Esoteric Lesson

GA 266b/1910-11-05/p029 ·1910-11-05 · English 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» (Participants' records written from memory). Rudolf Steiner Verlag Gesamtverzeichnis 2022, volume subtitle. The translation is the maintainer's, not a published one.

Or let us assume that someone sees the color red—the color red spiritually signifies love—it is presented to them spiritually because that is precisely the quality they lack. It is placed before their soul as a challenge. Some people complain that they cannot hold on to colors, but that is not necessary. The colors must disappear like the dove, and when they return later, they will appear completely different. The red color will change before our eyes into green, blue, or yellow. This is then the sign that a spiritual phenomenon is at work and that we are at the stage where we are being taught through symbols and are being allowed a glimpse into the spiritual world.

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