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

GA 265a — 27 May 1923, Dornach

Esoteric Hour for the “Wachsmuth-Lerchenfeld Group” I

It was said at the outset why such a group is possible again now. Clear consciousness is necessary. In the past, people approached the institutions of anthroposophy with too little consciousness, too little spiritual awareness.

If what had been given in those old esoteric contexts had been published, many cults would have arisen in the world as a result. But because it was not published, hatred and betrayal of the cause resulted.

These people here have not been summoned by him, they have gathered together themselves. He has refused to continue forming such groups himself in the face of the spiritual world. - Don't be proud! There are more people who would be considered, including those who are further along! Here are just those who have found each other.

From meditation.

It is not only a personal matter, but has world significance. The cosmos is interested in whether we do it or not.

Oh man, know thyself!
Thus sounds the word of the world.
Thou hearest it with the strength of soul
Thou feelest it with the strength of spirit.
Who speaks with such world-embracing might?
Who speaks with such heartfelt sincerity?
Does it work through the radiance of space
In the experience of your mind?
Does it resound through the weaving of the waves of time
In the stream of your life?
Is it you yourself who, In the feeling of space, in the experience of time
The word creates, feeling yourself a stranger
In the soul-emptiness of space,
Because you lose the power of thought
In the stream of time's destruction.

Legend... new attachment, two directions - in Johannes the center. Recognizing what comes from the two directions. Fire, because both united against the center. Hate against continuation of this center.

Wake up! Wake up to these two directions, but also in general. Wake up through proper meditation! Goethe was fully awake, Schiller only half awake, Herder and Lessing slept completely.

In the face of the mystery of Golgotha, the words of an initiate were: Salem. Now the reversal: Melas... the circle is complete.

Addendum. Before that, Mach ben ach - son of the earth of suffering, or: the physical body has separated from the soul and spirit.

Vocal exercise – pilgrimage to the self.

O A J A O: I in the midst of light and space
A J O J A: Space for me and light
J O A O J: Light through space and me
I am

Now only that of the two directions and the fire.