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However, since then, the Mystery of Golgotha has come over mankind and the importance of this Mystery of Golgotha is indicated by the fact that we divide history into two parts, that which preceded the Mystery of Golgotha and that which came afterwards. But the Orient does not possess this historical concept, because it is unable to acquire a real understanding of the Mystery of Golgotha. As far as the Orient is concerned, you have one absolute truth which is valid for all age, and they do not ascribe to an evolution of truth.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"XII. Luciferic Dangers from the East","site_heading":null,"date":"1916-05-30","location":null,"word_count":215,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/167/1916-05-30/p004","alignment_confidence":"low","alignment_reason":"count_diverges","two_voice_volume":false,"translation_credit":{"scope":"unit","status":"established","translator":"E. H. 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