illustrations and copious source references. Thus the work appeals to all kinds of readers, that is, those who will be content with the breadth of view, as well as those who want to delve deeper into the subject.

The first volume, Esoteric Philosophy, offers an introduction to all the basic concepts of the esoteric teaching, beginning with the esoteric “Genesis” or Creation Account, The 7 Planes, and further on to the Constitution of Man, Death and New Birth, Evolution – Reincarnation and Karma, the Path of Initiation, the Path of Discipleship, the 7 Rays, the Evolution of Consciousness, Cosmology, the Esoteric World History, the Inner World Government, the New Evolutionary Impulse and the Deva Kingdom. The two final volumes are entitled Esoteric Psychology and Esoteric Sociology respectively.

With his ability to facilitate a material which is difficult to get at in a clear and well-arranged way Niels Brønsted (born 1938) has inspired hundreds of students in Denmark, the rest of Scandinavia and other places abroad. Moreover, he is the author of the book: Meditation – The Royal Road to the Soul, which has now been included into the second volume of this work, The Inner Dimensions of Life.