II. Forces of Karmic Preparation in the Cosmos

GA 237/1924-07-04/p025 ·1924-07-04 · English HighHigh alignmentThis translation's paragraph count matches the German original — the locus maps cleanly to the same paragraph in DE.
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Once again we can think truly of what is happening there. We must think of the word ‘ verwesen’ which is ordinarily used for the fading, dying, destroying process, the passing out of existence,—in its true and original meaning, which is: ‘to carry the real Being away.’ (As when we say ‘to forgive’ or ‘to forego,’ which means in reality a ‘giving away’ in devotion).

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