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Die Einweihung bringt die Möglichkeit, zu unterscheiden zwischen den verschiedenen Arten von Wesenheiten. Es kann also jemand theoretisch hellsehend sein für die höheren Welten, braucht aber kein Eingeweihter zu sein. Für die alten Zeiten war die Unterscheidung der Wesenheiten nicht besonders wichtig; denn, wenn die alten Geheimschulen die Schüler zum Hellsehen gebracht hatten, war die Gefahr des Irrtums keine sehr große. Jetzt aber ist die Irrtumsmöglichkeit eine sehr große. Daher musste in der Lenkung der Menschheit darauf Rücksicht genommen werden, dass immer zu dem Prinzip der Esoterik hinzugefügt wird das Prinzip der Einweihung. 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