The History of the Esoteric School 1904–1914, Volume One

GA 264 — Berlin

The Nature and Work of the Masters VIII

Notes by Amalie Wagner

Sublime, exquisite, words fail to express what we have received. The Masters of the Wisdom, etc., were surely among us. The power radiating from our beloved teacher was great; at the end I saw him transfigured, radiant and youthful. And then the sacred word:

A the past
U the present, the whole world around us
M the still unknown future for which we want to live.

We are to be pioneers, the elite of humanity. We are to feel exalted, but not arrogant, but worthy of such a task, such a position, not in arrogance but in humility.

We were told again about the four masters: Master Jesus was the “unknown from the Oberland” who came to Tauler, who taught the Gnostics, etc.

We should get to know the essences of the masters better and better. To do this, it is necessary to go back in time.

On the moon, there were no lung-breathing creatures yet. They inhaled or exhaled warmth and gave off cold. In this way they drew warmth from the moon. Just as we make use of plants, which utilize the air by breathing in the harmful carbonic acid exhaled by humans and animals, consuming the carbon it contains and then breathing out the pure oxygen, so there were also beings on the moon who performed the function of our present-day plants: namely, to halt the too rapid process of cooling by breathing out warmth. These beings are called fire spirits. They had not yet reached the level of humans. There were also spirits on the moon that had already transcended the human level and helped to prepare for breathing air. They were obliged to incarnate in bodies that had no lungs, but they craved oxygen. This was first prepared on Earth by the emerging plant world. It was only in the middle of the Lemurian period that the human being had developed to the point where the “living breath” could be blown into him. The first breath drew in oxygen. This was of great significance. The spirits that bring this about are called air spirits.

The fire-breathing dragon is a symbol of the fire spirits.

Jesus was a third-degree chela. When he was thirty years old, the following happened to him. He left his body and Christ took possession of this pure, noble body: the physical, etheric and astral body. He himself withdrew to the astral plane, where he remained united with the brothers of the white lodge and even attained mastery, etc.

Morya – his true name is only revealed to the more advanced students – strengthens the will.

Kuthumi is the actual Master of Truth.

Jesus, the leader of his church, works particularly on the emotional side.

We can call on them when we need them.

The twelve masters of the white lodge have all gone through the entire evolution of our earth. They cannot directly influence the physical plane. We have to rise up to them. They influence us through the school and in us and through us. The mediator, the teacher of the school, is accountable to no one but to the one in whose name he speaks.

Another participant in this session, Ludwig Kleeberg, reports:

He spoke as if he knew and had direct knowledge of the great masters who guide our lives and our striving: Kuthumi, Morya, Jesus and Christian Rosenkreutz – the masters of wisdom and of the harmony of feelings.¹