Esoteric Lesson
GA 266a/1909-07-04/p004
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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.
The speaker of this passage is not asserted. This passage speaks ABOUT Rudolf Steiner in the third person, so it is most likely a report, minutes, or an editorial summary rather than his own words. Verbatim, but confirm the speaker before attributing anything here to him.
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.
1. Dr. Steiner begins the lesson by pointing out that there are not two opposing schools of esoteric training within the Theosophical Society. He has emphasized this many times before. However, this rumor keeps resurfacing, and statements are circulated that suggest that such an opposition between the two schools of esoteric life, as they currently exist within the Theosophical Society, actually exists. This opposition is therefore categorically denied. The actual state of affairs is that at the Munich Congress, the relationship between Annie Besant's school and that of Dr. Steiner underwent a change in that Dr. Steiner, the former head of the Esoteric School, is no longer subordinate but has been made an associate. The subordination was transformed into cooperation. Therefore, these two schools now exist side by side, supporting each other, but are far from fighting each other.
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