The Mission of Esoteric Science in Our Time

GA 56/1907-10-10/p019 ·1907-10-10 · 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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On the other hand, it is objected against secret science that, born out of the chaos of our time, it is something like a new religious sect, created in the minds of individual enthusiasts and dreamers. What is put forward from this side is based on such a misunderstanding of the matter that it is difficult to deal with. Secret science has nothing to do with things that could come into conflict or collision with any existing religion, nor with anything that one might want to put in the place of a new religion. The subjects that have been the subject of all religions up to now are also the subjects of the supersensible, of secret science. Therefore, there are many points of contact between the two. Only one thing can give a true, deep understanding of what is given in religions, only one thing makes it possible to understand religions, and that is: to elevate what is faith in religion to knowledge. To be a servant of what religion seeks by other means is precisely the mission of esoteric science.

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