Esoteric Lesson

GA 266c/1913-04-11/p033 ·1913-04-11 · 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 physical doctor thinks it is an eye disease; for him, belief in theosophy is already a disease. In reality, it is only proof that the etheric body has begun to become mobile and is transferring this to the physical body. This is why he sees these things. Many people think that the physical body suffers damage during this development, and they are afraid of it. But there is no danger; after a while, the etheric body clears away the consequences by itself.

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