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Ich erschrak nicht wenig, als ich erkannte, daß es mein eigenes sei, welches ich an einer Spiegelniederlage vorbeigehend durch zwei gegen einander geneigte Spiegel wahrgenommen hatte.»","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":104,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/161/1915-01-30/p007"},{"locus":"GA 161/1915-01-30/p008","passage_number":8,"text":"Also er ging, und sein Karma trug ihn vorbei an einer Spiegelniederlage, wo zwei Spiegel so geneigt waren, daß er sich selbst sehen konnte. Und da sah er dieses ihm unangenehme Gesicht, von dem er dann entdeckte, daß es sein eigenes sei. 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