Spiritual Knowledge

Table of contents:

Human super-senses (lecture held 18.2.1917)
Occult knowledge (12.1.1919)
Creative knowledge (19.1.1919)
Skilled clairvoyance (29.5.1924)
The spiritual constitution of man (7.12.1924)
Reincarnation and the path of liberation (14.12.1924)
The yoga meditation of Patanjali (18.1.1925)
The attainments of a yogi (25.1.1925)
The highest goal of a yogi (1.2.1925)
The requirements of spiritual knowledge (13.2.1927)
Beyond death (15.12.1929)
The after-world (22.12.1929)
Heaven (29.12.1929)

This book is a collection of lectures held by Pekka Ervast (1875-1934) in Helsinki, Finland, between 1917–1929 which cover human super-senses (extra sensory perception), clairvoyance, yoga meditation and spiritual knowledge which enable exploration of the afterlife. The lectures were written in shorthand and are not edited to a literary form, but the characteristic style of the speaker is retained.

Pekka Ervast was aware of the invisible world since his childhood and strived consciously to reach God. He had a spiritual experience at the age of 21 which made him an independent investigator of the invisible world. For the next 38 years his contribution was remarkable. He lectured weekly (at first especially in neighbouring Sweden), was the founder and General Secretary of the Finnish section of The Theosophical Society, Founder-President of the Finnish Rosicrucian Society, edited magazines Omatunto (“Conscience”), Tietäjä (“Sage") and Ruusu-Risti (“Rosy Cross").

Highlights from his remarkable literary work include clarifying the spiritual essence of the Finnish National epic Kalevala, work in the field of Christian occultism explaining the sermon on the mount and the five commandments of Jesus to seekers of truth, translating sacred texts of oriental religions into the Finnish language, and clarifying the inner path of Freemasonry. Ervast was the founder of the first masonic lodge in independent Finland, and a 33 degree founder-member of the Finnish section of the International Order of Freemasonry Le Droit Humain. He was also the Founder-President and Grand Master of the Finnish Rosicrucian Freemasonry.