and the World; Freeing the Soul from Fear; The Power of Soul: Living the Twelve Virtues. and Silence.
"This book is a must for students of esoteric training and for those who are searching for an understanding of how the development of spiritual faculties impacts human physiology. The logic is gentle, yet compelling, and shows great respect for the traditions of the past and the future nature of humankind." ----Mark Eisen, MD Seeking Spirit Vision, if you are willing to take it up and work with it, will change your life, as much perhaps as the most significant person you have ever met did. This book, if you wish, can become a lifetime friend--a very wise friend. This work, through and through, is a text of practices. The specific essays concerned with techniques are at the center of the book. Work with these meditations can, I'm convinced, lead to capacities of sustained concentration on and receptivity to the spiritual worlds. Perhaps only a jazz musician could match the improvisational ability shown in this writing. To improvise in this fashion, one must know a great deal, and then give up what is known and step out into the unknown, discovering what is there rather than imposing knowledge based upon previous information.----Robert Sardello, PhD, The School of Spiritual Psychology
