The Great Silence

GA 265a/1913-03-01/p005 ·1913-03-01 · English HighHigh alignmentThis translation's paragraph count matches the German original — the locus maps cleanly to the same paragraph in DE.

The larynx and ear of man have arisen from these dying forces in relation to the hearing of the primal word – they have arisen from the forces of death. Every spoken word that breaks the great silence is a loss of the sacred creative word. Through the being that is present as Lucifer in the story of temptation, language is given to us and also the effect of language.

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