First English language edition, first printing. 208pp, with numerous black and white plate illustrations and drawings, tables etc in text. Cream paper-covered boards, with brown lettering front and spine. 8vo. Covers are lightly soiled, gently rubbed all round edges and a little rounded at corners and spine ends, lightly sunned over spine. Internally, latter pages have a little compression waviness over the lower leading corner else neat, clean, bright and tight.
An anthroposophy viewpoint on the evolution of mankind (anthroposophy is a spiritual and esoteric world view based on the teachings of Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925), combining elements of German Idealism, Gnosis and Christian mysticism. The main source for the doctrine is the occult 'secret science' which Steiner derived from his research with the help of clairvoyant organs. Hard to find title.