Lessons for the Participants of Cognitive-Cultic Work 1906–1924

GA 265a — 16 June 1908, Munich

The Raven and the Rosicrucian Cross

Notes from the estate of Günther Wagner

Form a mental image: a rock consisting of different types of stone, covered with soil, with bushes and trees sprouting up from it; the rock is surrounded by the sea, and above it is the air. At some point on the rock, a fire is blazing; at another point on the rock, which here juts out into the sea, lies a skull, with a raven sitting on it; the raven is looking at a cross with roses in front of it. – Form this mental image; if after some time you seem to have guessed the meaning, you may ask the guide if your guess is correct.

The Twelve Labors of Hercules: Fourth Degree

Self-confidence
Self-knowledge
Self-reliance
Clarity of mind
Mental purity
Strength of mind
Clarity of love (taming love)
Love purity
Love strength
Strength – intensity of will
Strength – universal will purity
Strength – supersensible will strength 1908