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

GA 265 — Hildesheim

Lessons for Edith Maryon

On the back of the sheet are the following comments in Edith Maryon's handwriting which obviously refer to the instructions given by Rudolf Steiner for the meditation:

"First think thinking - only the eyes move while he reads.
Then the content, the letters connect him with the hierarchies.
Then say: I A O U E
Falter = thought.

3½ years, months or weeks or days
3½ later, occurrence with enthusiasm
Experience of democracy (with) fellow human beings and the loneliness and tragedy of the aristocracy of thought. Penetrate loneliness to reach the content.

Note sheet archive number 5853

If the gods had
consumed themselves in joy,
the world would never have come into being;
they would have only scattered their own essence
into the world air:
Sadly they became d'rum
And in lament
Embraced their essence,
And from the lament
Rose the blessed Fiat
The world-creating word.

Joy is the fire
That glows
When the lament
Melts into ashes.