THORWALD DETHLEFSEN
The Challenge of Fate
Translated from the German by
Eva M. Loewe
and
Christopher McIntosh
This book
is dedicated to all those
who are in search of
the light
CONTENTS
Introduction
1 ESOTERICISM – THE NON-SCIENTIFIC WAY TO CONSIDER REALITY
The esoteric world conception
Esotericism as a path
The hermetic philosophy
The law of analogy: as above so below
Body, soul and spiritualism
II HYPNOSIS – A CARICATURE OF REALITY
The discovery of hypnosis and psychoanalysis
Hypnosis as a phenomenon
A model of hypnosis
Hypnosis as therapy
Consequences
III POLARITY
Life is rhythm
Reconciliation
The projection of guilt
The law of resonance
The environment as a mirror
IV ASTROLOGY – A METAPHOR FOR REALITY
Primal principles of reality
The heavenly bodies as representatives
The quality of time
The horoscope as a measuring instrument
The horoscope: a study plan for life
Polarity and learning
Astrology and reincarnation
The accomplishment of fate
Illness as information
The way to freedom
V SICKNESS AND HEALING
Illness and death as signs of fate
Homeopathy
Information as medicine
The principle of similarity
VI CREATION AND THE FALL OF MAN
The unity
The three steps of creation
The biblical story of creation
The expulsion from Paradise
Illness and original sin
Through illness to healing
VII REINCARNATION: THE RHYTHM OF LIFE
Death – another form of being
The law of karma
Maturing through reincarnation
VIII REINCARNATION THERAPY – A PATH TOWARDS WHOLENESS
Re-experience of birth and conception
Encounter with the past
Guilt and responsibility
The basic problem: power
Experiences of the beyond
Earth-bound souls
Stages of development of the soul
Religion and reincarnation
IX DAILY LIFE AS RITUAL
The meaning of occult techniques
Esotericism and escapism
The return home
