The Four Principles

GA 265/the_four_principles/p008 ·1906-06-26 · 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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There are times when it is especially dangerous to enter the occult world through external magic. This was the case in the Atlantean period, in the fourth sub-race, the Ur-Turanians. This is where actual black magic developed. That is why the priests had to keep part of the wisdom secret. The other epoch is our present time. We are the fifth sub-race in the Aryan [post-Atlantic] epoch. Today, all external means are more likely to bring people down. Therefore, it is necessary that today a number of people become familiar with the intimate paths that lead to the spiritual world.

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