Originally published in 1915, this book contains details of a series of lectures given by Rudolf Steiner in Berlin in 1910 - Eight Public Lectures on Prayer, Mysticism, Laughing and Weeping and Other Experiences of the Soul. Contents Include: The Mission of Spiritual Science, Past and Present - Asceticism and Illness - Buddha and Christ - The Moon According to Spiritual Science - Laughing and Weeping - Mysticism - Prayer - Man, Positive and Negative