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

GA 265 — Hildesheim

The Ceremonial Dissolution of the Cognitive-Cultic Working Group in Norway in December 1921

memorial report by Ingeborg Möller-Lindholm in a letter from Föllebü dated February 20, 1952

In 1923, Dr. Steiner gave an esoteric lecture, but not an M.D. (formerly F.M.). However, he did so in 1921, when he came back to Norway after seven years (the First World War and the first post-war years had separated him from us). At that time, he gathered all the former members of M.D., but without ritual and without the cultic clothing. At that hour, he formally dissolved the old M.D. – it would no longer be possible (for many reasons) to continue working according to the previous guidelines. The changed times demanded something different. But the old would not be dead – it would rise again in a metamorphosed form, even up here with us, he said. He probably meant the 2nd and 3rd class, which however never appeared on earth because death took him away before.

As far as I remember, the Temple Legend was not told in 1921. That only happened during the “introductions” to the first degree, not later.

I have no notes from the esoteric lesson (called E.S. and not to be confused with M.D.) in Oslo – we were not allowed to write.