The Guardian of the Threshold

GA 265a/1923-05-21/p011 ·1923-05-21 · 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.

Everything in the external world has been given a name. People have given names to all things, to every animal, every plant and every mineral. And the name is not just a label; behind the name there is something spiritual that is active. Even feelings and concepts have been given a name. Through the name, through the word, one person can come into more intimate contact with another. Through words, we get to know the soul life of another person, their thoughts and feelings.

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