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The History of the Esoteric School 1904–1914, Volume One
GA 264 — 4 May 1907, Munich
To Wilhelm Selling in Berlin
Regarding the election of Annie Besant, head of the Esoteric School, as president of the Theosophical Society, which led to the separation of the Esoteric School.
Munich, May 4, 19071
Dear Mr. Selling,
Please find attached the material needed for the election, which I ask you to duplicate.
- A confidential letter to all my esoteric students. I ask you to make 250 copies of this. It is especially for you – so not with anything else – to be sent in a sealed envelope to those addresses that I will send to you by express letter no later than tomorrow morning (Sunday). So you can duplicate this letter tomorrow, Sunday, and Ms. Boesé can then write the addresses on the envelopes and take care of the mailing on Monday. You can calculate the postage with me.
- Ballot papers and information. These are to be put in a sealed envelope and sent to each member of the German section. We cannot do it any differently for the sake of order. So ballot papers and information are to be sent by letter to each member of the German section.
The circular to the esotericists must be sent at least 24 hours before the ballot papers are sent. So if you are able to send the letter to the esotericists on Monday, the ballot papers can be sent on Tuesday, or, if a delay is necessary, otherwise accordingly.
Miss Boesé will help you with everything, and I ask you to be very precise. Of course, no [non-]esoteric can get their hands on the confidential letter.
With warmest regards, Dr. Rudolf Steiner
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Rudolf Steiner was then in Munich preparing for the Theosophical Congress. ↩