The Mission of Esoteric Science in Our Time

For years, lectures on a wide variety of subjects have been given here. These lectures were followed by discussions. These discussions will not be discussed in detail here. But when we speak of the mission of secret science in our time, one phenomenon should be mentioned because it must be considered particularly characteristic. It came across to us as particularly vivid when we spoke about “the Bible and wisdom.” There was not just one, but numerous personalities who objected to these things from the depths of their hearts. Objections were made that came from deep feelings, and among them was one that went something like this: In secret science, much is said about the sevenfold nature of man, about reincarnation and karma, about man's stay in the supersensible world between death and a new birth, about man's development through the various planetary states, and so on; demands are made on our spirit, on our thinking. But what we are seeking is not so much satisfaction of the mind as deepening of the soul, inner life. We want to find the divine in feeling, the divine in sensation.