Third Recapitulation Lesson

GA 270/1924-09-11/p039 ·1924-09-11 · 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.
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We are placed in the world between light and darkness. Light wants to seize our essential conscious existence,[^12] our self; darkness wants to seize our essential conscious existence. We have to find the path between light and darkness in order to retain the self. This lies in the admonition of the Guardian of the Threshold.

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