Sixth Lesson

GA 270/1924-03-21/p058 ·1924-03-21 · 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.
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> You stride into earth being’s helm > With deployment of your force of will; > Enter as thinker the earth domain, > And thought-power will show you yourself > As your intrinsic animality; > The fear of yourself > Must change you in courage of soul. > You live with water being > Only through feeling’s dream-weaving; > Surge awakening into water existence, > And the soul will reveal itself in you > As plant existence dank and dull; > Then lameness of yourself > Must lead you on to wakefulness. > You muse in wafting ways of air > Only in memory's picture-forming; > Enfold willingly airy being, > And your intrinsic soul will threaten you > As cold observing stone; > Yet your selfhood’s frigid death > Must weaken and yield to spirit fire.

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