Esoteric Lesson
GA 266a/1908-02-26/p050
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LowLow alignmentMost translators re-paragraphed Steiner substantially. The locus identifies the same chapter or section, but paragraph-N to paragraph-N mapping is loose. For exact-quotation precision, compare with the German.
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: «Gedächtnisaufzeichnungen von Teilnehmern sowie Notizen von Vorträgen» (Participants' records written from memory, and notes of lectures). Rudolf Steiner Verlag Gesamtverzeichnis 2022, volume subtitle. The translation is the maintainer's, not a published one.
In the Lemurian era, man began his descent into the four elements. He surrounded himself with his physical shells and put on his earthly garment. The most important chemical element is carbon, whether in the form of black coal or transparent diamond. Carbon is the densest substance and is occultly the embodiment of the principle of the physical plane: 9 This symbol also signifies the solidification of the physical body.
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