Esoteric Lesson

GA 266c/1913-01-02/p005 ·1913-01-02 · 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: mixed sources. This volume draws on more than one kind of record (transcripts, notes, documents). Check the volume's own front matter before weighing a single passage. Evidence: «Gedächtnisaufzeichnungen von Teilnehmern und Meditationstexte nach Niederschriften Rudolf Steiners» (Participants' records written from memory, and meditation texts from Rudolf Steiner's own manuscripts). Rudolf Steiner Verlag Gesamtverzeichnis 2022, volume subtitle. The translation is the maintainer's, not a published one.

The words of Mrs. Besant from 1906 are read aloud, in which she asks all those who truly love her, when the day of her downfall should come, not to speak of her in black and white, precisely out of love for her. Occultism is a dangerous path, and everyone should be aware that forces can lie dormant in the depths of the human soul that may not come to the surface in ordinary life, but when one enters the dangerous path, they can come to light. It is therefore important to keep a constant watch over one's own soul and to remember the words: “Watch and pray!”

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