The Guardian of the Threshold

GA 265a/1923-05-21/p045 ·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.

> First recognize the earnest guardian > Who stands before the gates of the spirit world, > Denying entry to your sensory power > And the power of your mind, > Because in the weaving of your senses > And in the forming of thoughts, > From the space of their own nature, > From the times of their own power, > The truth of their own being, > You must first conquer with strength.

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