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And they must also have meant something intrinsic to the human being when they spoke of the Tree of Life.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"III. Swedenborg: An Example of Difficulties in Entering the Spiritual World","site_heading":null,"date":"1915-09-12","location":null,"word_count":154,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/253/1915-09-12/p032","alignment_confidence":"high","alignment_reason":"beads:length","two_voice_volume":false,"translation_credit":{"scope":"unit","status":"established","translator":"Catherine E. 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