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Nur eines will ich sagen, was in typischer Weise zeigen soll, wie mißverständlich die Einwände sind, die gegen die scheinbar obskurantische Geheimwissenschaft geführt werden: Während die Naturwissenschaft heute mit einem gewissen Recht die Behauptung aufstellt, es werde einst die Zeit kommen, wo aus bloß unlebendigen Substanzen Lebendiges dargestellt werden wird, und diese Forschung, die sich zum Bekenntnis einer Art von Religion erhebt, dadurch etwas anzuführen glaubt, was die Geheimwissenschaft ohne weiteres in Grund und Boden bohrt, ist es in Wahrheit so, daß die Geheimwissenschaft das immer gewußt hat! Ja, weil sie das gewußt hat, konnte sie so fest und sicher stehen! Es ist ein völliges Verkennen des wahren Charakters der Geheimwissenschaft, wenn man solche Einwände gegen sie erhebt. 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