Lecture IX

GA 230/1923-11-04/p081 ·1923-11-04 · English MediumMedium alignmentSome paragraph re-numbering between this translation and the German original — the locus may slip by a paragraph or two.
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> Gnomes: > You dream your Self, > And shun awakening. > I maintain the life-force in the root, > It creates for me my body's form. > Undines: > You think the deeds of Angels > And know it not. > I bestir the water's power of growth, > It forms for me substance of life. > Sylphs: > Creative might shines to you, > You divine it not; > You feel its strength > And live it not. > I quaff the airy force of life, > It fills me with the power of being. > Fire-beings: > Divine Will offers you strength, > You accept it not. > With its strength you will, > Yet thrust it off from you. > I consume the striving power of fire, > Into soul-spirit it releases me.

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