First Lecture

GA 346/1924-09-05/p028 ·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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During the time of these semi-ancient mysteries, there was this phenomenon: the priest was tested at the moment when he entered the holy place and the ancient ferments began to transform the substances in the sacred crystal vessels in such a way that he could see in the crystal vessel how the substances spread the sun-radiance. The vessel containing this small sun was called a monstrance. It was a Holy of Holies, which today can only be imitated. The moment he saw the radiance of the Holy of Holies, he became a priest inwardly.

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