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The History of the Esoteric School 1904–1914, Volume One
GA 264 — 2 January 1905, Berlin
To Günther Wagner in Lugano
Berlin, January 2, 1905
My dear Mr. Wagner!
Enclosed, I am sending you the first E.S. letter to your dear wife. I ask you to tell her everything and to share with her what you think is right. It is in the nature of things that spouses who both belong to the E.S. support and carry each other.
I will send you the official rules for the four disciplines as soon as possible.
I will also write to you soon about the E.S. – Our E.S. members should first know the following:
"The German Theosophical movement is of particular importance. The Germans are the vanguard of the sixth sub-race and will become more and more aware of this mission of theirs. They should do so with all humility. They should immerse themselves in their own idealists.
That is the Master's voice. And in addition: ”Read your great idealists: J.G. Fichte, Jacob Böhme, but especially Angelus Silesius.” I call your special attention to J. G. Fichte's ‘The Destiny of Man.’ It is available in Reclam's Universal Library. It does not contain theosophical teachings; but by reading such works, we form our thought-forms in the sense of the esoteric, and the teachings of the masters thus become more alive to us.
Thank you for the translation of Besant's essay on mysticism. It is very welcome for one of the next “Lucifer” issues.1
Tomorrow I am going to Stuttgart, then to Munich.
Kind regards
Rudolf Steiner
From January 6 to 9, my address is:
Munich, at the home of Countess Kalckreuth,
Dalbertstrasse 55.
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It was not published in “Lucifer” after all. ↩