The Spiritual Development of Man

GA 265a/1912-05-09/p041 ·1912-05-09 · English HighHigh alignmentThis translation's paragraph count matches the German original — the locus maps cleanly to the same paragraph in DE.
Record: listeners' notes. Written from listeners' notes, summaries, or memory rather than a shorthand transcript. The wording is the note-taker's as much as Steiner's: weigh a single striking phrase here far more cautiously than the same phrase in a stenographic volume, and do not rest an argument on one word. Evidence: «Nach Erinnerungsaufzeichnungen von Teilnehmenden» (From participants' records written from memory). Rudolf Steiner Verlag Gesamtverzeichnis 2022, volume subtitle. The translation is the maintainer's, not a published one.

Consequently, the spiritual “mother” experiences heartache at the same time, worry about the child's future. Everything related to the brain for the edification of the physical body or nervous system is fully realized under the spiritual guidance of the “father”. Everything related to the blood system, with its seat in the heart, comes from the power of the spiritual mother. Man would fall completely into decadence if he did not seek the healing powers capable of transforming the dead matter into new life by other means. These powers must be sought in the event of Golgotha and were brought to the Occident through the secrets of the Holy Grail and preserved by it. The Parzival legend is nothing more than the imprint of what has just been said.

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