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Das, was der Sprache da zugrunde liegt, ist ebenso ein irdisches Bild dieses Zustandes der Offenbarung, wo wir das Göttlich-Geistige nur mehr verschwommen wahrnehmen, wie das Gehenlernen, das Gleichgewichtsuchen ein irdisches Bild ist des Sich-Bewegens in der geistigen Welt. 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