THE PATHWORK LECTURES

There are two sets of lectures – the 1996 Edition and the Unedited Lectures.  Both sets are based on the earliest available version of the lecture material, as it was distributed by Eva after she personally transcribed the tapes of the lecture sessions.

The 1996 Edition, which contains 242 lectures and 16 Question and Answer sessions, has been edited to simplify the complex language structure in which the original lectures were created.  Eva’s native tongue was German, and her sentence structure reflected this, occasionally resulting in difficult English. This edition updates gender terminology, and, in general, simplifies the language where to do so will not interfere with the meaning of the lecture itself.

The Unedited Lectures, containing only the 242 lectures, have been minimally copy-edited to retain as fully as possible the original language and flavor of the earliest printed lectures. You will find many unusual words and turns of phrase –affectionately known as “Guidisms” in the Pathwork. You will sometimes need to struggle with awkward and difficult sentences to find the level of meaning at which they speak to you.

If you are new to this material, we hope the lectures will strike a chord in you and that you will wish to follow this path further. Enjoy the lectures! May the Guide’s wisdom teach, bless and inspire you.

Following are some of the themes the lectures address and a sampling of related lectures.

Lectures are available for free download at https://pathwork.org/the-lectures/.

Introductory Lectures:

 #14: The Higher Self, the Lower Self and the Mask

#25: The Path, Initial Steps, Preparation and Decisions

#30: Self-Will, Pride and Fear

#38: Images

#73: Compulsion to Recreate and Overcome Childhood Hurts

#75: The Great Transition

#89:  Emotional Growth and its Function

#101: The Defense

#204: What is the Path?

 

Sexuality:

#42: Love, Eros and Sex

#177: Pleasure – The Full Pulsation of Life

#207: Spiritual Significance of Sexuality

 

 

Images:  (Images are wrong conclusions about the nature of reality which are so firmly embedded in a person’s psyche that they become behavior-controlling signals in life situations.)

#38: Images

#39: Image Finding

#41: Images – the Damage They Do

#52: The God Image

#83: The Idealized Self Image

#93: Main Image – Repressed Needs and Defenses – Conflict before Clarification

 

‘Tools’ for Working on this Path:

#26: Finding One’s Faults

#28: Communication with God – Daily Review

#30: Self Will, Pride and Fear

#36: Prayer

#43: Personality – Three Basic Types: Reason, Will, Emotion

#50: The Vicious Circle

#52: The God Image

#83: The Idealized Self Image

#143: Unity and Duality

#182: The Process of Meditation

#226: Approach to Self: Self-Forgiveness Without Condoning the Lower Self

Relationship:

#72: Fear of Loving

#73: Compulsion to Recreate and Overcome Childhood Hurts

#107: Three Aspects that Prevent Man from Loving

#180: The Spiritual Significance of Human Relationship

 

Creativity:

#89: Emotional Growth and its Function

#169: Masculine and Feminine Principles in the Creative Process

#175: Consciousness

#194: Meditation: It’s Laws and Various Approaches: A Summary

#208: Man’s Ultimate Capacity to Create

#224: Creative Emptiness

Cosmology:

#19: Jesus Christ

#20: God – The Creation

#21: The Fall

#22: Salvation

Negative Intentionality/Evil:

#134: The Concept of Evil

#176: The Overcoming of Negativity

#184: The Meaning of Evil and its Transcendence

Negative Intentionality/Evil:

#134: The Concept of Evil

#176: The Overcoming of Negativity

#184: The Meaning of Evil and its Transcendence

Negative Intentionality/Evil:

#134: The Concept of Evil

#176: The Overcoming of Negativity

#184: The Meaning of Evil and its Transcendence

Needs:

#92: Repressed Needs, Relinquishing Blind Needs

#192: Real and False Needs and Their Relationship to Man’s State of Consciousness

The Unconscious:

#124: The Language of the Unconscious