Esoteric Lesson
GA 266c/1914-03-27/p035
·1914-03-27
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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: 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.
And from this earthly substance, Yahweh-Elohim was able to form man and give him his physical shell. But Lucifer, who is on a similar level as the Elohim, still wants to accomplish the same thing. However, he can only use humans for his work by allowing them to think errors and lies within themselves.
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