Chapter XII

GA 28/l12/p022 · APC1928 MediumMedium alignmentSome paragraph re-numbering between this translation and the German original — the locus may slip by a paragraph or two.

In these fairy-tales Goethe carried this fanciful creation near to the point at which it passes over into the inner process of the soul which is a knowing experience of the real world of spirit. I felt that one could see to the utmost depths of Goethe's nature when one sank down into this poetry.

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Cite: GA 28/l12/p022 · edition APC1928 (Marie Steiner edition (posthumous))