Esoteric Lesson
GA 266b/1911-10-14/p039
·1911-10-14
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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» (Participants' records written from memory). Rudolf Steiner Verlag Gesamtverzeichnis 2022, volume subtitle. The translation is the maintainer's, not a published one.
The link between the etheric and physical bodies is always the counterpart of the outer visible human being. If a person appears beautiful on the outside, this link is ugly, and vice versa. In some contemporary art forms, we can observe how this is often expressed, albeit unconsciously, for example in some crucifixion paintings with ugly, pain-contorted features.
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