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Wer so hoch hinaufgestiegen war auf der Leiter der geistigen Erkenntnis, der mußte im Inneren wenigstens ein solches Leben ausgebildet haben, daß dieses innere Leben nach dem Muster des göttlichen Rhythmus im ganzen Weltenall verlief. Er mußte so empfinden, so fühlen, so denken, daß nichts von Chaos, nichts Unrhythmisches, nichts Unharmonisches bei ihm mehr vorhanden war, sondern daß er von einer mit der äußeren Sonnenharmonie zusammenstimmenden inneren Seelenharmonie erfüllt war. Das war die Forderung, die man an diesen im sechsten Grade Eingeweihten stellte. 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