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Diejenigen, die daher in der nachatlantischen Zeit die eigentlichen Weisheitsführer in Europa waren, hielten sich ganz zurück, bewahrten wie ein strenges Geheimnis dasjenige, was sie erhalten hatten. So daß man sagen kann: Es gab auch innerhalb Europas solche Menschen, welche sich vergleichen lassen mit den Brahminen Asiens. Aber diese europäischen Brahminen waren von niemandem äußerlich als solche gekannt. Sie hielten im strengsten Sinne des Wortes in den Mysterien abgeschlossen die heiligen Geheimnisse, damit dasjenige sich nicht wiederholen konnte, was mit der Bevölkerung, unter welche eben diese Führer hineingestreut waren, schon einmal in der atlantischen Zeit geschehen war. Nur dadurch, daß das Weisheitsgut in der allerernstesten Weise geschützt und gehütet wurde, kam es zustande, daß die Seelen sich in gewisser Weise heben konnten. 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