Initiation or Consecration

GA 56/1907-11-28/p016 ·1907-11-28 · 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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It is my task first of all to characterize this concept. What is an initiate? If I assume that there are ever higher and higher worlds behind our sensory world, then an initiate would be someone who has insight into these higher worlds. The training for initiation consists of the person receiving the means and instructions on how to develop their spiritual eyes and ears in order to be able to see into this spiritual world, just as they see into the physical world with their physical organs.

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