First Lecture

GA 346/1924-09-05/p027 ·1924-09-05 · English HighHigh alignmentThis translation's paragraph count matches the German original — the locus maps cleanly to the same paragraph in DE.
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The substances were taken from the sacred vessels as leaveners, with which transubstantiation was carried out in the old, still sacred alchemy. In those times, it was known that the initiated priest understood transubstantiation through the powers preserved in the substances; he knew that they radiated with the splendor of the sun in the sacred crystal vessels. What was sought in them and what they were used for was that they became the celebrant's organ of perception for receiving that which is Apocalyptic.

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